Casio Palm-size PC manual Appendix B Tips and Troubleshooting, Conserving Battery power

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Appendix B

Tips and Troubleshooting

Tips

This section provides you with useful tips about using batteries and protecting your Palm-size PC data.

Conserving Battery power

Conserving battery power is important, especially when you are on the go. Under normal conditions, a fully charged batteries supply enough power to provide you with many hours of use. Here are a few tips to make a charge last even longer.

Use the AC adapter whenever possible.

Powering your Palm-size PC with the AC adapter helps to conserve battery power. Use of the AC adapter is especially recommended whenever you are performing any of the following high-power drain operations.

•When using a dial-up connection

•When connected to a desktop computer

•When using a CompactFlash card or other peripheral

Shorten the auto power off trigger time.

Under initial default settings, your Palm-size PC automatically turns off power if you do not perform any operation for about three minutes. You can conserve battery power by shortening this time. Tap Start, Settings, and then Power. On the dialog that appears, tap the Power Off tab and make the setting you want.

Turn off sounds you don’t need.

Under initial default settings, your Palm-size PC emits sounds for various events, such as warnings, the arrival of appointment times, screen taps, and button presses. You can conserve battery power by turning off sounds you don’t need. Tap Start, Settings, and then Volume & Sounds. On the dialog that appears, make the settings you want.