Computing On The Road; Conserving Power; Things To Remember - Panasonic Toughbook CF-28 Series Reference Manual

Computing on the Road

Conserving Power

One of the main features of notebook-type computers is that you have the power of
computing away from your home or office. In the following, information is provided on
how to maximize use of the battery pack which is necessary for such computing.
Four Important Points
1
POINT
Be sure to charge your battery before and after use.
2
POINT
To get the maximum use of your battery, set the power man-
agement mode.
3
POINT
Check to see that you have your AC adaptor with you before
leaving your home or office.
Purchasing a spare battery (CF-VZSU18), the optional bat-
tery charger (CF-VCB371) or the second battery pack (CF-
VZSU1428) is highly recommended.
When using the battery charger
4
POINT
Always watch your battery level!

Things to Remember

Leave your computer off when it is not in use
( "Starting Up/Shutting Down")
Adjust the brightness (darker) with Fn + F1
By holding down on the keys (
be lowered, thereby lowering the power consumption.
Before stepping away from your computer, press Fn + F7 or
Fn + F10 to put your computer in the standby or hibernation
mode
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Setting the Intel
You can control power consumption by setting CPU performance separately for
"AC adaptor connected" and "AC adaptor disconnected (i.e., running on batter-
ies)".
Windows 98 Windows 2000
In [Control Panel] - [Power Management]*, make settings in detail
By making settings in detail for the timeout, alarm, etc., it is possible to control the
consumption of power.
When Windows 98 or Windows 2000 is running, the individual timeout functions
of the Setup Utility will not work.
* Windows 2000 : [Power Options]
Windows NT
Setting the power management mode
The ECO mode timeout function will always work if [Enable (Always)] is selected
for [Power Management Mode]. If [Enable (Battery)] is selected for [Power Man-
agement Mode], it will work only during operation by the battery.
Connect to this connector.
(Refer to the operation manual of the
battery charger.)
will be displayed), the degree of brightness will
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