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3.12 The Battery – Recharging, Status, Power Management and Screen Saver.
Charging the battery
The tablet battery can be charged in two ways. The first way is to connect the power supply directly
to the tablet. The second way is to connect the power supply to the Docking Station and dock the
tablet onto the station. When charging the tablet on the docking station, the right-LED behind the
docking station mesh plate will illuminate red when recharging and change to green when charging is
complete.
Note that the tablet must either be booted up or in suspend mode for the tablet battery to recharge.
The battery will NOT recharge if the tablet is powered down (Safety Lock toggled to lock position).
You can view the status of the battery charge on the “Power Properties Window” (below) by clicking
on the Battery icon located in the System Tray (lower right corner as shown). You can also go to
Start Button Settings Control Panel  Power.
Power Management
 Under the “Schemes” tab of the Power Properties Window (above) you can find Power Saving
modes to preserve the battery charge when the tablet enters a User Idle, System Idle, or
Suspend state. These power saving modes occur after the tablet has not been in use for a
configured amount of time.
The User Idle state dims the screen after a configured duration of idleness.
The System Idle state blanks the screen after a configured duration of idleness. Simply
tapping on the screen will refresh the display.
The Suspend state shuts down all power but that which is needed to preserve the present
environment in memory. You must depress the on/off button at the top of the tablet for 1 second
to revive the system. This is the most energy conserving of the three modes.