Panasonic CF-F9 manual

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    Please read these in structions carefu lly before us ing this produ ct, and sa ve this man ual for future u se. Content s Getting S t arted Useful Inform ation T roubleshooting Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Appendix OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS Personal Co mputer Model No. CF-F9 series Introdu ction ......................[...]

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    2 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Introduction Thank you for p urchasing this Pan asonic pro duct. Fo r optimum pe rforman ce and sa fety , pleas e read th ese inst ruction s carefu lly .  T erms and illustrations in these instr uctions z Some il lustrat ions ar e simplifi ed to help y our und erstanding a nd may l [...]

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    3 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Read Me First <Only for model with a “ ” mark on the bottom of the c omputer> Federal Communications Commission Radio Fre - quency Interferen ce St ate ment Note: Thi s equipm ent has b een tested and found to com- ply with the limi ts for a Class B digital de vice, pu rsuant[...]

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    4 Read Me Fir st Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix 7. There are no user servic eable parts contained in this equipme nt. 8. This equ ipment may not be used on coi n servic e pro- vided b y the tele phone com pany . Connecti on to party lines is subj ect to state tari f fs . 9. The T ele phone Cons umer Prote ction Ac t o[...]

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    5 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix IMPOR T ANT! Person al Computer or Hand held Compu ter inco rporating Wirele ss WA N o perate us ing rad io signa ls and cellula r netw orks cann ot be guar anteed to c onnect i n all con ditions. Therefo re, you should ne ver re ly solely upon an y wireles s devic e for es sential com[...]

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    6 Read Me Fir st Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Canadian ICES-003 This Class B digital apparatus compl ies with Canadia n ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la cl asse B e st confor me à la norme NM B-003 du Canada. 7-M-2 <Only for model wit h wireless LAN/Bluet ooth> Industry Canada This pr oduct com plies w[...]

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    7 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix <Pour mod èles av ec modem uniquemen t> Certaines m esures de sécu rité doi vent être prises pe n- dant l’u tilisati on de matéri al téléph onique afi n de rédu ire les risques d’incend ie, de choc électrique et de blessures. En voi ci quelq uesunes: 1. Ne pa s utili[...]

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    8 Read Me Fir st Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix CAUTION! THIS PRODUC T UTILIZES A LASER. USE OF CONTROL S, ADJU STMENTS OR PERFOR MANCE O F PROCEDUR ES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HERE IN MA Y RESU L T IN HAZARDO US RADIA TION EXPOSURE. DO NOT OP EN COVERS AN D DO NOT REP AIR YOURSELF . REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFI ED PE[...]

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    9 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Do Not Do Anything That May Damage the AC Cord, the AC Plug, or the AC Ada ptor Do not damage or modify th e cord, place i t near hot tool s, bend, twis t, or pul l it forcef ully , pla ce hea vy obje cts on it, or bundl e it tight ly . Contin uing to use a dam aged cor d may res ult i[...]

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    10 Read Me Fir st Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Do Not Use with Any Other Pr oduct The batte ry pack is rech argeable and was intended for the spec ified pr oduct. If it i s used with a product o ther than the on e for whic h it was desi gned, elec trolyte lea k- age, gene ration of heat, ig nition or rupture m ay re[...]

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    11 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Description of Parts A : Speakers B : Function Ke y Î Referen ce Manual “Key Combi nati ons” C : K eyboa rd D : L ED Indicator : SD/SD HC Memory Card s tatus : Caps loc k : Numeri c key (NumLk ) : Scroll lock (Scr Lk) : Hard disk drive status ECO : Econo my Mode (EC O) status Î [...]

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    12 Descrip tion of Parts Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix L M N O B C D F G H A EXT . E K J I A : B luetooth Antenna <Only for model with Blue tooth> Î Referen ce Manual “Blu etoot h” B : DC-IN Jack C : P ort Replicator Connector Conn ect the desk top port rep liactor or mini port repli- cator (optiona l). Î[...]

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    13 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix First-time Operation  Preparation A Check and ide ntify the sup plied access ories . If yo u do not fi nd the desc ribed acc essories, c ontact your te chnic al suppor t office. B Read t he LIMITED US E LICENSE AGREE MENT bef ore breaki ng the se al on the c ompute r’s pack aging[...]

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    14 First-time Operation Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix The ba ttery chargi ng starts automatic ally . CAUTION z Do not disconnect the AC adaptor and do not sw itch the wireless switch to on until the first-time operat ion procedure is completed. z When u sing the compute r for the first ti me, do n ot connec t any p e[...]

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    15 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix z If “An une xpected e rror has occurred ...” (or a similar m essage) is dis played, click [ OK]. This is not a malfunction . Click [start] - [Control Pa nel] - [User Accou nts] - [Create a new accou nt]. CAUTION z Remember your pas sword. I f you forget t he p assword, you cannot[...]

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    16 First-time Operation Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix  When St a rting Up/Shutting Down z Do not do t he foll owing • Connecti ng or disc onnectin g the AC ada ptor • Slidin g the power switch or CD/DVD dri ve power/ope n swit ch • T ouching the keyboar d, touch pad or e xternal mou se • Closing the disp l[...]

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    17 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix On-screen Manual Y ou can acc ess the f ollowing manuals o n the com puter scr een after com pleting th e “Firs t-time O peration ”. When yo u acces s the on-sc reen ma nual for the f irst tim e, the L icense Agree ment of the Adobe Reader ma y be dis - played. Read it ca refully [...]

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    18 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Handling and Maintenance z Place the compu ter on a fl at stable su rface. Do not place the compu ter upright . If the c omputer is exposed to an extrem ely strong impact, it m ay becom e inoper able. z T emperatu re: Operation: 5 °C to 3 5 °C {41 °F to 95 °F} S to rage: -2 0 °C [...]

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    19 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix  If the computer becomes war m during usage z Check t he followi ng • If you ar e not using a wirele ss LAN, turn the wire less LAN off. • If the co mputer becomes warm wh ile the scr een sav er is dis played, set the sc reen sa ver to [W indow s XP]. S creen savers t hat use 3[...]

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    20 Handling and Mainte nance Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix When sett ing the scree n resolu tion to a res olution bel ow the LCD’s resoluti on, the image s appea ring on the scre en will be st retched. As a resu lt, the c haracter s display ed may app ear blurr ed. This is norma l, and not i ndicati ve of a ma lfun[...]

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    21 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix 5 Insert the tip of a ball-point pen or other object into the emer- gency hole on the bottom of the computer , and move it in the direction of the ar row to open the disc cover . The comput er should be ke pt level, w ithout tilt ing, whil e the disc cover is being opened. Move the co[...]

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    22 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Reinstalling Software CAUTION Do not del ete the partition wit h boot file s on the h ard disk . The di sk space in th e partition is not availabl e to stor e data. Preparation z Prepare the Produ ct Recovery DVD-RO M (included ). z Remo ve all peripher als. z Conne ct the AC a daptor[...]

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    23 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix 1 1 At the co nfirm ation message , cli ck [YES]. Reinstalla tion s tarts automatical ly . (It wi ll take approx imately 30 - 40 m inutes.) z Do no t interrupt reinstalla tion, for example by turni ng off the compu ter . O therw ise reins tallation ma y become unavai lable as Windows [...]

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    24 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Troubleshooting (Basic) Follow the instr uctions be low when a problem has occ urred. There is also an advan ced trou bleshoot ing guide in the “Refere nce Manu al”. For a software prob lem, refer to th e software’s ins truction manual. If the pr oblem pe rsists, contact your te[...]

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    25 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix The comp uter will not auto- mat icall y ent er sleep/ standby or h ibernation. z If you connect to a network using wireless LA N function, perform access point settings. ( Î Reference Manual “Wireless LAN”) z If you do not use wireless LAN function, turn of f wireless LAN functi[...]

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    26 Troubles hooting (Bas ic) Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Cannot log on t o W i ndows. (“The user name or password is in cor rect .” is d isp laye d.) z The use r name (ac count nam e) incl udes a n “@” mar k. If another user acc ount exists: Log on to W indows u sing anot her user acc ount, and d elete the [...]

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    27 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix The ba ttery in dicator is flashi ng. z The battery is recharging. If [Battery Charging Indicator] in [Main] menu of the Setup Uti lity is set to [Flashing], the indicator will alternately become lighter and darker .  To u c h P a d The c ursor doe s not work. z When using the exte[...]

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    28 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix LIMITED USE LICE NSE AGREEMENT THE SOFTW ARE PR OGRAM(S) (“PROGRAMS”) FURNISH ED WITH THIS P ANASONIC PR ODUCT (“PRODUCT”) ARE LICENSE D ONL Y TO THE END-USER (“YOU”), AN D MA Y BE USED B Y YOU ONL Y IN ACCORDA NCE WITH THE LICENSE TE RMS DESCR IBED BELOW . YOUR US E OF TH[...]

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    29 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Contrat de licen ce d’usage limité Le(s) lo gici el(s) (les “Logic iels” ) fournis avec ce produit Panas onic (le “ Produi t”) sont ex clusi vement co ncédés e n licence à l’utili sateur u ltime (“v ous”), et i ls ne pe uvent être u tilisés que confo rmément a u[...]

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    30 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Specifications T o check CPU sp eed, memory s ize and the h ard disk drive (HDD) size: S tart the Setup Utility ( Î Reference Man ual “Setup Ut ility”) a nd selec t [Informa tion] m enu. [Processor Speed]: CPU speed, [Memory Si ze]: Me mory size, [Hard Disk] : Hard disk dri ve si[...]

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    31 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix RAM Modul e Slot × 1, DDR3 SDRAM, 204-pin, 1.5 V , SO-DIMM, PC3-6 400 Compliant *19 Interface USB Port s × 3 (USB2.0 × 3) *20 / Modem Port (RJ-1 1) / LAN Port (RJ-45) *16 / External Display Port: Mini Dsub 15-pin femal e / Micro phone Jack *21 : Miniature j ack, 3.5 DI A / Headp ho[...]

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    32 Specifications Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix *1 The Intel ® Active Ma nagement T echnology (In tel ® AMT) function must be set before us e. *2 1 MB = 1,048,5 76 bytes / 1 GB = 1,073 ,741,824 b ytes *3 Y ou can phys ically ex pand the m emory up to 4 GB , but the tot al amount of usa ble memory avail able will be[...]

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    33 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix LIMITED WARRANTY Panasoni c Soluti ons Company - Worldwid e Product Warranties Section 1 - Limited W arranty - Hardwa re Panasoni c Solutions Compan y (referred to as “Panasonic” ) will rep air the produc ts liste d below with new or rebui lt parts , free of charge i n the U.S.A. [...]

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    34 LIMITED WARRANTY Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix Section 2 - Limited W arranty - Sof tware Panasoni c Solutions Compan y (referred to as “Panasonic” ) warrants to you only that the disk (s) or other me dia on whi ch the Pro- grams are furnished wil l be free from defects in material a nd workmansh ip under norm [...]

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    35 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix P ANASONIC COMPUTER AND PERIPHERA LS LIMITED W ARRANTY Coverage – Panas onic Canada Inc. (“PCI”) w arrants to you, the first end user cust omer , this computer product (exc luding sof tware media), whe n purchased from PCI or from a PCI authorized res eller , to be free from def[...]

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    36 Getting Start ed Useful In formation Troubleshooting Appendix GARANTIE LIMITÉE GARANTIE LIMITEE - ORDINA TEURS ET PER IPHERIQUES P ANASONIC Couvertu re – Panas onic Canada I nc. ( « PC I ») gar anti t a l’ ache teur ori ginal que ce pr odui t i nfor matiq ue (a l ’ex clusi on des suppor ts des logi cie ls) est , au moment d e sa vent e [...]

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    © Panasoni c Corporat ion 2010 Print ed in Jap an Panasonic Solutions Company 3 Panasoni c W ay , Pana zip 2F-5, Secaucus , NJ 07094 Panasonic Canada Inc. 5770 Amb ler Drive Mississ auga, Ontario L4 W 2T3 As an E NERGY S TA R ® Partne r , Pa nasoni c Co rpora tion has det ermi ned that this product meets E NERGY S TA R ® guidelines for ener gy e[...]