VXA-150 P
RO
V O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
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Low Battery Indication
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As your battery discharges during use, the volt-
age will gradually become lower. When the bat-
tery voltage reaches 6.0 Volts, the “
” icon
will blink on the LCD display, indicating that
the battery pack must be recharged before fur-
ther use.
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Avoid recharging Ni-Cd batteries before the
“Low Battery” indicator is observed, as this can
degrade the charge capacity of your Ni-Cd bat-
tery pack. Vertex Standard recommends that you
carry an extra, fully-charged pack with you so
you will not lose communications capability due
to a depleted Ni-Cd battery.
This “deep cycling” practice will help to main-
tain longer overall battery life after many recharg-
ing cycles.
B
EFORE
Y
OU
B
EGIN
Installing the
FBA-25
(option) Alkaline
Battery Case
The optional
FBA-25
Battery Case allows opera-
tion of the
VXA-150
using six “AA” size Alkaline
batteries.
When installing batteries, insert the (
–
) end first, then
press in the (
+
) end so the battery snaps into place.
Always replace all six batteries at the same time, pay-
ing attention to the polarity indicated inside the case.
The FBA-25 must not be used with re-
chargeable cells. The FBA-25 does not con-
tain the thermal and over-current protection cir-
cuits (provided in the “FNB” series of Ni-Cd Bat-
tery Packs) required when utilizing Ni-Cd cells.
