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Battery refreshing involves power discharging and recharging (the latter only if the
AC adapter is connected.) Follow the instructions below to execute the battery re-
fresh tool after the battery becomes fully charged. The battery refreshing time ranges
between three and five hours, depending on the state of the battery.
Battery refresh is available only for Ni-MH battery (CF-VZS250A or CF-VZS252).
Refreshing
Battery Power
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Exit any application programs that may be running, click "Start" and then click
"Shut Down". Select "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode?" and click "Yes".
After making sure that the display panel is open and the LCD is 'ON', type the
following at the MS-DOS prompt.
battref
.
A verification message will appear. Press
.
The computer is automatically rebooted, and the screen shown below appears.
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When charging a completely discharged battery, ensure the proper refresh effect by leaving the
AC adapter plugged in until the battery indicator changes to green (which indicates a complete
recharge).
The battery indicator becomes orange (charging mode) quite quickly, but charging is not per-
formed for the first one hour in order to increase the charging efficiency.
NOTE
Press any key to start discharging of the battery. The screen shown below appears
during the battery refreshing.
Leave the computer on until the POWER indicator goes off, even if the screen goes off.
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When the POWER indicator goes off, battery charging commences automatically. If the
AC adapter is not connected, connect it to charge the battery fully.
Refresh battery.
Don’t touch unit until all LEDs have turned off. LCD will go
off prior to this.
Refresh can take up to 5 hrs. Press ESC to cancel and boot.
Press any key to refresh battery, or ESC to boot.
If the LCD panel is closed when using the external display, the messages "Please Open LCD
panel." will appear. Follow the instructions on the screen.
NOTE
Do not execute "BATTREF" at the "MS-DOS" prompt in Windows. Execute this program
after restarting the computer in the MS-DOS mode.
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