Displaying Battery Information

Displaying Battery Information

You can display detailed information for each of the batteries in your notebook. The following sections briefly describe how to display your notebook’s general battery information. Refer to PowerPanel help for more detailed information.

To activate the battery information toolbar

1Right-click on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.

2Select Toolbars from the pop-up menu, then click Battery Information. The Battery Information toolbar appears on the taskbar.

You can also view the total capacity remaining in the battery by placing the pointer over the battery status icon in the task tray on the lower right side of the screen.

Battery Information Toolbar

Percentage indicator — Displays the percentage of the remaining battery capacity.

Time indicator — Displays estimated time (hours/minutes) remaining before the battery fully drains, also referred to as the time-to-empty.

Battery icon descriptions

Battery Icon

Battery Status

 

 

 

Charging

 

 

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Sony Notebook Computer manual Displaying Battery Information, To activate the battery information toolbar