5
Charging
Direct-charge adaptor •5•
Charging
Before using your CryptoPhone, we recommend you charge the battery
until full. In order to do this, you must connect the power supply to the
CryptoPhone. Depending on your location, you may need a plug adaptor
to use the power supply if the plug does not fit in your outlet. The power
supply is rated 100-240V, which means it will accept your line voltage
without conversion as long as it lies within this range. The LED in the
upper right corner of your CryptoPhone will change color to yellow while
it is charging and to green when fully charged. You can either charge the
CryptoPhone in the desk stand or using the small direct-charge adaptor
(Direct-charge adaptor •5•).
You will see a battery warning when the battery charge is below 50%.
You can see the current battery status at the right bar of the CryptoPhone
display. The battery of the CryptoPhone has a standby time of 150 hours
and a talk time of 3 hours 15 minutes in secure mode. Due to the higher
power consumption of the built-in PDA and the display backlight, this is
less then what you might be used to from normal GSM phones. Also
please note that these times may vary depending on your distance to
the nearest GSM base station: the further away the base station, the
more power your phone needs to use to reach it.
Note: we recommend you charge your GSMK CryptoPhone every night,
so you will not run out of battery unexpectedly. For security reasons
explained later in the chapter ‘Security, Storage and Handling’, we
suggest you place the CryptoPhone next to your bed while it is charging.
If the phone rings, or you need to place a call, while the phone is charging,
you can leave it plugged in while operating the phone.
