Acer AcerNote 950 manual

Getting Started 1-1 Chapter 1 Getting Started This chapter introduc es this m ultim edia notebook and gives f irst-tim e operating instruc tions. 1.1 Overv iew This s y stem supports the Intel Pentium™ pr ocessor, pac king the proc essing power of a multimedia des ktop PC into a c om pact, slim and lightweight notebook suitable for use on the roa[...]

1-2 User’s M anual An innovative feature of the notebook is the palm rest. Loc ated below the keyboard, it provides am ple palm space f or your ty ping com fort in any work environm ent. The touc hpad, centrally located in the palm res t, res ponds to precise finger m ovem ents, m aking it eas y to control c ursor m ovement under graphical user e[...]

Getting Started 1-3 1.2 Item Checklist Remove all items from the carton and save the pack ing m aterials for future use. If any of the following item s are m issing or dam aged, contact your dealer im m ediately. • The notebook com puter • AC adapter 1 (includes power cord and DC-in cable) • Battery pack • Manuals (includes quick guide and [...]

1-4 User’s M anual 1.3 LCD Displ ay The system supports four differ ent LCD display configurations as s hown in Table 1-1. Table 1-1 LCD Display Configurations Ty pe Size Resolution DualScan STN color 10.4-inch 640 x 480, 256 colors DualScan STN color 10.4-inch 800 x 600, 256 colors TFT color (active matrix) 10.4-inch 640 x 480, 64K colors TFT co[...]

Getting Started 1-5 A mic roswitch, located near the LCD c over hinge, detec ts the opening and closing of the LCD display. The LCD back light goes off w hen you close the display w ithout turning of f the s ystem power. Reopening the dis play turns on the back light again. If you connect an external monitor to the system, you can still view the di[...]

1-6 User’s M anual 1.4 Front Panel The f ront panel has three bays that house r emovable com ponents. T hese include the storage bay , the accessory bay and the power bay. Figure 1-3 shows the front panel. 1 Storage Bay 2 Accessor y Bay 3 Power Bay Figure 1-3 Front Panel Front Panel Features n Storage bay This bay houses a 2.5-inc h hard disk dri[...]

Getting Started 1-7 Module Installation and Sw apping To rem ove a m odule: Release the bay lock of the bay you want to remove the module fr om . Pull the module out of the bay. The AC adapter and CD-RO M drive have built-in lock s on the units them selves. Turn the power off before installing or removing a module. The system MUST NOT be in standby[...]

1-8 User’s M anual Table 1-2 lis ts all pos sible m odule com binations. Table 1-2 M odule-Bay Combinations Storage Bay Accessory B ay Power Ba y HDD module HDD module HDD module HDD module HDD module HDD module HDD module FDD module FDD module FDD module CD-RO M module CD-RO M module Extended NiM H battery Extended NiM H battery NiMH battery Ada[...]

Getting Started 1-9 1.5 Rear Panel The rear panel consis ts of per ipheral connector s. Open the port c over to access the CRT, s erial, parallel and expansion por ts. T he rear panel als o includes other ports and connector s. Figure 1-5 s hows the rear panel. 1 Serial inf rared port 4 Parallel port 2 External CRT port 5 Serial port 3 Expansi on c[...]

1-10 User’s M anual W hen connecting a port replicator or c onnecting the notebook to a dock ing station, open the expansion por t cover (ins tead of the entire port c over) and then mak e the connec tion. Refer to s ection 3.7 for details. Serial Infrared (SIR) The onboard serial inf rared (SIR) port is IrDA- com pliant and allows you to perform[...]

Getting Started 1-11 1.6 Left Panel The lef t panel of the system includes PCMCIA s lots and audio j ack s f or a mic rophone and line-in and line-out devic es. Figure 1- 7 shows the lef t panel of the system. 1 PCMCIA Slot s 2 Microphone-in port (top), Line-out port (lef t ), Line-in port (ri ght ) Figure 1-7 Left Panel Left Panel Features PCMCIA [...]

1-12 User’s M anual Flexible PCMCIA im plementation and s upport enable y ou to use c redit-card- sized PC cards sim ilar to add-on c ards f or des ktop com puters, thus enhancing the usability and expandability of this notebook . In this slot, you can insert one type III or two ty pe I/II cards . PCMCIA I/O cards the sy stem accepts include fax [...]

Getting Started 1-13 1.7 Right Panel The right panel f eatures the connectors and buttons as sociated with sy stem power. Figure 1-9 shows the right panel of the system. 1 AC adapter connec tor hole 2 Power s w itc h 3 DC-in port Figure 1-9 Right Panel Right Panel Features AC adapter connector hole This connects the power cord to the AC adapter whe[...]

1-14 User’s M anual 1.8 A C A dapter The AC adapter acc epts input voltage ranging fr om 100V to 240V at a frequenc y range of 47Hz to 63Hz . Figure 1- 10 shows the AC adapter. Figure 1-10 AC Adapter The status LCD displays the DC-in icon ( ) when the notebook is r unning on the AC adapter. Refer to s ection 1.10. 1. Do not use the AC adapter or [...]

Getting Started 1-15 Connecting the A C Adapter The AC adapter c onnects to the s y stem in two ways, either inter nally or externally. Follow these steps to connect the AC adapter. 1 Connecting the Adapter Internally 1. During pack ing, the AC adapter is inserted into the power bay. Just plug the other end of the power cord into the AC adapter thr[...]

1-16 User’s M anual Connecting the Adapter Externally 1. Release the AC adapter lock and slide the AC adapter out of the power bay . 2. You may now insert the battery pack into the power bay . Slide it into the bay until it clic ks into place. 3. Connect the power cord to the AC adapter. 4. Connect one end of the DC- in cable (square head) to the[...]

Getting Started 1-17 5. Connect the other end of the DC-in cable to the DC-in port of the notebook. 6. Connect the power cord to a power outlet.[...]

1-18 User’s M anual 1.9 Starting the Sy stem Figure 1-11 shows the loc ation of the power on/off switch. Pr ess this toggle switch to turn the system on and of f. T he power icon ( ) on the status LCD appears when you turn on the sy stem . The battery icon ( ) or the DC-in icon ( ) also appears depending on the power source. Figure 1-11 On/Off Sw[...]

Getting Started 1-19 1.10 Interior Features Figure 1-12 shows the loc ation of the control buttons and status LCD. Figure 1-12 Control Buttons and Status LCD Control Buttons No-reboot Setup button This button enables you to access Power Management and LCD Panel Contr ol pages of the Setup utility . The system gives you the option of not rebooting w[...]

1-20 User’s M anual Status LCD Indicators Docking icon This icon appears when the sy stem is connected to a dock ing station. Power icon This ic on appears when power is applied to the system . Standby mode icon This ic on appears when the system is in system standby mode. Hard disk dr ive activ ity icon This ic on appears when the system access [...]

Getting Started 1-21 1.1 1 Key board The keyboard has full-sized keys, including an embedded k eypad, separate cursor keys and twelve function k eys. Figure 1-13 Keyboard — U.S. Keyboar d Figure 1-14 Keyboard — U.K. Vers ion[...]

1-22 User’s M anual Lock Keys The system has three loc k k eys which you can toggle on and off. W hen you activate a lock k ey , the cor responding indicator displays on the status LCD. # W hen the Caps Lock indicator is on, all alphabetic character s typed are in uppercase. > W hen the Scroll Lock indicator is on, the sc reen moves one line u[...]

Getting Started 1-23 Embedded Keypad The em bedded keypad, which has f unctions s imilar to a des kt op numer ic keypad, is indicated by small charac ters loc ated in the upper right cor ner of the keycaps. To s implif y the keyboard legend, the cursor- control k ey symbols are not printed on the k eys. Figure 1-15 Embedded Keypad Table 1-3 tells h[...]

1-24 User’s M anual Palm Rest and Foot Supports The palm res t, located below the keyboard, gives you a place to rest your hands while y ou type. Figure 1-16 Palm Rest In addition, tw o foot supports on the underside allows you to tilt the notebook to a mor e com fortable typing position. Figure 1-17 Foot Supports[...]

Getting Started 1-25 1.12 T ouchpad The touchpad is an IBM PS/2-type mouse-c ompatible pointing devic e that senses m ovem ent on its surf ace. T his m eans the c ursor res ponds as you move your finger on the surf ace of the touc hpad. A central location on the palmr est provides am ple c omf ort and suppor t. Figure 1-18 Touchpad The touchpad wor[...]

1-26 User’s M anual Touchpad Basics The f ollowing tips will help y ou use the touchpad: 1. Move y our f inger acros s the touchpad to m ove the cur sor. 2. Press the left and right buttons located on the sides of the touchpad to do selection and execution functions. T hese two buttons ar e sim ilar to the left and right buttons on a m ous e. Tap[...]

Getting Started 1-27 1.13 Usi ng the Notebook for the Fir st Time Follow these steps when y ou use the notebook for the first tim e, to ens ure top perform anc e right from the s tart. 1. Condition the battery pack. Conditioning battery pack s optimizes batter y life and im proves r echarge effic iency. Follow ing are six quick steps on battery con[...]

1-28 User’s M anual You may also want to install W indows if y our pac k age inc ludes it. Inser t W indows diskette #1 into the dis kette drive and type A:SETUP . Follow the screen ins truct ions to install W indows. 3. Install the zero-volt suspend f unction. 0V Zero-Volt (Hibernation) S uspend-to-Dis k The Zero- Volt (Hibernation) Suspend-to-[...]