Radio Shack 43-3514, Owner'S Manual

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7
Preparation
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Preparation
CONNECTING, CHARGING,
AND REPLACING THE
BATTERY PACK
The phone comes with a rechargeable
nickel-cadmium battery pack in the hand-
set. 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.
3. Plug the battery pack's connector into
the socket in the compartment, (the con-
nector fits only one way), replace the
battery pack, and replace the cover.
To charge the battery pack, place the hand-
set either faceup or facedown on the base.
The CHARGE/IN USE indicator on the base
lights and
Total:00 appears.
Caution: Be sure the battery pack is secure-
ly connected. The CHARGE/IN USE indica-
tor lights and
Total:00 appears even if
the battery pack is not connected properly.
Recharge the battery pack when Low Bat-
tery flashes on the display.
Notes:
• When you first use the phone after
charging or recharging the battery pack,
the phone might not work and you might
hear a beep when you press
TALK .
Return the handset to the base for about
5 seconds to reset the security access-
protection code.
• If the handset or the base loses power,
the security access-protection code
might be lost. To reset the code, return
the handset to the base for about 5 sec-
onds.
• Using a pencil eraser, clean the charg-
ing contacts on the handset and base
about once a month.
• If the battery pack becomes weak during
a call, the handset beeps every 3 sec-
onds and
Low Battery flashes. When
this happens, you cannot make a call
until you recharge the battery pack.
• About once a month, fully discharge the
battery by keeping the handset off the
base until
Low Battery flashes. Oth-
erwise, the battery pack loses its ability
to fully recharge.
• If the display is blank and the phone
does not work, recharge the battery
pack. (The battery power might be too
low to light the display.)
• If you are not going to use your phone
for an extended period of time, discon-
nect the battery pack. This increases the
battery pack's usable life.
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,