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 (external)
- Diskette drive (external)
- Display
- DVD drives (external)
- 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
CHAPTER 3: Setting Up and Getting Started
26
System key combinations
When you press the FN key and a system key at the same time,
your notebook performs the action identified by the text or
icon on the key.
Press and hold
FN
, then press
this system key...
To...
Toggle the status indicators on or off. For
more information, see “Using the status
indicators” on page 23.
Turn the optional IEEE 802.11 wireless
network radio on or off. For more
information, see “Wireless Ethernet
Networking” in your online User Guide.
Warning: Radio frequency wireless
communication can interfere with
equipment on commercial aircraft. Current
aviation regulations require wireless
devices to be turned off while traveling in
an airplane. IEEE 802.11 communication
devices are examples of devices that
provide wireless communication.
Enter Sleep mode or Hybrid Sleep mode.
Press the power button to leave Sleep
mode. For more information, see “Changing
notebook power settings” on page 54.
Toggle the notebook display in the
following order:
■
The LCD
■
An external monitor or projector (a
monitor or projector must be plugged
into the monitor port on your notebook)
■
Both displays at the same time
For more information, see “Viewing the
display on a projector or monitor” on
page 41.
Display the power status box in the
upper-left corner of your display. The box
shows the battery charge level, the BIOS
version, and whether the optional wireless
network is being used. Press the key
combination again to close this box.