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Battery Options
Battery Options
Your computer comes with two Lithium-ION battery packs.
Keeping an extra, fully-charged battery pack on hand can
extend the time you can operate your computer. TM5000
Series computers allows you to exchange batteries with the
computer still in operational mode (hot pluggable).
Checking Battery Charge
When you receive new batteries, ensure they are fully
charged. To check the charge of any Lithium-ION battery,
press the battery status button on the front of the battery
pack. The LEDs indicate the current charge. For more
information, refer to Battery LEDs and Recharging the
Battery later in this chapter.
Standby and Suspend
You have two methods for putting your computer to "sleep".
The first is by pressing Fn-F4 (Standby). This puts your
computer into a light sleep and saves battery power. To
come out of Standby, press any key.
The second method for putting your computer to sleep is to
press the Suspend button located to the right of the power
switch. This puts your computer into a deeper sleep. This
saves more battery power, but takes the computer a few
more seconds to wake up. You may come out of Suspend by
pressing any key.
Battery LEDs
If both battery packs are installed in the computer, they
deplete in parallel. When the battery charge gets low, the
Low Battery indicator above the keyboard flashes red.
When the batteries are extremely low, the unit
automatically goes into sleep mode for about five minutes.
During this time, you can replace the batteries one at a
time. To do this, press Suspend. After inserting a charged
battery, press any key to resume at the point where the
sleep mode was initiated.
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