Hardware and Software Guide

Hardware and Software Guide

HP Notebook Series

Document Part Number: 383160-001

May 2005

This guide explains how to identify, access, and use most of the hardware and software features available on your notebook. Modem information is not included in this guide.

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Hardware and Software Guide HP Notebook Series First Edition May 2005 Reference Number: dv1000 Document Part Number: 383160-001

Contents

1 Component ID

Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?2 Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?2 TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?3 Power Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?4 DVD Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?5 Music Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?6 Media Controls--Media Activity Buttons . . . . . . . . 1?7 Media Controls--Volume, Back and OK Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?8 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?9 Wireless Lights and Button (Select Models Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?10 Wireless Antennae (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . 1?11

Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?12 Speakers, Jacks Display Release Button and Infrared Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?12 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?13

Rear Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?14 Left-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?15

Ports and Jacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?15 PC Card Slot and Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?16 Vent and Security Cable Slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?17 Right-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?18 Ports and Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?18 Digital Media Slot Components and Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?19

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Bottom Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?20 Mini PCI and Memory Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 1?20 Bays, Battery Latch and Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?21

Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?22 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?22 Optical Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?23 Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1?23

2 Keyboard and TouchPad

TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?2 Identifying TouchPad Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?2 Using the TouchPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?3 Setting TouchPad Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?3

Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?5 Identifying Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?5 Hotkey Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?6 Using Hotkey Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?7 Using Hotkey Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?7

Media Controls Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?13 Finding DVD and Music Button Information . . . . . 2?14 Finding Media Activity Button Information . . . . . . 2?14 Finding Volume Button Information. . . . . . . . . . . . 2?14

Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?15 Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 2?15 Using an External Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . 2?17

3 Power

Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?2 Selecting a Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?2 Switching Between Battery and External Power. . . . 3?3

Power Control and Light Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?4

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Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Overviews . . . . . . . 3?5 Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?5 Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?7 Leaving Your Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?9 Interference with Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?10

Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Procedures. . . . . . 3?10 Turning the Notebook On or Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?11 Initiating or Resuming from Standby . . . . . . . . . . . 3?12 Initiating or Restoring from Hibernation. . . . . . . . . 3?13 Using Emergency Turn Off Procedures . . . . . . . . . 3?14

Power Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?15 Using Power Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?15 Setting a Standby Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?16 Setting Other Power Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?16

Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?18 Charging a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?18 Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . 3?19 Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?21 Calibrating a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?22 Conserving Battery Pack Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?26 Replacing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?28 Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?30 Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3?30

4 Multimedia

Volume Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4?1 Internal Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4?3 External Audio Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4?4

Using the Audio-In (Microphone) Jack. . . . . . . . . . . 4?4 Using the Audio-Out (Headphone) Jacks . . . . . . . . . 4?5 External Video Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4?6 Connecting an S-Video Device (Select Models Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4?6 Displaying a Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4?8

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