29Copyright © 2004 Nokia. All rights reserved.■ Charging the battery1. Connect the lead from the charger to thesocket on the bottom of your phone.2. Connect the charger to an AC wall socket.The text Charging is displayed briefly ifthe phone is switched on. If the battery iscompletely flat, it may take a fewminutes before the charging indicatorappears on the display or before any callscan be made.You can use the phone while the charger is connected.The charging time depends on the charger and the battery used. For example,charging a BLD-3 battery with the ACP-12 charger takes up to one hour and 30minutes while the phone is in standby mode.