User's Manual
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20-315 Owner’s Manual
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and best performance, we recommend alkaline batteries, available at your local
RadioShack store.
You can use either the supplied non-rechargeable battery holder (black), or the supplied
rechargeable battery holder (yellow). If you use the rechargeable battery holder, we
recommend RadioShack nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries.
Warning: Never install non-rechargeable batteries in the rechargeable yellow battery
holder. Non-rechargeable batteries can get hot or explode if you try to recharge them.
Note: You must charge rechargeable batteries before you use them the first time. See
“Charging Rechargeable Batteries” on Page 8.
Cautions:
• The battery holder fits only one way. Do not force it.
• Use only fresh batteries of the required size and recommended type.
• Always remove old or weak batteries. Batteries can leak chemicals that destroy electronic
circuits.
• Do not mix old and new batteries, different types of batteries (alkaline, or rechargeable),
or rechargeable batteries of different capacities.
Follow these steps to install batteries.
1. Press in on the battery compartment cover on the back of the scanner and slide the
cover down to remove it.
2. Pull the battery holder out of the battery compartment.
3. If you are using non-rechargeable batteries, place them into the black holder, as
indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and –) marked on the holder. Or, if you are using
rechargeable batteries, place them into the yellow holder, as indicated by the polarity
symbols (+ and –) marked on the holder.
4. Place the battery holder into the battery compartment.
5. Replace the cover.
When battery power is low,
B
appears and the scanner beeps continuously. When battery
power is depleted, the scanner turns itself off. Replace all four non-rechargeable batteries,
or recharge the rechargeable batteries. See “Charging Rechargeable Batteries” on Page 8.