Panasonic CF-72 Series Reference Manual

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22One of the main features of notebook-type computers is that you have the power ofcomputing away from your home or office. In the following, information is provided onhow to maximize use of the battery pack which is necessary for such computing.POINT 1Four Important PointsPOINT 2Conserving PowerThings to RememberBe sure to charge your battery before and after use.To get the maximum use of your battery, set the power man-agement mode.POINT 3 Check to see that you have your AC adaptor with you beforeleaving your home or office.Purchasing a spare battery (CF-VZSU14) and the optional secondbattery pack adaptor (CF-VAB721) is highly recommended.Always watch your battery level!POINT 4Leave your computer off when it is not in use( "Starting Up/Shutting Down")Adjust the brightness (darker) with Fn + F1By holding down on the keys ( will be displayed), the degree of brightness willbe lowered, thereby lowering the power consumption.Before stepping away from your computer, press Fn + F7 orFn + F10 to put your computer in the standby or hiberna-tion mode ( page 3)Setting the Intel® SpeedStep™ technology ( page 25)You can control power consumption by setting CPU performance separately for“AC adaptor connected” and “AC adaptor disconnected (i.e., running on batter-ies)”.Windows 98 Windows 2000In [Control Panel] - [Power Management]*, make settings in detailBy making settings in detail for the timeout, alarm, etc., it is possible to controlthe consumption of power.When Windows 98 or Windows 2000 is running, the individual timeout functionsof the Setup Utility will not work.* Windows 2000 : [Power Options]Computing On the Road(To next page)Windows NTSetting the power management mode ( page 23)The ECO mode timeout function will always work if [Enable (Always)] is selectedfor [Power Management Mode]. If [Enable (Battery)] is selected for [Power Man-agement Mode], it will work only during operation by the battery.