Owner`s manual

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BATTERY AND DISPLAY (continued)
OPERATING GUIDELINES
II. REMAINING RUN-TIME GAUGE
LCD Segments Remaining Run Time
“3” & 4 arcs 4 Hours or greater
“3” & 4 arcs 3 Hours 45 minutes to 3 Hours 59 minutes
“3” & 3 arcs 3 Hours 30 minutes to 3 Hours 44 minutes
“3” & 2 arcs 3 Hours 15 minutes to 3 Hours 29 minutes
“3” & 1 arc 3 hours to 3 Hours 14 minutes
“2” & 4 arcs 2 Hours 45 minutes to 2 Hours 59 minutes
“2” & 3 arcs 2 Hours 30 minutes to 2 Hours 44 minutes
“2” & 2 arcs 2 Hours 15 minutes to 2 Hours 29 minutes
“2” & 1 arc 2 Hours to 2 Hours 14 minutes
“1” & 4 arcs 1 hour 45 minutes to 1 Hour 59 minutes
“1” & 3 arcs 1 Hour 30 minutes to 1 Hour 44 minutes
“1” & 2 arcs 1 Hour 15 minutes to 1 Hour 29 minutes
“1” & 1 arc 1 Hour to 1 Hour 14 mintues
4 arcs 45 minutes to 59 minutes
3 arcs 30 minutes to 44 minutes
2 arcs 15 minutes to 29 minutes
1 arc 14 minutes or less
1 ashing arc Learned Capacity Level Reached (12.7 Vdc)
1. Keep batteries cool or at room temperatures whenever pos-
sible.
Sustainedelevatedtemperaturesaretheprimaryreason
forprematurefailureofbatteries:
a. Charging-Chargebatteriesatroomtemperature.Inwarm
climateskeepchargersinairconditionedroomsforbest
performance.
b. Onassignment-Donotleavebatteriesinahotvehicletrunk
oroutindirectsunlight.
c. Althoughlithiumionhasgoodself-dischargecharacteristics,
longtermstorageinafullychargedconditionwillresultin
irreversiblecapacityloss.Thisisaproblemforalllithium
ionbatteries–fromcellphonestovideocameras.Usethe
battery;donotstoreitforextendedperiods.
d. Batteriesshouldalwaysbestoredinapartiallychargedstate
andkeptcool.Ifbatteriesmustbestoredforalongperiod
(oversixmonths),theyshouldbeperiodicallyremovedfrom
storageandsubmittedtoadischarge/chargecycle.
2. Do not over-discharge batteries -Itisquitepropertodischarge
abatteryuntilalowvoltagewarninginthecameraorVTRis
observed.However,aswitchtoafreshbatteryshouldoccuras
soonaspossiblefollowingsuchindication.Neverleaveabattery
operateddeviceunattendedwhileitisrunning.
3. DO NOT LEAVE A BATTERY ATTACHED TO A CAMERA/CAM-
CORDER during transit or storage.
“Keepwarm”circuitryin
thecameracandrainthebattery,becausetheDIONICHCbattery
hasspecializedcircuitswhichwillnotallowabatterytooverdis-
charge,thebatterywillprotectitselfandshutdown.
4. Lowvoltagebatteriescanalsobecausedbyallowingbatteries
toremainoffthechargerforextendedperiodscausingtheLCD
displaytobeblank,indicatingthattheelectroniccircuitryhas
removedallloadfromthebatterycells–includingthedisplay.In
thecasethatthebatteryisinalowvoltageconditionthebattery
shouldbereturnedtothecharger.Thechargeroutinewillnotbe
initiatedbythechargeruntilallotherbatterieshavecompleted
theirfastchargeroutines.Therefore,alowvoltagebatterycanbe
installedonanInterActivechargerwithoutthechargerindicat-
ingrecognition.Thebatteryshouldremainonthechargeruntil
chargingiscomplete.Itmaybehelpfultoremoveotherbatteries
beforeplacingabatterywithablankdisplayonthecharger.Ifthe
batterydisplaygoesfromblanktoashing,removefromchar-
gerandreinstall.Ifashingdisplayconditionremains,contact
customersupport.
5. Neverleaveanybatteryunattendedonequipment.
6. Routineuseofabatteryatdischargeratesgreaterthanthebat-
teryrating(e.g.150wattsmaximum,75wattsorlessforlighting
load)canreduceoverallservicelife.Alwaysselecttheproper
sizebatteryforyourapplication.
7. Dischargingthebatteryfordiagnosticpurposesshouldonly
beperformedonanoccasionalbasis(onceevery6-8weeksat
most).Unnecessarydischargingonlydetractsfromoveralllife.
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