Port Replicator / Car Mounter - Panasonic Toughbook CF-31GT2AX2M Reference Manual

Port Replicator / Car Mounter

You can use an optional port replicator and a car mounter. These devices free you from being
bothered by a lot of cable connections when you carry the computer. They also allow you to
connect various peripherals.
Connect the port replicator or the car mounter to the expansion bus connector (A) on the rear
side of the computer.
For further information, refer to the instruction manual of the port replicator or the car
mounter.
CAUTION
Make sure the slide cover is completely open.
Hot or warm docking/undocking is not possible with the port replicator or the car mounter.
When an external display is connected to the port replicator or the car mounter and the 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900
higher resolution is selected, the characters may be blurred on the external display. In this case, select the lower reso-
lution.
To boot the computer from a USB floppy disk drive or a USB CD/DVD drive, be sure to connect the USB drive to the
USB port on the computer, not to the USB port on the port replicator or the car mounter.
You cannot use the AC adaptor (CF-AA1653A) included with this computer for the port replicator or the car mounter.
Contact Panasonic Technical Support.
When using a conventional port replicator (such as the CF-VEB272AW / CF-VEB272A2W), power consumption will
automatically be lowered to match the port replicator's specification using one or more of the following measures.
• The CPU clock rate is lowered.
• The battery is not charged while the computer is turned on. (The battery indicator blinks in orange.)
<When the discrete GPU with higher power consumption is activated>
• The discrete GPU will be forcibly deactivated, and the Intel
<When the discrete GPU with higher power consumption is activated>
If you connect a conventional port replicator (such as the CF-VEB272AW / CF-VEB272A2W) to the computer while the
computer is turned on, a message that prompts you to restart the computer will appear. Follow the instructions, and
restart the computer.
<Only for CF-VEB272AW>
To connect a USB 2.0 device, use the USB port of the computer.
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GPU with lower power consumption will be activated.
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