Preparing Your Radio for Use
This section provides simple instructions to prepare
your radio for your.
Charging the Battery
Warning: To avoid a possible explosion:
• Do not replace the battery in any area
labeled hazardous atmosphere.
• Do not discard batteries in a fire.
The Motorola-approved battery shipped with your
radio is uncharged. Prior to using a new battery,
charge it for a minimum of 16 hours to ensure
optimum capacity and performance. For a list of
Motorola-authorized batteries and chargers available
for use with your radio, see Accessories on page
183.
Note:
When charging a battery attached to a radio, turn the
radio off to ensure a full charge.
To charge the battery, place the battery (with or
without the radio), in a Motorola-approved charger.
The LED on the charger indicates the charging
progress; see the charger user guide.
Attaching the Battery
You can view the status of the IMPRES
™
battery if the
radio is using an IMPRES battery. See IMPRES
Battery Annunciator on page 174 for more
information.
1 Slide the battery into the radio frame until the latch
which is at the bottom of the radio clicks into
place.
See the following picture for MFK radio.