Operation Manual

2Fanlouvers

Thefanlouversandtheinternalfanenableairtocirculateinthecomputertoensurepropercooling,

especiallythecoolingofthemicroprocessor.

Note:Toensureproperairﬂow,donotplaceanyobstacleinfrontofthefanlouvers.

3Ethernetconnector

Connectthecomputertoalocalareanetwork(LAN)withtheEthernetconnector.

DANGER

Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnectthetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.

YoucanonlyconnectanEthernetcabletothisconnector.

TheEthernetconnectorhastwoindicatorsthatshowthestatusofthenetworkconnection.Whenthegreen

indicatorison,itindicatesthatthecomputerisconnectedtoaLANandasessionwiththenetworkis

available.Whentheindicatorblinksyellow,dataisbeingtransmitted.

Note:IfthecomputerisconnectedtoasupportedThinkPadOneLinkDockorThinkPadOneLinkProDock,

usetheEthernetconnectoronthedocktoconnecttoaLANinsteadoftheoneonthecomputer.

4VGAconnector

UsetheVGAconnectortoconnectthecomputertoaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.

5HDMIconnector

UsetheHDMIconnectortoconnectthecomputertoanHDMI-compatibleaudiodeviceorvideomonitor,

suchasahigh-deﬁnitiontelevision(HDTV).

Note:IfyouconnectthecomputertoasupportedThinkPadOneLinkDock,usetheHDMIconnectoron

thedock,nottheoneonthecomputer.

6USB3.0connector

TheUSB3.0connectorisusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchasaUSBprinteroradigital

camera.

Note:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisUSBconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.

Otherwisetheconnectormightgetdamaged.

7AlwaysOnUSB3.0connector

Bydefault,theAlwaysOnUSBconnectorenablesyoutochargesomemobiledigitaldevicesand

smartphonesinthefollowingsituations:

•Whenyourcomputerisonorinsleepmode

•Whenyourcomputerisinhibernationmodeoristurnedoff,butconnectedtoacpower

Ifyouwanttochargethesedeviceswhenyourcomputerisinhibernationmodeoristurnedoff,andthe

computerisnotconnectedtoacpower,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows

7:StartthePowerManagerprogram,clicktheGlobalPowerSettingstab,andthen

followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

•ForWindows8.1andWindows10:StarttheLenovoSettingsprogram,clickPower,andthenfollow

theinstructionsonthescreen.

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