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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3 Adjust properties such as Turn off screen saver and
Set the volume to if necessary.
4 Click OK.
5 Click Turn on to turn on the presentation settings. When
you are finished giving the presentation, click Turn off
to return to your standard notebook settings.
Viewing the display on a
television
The S-Video out jack on your notebook lets you view your
notebook display on a television screen using a standard
S-Video cable.
To view your notebook display on a television:
1 With your notebook off, connect one end of a standard
S-Video cable to the S-Video out jack on your
notebook.
2 Connect the other end of the cable to the Video in jack
on your television or VCR.
3 Turn on the television or VCR.
4 Start your notebook.
Important
To turn on external video by default, connect the television (or other
external video device) before starting your notebook.
Important
Audio is not transmitted through an S-Video out jack. Use the built-in
speakers or a set of headphones or external powered speakers, or connect your
notebook to a stereo system using the headphone jack to hear sound while
playing a DVD. DVD playback to a VCR will be scrambled by copyright protection
software.
Tip
For the location of the S-Video out jack on your notebook, see
“Left” on page 7.
Tip
If you are traveling internationally, you may need to change the
video standard. For example, many televisions in Asia use PAL instead
of NTSC.