OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS:
- Charge your batteries at 1/2 of their capacity when prompted to enter "charge rate" (my Sanyo 2700's get charged at either 1300 or 1400ma)
- Discharge your batteries at 1/4 of their capacity when prompted to enter "discharge rate" (my Sanyo 2700's get discharged at either 600 or 700ma)
simple right??? I have no idea why they wouldn't just print that in their manual!
These instructions are very puzzling to me. They should work fine, but as I understand it, these rates have more to do with how fast the charger completes its operations than how successful the charger will be at charging the battery adequately. Using faster speeds, though, will reduce the number of times the battery can be charged or recharged.
This charger is very inconvenient to use compared to the LaCrosse BC-900 (which is why I got the BC-900), since you have to enter the rates separately for each battery you are charging, so I think many if not most, users simply use the default rates and it apparently works fine that way.