Contents

Decreasing Screen Brightness (Fn+F9). . . . . . . . . . . 2–7 Increasing Screen Brightness (Fn+F10) . . . . . . . . . . 2–8 Using Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys with External Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8

Using Quick Launch Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9 Using Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10 Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 2–10 Using an External Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11

3 Battery Packs

Running the Notebook on Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1 Inserting or Removing the Primary Battery Pack . . . . . . 3–3 Using the Optional Travel Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6 Inserting or Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . 3–6 Attaching or Detaching the Travel Battery Pack. . . . 3–8 Charging a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11 Monitoring the Charge of a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13 Obtaining Accurate Charge Information . . . . . . . . . 3–13 Displaying Charge Information on the Screen . . . . 3–14 Displaying Charge Information on a Battery Pack . 3–15 Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16 Identifying Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16 Resolving Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17 Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18 When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19 How to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19 Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22 Conserving Power as You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22 Selecting Power Conservation Settings. . . . . . . . . . 3–23 Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24 Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–25 Finding More Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–25

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