• WARNING! Immedately stop usng the battery f t emtsan abnormal odor, heats up, or s dscolored or deformed. Ifany of these condtons occur, contact your Icom dealer ordstrbutor.• WARNING! Immedately wash, usng clean water, any partof the body that comes nto contact wth flud from nsdethe battery.• WARNING! NEVER put the battery n a mcrowave oven,hgh-pressure contaner, or n an nducton heatng cooker.Ths could cause a fre, overheatng, or cause the batteryto rupture.• CAUTION! Always use the battery wthn the specfedtemperature range for the transcever (–25˚C to +55˚C)and the battery tself (–20˚C to +60˚C). Usng the batteryout of ts specfed temperature range wll reduce the bat-tery’s performance and battery lfe. Please note that thespecfied temperature range of the battery may exceed thatof the transcever. In such cases, the transcever may notwork properly because t s out of ts operatng temperaturerange.• CAUTION! Shorter battery lfe could occur f the batterys left fully charged, completely dscharged, or n an ex-cessve temperature envronment (above +50˚C) for anextended perod of tme. If the battery must be left unusedfor a long tme, t must be detached from the rado after ds-chargng. You may use the battery untl the remanng ca-pacty s about half, then keep t safely n a cool dry placewth the temperature between –20˚C to +20˚C.D Charging caution• R DANGER! NEVER charge the battery pack n areas wthextremely hgh temperatures, such as near fires or stoves,nsde a sun heated car, or n drect sunlght. In such en-vronments, the safety/protecton crcut n the battery wllactvate, causng the battery to stop chargng.• WARNING! NEVER charge or leave the battery n the bat-tery charger beyond the specfied tme for chargng. If thebattery s not completely charged by the specfed tme,stop chargng and remove the battery from the batterycharger. Contnung to charge the battery beyond the spec-fied tme lmt may cause a fire, overheatng, or the batterymay rupture.• WARNING! NEVER nsert the transcever (battery attachedto the transcever) nto the charger f t s wet or soled. Thscould corrode the battery charger termnals or damage thecharger. The charger s not waterproof.• CAUTION! NEVER charge the battery outsde of the spec-fied temperature range: BC-160 (0˚C to +40˚C). Icom rec-ommends chargng the battery at +20˚C. The battery mayheat up or rupture f charged out of the specfied tempera-ture range. Addtonally, battery performance or battery lfemay be reduced.194 BATTERY CHARGING