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Decreasing Screen Brightness (Fn+F9). . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Increasing Screen Brightness (Fn+F10) . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Using Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys with External
Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Using Quick Launch Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9
Using Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
Using an External Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
3 Battery Packs
Running the Notebook on Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
Inserting or Removing the Primary Battery Pack . . . . . . 3–3
Using the Optional Travel Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6
Inserting or Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . 3–6
Attaching or Detaching the Travel Battery Pack. . . . 3–8
Charging a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
Monitoring the Charge of a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13
Obtaining Accurate Charge Information . . . . . . . . . 3–13
Displaying Charge Information on the Screen . . . . 3–14
Displaying Charge Information on a Battery Pack . 3–15
Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16
Identifying Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16
Resolving Low-Battery Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17
Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18
When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19
How to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22
Conserving Power as You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22
Selecting Power Conservation Settings. . . . . . . . . . 3–23
Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24
Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–25
Finding More Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–25
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