Using the optical drive on battery power – Intel Fujitsu P8010 User Manual
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77 - Optical Drive
Using the Optical Drive on Battery Power
Since an optical drive consumes a lot of power, your overall battery life will be shorter when operating
the drive continuously (such as watching a DVD movie) than during standard operation. Many movies
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 full-charged battery or your AC adapter ready for use.
2
Start watching your DVD movie.
3
If a low battery warning occurs, immediately stop the movie and exit the DVD/CD-RW application
.
4
Connect an AC Adapter to your system, or install a fully charged battery in the Flexible Bay (after removing any
modular devices that may be present in the bay) prior to removing the main battery.
5
Manually place your notebook into Standby mode by depressing the Suspend button then replace the
discharged battery with a fully-charged battery.
6
If you removed the optical drive from the Flexible Bay in step 4, reinstall it now.
7
Resume your notebook by pressing the Suspend button again. This step is not required if you attached AC
power without entering Standby mode.
•
P
ROLONGED
USE
OF
THE
OPTICAL
DRIVE
,
SUCH
AS
WHEN
WATCHING
A
DVD
MOVIE
,
WILL
SUBSTANTIALLY
REDUCE
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
’
S
BATTERY
LIFE
.
•
A
N
ADDITIONAL
FULLY
-
CHARGED
BATTERY
IS
HIGHLY
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
US
.
FUJITSU
.
COM
/
COMPUTERS
OR
CALL
1-877-372-3473.
I
F
YOU
DO
NOT
STOP
THE
OPTICAL
DRIVE
QUICKLY
AND
THE
L
IFE
B
OOK
NOTEBOOK
ATTEMPTS
TO
AUTO
-
SUSPEND
(
CRITICAL
BATTERY
LOW
STATE
)
THE
NOTEBOOK
WILL
SHUT
DOWN
IMPROPERLY
. I
F
THIS
OCCURS
,
YOU
WILL
NEED
TO
INSTALL
A
FRESH
POWER
SOURCE
(
EITHER
A
CHARGED
BATTERY
OR
AC
A
DAPTER
).