Polaroid MID1002 User Manual

Polaroid MID1002
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Foratotally dischargedbattery,itwilltake approximately twohoursto
chargeto90%capacity,andapproximatelythreehoursto100%capacity
whileIntelClassmatePC-Convertibleispoweredoff. 
Itwill takeabout5hoursto chargethebattery to 100%capacitywhile
IntelClassmatePC-Convertibleispoweredon.Whenthebatteryisfully
charged,thebatterychargeindicatorbecomesblue.
Ifsystemrunsatheavyloadsorinahightemperature
environment,thebatterymaynotbefullycharged.Youneedto
continuetochargeitwiththeACadapterpluggedinuntilthecharging
LEDturnsblue.Systemwillnotchargebatterywhentemperature
exceeds45
°
C.
CheckingtheBatteryLevel
YoucanchecktheremainingbatterypowerinOperatingSystembattery
statusindicator. 
ProlongingtheBattery’sLifeandUsageCycles
Therearewaysyoucanprolongtheuseofbattery.
n UsetheACadapterwhereverACwalloutletisavailable.Thiswill
ensureuninterruptedcomputing.
n Storethebatterypackatroomtemperature.Highertemperature
tendstodepletethebattery’spowerfaster.
n Makegooduseofthepowermanagementfunction.SaveToDisk
(Hibernate)savesthemostenergybystoringcurrentsystem
contentsinaharddiskspacereservedforthisfunction.
n Thelifeexpectancyofthebatteryisapproximately300recharges.
n Seethenoticessectioninthebeginningoftheusermanualon
howtocareforthebatterypack.
n UseFunction+F7keytodecreasethebrightnessofthescreen.
Toachieveoptimalbatteryperformance,youmay
needtodoabatterycalibrationata3-monthinterval.Todothis:
n Fullychargethebattery.
n ThendischargethebatterybyenteringtheBIOSsetupscreen.
(PressDELkeyassoonasyouturnonthecomputer.Andletit
remainonthesetupscreenuntilthebatteryrunsout.
n Fullychargethebatteryagain.

Polaroid MID1002 Specifications

General

Brand	Polaroid
Model	MID1002
Category	Laptop
Language	English