Appendix A Maintaining Your Handheld160Prolonging battery lifeNote the following considerations for the battery in your handheld:n Under normal conditions your handheld battery should remain charged whenyou connect it to the cable every day. You can conserve battery life by changingthe Auto-off setting that automatically turns the handheld off after a period ofinactivity. See “Auto-off after” in Chapter 14 for more information.n If the battery becomes low in the course of normal use, an alert appears on thehandheld screen, describing the low battery condition. If this alert appears,perform a HotSync ® operation to back up your data; then leave your handheldconnected to the cable to recharge the unit. This helps prevent accidental dataloss.n If the battery drains to the point that your handheld does not operate, it storesyour data safely for about a week. In this case there is enough residual energyin the battery to store the data, but not enough to turn on your handheld. If yourhandheld does not turn on when you press the power button, you shouldrecharge the unit immediately.n If your battery drains and you have the unit in an uncharged state for anextended period of time, you can lose all your stored data.n There are no serviceable parts inside your handheld, so do not attempt to openthe unit.n If you ever dispose of your handheld, please dispose of it without damaging theenvironment. Take your handheld to your nearest environmental recyclingcenter.Resetting your handheldUnder normal circumstances you will not have to use the reset button. On rareoccasions, however, your handheld may no longer respond to buttons or to thescreen. In this case you need to perform a reset to get your handheld running again.Performing a soft resetA soft reset tells your handheld to stop what it’s doing and start over again. Allrecords and entries stored in your handheld are retained with a soft reset. After asoft reset, the Preferences screen appears and the Date and Time option ishighlighted so you can reset the date and time if needed.
