User Manual
1 Introduction Preface Welcome to the wireless world of Wi-Fi internet, eMail, messaging, word processing and MP3s. The ONE and ONE+ is your gateway to a whole new way to communicate your ideas, keep in contact with friends, family & colleagues, get access to a range of online resources, and relax with music, photos and games. Please read this user manual carefully to help you get the most out of your ONE or ONE+.
ONE User Manual Warranty To help you get started and get the best out of your ONE or ONE+, we provide you with a 12 months Parts and Labour warranty (Terms apply, see www.elonex.com for details). If you have any technical support issues with either problems on how you actually do various things on the laptop or if you have faulty hardware then please call us on 0871 90 296 90 (national rate).
Appearance The ONE has a standard laptop layout that gives first time computer users a typical introduction to a computer configuration, giving them familiarity as they progress through their education. Skills learned on the ONE can be transferred to nearly all laptops. The laptop is very portable, weighing in at less than 1kg, and hard wearing to cope with daily life.
ONE User Manual Inputs & Outputs The ONE has various ports and sockets that let you do various things with the one. The following explains what all those bits and pieces do. Left Side Panel (see picture on opposite page) The Broadband Port (RJ45) at the top is for plugging in a hard wire cable to connect to the internet or a local network. When removing the cable press the little tab and remove rather than just pulling as this may damage the port or cable.
2 Using your ONE Getting Started After unpacking your ONE please check you have all the package contents and they are in good order. If you are missing anything or any item has been damaged please contact your retailer. Power and Battery Charging The ONE has a rechargeable battery which will give you up to 3 hours of use when fully recharged. You can also use the power adapter plugged into mains electricity for continuous use (the ONE will recharge its battery while in operation).
ONE User Manual 3 Overview The ONE has been designed to be as straightforward and intuitive as possible. The WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) interface is a user-friendly way to find the program that you want. The individual categories are described in more detail below (see User Interface). The ONE has a task bar along the bottom of the screen.
WIFI status (Disconnected) (RT73 / RutilT), it shows that One/One+ does not connect to the wireless network, right click to choose a preset connection profile to make the connection or choose Site survey from show window to discover the onsite AP. WIFI status (Connected), it shows that One/One+ has connected to the wireless network, right click to choose show window to see the connection information. Clock. Shows the current time. Double click the icon to change the time and date settings Task Bar Toggle.
ONE User Manual 4 User Interface The desktop is divided into 6 categories: FILEfolders which contain your personal and shared files DOCprograms to help you make personal documents MEDIAprograms to help you make and enjoy media files INTERNETthe internet, eMail and messenger GAMEthe ONE’s arcade style games section SYSTEMmake system changes to your ONE and shut down The following gives a description of what each program does and a brief description of how to use them.
DOC -contains links to programs that help you make personal documents AbiWord: is a standard format word processing program. You can use this to create and print homework, letters, or text files. The following shows you what buttons do what, although if you hover your mouse over the button it will give you a description of what it does.
ONE User Manual Spreadsheet lets you number-crunch and manipulate numbers and data in various ways. You can create spreadsheets that will let you solve maths problems, create graphs or make spreadsheets to give you a helping hand to solve various problems. ONEleafpad, is a very simple text editor. If you want to make a simple un-complicated word processor document then ONEleafpad is best. It only has a few features so please refer to AbiWord (above) as the functions are generally the same.
ONEdict is a digital dictionary. You can use ONEdict’s various search criteria to find meanings to an entire dictionary of words. ONEcalc is a calculator that can help you calculate using the four main arithmetic operators (+-*/) as well as doing more complicated scientific and engineering calculations. In order to change between a simple calculator and the scientific calculator go to View and choose between Basic Mode / Scientific Mode.
ONE User Manual MEDIA -view your photos, create images and listen to music Photo lets you view your digital photos. Right click on the current image and an action menu will pop up which will give you a variety of options that you can do with the photo. Tux Paint is an award-winning drawing program designed for children ages 3 to 12. It combines an easy-to-use interface, interesting sound effects and an encouraging cartoon penguin will guide children to use this program.
INTERNET -web browser, IM, E-Mail, Weather forecast, internet photo album Internet: Browse the internet by typing the URL (www.address.com) into the bar at the top of the screen. Wait for the page to download and you can navigate around the website by clicking on links that are of interest to you. Scroll up and down using the bar on the right. Go back to the previous webpage using the ‘Back’ button.
ONE User Manual Choose show window. Click Site Survey and then the Scan button to search for all available wireless access points. Pick one of the wireless networks listed and press Connect. If the connection is password protected you will have to enter a key, all the other settings will be automatically filled in5. If your key has a combination of numbers and letters you need to click the small box next to ASCII key. Click OK to save this profile.
Other information show by RT73 Link status: shows all the information about your wireless connection Statistics: shows all the information about the data transmission since you connected to the internet Profiles: Lets you edit and delete current internet connection profiles or manually6 add a new connection. 6 If the wireless access point does not broadcast its name then the scan result won’t list this access point and you will have to manually add this as a new profile.
ONE User Manual Options: Maximum Tx rate is the maximum speed you wish to connect to the internet7. RT73 WLAN: Wireless Mode: One/One+ supports 2 modes (802.11b and 802.11g), its recommended you choose ‘Mixed’ as this will always select the best option for you. B/G Protection: Choose ‘Auto’ for the best results. Tx Preamble : Choose ‘Auto’ to let the wireless LAN card measure itself the distance between AP and ONE/ONE+ and automatically achieve the best transmission of data. 7 One supports 802.
Pidgin: is an instant messenger that lets you chat with friends and colleagues. It supports many of the popular IM network protocols and you can even connect to multiple IM networks simultaneously. Pidgin supports typical IM features including file transfer and chat between your contacts and you.
ONE User Manual eMail: The ONE has its own email agent that can be used to receive eMails, and files such as documents or photos. There are also a variety of web based eMail agents you can use directly over the internet. The settings of the E-mail need to be set up so they match those of your internet service provider (ISP). The steps to set up your eMail are as follows: In the top menu-bar press “Configuration” then “Create new account…” and the “Preferences for new account” dialog box pops out.
In the “Receive” tab, enter the relevant settings are here. (Default settings are recommended) The authentication methods can be assigned in the tab “Send”. Check on “SMTP Authentication (SMTP AUTH) then enter User ID and Password (If the two columns are empty then the application will use the User ID and Password entered in the “Receive” tab for sending the email.) Message composition setting includes the signature which has 2 formats: direct input and pre-edited file.
ONE User Manual The advanced setting includes port number and the location of the received messages; the former should be configured according to the mail server and the later is the user’s preferences. Receiving and Sending eMails After the settings are done, press “Get” icon to connect the mail server to retrieve eMails sent to you. If you want to send an eMail then press the “Compose” icon and the mail composer will pop up.
GAME The ONE has a variety of arcade style games to keep you entertained and help you learn. BLOCKOUT. The player must rotate and move 3D blocks to completely fill up the game floor. The game is real-time and the speed increases with the player skill.
ONE User Manual X Bomb: Be a mine sweeper and clear the grid without getting bombed. Choose the size and number of bombs with “Level” and the difficulty with “Game Type”. Use your mouse to click on the grid XBubble: Rotate the canon and fire a colored bubble. When you stick three or more adjacent bubbles of the same color they all explode, and any bubble left hanging free falls down. Periodically, all bubbles are lowered by one row.
Xscavenger: Get all the blue diamonds without being robbed by their other scavengers. Controls Space bar -- Main menu & new game Use the Left, Right, Up and Down arrows to control the direction F7 F8 F4 -- Select level -- Start the game XSoldier: Defend your spaceship from alien attacks and laser beam them out of existence.
ONE User Manual Xtris: The classic block stacking game. Create a solid wall with no gaps and the line will disappear. Press the up arrow to rotate the blocks, left and right to move around and down to speed up the fall. Don’t let the blocks get too high or youre outta there! Xletters: Practice your typing. Words fall from the top of the screen and you have to type the word exactly to score points.
SYSTEM -Make changes to the system settings Quit: Press this to properly shutdown the software and hardware Reboot: Press this to Restart the software Time & Date: Press this to change the time and the date. After adjusting the time, press the SET TIME button to finish the setting and the time on the clock icon will be updated simultaneously. Settings: Sys-manger is a hub where the system settings reside and lets you make changes over the system.
ONE User Manual USB Disk Drive Once the USB disk drive has been plugged in, the ONE will automatically mount the disk on the system and an USB disk icon will reside on the system tray and the contents of the disk drive will pop up. To remove the USB disk properly right click on the icon and choose Deviceinfo and the USB Mass Storage windows will pop up. Right click the currently mounted USB disk and remove the attached USB disk till the UDEV icon disappears.
Password Setting Password setting helps you to prevent anyone other than yourself making changes to the ONE’s settings. Enter your own password and press “Enable Password” to activate personal authentication.
ONE User Manual Adding a Network Printer In order to print you need to add a new printer using the following steps Press ”Add” button to add a new printer Check on “SMB shared printer” to use the shared printer in the windows network. Then press “Next” button. Enter the login user ID and the password, if the password authentication is necessary, otherwise check on Anonymous or Guest account, and then click “Next”.
Adding a Local Printer After having attached the USB printer, please press ‘Scan’ button and the found printer will be listed. Press ‘Next’ to the next step. Pick a proper driver to fit the local printer then press ‘Next’ and end the installation. Press “Test” button to test whether the setting is correct or not, if the setting is incorrect, the test page won’t be printed out, click Back to modify the setting. Otherwise, click “Next”.
ONE User Manual Connecting Via Bluetooth (ONE+ only) How to connect to a Bluetooth enabled device (for example your mobile phone.) Turn on the Bluetooth connection of the mobile phone or other Bluetooth enabled device Press Scan button and the system will locate the address of the mobile phone. Highlight the mobile phone found, press Add button and select Bluetooth/HID option form the start menu then the mobile phone will pop out the Bluetooth menu.
OBEX Connection 1. Make sure the mobile phone has been set to default device on One/One+. 2. Right Click the icon of Bluetooth and choose obex > enable. 3. Use default Bluetooth device which is the mobile phone connected to One/One+ , and pick whichever image/video clip and choose send via Bluetooth, then it will ask to connect the device 4. One/One+ will show the Obex Transfer status, and once the transfer is complete the file will be saved into the Bluetooth folder in MyFiles.
ONE User Manual MyNeighbor MyNeighbor lets you share documents via a remote folder in the network environment. Follow the procedures below to enable this function. Initiate MyNeighbor and press the Add button and get into the Neighbor add wizard dialog. Press Scan, the system will list any surrounding wireless devices. Highlight the neighbor you wish to connect to and then press Next.
5 Important Safety Precautions Please read and follow all these safety instructions and precaution. Failure to do so may result in damage to your ONE laptop or yourself, and may invalidate your warranty. CAUTION- To reduce the risk of electrical shock do not remove the cover as there are no user serviceable parts inside. Refer all servicing to Elonex Service Personnel only. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not use near water or expose the unit to rain or moisture.
ONE User Manual Cleaning Before cleaning always shut down your unit and unplug the adapter. You should clean with an anti-static dry cloth only. Do not clean with water, abrasive cleaners or any other fluid. Ergonomics Here are some suggestions on how to best position and use the computer: The top of the LCD should be slightly below eye-level or slightly below and directly in front of you. Sit with good posture and use a chair which offers good back support (especially lower-back).
