Panasonic Toughbook CF-30CCSQZBM User manual

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Reference Manual
Personal Computer
Model No. CF-30 Series
We recommend that this Reference Manual be printed.

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Key Combinations
NOTE
Do not repeatedly press the keys in quick succession.
Do not use the key combinations together with touch pad (external mouse), touchscreen (only for model with touch-
screen) or other key operations.
Do not use the key combinations before you log on to Windows. Wait until the hard disk drive indicator turns off.
On the Setup Utility screen, you can use the key combinations of
Fn + F1 , Fn + F2 and Fn + F3 .
The key combinations may not work with some applications.
The popup menu icon appears after logging on to Windows. It may not appear in some application conditions (e.g.,
when [Command Prompt] is set to “Full Screen”).
Key Function Popup menu icon
Fn + F1
*1
Fn + F2
*1
LCD brightness
(
Fn + F1 = down / Fn + F2 = up)
Fn + F3 Display switching (page 37)
(When an external display is connected)
Internal LCD Simultaneous display External display
CAUTION
Do not press any keys until the display has finished switching.
Do not use this function:
• When an external display is not connected.
• When playing motion video such as DVD or MPEG.
• When using the Extended Desktop.
• When showing a game screen such as pinball.
Fn + F4
*1 Speaker on/off
NOTE
Beeps do not sound if you turn off the speaker sound.*2
OFF
(MUTE)
ON

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Key Combinations
*1 These key combinations are disabled when [Concealed Mode] is enabled.
*2 Even if [Sound] is set to [OFF] on the [Concealed Mode Configuration] menu, icon on the notification area and [Device volume]
display do not show mute state.
However, audio from the speaker is not heard.
Fn + F5
*1
Fn + F6
*1
Volume
(
Fn + F5 = down / Fn + F6 = up)
Fn + F7 Activate standby (page 8)
Fn + F8 Concealed Mode on/off
You can select on/off of LCD Backlight, LED, Sound*2, Wireless Radio and Backlit
Keyboard.
NOTE
You have to set [Concealed Mode] to [Enabled] in Setup Utility
(page 72).
You can set the devices turned off in [Concealed Mode] with Setup Utility
(page 72).
If you press
Fn + F8 in succession, the Concealed Mode may not be
switched. More than 4 minutes interval is necessary to switch on/off.
Fn + F9 Remaining battery charge (page 16)
Fn + F10 Activate hibernation (page 8)
Key Function Popup menu icon

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Key Combinations
You can make 2 settings:
•Fn key lock
Fn is locked (pressed-down) until you press another key. Use this when pressing difficult key combinations.
• Popup menu icon on/off
1Start up the Hotkey Settings.
Click [start] - [All Programs] - [Panasonic] - [Hotkey Settings].
2Make the settings.
[Use Fn key lock]
When using an
Fn key combination
APress
Fn once. (Locked)
BPress another key. (Lock released)
When using successive
Fn key combinations
APress
Fn twice. (Locked)
BPress another key.
Fn key remains locked until you press
Fn again.
[Notification]
[Make sounds when Fn key is pressed]*3
[Show status on screen]: Displays the Fn key status on the notification area.
•:
Fn is locked.
•:
Fn is not locked.
[Disable popup]
The popup menu icon will not be displayed.
3Click [OK].
NOTE
You can have different settings for each user.
*3 If the speaker is muted or [Sound] is turned off in [Concealed Mode Configuration], beeps do not sound.
Hotkey Settings

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Touchscreen
<Only for model with touchscreen>
You can use the touchscreen function to perform the same operation as the touch pad and mouse. Touch the screen surface
with the stylus (included).
To right-click
AClick on the notification area.
changes to .
BClick the object you want to right-click.
returns to .
NOTE
You need to make the following setting for each user.
AClick [start] - [All Programs] - [Fujitsu Touch Panel (USB)] - [Touch Panel Configuration].
BSelect the settings, and then click [OK].
Do not add a check mark to [Delete Cursor] since the display may be distorted.
If you add a check mark for [Use] in [Hold [Ctrl] key down + Touch the screen] of [Touch Panel Configuration], touching
the screen may always be recognized as a right-click. To return to the normal operation, press
Ctrl on the keyboard.
The touchscreen function does not work in the Setup Utility, in the full screen of [Command Prompt].
1Run [Touch Screen Calibration Utility].
Click [start] - [All programs] - [Fujitsu Touch Panel (USB)] - [Touch Screen Calibration Utility].
2Using the stylus, touch each of the 12 “+” target marks one by one until it blinks, and then
press Enter .
3Press Enter .
NOTE
Perform the touchscreen calibration for each user.
Touchscreen Calibration

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Panasonic Hand Writing
You can make a bitmap file (.bmp) of a simple character and a figure such as signature by handwriting on the touch pad and
the touchscreen (only for model with touchscreen).
CAUTION
Do not use the Fast User Switching function while Panasonic Hand Writing is active.
If you install other pointing devices (e.g., commercially available mouse driver) and overwrite the touch pad driver,
Panasonic Hand Writing will not work.
NOTE
The display of Panasonic Hand Writing may be distorted if the number of display colors is changed. Right-click on
the notification area and click [Exit Panasonic Hand Writing], and then restart Panasonic Hand Writing.
Panasonic Hand Writing may not work properly if another application software is active. In this case, close the applica-
tion software and try handwriting again.
1Double-click on the notification area.
Alternatively you can click [start] - [All Programs] - [Panasonic] - [Panasonic Hand Writing].
NOTE
Select the image size before handwriting by clicking [Option] - [Window size]. If you change the size after handwriting,
the image quality will become lower.
You can copy the bitmap image by clicking [Edit] - [Copy], and paste it in another application software that supports bit-
map format.
The touch pad mode will not work properly when using the extended desktop.
The touch pad mode will be canceled in the following cases.
• Switching to another application
• Resuming from standby or hibernation
•Pressing
Alt
• Touching the touchscreen (only for model with touchscreen)
An external mouse or trackball connected via the port replicator (optional) will not work during handwriting in the touch
pad mode.
Starting Panasonic Hand Writing

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Standby and Hibernation Functions
The standby or hibernation function allows you to shut off the computer without closing programs and documents. You can
quickly return to the programs and documents that you were working on before standby or hibernation.
1Click [start] - [Control Panel] - [Performance and Maintenance] - [Power Options] -
[Advanced].
2Select [Stand by] or [Hibernate] for [When I close the lid of my portable computer:] /
[When I press the power button on my computer:], and then click [OK].
NOTE
You do not need to make the setting if you use the Windows menu to enter standby or hibernation.
Connect the AC adaptor if the computer will be in standby mode for a long period of time. If you cannot use the AC adap-
tor, use hibernation instead.
Using standby or hibernation repeatedly may cause malfunction of the computer. To stabilize computer operation, restart
Windows regularly (about once a week) without using standby or hibernation.
Save the necessary data.
Close files you have opened from removable disk and network drive.
The password you set in the Setup Utility is not requested at resuming. You can use the Windows password for security in
standby or hibernation.
AClick [start] - [Control Panel] - [User Accounts], and select the account.
BClick [Create a password] and set the password.
CClick [start] - [Control Panel] - [Performance and Maintenance] - [Power Options] - [Advanced], and add the check mark
in [Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby].
Function Data is saved to Recovery time Power supply
Standby Memory Short Required. (If power is not supplied, all data will be lost.)
Hibernation Hard disk Rather long Not required. (However power is slightly consumed to
keep the hibernation.)
Setting Standby or Hibernation
Precautions

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Standby and Hibernation Functions
Do not enter standby or hibernation in the following conditions, otherwise the data or file may be corrupted, standby or
hibernation may not work, or malfunction may occur in the computer or the peripheral devices.
• When any of the multimedia pocket device indicator *1, the hard disk drive indicator and the SD Memory Card indi-
cator is on.
• When playing/recording audio files or displaying motion video such as MPEG files.
• When playing a DVD-Video.
• When writing to a disk.
• When using communication software or network functions.
• When using a PC Card.
(If the card fails to work normally, restart the computer.)
• When an external mouse is connected to the serial port.
The computer does not enter standby or hibernation immediately after resuming. Wait approximately one minute.
*1 Except when using a second battery pack
To enter standby or hibernation
1Close the display, or slide the power switch (A) until a beep*2
sounds.
Standby: The power indicator (B) blinks green.
Hibernation: The power indicator (B) goes off.
You can alternatively use the Windows menu to enter standby or hibernation. To
enter standby, click [start] - [Turn Off Computer] - [Stand By]. To enter hiberna-
tion, click [start] - [Turn Off Computer], then press and hold
Shift and click
[Hibernate].
CAUTION
While the computer is entering standby or hibernation
Do not:
• Touch the keyboard, touch pad, touchscreen (only for model with touchscreen), or power switch.
• Use an external mouse or other peripheral device.
• Connect or disconnect the AC adaptor.
• Close or open the display.
Wait until the power indicator blinks green (standby) or goes off (hibernation).
It may take 1 or 2 minutes to enter standby or hibernation.
Entering/Resuming from Standby or Hibernation

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Standby and Hibernation Functions
At the beep*2, immediately release the power switch. If you slide and hold the power switch for longer than 4 seconds,
the computer will forcibly shut down and unsaved data will be lost even if you have set [Shut down] in [When I press
the power button on my computer] (page 7 “Setting Standby or Hibernation”).
In standby or hibernation
Do not attach or remove a multimedia pocket device (excluding a second battery pack) and peripheral device. Doing
so may cause malfunction.
Power is consumed in standby mode. Power consumption may increase when a PC Card is inserted. When power is
exhausted, the data retained in memory will be lost. Connect the AC adaptor when using the standby function.
Do not turn on/off the wireless switch.
*2 If the speaker is muted or [Sound] is turned off in [Concealed Mode Configuration], beeps do not
sound.
To resume from standby or hibernation
1Open the display, or slide the power switch (A).
When [Stand by] or [Hibernate] is selected as the setting for [When I close the
lid of my portable computer] (page 7), you can resume operation opening the
display.
CAUTION
Do not perform the following operations until resuming is complete. After the display has resumed, wait approximately
30 seconds (normally) or 60 seconds (when the computer is on a network).
• Touch the keyboard (except for password input), touch pad, touchscreen (only for model with touchscreen), or power
switch.
• Use an external mouse or other peripheral device.
• Connect or disconnect the AC adaptor.
• Close or open the display.
• Shut down or restart Windows.
• Enter standby or hibernation.

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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 (page 11)
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