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Getting started
Battery charging
Once you have installed the battery, the screen indicates the battery status (see the table below). If necessary, place the handset in the telephone base or charger to charge the battery. For best performance, keep the handset in the telephone base or charger when not in use. The battery is fully charged after 16 hours of continuous charging. See the table on page 74 for battery operating times.
If the screen is blank, you need to charge the handset without interruption for at least 10 minutes to give the handset enough charge to use the telephone for a short time. When the battery is low, the handset beeps and shows Low battery and a flashing . If you are on a call in low battery mode, the handset beeps every minute.
The following table summarizes the battery charge indicators and actions to take.
Battery indicators | Battery status | Action | ||
The screen is blank. | Battery has no charge | Charge without interruption | ||
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| and the handset cannot | until the screen shows |
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| be used. | HANDSET X (at least |
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| 10 minutes). |
The screen shows | Battery has very little | Charge without interruption | ||
Place in charger and | charge and the handset | until the screen shows | ||
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| flashes. | cannot be used. | HANDSET X (at least |
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| four minutes). |
The screen shows | Battery has enough | Charge without interruption | ||
Low battery, | charge to be used for a | until the screen shows | ||
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| flashes, and the | short time. | HANDSET X (at least |
handset beeps. |
| 30 minutes). | ||
The screen shows | Battery is charged. | To keep the battery charged, | ||
HANDSET X. |
| place it in the telephone base | ||
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| or charger when not in use. |