HP TC1100 - Compaq Tablet PC User guide

Startup Guide
HP Tablet PC Series
Document Part Number: 334201-001
October 2003
This guide explains how to set up your hardware and software,
begin using the tablet PC and an external tablet PC keyboard,
maintain your tablet PC, troubleshoot problems, and contact
HP Customer Care if you need assistance. The last chapter
introduces you to the exterior features of the tablet PC and the
tablet PC keyboard.
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© 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The
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herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall
not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
Startup Guide
HP Tablet PC Series
First Edition October 2003
Reference Number: TC1100/TR1105
Document Part Number: 334201-001
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Startup Guide iii
Using This Guide
This preface explains how to interpret the symbols and text styles
in your tablet PC documentation.
Warnings, Cautions and Notes
Warnings and cautions contain important information that can
protect you, your work, and your system. Always read warnings
and cautions.
Notes contain additional information about a topic. Some notes
provide basic information for inexperienced users. Others provide
technical information for advanced users.
The following icons identify warnings, cautions, and notes.
ÅWARNING: The information in a warning protects against bodily
harm or loss of life.
ÄCAUTION: The information in a caution protects against damage to
your work, your tablet PC, or an optional external device.
✎The information in a note provides supplementary details for
inexperienced or advanced users.
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Using This Guide
Text Styles
Some text in your tablet PC documentation is styled
typographically to help you interpret the information it contains.
For example, keyboard keys are styled like this: shift. Buttons that
display on the screen are styled like this: Next button.
The following table identifies and explains the text styles used in
your tablet PC documentation.
Style Explanation
keys Identifies a key, such as enter, on an external
keyboard.
A plus sign (+) between 2 or more keys indicates
that they are a key combination.
To use most key combinations, press and hold the
first key, press and hold each succeeding key, then
release all the keys simultaneously. Unless you are
instructed to do so, do not press the keys in a key
combination simultaneously.
commands Identifies characters you are asked to type. For
example, to visit the HP Web site, you would type
http://www.hp.com into the address field on your
Web browser.
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Contents
Using This Guide
1 Setting Up the Tablet PC
Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with a Tablet PC
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Opening the Portfolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Opening the Tablet PC and Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Inserting the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
Securing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10
Setting Up the Tablet PC and Keyboard as a
Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11
Connecting the Tablet PC to External Power . . . . . 1–15
Turning On the Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–17
Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with a Standard USB
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19
Opening the Portfolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20
Inserting the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–21
Securing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–22
Connecting a Standard USB Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 1–24
Connecting the Tablet PC to External Power . . . . . 1–25
Turning On the Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–27
Setting Up the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–28
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Contents
Setting Up the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–30
Entering Information with the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–30
Calibrating the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–32
Using the Pen Holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–33
Selecting Regional Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–33
Selecting Regional Settings in a Multilingual
User Interface (MUI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–34
Selecting Screen Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–34
Setting Up Wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–35
Using Wireless Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–35
Setting Up Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–38
Turning Off the Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–38
Using the Tablet PC Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–39
2 Beginning to Use the Tablet PC
Getting Information About the Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Taking the Product Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Accessing Operating System Documentation . . . . . . 2–1
Obtaining Modem and Network Information . . . . . . 2–2
Using the Documentation Library CD. . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Installing Optional Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Using Portfolios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Detaching the Portfolio from the Keyboard . . . . . . . 2–8
Attaching the Portfolio to the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 2–9
Detaching the Portfolio from the Tablet PC . . . . . . 2–10
Attaching the Portfolio to the Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . 2–11
Using the Tablet PC Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12
Attaching the Tablet PC to the Keyboard . . . . . . . . 2–12
Adjusting the Tablet PC and Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . 2–14
Closing the Tablet PC and Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15
Transporting the Tablet PC and Keyboard . . . . . . . 2–16
Detaching the Tablet PC from the Keyboard . . . . . 2–17
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3 Maintaining and Protecting the Tablet PC
Cleaning the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
Protecting the Tablet PC from Power Surges . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Protecting the Tablet PC Against Viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Replacing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Removing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Inserting a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6
Finding More Power and Battery Pack
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8
4 Solving Problems
Quick Solutions Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Is the Tablet PC Receiving Power? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Is the Tablet PC Turned On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Is the Tablet PC in Standby or Hibernation?. . . . . . . 4–3
Is the Tablet PC Overheating?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Is the Image Not Visible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Is the System Unresponsive?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
Is an External Device Not Working?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Are You Using All Available Documentation?. . . . . 4–6
Is Software Functioning Abnormally? . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Using HP Help and Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Preparing to Call HP Customer Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
Taking the Tablet PC to a Service Provider . . . . . . 4–10
5 Identifying Exterior Hardware
Pen Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Tablet PC Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
Front: Lights and Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
Front: Pen-Activated Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Right Side: Power Switch and Power/Standby
Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
Right Side: Display Toggle and
Windows Security Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
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Contents
Right Side: Esc, Tab and Q Menu Buttons . . . . . . . . 5–6
Right Side: Jog Dial and Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7
Lower Side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8
Left Side: Attachment Slots and Keyboard
Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–9
Left Side: Security Cable Slot, Vent and
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10
Top: Connectors and Jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11
Top: Pen Holder and LAN Connection Lights . . . . 5–12
Top: Card Slots, Buttons and Tether Eyelet . . . . . . 5–13
Back: Attachment Features and Hard
Drive Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–14
Back: Battery Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–15
Back: Memory and mini PCI Compartment . . . . . . 5–16
Back: Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17
Back: Tilt Feet and Pad Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
Additional Tablet PC Standard Components . . . . . . . . . 5–19
Documentation CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–19
Cord and Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–20
Adapters and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21
Tablet PC Keyboard Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–22
Front: Lights and Pointing Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–22
Front: Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–23
Front: Positioning and Security Features. . . . . . . . . 5–24
Top. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–25
Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–26
Additional Keyboard Standard Component . . . . . . 5–27
Index
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Startup Guide 1–1
1
Setting Up the Tablet PC
This chapter provides information about setting up the tablet PC.
The tablet PC must be set up initially with a keyboard, which may
be either the tablet PC keyboard or a standard USB keyboard.
This chapter also provides instructions for setting up the tablet PC
software, the pen, and the wireless device(s).
For Information About These
Topics: Refer to These Sections:
Setting up the tablet PC
hardware When setting up with a Tablet PC Keyboard:
“Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with
a Tablet PC Keyboard”
When setting up with a standard
USB Keyboard:
“Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with
a Standard USB Keyboard”
Setting up the tablet PC
software “Setting Up the Software”
Setting up and using the
tablet pen “Setting Up the Pen”
Wireless LAN and Bluetooth
Configuration “Setting Up Wireless LAN”
Safety “Using the Tablet PC Safely”
Troubleshooting Chapter 4, “Solving Problems”
Tablet PC buttons and other
hardware components Chapter 5, “Identifying Exterior Hardware”
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Setting Up the Tablet PC
Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with a
Tablet PC Keyboard
During the hardware setup, you will:
■Unzip and open the portfolio that contains the tablet PC and
tablet PC keyboard.
■Insert the battery pack into the tablet PC, so that the battery
pack can charge.
ÄCAUTION: To prevent unsuccessful software installations or
modifications, do not run the tablet PC on the battery pack while you
are setting up or modifying system software.
■Position the tablet PC and keyboard, so that the system can be
used as a notebook.
■Connect the tablet PC to external power.
■Turn on the tablet PC.
For detailed instructions on these tasks, refer to the following
pages in this section.
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Setting Up the Tablet PC
Startup Guide 1–3
Before You Begin
To set up the tablet PC, tablet PC keyboard, and battery pack, you
need the:
1Portfolio, containing the tablet PC and the tablet PC keyboard
2Battery pack
3AC adapter
4Power cord
✎If you are setting up the tablet PC without a tablet PC keyboard,
see “Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with a Standard USB
Keyboard,” later in this chapter.
Identifying setup hardware (AC adapters and power cords vary by
region)
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1–4 Startup Guide
Setting Up the Tablet PC
Opening the Portfolio
To access the tablet PC and keyboard for hardware setup, unzip
and open the portfolio, but do not detach it. The portfolio protects
the screen and keyboard during the setup process.
Unzipping the Portfolio
1. Place the portfolio containing the tablet PC and keyboard
on a flat surface near an electrical outlet.
2. Unzip the portfolio.
Opening the Portfolio
Open the portfolio so that it lies flat.
Opening the portfolio
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Setting Up the Tablet PC
Startup Guide 1–5
Opening the Tablet PC and Keyboard
The tablet PC and keyboard are latched in the closed position on
shipment.
To open the tablet PC and keyboard without detaching the
tablet PC from the keyboard:
1. Turn the assembly (the portfolio, tablet PC, and keyboard)
so that the empty side of the portfolio is facing away
from you.
2. Push the keyboard latch firmly to the left to unlock the
tablet PC from the keyboard 1. Then slide and hold
the keyboard latch to the left as you raise the edge of the
tablet PC that is facing you 2.
3. Continue raising the edge of the tablet PC until the tablet PC
is perpendicular to the keyboard, with the back of the
tablet PC facing you.
Unlatching and opening the tablet PC and keyboard
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Setting Up the Tablet PC
Inserting the Battery Pack
Insert the battery pack into the back of the tablet PC.
1. To position the assembly (the portfolio, tablet PC, and
tablet PC keyboard) for the insertion:
a. Turn the assembly so the tablet PC screen and the empty
side of the portfolio face toward your left.
Positioning the assembly for the battery pack insertion
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Setting Up the Tablet PC
Startup Guide 1–7
b. Tilt the assembly toward the left side of the portfolio until
the tablet PC screen is face down and the keyboard is
perpendicular to the tablet PC.
Tilting the assembly so the screen is face down
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Setting Up the Tablet PC
2. Align the 2 rectangular tabs 1on the battery pack with
the 2 rectangular alignment slots 2on the battery bay of the
tablet PC.
Aligning the battery pack tabs with the battery bay alignment slots
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Setting Up the Tablet PC
Startup Guide 1–9
3. Insert the 2 alignment tabs on the battery pack into the
2 alignment slots on the battery bay of the tablet PC 1.
4. Tilt the battery pack downward until it snaps into place 2.
Inserting the battery pack
The battery pack begins to charge as soon as the tablet PC is
connected to external power. Instructions for connecting the
tablet PC to external power are provided later in this section.
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1–10 Startup Guide
Setting Up the Tablet PC
Securing a Battery Pack
Use the battery pack security screw to hold the battery pack in
place, and to protect against theft of the battery pack.
A battery pack security screw ships inside the battery bay.
Inserting a Battery Pack Security Screw
To secure the battery pack in the battery bay with a battery pack
security screw:
1. Insert the battery pack into the battery bay as instructed in
“Inserting the Battery Pack,” earlier in this section.
2. Insert a battery pack security screw through the battery pack
case and into the tablet PC.
Inserting a battery pack security screw
✎The purpose of security solutions is to act as a deterrent. These
solutions do not prevent the product from being mishandled or
stolen.
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Setting Up the Tablet PC
Startup Guide 1–11
Setting Up the Tablet PC and Keyboard as a
Notebook
To set up the tablet PC and keyboard as a notebook:
1. With the tablet PC keyboard perpendicular to the tablet PC
and facing away from you (as shown below), tilt the keyboard
downward until the keyboard is lying flat and facing you. The
tablet PC will be perpendicular to the keyboard, with the back
of the tablet PC facing you.
Tilting the tablet PC and keyboard toward the notebook position
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Setting Up the Tablet PC
2. Turn the assembly (tablet PC, portfolio, and keyboard) so that
the keyboard and the back of the tablet PC face you.
Turning the assembly so that the keyboard and the back of the
tablet PC face you
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