Panasonic CF-W7 Series, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ... of Parts 11 First time Operation 13 On screen Manual 16 Handling and Maintenance 17 Expanding Memory 20 Hard Disk Backup Function Recover Pro 22 Hard Disk Data Erase Utility 24 Reinstalling Software 25 Troubleshooting Basic Error Code Message 27 Hardware Diagnostics 31 LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT 33 Specifications 35 LIMITED WARRANTY 38 For further information about the com puter you can refer ...

Page 2: ...ed with respect to the use of the information contained herein 2007 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd All Rights Reserved Disclaimer Computer specifications and manuals are subject to change without notice Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd assumes no liability for damage incurred directly or indirectly from errors omissions or discrepancies between the com puter and the manuals Trademarks ...

Page 3: ...ange 5 15 to 5 25 GHz to reduce the potential for harmful interference to co channel Mobile Satellite sys tems High power radars are allocated as primary users of the 5 25 to 5 35 GHz and 5 65 to 5 85 GHz bands These radar stations can cause interference with and or damage this product 25 M W 1 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions ...

Page 4: ...y for customer failure to comply with these precautions When in a hospital or other health care facility observe the restrictions on the use of mobiles Switch Personal Computer or Handheld Computer incorporating Wireless WAN off if instructed to do so by the guidelines posted in sensitive areas Medical equipment may be sensitive to RF energy The operation of cardiac pacemakers other implanted medi...

Page 5: ...s but should contact the appropriate elec tric inspection authority or electrician as appropriate NOTICE The Ringer Equivalence Number REN assigned to each terminal device provides an indication of the maximum number of terminals allowed to be connected to a telephone interface The termination on an interface may consist of any combination of devices subject only to the requirement that the sum of...

Page 6: ...rk on the bottom of the computer Declaration of Conformity DoC Hereby we declare that this Personal Computer is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the Directive 1999 5 EC Hint If you want to get a copy of the original DoC of our products which relates to the R TTE please con tact our web address http www doc panasonic de Contact Panasonic Services Europe...

Page 7: ...energy emitted by wireless devices like for example mobile phones Because this product operates within the guidelines found in radio frequency safety standards and recommenda tions we believe this product is safe for use by consum ers These standards and recommendations reflect the consensus of the scientific community and result from deliberations of panels and committees of scientists who contin...

Page 8: ...ately turn the power off and unplug the AC plug and then remove the battery pack Then contact your technical support office Do Not Touch This Product and Cable When It Starts Thundering Electric shock may result Do Not Connect the AC Adaptor to a Power Source Other Than a Standard Household AC Outlet Otherwise a fire due to overheating may result Connect ing to a DC AC converter inverter may damag...

Page 9: ...rn lead to a fire or electric shocks Do Not Block the Ventilation Hole Otherwise heat will build up inside possibly resulting in a fire Hold the Plug When Unplugging the AC Plug Pulling on the cord may damage the cord resulting in a fire or electric shock Do Not Move This Product While the AC Plug Is Connected The AC cord may be damaged resulting in fire or electric shock If the AC cord is damaged...

Page 10: ... prevents overcharging of the battery by recharging only when the remaining power is less than approx 95 when Economy Mode ECO is enabled 75 of capacity The battery pack is not charged when the computer is first purchased Be sure to charge it before using it for the first time When the AC adaptor is connected to the computer charging begins automatically Should the battery leak and the fluid get i...

Page 11: ... power is off Green Drive power is on but the drive is not accessed Blinking green Drive power is on and the drive is being accessed I LCD J Security Lock You can connect a Kensington cable Refer to the instruc tion manual of the cable The security lock and cable is a theft prevention device Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd will bear no responsibility in the event of theft K Modem Port Be sur...

Page 12: ...ypes of microphones are used audio input may not be pos sible or malfunctions may occur When recording in stereo using a stereo microphone Click start All Programs SoundMAX Control Panel and select Microphone and then select No Filtering in Microphone Enhancements When using a monaural microphone with a 2 termi nal plug Click start All Programs SoundMAX Control Panel and select Microphone and then...

Page 13: ...the unlocked position and push out the battery pack in parallel with the computer CAUTION Make sure the latches are securely locked Otherwise the battery pack may fall when you carry the computer Do not touch the terminals of the battery pack and the computer Doing so can make the terminals dirty or damaged and may cause malfunction of the battery pack and the computer Hold the side of the compute...

Page 14: ...etup is complete To go to the next step wait until the hard disk drive indicator has turned off CAUTION When you set date time time zone and click Next the screen may not go to the next step for a few minutes Do not touch the keyboard or touch pad and wait until the screen changes Click start Control Panel User Accounts Create a new account CAUTION Remember your password If you forget the password...

Page 15: ...daptor is connected When the screen is off Approx 10 W In standby Approx 1 9 W The battery pack is fully charged or not being charged and the computer is off Approx 0 9 W Note that the computer consumes electricity even when the computer power is off If the battery pack is fully charged the battery will be fully discharged in the following period of time 2 If Wake Up from wired LAN is disabled the...

Page 16: ...on how to use the hard disk To access the Hard Disk Handling Click start All Programs Panasonic On Line Manuals Hard Disk Handling Supplementary Instructions of Bluetooth Only for model with Bluetooth The Supplementary Instructions will provide you with the helpful information about the Bluetooth To access the Supplementary Instructions of Bluetooth Click start All Programs Panasonic On Line Manua...

Page 17: ...n carrying a spare battery put it in a plastic bag to protect its terminals This computer contains a magnet and magnetic products at the locations circled in the illustration at right Avoid leaving metallic object or magnetic media in con tact with these areas The touch pad is designed to be used with a finger tip Do not place any object on its surface and do not press down strongly with sharp poi...

Page 18: ...Enter 3 Select Computrace R BIOS Module and set to Enable 4 At the confirmation message select Execute and press Enter 5 At the reconfirmation message select Execute and press Enter 6 Press F10 At the confirmation message select Yes and press Enter The computer restarts To clean the LCD panel and touch pad Wipe lightly with a gauze or other dry soft cloth To clean areas other than the LCD panel an...

Page 19: ...water droplets off of the top of the keyboard using a soft dry cloth 3 Slowly lift up the computer keeping it level and wipe any water coming out of the holes on the bottom using a soft dry cloth If the computer is tilted during this step liquid may seep inside the computer resulting in damage 4 Keeping the computer level move the computer to a dry place If the computer is placed back on the wet s...

Page 20: ...rt objects other than the module or allow foreign particles to enter Doing so has been known to cause damage fire or electric shock Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd will bear no responsibility whatsoever for failures or damage caused by the use of non recommended RAM modules or by incorrect installation or removal of such RAM modules Before installing a RAM module confirm the product type and...

Page 21: ... and will return after locking If it is hard to press down the RAM module do not try forcibly but check the module s direction 4 Set the cover and battery pack back NOTE If the RAM module is recognized correctly the total size of this computer s memory and RAM module memory is dis played on the Information menu of the Setup Utility If the RAM module is not recognized turn off the computer and inse...

Page 22: ... we recommend performing Typical installation in the following cases Hard disk with a single partition Immediately after reinstalling software when more than half of the entire space of the hard disk is available page 25 Be sure to use the internal hard disk drive to create the backup area Never use disk or device other than the internal hard disk drive Some software security software backup softw...

Page 23: ...switch while using the Recover Pro This function uses the data created during complete backup It restores the hard disk data to the condition when you performed the complete backup Files created and changes made to settings after the latest complete backup is made will be deleted Preparation Connect the AC adaptor Remove all peripherals 1 Click start All Programs Phoenix Applications Phoenix Alway...

Page 24: ...rite down all of the contents of the Setup Utility If Enter Password is displayed during the following procedures input the Supervisor Password or the User Password 2 Press 2 to execute 2 Erase HDD To cancel this operation press 0 3 At the confirmation message press Y 4 When Start menu is displayed press Enter The approximate time required for erasing data will be displayed 5 Press Space At the co...

Page 25: ...ty and press F9 At the confirmation message select Yes and press Enter 3 Select the Main menu then select DVD Drive Power and press Enter 4 Select On and press Enter 5 Select the Boot menu then select Optical Drive and press F6 until Optical Drive is at the top of Boot priority order 6 Press F10 At the confirmation message select Yes and press Enter The computer will restart 7 Press F2 while Panas...

Page 26: ... take approximately 50 minutes Do not interrupt reinstallation for example by turning off the computer or pressing Ctrl Alt Del Other wise reinstallation may become unavailable as Windows may not start up or the data may be corrupted 14 Remove the Product Recovery DVD ROM and then press any key to turn off the com puter 15 Turn on the computer and press F2 while Panasonic boot screen is displayed ...

Page 27: ...a beep sound and either Extended RAM Mod ule Failed or Standard RAM Failed appears If Extended RAM Module Failed appears the RAM module is not correctly inserted Turn off the computer check that the RAM module is a recommended module then insert it correctly If Standard RAM Failed appears contact your technical support office Cannot boot from internal CD DVD drive Make sure that the bootable CD DV...

Page 28: ...d Even after entering the password Type your pass word is displayed again If lights up press NumLk to disable the ten key mode and then input If lights up press Caps Lock to disable the Caps Lock mode and then input Display When the screen becomes black for a moment When you set Intel video driver power saving function Intel R Display Power Sav ing Technology of Power Saving Utility to Enable if y...

Page 29: ... select Restart If the computer does not respond to keyboard commands read No response page 30 Cannot input using the touch pad Set Touch Pad to Enable in the Main menu of the Setup Utility The drivers for some mice may disable the touch pad Check your mouse s operating instructions Recover Pro Cannot install Recover Pro Recover Pro cannot be installed when four primary partitions exist Reduce the...

Page 30: ...onnect external keyboard 0251 System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used An error has occurred in the memory of Setup Utility settings This occurs when the memory con tent is changed by an unexpected program operation etc Start the Setup Utility and return the settings to the default values and then change the set tings as necessary If the problem persists the internal clock battery may n...

Page 31: ... the touch pad for operations When not using the touch pad you can operate using the internal keyboard instead If the touch pad does not operate properly press Ctrl Alt Del to restart the computer or slide the power switch to turn the power off and then restart the PC Diagnostic Utility Run this utility using the default settings in the Setup Utility If the Setup Utility or other settings will not...

Page 32: ... disk The extended diagnostic check is only for the hard disk The extended diagnostic check is more detailed and so requires a longer period of time to run A Click to stop the diagnostic check B Click the icon for the hardware that is not to be checked so that the icon is displayed in gray B When running a check on the hard disk clicking the icon once will turn on the extended diagnostic check FUL...

Page 33: ...r transfer of the single Product which was accompanied by the Programs to such other party At the time of such a transfer you must also transfer all copies whether in printed or machine readable form of every Program and the related documentation to the same party or destroy any such copies not so transferred F You may not remove any copyright trademark or other notice or product identification fr...

Page 34: ... pouvez ni modifier ni tenter de modifier les Logiciels E Vous ne pouvez céder les Logiciels et en octroyer la licence à une autre partie qu en rapport avec votre cession du Produit unique qui est accompagné par les Logiciels à cette autre partie Au moment de cette cession vous devez céder également toutes les copies que ce soit sous forme imprimée ou lisible par la machine de tous les Logiciels a...

Page 35: ...B 4 DVD RAM 8 1 4 GB 2 8 GB 4 7 GB 9 4 GB 4 R 4 7 GB 4 R DL 8 5 GB 4 RW 4 7 GB 4 CD Audio CD ROM XA compatible CD R Photo CD multiple session compatible Video CD CD EXTRA CD RW CD TEXT Writing DVD RAM 8 1 4 GB 2 8 GB 4 7 GB 9 4 GB 4 DVD R 1 4 GB 4 7 GB for Gen eral 4 DVD RW Ver 1 1 1 2 1 4 GB 2 8 GB 4 7 GB 9 4 GB 4 R 4 7 GB 4 RW 11 4 7 GB 4 CD R CD RW Display Method 12 1 XGA type TFT 1024 768 dots...

Page 36: ... Temperature 5 C to 35 C 41 F to 95 F Humidity 30 to 80 RH No condensation Storage Temperature 20 C to 60 C 4 F to 140 F Humidity 30 to 90 RH No condensation OS 28 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technol ogies NTFS File system Pre installed Software 28 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 2 DirectX 9 0c Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 Microsoft Windo...

Page 37: ... a RAM module designed for DDR2 PC2 4200 can be added Panasonic CF BAK0512U CF BAK1024U 172 pin Micro DIMM used in CF T5 CF W5 series cannot be used 21 Does not guarantee operation of all USB compatible periph erals 22 Only for North America The AC adaptor is compatible with power sources up to 240 V AC adaptor This computer is supplied with a 125 V AC compatible AC cord 20 M 2 1 23 Measured using...

Page 38: ... Station 3 Years Port Replicator I O Box Device Cradle like CF 08 3 Years Antenna Pass through Cable 3 Years Backlit or Full sized keyboard 3 Years or assumes warranty of the unit in which it is installed Integrated Panasonic supplied options and kits including but not limited to Wireless WAN Media Bay Drives Floppy CD DVD GPS Bluetooth Smartcard Reader and Fingerprint readers 3 Years or assumes w...

Page 39: ... failures due to defects in materials or workmanship which occur during normal use THIS PRODUCT IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE AS OR AS PART OF NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS AIR TRAFFIC CON TROL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS OR AIRCRAFT COCKPIT EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS 1 PANASONIC WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LIABILITY RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT ARISING OUT OF THE FOREGOING USES 1 AIRCRAFT COCKPIT EQUIPMENT SYST...

Page 40: ...Panasonic Canada Inc Computer Products Marketing 5770 Ambler Drive Missis sauga Ontario L4W 2T3 within the warranty period together with a copy of your purchase receipt and an explanation of the sus pected defect PCI will replace in Canada the defective disk s or other media Remedy PCI s entire liability and your only remedy for any breach of this software media warranty is limited to replacement ...

Page 41: ... son service de Marketing produits informatiques 5770 Ambler Drive Mississauga Ontario L4W 2T3 dans les soix ante 60 jours suivant la date d achat original Joignez à votre envoi une pièce justificative de votre achat et une description du problème Recours La responsabilité de PCI et votre seul recours dans le cas de toute défaillance couverte par la garantie sur ce support de logiciel est limitée ...

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