Appendix A Maintaining Your Handheld168Battery considerationsPlease note the following considerations for the battery in your handheld:n Under normal conditions, your handheld battery should remain charged byplacing it in the cradle for just ten to fifteen minutes each day. You can conservebattery life by setting the backlight brightness to low, and changing the Auto-off setting that automatically turns off the handheld after a period of inactivity.See “General preferences” in Chapter 7 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 handheldin the cradle to recharge the unit. This helps prevent accidental data loss.n If the battery drains to the point where your handheld does not operate, it storesyour data safely for approximately one week. In this case, there is enoughresidual energy in the battery to store the data, but not enough to turn on yourhandheld. If your handheld does not turn on when you press the power button,you should recharge the unit immediately.n If the battery drains and you have the unit in an uncharged state for an extendedperiod of time, you can lose all of the 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 recycling center.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 thescreen. In this case, you need to perform a reset to get your handheld runningagain.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 Welcome screen appears, followed by the Date and Time Preferencesscreen (to set date and time).
