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Saving Power
You can extend battery life and save power also during AC adaptor usage.
Use the methods below to reduce power consumption.
Change [Power Options]
Click [start] - [Control Panel] - [Performance and Maintenance] -
[Power Options] to select [Max Battery] under [Power schemes].
While [Portable/Laptop] is selected under [Power Options] as the fac-
tory default, selecting [Max Battery] will further reduce power con-
sumption.
Also, make detailed settings such as reducing the time entered in the
[Turn off monitor] setting.
Use Power Saving Utility
Power Saving Utility provides additional power saving functions not
available in [Power Options].
Press
Fn
+
F1
to reduce LCD brightness
Reducing internal LCD brightness will reduce power consumption.
Turn off the computer when it is not in use
You can also turn off only the wireless LAN or Bluetooth power.
Disconnect external devices (USB devices, PC cards, external
mice, etc.) that are not being used
Use Standby/Hibernation
Press
Fn
+
F7
to set the computer to standby or
Fn
+
F10
to set it
to hibernation when you have to leave the computer. This shuts
down computer operation to reduce power consumption.
Disable Wake Up from wired LAN and Wake Up from wireless LAN functions when they are not needed. This reduces
power consumption in Standby/Hibernation.
To confirm current settings, click [start] - [All Programs] - [Panasonic] - [Power Saving Utility] to view [Wired LAN standby
power saving function] or [Wireless LAN standby power saving function].
Reducing Power Consumption