Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer
Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage17
•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage17
•“Specialkeysandbuttons”onpage18
•“UsingtheUltraNavpointingdevice”onpage21
•“Powermanagement”onpage24
•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage28
•“Usingaprojectororanexternaldisplay”onpage32
•“UsingtheNVIDIAOptimusGraphicsfeature”onpage35
•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage35
•“Usingtheintegratedcamera”onpage36
•“Usingaashmediacard”onpage37
Registeringyourcomputer
Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact
youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,youwillreceive
quickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand
servicestoregisteredusers.
ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,dooneofthefollowing:
•ConnectyourcomputertotheInternetandregisteryourcomputerthroughthepreinstalledLenovo
ProductRegistrationprogram.Theprogramlaunchesautomaticallyafteryouhaveusedyourcomputer
foratime.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.
•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/registerandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.
Frequentlyaskedquestions
Thefollowingareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourcomputer.
Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,gotothefollowingWebpage
tondinformationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?
•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,goto:http://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow
theinstructionsonthescreen.
Howtousethebatterypowermoreeffectively?
•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingapplicationsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage26
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