wireless router settings - radio on/off?

can i just pick your techie brains please? i have a wirelss router with built in adsl modem. everything works fine and i have a little configuration setting minimised in the taskbar. there is a setting for radio on or off (this is currently 'on'). what is this - is it safer to turn it off? also there is a power save setting (which is currently set for 'disabled'), what is this also? thanks as always folks :)
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  • espresso
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    If you are using wireless to connect, you need the radio ON. Not sure about your power save setting, as you have not given details of the make/model.

    If using wireless make sure that you have set up encryption WPA-PSK if you can.
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