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Communications – Extends battery life by initiating a quick display time- out. You can also establish settings for LCD ( Video) Standby, Hard Disk Standby, and Standby to optimise power management for your system. Using your VAIO computer Hardware Guide Icon Description 55 nNGames – Disables the display and the Hard Disk timer. DVD – Optimises performance and power requirements for DVD usage. Camera – Optimises performance and power requirements for camera usage. Power Management Off (Running on batteries) – Turns off all power management features such as Standby and Hibernate modes. Selecting automatic profiles when running on batteries A power profile is a set of timer values for a variety of system devices. PowerPanel automatically selects the profile associated with the application you are using and changes profiles as you switch between applications. Power management lets your system enter energy saving modes by levelling some energy- consuming parameters, such as LCD brightness, or hard disk activity. To select automatic profiles, proceed as follows: 1 Right- click the PowerPanel icon in the taskbar and select Profiles. 2 Select Automatic Profile Selection. . The Automatic Profile Selection feature deactivates when you manually select another power profile from the menu. Hardware Guide Hardware Guide Using your VAIO computer Displaying detailed battery information You can display detailed information of your computer's battery. 56 nN There are 3 ways in which you can display battery information: . Right- click the PowerPanel icon in the taskbar and select Battery Information from the menu. . Double- click the PowerPanel icon in the taskbar and select the Battery tab. The Battery tab in the PowerPanel window contains information such as the estimated battery life remaining and charging time. . Display the Battery Information toolbar on the screen, which shows the battery status icon, the percentage of remaining capacity and the amount of running time left in the battery. To display the Battery Information toolbar, right- click the taskbar and select Toolbars then Battery Information from the menu. Battery icon Battery status Discharging: the icon is blue Fully charged: the icon is completely blue with an AC power plug Charging: the icon is blue with a red clip attached to the terminal No battery: the icon is blue with a yellow cross over it Hardware Guide Hardware Guide Using your VAIO computer Editing a power profile To edit the power management settings of a power profile, proceed as follows: 57 nN 1 Right- click the PowerPanel icon in the taskbar and select Edit/ Create Profiles from the menu. The Profile Editor window appears. 2 Click the profile you want to edit on the left of the screen. 3 Double- click the power profile property ( Hibernate, Standby… ) you want to modify on the right of the screen. An option list or a dialog box will appear 4 Make your settin...
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