HP Compaq nc6000 - Notebook PC Hardware Manual page 4

Contents
Using Quick Launch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Using Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
3 Battery Packs
Running the Notebook on Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Identifying Battery Packs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Inserting or Removing a Primary Battery Pack . . . . . . . . 3-3
Inserting or Removing a MultiBay Battery Pack. . . . . . . 3-4
Charging a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Battery Conservation Procedures and Settings . . . . . . . 3-17
Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Finding More Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
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Decreasing Screen Brightness (fn+f9). . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Increasing Screen Brightness (fn+f10) . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Displaying System Information (fn+esc) . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Using Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys with External
Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Using an External Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Charging a New Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Charging an In-Use Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Charging a Primary and MultiBay Battery Pack . . . . 3-7
Obtaining Accurate Charge Information . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Displaying Charge Information on the Screen . . . . . 3-8
Displaying Charge Information on a MultiBay
Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Identifying Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Resolving Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Conserving Power As You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Selecting Power Conservation Settings. . . . . . . . . . 3-18
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