Toshiba SATELLITE P500 User Manual

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User’s Manual

Your computer model may be Energy Star

®

 Compliant.  If 

the model you purchased is compliant, it is labeled with 

the ENERGY STAR logo on the computer and the 

following information applies. TOSHIBA. is a partner in the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star 

Program and has designed this computer to meet the 

latest Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency. Your 

computer ships with the power management options preset to a 

configuration that will provide the most stable operating environment and 

optimum system performance for both AC power and battery modes. 
To conserve energy, your computer is set to enter the low-power Sleep 

Mode which shuts down the system and display within 15 minutes of 

inactivity in AC power mode. We recommend that you leave this and other 

energy saving features active, so that your computer will operate at its 

maximum energy efficiency. You can wake the computer from Sleep Mode 

by pressing the power button.
According to the EPA, a computer meeting the new ENERGY STAR 

specifications will use between 20% and 50% less energy depending on 

how it is used. If all U.S. household and businesses replaced old 

computers with new ENERGY STAR qualified models, we would save more 

than $1.8 billion in energy costs over the next five years and avoid 

greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to more than 2.7 million cars.If every 

computer purchased by businesses next year met the new ENERGY STAR 

requirements, businesses would save more than $210 million over the 

lifetime of those models. That is equivalent to lighting 120 million square 

feet of U.S. commercial building space each year.

Visit http://www.energystar.gov or http://www.energystar.gov/

powermanagement for more information regarding the ENERGY STAR 

Program.

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Discard this computer in accordance with applicable laws and 

regulations. For further information, contact your local government.

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This computer contains rechargeable batteries. After repeated use, the 

batteries will finally lose their ability to hold a charge and you will need 

to replace them. Under certain applicable laws and regulation, it may be 

illegal to dispose of old batteries by placing them in the trash. 

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Please be kind to our shared environment. Check with your local 

government authority for details regarding where to recycle old batteries 

or how to dispose of them properly. This product contains mercury. 

Disposal of this material may be regulated due to environmental 

considerations. For disposal, reuse or recycling information, please 

contact your local government.