Computing On The Road; Things To Remember - Panasonic Toughbook CF-71 Series Reference Manual

Computing On The Road

Conserving Power
One of the main features of notebook-type computers is that you have the power of
computing away from your home or office. In the following, information is provided on
how to maximize use of the battery pack which is necessary for such computing.
Four Important Points
1
POINT
Be sure to charge your battery before and after use.
2
POINT
To get the maximum use of your battery, set the power man-
agement mode.
3
POINT
Check to see that you have your AC adapter with you before
leaving your home or office.
Purchasing a spare battery (CF-VZSU09) and the optional bat-
tery charger (CF-VCB251A) is highly recommended.
4
POINT
Always watch your battery level!

Things to Remember

Leave your computer off when it is not in use
( "Starting Up/Shutting Down")
Adjust the brightness
By repeatedly pressing the keys to maximize the brightness (
played), following this, if the keys are pressed again, the brightness will be mini-
mized, thereby lowering the power consumption.
In [Control Panel] - [Power Management], make settings in detail
By making settings in detail for the alarm, timeout, etc., it is possible to control
the consumption of power.
When Windows 98 is running, the individual timeout functions of the Setup Util-
ity will not work.
Setting the Intel
You can control power consumption by setting CPU performance separately for
"AC adapter connected" and "AC adapter disconnected (i.e., running on batter-
ies)."
CAUTION
When installed in a network environment.
Be sure to disable the "System standby" settings with the [Control Panel] - [Power
Management].
After resuming operation from the suspend 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.
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 the power of the display is cut (for energy conservation pur-
poses) during playback.
with
(dark) Fn + F2
SpeedStep™ technology
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