Charging and caring for batteries 135You should recharge or replace the battery as soon aspossible. When the battery is completely empty, themessage Battery is flat appears on the display. Theradio emits a long, low-pitched beep and then stopsworking. Turn off the radio immediately.Charging the batteryFully charge a battery before using it for the first time.This will take up to 2.5 hours.The red LED stays lit while the battery charges.To charge the battery:1 Desktop charger: Connect the charger to thecorrect Tait power adaptor.Multicharger and vehicle charger: Power on thecharger.Initially, all three LEDs are lit for two seconds.2 Place just a battery in the charger, or a radio witha battery attached (desktop charger ormulticharger only). There is no need to remove abelt clip, antenna, or any accessory that isattached to the accessory connector.The red LED lights up, and stays lit while thebattery charges. For a battery that is almostcompletely discharged, allow two hours.When charging is complete, the green LED stayslit.Charger for IS batteries onlyNotice Placing a fully charged battery into thecharger for IS batteries may result in both the orangeand red LED lighting up. In this case, remove thebattery and use as normal. Leaving the battery in thecharger may result in the battery being discharged.
