- Hewlett-Packard Notebook PC Hardware Guide

Table Of Contents

Contents

Hardware and Software Guide v

Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

Charging a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . 3–15

Managing Low-Battery Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16

Calibrating a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18

Conserving Battery Pack Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22

Replacing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–23

Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–26

Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–26

4Multimedia

Internal Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

Volume Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

External Audio Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3

Using the Audio-Out (Headphone) Jack . . . . . . . . . . 4–3

Using the Audio-In (Microphone) Jack. . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

External Video Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

Connecting an S-Video Device

(Select Models Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

Displaying a Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

CD and DVD Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

Inserting or Removing a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

Using Media Activity Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8

Setting AutoPlay Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9

Protecting Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Protecting a CD or DVD Write Process . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Multimedia Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11

Observing the Copyright Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12

Installing Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13

Enabling AutoPlay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14

Changing DVD Region Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14