Power Management Settings - Panasonic CF-37 Series Reference Manual

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Power Management settings

Power Management
Functions
automatically set
HDD motor timeout
ECO mode timeout
Popup window display by
**
pressing Fn + F8
*
Enabled only when the battery itself is being used.
**
is displayed by pressing Fn
The Fn + F8 key combination may not function during certain operations, such as
during HDD/SDD/CD-ROM/DVD-ROM access. Operability can be checked by confirm-
ing that or is being displayed ).
By pressing the Fn + F8 key combination, Suspend/Hibernation Timeout does not work.
HDD motor timeout: When the hard disk drive is not accessed for more than two
ECO mode timeout:
NOTE
When the power management setting is disabled or [Suspend/Hibernation
Timeout] is set to [Never] in the Setup Utility,
In this case, is always displayed by pressing
Even when a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM is running, the computer enters the ECO
Mode with the ECO Mode Timeout.
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. or when Infrared is used
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 keyboard,
touch pad, or touchscreen (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)
2 min 2 min
2 min 2 min
+ F8 to disable the power management function.
minutes, the hard disk motor is turned off.
(except when the power management is set to disable)
If there is no input from a key, the touch pad, the touchscreen
or an external mouse for more than two minutes, the LCD
and the hard disk drive will be powered 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 )
Fn + F8
to disable the power management function. After you have
Fn + F8 .
is installed. (If [APM 2.0 for NT] is
®
Disable
Never
Never
does not work.
Fn + F8 .
is displayed by
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