User Guide

Page 236 Maintaining Your Handheld
Battery considerations
Please note the following considerations when using the rechargeable
battery in your handheld:
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Under normal conditions, your handheld battery should provide
four weeks of use between charges. You can conserve battery life
by changing the Auto-off setting that automatically turns the
handheld off after a period of inactivity, and by minimizing use of
the backlight feature. See “General preferences” in Chapter 9 and
“Using the backlight” in Chapter 1 for more information.
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If the battery becomes low in the course of normal use, an alert
appears on the handheld screen describing the low battery
condition. If this alert appears, place your handheld in the cradle
to charge the battery.
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If the battery drains to the point where your handheld does not
turn on, it stores your data safely for about two weeks. In this case,
there is enough residual energy in the battery to store the data, but
not enough to turn on your handheld. If your handheld does not
turn on when you press the power button, you should charge the
battery immediately.
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If you leave a drained battery in your handheld for an extended
period of time, you can lose all of the stored data. If this happens,
charge the battery and use the reset button to reset your handheld.
(See “Resetting your handheld” later in this chapter for details.)
After you reset your handheld, perform a HotSync operation to
restore the data from your computer.