User Manual Part 1

Battery Maintenance Guidance
BeforeyouuseyourNotebookontheroad,youwillhavetochargethebatterypack.Thebatterypackbegins
tochargeassoonastheNotebookisconnectedtoexternalpowerusingthepoweradapter.Fullychargethe
batterypackbeforeusingitforthersttime.AnewbatterypackmustcompletelychargebeforetheNotebookis
disconnectedfromexternalpower.IttakesafewhourstofullychargethebatterywhentheNotebookisturned
OFF.Pleasenotethebatterystopschargingifthetemperatureistoohighorthebatteryvoltageistoohigh.
NOTE:Donotleavethebatterypackdischarged.Thebatterypackwilldischargeovertime.Ifnot
usingabatterypack,itmustcontinuedtobechargedeverythreemonthtoextendrecoverycapacity
orelseitmayfailtochargeinthefuture.Li-IonPolymerrechargeablebatteriesrequireroutine
maintenanceandcareintheiruseandhandling.ReadthroughbelowinstructionandyourNotebook
willachievethemaximumbatterylifespan.
Battery Maintenance :
● Donotleavebatteriesunusedforextendedperiodsoftime,eitherintheNotebookorinstorage.Whena
batteryhasbeenunusedfor3months,checkthechargestatusandchargeordisposeofthebatteryas
appropriate.
● ThetypicalestimatedlifeofaLi-IonPolymerbatteryisabouttwotothreeyearsor300to500charge
cycles,whicheveroccursrst.Onechargecycleisaperiodofusefromfullycharged,tofullydischarged,
andfullyrechargedagain.Useatwotothreeyearlifeexpectancyforbatteriesthatdonotrunthrough
completechargecycles.
● RechargeableLi-IonPolymerbatterieshavealimitedlifeandwillgraduallylosetheircapacitytoholda
charge.Thislossofcapacityisirreversible.Asthebatterylosescapacity,thelengthoftimeitwillpower
theNotebookdecreases.
● Theruntimeofyourbatterywillvarydependingontheproduct’scongurationandtheapplicationsthat
yourun.Routinelycheckthebattery’schargestatus.
● Batteryterminalsmustavoidcontactwithanymetallicsubstance.Forpreventingshortage,avoidsilver
coins,tinselsandanyothermetallicsubstancestocontactthe+and-terminalsofthebattery.For
example,Itmighthappenbyinsertingthebatteriestoacoatpocketoraleatherhandbagwithsome
metallicsubstancesmountedonit(metalbuttonsorzippers).Thereishighpossibilityofcausingshort
circuitsandconnectiondamageofthebattery.
● Considerreplacingthebatterywithanewoneifyounoteeitherofthefollowingconditions:
(1)Thebatteryruntimedropsbelowabout80%oftheoriginalruntime.
(2)Thebatterychargetimeincreasessignicantly.
(3)Ifabatteryisstoredorotherwiseunusedforanextendedperiod,besuretofollowthestorage
instructions.Ifyoudonotfollowtheinstructions,andthebatteryhasnochargeremainingwhenyou
checkit,considerittobedamaged.Donotattempttorechargeitortouseit.Replaceitwithanew
battery.
Charging :
TheLi-IonPolymerbatteryisrechargedinternallyusingtheACadapter.Torechargethebattery,makesure
thebatteryisinstalledandtheNotebookisconnectedtotheACadapter.Thechargetimeswillbesignicantly
longerifyourNotebookisinusewhilethebatteryischarging.Ifyouwanttochargethebatterymorequickly,
putyourcomputerintoSuspendmodeorturnitoffwhiletheadapterischargingthebattery.Pleasealways
followthecharginginstructionsprovidedwithyourNotebook.
* If you happen to leave your battery pack to go through an extended period of self-discharge, say more than
three months, the battery voltage level will become too low and needs to be Pre-Charged (to bring the bat-
tery voltage level high enough) before it automatically resumes its normal Fast Charge. Pre-Charge may
take 30 minutes. Fast Charge usually takes 2~3 hours.