cou pler may also au to mat i cally dial the tele phone num ber of
the main com puter.
Elas tic Strap
The PTC’s elas tic strap se cures the PTC to the palm of your
hand for data en try. It also se cures a tele phone re ceiver to the
acous tic cou pler for data com mu ni ca tion.
Bat teries
The PTC-710 uses three AA-size re charge able
nickel-cadmium bat ter ies as the stan dard source of power
(PTCs or dered with these bat ter ies also in clude a bat tery
charger). As an op tion, the PTC-710 can also use three
AA-size al ka line bat ter ies.
The PTC tells you when the bat ter ies are go ing dead by
beep ing five times and show ing a “LOW BAT TERY” mes -
sage
on the dis play. When this hap pens, ei ther charge the bat ter -
ies (if your PTC con tains nickel-cadmium bat ter ies) or re-
place the bat ter ies (if your PTC con tains al ka line bat ter ies).
Note:
When bat ter ies are ex tremely weak, the PTC-710 does not
op er ate, beep, or show the “LOW BAT TERY” mes sage. In this
event, charge or re place the bat ter ies im me di ately.
CAU TION! If your PTC-710 con tains nickel-cadmium bat ter -
ies, do not store it for more than one month with out charg ing
the bat ter ies. If your PTC-710 con tains al ka line bat ter ies, do
not store it for more than two months with out re plac ing the
bat ter ies. Oth er wise, your data or pro gram may be lost.
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