Turning On The Transmitter; Menu Navigation - FlySky FS-i6 Programming

Turning On the Transmitter

You'd think this part would be easy. Down in the lower right corner on the front of the transmitter there's a
shiny chrome slide switch with an up arrow icon labeled 'Power'. It's really tempting to slide that switch upward.
If you do, you're likely to set off a storm of alarms and cryptic alert messages. As a safety measure the
transmitter sticks and switches must be in 'safe' positions when the power is turned on to prevent unexpected
and possibly dangerous responses from your 'bot. Here's the drill:
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Flip the four toggle switches (SWA, SWB, SWC, SWD) along the top of the transmitter 'up';
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Pull the non-spring centered control stick (channel 3 'throttle') all the way 'down';
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Now you can slide the 'Power' switch 'up'.
If you try to turn it on and get a warning, you can correct the sticks and switches and it will power up; you don't
need to slide the switch back off and start over.
Warning
The transmitter does not check the positions of variable knobs VrA and VrB before
powering up. Channels 5 and 6 are assigned to those knobs by default -- do not assign weapons or
direct motion control to the FS-i6 variable knobs!

Menu Navigation

Menu navigation does not follow an entirely consistent method, but it starts to make sense after a while.
• At startup the transmitter display screen shows info about the currently selected 'model' (model
number, name, aircraft type, transmitter protocol) and the general state of the transmitter (battery
voltage, charge, trim tabs).
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Access the programming menus by pressing and holding the 'OK' button. Highlight either the 'System
Setup' or 'Functions Setup' with the 'Up/Down' keys and tap 'OK' to enter the selected menu. Each quick
tap on the 'Cancel' button will back you up one level thru the menu without saving any changes.
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The navigation process changes when you get to a menu screen with changeable items. On these
screens the 'OK' button will scroll downward thru the items and the 'Up/Down' buttons change the
value of the current item.
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If the screen backlight goes off, press any key to turn it back on. The menus will not accept any inputs
until the light is back on.
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A press and hold on 'Cancel' will save the changes (audible beep) and exit to the parent menu, while a
quick tap on 'Cancel' will exit without saving changes.
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Yes that's right; you hold down 'Cancel' to save your changes. You have to live with some strangeness if
you buy a cheap Chinese radio.