Fujitsu N6420 Table of Contents, Preface, Getting To Know Your Lifebook Notebook, Getting Started

T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s

Fujitsu LifeBook® N6400 Series

Table of Contents

1

PREFACE

Preface

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Fujitsu Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2

GETTING TO KNOW

YOUR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK

Volume Control

Controlling the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Touchpad Pointing Device

Clicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Double-Clicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Dragging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Touchpad Control Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Application/Media Player Panel

Mode Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Application Launch/Media Player Buttons . . . . .21 Configuring your Application Panel . . . . . . . . . .21 Using the Media Player Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Using the Visual Optimizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Desktop Control Panel (Windows XP Models) . .23

Overview

Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Locating the Controls and Connectors

Top and Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Left-Side Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Right-Side Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Bottom Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Status Indicator Panel

Battery Charging Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Battery Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Hard Drive/Optical Drive Access Indicator . . . . . 15

Email Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

NumLock Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

CapsLock Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

ScrLock Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Keyboard

Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Numeric Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Windows Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Cursor Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3

GETTING STARTED

Power Sources

Connecting the AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Display Panel

Opening the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Adjusting Display Panel Brightness . . . . . . . . . . .28

Closing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Starting Your LifeBook Notebook

Power On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Hard Disk Drive Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 BIOS Setup Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Booting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Starting Windows Vista the first time . . . . . . . . .30 Starting Windows XP the First Time . . . . . . . . . .31 Registering Your LifeBook notebook. . . . . . . . . .31 Installing Click Me! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Fujitsu Driver Update Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31