HP 1215EA manual

Contents

www.compaq.com Mobile Internet PC Beyond Setup Guide 1200 Series www.compaq.com Presario Notice Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Your Notebook at a Glance Chapter 3 Using Your Notebook Chapter 4 Common Tasks Chapter 5 Using the CD or DVD Drive Chapter 6 Let’s Go Surfing Chapter 7 Caring for Your Battery Page Glossary Index Page Introduction Where Can Printed Documents Warranty Certificate Presario Operating System Manual The •Customising the Windows desktop •Using the Windows online Help Symbols and Graphics Symbols Graphics Safety Page Your Notebook at a Glance Front of Your Presario Notebook Internet Zone Buttons and Lights Function Keys Status Display and Volume Controls Left and Right Panels Left Side Components Right Side Components Rear Panel Rear Components Underside Underside Components Using Your Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Common 4 Tasks TV-Out Connection Connecting and Enabling TV-Out Adjusting the Television Screen Display Modes Switching Between Displays Display Modes Anti-Virus Software Using Anti-VirusSoftware Recognising a Computer Virus Removing a Virus Virus Protection Updating McAfee VirusScan Upgrading McAfee VirusScan software Adding and Removing Software Software and Hardware Installing a Downloaded Programme File Browse Open Attaching Hardware Devices 3.Select Specify a location Finish Page Using the CD 5 or DVD Drive Inserting a Disc Removing a Disc Manually Ejecting a Disc Audio CDs and Video Discs Playing Audio CDs Playing Non-DVDVideo Discs DVDs Using the DVD Player On-ScreenControls Button audio track Changes the playing audio track to audio of another track located on the DVD. Most is available only when the content allows changes to the audio track Yes Setting the Play Features To play content from the File mode, complete the following steps: 2.Select the file you want to view 3.Click Open. The content begins playing Using “Regionalised” DVDs Selecting Your Region Setting To change the DVD drive region setting, complete these steps: 1.With a DVD disc in the drive, open the Compaq DVD Player 3.Click the DVD Region tab 4.Select the desired region from the displayed map or from the options buttons Video Display Options Showing and Hiding the DVD Panel Zooming the View CD-RWBasics Installing Adaptec Easy CD Creator Using Adaptec Easy CD Creator To open an Audio CD layout click the small arrow next to the New In the left pane of the Explorer section, select the Add 7.Click Create CD. The CD Creation Process dialogue box opens 8.Click OK to start recording DirectCD DirectCD Jewel Case Creator Jewel Case Creator Preventing Buffer Under-runErrors Accessing Easy CD Creator User Information Page Let’s Go Surfing Basic Concepts What is the Internet network •Entertainment •Commerce •Research •Education What is the World Wide Web Surfing the Web surfing the Web Internet Address (URL) Internet address Uniform Resource Locator Search Engine search engine www.compaq.com URLs E-mail Browsers What is a Browser Using Microsoft Internet Explorer •From the Windows desktop, double-clickthe Internet Explorer A icon •From the Windows taskbar, click the Start button point to Programmes, and then click the Internet Explorer A icon An alternative method uses the Internet Zone buttons on your keyboard Internet Zone Search Engines Choosing a Search Engine Using a Search Engine Searching on the Web Accessing Files from the Internet In Conclusion Caring for Your Battery Battery Care Using the Battery Storing the Battery Recycling the Battery Battery Calibration Calibrating the Battery Power Options Power Schemes 5.From Running on batteries column: Turn off monitor Never Maximising Battery Operating Time Fixing a Low-BatteryCondition Replace the Drained Battery with a Charged One Suspend Your Work Power Management Saving Energy What is Power Management Starting and Ending Power Modes If you want to Then Result / Indicators Fn+F4 Service Preventative Maintenance Cleaning Your Notebook’s Exterior Cleaning the Keyboard Cleaning the Display Screen Cleaning the TouchPad Caring for Your Presario Notebook Backup Utilities Using Backup Devices Backup Utilities Hard Disk Errors Using ScanDisk Using Disk Cleanup Deleting Stored Files De-fragmentingYour Hard Disk Space Management Checking the Hard Disk Space Deleting Unnecessary Files Using the Recycle Bin System Support Compaq Diagnostics Testing Equipment To run a test, complete the following steps: 1.Click the Test tab Choose the type of test: Quick Compaq Service Connection Compaq Support Privacy and Data Security Solutions Basic Solutions Helpful Hints Finding Solutions Quickly Frequently Asked Questions General Questions for information on how to create additional hardware profiles Q. The keyboard does not respond when I press any button. What should I do Display Questions Questions about Sound Questions about Movies Questions about Peripherals Questions about Upgrades Error Messages Spacebar SYS C: Solutions Tables Audio and Video Video is also referred to as the display Fn key, press the F8 key, and then release both keys simultaneously Video or Display Screen saver is enabled Battery and Power (cont’d) does not last as long as expected Your Notebook Page Spacebar Mass Storage Page Diskette Drive My Computer gicon File to Format My Computer gicon Page Page Games and Internet Page Keyboard and TouchPad Ctrl Esc Enter key Mouse Touch Tap to click option Maximum Memory and PC Card Page 1394 port See peripheral anti-virus application Software installed on a computer. See programme See programme boot main memory browser bug bulletin board click Ctrl+Alt+Delete Ctrl Alt Delete disk diskette diskette drive The drive that reads and writes to a diskette double-click download To receive files from another computer on the Internet Explorer fax modem file extension doc floppy disk See diskette hard disk hard drive hardware HTML (hypertext mark-up Internet Internet Explorer See Microsoft Internet Explorer Internet keyboard main memory www.compaq.com/my presario See RAM. See also byte RAM microprocessor modem mouse mouse pointer The arrow on the screen that moves with the mouse MP3 multimedia news server online network online Help online shopping plug-and-play pop-up right-click processor (short for microprocessor). The brains of the computer See microprocessor ROM (read-only memory) scanner screen saver shortcut menu sleep mode surf surge protector SVGA (super video graphics array) USB port (universal serial bus port) A connector for plugging in multiple 40 times faster than the previous standard. See serial port and parallel port See also peripheral peripheral V.90 standard Windows Explorer Windows taskbar wizard World Wide Web zipped file