HP EX691UA-NOOS 5

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)...........................................................	64
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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