Connecting And Charging The Battery Pack - Radio Shack 900 MHz Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Phone Owner's Manual

3. Align the base's keyhole slots with the
mounting screws and slide the base
downward to secure it.
Connecting and Charging
the Battery Pack
The phone comes with a rechargeable nickel-
cadmium battery pack in the handset, but not
connected. Before using your phone, you
must connect the battery pack and then
charge it for about 24 hours.
1. Press down and slide the battery com-
partment cover in the direction of the
arrow to remove it.
2. Lift the battery pack out of the compart-
ment. Plug the battery pack's connector
into the socket in the compartment. The
connector fits only one way.
3. Put the battery pack in the compartment.
4. Replace the cover.
To charge the battery pack, place the handset
on the base. The CHARGE/IN USE indicator
on the base lights.
Recharge the battery pack when the handset
beeps and the TALK/LOW BATT indicator
flashes.
Important: Be sure the battery pack is prop-
erly connected before you try to charge it. The
CHARGE/IN USE indicator slowly flashes
when the handset is on the base with the bat-
tery pack not connected.
Notes:
• When you first use the phone after charg-
ing or recharging the battery pack, the
phone might not work and you might hear
an error tone. If this happens, return the
handset to the base for a few seconds.
• About once a month, fully discharge the
battery pack by keeping the handset off
the base until the TALK/LOW BATT indi-
cator flashes. Otherwise, the battery pack
loses its ability to fully recharge.
• Using a pencil eraser, clean the charging
contacts on the handset and the base
about once a month.
• If the TALK/LOW BATT indicator does not
light and the phone does not work,
recharge the battery pack. (The battery
power might be too low to light the indica-
tor.)
• If the battery pack becomes weak during
a call, you hear a beep and the TALK/
LOW BATT indicator flashes every 3 sec-
onds. Recharge the battery pack.
• If the battery pack is completely dis-
charged, the handset loses the security
access-protection code. To reset the
code, place the handset on the base and
charge the battery pack.
The supplied battery pack should last about a
year. If the battery pack does not hold a
charge for more than 2 hours after an over-
night charge, replace it with a new 3.6-volt,
600 mAh battery pack with a connector that
fits the socket in the battery compartment.
You can order a replacement battery pack
through your local RadioShack store. Install
the new battery pack and charge it for about
24 hours.
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