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ART NUMBER FN091065, REVISION 2 VS5 N AND VS6 N SERVICE MANUAL
Chapter 1 - Introduction 1-15
PRELIMINARY
1-3-5 Vivid S5 N / Vivid S6 N Battery Safety (cont’d)
• Storage of the battery pack:
Short-term (less than 1 month): between 0
o
C (32
o
F) and 50
o
C (122
o
F).
Long-term (more than 3 months): between 10
o
C (50
o
F) and 35
o
C (95
o
F)
NOTE: When storing a battery pack for more than 6 months, it is necessary to charge the battery pack
at least once every 6 months in order to prevent leakage and deterioration in performance (as
a result of self-discharging).
NOTE: When charging the battery for the first time after long-term storage, recover the battery pack to
original performance through repeating several cycles of full charging and discharging.
NOTE: When shipped, the Vivid S5 N or Vivid S6 N with the battery it is in a state of being approximately 30% charged.
Before use, it is necessary to fully charge and discharge the battery pack up to 3 times, in order to utilize Li-lon
smart packs.
1-3-6 Patient Data Safety
While the software install procedure is designed to preserve data, you should save any
patient data, images, system setups to a DVD or hardcopy before doing a software
upgrade.
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