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Contents
Contents
Innovativetechnology ................................................................. 7
Furtherinformation ...................................................................... 7
Notational conventions .................................................................. 8
Portsandcontrols ..................................................................... 9
Importantnotes ........................................................................ 12
Safetynotes ............................................................................ 12
Additional safety notes for devices with radio components . . . . . ............................. 13
Energysaving .......................................................................... 13
Energy saving under Windows ....................................................... 13
Travellingwithyournotebook ............................................................ 14
Beforeyoutravel ................................................................... 14
Notebook:transporting ............................................................... 14
Cleaningthenotebook .................................................................. 15
First-time setup ofyourdevice ......................................................... 16
Unpacking and checkingthedevice ...................................................... 16
Selectingalocation ..................................................................... 17
Mains adapter connecting ............................................................... 17
Switchingonthedevice for the firsttime .................................................. 18
Workingwiththenotebook ............................................................ 19
Statusindicators ........................................................................ 19
Switching on the notebook . . . . ........................................................... 21
Notebook: switching off .................................................................. 21
Keyboard ............................................................................... 22
Virtualnumerickeypad .............................................................. 24
Separate numeric keypad (device-dependent) . ........................................ 25
Keycombinations ................................................................... 25
Country and keyboard settings ....................................................... 27
Touchpadandtouchpadbuttons .......................................................... 27
Movingthepointer .................................................................. 27
Selectinganitem .................................................................... 28
Executing commands . . . . . ........................................................... 28
Draggingitems ...................................................................... 28
SwitchingtheTouchpadonandoff .................................................... 28
LCDscreen ............................................................................ 29
Webcam ............................................................................... 30
Rechargeablebattery ................................................................... 30
Charging,caringforandmaintainingthebattery ....................................... 31
Removingandinstallingthebattery ................................................... 31
Opticaldrive ............................................................................ 33
Handlingdatacarriers ............................................................... 33
CD/DVDindicator ................................................................... 34
Insertingorremovingadatacarrier ................................................... 34
Manual removal (emergency removal) . . . . ............................................ 35
Usingthepower-managementfeatures ................................................... 36
Memorycards .......................................................................... 37
Supported formats .................................................................. 37
Insertingthememorycard ........................................................... 37
Removingthememorycard .......................................................... 38
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