Hi Stripes,
I would suggest sending this into us here at the Service Center, this should not be happening at all. This sounds as though there is a problem with the radio instead of the a programming issue and as such it will be covered under warranty.
I hope you find this information helpful. You can also reach our Futaba support technical team at 217-398-8970, or via fax at 217-398-7721.
Sincerely,
Krysta
Lead Futaba Customer Service and Programming Technician
ORIGINAL: Stripes
Thanks to the several people who PMed me on this. I tried to be pretty clear in the original post that it is radio of new stock having been purchased in the last several months from a retailer in a tall building. I have set the timer to start just off idle as per manual. The problem isn't the unexpected reset of the ATV but that the timer STOPS or fails to start which appears to me to be an entirely different issue, annoying too.