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Charging and using the battery
To charge the battery, insert the mobile telephone into the charging shell with the keypad facing forwards.
Caution:
Only use the approved
The charging status is indicated by the charge status display. This flashes during charging:
=Battery empty
eBattery 33% charged
VBattery 66% charged
UBattery 100% charged
Note:
•Initial charging: charge the battery for at least 16 hours, re- gardless of the charging status icon. Without replacing it in the charging shell, use the mobile telephone until the "bat- tery low" beep is heard. This action aligns the charge sta- tus display with the battery operating times.
•To achieve full operating and charging times (see page 12), let the mobile telephone discharge a number of times without replacing it in the charging shell until the battery low beep sounds.
•For future charging: you can place your mobile telephone in the charging shell each time it is used. Charging is elec- tronically controlled which ensures that the battery is charged optimally.
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