Before writing .................................................................................... 4-10
When writing or rewriting .................................................................. 4-11
Media care ....................................................................................... 4-12
CD/DVDs.......................................................................................... 4-12
Diskettes.......................................................................................... 4-13
Modem.............................................................................................. 4-13
Region selection ............................................................................... 4-13
Properties menu ............................................................................... 4-14
Connecting ....................................................................................... 4-15
Disconnecting................................................................................... 4-16
Wireless communications............................................................... 4-16
Wireless LAN ................................................................................... 4-16
Bluetooth wireless technology .......................................................... 4-17
Wireless communication switch ....................................................... 4-18
Wireless communication LED .......................................................... 4-18
LAN ................................................................................................... 4-19
Connecting LAN cable ...................................................................... 4-19
Disconnecting LAN cable ................................................................. 4-20
Cleaning the computer ................................................................... 4-21
Moving the computer ...................................................................... 4-21
Heat dispersal .................................................................................. 4-22
Chapter 5 The Keyboard
Typewriter keys .................................................................................5-1
F1 … F12 function keys.....................................................................5-2
Soft keys: Fn key combinations .......................................................5-2
Emulating keys on enhanced keyboard .............................................. 5-2
Hotkeys.............................................................................................. 5-4
Fn Sticky key ..................................................................................... 5-6
Windows special keys ....................................................................... 5-7
Keypad overlay.................................................................................. 5-7
Turning on the overlays ....................................................................... 5-7
Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on) .................................. 5-8
Temporarily using overlay (overlay off) ................................................. 5-9
Temporarily changing modes .............................................................. 5-9
Generating ASCII characters ............................................................ 5-9
Chapter 6 Power and Power-Up Modes
Power conditions ..............................................................................6-1
Power indicators ...............................................................................6-2
Battery indicator ................................................................................. 6-2