Philips AVENT Vigilabebés DECT - Manual (Page 8)

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• When the batteries are fully charged, the
parent unit can be used cordlessly for up
to 24 hours.
D Note:
When the parent unit is charged for the first
time, the operating time is less than 24 hours. The
batteries only reach their full capacity after you
have charged and discharged them four times.
D Note:
When the parent unit is not in the charger, the
batteries gradually discharge, even when the
parent unit is switched off.
5 Using the appliance
1
Place the parent unit and the baby unit in the
same room to test the connection (Fig. 10).
Make sure the baby unit is at least 1 metre/3.5
feet away from the parent unit.
2
Press and hold the on/off button 3 on the
baby unit until the green power-on light goes
on. (Fig. 11)
D Note:
The power-on light always lights up green,
even when there is no connection with the
parent unit.
• The nightlight lights up briefly and then goes
out again.
• The battery light T lights up briefly and
then goes out again. (Fig. 12)
3
Press and hold the on/off button 3 on the
parent unit until the sound level lights light up
briefly. (Fig. 13)
• The display goes on and the battery symbol
appears on the display (Fig. 14).
• The LINK light flashes red and the message
‘Searching’ appears on the display. (Fig. 15)
• The LINK light on the parent unit
turns green and lights up continuously when
a connection has been established between
the baby unit and parent unit. The message
‘Linked’ appears on the display. (Fig. 16)
4.2 Parent unit
4.2.1 Operation on rechargeable batteries
The parent unit comes with two rechargeable
NiMh AAA 850mAh batteries.
Charge the parent unit before you use it for the
first time or when the parent unit indicates that
the batteries are low (the empty battery symbol
flashes on the display and the parent unit beeps).
The parent unit starts indicating that the batteries
are low 30 minutes before the batteries are
completely empty.
D Note:
If the batteries are completely empty, the parent
unit automatically switches off and loses contact
with the baby unit.
1
Remove the lid of the compartment for the
rechargeable batteries (Fig. 6).
2
Insert the rechargeable batteries (Fig. 7).
D Note:
Make sure the + and - poles of the batteries
point in the right direction.
3
Reattach the lid (Fig. 8).
4
Insert the small appliance plug into the
charger, put the adapter in a wall socket and
place the parent unit in the charger (Fig. 9).
• The charging light on the charger goes on.
• The display shows a charging battery
symbol to indicate that the parent unit is
charging.
5
Leave the parent unit in the charger until the
batteries are fully charged.
• During charging, the charging light on the
charger stays on.
• When the batteries are fully charged, the
display of the parent unit shows a full
battery symbol T.
• When you charge the parent unit for
the first time or after a long period of
disuse, switch it off and let it charge
continuously for at least 10 hours.
• Charging normally takes 8 hours, but
it takes longer when the parent unit is
switched on while charging. To keep the
charging time as short as possible, switch
off the parent unit during charging.