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Managing Your Yakumo alphaX GPS
This chapter tells you how to effectively manage power, memory, settings, data and
programs of your Yakumo alphaX GPS .
3.1
Power Management
You must maintain a continuous power supply to your Yakumo alphaX GPS to
retain your data, including any information, programs or settings that you have
added to your Yakumo alphaX GPS .
A fully charged battery should provide power for up to 8 hours of use. The operating
time of a fully charged battery depends on how you are using the Yakumo alphaX
GPS . Some functions, such as using multimedia or operating an SD/MMC card,
may consume a considerable amount of battery power.
Low Battery Signals and Actions
Caution:
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Though your Yakumo alphaX GPS can retain data for 72 hours after its battery runs
completely out of power, you must constantly charge the battery of your Yakumo
alphaX GPS . This can prevent data loss or damage to the battery caused by the
battery’s being kept in a discharged state for too long.
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When you recharge the battery upon a warning of low power, you should charge for at
least 30 minutes. If you unplug the AC adapter too soon, you may not have sufficient
battery power for operation.
You can monitor the battery power by tapping
Æ
Settings
Æ
System
tab
Æ
Power
icon. The remaining power is displayed on a status bar in the Power control
panel.
When the battery is low, your Yakumo alphaX GPS will pop up a warning message.
You should save your data and recharge the battery immediately upon a warning of
low power; otherwise your Yakumo alphaX GPS will turn off automatically. You
will need to connect the Yakumo alphaX GPS to external AC power for charging
Managing the Yakumo
alphaX GPS
