Panasonic Toughbook CF-31AAAAA2M Reference Manual

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46Port Replicator / Car MounterYou can use an optional port replicator and a car mounter. These devices free you from beingbothered by a lot of cable connections when you carry the computer. They also allow you toconnect various peripherals.Connect the port replicator or the car mounter to the expansion bus connector (A) on the rearside of the computer.For further information, refer to the instruction manual of the port replicator or the carmounter.CAUTIONz Make sure the slide cover is completely open.z Hot or warm docking/undocking is not possible with the port replicator or the car mounter.z When an external display is connected to the port replicator or the car mounter and the 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900 *1 orhigher resolution is selected, the characters may be blurred on the external display. In this case, select the lower reso-lution.z To boot the computer from a USB floppy disk drive or a USB CD/DVD drive, be sure to connect the USB drive to theUSB port on the computer, not to the USB port on the port replicator or the car mounter.z You cannot use the AC adaptor (CF-AA1653A) included with this computer for the port replicator or the car mounter.Contact Panasonic Technical Support.z When using a conventional port replicator (such as the CF-VEB272AW / CF-VEB272A2W), power consumption willautomatically be lowered to match the port replicator’s specification using one or more of the following measures.• The CPU clock rate is lowered.• The battery is not charged while the computer is turned on. (The battery indicator blinks in orange.)• The discrete GPU will be forcibly deactivated, and the Intel ® GPU with lower power consumption will be activated.z If you connect a conventional port replicator (such as the CF-VEB272AW / CF-VEB272A2W) to the computer while thecomputer is turned on, a message that prompts you to restart the computer will appear. Follow the instructions, andrestart the computer.z To connect a USB 2.0 device, use the USB port of the computer.*1 Windows 7 only