Product Manual

2 Basic setup and operation
Removing / hot-swapping a battery
CAUTION – Spectra Precision strongly recommends that before you hot swap a
battery, you save your data.
CAUTION – If you remove both batteries at the same time the device will instantly
turn off due to power loss. Make sure you keep one battery in the device.
If you have the device turned off you can remove both batteries at the same time.
To hot-swap the batteries, replace one battery at a time:
1. Check the charge level of the batteries by pressing the button on each battery (see
Checking the battery level, page 33).
2. Replace the battery with the lowest charge first; turn the battery latch 90° until the flat
edge aligns with a battery opening, then remove the battery.
3. Replace this battery with a fully charged battery.
4. Turn the battery latch by 180° until the flat edge aligns with the second battery
opening, then remove the second battery.
5. Replace the second battery, then turn the battery latch 90° back to the center position
to lock both batteries in place.
Charging and power modes
It takes approximately 3 hours to charge the Ranger 7 data collector battery from an
empty state. It may take longer if you are using your device for power-intensive activities,
for example using GNSS or processing a lot of data while you are charging it.
Charging the battery
1. Connect the appropriate international plug adapter for your region to the AC adapter.
2. Connect the power cord to the charging port on the device.
3. Plug the power supply into an electrical outlet.
Checking the battery level
You can check the battery level:
l on the Lock screen. When you wake the device, the battery status appears in the
lower-right corner of the Lock screen.
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