Batteries; Battery Care And Maintenance; Replacing The Handset Battery - VTech Ia5854 User Manual

Batteries

Battery Care and performance:
After your battery is fully charged, you can expect the following performance:
• If you repeatedly
Operation
get a low battery
indicator, even after
While in use (talking)
charging overnight,
the battery should
While not in use (standby*)
be replaced .
* Handset is off the base unit or charger but not in use .
• To reduce the risk
of fire or injury to
• The battery needs charging when:
persons or damage
— A new battery is installed in the handset .
to the telephone,
— The phone beeps twice every five seconds.
read and follow
— The screen displays BATTERY LOW and the low battery icon .
these instructions
carefully: Charge
Place the handset in the base so the CHARGE light turns on . The battery is typically fully
•
t h e b a t t e r y
charged in 6 hours .
p r o v i d e d w i t h
• You can keep the battery fully charged by returning the handset to the base after each use .
or identified for
u s e w i t h t h i s

Replacing the Handset Battery

product only in
 . Remove the battery compartment cover on the handset by pressing on the indentation and sliding the
accordance with
cover downward .
the instructions
2 . Lift out the old battery and disconnect .
and limitations
3 . Align the two holes in the new battery's plug with the socket
specified in the
pins, and snap the plug into place . Snap the battery in the
user's manual .
compartment, as described in Installation, on page 5 .
4 . Replace the cover by sliding it up into place .
5 . The new battery must be charged before using the phone .
Place the handset in the base and allow it to charge for at
least 16 hours the first charge. The telephone might operate
before that, but for best performance, let the battery charge
fully .
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Operating time
up to 5 hours
up to 6 days