Panasonic Toughbook CF-71 Series Reference Manual page 16

Computing On the Road
Power Management settings
Power Management
Functions
automatically set
HDD Motor Timeout
ECO Mode Timeout
Power Conservation
(AC Adapter Connected)
Popup window display by
**
pressing Fn + F8
*
Enabled only when the battery itself is being used.
**
is displayed by pressing Fn + F8 to disable the power management function.
HDD Motor Timeout: When the hard disk drive is not accessed for more than a
minute, the hard disk motor is turned off.
ECO Mode Timeout: If there is no input from a key, the touch pad, or the mouse
for more than two minutes, the power to the LCD is cut and
the hard disk motor is turned off. Even when an application
software is being installed, the computer may enter the ECO
mode.
CAUTION
When installed in a network environment.
Be sure to disable the suspend/hibernation timeout settings with the Setup Utility.
After resuming operation from the suspend or hibernation mode, the network con-
nection may be severed or the computer will not work properly.
When a device like a high-speed modem or ISDN terminal adapter is connected
to the serial port, etc.
There are times when high-speed communication is adversely affected if the power
management function is enabled. Please confirm that
ing F8 to disable the power management function. After you have
Fn +
finished using a communications device, you can enable the power management
function by pressing
Fn + F8 .
Key operation and music playback.
When the power management function is running, you may feel that key or touch
pad (or mouse) operations are sluggish. Furthermore, music may not be played
back correctly when entering the ECO mode during playback.
Standard
Advanced
(Battery/AC Adapter)
(Setting at the time of purchase)
1 min 1 min
1 min 2 min
Enable Enable
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Standard
OFF
(Battery)*
1 min Never
2 min Never
Disable Disable
is displayed by press-