Samsung M6000 Laptop User Manual


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SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingtheBattery36
UsingtheBattery
Yourcomputerusesasmartrechargeablelithium-ionbatterypackfor
powerwhentheACadapterisnotattachedtoanelectricaloutlet.
ChargingtheBattery
Yourcomputer’sbatterystartschargingautomaticallywhenyou
connecttheACadaptertothecomputer.Ifthecomputerisoff,the
batterychargesfasterthanifthecomputer’spowerison.
Approximatechargingtimesforyourbatteryare
3hourswiththecomputeroff
6hourswiththecomputeron
Whilethebatteryischarging,thebatterychargelightonthecomputer
isamber(seeFigure9onpage20forthelocationofthebatterycharge
light).Whenthebatteryisfullycharged,thelightchangestogreen.
Youcanalsousetheoptionalexternalbatterycradletochargethe
batterywhileitisnotinthecomputer.(See“BatteryCradle”onpage
96formoreinformation.)
Whenyouuseanewbatterypackforthefirsttimeoruseabatteryafter
alongperiodofstorage,theinitialbatterylifeisshorterthannormal.
Normalbatteryliferesumesafterafewdischarge-rechargecycles.
Followtheserulesforchargingyourbattery:
Abatterynormallydischargespowerwhennotusedforlong
periodsoftime.Besuretorechargethebatteryeverytwo
monthswhenitisnotinuse.
Makeitapracticetodischargeyourbatteryfullybefore
rechargingthebattery.Thiscanhelpextendthelifeofthe
battery.
Donotattempttochargethebatteryintemperaturesofunder
41
o
F(5
o
C)orover95
o
F(35
o
C.)
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