Installing The Nicd Battery Pack (Optional) - Kenwood TK-290 Instruction Manual

INSTALLING THE NiCd BATTERY
PACK (OPTIONAL)
The battery pack is not charged at the
factory. Charge the pack before use.
Repeat the charge/discharge cycles two
or three times after purchase or
extended storage (greater than
2 months) to bring the battery pack to
its normal operating capacity.
1 Match the four grooves of the battery
pack with the corresponding guides
on the back of the transceiver.
2 Slide the battery pack along the back
of the transceiver until the release
latch on the base of the transceiver
locks.
2
3 To remove the battery pack, push
down on the release latch and slide
the pack away from the transceiver.
CAUTION:
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DO NOT RECHARGE THE BATTERY PACK IF
IT IS ALREADY FULLY CHARGED. DOING
THIS WILL OVERCHARGE THE BATTERY
PACK WHICH MAY SHORTEN ITS LIFE OR
DAMAGE IT.
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AFTER RECHARGING THE BATTERY PACK,
DISCONNECT IT FROM THE CHARGER. IF,
HAVING RECHARGED THE BATTERY, THE
POWER TO THE CHARGER IS TURNED OFF
AND THEN BACK ON WHILE THE PACK IS
STILL CONNECTED, RECHARGING WILL
START AGAIN AND THE BATTERY WILL
BECOME OVERCHARGED.
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DO NOT SHORT THE BATTERY PACK
TERMINALS OR DISPOSE OF THE BATTERY
BY FIRE. NEVER ATTEMPT TO REMOVE
THE CASE FROM THE BATTERY PACK.