Checking The Battery Level; Prolonging The Battery's Life And Usage Cycles - MAXDATA Vision 350M Handbuch

USER`S MANUAL

Checking the Battery Level

Prolonging the Battery's Life and Usage Cycles

Note:
Read Section
Protecting Your
Notebook in the
beginning of this
manual for tips
about how to
maintain the
battery pack.
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You can check the remaining battery power in the Windows
battery status indicator, which is located at the lower right-hand
corner of the task bar. The accuracy is within +/- 5-7%.
Alternatively, you can access the power meter by clicking the
Power Management icon in the Windows Control Panel.
There are ways you can do to prolong the use of battery.
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Use the AC adapter wherever AC wall outlet is available.
This will ensure uninterrupted computing.
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Purchase the optional second battery pack.
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Store the battery pack in room temperature. Higher tempera-
ture tends to deplete the battery's power faster.
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Make good use of the power management function. Save To
Disk saves the most energy by storing current system
contents in a hard disk space reserved for this function.
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Disable the parallel and serial ports if no devices are at-
tached to these ports. See section 2 for details of how this
is done.
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Even when PC card is not operating, it still draws a small
amount of power. Eject the PC card from the card slot when
not in use.
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The life expectancy of the battery is approximately 500
recharges.
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See the notices section in the beginning of the user manual
on how to care for the battery pack.