Compaq iPAQ IA-2 User manual

COMPAQ IPAQ HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE IA-2—GETTING STARTED LEGALNOTICE
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LEGAL NOTICE COMPAQ IPAQ HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE IA-2—GETTING STARTED

Compaq iPAQ Home Internet Applian e IA-2—Getting Started CONTENTS i
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Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Who Should Read this Guide?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Using Your Appliance Getting Started Guide . . . . . . . . 1-2
Symbols Used in his Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Symbol Information Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Special ext Used in his Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4
ext Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4
Safety ips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Safe Use of Your Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
he Safety and Comfort Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-6
Caring for Your iPAQ Home Internet Appliance . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Appliance Care and Additional Safety Precautions . . . 1-7
Where Can I Find More Information? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-8
Accessing the Compaq Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-8
Contents

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Chapter 2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
Your iPAQ Home Internet Appliance at a Glance . . . . . . . . 2-2
What’ s in Front? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
What’ s in Back? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
What’ s on the Right Side? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Keyboard Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Understanding the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
he Left Side of the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
he Right Side of the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
How Do I Use the Internet Buttons on the
Left Side of the Keyboard? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
How Do I Use the Internet Buttons on the
Right Side of the Keyboard? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Using the Print Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Meet the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
What’ s on the Scroll Mouse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Using the Scroll Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11
Drag and Drop Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Display Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Appliance Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
On Screen Display Controls (OSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Adjusting Contrast and Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

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Chapter 3 Getting Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Introducing the MSN Companion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
What is the MSN Companion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Understanding the oolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Buttons and Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4
MSN Companion Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Let’ s Sign On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Confirm Member Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Choose a New Member Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-6
Select Your ime Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Verify Internet Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
You’ re Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-9
Chapter 4 Welcome to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1
What is the Internet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2
What Is the Web? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2
What Do I Need in Order to Surf the Web? . . . . . . . . . .4-2
Internet Addresses (URLs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3
What Is a URL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3
Screen Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4
Moving Around the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4
Hyperlinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5
What is a Hyperlink? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5
What Does a Hyperlink Look Like? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5

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Start Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6
What’ s On the Start Page? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6
he Browser oolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Understanding the oolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Search Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
What is a Search Engine? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9
Why Am I Getting an Error Message? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9
Chapter 5 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1
E-mail Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
What Is E-mail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
E-mail Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Understanding E-mail Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
E-mail Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Writing and Sending an E-mail Message . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
How Do I Get My Mail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Accessing My Mail from the oolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
E-mail Attachments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Sending a Link Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Reading or Viewing an E-mail Attachment . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
ypes of Attachments You Can Receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Personalizing E-mail Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Electronic Body Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Internet Etiquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Rules of the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

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Chapter Online Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1
E-Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-2
What Is E-Commerce? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-2
Online Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-3
What Is a Secure Web Site? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-3
How Do I Recognize a Secure Web Site? . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-3
Know the Seller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Check Before You Buy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Keep Good Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-5
What Records Should I Keep? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-5
ips for Safe Online Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Shopping Safely on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Let’ s Go Shopping! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7
Shopping Online— How Is It Done? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7
Online Stores— What do they look like? . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7
ab Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
ables of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Pictures and Colored ext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Search Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Drop-Down Selection Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Chapter 7 Changing Your Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

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Chapter 8 Options and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
Connecting the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
How Do I Connect the Mouse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Connecting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Connecting External Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
How Do I Connect External Speakers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Chapter 9 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Where Do I Find Help?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
MSN™ Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Compaq Help and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
roubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4
Contacting Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4
Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-6
Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8
Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
elecom Network Approvals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
elephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Index

COMPAQ IPAQ HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE IA-2—GETTING STARTED INTRODUCTION 1-1
In This Chapter
Who Should Read this
Guide?, 1-2
Symbols Used in This
Guide, 1-3
Special Text Used in This
Guide, 1-4
Sa ety Tips, 1-5
Caring or Your iPAQ Home
Internet Appliance, 1-7
Where Can I Find More
In ormation?, 1-8
Congratulations on the
purchase of your new
Compaq iPAQ Home
Internet Appliance IA-2!
The Appliance brings the
con enience and utility of
the Internet and e-mail
right to your fingertips.
Stay in touch with family
and friends, get the information you need when you need it,
shop from the con enience of your home, and keep informed
about the community and the world. Your Compaq iPAQ
Home Internet Appliance automatically updates periodically,
ensuring the best user experience a ailable. In fact, your
Appliance actually will get better o er time!
This guide will help you:
➜Get acquainted with the features of your iPAQ Home
Internet Appliance.
➜Maintain your iPAQ Home Internet Appliance and sol e
problems if they occur.
1
Introduction

1-2 INTRODUCTION COMPAQ IPAQ HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE IA-2—GETTING STARTED
Who Should
Read this
Guide?
This guide is designed for
people who are just
beginning to in estigate the
Internet and the
con enience of e-mail.
For more information, see
online Help.
Note: The Internet is onstantly
hanging. The images of Web
pages found throughout this guide
are for demonstration purposes
only and represent ontent
available at the time of publi ation.
A tual Web sites will vary.
See also ...
Who Should Read this Guide?
Using Your Appliance Getting Started
Guide
This easy-to-use guide helps you find the information you
want as quickly as possible. The page layout allows you to see
at a glance how the information is organized.You can read
from co er to co er to learn basic information about your
iPAQ Home Internet Appliance, or you can scan the guide for
information on a specific topic.
The left column lists the most important topics. It explains
what the topic is and why it is important to you. This column
also contains warnings and useful tips and tells you about
other reference materials.
The right column explains how to perform a procedure. It
contains step-by-step instructions.
Graphics help you isualize the task and alidate what you are
doing, as you do it. Detailed graphics may span both columns.