Operation Manual

–Howoftenyouusethewirelessfeature.

EnablingthebatteryalarmontheWindows7operatingsystem

FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youcanprogramyourcomputersothatwhenthebatterypowerfalls

belowacertainlevel,threeeventsoccur:thealarmgoesoff,amessageisdisplayed,andtheLCDis

turnedoff.

Toenablethebatteryalarm,dothefollowing:

1.StartthePowerManagerprogram.

2.ClicktheGlobalPowerSettingstab.

3.ForLowbatteryalarmorCriticallylowbatteryalarm,setthepercentageofthepowerlevelandset

theaction.

Note:Ifyourcomputerenterssleeporhibernationmodewhenthebatterypowerislowwithoutthealarm

message,themessageisdisplayedwhenthecomputerresumes.Toresumenormaloperation,whenthe

messageisdisplayed,clickOK.

Chargingthebattery

Whenyouﬁndthattheremainingbatterypowerislow,chargeyourbatteryorreplacetheremovablebattery

withachargedbattery.

Ifanacoutletisconvenient,connectthecomputertoacpower.Thebatteryisfullychargedinabout

fourtoeighthours.Theactualchargingtimedependsonthebatterysize,thephysicalenvironment,and

whetheryouareusingthecomputer.Youcancheckthebatterychargingstatusatanytimethroughthe

batterystatusiconintheWindowsnotiﬁcationarea.

Note:Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,thecomputerdoesnotstartrechargingthebatteryiftheremaining

powerisgreaterthan95%.

Tipsonchargingthebattery

•Beforeyouchargethebattery,makesurethatthetemperatureislowerthan10°C(50°F).

•Chargethebatteryinanyofthefollowingconditions:

–Anewbatteryisinstalled.

–Thepercentageofpowerremainingislow.

–Thebatteryhasnotbeenusedforalongtime.

Maximizingthebatterylife

Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,dothefollowing:

•Usethebatteryuntilthechargeisdepleted.

•Rechargethebatterycompletelybeforeusingit.Youcanseewhetherthebatteryisfullychargedfromthe

batterystatusiconintheWindowsnotiﬁcationarea.

•Usepowermanagementfeaturessuchaspower-savingmodeswhenevernecessary.

Handlingthebattery

ThissystemsupportsonlybatteriesspeciallydesignedforthisspeciﬁcsystemandmanufacturedbyLenovo

oranauthorizedbuilder.Thesystemdoesnotsupportunauthorizedbatteriesorbatteriesdesignedfor

othersystems.Ifanunauthorizedbatteryorabatterydesignedforanothersystemisinstalled,thesystem

doesnotcharge.

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