RE: low NiCd capacity
Those settings should be fine. Rodney has added some good info there, but I'll also mention that as long as you're consistent in the cutoff voltage you go to, you can do battery testing just fine cycling to 1.1v per cell. The important thing is to notice the change from the new battery. So if the higher cutoff gives you 1500 mah on a 1600 mah battery when new, you'd want to replace the battery when it gets below 1200 mah with the same settings.