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Activate the "Power Saving Utility"
When using the computer, the keyboard or the bottom of the computer may become warm. This is not a malfunction. If the com-
puter feels warm, try activating the "Power Saving Utility".
When activating the "Power Saving Utility", the power consumption will reduce and the following settings will change.
- Set [Colors] in [Display Settings] to [Medium (16 bit)] (Windows Aero will be deactivated).
- Set the power plan to [Panasonic Power Management] (default settings), and then make the following changes:
Change [Maximum processor state] in [Processor power management] (both [On battery] and [Plugged in]) from [100 %] to [50 %].
1. Double-click
on the desktop.
2. Click [Power Saving Level : High].
3. The following message will appear on the screen:
"The contents of "Panasonic Power Management" will be
overwritten. Save previous contents before changes?".
Click [Yes] or [No].
If you want to save the [Panasonic Power Management]
settings before the change, click [Yes].
The [Copy of Panasonic Power Management] settings will
be saved as an additional plan (see "CAUTION" for i nstruc-
tions on how to delete the settings).
4. Click [OK] on the confirmation screen.
To conserve power
CAUTION
When this utility is executed, the following may occur.
- Videos cannot be played back smoothly.
In this case, deactivate the WinDVD onscreen display (right-
click on the WinDVD screen, and remove the checkmark
from [OSD]), or use Windows Media Player to play back vid-
eos. This may improve the situation.
- Image quality may deteriorate.
The performance may become slow down depending on the ap-
plication software after selecting [Power Saving Level : High]. In
this case, select [Power Saving Level : Standard].
To delete the [Copy of Panasonic Power Management]:
1. Click
options], a nd then click [Show additional plans].
2. Click [Change plan settings] displayed under the [Copy of
Panasonic Power Management] that you want to delete.
3. Click [Delete this plan], and then click [OK] on the
confirmation s creen.
or
in the notification area, click [More power
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