Quick Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Reference
- Checking Out Your Notebook
- Setting Up and Getting Started
- Working safely and comfortably
- Connecting the AC adapter
- Connecting the dial-up modem
- Connecting to a broadband modem or network
- Starting your notebook
- Turning off your notebook
- Restarting (rebooting) your notebook
- Using the status indicators
- Using the keyboard
- Using the EZ Pad touchpad
- Adjusting brightness
- Adjusting the volume
- Turning your wireless radio on or off
- Using Drives and Accessories
- Managing Power
- Traveling with Your Notebook
- Maintaining Your Notebook
- Upgrading Your Notebook
- Troubleshooting
- Safety guidelines
- First steps
- Troubleshooting
- Audio
- Battery
- CD drives
- Diskette drive (external)
- Display
- DVD drives
- Ethernet
- Express cards
- File management
- Hard drive
- Internet
- Keyboard
- Media Center
- The Media Center video display looks bad on your TV
- You need to configure your Media Center to output to a TV
- You want to change display settings to get better TV or DVD image quality
- You want to know whether you can burn videos that were recorded with your Media Center computer to a DVD
- You want to know whether you can play recorded videos on other computers
- You want to know whether you can play recorded videos on your home DVD player
- Memory
- Memory card reader
- Modem (cable or DSL)
- Modem (dial-up)
- Your modem does not dial or does not connect
- You cannot connect to the Internet
- Your 56K modem does not connect at 56K
- Your fax communications program only sends and receives faxes at 14,400 bps when you have a 56K modem
- The modem is not recognized by your notebook
- The modem is noisy when it dials and connects
- Mouse
- Networks (wired)
- Networks (wireless)
- You turned wireless networking on, but it takes a while to connect
- Your connection on the network seems intermittent or your wireless network is running slower than you expect
- You are in a wireless network, you can see the network, but cannot communicate, send files, print, or get to the Web
- You are in a wireless network, but no available networks are listed in the Connect to a network dialog box
- Your wireless network is listed as a preferred network, but it has an “x” on it
- Internet Explorer is unable to access the Internet
- You cannot see other computers on your network
- You cannot connect to your network
- Passwords
- Pointing device
- Power
- Printer
- Sound
- Status indicators
- Touchpad or pointing device
- Video
- Telephone support
- Legal Information
- Index
127
A
AC adapter
connecting
16
connector 9
international adapters 52
accessories
purchasing
45
safety precautions 119
acoustic handset coupler 58
airplane power adapters 45
application key 26
arrow keys 26
audio
adjusting volume
28, 32
back button 28
headphone jack 6
microphone jack 6
muting 28, 32
next button 28
pause button 27
play button 27
stop button 27
troubleshooting 113
volume down button 28
volume up button 28
audio CD
cleaning
68
inserting 38
automobile power adapter 52
automobile power adapters 45
B
battery
alternate power sources
52
bay 49
changing 49
charge indicator 6, 48
charge status 48
charging 16, 48
conserving power 51
icons 48
installing 49
latch 10
locating 10
managing power 51
monitoring charge 48
purchasing 45
recalibrating 50
recharging 16, 48
release latch 10
replacing 49
bays
battery 49
hard drive 10
memory 10, 83
brightness
adjusting
28, 31
system keys 28
C
cable lock 9
cable modem 8, 19
camera
See digital camera
See digital video camera
Caps Lock indicator
24
cards
Express Card slot 7
inserting Express Card 40
inserting memory card 39
memory card slot 7
memory cards supported
39
removing Express Card 40
removing memory card 39
slots 38, 40
troubleshooting memory
card
102
carrying case 45
CD
cleaning 68
inserting 38
Index