Adjusting Settings in Windows Power Management Menu
Windows Power Management
Windows Power Management is an option in the MAINTENANCE MENU in your device’s Toolbox.
You can use the options in this menu whether your device has an internal computer or not.
I/O Function (ON/OFF button)
The choices are Disable, Sleep, Hibernate, Shutdown.
Disable
This disables your ON/OFF (power) button. If you select this option, once you turn your device ON, it will not turn OFF again. NOTE: This option does not conserve battery energy.
Sleep This is the default setting.
Turn your device off by pressing the ON/OFF button. Your device will go to sleep. Press it again to turn your device back on. In this mode your device will come back up more quickly than Hibernate or Shutdown. This also returns you to where you were before it went to sleep.
Turn your device off by pressing the ON/OFF button. Press it again to turn your device back on. This is very similar to Sleep except that your device goes more deeply “asleep”. Therefore it takes a little longer to go into hibernation and to come out of it when you wake it up.
Turn your device off by pressing the ON/OFF button. Press it again to turn your device back on. This option completely shuts down your device – the same way the “Shutdown” command does on a computer. In this state your device uses almost no energy. It also means that it will take your device longer to come back up when you turn it back on.
If you have set your I/O Function to Sleep or Hibernate, this option allows you to completely shutdown your device without changing your ON/OFF button. This process is recommended to be done 3 - 4 times a week.
This gives you a way to restart Windows without having to go to the Windows Start menu. You should rarely have to use this.
**The following options help your device conserve battery power.**
Auto Backlight Dim Default is 1 minute
This will automatically dim your backlight after the amount of time you set passes.
Auto Backlight Off Default is 2 minutes
This will turn your backlight off automatically after the amount of time you set passes.
Auto Sleep Default is OFF
This will put your device to sleep automatically after the amount of time you set passes. You must use the I/O button to turn your device back on.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are not able to press the ON/OFF button, set Auto Sleep to OFF so that your device never goes to sleep.