Turning Off The Power Automatically After A Certain Period Of Time; Change The Time Until The Power Turns Off - Panasonic CF-C1 Series Reference Manual

CD/DVD Drive
• The [Optical Drive] in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility is set to [Disabled]. In this case, you cannot use the
Optical Disc Drive Power-Saving Utility or the drive power/open switch.

Turning off the power automatically after a certain period of time

Windows 7
Set time for [The optical disc drive's power] on [Extension setting editing] screen of Power Plan Extension Utility beforehand.
After turning on the CD/DVD drive or removing the disc by opening the disc cover, when a certain period time passes with the
cover closed without setting a disc, you can automatically turn the drive off. (
Windows XP
[Auto Off Setting] of this utility automatically turns the drive power off after the CD/DVD drive power has been turned on, or
after a disc has been removed from the CD/DVD drive, if a certain period of time passes during which a disc is not set in the
drive.
This utility starts up when computer is started, and
To turn the power on again after it has turned off: See "Turning on or off immediately" (
To restart this utility after selecting [Exit], click [start] - [All Programs] - [Panasonic] - [Opti-
cal Disc Drive Power-Saving Utility], or restart the computer.
When the cursor is placed over
the setting time.

Change the time until the power turns off

1
Click or
2
Select the desired time in [Auto Off Setting].
NOTE
In the following cases, the drive power will not turn off even after the time set in [Auto Off Setting].
• When the disc cover is open
• When a disc is set in the drive
• When an external CD/DVD drive is connected (Including using a virtual CD drive)
• When WinDVD is running
or , pop-up text will indicate the drive status and
on the notification area.
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or appears on the notification area.
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