Computing On The Road - Panasonic CF-R1 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
To get the maximum use of your battery, set the power man-
POINT
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-VZSU24) is highly recommended.
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 mode or
hibernation mode
Windows 2000
In [Control Panel] - [Power Options], make settings in detail
By making settings in detail for the timeout, alarm, etc., it is possible to control
the consumption of power.
Windows XP
In [Control Panel] - [Performance and Maintenance] - [Power Op-
tions], make settings in detail
By making settings in detail for the timeout, alarm, etc., it is possible to control
the consumption of power.
By selecting [Max Battery] in [Power Schemes], the battery's operating time can
be extended even further.
Windows 2000
Set [ReduceOn] to [On] in [Control Panel] - [Settings] - [Dis-
play] - [Settings] - [Advanced]
Windows XP
Set [ReduceOn] to [On] in [Control Panel] - [Appearance and
Themes] - [Display] - [Settings] - [Advanced]
You can control power consumption by changing the display performance sepa-
rately for "AC adaptor connected" and "AC adaptor disconnected (i.e., running on
batteries)." (In the default setting, [ReduceOn] is set to [On].)
If image processing, etc., seems slow when running on batteries only, set
[ReduceOn] to [Off].
Windows 2000
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 batteries)."
CAUTION
When installed in a network environment (except when the Wake up from LAN
function is in use).
Do not use the standby or hibernation mode.
After resuming operation from the standby or hibernation mode, the network con-
nection may be severed or the computer will not work properly.
will be displayed), the degree of brightness will
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