Radio Shack Twin Charger for Startac Cellular Phones Owner's Manual

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OWNER’S MANUAL — Please read before using this equipment.

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Twin Charger for Startac Cellular Phones

Your RadioShack Twin Charger for Startac Cellular Phones lets you 

charge or discharge lithium ion, nickel-metal hydride, or nickel-

cadmium rechargeable batteries for Motorola Startac cellular 

telephones. You can keep the phone with a battery installed in the 

front chamber and a spare battery in the rear chamber, so you always 

have the power you need to stay connected.

The charger has these benefits:

Battery Condition Detection — automatically detects whether the 

battery is discharging, charging, or fully charged.

LED Charging/Discharging Indicator — lets you see the battery’s 

condition at a glance.

Short Circuit, Peak Voltage, and 6

1

/

2

-Hour Maximum Time 

Protection — uses three different circuits to protect the battery in the 

rear slot from being damaged during charging or discharging.

Caution: Do not use any Lithium Ion battery other than one that is sold 

by RadioShack or manufactured by the original phone manufacturer.

OPERATION 

Note: You might need to remove the holding plates before recharging 

some phones.

1. Insert the supplied AC adapter's barrel plug into the charger's 

DC 

13.5V

 jack, then plug the adapter's AC plug into a standard AC 

outlet. The CON and BATTERY indicators light in red and the 

PHONE indicator lights in green for about one second.

Cautions:

You must use a Class 2 power source that supplies at

between 12V and 18V DC and delivers at least 1 Amp.

Its center tip must be set to negative and its plug must fit

the charger's 

DC 13.5V 

jack. The supplied adapter meets these

specifications. Using an adapter that does not meet these specifi-

cations could damage the charger or the adapter.

• Always connect the AC adapter to the charger before you 

connect it to AC power. When you finish, disconnect the 

adapter from AC power before you disconnect it from the 

charger.

2. To charge a battery that is installed in a cellular phone, place the 

phone in the charger's front chamber.

3. To charge an additional battery, place it in the rear chamber and 

press 

CON

 (Condition). The charger starts discharging the battery, 

then automatically starts charging when the battery is discharged 

completely. The indicators light as follows:

CON

 — 

lights during discharging.

PHONE — red while charging a battery in the front chamber. The

phone's display indicates when the battery is fully charged.

Note: The first time you place a phone which requires more than

150 mA in the front chamber, the PHONE indicator lights in green

for about 2 minutes (longer if the phone’s power is on), then lights

in red.

BATTERY — red while charging a battery in the rear chamber;

green when the battery is fully charged.

Notes: 

• When a battery is installed in the rear chamber, pressing 

CON

reverses the process to discharge (if the battery is charging) or 

charge (if the battery is discharging).

• The charger stops charging automatically if the battery cannot be 

charged to a minimum working voltage. If this happens, replace 

the battery with a new one of the same type. 

• Do not store the battery in the charger for more than one week.

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CON Indicator

PHONE Indicator

BATTERY Indicator

CON Button