Dell Latitude CPi A - Manual (Page 46)

For a change in the Boot Speed option to take effect, you must reboot your computer.
Brightness
Brightness allows you to specify the brightness of the display when the computer is operating on battery
power. Use the left- and right-arrow keys to change the brightness of the display. When the computer is
powered by a battery, the default setting for Brightness is Minimum. If the computer is using AC power, the
default setting is Maximum.
A change to the Brightness option becomes effective immediately (rebooting is not required).
Click Volume
Click Volume allows you to disable or adjust the volume of the keyboard clicks if the Keyboard Click option
is enabled. The default setting for Click Volume is Maximum.
A change to the Click Volume option takes effect immediately (rebooting is not required).
Date
Date resets the date on the computer's internal calendar.
Your computer automatically displays the day of the week corresponding to the settings in the three fields
that follow (month, day-of-the-month, and year).
A change to the Date option becomes effective immediately (rebooting is not required). However, you must
reboot to make the change apparent to the operating system.
To change the date, press the right-arrow key to increase the number in the highlighted field, or press the
left-arrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, you can type in numbers in the month and day-of-the-
month fields.
Disk Time-Out
Disk Time-Out lets you determine how long your hard-disk drive remains idle before the drive motor turns
off to conserve battery power.
The AC category is set to Disabled. There are no user-selectable settings for this option. Settings for
Battery category are:
Disabled
15 Seconds
1 Minute
2 Minutes
3 Minutes
4 Minutes 5 Minutes
10 Minutes
15 Minutes
30 Minutes
1 Hour
The default setting is 3 Minutes if the computer is powered by a battery or 1 Minute if the computer is using
AC power. To increase battery operating time, set Disk Time-Out to a lower number. However, if your