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E8210.book Page 39 Friday, March 10, 2006 4:33 PM Using the Media Player Control Panel The media player software allows you to watch the movie much like a VCR player. You can pause, rewind, fast-forward and stop the movie at any point. 1. To pause the movie, click the on-screen button. 2. To rewind the movie, click the  button to rewind to a specific portion of the movie, or the  button to return to the opening screen. 3. To fast-forward the movie, click the  button to forward to a specific portion of the movie, or the button to jump to the ending credits. 4. To stop the movie, click the  button. Exiting the Media Player 1. Click the U located in the upper right corner of the title bar. This will open a media player dialog box. 2. Click Yes to stop and exit the movie, or No to close the media player dialog box and return to the movie. USING DOLBY™ HEADPHONE The Dolby Headphone utility lets you enjoy multichannel sound sources with realistic surround sound using your conventional stereo headphones. Dolby Headphone is a signal processing system that enables your stereo headphones to realistically portray the sound of a five-speaker playback system. ■ Media discs which do not have the Dolby Surround 5:1 symbol will not support Dolby Headphone. ■ After making changes to Dolby Headphone and clicking OK, wait at least ten seconds before making another change in order to allow the system to stabilize. To use the Dolby Headphone feature, perform the following steps: 1. Insert the disc in the media player tray. When you do so, PowerDVD will start automatically. 2. Click on the Fujitsu logo on the PowerDVD control panel. If the disc supports Dolby Surround 5.1, a drop down menu appears. 3. Verify that Dolby headphones is checked on the menu. If you do not want it active, select Disable. USING MEDIA PLAYER ON BATTERY POWER Since optical drives consume a lot of power, your overall battery life will be significantly shorter when operating the optical drive continuously (such as watching a DVD movie) than during standard operation. Many movies run-times are longer than your notebook can support on a single charged 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. User Installable Features ■ Prolonged use of the optical drive, such as watching a DVD movie, will greatly reduce your notebook's battery life. ■ Many movie run-times are longer than your system 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. ■ An additional fully-charged battery is highly recommended if you will be watching DVD movies on battery power. If you don't have an additional battery, you may purchase one either online at: http://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com or by calling 1-877-372-3473. 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. When the low battery warning occurs, immediately stop the movie and exit the media player. If you do not stop the media player quickly and the LifeBook notebook attempts to auto-suspend (critical battery low state) the LifeBook notebook will shut down improperly. If this occurs, you will need to perform a hard reset and follow the instruction, if any, presented to you before the system will reboot. 4. Power down your LifeBook notebook and replace the discharged battery with an additional fullycharged battery. If you do not have an additional battery, you may attach AC power as soon as you see the low battery warning. 5. Resume your LifeBook notebook by pressing the Suspend button again. This is not required if you attached AC power without entering suspend mode. 6. Restart your media player, locate and skip to the chapter of the movie you were last watching. 7. Continue watching your DVD movie. Some shorter DVD movies may not require you to swap batteries or attach AC power to complete them. However, it is best to be prepared since actual battery life while operating the optical drive cannot be guaranteed. 39

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User Installable Features
Using the Media Player Control Panel
The media player software allows you to watch the
movie much like a VCR player. You can pause, rewind,
fast-forward and stop the movie at any point.
1. To pause the movie, click the on-screen
button.
2. To rewind the movie, click the
button to rewind
to a specific portion of the movie, or the
button
to return to the opening screen.
3. To fast-forward the movie, click the
button to
forward to a specific portion of the movie, or the
button to jump to the ending credits.
4. To stop the movie, click the
button.
Exiting the Media Player
1. Click the
located in the upper right corner of the
title bar. This will open a media player dialog box.
2. Click Yes to stop and exit the movie, or No to close
the media player dialog box and return to the movie.
USING DOLBY
™
HEADPHONE
The Dolby Headphone utility lets you enjoy multi-
channel sound sources with realistic surround sound
using your
conventional
stereo headphones.
Dolby Headphone is a signal processing system that
enables your stereo headphones to realistically portray
the sound of a five-speaker playback system.
To use the Dolby Headphone feature, perform the
following steps:
1.
Insert the disc in the media player tray. When you
do so, PowerDVD will start automatically.
2.
Click on the Fujitsu logo on the PowerDVD control
panel. If the disc supports Dolby Surround 5.1, a
drop down menu appears.
3.
Verify that Dolby headphones is checked on the
menu. If you do not want it active, select Disable.
USING MEDIA PLAYER ON BATTERY POWER
Since optical drives consume a lot of power, your overall
battery life will be significantly shorter when operating
the optical drive continuously (such as watching a DVD
movie) than during standard operation. Many movies
run-times are longer than your notebook can support on
a single charged 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.
When the low battery warning occurs, immediately
stop the movie and exit the media player.
4. Power down your LifeBook notebook and replace
the discharged battery with an additional fully-
charged battery. If you do not have an additional
battery, you may attach AC power as soon as you see
the low battery warning.
5. Resume your LifeBook notebook by pressing the
Suspend button again. This is not required if you
attached AC power without entering suspend mode.
6. Restart your media player, locate and skip to the
chapter of the movie you were last watching.
7. Continue watching your DVD movie.
■
Media discs which do not have the
Dolby Surround 5:1 symbol will not
support Dolby Headphone.
■
After making changes to Dolby Head-
phone and clicking OK, wait at least ten
seconds before making another change
in order to allow the system to stabilize.
■
Prolonged use of the optical drive, such
as watching a DVD movie, will greatly
reduce your notebook’s battery life.
■
Many movie run-times are longer than
your system 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.
■
An additional fully-charged battery is
highly recommended if you will be
watching DVD movies on battery
power. If you don’t have an additional
battery, you may purchase one either
online at:
or by calling 1-877-372-3473.
If you do not stop the media player quickly
and the LifeBook notebook attempts to
auto-suspend (critical battery low state)
the LifeBook notebook will shut down
improperly. If this occurs, you will need to
perform a hard reset and follow the
instruction, if any, presented to you before
the system will reboot.
Some shorter DVD movies may not require
you to swap batteries or attach AC power
to complete them. However, it is best to
be prepared since actual battery life while
operating the optical drive cannot be
guaranteed.
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