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Using the Optical Drive on Battery Power
Since an optical drive consumes a lot of power, your overall battery life will be shorter when operating
the drive continuously (such as watching a DVD movie) than during standard operation. Many movies
run-times are longer than your LifeBook notebook can support on a single battery. If you are watching a
DVD movie on battery power you may need to swap in an additional, charged battery or attach AC power
during the movie to view it in its entirety.
To Watch a Movie on Battery Power:
1 Have an additional full-charged battery or your AC adapter ready for use.
2 Start watching your DVD movie.
3 If a low battery warning occurs, immediately stop the movie and exit the DVD/CD-RW application.
4 Connect an AC Adapter to your system, or install a fully charged battery in the Flexible Bay (after removing any
modular devices that may be present in the bay) prior to removing the main battery.
5 Manually place your notebook into Standby mode by depressing the Suspend button then replace the
discharged battery with a fully-charged battery.
6 If you removed the optical drive from the Flexible Bay in step 4, reinstall it now.
7 Resume your notebook by pressing the Suspend button again. This step is not required if you attached AC
power without entering Standby mode.
• PROLONGED USE OF THE OPTICAL DRIVE, SUCH AS WHEN WATCHING A DVD MOVIE, WILL SUBSTANTIALLY
REDUCE YOUR NOTEBOOK’S BATTERY LIFE.
• AN ADDITIONAL FULLY-CHARGED BATTERY IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IF YOU WILL BE WATCHING DVD MOVIES
ON BATTERY POWER. IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN ADDITIONAL BATTERY, YOU MAY PURCHASE ONE EITHER ON-LINE
AT US.FUJITSU.COM/COMPUTERS OR CALL 1-877-372-3473.
IF YOU DO NOT STOP THE OPTICAL DRIVE QUICKLY AND THE LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK ATTEMPTS TO AUTO-
SUSPEND (CRITICAL BATTERY LOW STATE) THE NOTEBOOK WILL SHUT DOWN IMPROPERLY. IF THIS
OCCURS, YOU WILL NEED TO INSTALL A FRESH POWER SOURCE (EITHER A CHARGED BATTERY OR AC
A
DAPTER).