3
Battery Usage
A fully charged battery should last about
four hours.
Battery charge status is viewable
:
In the upper-right corner of the screen.
On the battery. To view the LCD gauge, open the
FieldFox battery compartment door.
To conserve battery power:
Use
Hold
mode to trigger a measurement only
when needed.
Hold
is shown on the display.
Press
System
then
Display
then
Brightness
then
dim the FieldFox display as much as possible.
Briefly press the power button to switch to Stand
by mode when not being used. Press again to
restore power. All current settings are preserved.
The FieldFox will shutdown automatically when
battery power is very low to prevent it from being
completely discharged.
Use ONLY a FieldFox charger to recharge a battery.
The battery can be fully charged while in the FieldFox
in about 4 hours with the FieldFox either ON or OFF.
A fully discharged battery takes about 1.5 hours to
recharge to 80%.
The battery can be fully charged in about 4 hours using
the external battery charger (Opt 872).
