Power Panel; Controlling Power Management - Sony Vaio PCG-C1VE Software Manual

Customizing Your Notebook Computer
PowerPanel


When you use the battery pack
as power source, your system
selects the Maximum Battery
Life power management profile
by default. If you select a
different power management
profile while using battery
power, the same profile will be
automatically selected the next
time you use the battery pack to
power your computer.
PowerPanel

Controlling Power Management

The PowerPanel utility controls the power management of your notebook computer
and provides key information about system activity and battery life. The automatic
power management selects the most advantageous profiles, or lets you customize the
profiles you choose, according to your own needs, with the goal of extended battery
life.
PowerPanel main features
Automatic Profile Selection (APS) based on the currently active application


Ability to select special Power Profiles manually from the menu


Ability to edit and create new profiles


Ability to display detailed battery information


CPU performance monitoring tool


Works in harmony with Windows settings.


To activate PowerPanel
When you start the computer, the PowerPanel Battery status icon appears in the task
tray by default.
You can select a power profile from the menu or a Power Management profile by


right-clicking this icon.
You can use the PowerPanel toolbars as well:


1
Right-click the task bar at the bottom of the screen.
2
Select Toolbars from the shortcut menu, then click Power Management or Battery
Information.
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