Saving Power; Reducing Power Consumption - Panasonic FZ-M1 Series Operating Instructions - Reference Manual

Saving Power

You can extend battery life and save power also during battery pack usage.

Reducing Power Consumption

Use the methods below to reduce power consumption.
Change the Power mode to "Best battery life".
1. Touch or
2. Move the "Power mode" slider ( ) to the left to set the "Power mode" to "Best battery life".
Decrease the LCD brightness.
Decrease the internal LCD brightness to reduce power consumption.
1. Touch or
2. Touch
Power management using the ambient light sensor.
Automatically adjust the internal LCD brightness based on the ambient light.
1. Touch (Settings) - [System] - [Display].
2. Touch the [Change brightness automatically when lighting changes] checkbox to select it.
Furthermore power saving options:
Turn off the computer when it is not in use
You can also turn off only the wireless LAN or wireless WAN power.
Disconnect external devices (USB devices, external mouse, etc.) that are not being used
Use Sleep
Touch (Power) - [Sleep] to set the computer to sleep when you have to leave the computer.
This shuts down computer operation to reduce power consumption.
<Only for model with LAN>
Disable Wake Up from wired LAN function when it is not needed.
This reduces power consumption in Sleep/Hibernation.
To confirm current settings:
1. Touch and hold
2. Double-touch the Ethernet device (ex: Realtek USB FE Family Controller) under "Network adapters", and then touch [Power Man-
agement].
3. Check the setting of [Allow this device to wake the computer].
When using the battery, do not use applications that place a significant load on the CPU.
Some application software may place a large burden on the CPU only with start-up and may consume power.
When you are using the screen saver with 3D graphics, change to another screen saver
To change the screen saver, touch and hold the desktop, touch [Personalize] - [Lock screen] - [Screen saver settings] and touch the title of the
screen saver.
Configuring Power Saving Settings
1. Touch or
2. Use the slider under "Power mode", and select the setting.
on the task tray.
on the task tray.
to decrease the brightness.
(Start) at the bottom left corner, and then touch [Device Manager].
on the task tray,
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