Increasing Battery Life; General Environment; Adjust Lcd Brightness - Samsung NP10 User Manual

Increasing Battery Life

If you plan to use your notebook computer without the docking station, increase battery
life using the following methods.

General Environment

Using the methods below you can increase battery life by as much as 1.5 times.
Detach the docking station.
Detach any unnecessary USB and PS/2 devices - (camera, mouse, keyboard
etc.)
Do not use any Multimedia programs - (Windows Media Player, audio/video
CDs) unless absolutely necessary.

Adjust LCD Brightness

Reducing the LCD display brightness will reduce the power consumption of the
battery.
To reduce the LCD display brightness use the <Fn+F10> key combination.
Power Management
The power options panel enables you to reduce the time until your computer goes into
standby mode for example. See "Using Power Management Options" on page 57 for
instructions on how to use this battery saving tool.
To change the time until your computer goes into reduced power modes, use the system
power management function.
1. Click Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance.
2. Click Power Options.
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