PREPARATION

1INSTALLING THE NiCd BATTERY PACK

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31 Position the two grooves on the inside bottom corners of the battery pack over the corresponding guides on

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102 Slide the battery pack along the back of the

11transceiver until the release latch on the base of the transceiver locks the battery pack in place.

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183 To remove the battery pack, push up the release

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latch, then slide the battery pack back.

 

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Release latch

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CHARGING THE NiCd BATTERY PACK

After installing the NiCd battery pack, charge the battery pack. The battery pack is provided uncharged.

1Confirm that the transceiver power is OFF.

•While charging the battery pack, leave the transceiver power OFF.

2Insert the DC plug from the charger into the DC IN jack on the transceiver.

DC IN jack

3Insert the charger AC plug into an AC wall outlet.

•Charging starts and will take approximately 16 hours for PB-38 or 15 hours for PB-39.

4After 16 hours (PB-38) or 15 hours (PB-39), remove the charger DC plug from the transceiver DC IN jack.

5Remove the charger AC plug from the AC wall outlet.

◆Exceeding the specified charge period shortens the useful life of the NiCd battery pack.

◆The provided charger is designed to charge only the provided PB-38 or PB-39 NiCd battery pack. Charging other models of battery packs will damage the charger and battery pack.

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