Installation Guide

POWER UP
1. Plug the 12V 0.75A AC/DC cord into an outlet, and then into the
battery charger.
2. Insert the battery/batteries to be charged. Within 8 seconds.
“Charge” (default mode) and the battery voltage will show.
3. Allow charger to sit for several hours to charge the batteries.
CHANGE OPERATION MODE | CHARGING CURRENT
Refresh: Batteries will be discharged and recharged until the
charger cannot remove additional charge from the battery. This
may cycle up to 20 times. The battery will receive a final full charge
when it has reached its capacity.
Note: Refresh may bring an old rechargeable battery back to its
optimum condition.
Test: Batteries are charged to full, then discharged to measure
capacity, then recharged to full again. Battery Capacity is measured
in Amp hours or Milliamp hours (Ah or mAh).
Note: During Discharge, Refresh and Test modes, the Discharge
current will be half of charging current selected.
Alpha Power Battery Charger
Model: BC700N
DC: 012617
TRICKLE CHARGE
2 3 4 5
LEARN YOUR CHARGER
Charging Bays
AAA Battery Clip
(Smaller, lower)
AA Battery Clip
Charging Bay Buttons
Charging Bay Display
Function Buttons
(Current, Display,
Mode)
IMPORTANT:
The charger is restricted to charging NiCd and NiMH rechargeable
batteries only.
1. Hold the MODE button until the display changes. Then press and
release the MODE button to change modes. (Charge, Discharge,
Refresh or Test can be selected).
2. Press the CURRENT button within 8 seconds of the last action to
select the charging current. (200, 500 or 700 mA).
3. After eight seconds, the display will blink once and the batteries
will start selected action. The charging current can no longer be
changed. You can reset the current by taking out all of the
batteries and repeating the steps above.
4. Press the DISPLAY button to view various display modes.
Note: Although the individual charging bays can be operated in
dierent modes, the charging current of the second, third and
fourth charge bays cannot be set higher than charging bay 1.
OPERATING MODES
Regardless of operation mode, the batteries will end up fully
charged and ready to use. You can select a dierent charging
mode for each charging bay if you choose.
Charge: Charges the rechargeable battery (charger automatically
switches to trickle charge after battery is full).
Discharge: Discharges the battery then charges it one time.
DETERMINE YOUR CURRENT BATTERY VOLTAGE
1. Insert the battery into the charger.
2. Press and release the DISPLAY button until V (voltage) and a
number show in the display.
3. The number will be the current voltage of the battery.
Note: This is not the capacity of the battery only the current voltage.
To check capacity use the Test mode.
DETERMINE YOUR BATTERY CAPACITY
Battery capacity is determined by counting the amount of power
removed from a fully charged battery.
During the Test mode the rechargeable batteries will be:
• Charged fully
• Discharged to determine the battery capacity
• Charged fully again for use.
TEST MODE: Insert the battery for “Test” into the charge bay.
Within 8 seconds:
1. Press the BAY button. The corresponding display will flash.
2. Press the MODE button to select the “Test” mode.
3. Press the CURRENT button to select the charging current in
the test mode: 200, 500 or 700 mA.
4. After 8 seconds, the display will blink once to confirm and end
changes.
5. The discharge capacity in (mAh) or (Ah) will be estimated and
shown after the discharging ends.
• Once the battery is fully charged from any of the operating
modes, the charger will give a small amount of current to the
batteries to maintain the fully charged level.
• Trickle charge is automatically launched after batteries are fully
charged and kept in the charging unit.
• The signal “Full” will be displayed on the LCD.
CHARGING TIME
Charging Time with various charging current
Size of battery Battery Capacity
Charging current
selected (mA)
Estimated charging time
AA 2600 mAh
700 ~ 3 hr 35 min
500 ~5 hr
200 ~13 hr
AAA 1000 mAh
700 ~ 60 min
500 ~100 min
200 ~5 hr