Dell Latitude CPi User Guide - Page 167

Keyboard Click, Click Volume

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For a change in the Boot Speed option to take effect, you must reboot your computer. Brightness Brightness allows you to specify the brightness of the display when the computer is operating on battery power. Use the left- and right-arrow keys to change the brightness of the display. When the computer is powered by a battery, the default setting for Brightness is Minimum. If the computer is using AC power, the default setting is Maximum. A change to the Brightness option becomes effective immediately (rebooting is not required). Click Volume Click Volume allows you to disable or adjust the volume of the keyboard clicks if the Keyboard Click option is enabled. The default setting for Click Volume is Maximum. A change to the Click Volume option takes effect immediately (rebooting is not required). Date Date resets the date on the computer's internal calendar. Your computer automatically displays the day of the week corresponding to the settings in the three fields that follow (month, day-of-the-month, and year). A change to the Date option becomes effective immediately (rebooting is not required). However, you must reboot to make the change apparent to the operating system. To change the date, press the right-arrow key to increase the number in the highlighted field, or press the left-arrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, you can type in numbers in the month and day-of-themonth fields. Disk Time-Out Disk Time-Out lets you determine how long your hard-disk drive remains idle before the drive motor turns off to conserve battery power. The AC category is set to Disabled. There are no user-selectable settings for this option. Settings for Battery category are: Disabled 15 Seconds 1 Minute 2 Minutes 3 Minutes 4 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 1 Hour The default setting is 3 Minutes if the computer is powered by a battery or 1 Minute if the computer is using AC power. To increase battery operating time, set Disk Time-Out to a lower number. However, if your

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For a change in the
Boot Speed
option to take effect, you must reboot your computer.
Brightness
Brightness
allows you to specify the brightness of the display when the computer is operating on battery
power. Use the left- and right-arrow keys to change the brightness of the display. When the computer is
powered by a battery, the default setting for
Brightness
is
Minimum
. If the computer is using AC power, the
default setting is
Maximum
.
A change to the
Brightness
option becomes effective immediately (rebooting is not required).
Click Volume
Click Volume
allows you to disable or adjust the volume of the keyboard clicks if the
Keyboard Click
option
is enabled. The default setting for
Click Volume
is
Maximum
.
A change to the
Click Volume
option takes effect immediately (rebooting is not required).
Date
Date
resets the date on the computer's internal calendar.
Your computer automatically displays the day of the week corresponding to the settings in the three fields
that follow (
month
,
day-of-the-month
, and
year
).
A change to the
Date
option becomes effective immediately (rebooting is not required). However, you must
reboot to make the change apparent to the operating system.
To change the date, press the right-arrow key to increase the number in the highlighted field, or press the
left-arrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, you can type in numbers in the
month
and
day-of-the-
month
fields.
Disk Time-Out
Disk Time-Out
lets you determine how long your hard-disk drive remains idle before the drive motor turns
off to conserve battery power.
The
AC
category is set to
Disabled
. There are no user-selectable settings for this option. Settings for
Battery
category are:
Disabled
15 Seconds
1 Minute
2 Minutes
3 Minutes
4 Minutes
5 Minutes
10 Minutes
15 Minutes
30 Minutes
1 Hour
The default setting is
3 Minutes
if the computer is powered by a battery or
1 Minute
if the computer is using
AC power. To increase battery operating time, set
Disk Time-Out
to a lower number. However, if your