Start up screen G5

[bep]

First off, I am finally able to monitor my area system and actually hear something, each and every time! I am now really aware of how bad the signal, at my home location, really is.

Quick question - Sometimes when I turn on the G5 there is the start up screen with the dots along the bottom. Other times I turn it on and it goes right into scan mode. Normal?

Thanks

 

[eorange]

I noticed the pager starts up with the dots after you:

- remove and reinsert the battery
- finish programming the pager with PPS

To me, the dots screen looks like an "OS boot", but that's just a guess.

 

[bep]

The times I have noticed it is random. Either from charging, or sitting in the off position over night. Also one time, I just remembered, I happen to be looking at it, what it was receiving, and it started with the dots.

 

[eorange]

I have a G4, and I haven't seen that behavior (I just got my G4 earlier this month). I only see the dots as I described above.

 

[bep]

Hopefully others will chime in with their thoughts

 

[ecarvalho]

My G5 does that sometimes. I just disregard it since it works well after that. Might be a bug

 

[IAmSixNine]

I have 2 G4 units.
One i use a lot and the other a fathers day gift for my dad once his city switches to P25.

The one i use daily i have seen it happen a few times NOT associated with battery pull or firmware update.
That is the OS resetting its self.
I agree with @eorange to me it seems to be an OS reboot or refresh.
Maybe the G5 has it happening more often due to it having dual band capabilities and putting more usage on the processor.

 

[ecarvalho]

I can't force it to duplicate the problem so it only happens at random...

 

[bep]

Thanks all. All in all a great little unit. For me it is a god send. Actually works. Now I can free up my no so great Uniden for other things

 

[ffexpCP]

I've heard it has different 'sleep' states. I'd guess the boot screen is coming out of an ultra deep-sleep / battery saver / closest to truly off it can get.

 

[ChrisE_STB]

The dots are when the pager is doing a full boot up, when the pager turns on right away it is coming out of Soft Power down mode.

 

[David_Oney]

The unit has 2 power down modes. It has a low power mode and a fully powered down mode. When the unit is powered off it goes into a low power state for an hour or so and then powers completely down. The dots are the OS loading screen.

 

[ecarvalho]

I've seen my G4 reboot on its own when using monitor mode.