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Using the MDW 9030P Pocketphone 3-21
Extending Battery LifeExtending Battery Life
Extending Battery LifeExtending Battery Life
Extending Battery Life
The battery charger will charge a battery pack in the handset if you simply insert the
handset in the battery charger's handset cradle; however, the Refresh process fully dis-
charges the battery pack before recharging it, thereby ensuring the best possible charge.
"Memory effect" reduces a battery's capacity, and can occur when you repeatedly recharge
a battery pack before it is fully discharged. The nickel metal hydride battery pack shipped
with your MDW 9030P is resistant to the memory effect. Even so, it is recommended that
you refresh your battery pack at least once a week.
The following table shows how long refreshing takes, depending on how much charge is left
in the battery pack when you insert it into the charger and press the REFRESH button:
Note that your handset will consume power during both talk time (when the handset is
turned on) and standby time (when the handset is turned off, but out of the battery
charger). A fully charged battery pack provides about 3 hours of talk time or about 22
hours of standby time. As a guideline, you can expect a 1-hour reduction in talk time for
every 7 hours of standby time. Similarly, you can expect a 7-hour reduction in standby time
for every hour of talk time.
It is highly recommended that you purchase a second battery pack to use as a spare. With
the spare battery pack in the Spare battery compartment of the battery charger, you are
assured of always having a fresh, usable battery pack.
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Depending on the level of memory effect that the battery pack has, it is sometimes
necessary to refresh the battery pack twice:
Insert the battery pack in the Spare battery compartment of the battery charger
and leave it there until the SPARE LED is steady green. Remove the battery
pack from the charger, then reinsert it, and leave it until the SPARE LED is
steady green a second time.
Or, with the battery pack in the handset, insert the handset in the handset
cradle, press REFRESH, and leave it there until the HANDSET LED is steady
green. Remove the handset from the handset cradle, then reinsert it, press
REFRESH again, and leave it until the HANDSET LED is steady green a second
time.
Battery-Pack Charge State Discharge Time Recharge Time Total Time
Low charge (Battery icon is
lit)
0.5 hours 1 hour 1.5 hours
Full charge 3 hours 1 hour 4 hours