Sony PCG-NV170 - Manual (Page 104)

Displaying Battery Information
You can display information for each of the batteries in your notebook. The following sections briefly describe how to display
your notebook's general battery information. Refer to PowerPanel Help for more detailed information.
To activate the Battery Information toolbar
1. Right-click on the Windows taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
2. Select Toolbars from the pop-up menu, and then click Battery Information. The Battery Information toolbar
appears on the taskbar.
If the Battery Information toolbar is hidden behind the taskbar icons, right-click the taskbar and deselect Lock the
Taskbar, then click and drag the edge of the Battery Information toolbar to the left.
To view the total charge remaining in the battery, place the pointer over the battery status icon in the taskbar on the
lower-right corner of the screen.
Battery Inform ation Toolbar
 Time indicator — Displays estimated time (hours : minutes) remaining before the battery fully discharges, also
known as the time-to-empty.
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