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User’s Guide Learn how to use your Fujitsu LIFEBOOK AH531 notebook

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User’s Guide

Learn how to use your Fujitsu LIFEBOOK AH531 notebook

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Fujitsu America has made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document; howeare continually improving the capabilities of our products, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the contliability for errors, omissions, or future changes.

Fujitsu, the Fujitsu logo, and LIFEBOOK are registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited.

Intel, Intel Core, and Centrino are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidcountries.

Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the

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All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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EBOOK AH531 notebook

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to the following two conditions:cept any interference received,

© Copyright 2011 Fujitsu America, Inc. All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced, or translated, without prior written consentmay be stored or transmitted in any electronic form without the written consent of Fujitsu.

WARNING

HANDLING THE CORD ON THIS PRODUCT WILL EXPOSE YOU TO LEADSTATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS OR OTHER REPRO

WASH HANDS AFTER HANDLING.

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITYaccording to FCC Part 15

Responsible Party Name: Fujitsu America, Inc.

Address: 1250 E. Arques AvenueSunnyvale, CA 94085

Telephone: (408) 746-6000

Declares that product: Base Model Configuration: LIF

Complies with Part 15 of the F

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operations are subject (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, (2) This device must acincluding interference that may cause undesired operation.

tput rating of 19 VDC, with a current of

the risk of fire, electric shock and injury

ertified Telecommunication Line Cord.laundry tub, in a wet basement or near a

shock from lightning.

in a fire. They may explode. Check with

stem, make sure that the outer shield of int of cable entrance as practicable, as

CATV installation, contact your service

LY REPLACED. REPLACE ONLY FACTURER. DISPOSE OF USED

Y WITH THE SAME TYPE AND

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This unit requires an AC adapter to operate. Use only UL Listed I.T.E. Class II Adapters with an ou4.22 A (80 W) or an output rating of 19 VDC, with a current of 3.42 A (65 W).

When using your notebook equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduceto persons, including the following:

• CAUTION: To reduce the risk of fire, use only No. 26 AWG or larger UL Listed or CSA C• Do not use this product near water for example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink or

swimming pool.• Avoid using the modem during an electrical storm. There may be a remote risk of electric • Do not use the modem to report a gas leak in the vicinity of the leak.• Use only the power cord and batteries indicated in this manual. Do not dispose of batteries

local codes for possible special disposal instructions.• For TV tuner use: To protect from overvoltages and transients on the Cable Distribution Sy

the coaxial cable is connected to earth (grounded) at the building premise as close to the porequired per NEC Article 820.93, ANSI/NFPA 70: 2005. If you have questions about yourprovider.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

For Authorized Repair Technicians Only

DANGER OF EXPLOSION IF LITHIUM (CLOCK) BATTERY IS INCORRECTWITH THE SAME OR EQUIVALENT TYPE RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUBATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUCTION.

FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF FIRE, REPLACE ONLRATING FUSE.

+AC adapter output polarity:

ount of time; this is a natural occurrence lace it, it is important that you dispose of e if disposed of improperly.

rvices of the Rechargeable Battery icated to protecting our environment by

d States and Canada. To find the location

tion Initiative website (http://EIAE.org/)

to protect it for current and future

w.shopfujitsu.com in the US or

RBRC is in no way affiliated with Fujitsu.

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Recycling your battery Over time, the batteries that run your mobile computer will begin to hold a charge for a shorter amfor all batteries. When this occurs, you may want to replace the battery with a fresh one*. If you repthe old battery properly because batteries contain materials that could cause environmental damag

Fujitsu is very concerned with environmental protection, and has enlisted the seRecycling Corporation (RBRC)**, a non-profit public service organization dedrecycling old batteries at no cost to you.

RBRC has drop-off points at tens of thousands of locations throughout the Unitenearest you, go to www.RBRC.org or call 1-800-822-8837.

If there are no convenient RBRC locations near you, you can also go to the EIA Consumer Educaand search for a convenient disposal location.

Remember – protecting the environment is a cooperative effort, and you should make every effortgenerations.

* To order a new battery for your Fujitsu mobile computer, go to the Fujitsu shopping site at wwwww fujitsu.ca/products/notebooks in Canada.

** RBRC is an independent third party to which Fujitsu provides funding for battery recycling;

Prefac

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About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Conventions Used in the Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Fujitsu Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ter 1 Getting to Know Your LIFEBOOK

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Locating the Controls and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Left-Side Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Right-Side Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Bottom Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Status Indicator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Wireless Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Power Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Battery Level Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Hard Drive/Optical Drive Access Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22NumLk Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22CapsLock Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Touchpad Pointing Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Clicking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Double-Clicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Dragging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Navigating Using Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Touchpad Control Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Volume Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Controlling the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 2 Getting Started with Your LIFEBOOK

Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Connecting the Power Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Opening the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Adjusting Display Panel Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Using the Power Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Using the Windows Mobility Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Closing the Display Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Starting Your LIFEBOOK Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Hard Disk Drive Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Booting the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Starting Windows the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Changing Partition Sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Running ClickMe! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Fujitsu Driver Update Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Power/Suspend/Resume Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Hibernation (Save-to-Disk) Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Windows Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Restarting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Powering Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENERGY STAR® Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 3 User-Installable Features

Lithium ion Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Recharging the Batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Media Player Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Loading Media on Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Removing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Emergency Optical Drive Tray Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Using the Media Player Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Using Media Player on Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Using ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Installing ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Removing ExpressCards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Memory Stick/Secure Digital Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Installing Memory Stick and SD Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Removing A Memory Stick or SD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Memory Upgrade Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Installing Memory Upgrade Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Removing a Memory Upgrade Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Checking the Memory Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Device Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Internal LAN (RJ-45) Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Universal Serial Bus Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Headphone/Line-Out Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Microphone/Line-In Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7External Video Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7HDMI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Your LIFEBOOK

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Identifying the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Specific Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Power On Self Test Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Restoring Your System Image and Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Saving your Factory Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Creating Backup Images of Factory Image, DAR, and Discs . . . . . . . . . . 8Recovering Your Factory Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Backing Up a System Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Managing Your Backup Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Using the Recovery and Utility Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Recovering your Factory Image using Recovery and Utility . . . . . . . . . . . 9Automatically Downloading Driver Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Chapter 5 Care and Maintenance

Caring for your LIFEBOOK Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Cleaning your LIFEBOOK notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Storing your LIFEBOOK notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Traveling with your LIFEBOOK notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Media Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10ExpressCards/Memory Sticks/SD Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 6 System Specifications

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Configuration Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Chipset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Mass Storage Device Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Device Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Popular Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Included Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Learning About Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Glossary/Regulatory

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Appendix A: WLAN User’s Guide

Before Using the Wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Wireless LAN Devices Covered by this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Characteristics of the WLAN Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Wireless LAN Modes Using this Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Wireless Network Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Disconnecting the WLAN Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Activating the WLAN Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Configuration of the WLAN Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Configuring the WLAN Using Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Connection to the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Troubleshooting the WLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Troubleshooting Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

WLAN Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Using the Bluetooth Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1What is Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Where to Find Information About Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Appendix B: Using Intel® Wireless Display

Using the Wireless Display technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Starting the WiDi application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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Preface

t This GuideThe LIFEBOOK AH531 notebook from Fujitsu America provides desktopGeneration Intel® Core™ processor family. Your notebook has a built-incolor display. This system brings the computing power of a desktop persoenvironment.

Your computer comes with Microsoft Windows® 7 Home Premium oper

This manual explains how to operate your LIFEBOOK notebook’s hardwa

Conventions Used in the GuideKeyboard and on-screen keys appear in brackets. Example: [Fn], [F1], [E

Pages with additional information about a specific topic are cross-referenFor example: (“See Installation Procedure on page 43”.)

On screen menu items appear in bold. Example: “Click Fujitsu Menu, an

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so that the customer support

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8 - About This Guide

Fujitsu Contact InformationService and Support You can contact Fujitsu Service and Support in the following ways:

• Toll free: 1-800-8Fujitsu (1-800-838-5487)• Website: http://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com/support

Before you place the call, you should have the following information readyrepresentative can provide you with the fastest possible solution:

• Product name• Product configuration number• Product serial number• Purchase date• Conditions under which the problem occurred• Any error messages that have occurred• Type of device connected, if any

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arranty. Check the service kit and conditions.

LINE URL LINKS.

9 - About This Guide

Fujitsu Shopping Online You can go directly to the online store by visiting the website at: www.sh

Limited Warranty

Your LIFEBOOK notebook is backed by a Fujitsu International Limited Wthat came with your notebook for the Limited Warranty period and terms

YOU MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE INTERNET CONNECTION TO USE THE ON

OK

Over

OK AH531 notebook

10

Chapter 1

Getting to Know Your LIFEBO

viewThis section describes the components of your Fujitsu LIFEBOOK AH531 notebook. We strongly recommend that you read it before using your notebook – even if you are already familiar with notebook computers.

Figure 1. Fujitsu LIFEBO

Display Panel

Power/Suspend/

Stereo Speaker

Resume Button

hone

Keyboard

11 - Locating the Controls and Connectors

Locating the Controls and Connectors

Figure 2. LIFEBOOK AH531 notebook with display open

Status

Touchpad

Digital Microp

Stereo Speaker

Web Camera

IndicatorPanel

PointingDevice

HeadphoneMicrophone

MS/SD Card SlotJack

Jack

ponents.

rmation on using the Link YouCam application.

d over the internet. For sociated with the CyberLink

text and graphics.

without powering off, ebook, and power on your Resume Button” on page 44.

23.

media card for data storage. ices. See “Memory


Top ComponentsThe following is a brief description of your LIFEBOOK notebook’s top comDigital Microphone

The digital microphone is used in conjunction with the web camera. For infomicrophone and web cam, see the documentation associated with the Cyber

Web Camera

The 1.3 megapixel web camera allows you to take pictures of yourself to seninformation on using the microphone and web cam, see the documentation asYouCam application.

Display Panel The display panel is a color LCD panel with back lighting for the display ofPower/Suspend/Resume Button The Power/Suspend/Resume button allows you to suspend notebook activityresume your LIFEBOOK notebook from suspend mode, power off your notnotebook when it has been shut down from Windows. See “Power/Suspend/Stereo Speakers The built-in dual speakers allow for stereo sound. Keyboard A full-size keyboard with dedicated Windows keys. See “Keyboard” on pageMemory Stick/Secure Digital (MS/SD) Card Slot The Memory Stick/Secure Digital (MS/SD) card slot allows you to install a This media allows you to transfer data from a variety of different digital devStick/Secure Digital Cards” on page 62.

rophone. See

al speakers. See

ic component of your

utton, a left button, and a cursor


Microphone/Line-In Jack The microphone/line-in jack allows you to connect an external stereo mic“Microphone/Line-In Jack” on page 70.Headphone/Line-Out Jack The headphone/line-out jack allows you to connect headphones or extern“Headphone/Line-Out Jack” on page 69. Status Indicator Panel The Status Indicator Panel displays symbols that correspond with a specifLIFEBOOK notebook. See “Status Indicator Panel” on page 20.Touchpad Pointing Device The Touchpad pointing device is a mouse-like cursor control with a right bcontrol pad. See “Touchpad Pointing Device” on page 26.

components.

jector. See “External Video

onents.

Slot

2.0 Ports*

RMANCE, BE SURE TO KEEP AY REQUIRE PERIODIC

IS USED.

BE OBSTRUCTED, SUCH AS IN


Figure 3. LIFEBOOK notebook left-side panel

Left-Side Panel ComponentsThe following is a brief description of your LIFEBOOK notebook’s left-side External Video Port The external video port allows you to connect an external monitor or LCD proPort” on page 70.Air Vents

The air vents allow air to circulate through the system to cool down the comp

ExpressCard

USB LAN (RJ-45) Jack

External Video Jack

HDMI Jack

Air Vents

* The USB port on the right above provides Anytime USB Charge capability.

TO PROTECT YOUR NOTEBOOK FROM DAMAGE AND TO OPTIMIZE PERFOALL AIR VENTS UNOBSTRUCTED, CLEAN, AND CLEAR OF DEBRIS. THIS MCLEANING, DEPENDING UPON THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE SYSTEM

DO NOT OPERATE THE NOTEBOOK IN AREAS WHERE THE AIR VENTS CANTIGHT ENCLOSURES OR ON SOFT SURFACES LIKE A BED OR CUSHION.

ressCards” on page 59.

are two USB ports on the backward-compatible with Bus Ports” on page 68. Note eaning that even when your devices (for example, when Ports” on page 68.

puter (such as a high-

abit Ethernet LAN


ExpressCard Slot The ExpressCard Slot allows you to install an ExpressCard. See “Using ExpUSB 2.0 Ports The USB 2.0 ports allow you to connect Universal Serial Bus devices. Thereleft side and one on the right. USB 2.0 transfers data at up to 480 Mbps and isUSB 1.1 devices, which transfer data at up to 12 Mbps See “Universal Serial that the front USB port on the left side has Anytime USB Charge capability, msystem is shut down, this port can still be used to provides power to external charging a cell phone). For more information, refer to “Universal Serial Bus HDMI Port

The HDMI port is used to connect compatible digital devices with your comdefinition television or AV receiver). See “HDMI Port” on page 71.

LAN (RJ-45) Jack The internal LAN (RJ-45) jack is used for an internal wired 10/100/1000 Gigconnection. See “Internal LAN (RJ-45) Jack” on page 68.

e components.

are two USB ports on the backward-compatible with l Bus Ports” on page 68.

” on page 53.

en power is not available.

OOK notebook and charge

DC-In Jack

ase


Figure 4. LIFEBOOK notebook right-side panel

Right-Side Panel ComponentsThe following is a brief description of your LIFEBOOK notebook’s right-sidUSB 2.0 Ports The USB 2.0 ports allow you to connect Universal Serial Bus devices. Thereleft side and one on the right. USB 2.0 transfers data at up to 480 Mbps and isUSB 1.1 devices, which transfer data at up to 12 Mbps. See “Universal SeriaOptical Drive The optical drive bay contains a Blu-ray™ Combo Drive. See “Optical DriveEmergency Tray Release The emergency tray release is used in the event you want to open the tray whSee “Emergency Optical Drive Tray Release” on page 56.DC Power Jack The DC power jack allows you to plug in the AC adapter to power your LIFEBthe internal Lithium ion battery.

Optical Drive Release Button

Optical Drive Emergency Tray ReleUSB Port

Anti-Theft Lock Slot

own device.


Optical Drive Release Button The optical drive release button opens the optical drive. Anti-theft Lock Slot The anti-theft lock slot allows you to attach an optional physical lock d

panel components.

ynamic RAM (DDR3 tem memory capacity of your dule” on page 64. Under .

tch


Figure 5. LIFEBOOK notebook bottom panel

Bottom ComponentsThe following is a brief description of your LIFEBOOK notebook’s bottomMemory Upgrade Compartment Your notebook comes with high speed Double Data Rate 3 Synchronous DSDRAM). The memory upgrade compartment allows you to expand the sysnotebook, thus improving overall performance. See “Memory Upgrade Monormal circumstances, it should not be necessary to open this compartment

Lithium ion

Air Vents (multiple locations)

Memory Upgrade

Compartment

Battery BayBattery Latch Battery La

r the removal of the battery with a charged Lithium ion

ium ion Battery” on page 48.

ponents.

M PERFORMANCE, BE SURE TO . THIS MAY REQUIRE PERIODIC M IS USED.

N BE OBSTRUCTED, SUCH AS IN


Lithium ion Battery Bay The battery bay contains the internal Lithium ion battery. It can be opened fowhen stored over a long period of time or for swapping a discharged batterybattery. See “Lithium ion Battery” on page 48.Battery Latches The battery latches are used to secure the battery in the battery bay. See “LithAir Vents The air vents allow air to circulate through the system to cool down the com

TO PROTECT YOUR NOTEBOOK FROM DAMAGE AND TO OPTIMIZE SYSTEKEEP ALL AIR VENTS UNOBSTRUCTED, CLEAN, AND CLEAR OF DEBRISCLEANING, DEPENDING UPON THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE SYSTE

DO NOT OPERATE THE NOTEBOOK IN AREAS WHERE THE AIR VENTS CATIGHT ENCLOSURES OR ON SOFT SURFACES LIKE A BED OR CUSHION.

of your Fujitsu LIFEBOOK ents is operating.

[F5] key combination).

20 - Status Indicator Panel

Figure 6. Status Indicator Panel

Status Indicator PanelThe Status Indicators display symbols that correspond to specific componentsnotebook. The LEDs below each symbol tell you how each of those compon

Wireless Status Indicator

• Blue, solid: Wireless devices have been switched on (using the [Fn]+• Off: Wireless devices are off.

NumLk

CapsLk

Battery Level

Power Status Hard Drive/OpticalDrive Access

Wireless Status

charged, or AC adapter is

is in sleep mode.

follows.

ss.

el is between 13% and 100%

attery level indicator will display

charged when the computer is at the rate of one second on/six


Power Status Indicator

• Blue, solid: AC adapter and battery are available and system is fullyplugged in but battery is not installed.

• Blue, blinking: AC adapter and battery are available and the system• Off: AC adapter is not plugged in.

Battery Level Indicator

The Battery Level indicator displays the charge level of the battery pack, as

With AC Adapter connected:

• Blue, solid: AC adapter is connected and battery is charged.• Orange, solid: AC adapter is connected and battery is charging.

Without AC Adapter connected:

• Orange, blinking: Blinks when the battery charge level is 12% or le• Purple, blinking: There is a problem with the battery.• Off: There is no AC Adapter connected and/or the battery charge lev

• If the battery pack is installed while the power is turned off, the bthe charge level for five seconds after it blinks orange.

• If the AC adapter is not connected or the battery pack is not fullyswitched to standby mode, the indicator will blink. The LED blinksseconds off.

nal hard drive is being

eric keypad mode.

l letters.

an be permanently damaged.


Hard Drive/Optical Drive Access Indicator

The Hard Drive/Optical Drive Access indicator glows green when your interaccessed. Note that flickering is normal.

NumLk Indicator

The NumLk indicator glows when the integral keyboard is set in ten-key num

CapsLock Indicator

The CapsLock indicator glows when your keyboard is set to type in all capita

• Batteries subjected to shocks, vibration or extreme temperatures c• A shorted battery is damaged and must be replaced.

ing Windows keys, special following keys.

hich allows you to perform between the numerical keys

cursor or insertion point to ts.

Numeric Keypad

23 - Keyboard

Keyboard

Figure 7. Keyboard

Using the KeyboardYour Fujitsu LIFEBOOK notebook has an integral 103-key keyboard, includfunction keys, and an integrated numeric keypad. This section describes the

• Numeric keypad: Your notebook has an integrated numeric keypad wnumeric/mathematical and navigational functions. The ability to toggleand navigation keys is controlled through the [NumLk] key.

• Cursor keys: Your keyboard contains four arrow keys for moving thethe right, left, up, or down within windows, applications and documen

Fn Key

Function Keys

Application Key Cursor KeysStart Key

njunction with the [Fn] key to ning.

stem and function the same as device.

tivate the keypad functions, 0 through 9, perform addition al points ( . ) using the keys u can use the numeric keypad

ey and an Application key. The nscreen Start menu button. The ys shortcut menus for the l information regarding the

to move the cursor up, down, oves the “focus” (selects the

nctions assigned to these keys ion to find out how these keys

24 - Keyboard

• Function keys: The keys labeled [F1] through [F12], are used in coproduce special actions that vary depending on what program is run

• Windows keys: These keys work with your Windows operating sythe onscreen Start menu button, or the right button on your pointing

Numeric Keypad

The right-hand section of the keyboard serves as a numeric keypad. To acpress the [NumLk] button. Using the keypad keys, you can enter numerals( + ), subtraction ( - ), multiplication ( * ), or division ( / ), and enter decimdesignated as numeric function key keys. When [NumLk] is not active, yoto navigate (Del, Ins, left, right, up, down). Windows Keys

Your LIFEBOOK notebook has two Windows keys, consisting of a Start kStart key displays the Start menu. This button functions the same as your oApplication key functions the same as your right mouse button and displaselected item. (Please refer to your Windows documentation for additionaWindows keys.)

Cursor Keys

The cursor keys are the four arrow keys on the keyboard which allow youleft and right in applications. In programs such as Windows Explorer, it mnext item up, down, left, or right).

Function Keys

Your LIFEBOOK notebook has 12 function keys, F1 through F12. The fudiffer for each application. You should refer to your software documentatare used.

lways used in conjunction with

ute on and off.d on and off. Note that the e BIOS. (See “BIOS Setup

device(s) on and off.e brightness of your display. the brightness of the display.the volume of your LIFEBOOK

he volume of your LIFEBOOK

selection of where to send your ep to the next choice, as follows:ernal -> external CRT ->

ernal display -> HDMI display

order is: internal display -> HDMI display - simultaneous

le ECO mode. ECO mode is e LCD brightness, shutting the hard disk drive’s auto power

25 - Keyboard

• The [Fn] key provides extended functions for the notebook and is aanother key.

• [Fn+F3]: Pressing [F3] while holding [Fn] will toggle the Audio M• [Fn+F4]: Pressing [F4] while holding [Fn] will toggle the Touchpa

[Fn+F4] combination only works if Manual Setting is selected in thUtility” on page 39)

• [Fn+F5]: Pressing [F5] while holding [Fn] will toggle the wireless • [Fn+F6]: Pressing [F6] repeatedly while holding [Fn] will lower th• [Fn+F7]: Pressing [F7] repeatedly while holding [Fn] will increase• [Fn+F8]: Pressing [F8] repeatedly while holding [Fn] will decrease

notebook.• [Fn+F9]: Pressing [F9] repeatedly while holding [Fn] will increase t

notebook.• [Fn+F10]: Pressing the [Fn] + [F10] keys allows you to change your

display video. Each time you press the key combination, you will st• If you only have an external CRT connected, the order is int

simultaneous display > internal display.• If you only have an HDMI device connected, the order is: int

-> simultaneous display -> internal display.• If you have external CRT and HDMI devices connected, the

external CRT -> simultaneous internal and external CRT -> internal and HDMI display -> internal display.

• [Fn+F11]: Pressing [F11] while holding [Fn] will enable and disabdesigned to minimize notebook power consumption by reducing thdown the optical drive and ExpressCard functionality and enabling off mode.

tebook. It is used to control pad is composed of a cursor ay a mouse does, and moves our finger. The left and right buttons may vary depending

26 - Touchpad Pointing Device

Touchpad Pointing Device

Figure 8. Touchpad pointing device

The Touchpad pointing device comes built into your Fujitsu LIFEBOOK nothe movement of the pointer to select items on your display panel. The Touchcontrol, a left button and a right button. The cursor control works the same wthe cursor around the display. It only requires light pressure with the tip of ybuttons function the same as mouse buttons. The actual functionality of the on the application that is being used.

Left Button

Right button

CursorControl

UR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK AND T THE SYSTEM WITH AN ENABLED DEPENDING ON THE on page 39.

licking with button

icking with Touchpad


Clicking

AN EXTERNAL MOUSE CAN BE CONNECTED TO THE USB PORTS ON YOUSED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE TOUCHPAD. HOWEVER, IF YOU BOOEXTERNAL MOUSE CONNECTED THE TOUCHPAD WILL BE DISABLED ORSPECIFICATIONS IN YOUR BIOS SETTINGS. See “BIOS Setup Utility”

Clicking means pushing and releasing a button. To left-click, move the cursor to the item you wish to select, press the left button once, and then immediately release it. To right-click, move the mouse cursor to the item you wish to select, press the right button once, and then immediately release it. You also have the option to perform the clicking operation by tapping lightly on the Touchpad once.

Figure 9. C

Figure 10. Cl

uble-clicking with button

ble-clicking with Touchpad


Double-Clicking

Double-clicking means pushing and releasing the left button twice in rapid succession. This procedure does not function with the right button. To double-click, move the cursor to the item you wish to select, press the left button twice, and immediately release it. You can also perform the double-click operation by tapping lightly on the Touchpad twice.

Figure 11. Do

Figure 12. Dou

. Dragging with button

Dragging with Touchpad


Dragging

Dragging means pressing and holding the left button, while moving the cursor. To drag, move the cursor to the item you wish to move. Press and hold the left button while moving the item to its new location and then release it. Dragging can also be done using the Touchpad. First, tap the Touchpad twice over the item you wish to move making sure to leave your finger on the pad after the final tap. Next, move the object to its new location by moving your finger across the Touchpad, and then release your finger.

Figure 13

Figure 14.

ll quickly through large

e it forward or backward to

right or left to scroll right or

ise circular motion to scroll

the left side of the pad and Figure 18)

dware and Sound.

u want to use or disable.


Navigating Using GesturesThe touchpad allows you to use gestures to zoom in or out on a page or scrodocuments.

Scrolling Up/Down:

To scroll up or down, place your finger on the right side of the pad and movscroll up or down. (See Figure 15)

Scrolling Right/Left:

To scroll right or left, place your finger on the bottom of the pad and move itleft. (See Figure 16)

Continuous Scroll:Just after using scrolling right/left or up/down, move your finger in a clockwdown or right, or counter-clockwise to scroll up or left. (See Figure 17)

Zooming In/Out:To zoom in or out on a page using the touchpad, simply place your finger onmove it forward or backward to zoom in and out on the browser page. (See

Enabling/Disabling Gesture Functions:1 To enable or disable the gesturing functions, go to Start > Control Panel > Har2 Double-click Mouse, and the Mouse Properties window will appear.3 Select the Gestures tab and click the checkbox next to the gesture function yo

ade from within the Mouse

ten tabs to modify the settings

ght/left with Touchpad

in/out with Touchpad


Touchpad Control AdjustmentThe Control Panel allows you to customize your Touchpad with selections mProperties dialog box. To change the settings or actions for the touchpad:1 Go to Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound.Double-click Mouse, and the Mouse Properties window will appear. Select any of theof your touchpad.

Figure 15. Scrolling up/down with Touchpad Figure 16. Scrolling ri

Figure 17. Continuous scrolling with Touchpad Figure 18. Zooming

32 - Volume Control

Volume ControlYour Fujitsu LIFEBOOK notebook has multiple volume controls which interact with each other.

Controlling the VolumeThe volume can be controlled in several different ways:

• Volume can be changed or muted from within the Volume Control in the system tray.• Volume can be controlled with the F8 and F9 functions keys. Pressing [F8] repeatedly while

holding [Fn] will decrease the volume of your notebook. Pressing [F9] repeatedly while holding [Fn] will increase the volume of your notebook.

• Volume can be changed by opening the Control Panel, selecting one of the icon sizes in the View by: field, then selecting Windows Mobility Center. From there, you can either mute or adjust the sound in the Volume area.

• Volume can be muted by pressing the [F3] key while holding down the [Fn] key. To restore audio, repeat the [Fn+F3] procedure.

• Volume can be controlled by many volume controls that are set within individual applications.• Certain external audio devices you might connect to your system may have hardware volume

controls.Each source discussed above puts an upper limit on the volume level that must then be followed by the other sources.

We recommend that you experiment with the various volume controls to discover the optimal sound level.

ANY SOFTWARE THAT CONTAINS AUDIO FILES WILL ALSO CONTAIN A VOLUME CONTROL OF ITS OWN. IF YOU INSTALL AN EXTERNAL AUDIO DEVICE THAT HAS AN INDEPENDENT VOLUME CONTROL, THE HARDWARE VOLUME CONTROL AND THE SOFTWARE VOLUME CONTROL WILL INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IF YOU SET YOUR SOFTWARE VOLUME TO OFF, YOU WILL OVERRIDE THE EXTERNAL VOLUME CONTROL SETTING.

OOK

33

Chapter 2

Getting Started with Your LIFEB

Figure 19. Connecting the AC Adapter

AC Adapter

AC Cable

DC In

imary Lithium ion battery, an

ating your notebook and

ok.

e ignition key in the On or Access,

ttery Power

IALLY, YOU WILL NEED TO CONNECT YOUR NOTEBOOK.

34 - Power Sources

Power SourcesYour Fujitsu LIFEBOOK notebook has three possible power sources: a prAC adapter or an optional Auto/Airline adapter.

Connecting the Power AdaptersThe AC adapter or optional Auto/Airline adapter provides power for opercharging the batteries.

Connecting the AC Adapter 1 Plug the DC output cable into the DC power jack of your LIFEBOOK notebo2 Plug the AC adapter into an AC electrical outlet.

Connecting the Optional Auto/Airline Adapter 1 Plug the DC output cable into the DC power jack on your notebook.2 Plug the Auto/Airline adapter into the cigarette lighter of an automobile with thOR,

3 Plug the Auto/Airline adapter into the DC power jack on an airplane seat.

Switching from AC Adapter Power or the Auto/Airline Adapter to Ba

1 Be sure that you have at least one charged battery installed.2 Remove the AC adapter or the Auto/Airline adapter.

THE LITHIUM ION BATTERY IS NOT CHARGED UPON PURCHASE. INITEITHER THE AC ADAPTER OR THE AUTO/AIRLINE ADAPTER TO USE

or easier viewing in bright technology.

ouch the screen, until it is at

st the brightness level of the he brightness: by using the

35 - Display Panel

Figure 20. Opening the Display Panel

Display PanelYour Fujitsu LIFEBOOK notebook contains a display panel that is backlit fenvironments and maintains top resolution through the use of active-matrix

Opening the Display PanelTo open the display, simply lift the display backwards, being careful not to ta comfortable viewing angle.

Adjusting Display Panel BrightnessOnce you have turned on your LIFEBOOK notebook, you may want to adjuscreen to a more comfortable viewing level. There are three ways to adjust tkeyboard, the Power Options, or the Windows Mobility Center.

.y.

anel and click on the Power o the left or right, depending permanent until you decide

ct Display, then click Adjust ightness: bar to the left or

e body of your LIFEBOOK

LEVEL BY DEFAULT. WHEN USING -LEVEL BY DEFAULT. CONSUME AND THE FASTER YOUR

THE BRIGHTNESS IS SET AS LOW AS

36 - Display Panel

Using the Keyboard• [Fn+F6]: Pressing repeatedly will lower the brightness of your display• [Fn+F7]: Pressing repeatedly will increase the brightness of the displa

Using the Power OptionsTo change the brightness using the Power Options utility, open the Control POptions icon. At the bottom of the window, drag the Screen brightness: bar tupon your preference. Note that the settings you make via this utility becometo change them again.

Using the Windows Mobility CenterClick Start -> Control Panel. In View by:, select one of the icon views. Selebrightness in the left pane. At the bottom of the window, drag the Screen brright, depending upon your preference.

Closing the Display PanelHolding the edge of your display panel, pull it forward until it is flush with thnotebook.

• WHEN USING AC POWER YOUR BRIGHTNESS SETTING IS SET TO ITS HIGHESTBATTERY POWER YOUR BRIGHTNESS SETTING IS SET TO APPROXIMATELY MID

• THE HIGHER THE BRIGHTNESS LEVEL, THE MORE POWER THE NOTEBOOK WILLBATTERIES WILL DISCHARGE. FOR MAXIMUM BATTERY LIFE, MAKE SURE THAT POSSIBLE.

book from its off state. Once tery, you can power on your

end/Resume button, located leave your notebook in owering Off” on page 46).

POST) to check the internal BOOK notebook will emit

Self Test Messages” on ue by starting the operating

rating system.

E A POWER SOURCE. THIS OR AUTO/AIRLINE ADAPTER IS

ER ON OR SUBJECT IT TO

37 - Starting Your LIFEBOOK Notebook

Starting Your LIFEBOOK Notebook

Power OnPower/Suspend/Resume Button

The Power/Suspend/Resume button is used to turn on your LIFEBOOK noteyou have connected your AC adapter or charged the internal Lithium ion batLIFEBOOK notebook.

To turn on your LIFEBOOK notebook from its off state, press the Power/Suspabove the keyboard to the right. When you are done working you can either Suspend mode (see “Sleep Mode” on page 44), or you can turn it off (see “P

When you power on your LIFEBOOK, it will perform a Power On Self Test (parts and configuration for correct functionality. If a fault is found, your LIFEan audio warning and/or an error message will be displayed. See “Power Onpage 84. Depending on the nature of the problem, you may be able to continsystem or by entering the BIOS setup utility and revising the settings.

After satisfactory completion of the POST, your notebook will load your ope

WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK, BE SURE YOU HAVMEANS THAT A BATTERY IS INSTALLED AND CHARGED, OR THAT THE ACCONNECTED AND HAS POWER.

DO NOT CARRY YOUR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK AROUND WITH THE POWSHOCKS OR VIBRATION, AS YOU RISK DAMAGING YOUR NOTEBOOK.

e and involves your notebook’s memory is empty, and it needs

IOS program. Each time you displays a Fujitsu logo until ing a standard boot sequence leted without a failure and ating system’s opening screen.

x.a new application.

your hard disk drive(s). This ty below for information about

R ON SELF TEST (POST) OR IT YOUR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK ON

4.

ER AND MASTER HARD DISK U MAY LOSE DATA AND HAVE TO


Boot SequenceThe procedure for starting-up your notebook is termed the Bootup sequencBIOS. When your LIFEBOOK notebook is first turned on, the main systemto find instructions to start up your notebook. This information is in the Bpower up or restart your notebook, it goes through a boot sequence whichyour operating system is found. During booting, your notebook is performincluding a Power On Self Test (POST). When the boot sequence is compwithout a request for the BIOS Setup Utility, the system displays the oper

The boot sequence is executed when:

• You turn on the power to your LIFEBOOK notebook.• You restart your notebook from the Windows Shut Down dialog bo• The software initiates a system restart. Example: When you install

Hard Disk Drive PasswordsTo provide additional security for your data, you can assign passwords tofeature is managed in the system BIOS Setup Utility. See BIOS Setup Utiliaccessing the utility.

NEVER TURN OFF YOUR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK DURING THE POWEWILL CAUSE AN ERROR MESSAGE TO BE DISPLAYED WHEN YOU TURNTHE NEXT TIME. See “Power On Self Test Messages” on page 8

REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORDS. IF YOU SET AND FORGET YOUR USPASSWORDS, FUJITSU AMERICA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESET IT. YOREPLACE YOUR SYSTEM BOARD OR HARD DISK DRIVE.

or your LIFEBOOK erefore there is no need to

boot devices.

u, as detailed below):

on the screen. This will open

etup menus to review or alter

the left mouse or touchpad

ation screens:


BIOS Setup UtilityThe BIOS Setup Utility is a program that sets up the operating environment fnotebook. Your BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating conditions, thset or change the BIOS’ environment to operate your notebook.

The BIOS Setup Utility configures:

• Device control feature parameters, such as changing I/O addresses and• System Data Security feature parameters, such as passwords.

Entering the BIOS Setup Utility

To enter the BIOS Setup Utility do the following (or use the SecureCore Men1 Turn on or restart your LIFEBOOK notebook.2 To enter the BIOS Setup Utility, press the [F2] key once the Fujitsu logo appears

the main menu of the BIOS Setup Utility with the current settings displayed.3 Press the [RIGHT ARROW] or [LEFT ARROW] key to scroll through the other s

the current settings.

Using the SecureCore Menu

When the Fujitsu logo appears on the screen. press the [Enter] key or click onbutton; the SecureCore Menu will appear.

The SecureCore Menu provides shortcuts to the following menus and inform

• BIOS Setup• Diagnostic Screen• Boot Menu• Recovery and Utility• Diagnostic Program• Patent Information• System Information• Continue Booting

escribed.

tsu logo appears on the screen.

e and support website at under Online Support. Select elect the BIOS Guide.

put a DVD/CD in your drive

logo on the screen. If you do elcome will begin.

e screen, you will eventually een will black out for up to

N THE SYSTEM AT is being set up and the

nd User License Agreements

KED TO REVIEW THE LICENSE OWN YOUR NOTEBOOK.NSE AGREEMENT. IF YOU STOP THE

DOWS WELCOME PROCESS, EVEN IF


Clicking on any of the fields will invoke the screen, information, or action d

The Boot Menu can also be invoked by pressing the [F12] key when the Fuji

BIOS Guide

A guide to your notebook’s BIOS is available online. Please visit our servichttp://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com/support, then select User’s Guides your Product, Series, and Model, then click [Go]. Under the Manuals tab, s

Booting the SystemWe strongly recommend that you not attach any external devices and do notuntil you have gone through the initial power on sequence.

When you turn on your notebook for the first time, it will display a Fujitsu nothing the system will load the operating system, and then the Windows W

Starting Windows the First TimeAfter you boot up the system the first time and follow the instructions on thcome to the Welcome window. After the Welcome window appears, the scrseveral minutes. This is normal. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO POWER DOWTHIS POINT. While the screen is blacked out, your system configuration necessary files are being installed.

During the course of the first start up, you will need to read and accept the E(EULAs) for Microsoft and Fujitsu.

• IF YOU REJECT THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT YOU WILL BE ASAGREEMENT FOR INFORMATION ON RETURNING WINDOWS OR TO SHUT D

• YOU CANNOT USE YOUR NOTEBOOK UNTIL YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE LICEPROCESS YOUR NOTEBOOK WILL RETURN TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WINYOU SHUT YOUR NOTEBOOK DOWN AND START IT UP AGAIN.

description for your ons on the screens carefully it is very important that you

titioning tool that appears u can allocate the size you imply drag the New Setting ition, so if the size of the D: ing the MyRecovery tool.

oing to Start > Control Panel hrink Volume” or “Extend

m specifications. This is due l and binary. Typically, hard system recognizes the size

gabyte equals approximately al) hard drive is equal to 466

dowsovery

SystemImage

GB 200 MB

GB 200 MB

GB 200 MB

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Several additional windows will appear, prompting you to enter a name and computer, an Administrator password, and a domain name. Read the instructiand fill in the information as directed. Once you have finished with the setup,install ClickMe!, as detailed on the next page.

Changing Partition SizesYou can change the sizes of the C: and D: partitions using the Hard Disk Parduring the initial startup of your system. If you click the [Change] button, yoprefer for the two partitions (but neither can be less than 50 GB). To do so, sbar to change the size. Note that the backup images are stored on the D: partpartition is too small, you won’t be able to store too many backup images us

If you would like to change the partition sizes in the future, you can do so by g> Administrative Tools > Disk Management. Right-click and select either “SVolume” from the menu that appears.

Understanding Hard Drive Capacity

It may appear that the hard drive capacity is lower than that stated in the systeto the two different ways that are used to measure hard drive capacity: decimadrive sizes are stated in decimal Gigabytes, however the computer’s operatingin binary Gigabytes. A decimal Gigabyte equals one billion bytes; a binary Gi1.074 decimal Gigabytes. In the chart below, for example, the 500 GB (decimGB (binary).

Hard Drive Binary Bytes

C Partition D Partition C+D Total WinRec

160 GB 149 GB 67 GB 67 GB 133 GB 16

320 GB 298 GB 141 GB 141 GB 282 GB 16

500 GB 466 GB 225 GB 225 GB 450 GB 16

750 GB 698 GB 341 GB 341 GB 682 GB 16

ary, in this case). The dding them all together, the

! in the Start menu. It is very n order to ensure that the k the Click Me! icon, your ottom right of the screen.

alled; this takes time. While ld occur, press the

ternately, while ClickMe! is he system awake.

omputers. You will need to

N DEVICE IS ENABLED BY NABLED, THE WIRELESS STATUS

INSTALLED USING THE CLICKME! GUIDE.


Initially, the C: and D: partitions are the same size (225 GB and 225 GB binWindows Recovery image file is 16 GB and the System Image is 200 MB. Asystem recognizes 466 GB binary.

Running ClickMe!

The first time you boot up your system, you will see an icon called Click Meimportant that you run the ClickMe! utility the first time you boot up inecessary applications, utilities. and drivers are installed. When you clicsystem will automatically create the related icons in the system tray in the bThese icons provide links to utilities that you will frequently access.

When you run the ClickMe! utility, several applications and utilities are instClickMe! is running, the system may go into Suspend mode. If this shouPower/Suspend/Resume button momentarily to wake the system up. Alinstalling, slide your finger across the touchpad every few minutes to keep t

Registering your LIFEBOOK with Fujitsu

You can register your notebook by going to our website at: us.fujitsu.com/cbe set up with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to register online.

BEFORE RUNNING THE CLICKME! UTILITY, BE SURE THE WIRELESS LACLICKING THE [FN]+[F5] KEY COMBINATION. WHEN THE WIRELESS IS EINDICATOR WILL GLOW.

THERE MAY BE SOME THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT GET UTILITY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, REFER TO YOUR GETTING STARTED

ClickMe!

) utility. With FDU, you can updates for your system. For

ding Driver Updates” on


Fujitsu Driver Update Utility

Your system has a convenient tool called the Fujitsu Driver Update (FDUchoose to automatically or manually go to the Fujitsu site to check for newmore information about the FDU utility, refer to “Automatically Downloapage 96.

ome are automatic and need t your operating conditions, ontrolled by settings made BIOS setup utility.

e things that you can do to eate an appropriate power an operation, and you can puters, there is a trade-off

d to manually put the notebook is active, but not you press the button

turns your notebook to the Power indicator. If the indicator is visible and wer is off or your notebook

eriods of inactivity by drive, and all other internal rting.

r conditions:

d on.

44 - Power Management

Power ManagementYour notebook has many options and features for conserving battery power. Sno user intervention. However, others depend on parameters you set to best suisuch as those for the display brightness. Internal power management can be cin the operating system, power management application, or settings made in

Besides the options available for conserving battery power, there are also somprevent your battery from running down as quickly. For example, you can crsaving profile, put your notebook into Sleep mode when it is not performing limit the use of high power devices. As with all mobile, battery powered combetween performance and power savings.

Power/Suspend/Resume ButtonWhen your notebook is active, the Power/Suspend/Resume button can be usenotebook into Sleep mode. Push the Power/Suspend/Resume button when theactively accessing anything, and immediately release the button. Note that if continuously for four seconds or longer, your notebook will shut down.

If your notebook is suspended, pushing the Power/Suspend/Resume button reactive operation. You can tell whether the system is Suspended by looking atindicator is visible and not flashing, your notebook is fully operational. If theflashing, your notebook is in Sleep mode. If the indicator is not visible, the pois in Hibernation mode. (See Hibernation Feature)

Sleep ModeSleep mode in Windows saves the contents of your system memory during pmaintaining power to critical parts. This mode turns off the CPU, display, hardcomponents except those necessary to maintain system memory and for resta

Your notebook will go into Sleep mode due to one of the following actions o

• Pressing the Power/Suspend/Resume button when your system is turne

plication information, and operation from Sleep, your me button to resume ebook will not resume.

ry to the hard drive as a part

ture, follow these steps:

oes, then make your selection

TTERY CONTINUES TO DISCHARGE FULLY OPERATIONAL.

ING USED TO PUT THE NOTEBOOK E FUNCTION CAN’T BE DISABLED.EEP OR HIBERNATION MODE, EMORY IS KEPT ACTIVE DURING IVE DURING HIBERNATION MODE.ER IS NOT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN

UR NOTEBOOK IN A SUSPENDED RNATION MODE IS THAT IT

ERIPHERAL DEVICES.


• Selecting Sleep from the Windows Shut Down menu.• Timing out from lack of activity.• Allowing the battery to reach the Dead Battery Warning condition.

System memory typically stores the files on which you are working, open apany other data required to support operations in progress. When you resume system will return to where it left off. You must use the Power/Suspend/Resuoperation, and there must be an adequate power source available, or your not

Hibernation (Save-to-Disk) FeatureThe Hibernation feature saves the contents of your notebook’s system memoof the Power/Suspend/Resume mode. You can enable or disable this feature.

Enable or Disable the Hibernation Feature

The default settings are not enabled. To enable or disable the Hibernation fea1 From the Start menu, select Control Panel > Power Options.2 Select Choose what the power button does or Choose what closing the lid d

(Do Nothing, Sleep, Hibernate, or Shut Down).

• IF RUNNING YOUR NOTEBOOK ON BATTERY POWER, BE AWARE THAT THE BAWHILE YOUR NOTEBOOK IS IN SLEEP MODE, THOUGH NOT AS FAST AS WHEN

• DISABLING THE POWER/SUSPEND/RESUME BUTTON PREVENTS IT FROM BEINTO SLEEP OR HIBERNATION (SAVE-TO-DISK) MODE. THE BUTTON RESUM

• IF YOUR NOTEBOOK IS ACCESSING INFORMATION WHEN YOU ENTER THE SLCHANGES TO OPEN FILES ARE NOT LOST. THE FILES ARE LEFT OPEN AND MSLEEP MODE OR THE MEMORY IS TRANSFERRED TO THE INTERNAL HARD DR

• THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF USING HIBERNATION (SAVE-TO-DISK) IS THAT POWYOUR DATA. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WILL BE LEAVING YOSTATE FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. THE DRAWBACK OF USING HIBELENGTHENS THE POWER DOWN AND POWER UP SEQUENCES AND RESETS P

of the power management r turning off the display and

apters.

ing procedure. m right of the right-hand pane.

dicator is off. If you turn off our notebook shuts down

ok to complete its operations nce is:

e bottom right of the right-

WS OR TURNING ON YOUR AY CAUSE AN ERROR WHEN

URNING OFF THE POWER. IF Y CHANGES THAT HAVE NOT


Windows Power Management The Power Options icon in the Control Panel allows you to configure some settings. For example, you can use Power Options to set the timeout values fohard disks whether you are running the notebook on battery or one of the ad

Restarting the SystemIf your system is on and you need to restart it, be sure that you use the follow1 Click the [Start] button, then move the mouse over the small arrow at the botto2 Select Restart from the list.

Powering OffBefore turning off the power, check that the hard drive/optical drive access inthe power while accessing a disk there is a risk of data loss. To ensure that ywithout error, use the Windows shutdown procedure.

Using the correct procedure to shut down from Windows allows your noteboand turn off power in the proper sequence to avoid errors. The proper seque

Click the [Start] button, and then move the mouse over the small arrow at thhand pane. Click the [Shut Down] button.

TURNING OFF YOUR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK WITHOUT EXITING WINDONOTEBOOK WITHIN 10 SECONDS OF THE NOTEBOOK BEING SHUT OFF MYOU START THE NEXT TIME.

BE SURE TO CLOSE ALL FILES AND EXIT ALL APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO TFILES ARE OPEN WHEN YOU TURN THE POWER OFF, YOU WILL LOSE ANBEEN SAVED, AND MAY CAUSE DISK ERRORS.

su system is an ENERGY -saving technology, you’re

gency, U.S. Department of helping us save money while

ith energy costs and global ns that help consumers

f after 15 minutes of user activity. When going into ork links. To “wake” the

ity as standard equipment – a difference for the ice the greenhouse gas

witch, run your dishwasher, sions from power plants. So educe greenhouse gases and

ergystar.gov.

several other environmental

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ENERGY STAR® Compliance (The following is pending certification at time of publication). Your FujitSTAR® qualified mobile PC. By choosing a computer with the latest energyhelping to preserve our environment for future generations.

ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection AEnergy, Natural Resources Canada, and other governments around the world protecting the environment through energy efficient products and practices. Wwarming top-of-mind for consumers, Fujitsu is committed to offering solutioconserve energy and improve the quality of our environment.

Sleep Mode: You will notice that your computer is initially set so that the display turns ofinactivity, and the computer goes into Sleep mode after 20 minutes of user inSleep mode, the computer also reduces the speed of any active Ethernet netwcomputer from Sleep mode, press the Suspend/Resume Button.

Energy saving benefits:

Fujitsu ENERGY STAR qualified mobile PCs use about half as much electricsaving half in utility costs. But more than that, ENERGY STAR also makes environment. Did you know that the average house can be responsible for twemissions as the average car? That’s because every time you flip on a light sor turn on your PC, you use energy, which means more greenhouse gas emisthe more energy we can save through energy efficiency, the more we help to rthe risks of global warming.

To learn more about the important ENERGY STAR program, visit: www.en

To read about how Fujitsu is supporting Sustainable Management along withactivities, visit the Fujitsu Corporate Citizenship page at: http://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com/www/content/aboutus/environmen

Lithiur for operating your notebook ng lasting, but should not be ds.

nder the following conditions:

5°C. Extreme temperatures not ation. The Charging icon on the at is outside its operating

iter, CD-ROM drive, optical attery life.

AGE YOUR AC ADAPTER, OPTIONAL TSELF. IT MAY ALSO PREVENT ENT INTO THE BAD BATTERY.

48

Chapter 3

User-Installable Features

m ion BatteryYour LIFEBOOK notebook has a Lithium ion battery that provides powewhen no external power source is available. The battery is durable and loexposed to extreme temperatures, high voltages, chemicals or other hazar

The Lithium ion battery operating time may become shorter if it is used u

• When used at temperatures that exceed a low of 5°C or a high of 3only reduce charging efficiency, but can also cause battery deteriorStatus Indicator panel will flash when you try to charge a battery thtemperature range. See “Status Indicator Panel” on page 20.

• When using a high current device such as a Multi-Format DVD Wrdrive, or the hard drive, using the AC adapter will conserve your b

DO NOT LEAVE A FAULTY BATTERY IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. IT MAY DAMAUTO/AIRLINE ADAPTER, ANOTHER BATTERY OR YOUR NOTEBOOK IOPERATION OF YOUR NOTEBOOK BY DRAINING ALL AVAILABLE CURR

ck the Battery Level indicator level changes.to/Airline adapter. To recharge our LIFEBOOK notebook and

t need to discharge the battery er if your notebook is in use ly, put your notebook into Power Management on page

APPLICATIONS, FEATURES, POWER MER PREFERENCES. CD-ROM ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT D AS THE BATTERY AGES. IF YOUR H A NEW ONE.SPOSE OF BATTERIES BY PUTTING ND DISPOSE OF BATTERIES OR DETAILS REGARDING D THIS INFORMATION ELSEWHERE, (1-800-838-5487)

RCENTAGE CHARGE IS DISPLAYED ANEL.

49 - Lithium ion Battery

Recharging the BatteriesIf you want to know the condition of the primary Lithium ion battery, chelocated on the Status Indicator panel. The indicator changes as the batteryThe Lithium ion battery is recharged internally using the AC adapter or Authe battery make sure the battery that needs to be charged is installed in yconnect the AC or Auto/Airline adapter

There is no memory effect on the Lithium ion battery therefore you do nocompletely before recharging. The charge times will be significantly longwhile the battery is charging. If you want to charge the battery more quickStandby mode, or turn it off while the adapter is charging the battery. (See44 for more information on Standby mode and shutdown procedure)

• ACTUAL BATTERY LIFE WILL VARY BASED ON SCREEN BRIGHTNESS,MANAGEMENT SETTINGS, BATTERY CONDITION AND OTHER CUSTODRIVE, MULTI-FORMAT DVD WRITER, OR HARD DRIVE USAGE MAYON BATTERY LIFE. THE BATTERY CHARGING CAPACITY IS REDUCEBATTERY IS RUNNING LOW QUICKLY, YOU SHOULD REPLACE IT WIT

• UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW IT MAY BE ILLEGAL TO DITHEM IN THE TRASH. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT APROPERLY. CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY FRECYCLING OR DISPOSING OF OLD BATTERIES. IF YOU CANNOT FINCONTACT YOUR SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE AT 1-800-8FUJITSU

MAKE SURE THAT THE BATTERY CHARGING INDICATOR AND THE PEBY THE BATTERY STATUS INDICATOR ON THE STATUS INDICATOR P

ar. If you do not respond to e too low to operate. When that your data will be saved

le to resume operation until e you have provided power, n.

e, but if a power source is aning that you have lost the r notebook while an adapter

y Level indicator to display attery, it means the battery IFEBOOK notebook.

M ACCESSES MAY PREVENT

SAVE ALL YOUR ACTIVE DATA AND ROVIDE A NEW POWER SOURCE. AUTO/AIRLINE ADAPTER AS SOON

E POWER SOURCE ACTIVE. IF YOU STANDBY MODE, ANY DATA THAT


Low Battery State When the battery is running low, a low battery notification message will appethe low battery message, the batteries will continue to discharge until they arthis happens, your notebook will go into Standby mode. There is no guaranteeonce the notebook reaches this point.

Once your notebook goes into Dead Battery Suspend mode you will be unabyou provide a source of power either from an adapter, or a charged battery. Oncyou will need to press the Power/Suspend/Resume button to resume operatio

In the Dead Battery Suspend mode, your data can be maintained for some timnot provided promptly, the Power indicator will stop flashing and go out, medata that was not stored. Once you provide power, you can continue to use youis charging the battery.

Shorted Batteries

The Status Indicator panel uses an LED below the battery outline of the Batterthe operating level available in that battery. If this display shows a Shorted Bis damaged and must be replaced so it does not damage other parts of your L

USING HEAVY CURRENT DEVICES OR FREQUENT DVD/CD-RW/CD-ROCHARGING COMPLETELY.

• ONCE THE LOW BATTERY NOTIFICATION MESSAGE APPEARS, YOU NEED TOPUT YOUR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK INTO STANDBY MODE UNTIL YOU CAN PYOU SHOULD PROVIDE A CHARGED BATTERY, AN AC POWER ADAPTER, OR AS POSSIBLE.

• WHEN YOU ARE IN STANDBY MODE THERE MUST ALWAYS BE AT LEAST ONREMOVE ALL POWER SOURCES WHILE YOUR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK IS IN HAS NOT BEEN SAVED TO THE HARD DRIVE WILL BE LOST.

are to swap with one that is not apping:

e right to unlatch it. Lift the battery 2).

into place.

ATTERY. THERE IS NO BRIDGE BEING REPLACED. IF YOU DO NOT

U MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE YOUR


Replacing the Battery With the purchase of an additional battery, you can have a fully charged spcharged. There are two ways to swap batteries, cold-swapping and hot-sw

Cold-swapping Batteries

To cold-swap batteries in your battery bay follow these easy steps: 1 Have a charged battery ready to install.2 Shut down your notebook and disconnect the AC adapter.3 Turn the system over so the bottom is facing up, oriented as in Figure 21.4 While pressing the battery lock (1), slide the battery bay release latch (2) to th

out of the bay using the lift point adjacent to the release latch to lift it (Figure 25 Insert a new battery into the bay, and press it down so that the latches click 6 Plug in the AC adapter and turn the power on.

Hot-swapping Batteries

To hot-swap batteries in your battery bay follow these easy steps:

1 Plug an AC Adapter into the system and connect it to a power outlet.2 Follow steps 3 and 4 in “Cold Swapping Batteries”.

BE SURE TO PLUG IN AN AC ADAPTER PRIOR TO REMOVING THE BBATTERY PRESENT TO SUPPORT THE SYSTEM WHILE THE BATTERY ISUSE AN AC ADAPTER YOU WILL LOSE ANY UNSAVED FILES.

IF THE LITHIUM ION BATTERY CONNECTOR IS NOT FULLY SEATED, YONOTEBOOK OR CHARGE YOUR BATTERY.


Figure 21. Battery lock and latch

Figure 22. Removing the battery

Lift Point

ell as to read the following ayer), BD-RE (Single and

Layer), DVD-R (Single and (Ver.2), CD-ROM, CD-R

Ver2), DVD+R (Single and , and CD-RW discs. It also

Release

53 - Optical Drive

Figure 23. Optical Drive

Optical DriveYour system contains a Blu-ray™ Combo Drive.

This drive allows you to access movies, software, and audio DVD/CDs as wmedia formats: BD-ROM (Single and Dual Layer), BD-R (Single and Dual LDual Layer), DVD-ROM (Single and Dual Layer), DVD+R (Single and Dual Dual Layer), DVD+RW (Single Layer) DVD-RW (Single Layer), DVD-RAMand CD-RW discs.

This drive allows you to write to the following media formats: DVD-RAM (Dual Layer), DVD+RW, DVD-R (Single and Dual Layer), DVD-RW, CD-Rhas the same functions as an ordinary CD/DVD/BD-ROM drive.

Media Holder Tray

Media Tray Eject Button

Emergency Tray

sic on your notebook. The features of a digital movie, this drive you can also burn

nt of the optical drive to open ce.

Snap the disc onto the raised

OK IS SITTING ON A FLAT SURFACE. R PREVENT PROPER OPERATION.

IE, WILL SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE

SU.COM/COMPUTERS FOR THE

GION CODE NUMBER 1 WHICH R IS A REGIONAL RESTRICTION MENTS. DIFFERENT REGION ERENT AREAS OF THE WORLD.

GIONAL CODES ON THE TITLES,

PROPERTIES MENU OF THE P TO FOUR TIMES. AFTER THE ANNOT BE CHANGED.

54 - Optical Drive

Media Player SoftwareWith the optical drive and media player software you can play movies and mumedia player includes controls which allow you to take full advantage of the as well as standard features such as fast forward, fast reverse, pause, etc. With onto recordable discs.

Loading Media on Your DriveTo load a disc into your optical drive:1 Be sure the notebook is running, then push and release the eject button on the fro

the holder tray. The tray will come out of the LIFEBOOK notebook a short distan2 Gently pull the tray out until a media disc can easily be placed in the tray.

3 Place the media into the tray, label side up, with the hole in the center of the disc. circle in the center of the tray.

• DO NOT OPERATE YOUR OPTICAL DRIVE UNLESS YOUR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOUSING A DRIVE WHEN THE SYSTEM IS NOT LEVEL MAY DAMAGE THE DRIVE O

• PROLONGED USE OF THE OPTICAL DRIVE, SUCH AS WATCHING A DVD MOVYOUR BATTERY LIFE IF NO EXTERNAL POWER SOURCE IS ATTACHED.

• YOU SHOULD PERIODICALLY CHECK THE FUJITSU WEBSITE AT US.FUJITMOST CURRENT DRIVERS.

• ALL LIFEBOOK DVD PLAYERS ARE SET TO PLAY DVD TITLES WITH REIS SPECIFIED FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET. THE REGION NUMBECODE DEFINED BY THE DVD FORUM ACTING ON HOLLYWOOD REQUIRECODES ARE RECORDED ON VIDEO DVD TITLES FOR PUBLICATION IN DIFFIF THE REGIONAL CODE OF THE DVD PLAYER DOES NOT MATCH THE RETHEN PLAYBACK IS IMPOSSIBLE.

• THE REGION CODE ON THE DVD PLAYER CAN BE CHANGED USING THEDVD SOFTWARE. NOTE: YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE THE REGION CODE U4TH CHANGE, THE LAST CODE ENTERED BECOMES PERMANENT, AND C

OU WILL HAVE TO START THE XPLORER, SINCE YOUR EN LOADED.

b.

55 - Optical Drive

4 Gently push the holder tray back in until you hear a click

Figure 24. Loading/Ejecting Media

IF YOU HAVE DISABLED THE AUTO INSERT NOTIFICATION FUNCTION, YDRIVE EITHER BY USING MY COMPUTER OR FROM WITHIN WINDOWS ENOTEBOOK WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZE THAT MEDIA HAS BE

c.

a.

the drive and the holder tray

ctivates, skip Step 2. lect what you want the system il you make a selection, you will

e will begin.

cy Tray Release

THE MEDIA PLAYER SOFTWARE TION THAT ACCOMPANIES THE

56 - Optical Drive

Removing Media1 Push and release the eject button on the front of the optical drive. This will stop

will come out of the LIFEBOOK notebook a short distance.2 Gently pull the tray out until the disc can easily be removed from the tray.3 Carefully remove the media disc from the holder tray.4 Gently push the holder tray back in until you hear a click.

Using the Media Player Software

Starting a Movie

1 Insert the disc into the optical drive of the notebook. If the CD AutoRun feature a2 The first time you insert a movie into the media tray, you will be prompted to se

to do when discs are inserted (e.g., start automatically or wait for a prompt). Untreceive the same prompt whenever you insert a disc.

3 Click OK to close the About DVD Player Performance dialog box and the movi

Emergency Optical Drive Tray ReleaseIf for some reason the eject button fails, you can open the media tray with a paper clip or similar tool inserted into the eject hole in the right side of the front of the tray. Straighten one side of a paper clip and push it gently into the hole. The tray will pop out.

Figure 25. Emergen

DEPENDING UPON ITS CONFIGURATION, YOUR SYSTEM MAY NOT HAVEPRE-INSTALLED. IF IT IS NOT INSTALLED, REFERENCE THE DOCUMENTAMEDIA APPLICATION.

ld play and what you wish to e.

nel at the bottom of the screen.

layer. You can pause, rewind,

vie, or the button to return to

the movie, or the button to

dia player dialog box. and return to the movie.

significantly shorter when an during standard operation.

PORT ON A SINGLE BATTERY. IF ED TO SWAP IN AN ADDITIONAL, IEW IT IN ITS ENTIRETY. IF YOU WILL BE WATCHING DVD TERY, YOU MAY PURCHASE ONE

Y CALLING 1-877-372-3473.

57 - Optical Drive

Opening the Media Player Control Panel

With most DVD-ROMs, you have the option of altering how the movie shouview. You can do this by using the media player control panel and the mous1 Right-click on the movie screen to open a dropdown menu for options.2 Select View, then Player for all controls available. This will open the control pa

Using the Media Player Control Panel

The media player software allows you to watch the movie much like a VCR pfast-forward and stop the movie at any point.1 To pause the movie, click the on-screen button.2 To rewind the movie, click the button to rewind to a specific portion of the mo

the opening screen.3 To fast-forward the movie, click the button to forward to a specific portion of

jump to the ending credits.4 To stop the movie, click the button.

Exiting the Media Player

1 Click the located in the upper right corner of the title bar. This will open a me2 Click Yes to stop and exit the movie, or No to close the media player dialog box

Using Media Player on Battery PowerSince optical drives consume a lot of power, your overall battery life will beoperating the optical drive continuously (such as watching a DVD movie) th

• MANY MOVIE RUN-TIMES ARE LONGER THAN YOUR SYSTEM CAN SUPYOU ARE WATCHING A DVD MOVIE ON BATTERY POWER YOU MAY NECHARGED BATTERY OR ATTACH AC POWER DURING THE MOVIE TO V

• AN ADDITIONAL FULLY-CHARGED BATTERY IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDMOVIES ON BATTERY POWER. IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN ADDITIONAL BATEITHER ONLINE AT: HTTP://WWW.COMPUTERS.US.FUJITSU.COM OR B

media player.

al fully-charged battery. If you e the low battery warning.you attached AC power without

e last watching, then continue

K NOTEBOOK ATTEMPTS TO EBOOK WILL SHUT DOWN ESET AND FOLLOW THE REBOOT.

RIES OR ATTACH AC POWER TO AL BATTERY LIFE WHILE

58 - Optical Drive

To Watch a Movie on Battery Power:

1 Have an additional full-charged battery or your AC adapter ready for use.2 Start watching your DVD movie. 3 When the low battery warning occurs, immediately stop the movie and exit the

4 Power down your notebook and replace the discharged battery with an additiondo not have an additional battery, you may attach AC power as soon as you se

5 Resume operation by pressing the Suspend button again. This is not required if entering standby mode.

6 Restart your media player, locate and skip to the chapter of the movie you werwatching your DVD movie.

IF YOU DO NOT STOP THE MEDIA PLAYER QUICKLY AND THE LIFEBOOAUTO-SUSPEND (CRITICAL BATTERY LOW STATE) THE LIFEBOOK NOTIMPROPERLY. IF THIS OCCURS, YOU MAY NEED TO PERFORM A HARD RINSTRUCTIONS, IF ANY, PRESENTED TO YOU BEFORE THE SYSTEM WILL

SOME SHORTER DVD MOVIES MAY NOT REQUIRE YOU TO SWAP BATTECOMPLETE THEM. HOWEVER, IT IS BEST TO BE PREPARED SINCE ACTUOPERATING THE OPTICAL DRIVE CANNOT BE GUARANTEED.

a variety of functions s:

).

nector inside the slot is located n it with the left side of the slot

59 - Using ExpressCards

Figure 26. Installing/Removing ExpressCard

Using ExpressCardsYour LIFEBOOK notebook supports ExpressCardsTM, which can performdepending on which type of card you install. Some available ExpressCard

• Gigabit Ethernet Local area network (LAN) cards• IEEE1394 cards• S-ATA II cards

For further information, refer to the instructions supplied with your card(s

Installing ExpressCardsThere are two different width ExpressCards: 34 mm and 54 mm. The conon the left-hand side of the slot. If you insert a 34 mm card, be sure to aligwhen inserting it.

ExpressCard Slot

ExpressCard (54 mm)

card. Some cards may require

in the slot to help prevent system

ssCard Plug

TEBOOK’S SHUTDOWN OR BOOTUP

TER OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANCE ON R NOTEBOOK, OR BOTH.

ER OF THE ADMINISTRATOR’S NNECTED TO A NETWORK, ETING THIS PROCEDURE.


Figure 27. Installing/Removing ExpressCard Plug

See your ExpressCard manual for instructions on the installation of your that your notebook is off while installing them.

To install an ExpressCard, follow these steps:1 When not in use, you should keep the ExpressCard plug (Figure 27) inserted

contamination.

Expre

• INSTALLING OR REMOVING AN EXPRESSCARD DURING YOUR NOPROCESS MAY DAMAGE THE CARD AND/OR YOUR NOTEBOOK.

• DO NOT INSERT AN EXPRESSCARD INTO A SLOT IF THERE IS WATHE CARD AS YOU MAY PERMANENTLY DAMAGE THE CARD, YOU

YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO LOG ON AS ADMINISTRATOR OR A MEMBGROUP TO COMPLETE THIS PROCEDURE. IF YOUR COMPUTER IS CONETWORK POLICY SETTINGS MAY ALSO PREVENT YOU FROM COMPL

t. If there is, see Removing

re inserting a 34 mm card, be sure

card. Some cards may require

pressing it in, then releasing it.

UST BE FOLLOWED BEFORE REMOVING CT PROCEDURE.) IT IS GOOD PRACTICE THE SYSTEM TRAY.U MUST SAVE ALL OF YOUR OPEN FILES,


2 Make sure there is no ExpressCard or ExpressCard plug currently in the sloExpressCards.

3 If the eject button is extended, press it in until it clicks. 4 Insert your ExpressCard into the slot with the pro

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