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You cannot charge standard nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries inside the CD player’s battery compartment, but you can charge them using an external battery charger such as Cat. No. 23-133 (not sup- plied).

Note: All types of nickel-cadmium batteries come fully discharged. Be sure to fully charge the batteries before you use them the first time.

Installing Batteries

Cautions:

Use only fresh batteries of the required size and recommended type.

Do not mix old and new batteries, different types of batteries (stan- dard, alkaline, or rechargeable), or rechargeable batteries of different capacities.

Follow these steps to install the batteries.

1.Slide the battery compartment cover in the direction of the arrow, then gently pull up on the cover to open it.

Caution: The battery compartment cover is attached to the CD player. Do not try to remove it.

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Optimus CD-3720 owner manual Installing Batteries