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

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

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

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

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

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

45

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

45

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

45

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

46

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

46

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

46

4 Drives

 

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

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

48

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

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

52

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

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

54

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

55

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

56

5 Multimedia

 

Multimedia Hardware.............................................................................................................................

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

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Remote Control (Select Models Only) .................................................................................

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

67

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

68

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

70

Button quick reference (PC Card version) .........................................

71

HP Mobile Remote Control (PC Card version) component

 

functions .............................................................................................

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HP Mobile Remote Control (ExpressCard version) ............................................

75

Inserting the battery (ExpressCard version) ......................................

75

Storing the remote control in the ExpressCard slot ...........................

77

Button quick reference (ExpressCard version) ..................................

78

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