Nokia 6610i - Charging and Discharging

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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

pocket

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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