Toshiba SATELLITE A500 - Manual (Page 122)

122 Mobile Computing
Monitoring main battery power
6 Click OK to save the plan changes you have performed.
By default the two power plans eco and Balanced are satisfactory
for most people and do not need to be edited. The eco plan is the
best used for maximum battery time. The Balanced plan is a
compromise between battery time and performance.
Using a hot key to set the Power Plan
You may use a hot key to set the Power Plan.
To set the Power Plan:
1 Press Fn and F2 simultaneously to display the Power Plan hot
key card.
(Sample Image) Power Plan hot key card
2 While continuing to press Fn , press F2 until you select the
desired Power Plan.
The Power Plan options are: eco and Balanced.
3 Release the Fn key.
The hot key card disappears. You are now in the selected mode.