User Manual
Table Of Contents
14 Mesa 2 Rugged Tablet Owner’s Manual
Battery Status and Management
To nd out how much battery life you have left, tap on
the battery icon at the bottom of the desktop screen. The
amount of charge left as a percent and the status of each
battery is shown. The cumulative amount of battery life
left for installed batteries and the approximate amount
of time battery power will last is also shown. (This is an
approximation. The amount of time left varies depending
on what you are doing with the unit).
Preserving Battery Power
There are some settings you can adjust to preserve battery
power. From the battery screen the display backlight
brightness can easily be toggled up or down in 25%
increments from 0% to 100% by tapping the percent tile (see
the sun icon). Tap the Battery saver tile to dim the backlight
or return it to the previous brightness. To make additional
adjustments, select Power and sleep settings. Settings like
how much time passes before the tablet turns off or goes to
sleep and whether or not Wi-Fi stays connected while it is
asleep can be adjusted.
Charging the Battery Pack(s)
For instructions on how to insert and charge the removable
battery pack, refer to the instructions in Chapter 1, Getting
Started. It typically takes 4 to 5 hours to fully charge a battery
pack.
For tablets that have both a removable battery pack and
an optional internal battery pack, the intelligent internal
battery charging circuit rst charge the battery pack with
the least amount of energy. When this battery pack comes
to the same level as the other battery pack, then both
battery packs are charged at the same time until they are
both fully charged.
Battery packs are charged most efciently at room
temperature (68° F or 20° C). They will not charge if it is too
hot or too cold.
We recommend that you keep the tablet battery pack(s)
charging when it is not in use for up to two weeks. When you