Using battery alarms, Setting battery alarms – Toshiba VIRTUALTECH C6609-1201M1 User Manual

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Using battery alarms

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Using a hot key to select the power usage mode

1

Press

Fn

and

F2

simultaneously to display the power usage

pop-up window.

2

While continuing to press

Fn

, press

F2

until you select the

desired power usage mode.

3

Release the

Fn

key.

The computer is now in the selected mode.

Using battery alarms

You can configure the computer to warn you when the main
battery is running low.

Setting battery alarms

You can set two alarms. Each alarm can be set to alert you
when a specified percentage of remaining battery power has
been reached. You can set how the warning occurs: sound an
alarm, display a message, both, or none. You can also set the
computer to enter Standby mode or Hibernation mode or to
completely power down when the alarm goes off.

To set an alarm or alarms:

1

Click Start, Control Panel.

2

Click Performance and Maintenance.

3

Click Toshiba Power Saver.

The Toshiba Power Saver Properties window appears.

4

In the “Running on batteries” section, click Details.

The mode Properties window appears.

5

Click the Alarm tab and set the alarm(s), as desired.

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