Dealing With Problems (Summary)

Display

The screen becomes disor- dered

The display destination of the screen cannot be changed with Fn + F3

After the display destination of the screen is switched with Fn + F3 , the display destination returns to both the internal LCD and exter- nal display upon operation

Changing the number of colors of the display may affect the screen. Restart the com- puter.

Windows 98

When using Dual-Display mode, use the same display colors for the external display as those used by the LCD.

In the following cases, the setting cannot be changed with Fn + F3 .

When either the internal LCD or external display is set to [Secondary] in [Displays] of Display Properties.

Windows 98 When the computer is in the Dual-Display mode.

Under the condition that the [MS-DOS Prompt]* screen is set to “Full Screen”, the display destination returns to both the internal LCD and external display if “EXIT” is input and the [MS-DOS Prompt]* screen is closed, or “Full Screen” is canceled (e.g., Alt + Enter ), when the display destination of the screen is switched with Fn + F3 .

Press Fn + F3 again.

* Windows NT, Windows 2000: [Command Prompt]

Reference Manual

The Reference Manual is not displayed

Windows 2000

A PDF file cannot be opened

Is Acrobat Reader installed?

If Acrobat Reader is not installed, run [c:\util\reader\setup.exe]* in [Start] - [Run] to rein- stall the program. When installing the program, do not change the installation destination folder. If the destination folder is changed, the Reference Manual cannot be opened from the [Start] menu.

*Windows NT : [c:\util\reader\ar40eng.exe]

Windows 2000 : [c:\util\reader\ar405.exe]

If an attempt is made to open a PDF file from [Windows Explorer], etc., by clicking on the file, there are cases Acrobat Reader will no longer start up. In such cases, restart the com- puter.

To open a PDF file, run Acrobat Reader first and then specify the name of the file to open in [File] - [Open]. For the Reference Manual, this procedure does not need to be followed. The Reference Manual can be opened by selecting [Reference Manual] in [Start] - [Pro- grams] - [Panasonic] - [On-Line Manuals].

Troubleshooting

Shutting down

Unable to shut down Win- Do not shut down Windows during music playback. dows

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CF-72 Series P specifications

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