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Installation
6. Plug the modular cord’s other end into
the phone jack, and plug the adapter
into a standard AC outlet.
CONNECTING AND
CHARGING THE BATTERY
PACK
The phone comes with a rechargeable
nickel-cadmium battery pack in the handset,
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
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), then place the
battery pack in the compartment.
4. 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 on the hand-
set display.
Recharge the battery pack when
Low
Bat-
tery
flashes on the display.
Important: Be sure the battery pack is prop-
erly connected before you try to charge it.
The CHARGE/IN USE indicator lights when
the handset is on the base, even if the bat-
tery pack is not connected.
Notes:
• When you first use the phone after
charging or recharging the battery pack,
the phone might not work and you might
hear an error tone when you press
TALK
. Return the handset to the base for
about 5 seconds to reset the security
access-protection code.
• If the base loses power for about an
hour while the handset is away from it,
the security access-protection code
might be lost. To reset the code, return
the handset to the base for about 5 sec-
onds.
The handset does not lose its security
access-protection code even if the bat-
tery pack is completely discharged.
• 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 on
the display. Otherwise, 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, disconnect the
battery pack. This increases the battery
pack’s usable life.
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