! Donotforgettoreplacetherubberapaftercharging.
Battery capacity (mAh) Time (hours)
1.200 10
1.800 15
APPROXIMATETIMESFORACOMPLETERECHARGE
ACCORDINGTOTHETYPEOFBATTERYUSED
4.3.b Supplied desk top battery charger
1) Ensurethatthebatterypackisinstalled(the charger does not
workwithAAtypeNiMHbatteries).
2) Ensurethattheradioisturnedoff(itmustremainturnedoffforthe
wholechargingcycle)
3) Insertthetransceiver,withthefrontfacingyouintothebattery
chargerslot,andthenconnectthebatterychargertoanACpower
source.Chargingwillbegin,andtheappropriateLEDindicatorwill
light up.
4) When charging is complete take out the transceiver from the
housing and unplug the battery charger from the mains.
The battery pack is 1800mAh and takes approximately 10 hours for
a full charge.
4.4 Proper use of rechargeable batteries
Whenpossible,rechargebatteriesonlywhenat least two of the icon
bars have disappeared (the remaining battery charge icon should
indicate
).Beawarethatchargingtimevariesinproportiontothe
amountofresidualchargeremaininginthebattery,therefore,when
onlytwobarsappearintheicon,thisindicatesyouwillrequireabout
66% of time indicated on the table in par. 4.3.a. This is particularly
important otherwise you risk undercharging or overcharging the
batteries.
Ifyouusethebatteriesproperly,youwillobtainatleast400cyclesof
charge/discharge at maximum duty.
2 Rechargeable batteries lose their charge over time even if they
are not used (auto-discharge); this is normal. A NiMH (Nickel
Metal Hydrate) battery may lose 10 - 20% of its energy within a
few days.
4.4.a Memory effect
Rechargeable NiMH (Nickel-Metal-Hydrate) batteries are virtually
unaffected by the “memory effect”. This phenomenon is associated
with a drastic reduction of battery autonomy and is triggered if the
batteries are regularly charged before having lost at least 50-75% of
their power and/or they are not completely recharged. To avoid the
memoryeffect:
• When possible, recharge the batteries only when they are
completely discharged; i.e. when the battery indicator will be
ashing.
• Do not disconnect the battery charger before battery charging is
complete.
• Discharge and recharge your batteries completely at least twice a
month.
Inanycase,thebestsolutionforavoidingthememoryeffectisto
useinturntwobatterysets:whileoneinusethesparesetcanbe
fully charged.
Memory effect can be easily cancelled after 3-4 complete cycles of
charge/discharge.
2 The memory effect should not be confused with the normal