Panasonic CF-45 Series Reference Manual

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14CAUTIONComputing On the RoadThere are times when high-speed communication is adversely affected if the power man-agement function is enabled. Please confirm that is displayed by pressingFn + F8 to disable the power management function. After you have finished usinga communication device, you can enable the power management function bypressing Fn + F8 .Key operation and music playback.When the power management function is running, you may feel that key and trackball (or mouse)operations are sluggish. Furthermore, music may not be played back correctly when entering theECO mode during playback.When installed in a network environment.Be sure to disable the suspend/hibernation timeout settings with the Setup Utility .After resuming operation from the suspend or hibernation mode, the network connection may besevered or the computer will not work properly.When a device like a high-speed modem or ISDN terminal adapter is connected to theserial port, etc.NOTEHDD Motor Timeout: When the hard disk drive is not accessed for more than a minute,the hard disk motor is turned off.ECO Mode Timeout: If there is no input from a key, the trackball, or the mouse formore than two minutes, the power to the LCD is cut and the harddisk motor is turned off. Even when an application software isbeing installed, the computer may enter the ECO mode.(except when the power management is set to [Disable])Power Management settings* Enabled only when the battery itself is being used.** is displayed by pressing Fn + F8 to disable the power management function.The key combination Fn + F8 sometimes does not work (such as during HDD access).Operability can be checked by confirming that or is being displayed ).1 min 1 min Never2 min 2 min NeverEnable Disable DisableHDD Motor TimeoutECO Mode TimeoutPower Conservation(AC Adapter Connected)Popup window display bypressing Fn + F8Enable (Always) Enable(Battery)* DisablePower ManagementFunctionsautomatically set**(Setting at the time ofpurchase)When the power management setting is disabled in the Setup Utility, Fn + F8 doesnot work.