Table of Contents

Disk care ..............................................................................................

4-11

DVD/CD care ...................................................................................

4-11

Diskette care....................................................................................

4-11

Using the internal modem ..................................................................

4-12

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS...........................................

4-12

Region selection ..............................................................................

4-13

Properties menu ..............................................................................

4-13

Connecting ......................................................................................

4-15

Disconnecting..................................................................................

4-15

LAN .......................................................................................................

4-16

Connecting LAN cable.....................................................................

4-16

Disconnecting LAN cable ................................................................

4-17

Wireless communications ..................................................................

4-17

Wireless LAN ...................................................................................

4-17

Wireless communication switch ......................................................

4-17

Wireless communication LED..........................................................

4-18

TV-Out ..................................................................................................

4-18

Cleaning the computer .......................................................................

4-18

Moving the computer..........................................................................

4-19

Chapter 5 The Keyboard ..........................................................

5-1

Typewriter keys .....................................................................................

5-1

F1 ... F12 function keys .........................................................................

5-2

Soft Keys: Alt Gr Key Combinations....................................................

5-2

Soft keys: Fn key combinations ...........................................................

5-2

Emulation keys ..................................................................................

5-3

Hotkeys .............................................................................................

5-4

Windows special keys .......................................................................

5-6

Keypad overlay ......................................................................................

5-6

Turning on the overlays .....................................................................

5-6

Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on)...............................

5-7

Temporarily using overlay (overlay off) ..............................................

5-7

Temporarily changing modes ............................................................

5-8

Generating ASCII characters................................................................

5-8

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