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Managing Your Yakumo alpha GPS
This chapter tells you how to effectively manage power, memory, settings, data
and programs of your Yakumo alpha GPS.
3.1 Power
Management
You must maintain a continuous power supply to your Yakumo alpha GPS to
retain your data, including any information, programs or settings that you have
added to your Yakumo alpha GPS.
A fully charged battery should provide power for up to 8 hours of use. The
operating time of a fully charged battery depends on how you are using the
Yakumo alpha GPS. Some functions, such as using multimedia or operating an
SD/MMC card, may consume a considerable amount of battery power.
Low Battery Signals and Actions
Caution:
Though your Yakumo alpha GPS can retain data for 72 hours after its battery runs
completely out of power, you must constantly charge the battery of your Yakumo
alpha GPS. This can prevent data loss or damage to the battery caused by the
battery’s being kept in a discharged state for too long.
When you recharge the battery upon a warning of low power, you should charge for at
least 30 minutes. If you unplug the AC adapter too soon, you may not have sufficient
battery power for operation.
You can monitor the battery power by tapping
Settings System
tab
Power
icon. The remaining power is displayed on a status bar in the Power control
panel.
When the battery is low, your Yakumo alpha GPS will pop up a warning message.
You should save your data and recharge the battery immediately upon a warning
of low power; otherwise your Yakumo alpha GPS will turn off automatically. You
will need to connect the Yakumo alpha GPS to external AC power for charging
Managing the Yakumo
alpha GPS
