10
Installation
CONNECTING, CHARGING,
AND REPLACING THE
BATTERY PACK
The TAD comes with a rechargeable nickel-
cadmium battery pack installed in the hand-
set, but not connected. Before using your
phone, you must connect the battery pack,
then charge it for about 24 hours.
1. Press down and slide off the battery
pack compartment cover.
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, simply place the
handset on the base, facing either up or
down. The CHARGE/IN USE indicator on the
base lights.
Recharge the battery pack when the TALK/
LOW BATT indicator flashes.
Important: Be sure the battery pack is prop-
erly connected before you try to charge it. If
the CHARGE/IN USE indicator flashes slow-
ly when the handset is on the base, the bat-
tery pack is not connected properly.
Notes:
• When you first use the phone after
charging or recharging the battery pack,
the phone might not work and you might
hear a five-beep error signal. If this hap-
pens, return the handset to the base for
about 5 seconds to reset the security
access-protection code.
• Using a pencil eraser, clean the charg-
ing contacts on the handset and the
base about once a month.
• If the phone does not work, recharge the
battery pack. (The battery power might
be too low to flash the TALK/LOW BATT
indicator.)
• If the battery pack becomes weak during
a call, the handset beeps every 3 sec-
onds. When this happens, you cannot
make a call on the phone until you
recharge the battery pack.
• About once a month, fully discharge the
battery pack by keeping the handset off
the base until the TALK/BATT LOW indi-
cator flashes. Otherwise, the battery
pack loses its ability to fully recharge.
• If the battery pack is completely dis-
charged or the base loses power while
the handset is away from it, place the
handset on the base to reset the secu-
rity access-protection code. If it was the
handset that lost power, recharge 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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