User's Manual

Special Considerations 6 - 5
1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Backlight icon > Battery Power tab.
2. Select the On battery power: Disable backlight if not used for: check box and select a value from the
drop-down list box.
3. Select the Brightness tab.
4. Select the Disable backlight check box to completely turn off the display backlight.
5. Use the slider to set the brightness of the backlight. Set it to a low value to save battery power.
6. Select OK.
The display backlight value can also be set using a registry setting.
Key Name: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight]
"BatteryTimeout"=dword:00000000 ; timeout set to never
"ACTimeout"=dword:00000000 ; timeout set to never
NOTE By default, backlight is set NOT to time-out on user inactivity – this can be modified using the
Backlight control panel applet.