User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Notebook Tour
- TouchPad and Keyboard
- TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Hotkeys
- Hotkey quick reference
- Hotkey procedures
- Display and clear system information (fn+esc)
- Open the Help and Support Center (fn+f1)
- Open the Print Options window (fn+f2)
- Open a Web browser (fn+f3)
- Switch the screen image (fn+f4)
- Initiate standby (fn+f5)
- Initiate QuickLock (fn+f6)
- Decrease screen brightness (fn+f7)
- Increase screen brightness (fn+f8)
- Play, pause or resume an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f9)
- Stop an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f10)
- Play previous track or section of an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f11)
- Play next track or section of an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f12)
- Quick Launch Buttons software
- Hotkeys
- Keypads
- Power
- Power control and light locations
- Power sources
- Standby and hibernation
- Default power settings
- Power options
- Processor performance controls
- Battery packs
- Drives
- Multimedia
- Multimedia hardware
- Multimedia software
- External Media Cards
- External Devices
- Memory Modules
- Wireless (Select Models Only)
- Modem and Local Area Network
- Security
- Setup Utility
- Software Update and Recovery
- Routine Care
- Troubleshooting
- Electrostatic Discharge
- Index
Button quick reference (PC Card version) .........................................78
HP Mobile Remote Control (PC Card version) component
functions .............................................................................................80
HP Mobile Remote Control (ExpressCard version) ............................................81
Inserting the battery (ExpressCard version) ......................................81
Storing the remote control in the ExpressCard slot ...........................84
Button quick reference (ExpressCard version) ..................................85
HP Mobile Remote Control (ExpressCard version) component
functions .............................................................................................88
Troubleshooting the remote control ....................................................................88
Multimedia software ..............................................................................................................................89
Identifying preinstalled multimedia software ........................................................................89
Installing multimedia software from a CD (select models only) ...........................................89
Using multimedia software ...................................................................................................90
Using QuickPlay software ....................................................................................................90
Protecting playback ..............................................................................................................91
Protecting the CD or DVD write process .............................................................................91
Changing DVD region settings ............................................................................................92
Observing the copyright warning .........................................................................................92
6 External Media Cards
Digital Media Slot cards (select models only) ......................................................................................93
Inserting a digital card ..........................................................................................................94
Stopping or removing a digital card .....................................................................................95
PC Cards (select models only) .............................................................................................................96
Configuring a PC Card .........................................................................................................96
Inserting a PC Card .............................................................................................................97
Stopping or removing a PC Card .........................................................................................97
ExpressCards .......................................................................................................................................99
Selecting an ExpressCard ...................................................................................................99
Configuring an ExpressCard ................................................................................................99
Inserting an ExpressCard ..................................................................................................100
Stopping or removing an ExpressCard ..............................................................................102
7 External Devices
Using a USB device ............................................................................................................................103
Connecting a USB device ..................................................................................................103
Stopping a USB device ......................................................................................................104
Required USB software .....................................................................................................104
Using a 1394 device (select models only) ..........................................................................................105
Connecting a 1394 device .................................................................................................105
Stopping a 1394 device .....................................................................................................105
Required 1394 software .....................................................................................................105
Using the expansion port ....................................................................................................................106
8 Memory Modules
Adding or replacing memory modules ................................................................................................107
Effects of increasing memory .............................................................................................................111
Video memory settings (select models only) ......................................................................................112
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