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
- 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
- PC Cards
- Pointing device
- Power
- Printer
- Sound
- Status indicators
- Touchpad or pointing device
- Video
- Telephone support
- Legal Information
- Index
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Index
DVD drive 99
faxes 110
files 101
general guidelines 96
hard drive 102
Internet connection 103,
110
keyboard 104
LCD panel 98
Media Center 105
memory 107
memory card reader 108
modem 108
mouse 112
network 113, 114
passwords 116
PC Cards 117
power 117
printer 118
safety guidelines 96
screen 98, 120
screen area 98
screen resolution 98
sound 119
status indicators 120
technical support 121
telephone support 121
touchpad 120
video 120
Web site connection speed
103
turning off
notebook
21, 22
wireless network 26, 33
turning on
notebook
20
wireless network 26, 33
TV out (S-Video out) jack 7, 47
U
upgrading 85
USB port 7, 8, 42
user password 64
V
VGA port 9, 44
video
monitor port
9
projector port 9
S-Video out jack 7
troubleshooting 120
VGA port 9
video camera
connecting 43
volume
adjusting 28, 31
adjusting modem 112
controls 31
muting 28, 31
system keys 28
troubleshooting 119
W
waking up notebook 21
Windows
key 25
Product Key Code 3
wired Ethernet
troubleshooting
113
wireless Ethernet
using while traveling
63
wireless network
button
26
turning off 33
turning on 33
working safely 14