Diagnosing Incorrect Power Management Settings
If your system goes into a timeout during a movie, one of the following conditions may occur when you bring the system out of the timeout.
!If you are playing a movie on your television set, the system might go into ‘Simultaneous mode’ (in which the movie displays on the television set and your computer’s LCD panel).
!The movie might restart from the beginning.
!The audio might cut out.
!The system might hang.
See the following sections for instructions on configuring AC power management correctly for playing DVD movies.
For complete DVD player operating instructions, see the online help for the NEC SoftDVD Player. To access the online help while DVD Player is running click the question mark on the DVD Player main menu.
For detailed information on power management, see your NEC Versa LXi User’s Guide.
AC Power Management Settings for Windows 95
The BIOS in your system is
If you have altered the
In BIOS, under the power management Setup menu, set Power Management for AC to Off for playing movies.
For complete information on changing BIOS settings, see your NEC Versa LXi User’s Guide.
AC Power Management Settings for Windows 98
The appropriate AC power management values are automatically set when you install the NEC SoftDVD Player for playing DVD movies.
If you have altered the AC power management settings, change them back before playing a movie with the NEC SoftDVD Player.
To access AC power management settings open the Control Panel. Double click the Power Management icon and set the following fields in the ‘Plugged in’ column to ‘Never’:
!System standby
!Turn off monitor
!Turn off hard disks.
For complete information on configuring power management, see your NEC Versa LXi User’s Guide.
