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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.
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Change [Power Options]
Click
(Start) - [Control Panel] - [System and Security] - [Power
Options] to select [Power saver], and click [Change plan settings].
While [Panasonic Power Management] is selected as the factory
default, selecting [Power saver] will further reduce power con-
sumption.
Also, to make detailed settings such as reducing the time entered
in the [Turn off the display] setting.
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.
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Use a related utility
The following utilities provide additional power saving functions not available in [Power Options].
Use Power Plan Extension Utility (
Use Power Saving Utility (
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Press
Fn
+
F1
to reduce LCD brightness
Reducing internal LCD brightness will reduce power consumption.
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Turn off the computer when it is not in use
You can also turn off only the wireless LAN or wireless WAN power.
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Disconnect external devices (USB devices, PC cards, external mouse, etc.) that are not being used
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Use Sleep
/Hibernation
Press
Fn
+
F7
to set the computer to sleep
Fn
+
F10
to set it to hibernation when you have to leave the computer.
This shuts down computer operation to reduce power consumption.
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Disable Wake Up from wired LAN function when it is not needed.
This reduces power consumption in Sleep
/Hibernation.
Reducing Power Consumption