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12.6 Battery-saving Tips How long your battery power lasts depends on battery type and how you use your device. Here are a few tips on saving battery power:  When the device is not in use, press the Power Key to switch off the display.  Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Power. On the Advanced tab of the Power settings screen, you can specify when your device automatically turns off the display to conserve battery power. For optimum conservation, specify three minutes or less.  Use the AC phone charger to plug your device into external power whenever possible, especially when using a storage card or when using a modem or other peripherals.  Adjust the backlight settings. For more information, see "To set the backlight to dim after a time delay" in Section 4.  Turn Bluetooth off when you are not using it. For more information, see "Using Bluetooth" in Section 10.  Lower the volume.  Close battery-intensive programs, such as the Camera, when you are not using them. Make sure the programs are ended and are not continuously running in the background. For more information about ending running programs, see "To close running programs from the Task Manager" in this Section. 148 Section 12: Managing Your Device

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Section 12: Managing Your Device
12.6
Battery-saving Tips
How long your battery power lasts depends on battery type and how you use your device. Here are a few tips on
saving battery power:
When the device is not in use, press the
Power
Key to switch off the display.
Tap
Start > Settings > System
tab
> Power
. On the
Advanced
tab of the Power settings screen, you can specify
when your device automatically turns off the display to conserve battery power. For optimum conservation,
specify three minutes or less.
Use the AC phone charger to plug your device into external power whenever possible, especially when using
a storage card or when using a modem or other peripherals.
Adjust the backlight settings. For more information, see “To set the backlight to dim after a time delay” in
Section 4.
Turn Bluetooth off when you are not using it. For more information, see “Using Bluetooth” in Section 10.
Lower the volume.
Close battery-intensive programs, such as the Camera, when you are not using them. Make sure the
programs are ended and are not continuously running in the background. For more information about
ending running programs, see “To close running programs from the Task Manager” in this Section.