Appendix A Page 201
Appendix A
Maintaining Your Communicator
This chapter provides information on the following:
■Proper care of your Treo™ 180 communicator
■Maximizing battery life
■Resetting your communicator
Caring for your communicator
Your communicator is desi gned to be rugged and reliable and to provide years of troubl e-free
service. Please observe th e following general tips wh en using your communicato r:
■Take care not to scratch the screen of your communicator. Keep the screen clean. When
working with your communicator, use the supplied stylus or plastic-tipped pens intended for
use with a touch-sensitive screen. Never use an actual pen or pencil or other sharp object on
the surface of the communicator screen.
■Your communicator is not w aterproof and should not be e xposed to rain or moisture. Un der
extreme conditions, water may enter the circuitry through the front panel buttons. In general,
treat your communicator as y ou would a pocket calculator o r other small electronic
instrument.
■The touch-sensitive screen of your communicator contains a glass element. Take care not to
drop your communicator or subject it to any strong impact. Do not carry your communicator
in your back pocket: if you sit on it, the glass may break.
■Protect your communicator from temperature extremes. Do not leave your communicator on
the dashboard of a car on a hot day, and keep it away from heaters and other heat sources.
■Do not store or use your com municator in any locati on that is extremely dusty , damp, or wet.
■Use a soft, damp cloth to clean your communicator. If the surface of the communicator screen
becomes soiled, clean it with a soft cloth moistened with a diluted window-cleaning solution.
Battery considerations
Please note the following considerations when using the rechargeable battery in your
communicator:
■When wireless mode is on, yo ur communicator battery s hould provide 60 hours of sta nd-by
time, or 2.5 hours of talk tim e between charges. When yo u use your communicator in
handheld mode and wireless mode is off, your communicator battery provides approximately
three weeks of use between charges.
■You can conserve battery life by minimizing use of the backlight feature and by choosing a
lower Auto-off setting which automatically turns the communicator off after a period of
inactivity. See page 173 and page 18 for more information.