Kensington M Series manual Monitoring the Battery Charge, Using the Battery Gauge

Monitoring the Battery Charge

Battery life is affected by factors such as the power-management settings in System Setup, the applications you use, and the brightness and contrast settings of the LCD. Under normal usage, the battery charge lasts approximately 2 hours.

Battery life estimates are subject to variation. The actual life of your battery may be less than the estimates given in the documentation.

You can monitor the charge of the battery pack installed in your computer through the battery gauge.

Using the Battery Gauge

You can display the battery gauge while you are in any program. Press <Fn+F6> to display the battery gauge on the LCD (Figure 18). The gauge is only available if the computer is operating from the battery, without the AC adapter attached.

Figure 18. Battery Gauge

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