Toshiba Satellite C850 User Manual - Page 52

Monitoring of power condition, Power conditions

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running under battery mode using the internal LCD display only The Vari-Bright feature can be enabled in the AMD VISION Engine Control Center/Catalyst Control Center. You can access the center in the following way: Right-click on the desktop and click AMD VISION Engine Control Center/Catalyst Control Center. In this control panel: 1. Select PowerPlay™ under Power. 2. Select Enable PowerPlay™ check box, and then select the Enable Vari-Bright™ check box. If you want to improve the picture quality under the conditions mentioned above, adjust the setting towards Maximize Quality or disable this feature. Monitoring of power condition Power conditions The computer's operating capability and battery charge status are affected by different power conditions, including whether an AC adaptor is connected and what the charge level is for that battery. The LED in the table below refers to the DC IN/Battery indicator. Power on AC adaptor connected Battery fully charged Battery partially charged or no charge • Operates • No charge • LED: white • Operates • Charge • LED: amber Power off (no operation) • No charge • LED: white • Quick charge • LED: amber User's Manual 3-12

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running under battery mode
using the internal LCD display only
The Vari-Bright feature can be enabled in the AMD VISION Engine Control
Center/Catalyst Control Center. You can access the center in the following
way:
Right-click on the desktop and click
AMD VISION Engine Control
Center
/
Catalyst Control Center
.
In this control panel:
1.
Select
PowerPlay™
under
Power
.
2.
Select
Enable PowerPlay™
check box, and then select the
Enable
Vari-Bright™
check box.
If you want to improve the picture quality under the conditions mentioned
above, adjust the setting towards Maximize Quality or disable this feature.
Monitoring of power condition
Power conditions
The computer's operating capability and battery charge status are affected
by different power conditions, including whether an AC adaptor is
connected and what the charge level is for that battery.
The LED in the table below refers to the
DC IN/Battery
indicator.
Power on
Power off
(no operation)
AC adaptor
connected
Battery fully
charged
• Operates
• No charge
• LED: white
• No charge
• LED: white
Battery partially
charged or no
charge
• Operates
• Charge
• LED: amber
• Quick charge
• LED: amber
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