Panasonic Touchbook CF-71 Series Reference Manual page 14

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
The key combination
access). Operability can be checked by confirming that
HDD Motor Timeout: When the hard disk drive is not accessed for more than a
ECO Mode Timeout: If there is no input from a key, the touch pad, or the mouse
NOTE
When the power management setting is disabled in the Setup Utility, Fn + F8
does not work.
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
connection may be severed or the computer will not work properly.
When a device like a high-speed modem or ISDN terminal adapter is con-
nected 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
pressing
Fn + F8
finished using a communications device, you can enable the power management
function by pressing
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.
Enabling Power Conservation
Confirm that Phoenix APM 2.0 for Windows NT
displayed in [Control Panel], this means that the program is installed.) If the program is
not installed, be sure to install it.
Enable (Always) Enable(Battery)*
(Setting at the time of
purchase)
1 min 1 min
2 min 2 min
Enable Disable
+ F8 to disable the power management function.
Fn + F8 sometimes does not work (such as during HDD
minute, the hard disk motor is turned off.
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.
(except when the power management is set to [Disable])
to disable the power management function. After you have
Fn + F8 .
®
is installed. (If [APM 2.0 for NT] is
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Disable
Never
Never
Disable
or is being displayed ).
is displayed by