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Charging and Discharging
Your
device
is
powered
by
a
rechargeable
batt
ery. T
h
e
full
performance o
f a new
batt
ery is
achieved only
after tw
o
or th
ree
complete
charge
and
dis
charge
cycles
. T
h
e
batt
ery can
be
charged and
d
ischarged hundreds
of times but it
w
ill eventually we
ar ou
t.
When t
h
e t
a
lk
and
sta
n
dby t
imes are
not
ic
eably short
er t
h
an
norm
al, buy
a
new bat
tery.
Use
on
ly Nokia
approved bat
terie
s, and recharge your ba
tte
ry
only w
ith Nokia
approved
chargers
desi
gnate
d
for this device.
Unplug
t
h
e charge
r
from the electri
cal plug and th
e device when not in use
. Do not leave the
batte
ry
connecte
d
to
a charger. Overcharging
ma
y s
h
ort
en
it
s
lifetime.
If le
ft
unus
ed,
a
fully
charged batt
ery will los
e its charge over t
ime
. Temperature extre
me
s can affect
t
h
e
abili
ty of
your ba
tt
ery to
ch
arge
.
To
prolong batt
ery
life o
f NiMh batte
ries,
discha
rge
the bat
tery from t
ime
to
time b
y
leaving
your device swit
ched on
until it turns itse
lf
o
ff. D
o
n
o
t a
tte
mp
t
to
disch
a
rge th
e ba
tte
ry by
an
y ot
her
means.
Use the batte
ry only
for its
in
te
nded
purpose
. Never
use
any charger or
batt
ery t
h
at
is
damaged
.
Do n
o
t sh
ort-circu
it th
e bat
tery. Acciden
ta
l sh
ort-circu
iting can
occu
r
when a meta
llic
object
such as a coin, clip,
or pen causes
direct
c
o
nnection of t
h
e p
o
siti
ve
(+) and negative (-
) terminal
s of the bat
tery. (These
look
li
ke
met
a
l s
trips on the batte
ry
.)
T
h
is
might happen, for
example,
when you carry a s
p
are bat
tery i
n
yo
ur
or p
u
rse
. S
h
ort
-circuit
ing
the
terminals may
d
a
mage the
b
a
tt
ery or
th
e connecti
ng object
.
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Leaving t
h
e
batt
ery in hot
or
cold
places
, su
ch as
in a closed car in
su
mmer or
w
int
er
cond
itions, will
reduce the
capa
ci
ty a
n
d l
ifetim
e
of
th
e ba
tt
ery.
Alwa
ys t
ry t
o
keep
th
e
batte
ry
betw
een
15°
C
and 25°C
(59°F
and 77°
F).
A d
evic
e with
a hot o
r cold b
a
ttery may not
work t
emporari
ly,
even
when the batt
ery is
full
y c
h
arged.
Batte
ry
performa
n
ce
is
particula
rly
limite
d
in temperatures wel
l be
low freezing.
Do not dispo
se of
bat
teries
in a fire! Dis
pose
of batteri
es according to local regulations.
Please recycle
w
h
en
poss
ible. Do not dispo
se as
household waste
.
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