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8. Your Freedom Mini-laptop’s power

8.1 The battery pack

Your Freedom Mini-laptop is designed to work wherever and whenever

you need it thanks to its removable, high capability battery pack.

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8.1.2 Charging your battery

The first time you use your Freedom Mini-laptop, make sure you charge the
battery pack to full capacity before you switch it on.
The battery pack will start charging as soon as your Freedom Mini-laptop is
connected to a power supply, and the charge indicator light will come on.
When the battery pack is fully charged it will stop charging automatically
and the charge indicator light will go out.

8.1.3 Low power warning

When battery power is running low your Freedom Mini-laptop will let you
know with an onscreen window advising you to recharge. Don’t forget to save
whatever you’re doing if you don’t have your AC adapter to hand at that point.

8.1.4 How long will your battery last?

The amount of time your battery will last is difficult to say precisely. It depends
on a number of factors, including how you use your Freedom Mini-laptop, and
perhaps most importantly, how you use its power saving features. You can
help it to last longer by switching on its manage power function.

8.1.1 Checking your battery’s power

To see how much power your battery has remaining, click on ‘Start’, then •
on ‘Control Panel’, and then double click on ‘Power Options’. This will
display the ‘Power Options’ window. From there clicking on the ‘Power
Meter’ icon will display how much power your battery has left.
To create a shortcut so you can always keep an eye on remaining battery •
power, click on ‘Advanced’ in the ‘Power Options Properties’ window,
then select ‘Always show icon on the taskbar’. The battery icon will then
always appear bottom left on your desktop. To see how much battery
power you have, simply move the cursor over this icon.
The battery should be fully charged before you use your Freedom
Mini-laptop for the first time, so be sure to check the battery power
before you get started.
Don’t attempt to remove the battery pack while your Freedom
Mini-laptop is switched on, this may result in loss of data or even
damage the Freedom Mini-laptop itself.
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A battery pack can only be recharged so many times and over
time its capacity will decrease. When the time comes to replace
the battery with a new one, you can purchase a replacement
battery by calling 0800 952 2294.
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