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- Optical Drive
Using the Drive on Battery Power
Since optical drives consume a lot of power, your overall battery life will be shorter when operating the optical drive
continuously (such as watching a DVD movie). Many movie 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 fully-charged battery or your AC adapter ready for use.
2
Start watching your DVD movie.
3
When the low battery warning occurs, immediately stop the movie and exit the optical player
.
4
Manually place your notebook into Sleep mode by depressing the Suspend button. Plug in a power adapter and
replace the discharged battery with an additional fully-charged battery. If you do not have an additional battery,
you may use the AC power adapter as your power source to continue watching the movie while recharging the
installed battery.
5
Resume your notebook by pressing the Suspend button again. This step is not required if you attached AC power
without entering Sleep mode.
6
Restart your optical drive, locate and skip to the chapter of the movie you were last watching.
7
Continue watching your DVD movie.
•
P
ROLONGED
USE
OF
THE
OPTICAL
DRIVE
,
SUCH
AS
WATCHING
A
DVD
MOVIE
,
WILL
SUBSTANTIALLY
REDUCE
YOUR
BATTERY
LIFE
. M
ANY
MOVIE
RUN
-
TIMES
ARE
LONGER
THAN
YOUR
SYSTEM
CAN
SUPPORT
ON
A
SINGLE
BATTERY
. I
F
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
.
•
A
N
ADDITIONAL
BATTERY
IS
RECOMMENDED
IF
YOU
WILL
BE
WATCHING
DVD
MOVIES
ON
BATTERY
POWER
. I
F
YOU
DON
’
T
HAVE
AN
ADDITIONAL
BATTERY
,
YOU
MAY
PURCHASE
ONE
EITHER
ON
-
LINE
AT
:
WWW
.
SHOPFUJITSU
.
COM
OR
CALL
1-800-8FUJITSU.
I
F
YOU
DON
’
T
STOP
THE
OPTICAL
DRIVE
QUICKLY
AND
THE
NOTEBOOK
ATTEMPTS
TO
AUTO
-
SUSPEND
(
CRITICAL
BATTERY
LOW
STATE
)
THE
NOTEBOOK
WILL
SHUT
DOWN
IMPROPERLY
. I
F
THIS
OCCURS
,
YOU
WILL
NEED
TO
POWER
THE
SYSTEM
UP
WITH
THE
POWER
/
SUSPEND
/
RESUME
BUTTON
AND
FOLLOW
ANY
INSTRUCTIONS
THAT
APPEAR
.