User manual AVERATEC 3150

[. . . ] AVERATEC Notebook User's Manual Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED Getting Started Inventory Safety and Maintenance Checklists Features Where to Look For Information Quick Start Adjusting the Volume Adjusting the Brightness Turning off Your Computer Tips for New Owners CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED Hardware and Software Front View Left View © 2003 AVERATEC, Inc. Right View Bottom View LCD Status Indicators Power Indicators Function Keys Numeric Keypad Touchpad Connecting a USB Floppy Drive Disk Drives Connecting the Printer The PC Card Slot Memory The Graphics System CHAPTER 3 MAKING CONNECTIONS Making Connections Left Side Connectors Right Side Connectors Front Side Connectors CHAPTER 4 POWER MANAGEMENT Power Management Power Saving Modes Power Saving Tips When to Replace the Battery Heat Considerations CHAPTER 5 USING THE BIOS SETUP UTILITY Using the BIOS Setup Utility Navigating and Entering Information in BIOS The Main Menu Standard CMOS Setup © 2003 AVERATEC, Inc. Standard Feature Description Advanced CMOS Setup Power Management Auto-Detect Hard Disk Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings Exiting and Saving APPENDIX A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Frequently Asked Questions APPENDIX B STATEMENTS Statements European Notice UL CAUTION Canadian Department of Communications Battery Disposal CAUTION FOR ADAPTER BATTERY CAUTION CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT © 2003 AVERATEC, Inc. Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction -- Getting Started Getting Started Congratulations on your purchase of a notebook computer!Your new notebook features the most innovative advances in portable computing technology. It combines state-of-the-art ergonomics with sophisticated architecture to provide you with a personal computer that is compact, powerful, and easy to use. Designed for a wide range of general, business, and personal productivity applications, the notebook is an ideal choice for use in the office, at home, and on the road. [. . . ] Fax/modem RJ-11 Jack The fax/modem can transmit data using the 56 Kbps V. 90 protocol, and send and receive faxes at 14. 4 Kbps. In some countries, local regulations may not permit the use of the fax/modem designed for this system. In this case, you may use a PCMCIA modem. Warning: Plug your modem into an analog telephone jack only. Do not use digital lines, such as the PBX and ISDN systems found in many offices. Digital lines may damage your modem. © 2003 AVERATEC, Inc. Making Connections -- Front Side Connectors Front Side Connectors * Figure of notebook above may not be representative of actual product. Audio-out Jack Connect a stereo headset or external speakers to this jack to listen to multimedia. 2. Microphone-in Jack Connect a microphone this jack to record audio. © 2003 AVERATEC, Inc. Chapter 4 Power Management Power Management -- Power Management Power Management Battery Calibration The first time you use a battery, you should calibrate it. This allows the Windows battery gauge to accurately monitor battery status. Restart the computer and when the startup screen appears, press Del key to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. In the BIOS Setup Utility, select Power Management Setup , choose Battery Auto Calibration, then press <Fn + PgDn>. Please make sure that AC adapter & Battery are present? Would you to do battery auto-learning?Press <Y> at the above Battery Auto Calibration dialog to begin the battery calibration. Battery Calibration will take from 8 to 10 hours, depending on how much power the battery may already contain. Note: For optimum performance, we recommend calibrating the battery again every three months. Each time you charge and discharge a battery, it loses a tiny part of its storage capacity, so that, over time, it will store less than its potential charge. Similarly, if you do not use the battery for a few days, it will slowly self-discharge, and when it is recharged, it will hold less than 100% of the potential charge. © 2003 AVERATEC, Inc. Power Management -- Power Management Monitoring Battery Power There are two ways to monitor how much power the battery has left. Click start/Settings/Control Panel/Power Options; then click Power Meter. Moving the cursor to the battery icon on the taskbar is the simplest way to check on battery power status. If you do not see the battery icon, enable it in Start/Settings/Control Panel/Power Options. Choose the Advanced tab and click "Always show icon on the taskbar. " Low Battery Alarms How your computer responds to a low battery condition is set under Start/Settings/Control Panel/Power Options/Alarms. Two different power alarms can be enabled or disabled: the Low Battery Alarm, and the Critical Battery Alarm. Use the slidebar to set the power level at which the alarms are activated. Click on the Alarm Action button to choose whether the alarm sounds, displays a message, or both. Warning: When battery power is low, the battery indicator will flash red, and the alarm will beep or display a warning on your screen. Take immediate action, such as saving files or connecting to the AC adapter, or data may be lost. When the computer alerts you that the battery is low, immediately do one of the following: © 2003 AVERATEC, Inc. Power Management -- Power Saving Modes · · · · Connect the AC power adapter Save your work, and suspend to disk <Fn> + <F4> Save your work, then select Shut Down from the Start menu Turn off or suspend the computer and replace the discharged battery with a charged battery (See Changing the Battery below). Do not restart the computer until you have connected to an AC adapter, or replaced the discharged battery with a charged battery. Battery Charging When you use the AC adapter to connect your Notebook to a power outlet, the internal battery will automatically begin to recharge. While the battery is charging, the Battery Charge icon on the Indicator panel will be active. [. . . ] If the trouble is causing harm to the telephone network, the telephone company may request you remove the equipment from the network until the problem is resolved. The equipment cannot be used on public coin service provided by the telephone company. (Contact the state public utility commission, public service commission or corporation commission for information. ) The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 marks it unlawful for any person to use a computer or other electronic device, including fax machines, to send any message unless such message clearly contains in a margin at the top or bottom of each transmitted page or on the first page of the transmission, the date and time it is sent and an identification of the business or other entity, or other individual sending the message and the telephone number of the sending machine or such business, other entity, or individual. (The telephone number provided may not be a 900 number or any other number for which charges exceed local or long-distance transmission charges. ) To program this information, refer to the manual of the communication software. © AVERATEC, Inc. Appendix B -- Statements European Notice Products with the CE Marking comply with both the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the Commission of the European Community. [. . . ]