Parrot ANAFI USA GOV, User Manual

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Battery care and safety
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’s smart battery features a wintering mode, designed to increase its
durability and facilitate its care. Ideally, when not in use for a prolonged period,
batteries should be stored half-charged. When not in use for 10 days,
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’s
smart battery discharges itself, if required, to 65% charge, over a 48h period.
After a maximum of 12 days without use, the smart battery enters hibernation with a
charge level which never exceeds 65%. If you leave your
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battery for
12 days, the power button does not activate the charge level LED indicators. The
battery must be charged to exit the wintering mode and start operating as described
in the earlier paragraphs. This behavior preserves the battery over time. Parrot
recommends you always run a full charge of your smart battery before flying
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.
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’s smart battery must be handled, transported and stored with care:
-
never leave a battery unattended while charging;
-
never expose a battery to extreme temperatures, hot or cold;
-
never charge a battery which is still warm from use (wait for at least
20 minutes);
-
never use or recharge a damaged or swollen battery;
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always store your battery in a dry, ventilated place, at a temperature close to
20°C;
-
always carry your battery in a fire-retardant bag or case (unless it is installed
on
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: it can then be transported with the drone, inside its carrying
case).
Note:
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’s smart battery can only charge in ambient temperatures between
+10°C and +45°C. Flying time is reduced if you use
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in temperatures
approaching -10°C. The ideal operating temperature of the smart battery is 20°C.
Ensuring that the smart battery remains as close as possible to 20°C before starting a
flight minimizes the reduction
in the smart battery’s capacity in cold environments.
If the behavior of your battery is not consistent with the information in this section,
and if the battery does not power your
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, you must hard reset your battery.
To perform a battery hard reset:
1. Plug the battery into a power source with the enclosed cable,
2. Press the battery’s power button pressed for 15 seconds (regardless of the
behavior of the LEDs) and then release the button.
The hard reset is successful if the battery’s LEDs flash quickly, one after the other,
alternating green and red.