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Port Replicator / Car Mounter
You can use an optional port replicator and a car mounter. These devices free you from being
bothered by a lot of cable connections when you carry the compu ter. They also allow you to
connect various peripherals.
Connect the port replicator or the car mounter to the e xpansion bus connector (A) on the rear
side of the computer.
For further information, refer to the instruction manual of the port replicator or the car
mounter.
CAUTION
Make sure the slide cover is completely open.
Hot or warm docking/undocking is not possible with the port replic ator or the car mounter.
When an external display is connected to the port replicato r or the car mounter and the 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900*1 or
higher resolution is selected, the characters may be bl urred on the external display. In this case, select the lower reso-
lution.
To boot the computer from a USB floppy disk drive or a USB CD/DVD drive, be sure to connect the USB dri ve to the
USB port on the computer, not to the USB port on the port replicator or the car mounter.
You cannot use the AC adaptor (CF-AA1653A) included with this computer for the port replicator or the car mounter.
Contact Panasonic Technical Support.
When using a conventional port replicator (such as the CF-VEB2 72AW / CF-VEB272A2W), power consumption will
automatically be lowered to match the port replicator ’s specification using one or more of the following measures.
• The CPU clock rate is lowered.
• The battery is not charged while the computer is turned on. (The b attery indicator blinks in orange.)
<When the discrete GPU with higher power consumption is ac tivated>
• The discrete GPU will be forcibly deactivated, and the Intel® GPU wit h lower power consumption will be activated.
<When the discrete GPU with higher power consumption is activ ated>
If you connect a conventional port replicator (such as the CF-VEB272AW / CF-VEB272A2W) to the c omputer while the
computer is turned on, a message that prompts you to restart the computer will appear. Follow the instructions, and
restart the computer.
<Only for CF-VEB272AW>
To connect a USB 2.0 device, use the USB port of the computer.
*1 Windows 7 only