HP Notebook Series - Page 5

Contents
Hardware and Software Guide v
Using Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16
Identifying the Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16
Switching Between Battery and External Power. . . 3–17
Charging a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17
Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . 3–18
Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18
Resolving Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–20
Calibrating a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–21
Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24
Battery Conservation Settings and Procedures . . . . 3–25
Replacing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–26
Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–27
4 Multimedia
Using the Speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Using the Volume Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Connecting an External Audio Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Identifying the Audio Jacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Using the Microphone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Using the Headphone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Connecting an S-Video Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
Connecting the Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
Connecting the Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Displaying a Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Changing the Color Television Format . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
Using Multimedia Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
Selecting Multimedia Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10
InterVideo WinDVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11
Creating CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14
Creating DVDs Using InterVideo WinDVD
Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–16