Battery Faq - EUROCOM D470K PYTHON User Manual

Battery life may be shortened through improper maintenance. To optimize the
life and improve its performance, fully discharge and recharge the battery at
least once every 30 days.
We recommend that you do not remove the battery yourself. If you need to re-
move the battery for any reason see

Battery FAQ

How do I completely discharge the battery?
Use the computer with battery power until it shuts down due to a low battery.
Don't turn off the computer by yourself even when you see a message that in-
dicates the battery is critically low, just let the computer use up all of the bat-
tery power and shut down on its own. Disable the Power Options functions
in the Control Panel, especially any Alarms (unclick the tickboxes - see page
3 - 22) and Schemes (change all the settings to Never - see page
the battery nears the end of its life save and close any critical files.
How do I fully charge the battery?
When charging the battery, don't stop until the LED charging indicator light
turns from orange to green.
How do I maintain the battery?
Completely discharge and charge the battery at least once every 30 days or af-
ter about 20 partial discharges.
"Battery Removal Process" on page 6 -
Advanced Controls
Conserving Battery
Power
3.
To conserve battery pow-
er:
Lower the brightness lev-
el of the LCD display. The
system will decrease LCD
brightness slightly to save
power when it is not pow-
ered by the AC adapter.
Close modem or commu-
nication
when they are not being
3 - 18). As
used.
Remove any unused PC
Cards from the computer
(PC Cards quickly use up
battery power even if the
system enters
mode).
Disconnect any unneces-
sary external devices
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applications
sleep