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11. NIMH AND NICD BATTERIES
a) General information
The rechargeable battery programmes for NiMH and NiCd rechargeable batteries generally
differ only in the internally used charging procedures. The settings in the menus are the same.
The charger must be in the main menu.
Use the buttons “NiMH” or “NiCd” to select the
battery type matching the rechargeable battery
used. The respective interface is marked in
colour.
If you push the same button again, the
charger will start setting mode for the selected
rechargeable battery type.
In the gure on the right, a NiMH rechargeable
battery has been chosen. The menus for NiCd
rechargeable batteries are the same, however.
“CELLS” = Cell number of the rechargeable
battery
“MODE” = Charging/discharging mode
“CURRENT” = current
“MORE” = Display further settings
“BACK” = Return to the previous menu
“START” = Start the set charging/discharging
mode (keep the button pushed for
3 seconds)
The following charge/discharge modes exist for NiMH and NiCd rechargeable batteries:
• “CHARGE”: Charge rechargeable battery
• “AUTO CHG”: Select the charge current according to the rechargeable battery
• “DISCHARGE”: Discharging the battery
• “RE-PEAK”: Repeat the charge end recognition
• “CYCLE”: Perform multiple discharge/charge cycles