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Chapter 4
Using Your Motion Tablet PC
Motion Computing M1400 Tablet PC User Guide 44
SWAPPING THE
BATTERY
You can swap the battery while the system is powered on, with or without
having the Tablet PC plugged into an AC power outlet.
1. If the Tablet PC is running, save all active files.
2. Go to Start>Turn Off Computer.
3. (On a domain) When the Turn Off Computer window appears, tap
Stand By or Hibernate from the drop-down list.
(Not on a domain) Press the Shift key on your external keyboard or
tap Shift on the TIP on-screen keyboard to change the option from
Stand By to Hibernate.
IMPORTANT: Here are some differences between putting the Tablet PC in Stand
By or Hibernate mode to swap the battery:
• If you choose Stand By, the Tablet PC is designed to maintain your system for
up to 30 seconds while you swap the battery. However, you may have less
than 30 seconds if you are running a number of programs that drain power
faster. You should save any data before putting the system in Stand By to
swap the battery.
• If you choose Hibernate, you have unlimited time to swap the battery.
Hibernate saves the status of the Tablet PC to your Hard Disk Drive so you
can resume operations later.
4. Tap Hibernate or Stand By. The Tablet PC displays that it is “prepar-
ing to standby or hibernate.”
5. Wait until the system shuts down. In Hibernate, all LEDs are off; in
Stand By, the Power LED flashes.
6. Push the battery release latch on the bottom of the Tablet PC to eject
the internal battery.
7. Insert the new battery until you hear the latch click, which ensures
the new battery is correctly seated.
CAUTION: To avoid damage to the Tablet PC, install only Motion
Computing batteries, which are specially designed for the Tablet PC.
D
ISPOSING OF
USED
BATTERIES
The Tablet PC contains a lithium ion (Li-ion) battery that should be disposed
of at a hazardous materials recycling center when it is no longer serviceable.
Do not throw it in a waste receptacle where it will be sent to a landfill.
S
AVING
B
ATTERY
POWER WITH
THE AMBIENT
L
IGHT SENSOR
Under certain lighting conditions, when the Ambient Light Sensor is
enabled, it may automatically dim the display, thus saving battery power.
The power savings depends on a combination of the ALS setting (on the
brightness slider) and the ambient light in the environment.
NOTE: For optimal battery life benefits and viewability, we recommend that you
set the brightness slider to the mid-point or slightly above or below mid-point. If
you set the slider higher than this, you lose some of the battery-saving benefits,
while gaining minimal improvement in viewability. For more information, see the
section “Ambient Light Sensor (ALS)” in this chapter.