Reading Battery Power From The Tablet Pc Display; Reading Battery Power From The Battery Gauge; Reading Battery Power From The Power Meter - Motion Computing M1200 User Manual

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Reading Battery Power from the Tablet PC Display

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To check the power while running on battery, move the Pen over
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the Power/Battery icon, shown here, on the System Tray at the
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bottom-right corner of the Tablet PC display. This displays the
number of hours of battery power and the percentage of battery
power left. (The blue area on the battery icon shrinks as the battery runs
down.)

Reading Battery Power from the Battery Gauge

Turn the Tablet PC over and press the battery gauge button. If all five LEDs
are green, the battery is fully charged. Each LED represents about 20%
battery capacity.

Reading Battery Power from the Power Meter

There are several other ways to determine the amount of battery power
remaining:
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From the Motion Dashboard
1. Open the Motion Dash-
board.
2. Adjust the desired bright-
ness level on the Display
Brightness slider.
From the Tablet and Pen Settings Window
1. Double-tap the Tablet and Pen Settings icon in the Sys-
tem Tray, located in the lower right-hand corner of the
display window. Or, go to the Control Panel and select
the Tablet and Pen Settings icon. This opens the Tablet
and Pen settings window.
2. Tap the Display tab.
3. Adjust the Brightness slider at the bottom of this window. You can
have a different setting when running on AC power versus battery.
Open the Power/Battery icon in the System Tray, located in the lower
right-hand corner of the display window; the Adjust Power Properties
and Open Power Meter is displayed.
Open the Power/Battery window and tap to open the Power Options
Properties window. Select Power Meter.
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