BenQ 2000 Series manual

We l c o m e J o ybook 2000 Ser ies U ser’ s Manual JB2000E.book Page i T uesday, March 23, 2004 8:57 AM[...]

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Table of Contents i Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Touring Your Joybook............... ................................................. 1 Function Ho tkeys ............................................................................. 6 Getting Started with Windows XP ............................................. 8 Using the Q-Media Bar .............[...]

Table of Contents ii <Memo> JB2000E.book Page ii Tuesday, March 23 , 2004 8:57 AM[...]

Touring Your J oybook 1 T ouring Y our J o ybook Caps Lo ck Indica tor Ligh ts up in gree n when the Ca ps Lock f uncti on is a ctivate d. Num Lock Indica tor Lights up in green when the N um Lock fun ction is acti vated . Scroll Lock I ndicator Lig hts u p in gree n wh en S croll Lock func tion is ac tiva ted. Memor y Card Reade r/Floppy D isk D r[...]

Touring Your Joybook 2 Left and Rig ht S elec tion Butto ns Equiv alen t to the left an d ri ght b uttons on a mouse. To u c h P a d Y ou can us e the touch p ad to convenie ntly control th e cur sor on the scr een. • T o move the cursor , gently move y our finger on the touc h pad. The curso r wil l move accord ing ly . • T ap on the touch pad[...]

Touring Your J oybook 3 Ke n s i ng t o n L o ck H o le For installing a K ensington type lock and prev enting the ft of the Joybook. Earphone J ack Can be used to conn ect to an earphone/headset or exte rnal speaker for pla ying audio. PC Card Ejection Butt on Y ou can use this butt on to eject an insert ed PC Card. To e j e c t a P C C a r d : 1.[...]

Touring Your Joybook 4 Optical Drive (Optional) Supports multi-func tional optical module for reading data or music CD s, V CD s and DVDs or burning CD-R/CD- R W discs. Discs can be ins erted/eject ed by pr essing the sm all ejection butto n on the drive . If you want to open the disc tray of the optical drive when your Joybook power is off, or it [...]

Touring Your J oybook 5 In fr ar ed Por t Y ou can c onnect J oybook t o y our PDA, mobile phone or other Infrared c ompatible devices using this port. IEEE 1394 (Fir eWire) P or t Can be used to connect t o a digi- tal vide o camera and creat e your own mov ies. Y ou can also use it to con nect to a Fire wire hard disk, printer and more. VG A P o [...]

Touring Your Joybook 6 Fu n c t io n Ho t ke y s Y ou can use the functi on hotkeys to acc ess co mmonly used function s or make quick settings. T o use the hotkeys , press and hold t he Fn key at the lower left c o rner of the keyboar d, and then pr ess the des ired hotk e y . Fn + F1 Puts Joyb ook into stand by mode (th e hard disk and screen wil[...]

Touring Your J oybook 7 Wi n do w s Ke y Functionally equivalent to c lick- ing the Start button on the Win- dows desktop . + M Minimizes all wi ndows. + M Return to W i ndows Des ktop. Applicatio n Key Pro v ides the same function as th e right touch pad button, brin ging up a cont extual pop-up menu. + T ab Mak es the next item on the W in- dows [...]

Getting Started with Windows XP 8 Getting Started w ith W indo ws XP Y our Jo yb ook c omes insta lled with Win do ws XP , Micr osoft's late st operating syste m for co nsumer PCs. The fi rst time yo u start up you r Jo y- book, Window s XP w ill ask yo u a few questions. Answer the questions to ensur e that your full rights are pr otected. I [...]

Getting Started with Windows XP 9 Next, pleas e follow the ste ps below t o setup the lan guage for no n- un icode p rog rams set ting s in Windows X P . 1. Click Start and then Control P anel . 2. Click Date, Time, Language, and Region al Options . 3. Click Re gi on al an d L a ngu a ge O p tio n s in the window that appears. 4. Click the Adv a nc[...]

Using the Q-Media B ar 10 U sin g the Q-M edi a Bar The Q-Me dia Bar integrates a numb er of softwar e applications to enhance the multimedia exper ience on your Jo ybook. Click on the small triangle b utton and a rotating button bar w ill appear . From th e Q- Medi a B ar, you ca n : Click to start up Internet Explorer and sur f the Inter net. Cli[...]

Using the Q-Media Bar 11 Settin g U p QM edia Ba r Right-click on the QMedia Bar and a menu w ill appear on it. Yo u c a n : • Let QM edi a Bar ap pear on to p of al l open programs by se lectin g Always on top . • Close QMedia Bar by selecting Exit . • Ad just the siz e of QM edia Bar on th e screen by selecting Size and then select an appro[...]

Using the Q-Media B ar 12 Sett ing up Hotkey Onscree n Displ ay 1. Click the St art butto n on Wind ows T askba r loc ated at the bot- tom sid e of the screen and then se lect Prog ram s , Ho t Key Ma n- ager , Configuration fr om the menus that appear . The following win dow will pop up on the screen. Click the Onscreen tab. 2. Check th e Sho w te[...]

Your Digital Entert ainment Center - BenQ Joybook 13 Y our Digital Ent er tainment Ce nter - BenQ J oybook Burn CDs quickly and reliably . Creat e your own movies. Bro wse and ed it digital photo- graph s. W atc h DVD an d V CD mo vies. Send and receive e- mail. Bro wse the W eb . Listen to musi c and create yo ur own custom mus ic collections. Con[...]

Your Digital Entertainment Center - BenQ Joybook 14 Sending and R ecei v ing E-mail Y ou can use Outlook Express to send and receiv e e-mail. I n order to use e-mail, you must have an account with an ISP (Internet service provider) and perform needed software configurati on. For detailed information on accounts, passwords, e-mail servers and other [...]

Your Digital Entert ainment Center - BenQ Joybook 15 Getting O nline Y ou can use Internet Explorer t o browse web pages on the I n te rnet and access various on-line i nformation. In order to get online, you must have an account with an ISP (Internet service provider) and perform needed sof tware configuration. For det ailed information on account[...]

Your Digital Entertainment Center - BenQ Joybook 16 List ening t o M usic and Cr eating C usto m M usic Collecti ons QMusic is the p erfect tool for manag ing you r favorite m usic co llect ions. Y o u can use it to play mu sic CD s and M P3 fil es, bu rn M P3 songs onto CDs , convert audio CD track s to MP3 form at for stor age on your hard disk d[...]

Your Digital Entert ainment Center - BenQ Joybook 17 V iewing Dig ital Phot ogr aphs and C reating Slide Show s Photo Explorer can help you manage your digital photogr aphs and other images , letting you easily view, print, and edit them , as well as cre- ate custo mized slide sho ws. Clic k the b utton on th e QMedia Bar to open Photo Exp lorer. C[...]

Your Digital Entertainment Center - BenQ Joybook 18 V iewing Images 1. Locate the desired image files in the Di re ctory T ree . 2. Files in the dir ectory you selected w ill be sho w n as thumbnails or in a list in the Browse Pane . Select the image yo u w ish to view. 3. The image you selected will b e shown in the Prev i ew Pane . Double-clicki [...]

Your Digital Entert ainment Center - BenQ Joybook 19 W atching D VD/V CD M ovies Y ou can wa t ch DVD/V CD m ovies by using the P ower DVD video player with your Jo ybook. Click the button on the QMedia Bar to open PowerDVD. For more information on how to use PowerDVD, please consult the on-line Help by clicking the icon. 1. Insert the disc, and P [...]

Your Digital Entertainment Center - BenQ Joybook 20 Mak i n g Y o ur Ow n Mov i es Y our Joybook can help y ou edit video files to create a mo vie that you can shar e with family and friends. W ith a digital video c amera or other source o f digital video footage, you c an take advantage of the P oweDir ector to pr oduce y our very own cinematic ma[...]

Your Digital Entert ainment Center - BenQ Joybook 21 W ireless Magic - U si ng the Built-In W ireless LAN F unction With the o ptiona l built- in w ireless LAN ca rd on your Joybook, you can acces s Ethern et network wirelessly without the c onstraints of ne two rk cab les. At home or in the o ffice, y ou need an acce ss point, which serves a s an [...]

Your Digital Entertainment Center - BenQ Joybook 22 T o acc ess I nte rnet, y ou may ha ve to un dergo anoth er aut horiza- tion process for entering username an d password. For details, please consult y our ISP . If you are not to use the WLAN Card in your Joybook, dial-up con- nection using the modem port, ADSL and broadband transmission using th[...]

Your Digital Entert ainment Center - BenQ Joybook 23 Burning CDs The Ner o Express softwar e that comes with your Joybook enables you to burn different ty pes of data to CD by simply following the easy st ep-by-st ep instructions. The CD-burning function also requires an optional Combo drive or external CD burner . Click the button on the QMedia Ba[...]

Your Digital Entertainment Center - BenQ Joybook 24 5. When you are do ne selecting files, click Finished . 6. The total selected file size will be c alculated and displayed b y a blue bar at the bottom part o f the window . If the blue bar goes over the dotted red l ine, you have to de lete s ome f iles f rom the selected files list b y right-clic[...]

Your Digital Entert ainment Center - BenQ Joybook 25 9. When t he burning process has b een carried out succes sfully , the following dialogue bo x will app ear . Click OK . 10. Click Next . 11. Y ou can now cho ose to bu rn a nothe r CD w ith the sa me sel ec- tion of files again, burn a CD with different files, enter Cover Designer to design the [...]

Attaching External Display Dev ices 26 A ttaching Exte rnal Dis play Dev ices When giving a presentation, y ou can output the J oybook’ s video signal to an external display device, such as a projector o r mon itor. Y ou c an also press the Fn + F3 hotkey c ombination to switch between Jo ybook's own screen and the attached displa y device, [...]

Installing Additional Memory 27 Installing A dditional M emor y Y ou can replace the exist ing memor y module with a higher -capac- ity one. Before you upgrade or replace memory , please check on the B enQ w eb si te to d eterm ine the m odule wh ich can be u sed, or co ntact Be nQ distri buto r or cus tome r service c ent er . It is r ec om- mend [...]

Installing Additional Memory 28 2. Slide the batte r y reta in er to u nlock the b atter y . 3. While performing step 2, slide the battery in the direction show n to remove i t from th e Joybook. 4. Use a screwdr iver to remove t he screw that secure s the memor y cover . 5. Open the cov er . JB2000E.book Page 28 Tuesday, March 23 , 2004 8:57 AM[...]

Installing Additional Memory 29 6. Align the memor y module with the slot, and then inser t it. W hen inserting, pay attentio n to the directio n of the memory module. 7. Gently push the free edge downwards until the module locks into place. 8. Replac e the cov er and use a screwdriv er to secure it w ith the scr ew . 9. Slide the battery back to i[...]

Recovering Your System 30 R ecov ering Y our S yst em Before following any of the methods below to restore your system, you should try to use Microsof t Windows XP System Restore tool to restore under Windows. If you don't know where the System Restore tool is, you can just insert the Recovery CD Disc 1 into the optical drive under Windows, th[...]

Recovering Your System 31 6. Ac cording t o the operating system of your Jo ybook, enter the follo wing path in the Ru n dialog that appears: For W i ndo ws 2000: E:Dri versWl anWIN2K Pr oSetsins tall. ex e For Win dow s X P: E:Dr iversWlanW INXPProSet sinstal l.exe 7. Fol low th e on-s creen in stru cti ons to co mple te th e inst alla t[...]

Recommendations and Troubleshooting 32 R eco mmendat ions and T roubleshooting The following are descr iptions of situations that you may encoun- ter durin g use of the J oyboo k, along with basic troub leshooti ng steps. If y ou are not able to resol ve the issue, immediat ely contact a BenQ servic e c ent er for ass ista nce. Joyb ook will not st[...]

Recommendations and Troubleshooting 33 informat ion, please consult the manu al for the par ticular soft- ware. Joybook is u nabl e to us e th e wi reless LAN to conne ct to the wire - less LAN devices. Please confirm the following: • Y ou have used the Fn + F2 hot key to enable the wireless LAN function. • The reception of the wireless LAN is [...]

Information on Safety, Cleaning, and B attery Maintenance 34 Information on Safety , Clean ing, and Batter y M aintenanc e Safe ty When set ting u p or op erat ing yo ur Joybook, please pay special attention to the following: 1. K e ep this manual in a safe place for easy ref erence when needed. 2. Mak e sure to f ollow all instructions and warning[...]