30 PRO-LINK
®
Edge Hardware and Software User’s Manual
Chapter
3
• Getting Started
Supplying Power to the PRO-LINK
®
Edge
There are three ways to supply power to the PRO-LINK
®
Edge. You can use the:
•
On-board battery
—A 10.8 volt, 3.2 AH Li-ion battery is included with
your device.
The PRO-LINK
®
Edge on-board battery is recharged when:
— The device is turned on and the AC/DC Power Adapter is being used
— The device is turned off and plugged into the AC/DC Power Adapter
— The device is plugged into the vehicle datalink connector
NOTE:
i
For more information on monitoring battery power, refer to
on page 53 of this guide.
•
AC/DC power adapter
—If you do not wish to use the battery, or the bat-
tery power is low, you can use the AC/DC Power adapter to supply
power to the device.
•
Vehicle itself
—In most vehicles, you can use the vehicle’s datalink
adapter to supply power to the PRO-LINK
®
Edge.
NOTE:
i
The device will automatically go into
Standby Mode
after 10 minutes. To
exit Standby mode, tap the screen. After 1 hour of user inactivity, the PRO-
LINK
®
Edge will power off.
To turn on the PRO-LINK
®
Edge, press and briefly hold the
On/Off
switch
on the
front of the device. To turn it off, hold down the On/Off switch for approximately
four (4) seconds, or until the display goes blank.