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Preface, Manual contents – Toshiba PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER L505 User Manual

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User’s Manual

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L500/L505/L500D/L505D

Preface

Congratulations on your purchase of the TOSHIBA L500/L505/L500D/
L505D computer. This powerful notebook computer provides excellent
expansion capability, includes multimedia functionality, and is designed to
provide years of reliable, high-performance computing.

This manual tells how to set up and begin using your L500/L505/L500/
L500D computer. It also provides detailed information on configuring your
computer, basic operations and care, using optional devices and
troubleshooting.

If you are a new user of computers or if you’re new to portable computing,
first read over the

Introduction

and

The Grand Tour

chapters to familiarize

yourself with the computer’s features, components and accessory devices.
Then read

Getting Started

for step-by-step instructions on setting up your

computer.

If you are an experienced computer user, please continue reading the
preface to learn how this manual is organized, then become acquainted
with this manual by browsing through its pages. Be sure to read the

Special

features

section of the Introduction, to learn about features that are

uncommon or unique to the computers and carefully read

HW Setup and

Passwords

. If you are going to connect external devices such as a printer,

be sure to read Chapter 8,

Optional Devices

.

Manual contents

This manual is composed of the following chapters, appendixes, a glossary
and an index.

Chapter 1,

Introduction

, is an overview of the computer’s features,

capabilities, and options.

Chapter 2,

The Grand Tour

, identifies the components of the computer and

briefly explains how they function.

Chapter 3,

Getting Started

, provides a quick overview of how to begin

operating your computer.

Chapter 4,

Operating Basics

, includes tips on care of the computer and on

using the Touch Pad, optical disc drive, Audio/Video controls, the web
camera, the microphone, wireless communication and LAN.

Chapter 5,

The Keyboard

, describes special keyboard functions including

the keypad overlay and hot keys.

Chapter 6,

Power and Power-up Modes

, gives details on the computer’s

power resources and battery save modes.