Maglite ML125-33014 User Manual [en, es, fr]

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LED FLASHLIGHT

Rechargeable System
Systéme Rechargeable
Sistema Recargable

Owner’s Manual • Guide d’Utilisation • Manual del Propietario

WARNING:

Always read and understand all of the warnings
and safety instructions contained in this manual
before attempting to use the Maglite® ML125™
Rechargeable Flashlight System to help avoid
potential hazards that could result in bodily injury
or property damage.
Always keep this manual conveniently available
for future reference, as it contains important
information that will help effect the safe
operation and maintenance of this instrument.
Any battery may leak harmful chemicals which
may damage skin, clothing, or the inside of the
flashlight. TO AVOID RISK OF INJURY, DO NOT
LET ANY MATERIAL LEAKED FROM A BATTERY
COME IN CONTACT WITH EYES OR SKIN. Any
battery may rupture or explode if put in a fire or
otherwise exposed to excessive heat. TO AVOID
RISK OF INJURY, DO NOT EXPOSE BATTERIES
TO EXCESSIVE HEAT. To reduce the risk of
personal injury or harm to your flashlight, take the
following precautions:

• Use only a MAG® rechargeable battery pack
(Model No. ML125-A3015) with this flashlight.

• Always install the battery pack with the positive
(+) end facing the head end of the
flashlight and the negative (-) end facing the
tailcap end of the flashlight

• When storing your flashlight for long periods of

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time, remove the battery pack and store
it separately.

• Carefully follow the steps listed under
“Inspection and Maintenance” in this manual.

• This product is not recommended for use by
children.

The safety instructions have been classified
according to the seriousness of the risk, as
follows:

~DANGER:

“Danger” indicates the existence of a hazard that
could result in death or catastrophic bodily injury,
if the safety instruction is not observed.

WARNING:

“Warning” indicates the existence of a hazard
that could result in serious bodily injury, if the
safety instruction is not observed.

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CAUTION:

“Caution” indicates the existence of a hazard
that could result in minor bodily injury or property
damage, if the safety instruction is not observed.

몇NOTICE:

“Notice” contains general information that
relates to the safe operation of the flashlight
system.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

• Never allow children to play with your flashlight,
as they might hurt themselves or others.

• Always keep all accessories and components out
of the reach of small children. Small parts, in
particular, might present a choking hazard to
children.

• Do not allow children to handle or operate this
flashlight.

BATTERY DISPOSAL

• Never discard a used
battery pack with
ordinary solid wastes,
since it contains toxic
substances.

• Always dispose of a
used battery pack in
accordance with
prevailing community
regulations relating to
the disposal of
household toxic wastes.

• Always cover the metal terminals with
insulating tape first, to prevent accidental short­circuiting whenever transporting outside of
flashlight.

• The sealed battery stick contains nickel metal
hydride and must be recycled or disposed of
properly. Contact your local county solid waste
authority for proper recycling or disposal
information.

• Mag Instrument, Inc. is a proud participant in

the RBRC (Rechargeable Battery Recycling
Corporation). By recycling NiMH rechargeable
batteries, you are helping to keep NiMH
batteries out of the solid waste stream. When
you throw away a NiMH battery, it eventually
ends up in a landfill or municipal incinerator. By
recycling your used NiMH batteries through
Mag Instrument’s Battery Recycling Program,
you are helping to create a cleaner and safer
environment for generations to come. For more
information about the RBRC visit www.rbrc.com

~DANGER:

• To prevent serious damage to eyesight, never
look into flashlight when light is on. Do not shine
light into the face of someone else.

• Never attempt to disassemble or repair the AC
adapter or charging cradle as exposure to
electric shock hazards may result. Always
contact a Mag Authorized Warranty Service
Center, if repair or replacement is required.

• Never alter the AC cord or plug on your AC
adapter or charging cradle. If the plug will not fit
into the available outlet, have a proper outlet
installed by a qualified electrician. Improper
connection can result in the risk of electric
shock.

WARNING:

• Never attempt to disassemble the flashlight or
any of its components and or accessories. If

service or repair is required, return the unit to a
Mag Authorized Warranty Service Center.

• Always use genuine Maglite® replacement
parts and accessories when operating this
flashlight system, as the use of incompatible
auxiliary equipment could result in fire, electric
shock or other bodily injury. Never connect this
flashlight to any unauthorized or incompatible
auxiliary product that has not been expressly
approved by Mag Instrument, Inc. Use of an
unauthorized accessory that is not the technical
equivalent of an authorized accessory may
damage the product and void your warranty.

• Never store or transport flammable liquids,
gases or explosive materials in the same
compartment as the flashlight or any of its
accessories, as possible sparking in the
equipment could ignite a fire or explosion.

• Never place the flashlight on the passenger seat
or anyplace else in the car where it can become
a projectile during a collision or sudden stop.

• Never short-circuit a battery pack by either
accidentally or intentionally bringing the
terminals in contact with another metal object.
That could result in burns, other bodily injury or
a fire, and could also damage the battery pack.

• Never expose the terminals of the battery pack
to any other metal object. Always wrap it or place
it in a plastic bag, whenever transporting it.

• Never heat and never attempt to disassemble
the battery pack, as that could cause leakage of
the caustic electrolyte. If the battery is
accidentally broken, avoid skin contact with the
contents. In the event of skin contact, wash the
affected area immediately and obtain prompt
medical attention.

• Never attempt to dispose of a battery pack by
throwing it into a fire. That can cause the
battery pack to explode.

• In order to avoid any risk of bodily injury or
property damage never attempt to use an
unauthorized battery pack with your flashlight.

• Never allow any liquids or water to spill on the
AC adapter or charging cradle. There is a risk of
fire or electric shock.

• Always use the authorized Maglite® AC
adapter and charging cradle to avoid any risk of
fire or damage to your flashlight or battery.
Bodily injury or property damage may occur as
a result of the use of an unauthorized and
incompatible AC adapter or charger.

• Never use an AC adapter or charging cradle if it
has a damaged or worn power cord or plug. The
use of damaged or worn power cords or plugs
could result in electric shock, burns or fire.
Contact a Mag authorized warranty service
center immediately to obtain a suitable
replacement.

• Do not attempt to charge this flashlight if cords,
adapters, battery, LED or any part of the
flashlight or charger is damaged or corroded.

• Always unplug the AC adapter or charging cradle
from the power source before attempting any
cleaning in order to avoid the risk of electric shock.

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CAUTION:

• Always confirm that the power cord is located
so that it will not be stepped on, tripped over, or
otherwise subjected to damage or stress.

• Never place heavy objects on a power cord, as
this could result in damage to the cord.

• Never bend or twist a power cord, and never
pull on a power cord in a attempt to remove an
AC adapter or accessory plug from a socket.
Always grasp the AC adapter or the accessory
plug directly when unplugging the device in
order to avoid damaging the cord.

• Always disconnect the AC adapter or charging
cradle from the power source when it is not in use.

몇NOTICE:

• Do not use this product for other than its
intended use.

• Do not use an outdoor AC outlet to recharge
battery.

• Never expose this flashlight system to high
temperatures, such as those found near a
heater or in a closed car parked in the sun. This
can cause heat-damage to the plastic parts, the

electronic components and the battery.

• Dropping this flashlight or subjecting it to violent
impact or shock can cause mechanical
damage.

• Do not charge or operate in close proximity of
combustible or flammable materials.

• Do not charge battery in gas tight enclosures.

• Never store this flashlight in cold areas. When
the flashlight warms up (to its normal operating
temperature), moisture can form inside the
flashlight, which may damage the flashlight’s
electronic components.

• Never paint this flashlight. This can clog the
moving parts.

• Discontinue use immediately should you notice
any changes in the battery, such as
discoloration or malformation

• Recharge the Battery at room temperatures:
68˚ƒ to 86°ƒ (20°c to 30°c) to prevent hazardous
gas venting from the battery cells and
potentially reduced battery capacity

• After extended and /or high temperature
storage, all NiMH batteries may only accept a
partial charge even with full recharging time.
The capacity returns to normal after 1 to 3
charge/discharge cycles. -

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Getting Started

Congratulations

Thank you for purchasing a Mag-Lite® ML125™ Rechargeable Flashlight System.If you have questions, comments,
or need assistance call toll free [phone]. To register your new Mag® flashlight visit our website at
www.maglite.com. From our home page just go to “Register Your Flashlight”. To view the entire product line click
on “The Maglite® flashlight”. Please review all the information contained in this pamphlet.

You have just made a life-long investment in one of the most highly-advanced precision instruments in
illumination technology. Taking a few moments to read this manual and familiarizing yourself with the
Maglite® ML125™ Rechargeable Flashlight System will help to insure years of superior service and
satisfaction.

What this package
contains:

1. Flashlight

2. Charging Cradle

3. Rechargeable Battery (NiMH)

4. 120 Volt Converter (US)

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1

2

4

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Your Battery’s First Charge Is Important!

Your battery was shipped from the factory with less than a full charge, and has naturally self-discharged
since then. To bring the battery back to its fullest charge, be sure to follow these steps, IN THIS EXACT
ORDER, when you charge it for the first time:

First Charge Procedure

1. Plug the two-prong plug of the supplied AC converter (1) into
the wall outlet.

2. Plug the AC converter’s other end (DC connector, 2A) into the
socket on the side of the charging cradle. The green LED (2B)
should turn on.

3. Make sure the temperature sensor window (3) is clear and
unobstructed.

4. Insert the ML125™ 6.0V 2.5Ah NiMH battery into the cradle,
making sure the “+” end of the battery is inserted into the “+”
end of the cradle. (Note: Be sure the cradle is plugged in
FIRST; then insert the battery.)

5. When the battery is correctly inserted (5), the green LED (2B)
should turn red, indicating that the battery is quick-charging.

6. When the battery is approaching full charge, the red LED will
turn back to green. Nevertheless, let the battery charge A
FULL 24 HOURS the first time you charge it, even if it turns
green long before 24 hours have elapsed.

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Subsequent Charges Are
Much Quicker

After your battery has been correctly charged for the first time,
you can recharge it much more quickly. Follow Steps 1-5 above.
A fully depleted battery should fully recharge in about 2 hours.
When the LED goes from red to green, the battery is ready to use.

2B

2A

1

4 Negative end goes

towards the spring

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What Do The LED Lights Mean?

LED Not Lit – Charging cradle is disconnected from AC power
LED Steady Green With No Battery Inserted-- Cradle is connected to

AC power and ready to accept battery
LED Turns Red When Battery Is First Inserted – You have correctly

inserted the battery and it is quick-charging.
LED Stays Green When Battery Is First Inserted – You have inserted

the battery BEFORE, instead of AFTER, plugging in the cradle. If so,
remove and reinsert the battery. LED should then turn red.

After Battery Has Been In Cradle For Some Time, LED Turns From Red
To Green – When LED turns green, it has finished quick-charging and

is now in “top-off” or “trickle-charge” mode. Battery is ready to use
when LED turns green.

LED Blinking Red– This indicates one of the following “fault” conditions:
(1) Battery has been inserted backwards. Solution: Remove battery

and reinsert in correct polarity (with “+” mark on battery at “+” end
of cradle).

(2) Cradle and/or battery exceeds maximum charging temperature.

Solution: Remove cradle and battery to cooler location, wait until
they cool off, retry.

(3) Cradle and/or battery below minimum charging temperature.

Solution: Remove cradle and battery to warmer location, wait until
they warm up, retry.

NOTE: If AC power is interrupted during charging, the LED can go
from red to green even though the battery is not yet fully charged. To
resume quick-charge after power has been restored, remove and
reinsert the battery in the cradle. LED should now be red, and should
stay red until battery approaches full charge, and then turn green.

Battery Maintenance

(A) Train your battery’s memory: After many charge and discharge
cycles, the battery life might seem noticeably less than when the
battery was new. This is possible because of the memory effect of the
battery, which causes it to “forget” how much charge it can hold. To
restore your battery’s ability to accept and hold a full charge, follow
these steps:

1. Allow the battery to completely discharge inside the flashlight (i.e.
leave flashlight on until it turns off -- this may take up to 8 hours.)

2. Allow the battery to fully charge in the charging cradle.

3. Repeat steps 1-2.
(B) Avoid “Deep Discharge” Damage -- The 6-Month Rule:

Rechargeable batteries slowly discharge even when not used. If left
inactive for more than 6 months, your battery can become “deeply
discharged” and suffer permanent damage. This will never be a
problem if you use and recharge your flashlight frequently. But if you
expect a long period of non-use, protect your battery from “deep
discharge” damage by either (1) discharging and recharging the
battery at least once every 6 months or (2) removing it from the
flashlight and storing it in the charging cradle with AC power
connected.

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Battery Installation

(standard)

Function Set

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3 Clicks for 2 Clicks for 1 Click for

Function Set

3

Function Set

2

Function Set

1

Unscrew the tail cap (Fig. 1) and insert battery pack (Fig. 2) into the barrel. The
positive (+) end—this is the end with a button—goes into the barrel first. Now
screw on the tail cap and make sure it’s tight.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Operation

Switch - Push button switch.Focus - Rotate head of flashlight to adjust from a wide flood
beam to an intense spotlight.

Your Flashlight’s Function Sets and the Functions Within Each Set

As the chart below shows, your MAGLITE® ML125™ flashlight is capable of five different functions
– Full Power, PowerSave (25% power), Strobe (flashes 12 times per second), SOS Signal (the
International Morse Code distress signal) and Momentary On/Off (stays on only while the switch
button is held down). Not all of these functions are equally important to every user. That is why
these functions are organized into four different function sets – so that you can personalize your
flashlight to suit your needs, configuring it for quickest access to the functions that best match your
preference.

How To Choose A Function Within a Set

The available function sets, and the functions within each one, are shown in the following table:

Function Sets Chart

Full Power

Full Power

Momentary Momentary

As it comes out of the package, your MAGLITE® ML125™ LED flashlight is set to the
“Standard” function set (Function Set #1 in the chart). If you require only those three
functions (Full Power, PowerSave and Strobe), then you never have to change it. You can
select a function within that set by the “Quick Click” method: Turn the flashlight on with
one Quick Click and it is on at Full Power. Turn it off, then turn it on with two Quick Clicks
(about as fast as you would say “Click Click”) and it turns on at 25% power – the
PowerSave function. Turn it off, then turn it on with three Quick Clicks (about as fast as
you would say “Click Click Click”) and you have the Strobe function.

Selecting a function within any of the other function sets works the same way –with one,
two or three Quick Clicks, as the chart shows. For example, if you are in Function Set #2
and you want to select the SOS Signal function, begin with the flashlight off, apply three
Quick Clicks, and your flashlight will signal SOS (the familiar three dots, three dashes and
three dots: . . . -- -- -- . . .)

How To Go From One Function Set To Another

Your MAGLITE® ML125™ LED flashlight’s “standard” setting is Function Set #1. If you
want to keep that setting you don’t have to do anything. Function Set #1
effect unless it is changed. If you want to choose a different function set, follow these
steps:

1. Unscrew the tail cap (you may not have to remove it all the way; you only need to back
it out of the barrel enough that the flashlight will not turn on).

will always be in

NOTE: Large end of the battery spring must be snapped into the tailcap.

WARNING:

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discharge”. Doing so is hazardous and will damage the battery pack.

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Do not “short” or “ground out” battery pack to “deeply

Battery SpringFlashlight Barrel

Tailcap

Power Save Power Save Full Power Full Power

Strobe SOS Signal Power Save Strobe

2. Pause for 2 seconds.

3. Press the switch button and keep holding it down.

4. While still holding down the switch button, screw the tail cap back in until it is tight.

5. Keep holding down the switch button. Within about 4 seconds the flashlight will start
to blink.

6. The number of blinks indicates the new selected Function Set.

7.To choose a new Function Set, release the switch button after the corresponding number
of blinks (releasing after 1 blink chooses Function Set #1

Function Set #2

choose Function Set #4.)

; release after 3 blinks for Function Set #3, and release after 4 blinks to

Your choice of a Function Set remains in effect until you change

; releasing after 2 blinks chooses

it by repeating the above process. (See our Demo video at www.maglite.com)

How To Fine-Adjust The Flashlight’s Beam Alignment

Your MAGLITE® ML125™ LED flashlight’s beam is aligned at the factory, and you can use
the flashlight just as it comes out of the package. The steps described below are for users
who wish to refine the beam pattern to achieve the brightest, tightest, best-centered spot
beam possible. This feature is also useful to readjust beam alignment, if necessary, after
the flashlight has undergone particularly rough use.

Alignment adjustment is a process of unlocking the “skirt” (the back half of the flashlight’s
head, marked (A) Figs. 2 and 4), sliding the skirt down the flashlight’s barrel (B) to gain
access to the alignment ring (marked (C) in Figs. 3 and 4), focusing the flashlight to the
tightest possible spot beam using the focusing ring (marked (D) in Figs. 3 and 4), and then
moving the alignment ring (C) until the best-centered spot is achieved. Here are the
steps in more detail:

1. Begin by unlocking the flashlight’s skirt (A) by grasping the flashlight’s barrel (B) in
your right hand and its head in your left hand, extending your right thumb and index finger
onto the base of the flashlight’s skirt (A), as seen in Fig. 1:

E

Left

A

Right

Fig. 1

B

2. Using your right thumb and index finger, push forward on the skirt (A) closing the gap
between the skirt and the face cap (F). While maintaining forward pressure with your
right hand, use your left hand to grasp the knurled ring (E) between your left thumb and
index finger and begin to turn it in either direction. Once you have turned the knurled
ring (E) approximately 1/16th turn, release the forward pressure on the skirt (A) and
continue to turn the knurled ring (E). The knurled ring (E) will spring back, releasing the
skirt (A) and allowing you to slide it down the barrel (B). This exposes the alignment ring
(C).

B

Fig. 2

A

Fig. 3

E

A

C

D

F

3. Once you have slid the skirt (A) down the barrel (B), as seen in Figs. 3 and 4, turn the
flashlight on. Just behind the knurled ring (E) is a large plastic ring called the focusing
ring (D). By turning the focusing ring (D) in either direction, focus the light to the tightest
spot possible. Once focused, locate the smaller plastic ring, called the alignment ring
(C), which you will use to adjust the beam alignment. Grasping the flashlight’s barrel (B)
in your left hand (see Fig. 4), take the alignment ring (C) between the thumb and index
finger of your right hand. Then “tilt” the alignment ring (C) in different directions and
watch the effect on the spot as you do this. You will see the spot become either more
distorted or closer to round. When you find the position where the spot is as close to
round as possible, the beam is optimally aligned. Leave the alignment ring (C) in that
position.

C

Left

A

Fig. 4

D

Right

4. Once the optimal alignment has been achieved, turn the light off and lock the skirt (A)
back into its normal position at the back of the head of the flashlight. Begin by sliding the

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