Diamond PCA46 User manual

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# 0! ""@!"$!
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8#
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 $ '$'
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Table of Contents
ABOUT YOUR NOTEBOOK COMPUTER........................................ 13
ABOUT YOUR USER GUIDE............................................................... 14
1INTRODUCTION............................................................................. 19
1.1 F EATURE H IGHLIGHT ..................................................................... 20
1.2 U NPACKING THE C OMPUTER .......................................................... 22
1.3 T HE I NSIDE OF THE N OTEBOOK ...................................................... 23
Notebook Status Icons .................................................................. 26
The Function of Easy Sensor Bar ................................................. 27
1.4 T HE R EAR S IDE OF THE N OTEBOOK ............................................... 29
1.5 T HE L EFT S IDE OF THE N OTEBOOK ................................................ 30
1.6 T HE R IGHT S IDE OF THE N OTEBOOK .............................................. 31
1.7 T HE U NDERSIDE OF THE N OTEBOOK .............................................. 33
1.8 N OTEBOOK A CCESSORIES .............................................................. 35
2GETTING STARTED ...................................................................... 37
2.1 U SING THE B ATTERY P ACK ............................................................ 38
Extending Battery Life .................................................................. 40
2.2 C ONNECTING THE AC P OWER S OURCE .......................................... 41
2.3 S TARTING Y OUR C OMPUTER ......................................................... 42
2.4 A DJUSTING THE D ISPLAY C ONTROLS ............................................. 43
2.5 I NSTALLING THE N OTEBOOK D EVICE D RIVERS .............................. 43
Installing Windows XP from Optical Disk Drive............................. 44
driver installation note:................................................................ 44
Installing the Chipset Driver ........................................................ 44
Installing the VGA Device Driver................................................. 45
Installing the Audio Device Driver............................................... 45
Installing The IRST Driver ........................................................... 46

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Installing the Modem Device Driver (optional) ........................... 47
Installing Touch Pad Device Driver............................................. 47
Installing the LAN Device Driver................................................. 48
Installing Hotkey Driver And Utility ............................................ 48
Installing Wireless LAN Device Driver........................................ 49
Installing the Wireless LAN and Bluetooth Driver And Utility.... 49
Installing the Camera Utility........................................................ 52
Installing the Fingerprint Driver And Utility (optional).............. 53
Installing the 3G Card Driver And Utility (optional) .................. 54
Installing MEI Device Driver....................................................... 54
Installing Card reader Device Utility .......................................... 55
2.6 T URNING OFF Y OUR C OMPUTER .................................................... 55
3USING YOUR NOTEBOOK........................................................... 57
3.1 S TARTING Y OUR O PERATING S YSTEM ........................................... 58
3.2 U NDERSTANDING THE K EYBOARD F UNCTIONS .............................. 58
Basic Keyboard Functions ........................................................... 60
Cursor Control Keys .................................................................... 62
Screen Control Keys..................................................................... 62
Windows Hot Keys........................................................................ 63
Special Function Keys .................................................................. 63
3.3 U SING THE T OUCHPAD P OINTING D EVICES ...................................... 65
Using the Finger Print Device (optional)....................................... 65
Using the Touchpad Pointing Device ............................................. 65
3.4 C ONFIGURING Y OUR S CREEN D ISPLAY ......................................... 67
Possible Display Configurations.................................................. 68
Changing the Display Properties under Windows........................... 68
3.5 K NOWING THE P OWER S AVING F EATURES ..................................... 69
3.6 W ORKING WITH THE B UILT - IN HDD................................................ 70
3.7 H
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3.8 U SING F LASH M EMORY C ARDS ..................................................... 72

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What is Flash Memory Card?....................................................... 72
3.9 U SING SIM CARD ( OPTIONAL ) ....................................................... 74
4CONNECTING TO PERIPHERALS ............................................. 77
4.1 U SING THE USB P ORT ................................................................... 78
4.2 U SING AN E XTERNAL M ONITOR P ORT .................................................. 79
4.3 U SING THE HDMI P ORT ................................................................ 80
4.4 U SING THE E XTERNAL A UDIO S YSTEM .......................................... 81
4.5 U SING THE LAN P ORT ................................................................... 83
4.6 U SING THE M ODEM P ORT ( OPTIONAL ) ........................................... 84
4.7 U SING THE W IRELESS LAN ........................................................... 85
5CUSTOMIZING YOUR NOTEBOOK ............................................. 87
5.1 R UNNING THE BIOS S ETUP P ROGRAM ........................................... 88
5.2 U SING THE M AIN M ENU S ETUP ..................................................... 90
5.2.1 Internal Optical Drive Sub-Menu ....................................... 92
5.2.2 Internal HDD Sub-Menu ................................................... 93
5.2.3 External SATA Sub-Menu .................................................. 94
5.3 U SING THE A DVANCED CMOS S ETUP ........................................... 95
5.4 S ECURITY M ENU S ETUP ................................................................. 96
5.5 U SING THE B OOT S ETUP ................................................................ 98
5.6 H OW TO E XIT THE S ETUP P ROGRAM .............................................. 99
6CARING FOR YOUR NOTEBOOK ............................................ 101
6.1 I MPORTANT S AFETY I NSTRUCTIONS ............................................. 102
6.2 C LEANING Y OUR C OMPUTER ....................................................... 104
6.3 M AINTAINING THE LCD Q UALITY ............................................... 104
6.4 M AINTAINING Y OUR H ARD D ISK ................................................. 105
6.5 B ATTERY C ARE G UIDELINES ....................................................... 106
6.6 W
HEN Y OU T RAVEL .................................................................... 107
APPENDIX A SYSTEM SPECIFICATION...................................... 109

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Processor Unit............................................................................ 110
System Memory........................................................................... 110
LCD Display............................................................................... 110
VGA System ................................................................................ 110
Storage........................................................................................ 111
Audio System .............................................................................. 111
Touchpad..................................................................................... 111
Keyboard .................................................................................... 111
Flash BIOS ................................................................................. 112
I/O Ports ..................................................................................... 112
WebCam ..................................................................................... 112
Wireless devices.......................................................................... 112
AC/DC Power Supply Adapter ................................................... 112
Battery ........................................................................................ 112
Weight and Dimensi on .............................................................. 113
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