Using The Battery; Checking Battery Power; Battery Tips - Motion Computing J3600 Getting Started Manual

Using the battery

The J3600 includes two battery bays for high-capacity Lithi-
um-ion batteries. Under normal conditions, you can run the
tablet PC on battery power for about 3.5 hours with 1 battery
and about 7 hours with 2 batteries.
If a second battery is not installed, the second bay holds a
non-functioning battery cartridge.

Checking battery power

You have several options to check the remaining battery
power:
•
Open the Motion Dashboard Power page and view the
value under Remaining charge.
•
From the notification area, tap the power indicator, which
looks different depending on whether the tablet PC is
plugged in or running on battery.
– If the tablet PC is plugged in, tap the plug icon.
– If the tablet PC is on battery power, tap the battery
icon.
•
From the battery status light located on the right side of
the J3600 (see page 1).
Green indicates that the battery is fully charged.
Amber means that the battery is charging.
If the light is not on, the battery is not charging and the
tablet PC is running on battery power.
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Battery tips

•
Use AC power when available. When the J3600 is plugged
in, the battery charges while using the tablet PC.
•
Put your tablet PC in Sleep mode when you're not using it.
•
Stop unnecessary background applications and processes.
•
When not in use, disable wireless adapters from the
Motion Dashboard Wireless page.
•
Set the brightness of the display to automatically dim
after a selected number of minutes of inactivity using the
Motion Dashboard Display page.
•
When using mobile broadband, reduce how often the
J3600 updates email and other Internet applications to
perhaps once every half hour.
•
Disable mobile broadband where you know a signal is
unavailable.
•
Condition your battery once a month. To condition it, run
the tablet PC on battery power until the battery's charge
level drops below 20%.
•
For long-term storage, the battery should be charged to a
level between 20% and 40% and removed from the tablet
PC.
For more power tips, see
Pen and Touch tips
• You can change from right- to left-handed use. From
Motion Dashboard Pen & Tablet category, tap Tablet PC
Settings, tap the Other tab, then tap Left-handed.
•
You can open items with one tap instead of two and
select an item by pointing to it. From the Control Panel,
tap Appearance and Personalization, Folder Options,
then tap Specify single- or double-click to open. Tap
Single-click to open an item (point to select).
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