Helpful Battery and Charging Information for your ECO
Important Note: Always use the battery charger that came with your device. Any other charger may damage your batteries.
If you plan to store your device for a month or more without using it: put the unit in Shipping Mode by opening the MAINTENANCE MENU in the Toolbox, selecting Battery Menu and then selecting Shipping Mode. Unplug the battery charger and store it in a safe place.
Check your battery status in the Status Display Area
The Battery Status bar graph in the Status Display Area on your screen gives you the following information:
Full Battery: mostly green lines with a few red and yellow lines
Plug in Charger: no green lines at all
Nearly Dead: red lines only (plug in charger now)
Charger Plugged in: blue lines
The Battery Menu
Go to the Toolbox and select the MAINTENANCE MENU
Select the Battery Menu option.
The Battery Menu will show:
if the charger is plugged in;
the amount of charge in the Internal Battery;
the amount of charge in the Replaceable Battery.
You can activate the Refresh Battery Status option to make sure you are seeing the latest battery information.
Low Battery Warning
When the batteries in your device get low, you will hear a Low Battery Warning. This is a two-toned running beep. When the Low Battery warning sounds, you can no longer do any storing. The warning will continue to sound at intervals until the batteries are dead. When the batteries are dead, the device powers down completely and you cannot use it.
Battery LEDs
There are three LEDs near the bottom of the IR window on the front of the case.
The LED on the left will blink when the battery charger is plugged in.
The LED in the middle will blink when the batteries are low and need to be charged.
The LED on the right indicates that the ECO's hard drive is working and does not pertain to the batteries.
When the batteries are low, the Low Battery LED will blink. When you hear the Low Battery warning and/or see the blinking Low Battery LED, plug in the battery charger. The Battery Charging LED will begin to blink to indicate the charger is plugged in.
IMPORTANT! Forcing the charger tip in too far will damage your device!
A complete charge, from dead battery to fully-charged battery, will take 9-10 hours. Your charging light / lighting bolt icon will also go to a slow blinking trickle charge when the battery is full.