Low-battery condition .........................................................................
45
Critical low-battery condition ..............................................................
Resolving low-battery conditions ........................................................................
46
When external power is available ......................................................
When a charged battery pack is available .........................................
When no power source is available ...................................................
When the computer cannot restore from hibernation .........................
Calibrating a battery pack ....................................................................................................
47
When to calibrate ................................................................................................
How to calibrate ..................................................................................................
Step 1: Charging the battery pack ......................................................
Step 2: Discharging the battery pack .................................................
48
Step 3: Recharging the battery pack ..................................................
49
Conserving battery power ....................................................................................................
Conserving power as you work ...........................................................................
Selecting power conservation settings ...............................................................
50
Storing a battery pack ..........................................................................................................
Disposing of a used battery pack .........................................................................................
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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
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Multimedia
Multimedia hardware ............................................................................................................................
61
Using the optical drive .........................................................................................................
Identifying the installed optical drive ...................................................................
Inserting an optical disc .......................................................................................
62
Removing an optical disc (with power) ...............................................................
63
Removing an optical disc (without power) ..........................................................
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 ................................................................
Using S/PDIF digital audio (select models only) .................................................
Adjusting the volume ...........................................................................................
70
Using the video features ......................................................................................................
71
Using the external monitor port ...........................................................................
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) ..............................................
Storing the remote control in the PC Card slot ..................................
77
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