topic short battery life in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.dk/t5/pcs-accessories/short-battery-life/m-p/662349#M11730 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,In January I bought a new sony vaio from pc world model SVE1712Q1EW. I was told that I would get around 4 hours battery life but I have never had more than 2 hours 15 minutes out of it. This is really frustrating as I am frequently on it for longer than that which means I have to use it plugged in most of the time. Does anyone know how I can improve the battery life? </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:49:19 GMT sparehead3 2013-03-07T20:49:19Z short battery life https://community.sony.dk/t5/pcs-accessories/short-battery-life/m-p/662349#M11730 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,In January I bought a new sony vaio from pc world model SVE1712Q1EW. I was told that I would get around 4 hours battery life but I have never had more than 2 hours 15 minutes out of it. This is really frustrating as I am frequently on it for longer than that which means I have to use it plugged in most of the time. Does anyone know how I can improve the battery life? </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:49:19 GMT https://community.sony.dk/t5/pcs-accessories/short-battery-life/m-p/662349#M11730 sparehead3 2013-03-07T20:49:19Z Re: short battery life https://community.sony.dk/t5/pcs-accessories/short-battery-life/m-p/662350#M11731 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR /></P><P>Hi sparehead3,</P><P><BR /></P><P>This is a common complaint and there was, at some time, detail on the support site of the running conditions under which maximum battery life is determined.</P><P><BR /></P><P>From memory this included, but was not limited to:</P><P><BR /></P><P>Screen brightness reduced.<BR type="_moz" /></P><P>Wireless turned off.<BR type="_moz" /></P><P>Bluetooth turned off.</P><P>No DVD drive use.<BR type="_moz" /></P><P>Power option set to maximum battery life.</P><P>Minimise aplications running in the background.</P><P>No internet use.<BR /></P><P><BR /></P><P>The above may help extend battery life but whether you will ever achieve 4 hrs is debatable.<BR type="_moz" /></P><P><BR /></P><P>Rich<BR type="_moz" /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:25:28 GMT https://community.sony.dk/t5/pcs-accessories/short-battery-life/m-p/662350#M11731 rich912 2013-03-07T22:25:28Z