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Switches and Status Indicators
Switches
Getting Started
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Power4Gear eXtreme Key
The Power4Gear eXtreme key toggles power savings between various power saving modes. The power saving modes control many aspects of the Notebook PC to maximize performance versus battery time. Applying or removing the power adapter will automatically switch the system between AC mode and battery mode. The selected mode is shown on the display.
Email Launch Key
Pressing this button will launch your Email application while Windows is running.
Internet Launch Key
Pressing this button will launch your Internet browser application while Windows is running.
Touchpad Lock Key
Pressing this button will lock (disable) the built-in touchpad. Locking the touchpad will prevent you from accidentally moving the cursor while typing and is best used with an external mouse (pointing device).
To unlock (enable) the touchpad, simply press this button again.
Power Switch
The power switch turns ON and OFF the Notebook PC or putting the Notebook PC into sleep or hibernation modes. Actual behavior of the power switch can be customized in Windows
Control Panel “Power Options.”
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Switches and Status Indicators (cont.)
Switches (cont.)
Multimedia Control Keys
The multimedia control keys allows for convenient controlling of the multimedia application. The following defines the meaning of each multimedia control key on the Notebook PC.
CD Play/Pause
During CD stop, begins CD play.
During CD play, pauses CD play.
CD Stop
During CD stop: Ejects the CD tray.
During CD play: Stops CD play.
CD Skip to Previous Track (Rewind) & Audio Volume Down
During CD play, this button has two functions:
Track: The first push will restart the current track. Second push will skip to the previous track.
Audio: Hold down to decrease audio volume.
CD Skip to Next Track (Fast Forward) & Audio Volume Up
During CD play, this button has two functions:
Track: Push once to skip to the next track during CD playing.
Audio: Hold down to increase audio volume.
Audio Volume Controls
Fn + Speaker Icons (F10): Toggles the audio volume ON and OFF
Fn + Down Speaker Icon (F11): Decreases the audio volume
Fn + Up Speaker Icon (F12): Increases the audio volume
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Table of contents
- 6 About This User’s Manual
- 6 Notes For This Manual
- 9 Preparing your Notebook PC
- 12 Top Side
- 14 Bottom Side
- 16 Right Side
- 18 Left Side
- 19 Front Side
- 20 Rear Side
- 24 Power System
- 24 Using AC Power
- 25 Using Battery Power
- 25 Battery Care
- 26 Powering ON the Notebook PC
- 26 The Power-On Self Test (POST)
- 27 Checking Battery Power
- 27 Charging the Battery Pack
- 28 Power Options
- 29 Power Management Modes
- 29 Sleep and Hibernate
- 29 Thermal Power Control
- 30 Special Keyboard Functions
- 30 Colored Hot Keys
- 32 Microsoft Windows Keys
- 32 Keyboard as a Numeric Keypad
- 32 Keyboard as Cursors
- 33 Switches and Status Indicators
- 33 Switches
- 35 Status Indicators
- 40 Pointing Device
- 40 Using the Touchpad
- 41 Touchpad Usage Illustrations
- 42 Caring for the Touchpad
- 42 Automatic Touchpad Disabling (Synaptics)
- 43 Gaming Optical Mouse (on selected models)
- 45 Storage Devices
- 45 Expansion Card
- 46 Optical Drive
- 48 Flash Memory Card Reader
- 49 Hard Disk Drive
- 50 Memory (RAM)
- 51 Connections
- 51 Modem Connection
- 52 Network Connection
- 53 Wireless LAN Connection (on selected models)
- 54 Windows Wireless Network Connection
- 55 Bluetooth Wireless Connection (on selected models)
- 56 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) (on selected models)