diff --git a/radio/src/gui/view_main.cpp b/radio/src/gui/view_main.cpp
index a0ba1fbe8..5eb4575bd 100644
--- a/radio/src/gui/view_main.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/gui/view_main.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,9 @@ void displayTopBar()
   /* RTC time */
   struct gtm t;
   gettime(&t);
-  lcd_putcAtt(BAR_TIME_X+1, BAR_Y+1, ':', BLINK);
+  if (t.tm_sec % 2) {
+    lcd_putcAtt(BAR_TIME_X+1, BAR_Y+1, ':', 0);
+  }
   lcd_outdezNAtt(BAR_TIME_X+1, BAR_Y+1, t.tm_hour, LEADING0, 2);
   lcd_outdezNAtt(BAR_TIME_X+3*FWNUM-1, BAR_Y+1, t.tm_min, LEADING0, 2);
 
diff --git a/radio/src/opentx.cpp b/radio/src/opentx.cpp
index f06f0e5c9..36d95d213 100644
--- a/radio/src/opentx.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/opentx.cpp
@@ -2349,6 +2349,7 @@ void checkTHR()
   }
 #else
   if (g_model.disableThrottleWarning) return;
+  getADC();
   evalInputs(e_perout_mode_notrainer); // let do evalInputs do the job
   int16_t v = calibratedStick[thrchn];   
   if (v<=(THRCHK_DEADBAND-1024)) return;  // prevent warning if throttle input OK