Asus U47ARS51 manual

E6947

Notebook PC User Manual

U47A/ U47VC/Q400

February 2012

Contents

Notebook PC User Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introducing the Notebook PC Chapter 2: Knowing the parts Chapter 4: Using the Notebook PC Appendix Page Chapter 1: Introducing the Notebook PC About This User’s Manual Notes for This Manual Safety Precautions Page Sound Pressure warning DC Fan warning Adapter Information Transportation Precautions Covering Your Notebook PC Charging Your Batteries Airplane Precautions Preparing your Notebook PC Page Chapter 2: Knowing the parts Top Side 1Camera 2Microphone (Built-in) 3Display Panel Keyboard Touchpad 7Status Indicators (front) Bottom Side 1 Battery Lock - Spring Battery Pack Battery Lock - Manual 4Memory (RAM) Compartment 5Hard Disk Drive Compartments Front Side Right Side 5 HDMI HDMI Port USB Port (2.0) Kensington® Lock Port Left Side 4USB Port (3.0) USB Port (3.0) USB Charger+ Microphone Input Jack 7Headphone Output Jack Chapter 3: Getting Started Power System Using AC Power Page Using Battery Power Installing and Removing the Battery Pack To install the battery pack: To remove the battery pack: Battery Care Powering ON the Notebook PC The Power-OnSelf Test (POST) Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology Checking Battery Power Charging the Battery Pack Power Options Restarting or Rebooting Emergency Shutdown Power Management Modes Sleep and Hibernate Thermal Power Control Special Keyboard Functions Hot Keys LCD/Monitor Icons (F8): Settings.) NOTE: Must connect an external monitor “before”booting up Crossed-outTouchpad (F9):Toggles the built-in Speaker Down Icon (F11): Microsoft Windows Keys Keyboard as a Numeric Keypad Keyboard as Pointers Multimedia Control Keys Switches and Status Indicators Switches Status Indicators Bluetooth / Wireless Indicator Capital Lock Indicator Page Chapter 4: Touchpad Using the touchpad Moving the pointer Touchpad usage illustrations Rotating Scrolling Zooming Caring for the touchpad Disabling the touchpad automatically Storage Devices Flash Memory Card Reader Optical Drive Inserting an optical disc The hub should be higher than the disc when correctly mounted Removing an optical disc Emergency eject Hard Disk Drive Locating the hard disk drive Removing the hard disk drive Installing the hard disk drive Memory (RAM) Installing a Memory Card: Removing a Memory Card: Connections Network Connection Twisted-PairCable Wireless LAN Connection (on selected models) Ad-hocmode Infrastructure mode Windows Wireless Network Connection Connecting to a network Page Turning ON and Launching Bluetooth Utility Bluetooth Network Devices Add a device Close USB Charger+ With Adapter Without Adapter AppendixA Optional Accessories Optional Connections Operating System and Software Support Software System BIOS Settings Boot Device Security Setting Save Changes Common Problems and Solutions Hardware Problem - Optical Disc Unknown Reason - System Unstable Hardware Problem - Keyboard / Hotkey Hardware Problem - Built-inCamera Hardware Problem - Battery Hardware Problem - Power ON/OFF Error Hardware Problem - Wireless Card Mechanical Problem - FAN / Thermal Software Problem - ASUS bundled software Unknown Reason - Blue screen with white text Page Software Problem - BIOS Recovering Your Notebook PC Using Recovery Partition About the Recovery Partition Using Recovery DVD (on selected models) Using the Recovery DVD: DVD-ROMDrive Information Regional Playback Information Region Definitions Internal Modem Compliancy Overview Network Compatibility Declaration Non-VoiceEquipment This table shows the countries currently under the CTR21 standard Page Declarations and Safety Statements Federal Communications Commission Statement FCC Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure Caution Statement CE Mark Warning CE marking for devices without wireless LAN/Bluetooth CE marking for devices with wireless LAN/ Bluetooth IC Radiation Exposure Statement for Canada Wireless Operation Channel for Different Domains France Restricted Wireless Frequency Bands Power Safety Requirement REACH UL Safety Notices Nordic Lithium Cautions (for lithium-ionbatteries) Optical Drive Safety Information Laser Safety Information Service warning label CDRH Regulations Macrovision Corporation Product Notice CTR 21 Approval (for Notebook PC with built-inModem) Spanish Swedish European Union Eco-label Global Environmental Regulation Compliance and Declaration ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services Regional Notice for United States of America Copyright Information Limitation of Liability Service and Support EC Declaration of Conformity