Toshiba Tecra A2 User Manual

Tecra a2, User’s manual

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User’s Manual

Table of contents

Document Outline

Toshiba Tecra A2
- Copyright
- Disclaimer
- Trademarks
- EU Declaration of Conformity
- Modem warning notice
  - Conformity Statement
  - Network Compatibility Statement
- Optical Disc drive safety Instructions
  - Description on Laser specification
- International precautions
  - Location of the required label
Table of Contents
Preface
- Manual contents
- Conventions
General Precautions
- Stress injury
- Heat warning
- Pressure or impact damage
- PC Card overheating
- Mobile phones
- Central Processing Unit ("CPU") Performance Disclaimer
- RTC battery
- CE compliance
- Working environment
- Network connection (Class A warning)
- Information on the secure writing on optical media
- Wireless LAN and your Health
  - Safety Instruction for Wireless Products
  - Usage Restrictions
Chapter 1 Introduction
- Equipment checklist
  - Hardware
  - Software
- Features
- Special features
- Utilities
- Options
Chapter 2 The Grand Tour
- Front with the display closed
- Left side
- Right side
- Backside
- Underside
- Front with the display open
- System indicators
- Keyboard indicators
- USB floppy disk drive (optional)
- Fixed optical media drives
- AC adaptor
Chapter 3 Getting Started
- Setting up your work space
- Installing the battery pack
- Connecting the AC adaptor
- Opening the display
- Turning on the power
- Windows XP setup
- Turning off the power
- Restarting the computer
- Restoring preinstalled software
  - Restoring from the Product Recovery Media
  - Restoring from Recovery HDD
Chapter 4 Operating Basics
- Using the Touch pad
- Using the USB floppy disk drive (optional)
  - Connecting 3 1/2" floppy disk drive
  - Disconnecting 3 1/2" floppy disk drive
- Using optical media drives
  - Loading discs
  - Removing discs
- Writing CDs on DVD-ROM&CD-R/RW drive
  - Before writing or rewriting
  - When writing or rewriting
- Writing CD/DVDs on DVD-R/-RW drive
- Writing CD/DVDs on DVD Super Multi drive
- Media care
  - CD/DVDs
  - Floppy disks
- Sound System
- Modem
- Wireless LAN
- LAN
- Cleaning the computer
- Moving the computer
- Heat dispersal
Chapter 5 The Keyboard
- Typewriter keys
- F1 … F12 function keys
- Soft keys: Fn key combinations
  - Emulating keys on enhanced keyboard
- Hot keys
  - Fn Sticky key
- Windows special keys
- Keypad overlay
- Generating ASCII characters
Chapter 6 Power and Power-Up Modes
- Power conditions
- Power indicators
- Battery types
- Care and use of the battery pack
- Replacing the battery pack
  - Removing the battery pack
  - Installing the battery pack
- Starting the computer by password
- Power-up modes
  - Windows utilities
  - Hot keys
- Panel power on/off
- System Auto Off
Chapter 7 HW Setup and Passwords
- HW Setup
- Accessing HW Setup
  - HW Setup window
Chapter 8 Optional Devices
- PC Card
  - Inserting a PC Card
  - Removing a PC Card
- Memory expansion
  - Installing a memory module
  - Removing a memory module
- Additional battery pack
- Additional AC adaptor
- Battery charger
- USB floppy disk drive
- External monitor
- Parallel printer
- Advanced Port Replicator IIl
  - Connecting the Port Replicator
- Security lock
Chapter 9 Troubleshooting
- Problem solving process
  - Preliminary checklist
  - Analyzing the problem
- Hardware and system checklist
- TOSHIBA support
  - Before you call
Appendix A Specifications
- Physical Dimensions
  - Environmental Requirements
  - Built-in Modem
Appendix B Display Controller and Modes
- Display controller
- Video modes
- Display Settings
Appendix C Internal Modem Guide
- Installing the internal modem
- Removing the internal modem
Appendix D Wireless LAN
- Card Specifications
- Radio Characteristics
- Supported Frequency Sub-bands
  - Wireless IEEE 802.11 Channels Sets (Revision B and G)
Appendix E AC Power Cord and Connectors
- Certification agencies
Appendix F If your computer is stolen
Glossary
Index