Note:
•The discharging current is always set to be half of the coming charging current whose upper limit is 1000 mA (see Table 2). Therefore the user is recommended to carefully select the discharging current so that the charging current afterward will not be too high.
•The mode key shall first be pressed and held for 1 second to activate the mode change. The subsequent pressing of the mode key will toggle between the “Charge”, “Discharge”, “Test” and “Refresh” mode.
Table 2. DISCHARGE MODE Current
100 mA | 250 mA | 350 mA | 500 mA | ||
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Thereafter Charging | 200 mA | 500 mA | 700 mA | 1000 | |
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Finally, batteries will be fully charged in discharge mode and “Full” will be displayed. If the user presses the DISPLAY key at this time, "charge" icon instead of "discharge" icon will be displayed.
REFRESH MODE
Old rechargeable batteries and those that have not been used for a long time require refreshing. This process will recover the optimum capacity of the rechargeable batteries. By pressing the MODE key within 8 seconds after inserting the rechargeable batteries, the Refresh mode can be selected.
Refresh mode will start with discharging the rechargeable battery, then charging it. The repeated discharging and charging cycles will be launched until no further increase in the measured capacities is estimated.
Discharging current: 250 mA
Refresh mode (the battery is being discharged)
Note:
zBy pressing the MODE key within 8 seconds after inserting the rechargeable batteries, the Refresh mode can be selected. (The mode key shall first be pressed and held for 1 second to activate the mode change. The subsequent pressing of the mode key will toggle between the “Charge”, “Discharge”, “Test” and “Refresh” mode.)
Then the user may also select different discharging current by pressing the CURRENT key (see “Note” in Discharge mode and Table 2), within 8 seconds after inserting the batteries. (Or the display will blink once to indicate the end of setting and the current cannot be changed afterward.).
zIt may take up to several days to finish the refreshing process, depending on the selected discharging current.
zThe maximum refresh current is 1000 mA and is not affected by the number of rechargeable batteries inserted.
TEST MODE
In the Test mode the rechargeable batteries will first be fully charged and then discharged to determine the capacities. Finally, the rechargeable batteries are charged up again and the capacity in (mAh) of (Ah) will be estimated and shown after the discharging ends.
By pressing the MODE key within 8 seconds after inserting the rechargeable batteries, the Test mode can be selected. (The mode key shall first be pressed and held for 1 second to activate the mode change. The subsequent pressing of the mode key will toggle between the “Charge”, “Discharge”, “Test” and “Refresh” mode.)
The Charging current in (mA)
Test mode
Note:
zAfter selecting the Test mode the user may select different charging currents in the Test mode by pressing the CURRENT key, within 8 seconds after the batteries are inserted. The
Table 3. TEST MODE Current
200 mA | 500 mA | 700 mA | 1000 | ||
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Discharging | 100 mA | 250 mA | 350 mA | 500 mA | |
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zThe maximum charging current is 1000 mA and is not affected by the number of rechargeable batteries inserted.
zAfter the test mode is finished, the display will shift between the “Full” sign and the battery capacity (in mAh or Ah) automatically in
Battery capacity displayed in (mAh) as the checking is finished in Test mode.
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