External Speaker or Headphone Jack on the Panasonic Toughbook CF29 is located on the back side or rear of the CF29. There is a cover in the rear that has to first be opened. There is a sliding latch which has to be slid and held in rder to open the back cover.
Once the cover is open, then with the CF29 facing away from you as shown in the photo, the headphone jack is located on the left hand side. That is it!
Good Luck and Regards from:
Richard, Montreal Based Panasonic Canada Authorized Toughbook Dealer since 1989.
On most Panasonic Toughbook models, when you turn on the power and immediately press the "Esc" key, then a new startup menu will be shown.
Simply choose "CD-ROM Drive" as the boot device and make sure that you have previously inserted a CD-ROM in the drive and then the Panasonic Toughbook should startup or "boot" from the cdrom
instead of from the internal hard disk drive.
I have attached a photo
Good Luck and Regards from:
Richard, Montreal Based Panasonic Canada Authorized Toughbook Dealer since 1989
With any model of Panasonic Toughbook, the proper diagnostics would be to plugin an external monitor when the Toughbook in powered off, then turn on the power on the external monitor first and then finally turn on the Toughbook. If the problem is the video card then no image will display on the external monitor.
If you get an image on the external monitor, then the problems is the internal LCD screen.
The external monitor connects on the back or rear side of the CF29 in the external monitor port or VGA connector. This connector is typically "blue" in connector and has 15 pins (3 rows of 5 pins).
Good Luck and Regards from:
Richard, Montreal Based Panasonic Canada Authorized Toughbook Dealer since 1989.
The cd rom drive on the CF-29 is a modular, removable drive.
When you open the left side cover, the cover has a small square symbol which is "MP". MP stands for Multimedia Pocket which is what Panasonic calls the drive bay where is the cd rom drive is installed. On the bottom of the Toughbook is a sliding cover which has a left arrow sysmbol <MP RELEASE which stands for Multimedia Pocket Release. If you slide this cover completely to the right side and the left side cover is open, then you will see a new switch which you push to the left side. This will release whatever drive is in the multimedia pocket and this can be replaced by a CDRW/DVD Drive. The approx. cost of the drive should be maximum $50 for a used drive plus taxes and shipping. At least this is how much we charge for a CDRW/DVD Drive.
Good Luck.
Richard/Montreal Based Panasonic Canada Authorized Toughbook Dealer since 1989
The CF29 comes in two basic flavors:
#1: With 256MB RAM and DDR Ram with One open slot.
So add a 1GB DDR RAM (PC-2700) DDR 333 and
the maximum RAM is now 1.2GB
#2: With 512MB RAM and DDR2 Ram with One open slot.
So add a 1GB DDR2 RAM (PC2-5300) and the
maximum RAM is now 1.5GB.
This is my experience and very frustrating to find out the
hard way that the CF29 does not support a 2GB DDR2
RAM Module.
Good Luck.
From Richard, Montreal Based Panasonic Canada Authorized Toughbook Dealer since 1989.
To get into the built-in setup utility on a Panasonic
CF29 Toughbook, please turn on the unit and immediately
press the "F2" function key repeatedly.
As long as your unit has a working keyboard, the setup utility
should open. If no password is required, then you can enter
the setup utility and make changes.
Please be careful about making changes. If you make a
change and then want to go back, you can either exit and
discard changes, or you can set factory defaults in the last
(right side) selection and then exot and save changes.
Good Luck to you.
Regards from Richard in Montreal.
Authorized Panasonic Canada Toughbook Dealer since 1989
On the Panasonic Toughbook CF29 MK1 Model,
the Battery Recalibration application is actually
built-in on the BIOS. On all other models, it is
a downloadable software located at this website:
http://pc-dl.panasonic.co.jp/itn/drivers/d_menu_en.html
Please remember to choose your operating system
and then find the Battery Recalibration Application.
Finally click on the "Download Now" button located
on the right hand side.
Good Luck!
Regards
Richard - Montreal Based
Panasonic Canada Toughbook Authorized Dealer since 1989
All Drivers for ALL Panasonic Toughbook Models are
located at the following website:
http://pc-dl.panasonic.co.jp/itn/drivers/d_menu_en.html
Panasonic called the audio drivers a "Sound Driver".
Make sure you select the correct operating system,
then click on the "Download Now" button located
on the right hand side.
Good Luck,
Regards
Richard - Montreal Based
Panasonic Canada Toughbook Authorized Dealer since 1989
The serial number on ALL Panasonic Toughbooks
built since 2004 are located in one of two spots:
1) On a small white sticker or label on the underside
of the Toughbook. The serial number starts with a
number followed by a letter.
2) When you press the "F2" Function key immediately
upon startup you will enter the BIOS. On the first page
of the BIOS you will find the Serial Number. Again it
starts with a number then a letter.
That's It!
Good Luck!
Regards,
Richard - Montreal Based
Panasonic Canada Toughbook Authorized Dealer since 1989
All Panasonic Toughbook Drivers can be
found at the following Website:
http://pc-dl.panasonic.co.jp/itn/drivers/d_menu_en.html
Click on your particular model (ie. CF29),
choose the version (MK1, etc.), choose the
operating system (ie. Windows XP),
then choose the driver (ie. LAN Driver) and
click on "Download Now".
Voila! That is how you find the Ethernet driver
for the Panasonic Toughbook CF29.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Richard - Montreal Based
Panasonic Canada Toughbook Dealer since 1989
Have you tried changing your wireless broadcast channel? It's possible the other devices are operating on a slightly different frequency as your toughbook, causing connectivity issues on that machine alone. What is your router's manufacturer? I can point you to guides to walk you through that, but they differ from company to company, so we would need that info to get a specific walkthrough. Additionally, are you running any USB 3,0 devices? If the cable's shielding is inadequate on a USB 3.0 bus, it can cause interference with WLANs by raising the noise floor and significantly reducing the range. Wrapping the cable in tin foil is an effective (although a bit southern-engineered) fix, if that is the case.
2 issues tp look at:
1. signal is marginal - move closer to router and see if it improves
2. interference from other networks. Change the channel the router is using to one not being used by a close network. A program like inSSIDer will give u a view of the signals around u.
