Siemens Gigaset S645 Operating Instructions Manual page 11

Setting up the telephone for use
Closing the battery cover
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Position the battery cover slightly down
from the latch and push it up until it
closes with a click.
Opening the battery cover
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Press the battery cover below the
rounded top and push down.
Place the handset in the charger
To find out how to connect the charger
or how to fix it to the wall, please refer to
page 83.
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Place the handset in the charger with
the display facing forward.
The handset is already registered with the
base station at the factory.
the display. You do not have to re-register.
If you have to register your handset with
the base station, see page 45.
Leave the handset in the charger to charge
the battery.
Note:
– The handset may only be placed in the
charger provided.
– When the handset is in the cradle, it
charges even if it is switched off.
– If the handset has switched itself off
because the batteries are flat and if it is
then placed in the cradle, it will switch itself
on automatically.
If you have any questions or problems see
page 62.
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INT 1 appears in
Charging and discharging the battery
for the first time
Charging of the battery is indicated by a
flashing battery icon e in the top right of
the display when the handset is switched
on.
During handset operation, the battery
icon indicates the charge status of the bat-
teries (page 1). The charging status can
only be displayed correctly when the bat-
teries are first charged and discharged
completely.
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Leave the handset in the charger for
eight hours uninterruptedly to do
this. Your handset need not be
switched on to charge.
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Then take the handset out of the
charger and do not put it back in again
until the batteries are completely dis-
charged.
Note:
After the first battery charge and discharge
you may replace your handset in the charging
cradle after every call.
Please note:
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Always repeat the charging and dis-
charging procedure if you remove the
batteries from the handset and insert
them in again.
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The batteries may warm up as they are
charging. This is not dangerous.
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After a while the charge capacity of the
batteries will decrease for technical rea-
sons.
Your handset is now ready for operation!
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Set the date and time (page 9), e.g. to
get the right time for incoming calls.