Acer s60, s50 user manual Maintaining your Acer handheld, Proper care and usage of your handheld

First things first

Maintaining your Acer handheld

Maintaining your Acer handheld

This section provides information on the following:

•Proper care and usage of your handheld

•Resetting your handheld

Proper care and usage of your handheld

Your handheld’s rugged and tough construction is designed to provide you with years of reliable and trouble-free service. Observing the following general maintenance procedures will help ensure this:

1Take care not to scratch the screen of your handheld. Keep the screen clean. When working with your handheld, use the supplied stylus or plastic-tipped pens intended for use with touch-sensitive screens. Never use an actual pen or pencil or other sharp object on the screen surface.

2Your handheld is not waterproof and should not be exposed to rain or moisture. Under extreme conditions, water may enter the circuitry through the front panel buttons. In general, treat your handheld as you would a pocket calculator or other small electronic device.

3Take care not to drop your handheld or subject it to any strong impact. Do not place your handheld in your back pocket; if you sit on it, you may damage it.

4Protect your handheld from temperature extremes. For example, do not leave your handheld on the dashboard of a car on a hot day or on a day when temperatures are below the freezing point. Also, keep it away from heaters and other sources of heat.

5Do not use or store your handheld in any location that is extremely dusty, damp or wet.

6Use a soft, damp cloth to clean your handheld. If the surface of the screen becomes soiled, clean it with a soft cloth moistened with diluted window-cleaning solution.

Battery considerations

Please note the following considerations for the battery in your handheld.

•Under normal conditions, your handheld battery should remain charged by placing it in the cradle for just a few minutes each day. You can conserve battery life by minimising the use of the backlight feature and changing the the Auto-off setting that automatically turns off the handheld after a period of inactivity. For more information on the Auto-off setting, refer to "Setting the Auto-off interval time" on page 247.

•If the battery becomes low in the course of normal use, an alert appears on the handheld screen indicating low battery status. If this alert appears, perform a HotSync operation to back up your data; then leave your handheld in the cradle to recharge the unit. This will prevent accidental data loss.

•If the battery drains to the point where your handheld does not operate, it stores your data safely for about a week. In this case, there is enough residual energy in the battery to store the data, but not enough to turn on your handheld. If your handheld does not turn on when you press the power button, you should recharge your unit immediately.

•If your battery drains and you have the unit in an uncharged state for an extended period of time, you can lose all the data stored in it.

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