Working with the notebook
Charging, caring for and maintaining the battery
Battery
Battery
The notebook battery can only be charged, when the ambient temperature
is between 5°C and max. 35°C.
You can charge the battery by connecting the notebook to the mains adapter
(see
"Mains adapter connecting", Page 18
).
Once the battery is running low, you will hear a warning alarm. If you do not
connect the mains adapter within
fi
ve minutes of the warning alarm described above
sounding, your notebook will automatically switch off.
monitoring the battery charging level
Battery
Batterystatusmeter
Windows also has a "Battery status meter" in the taskbar for monitoring the battery capacity. When
you place the mouse pointer on the battery symbol, the system displays the battery status.
The battery capacity can be monitored using an indicator which shows the current state
of charge. Use the following menu to enable this feature:
Operating system
Menu
Windows XP
Start – (Settings) – Control panel–Power options
Windows Vista
Start - (Settings) - Control panel - Hardware and
Sound - Power options
Windows 7
Start – (Settings) – Control panel – Mobile PC –
Power options
The indicator is then displayed in the task bar as a battery symbol. When you place the
mouse pointer on the battery symbol, the system displays the battery state of charge. Please
refer to the Help facility of the operating system for more information.
Battery storage
Battery
Battery
Self-discharge,battery
Chargingcapacity,battery
Keep the battery pack between 0°C and +30°C. The lower the temperature at which
the batteries are stored, the lower the rate of self-discharge.
If you will be storing batteries for a longer period (longer than two months),
the battery charge level should be approx. 30 %. To prevent exhaustive
discharge which would permanently damage the battery, check the level
of charge of the battery at regular intervals.
To be able to make use of the optimal charging capacity of the batteries, the battery
should be completely discharged and then fully recharged.
If you do not use the batteries for long periods, remove them from the
notebook. Never store the batteries in the device.
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