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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.
z 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 factory
default, selecting [Max Battery] will further reduce power consumption.
Also, make detailed settings such as reducing the time entered in the [Turn off
monitor] setting.
z Press
Fn
+
Q
()
*1
to reduce LCD brightness
Reducing internal LCD brightness will reduce power consumption.
*1
For Numeric keyboard model :
Fn
+
*
()
z Turn off the computer when it is not in use
You can also turn off only the wireless LAN, wireless WAN or Bluetooth
power.
z Disconnect external devices (USB devices, external mice, etc.) that are
not being used
z Use Standby/Hibernation
Press
Fn
+
T
()
*2
to set the computer to standby or
Fn
+
G
()
*3
to set it to hibernation when you have to leave the
computer. This shuts down computer operation to reduce power consumption.
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].
*2
For Numeric keyboard model :
Fn
+
6
()
*3
For Numeric keyboard model :
Fn
+
0
()
Reducing Power Consumption