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Chapter 3 Starting up
Charging the battery
Li-Polymer
Battery
charging time
Battery charge
level display
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When the Charge indicator is blinking red, this mean the power supply is
not compatible with the battery used. Charge is disabled.
It is essential to wait until charging is complete to ensure
maximum independent operating time, which may otherwise be
considerably reduced.
If the battery is completely discharged, the time taken to recharge is:
–
approximately 5 hours, if the apparatus is not in use (Charge indi-
cator solid red)
–
about 10.5 hours if the instrument is used during charging (On indi-
cator lit in fix green, Charge indicator lit in solid red).
When the battery is installed in the instrument, a battery icon is displayed
in the top right-hand corner of the screen. Example:
This icon is displayed exclusively when a Li-Polymer battery is
installed into the equipment.
If a AA Dry Battery Pack is installed, then the icon displayed on the
upper banner is
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Battery icons
The battery capacity is superior to 75%
The battery capacity is set between 50% and 75%
The battery capacity is set between 25% and 50%
The battery capacity is inferior to 25%
The battery capacity is unknown. Perform a full charge/
discharge of the battery to get back to a valid indication.
This icon may appear if battery is changed or if the bat-
tery auto discharges at a very low level (example: if a
Platform switches off as battery is empty, and the charge
is not done during several months (= auto discharge)).
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, without charge level indication.
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