battery life, which is 400 cycles of charge/discharge on average.
It is completely normal for operating duty to decrease when the
batteries have reached the end of their life; at this point, you will
need to substitute the battery set.
5 Standard operations
5.1 Turning on/off
To switch on the transceiver, turn the ON/OFF/VOLUME knob
clockwiseuntilyouhearitclick:theLCDdisplaywilllightupandyou
willhearabeep(acousticsignal).Ifthevibratingfunctionhasbeen
previously activated it will also vibrate for about one second (ref. par.
6.4).
2 The LCD display backlighting will automatically turn off after
approx. ve seconds in order to save energy, though the display
itself will remain active.
Toturnoffthetransceiver,turntheknobcounter-clockwiseuntilyou
hear another click.
5.2 Back light of the display
Whenever you turn the device on and every time you press a
key (excluding
PTT o CALL/LOCKkeys), thedisplay backlightis
automaticallyswitchedonforaboutvesecondssoastoallowyou
toreadeveninpoorlightingconditions.Ifduringtheveseconds
youpressanotherkey,youextendthedurationofthebacklightby
anotherveseconds.
2 The display backlight absorbs additional battery charge. For this
reason you are advised to make moderate use
5.3 Checking the remain battery charge
When the transceiveris on standby (waiting for call), the battery
charge indicator shows the remaining level of charge according to
thefollowingchart: