Charging The Battery - T-Home Comfort Pro CM 300 User Manual

Charging the Battery

When the telephone is unpacked, the batteries are not yet charged. To charge the batteries, place the
handset in the charging station. You can see the batteries' charging status in the number of blinking or
constantly illuminated segments in the upper line of the display. The higher the number of constantly
illuminated battery segments, the more fully the batteries are charged. Empty batteries take about 5 to
6 hours to charge fully.
Batteries with an unknown charging status are fully charged in approx. 14 hours.
The charging status of the battery is shown in the display as follows (when the handset is not in the
charging station):
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Frame flashes – Battery nearly discharged
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"0 - 20 %" charged
...
"21 - 40 %" charged
√
"41 - 60 %" charged
„
"61 - 80 %" charged
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"81 - 100 %" charged
The maximum performance of the batteries is only reached after several charging/discharging cycles.
When only the frame of the battery symbol blinks and the four segments are constantly illuminated,
the batteries are fully charged.
You can telephone for up to 20 hours on fully-charged batteries. Stand-by time for the handset when
not in the charging station is up to 200 hours.
When the battery capacity is nearly exhausted, the battery symbol (
are making a call at the time, you still have up to three minutes of talk time before the handset switches
itself off.
If you are not making a call and the handset is not in the charging station,
in the display. You can no longer make a telephone call now.
Please note that the battery display needs to undergo several charging cycles after
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new batteries are inserted before it can provide you with correct information on their
charging status.
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Use only NiMH rechargeable batteries. Never use normal batteries / primary cell bat-
teries (see page 58).
You can replace your handset in the charging station after every call. The charging
process is electronically controlled to ensure that the batteries are optimally charged
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starting from their respective charging status. Do not take the batteries out of the
handset without a good reason, since this may prevent optimal charging.
You can improve the capacity of your batteries by completely discharging and then
completely recharging the batteries in the handset after long periods in operation.
Starting operation of your telephone
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)will flash in the display. If you
Battery empty
.appears
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