Computing On The Road; Things To Remember - Panasonic Touchbook CF-17 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-VZSU15) 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 minimize the brightness (
thereby lowering the power consumption.
Before stepping away from your computer, press
to put your computer in the ECO mode
The ECO mode helps you conserve power by cutting off power to the LCD and
turning off the hard disk motor. To resume, you may press a key unrelated to the
direct triggering of a selection, like
Setting the timeout function
The ECO mode / suspend or hibernation function (
save power by automatically cutting off power when the computer is idle or there
is no access to individual devices.
It should be noted that for some applications, the suspend/hibernation timeout
will not work properly.
N O T E
If you plan to use only the battery pack or set the power management, it is neces-
sary to check [Allow Windows to manage power use on this computer] in
[Start] - [Settings] - [Control Panel] - [Power].
If the check is removed, the time may not be displayed properly when operation
is resumed from the suspend or hibernation mode or the operating time with the
battery pack may become short (the power management function of Windows
does not work).
Fn + F1
with
(dark)
key.
Ctrl
( page 20)
1 9
will be displayed),
Fn + F10
page 13) allow you to