Astro Spectra Slow

[njemt7212]

Hey Guys,

I recently installed an astro spectra in place of an analog spectra but seems when operating the astro spectra it is slow.

Slow like delay in changing channels from time I hit mode button to actual change. Takes a second when I hold down the air horn button before it started sounding it. overall just slower compared to the analog spectra.

not really a huge problem but really annoying. the codeplug isn't loaded, no digital channels and only two zones with a total of less than 50 channels and half are receive only.

any ideas?

 

[CCHLLM]

The analog versions are much faster in their reaction times to control head inputs, but the function lag in the Astro, as annoying as it may be, is normal. The Astro firmware is more complex, has many more options, and does its housekeeping things a bit differently than the analog version, so the housekeeping takes longer to produce a result from control head inputs. The more loaded the radio is with channels and options, the longer some reactions will be, but it shouldn't be longer than about a second or less. For instance, a single channel step change produces relatively short lags if the personalities are similar, but the more optioned up and/or different the personalities are, the longer the lag. Moving up or down through several channels or other inputs will result in a longer lag as well as a scaling display as it moves through the raster to the destination. The display on the W4 rotary control version is really interesting to watch when you spin the channel selector up or down rapidly.

 

[immelmen]

also, channel changes take longer if scan is selected on.

 

[njemt7212]

thanks guys, I figure after a while I'll just get used to it and never notice it