HTC S200, POLA160, HS S168 user manual Battery Saving Tips, Lower the volume

234Managing Your Device

13.6Battery Saving Tips

How long your battery power lasts depends on battery type and how you use your device. Try the following to help preserve battery life:

•When the device is not in use, press POWER to switch off the display.

•Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Power to open the Power settings screen. On the Advanced tab of the Power settings screen, you can specify when your device automatically turns off the display to conserve battery power. For optimum conservation, specify 3 minutes or less.

•Use the AC adapter to plug your device into external power whenever possible, especially when using a storage card or when using a modem or other peripherals.

•Adjust the backlight settings. For more information, see “To set the backlight to dim after a time delay” in Chapter 4.

•When you know you are out of range of your Wi-Fi networks, turn Wi-Fi off. Searching for networks consumes a lot of power. For more information about Wi-Fi, see Chapter 10.

•Turn Bluetooth off when you are not using it. Make your device visible to other devices only when you are trying to establish a Bluetooth partnership. For more information about Bluetooth, see Chapter 10.

•Lower the volume.

•Close battery-intensive programs, such as the Camera, when you are done using them. Make sure the programs are ended and are not continuously running in the background. Refer to “Using Task Manager” in this chapter for information on closing programs.