Charging the Battery
The battery is not charged at shipment. Charge the battery before use.
1Place the battery in the charger.
Insert the battery into the supplied battery charger in the orientation shown by the ar- row.
Arrow
Charging indicator
Battery
Battery charger
2Charge the battery.
Plug the charger into a power outlet. The charging indicator will blink while the bat- tery charges.
c Cautions
•Unplug the charger when it is not in use.
•Remove dirt from the battery terminals with a clean, dry cloth. Failure to observe this precau- tion could prevent the battery from charging.
•Charging times increase at low temperatures.
The Charging Indicator
The charging indicator shows battery charge status as follows:
Charging indicator | Battery status | Action | |
| Battery not | Insert | |
| inserted. | the battery. | |
Off |
| Unplug the char- | |
| Battery fault. | ger and remove | |
|
| the battery. | |
Blinks | Battery charging. | — | |
On | Battery fully | Remove | |
charged. | the battery. | ||
|
3Remove the battery.
Remove the battery when the charging indi- cator stops blinking.
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