Low-battery condition .........................................................................

45

 

Critical low-battery condition ..............................................................

45

 

Resolving low-battery conditions ........................................................................

46

 

When external power is available ......................................................

46

 

When a charged battery pack is available .........................................

46

 

When no power source is available ...................................................

46

 

When the computer cannot restore from hibernation .........................

46

 

Calibrating a battery pack ....................................................................................................

47

 

When to calibrate ................................................................................................

47

 

How to calibrate ..................................................................................................

47

 

Step 1: Charging the battery pack ......................................................

47

 

Step 2: Discharging the battery pack .................................................

48

 

Step 3: Recharging the battery pack ..................................................

49

 

Conserving battery power ....................................................................................................

49

 

Conserving power as you work ...........................................................................

49

 

Selecting power conservation settings ...............................................................

50

 

Storing a battery pack ..........................................................................................................

50

 

Disposing of a used battery pack .........................................................................................

50

4

Drives

 

 

Drive care .............................................................................................................................................

51

 

IDE drive light .......................................................................................................................................

52

 

Hard drive .............................................................................................................................................

53

 

Optical drives ........................................................................................................................................

56

 

Inserting an optical disc .......................................................................................................

57

 

Removing an optical disc (with power) ................................................................................

58

 

Removing an optical disc (without power) ...........................................................................

59

 

Avoiding standby or hibernation ..........................................................................................

60

5

Multimedia

 

 

Multimedia hardware ............................................................................................................................

61

 

Using the optical drive .........................................................................................................

61

 

Identifying the installed optical drive ...................................................................

61

 

Inserting an optical disc .......................................................................................

62

 

Removing an optical disc (with power) ...............................................................

63

 

Removing an optical disc (without power) ..........................................................

63

 

Using media activity hotkeys ...............................................................................................

65

 

Using the QuickPlay buttons ................................................................................................

66

 

Using the audio features ......................................................................................................

68

 

Using the audio-in (microphone) jack .................................................................

69

 

Using the audio-out (headphone) jack ................................................................

69

 

Using S/PDIF digital audio (select models only) .................................................

69

 

Adjusting the volume ...........................................................................................

70

 

Using the video features ......................................................................................................

71

 

Using the external monitor port ...........................................................................

71

 

Using the S-Video-out jack .................................................................................

72

 

Remote control (select models only) ...................................................................................

73

 

HP Mobile Remote Control (PC Card version) ...................................................

74

 

Inserting the battery (PC Card version) ..............................................

74

 

Storing the remote control in the PC Card slot ..................................

77

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