Charging Nickel-Cadmium Batteries

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•If you do not plan to use the CD player from battery power for a month or more, remove and store the batteries. They might leak chemicals and corrode or damage electronic circuits.

Nickel-cadmium batteries come fully discharged. You can charge the batter- ies while they are in the battery com- partment using the supplied battery adapter and an optional AC adapter (such as Cat. No. 273-1663, not sup- plied), or you can use an optional ex- ternal battery charger (such as Cat. No. 23-133, not supplied).

Warning: Do not try to charge non- rechargeable batteries. They might get very hot and possibly explode.

Follow these steps to recharge nickel- cadmium batteries in the battery com- partment.

1.Put two rechargeable batteries into the supplied battery adapter according to the polarity symbols (+ and –) on the adapter.

2.Insert the battery adapter into the battery compartment according to the polarity symbols (+ and –) inside the compartment.

3.Plug the AC adapter’s barrel plug into the CD player’s DC 6V jack. Then plug the other end of the adapter into a standard AC outlet.

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Note: With the CD player turned off, it takes about 15 hours to charge fully discharged nickel- cadmium batteries.

4.When the batteries are fully charged, unplug the AC adapter from the AC outlet.

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