User Maintenance

About the CASSIOPEIA’s built-in rechargeable battery

Note the following precautions concerning the CASSIOPEIA’s rechargeable battery.

•We recommend that you use the Power dialog box to keep informed about the current levels of your battery. See the separate CASSIOPEIA User’s Guide for more information about this dialog box.

•Icons appear along the bottom of the screen to let you know when battery power is low. See the separate CASSIOPEIA User’s Guide for more information about these icons.

Low Battery Warning and Data Storage

•The following message appears whenever battery power drops below a certain level. Recharge the battery as soon as possible after the following message appears.

“Internal Battery Warning

The internal battery is low. Continued use may result in loss of ability to store data. Charge the battery as soon as possible.”

•Whenever the low battery warning message appears, especially if it appears right after you turn on power, follow the instructions that appear on the screen and recharge the battery as soon as possible. Continued use under low battery power can cause unstable performance of your CASSIOPEIA.

If unit power turns off due to insufficient power, the following warning message appears on the display the next time you turn on unit power.

“Warning

The system has shut down without warning to protect memory contents, due to high electrical current consumption by hardware...”

If unit power turns off due to sudden power drain by a CompactFlash card, the following warning message appears on the display the next time you turn on unit power.

“Warning

The system has shut down without waring to protect memory contents, due to high electrical current consumption by the card...”