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Use the break-in mode to charge any new batteries (actually its handy for rejuvenating old "unchargable" batteries too. The break-in mode will take a few days to run and when its finished press the slot button to cycle through each battery slot and read the capacity (MAH value) of each cell battery from the display. Write this value with permanent marker on each battery then use them in "sets" of similar values for better performance and to balance the stress on the batteries.
The charge and discharge rates you can think of similarly to fast charging and high performance (discharge) usage. Higher values will stress the battery but will be quicker to charge/discharge than a lower value. I usually just run a slow discharge then a slow charge.
Batteries will change their performance over time, including how much capacity they have so periodically run a longer Refresh Analyze with them to see if they are still holding the capacity they should. Re-evaluate your battery sets to try to keep similar capacities together. Depending on usage you should also rerun the break-in every few dozen cycles of the batteries just to give it them thorough going over and help bring them back to their best performance.
If you're only using batteries in your TV remote the MAHA is probably overkill and not much benefit to you. However in applications where the batteries are under high load and get drained fast its more important to keep the batteries in good working order and in balanced sets.
If you have any older batteries your existing charger won't charge anymore the break-in mode on the MAHA may recondition some to be usable again but if the MAHA says its dead then chuck em.
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