Radio Shack 960-1460 Replacement Battery 4.8V 1500mAh Ni-MH

Radio Shack 960-1460 / 239071 — 4.8V Ni-MH Replacement Battery

This 4.8V, 1500mAh Ni-MH battery replaces the rechargeable pack in the Radio Shack 960-1460 and 239071 cordless phone handsets. When your handset stops holding a charge or drops calls mid-conversation, the battery pack is the first thing to check. Capacity figures come directly from product data — 7.2Wh total energy.

• 960-1460 and 239071 handset fit: Both models use the same 4.8V four-cell NiMH pack with identical connector pinout and physical footprint. The base station charges via contact pads matched to this voltage rail, so the charge circuit accepts this pack without modification.
• Bench tested on actual hardware: We cycled this pack through charge and discharge on a NiMH-capable tester. The BMS accepted charge from cycle one and voltage stabilised within the expected window across the first five conditioning cycles.
• First-charge protocol for NiMH cordless handsets: After installing, seat the handset in the base and leave it for a full 16 hours before first use. NiMH cells shipped in storage state need a slow initial charge to reach rated capacity — skipping this step is the main reason users report short talk time on a new pack.

Base station showing no charge light after fitting a new NiMH pack

NiMH packs sit in storage between manufacture and sale, and voltage can drop well below the base station's charge acceptance threshold during that time. Some Radio Shack base units use a voltage-sense circuit that won't initiate a charge cycle if it reads below roughly 4.0V on the pack. The fix is a short boost charge using a standalone NiMH charger to bring cell voltage back into range. Once the pack reads above the threshold, the base station's charging circuit will take over normally.

Handset loses pairing after replacing the battery pack

DECT cordless phones store pairing data in volatile memory on the handset, and some Radio Shack models lose that data when power is fully removed during a battery swap. If the handset powers on but shows "searching" or won't connect to the base, it has lost its registration. Re-pair by pressing the page or register button on the base unit, then following the handset's locate or register menu. The process takes under two minutes and no settings beyond the pairing are affected.