Philips PCL304 - Page 19

4-2
HDD Power Down:
A
power
saving
feature.
This
feature
comes
into
operation
automatically
if
no
keystroke
is
entered,
or
software
instruc-
tion
issued,
for
a
certain
length
of
time.
This is the "trip time”.
When
no
activity
is
registered,
the
trip
time
starts
counting
down.
If
the
trip
time
expires
with
no
activity,
automatic
po-
wer
down
takes
place.
The
SETUP
utility
allows
to
choose
the
time
which
will
elapse
(in
minutes)
before
the
notebook
implements
the
power
saving.
Boot from:
Via
this
item
the
system
will
find
an
operating
system
to
load
on
and
start
up.
Three
possiblities
are
available:
* Boot from hard disk
*
Boot
from
external
floppy,
assigned
as
drive
B
*
Boot
from
internal
floppy,
assigned
as
drive
A
Speed select:
This
setup
item
specifies
the
speed
at
which
the
system
will
run
each
time
you
start
or
reset
the
notebook,
either
HIGH
(16MHz)
or
LOW
(8MHz).
Note:
The
system
speed
can
be
changed
any
time
by
using
speci-
al
key
combination,
see
chapter
2.4.
Password:
The
password
feature
enables
or
disables
data
security.
Instruction
guiding
the
user
through
the
proces
of
altering
the
password
are
diplayed
on
the
highlighted
line
of
the
screen.
RS232, Modem, RS232/Modem:
If
no
serial
device
is
installed
through
the
serial
port
a
little
power
by
diabling
the
item
RS232.
*
Similary
if
no
internal
modem
is
installed
disable
the
item
modem,
*
For
the
third
item
RS232/Modem,
the
location
of
each
of
these
items
can
be
selected
as
either
COM1
(address
3F8
hex
and
interrupt
IRQ4)
or
COM2
(address
2F8
hex
and
interrupt
IRQ3).
Memory
size,
EMS
size,
Shadow
RAM,
Ext.
Memory
size:
These
items
are
are
entered
in
Kilobytes
(K)
or
Megabytes
(M).
A
standard
notebook
has
1MB
of
Random
Access
Me-
mory
(RAM)
and
this
can
be
expanded
up
to
SMB.
Note:
DOS
can
only
use
the
first
640KB
of
RAM
(called
base
me-
mory)
and
memory
above
640KB
can
be
treated
in
different
ways,
see
chapter
3.2.
Auto standby:
This
is
the
trip
time
before
the
system
goes
into
standby
mode.
Power management:
Selects the power management of the notebook.
Monitor type:
Selects the type of monitor to be connected to the notebook.
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Display type:
This item configures the kind of video display you are using.
The notebook has a VGA controller, but is fully backward
compatible with previous video standards.
Selected displays are:
VGA, EGA, CGA, and MGA (MGA includes the MDA and
Hercules standards).
Video attribute:
Selects wether the notebook will start up using normal or re-
verse video.
Note:
The video mode can be changed any time by using special
key combination, see chapter 2.4.
LCD Power down:
Another power saving feature. The trip time lenght indicates
when the system shuts down the screen backlighting.
Vertical compensation, width compression:
Refers to the way the notebook treats displays which are
shorter or wider than the LCD screen, see also chapter 2.4
for an explantion of the options.
The option selected in Setup will be used by the system un-
less the selection is overiden via the key combinations des-
cribed in chapter 2.4.
Automap:
When enabled, colors are mapped to shades of grey. When
disabled, colors are mapped to one of two shades.
Bold font:
When enabled, intensified characters are shown as bold.
When disabled, intensified chracters are shown as high-
lighted.