Samsung M6000 Using￿the￿Battery, Charging￿the￿Battery, ￿6￿hours￿with￿the￿computer￿on, ￿3￿hours￿with￿the￿computer￿off, Follow￿these￿rules￿for￿charging￿your￿battery:

Using￿the￿Battery

Your￿computer￿uses￿a￿smart￿rechargeable￿lithium-ion￿battery￿pack￿for￿power￿when￿the￿AC￿adapter￿is￿not￿attached￿to￿an￿electrical￿outlet.￿

Charging￿the￿Battery

Your￿computer’s￿battery￿starts￿charging￿automatically￿when￿you￿ connect￿the￿AC￿adapter￿to￿the￿computer.￿If￿the￿computer￿is￿off,￿the￿ battery￿charges￿faster￿than￿if￿the￿computer’s￿power￿is￿on.

Approximate￿charging￿times￿for￿your￿battery￿are￿3￿hours￿with￿the￿computer￿off￿6￿hours￿with￿the￿computer￿on

While￿the￿battery￿is￿charging,￿the￿battery￿charge￿light￿on￿the￿computer￿ is￿amber￿(see￿Figure￿9￿on￿page￿20￿for￿the￿location￿of￿the￿battery￿charge￿ light).￿When￿the￿battery￿is￿fully￿charged,￿the￿light￿changes￿to￿green.

You￿can￿also￿use￿the￿optional￿external￿battery￿cradle￿to￿charge￿the￿ battery￿while￿it￿is￿not￿in￿the￿computer.￿(See￿“Battery￿Cradle”￿on￿page￿ 96￿for￿more￿information.)

When￿you￿use￿a￿new￿battery￿pack￿for￿the￿first￿time￿or￿use￿a￿battery￿after￿ a￿long￿period￿of￿storage,￿the￿initial￿battery￿life￿is￿shorter￿than￿normal.￿ Normal￿battery￿life￿resumes￿after￿a￿few￿discharge-recharge￿cycles.

Follow￿these￿rules￿for￿charging￿your￿battery:

￿ A￿battery￿normally￿discharges￿power￿when￿not￿used￿for￿long￿ periods￿of￿time.￿Be￿sure￿to￿recharge￿the￿battery￿every￿two￿ months￿when￿it￿is￿not￿in￿use.

￿ Make￿it￿a￿practice￿to￿discharge￿your￿battery￿fully￿before￿ recharging￿the￿battery.￿This￿can￿help￿extend￿the￿life￿of￿the￿ battery.

￿ Do￿not￿attempt￿to￿charge￿the￿battery￿in￿temperatures￿of￿under￿41o￿F￿(5o￿C)￿or￿over￿95o￿F￿(35oC.)

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