Winbook X2 manual Battery Operation

Series User’s Manual

Battery Operation

Charging

Your WinBook notebook comes equipped with a durable, lightweight, rechargeable Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery that can power your system for over two hours when fully charged (longer if power management is used). The actual duration of a charge will vary with how you use the computer and with how much you take advantage of the power management features of the system. In addition, you can obtain an additional battery that can be swapped into the battery bay of your WinBook notebook to provide even greater battery capacity.

The battery charges whenever the AC Adapter is connected to your system. The battery will charge whether the system is off, in the Hibernate mode, or operating. The fastest recharge occurs when the system is off or in hiber- nate mode. It takes about 3 hours to fully recharge the primary battery when the system is powered down or in hibernate mode, longer if you are using the system (about 4 hours). If the system temperature exceeds a safe level while the battery is charging, the system will stop the charging process in order to protect the battery. Once the battery temperature falls back within the safe range, the battery charging process will resume.

Each time you charge and partially discharge the battery, it stores slight- ly less power. After about twenty cycles, it might only store about 80% of its potential charge. Similarly, if you do not use the battery for a few days, it will slowly self- discharge, and when it is recharged, it will hold less than 100% of the potential charge. To correct battery charge problems, you should calibrate the battery frequently to help keep the battery in good condition. This operation carried out every few weeks will maintain the battery efficiency.

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