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Toshiba Qosmio E10 User Manual

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User’s Manual

2-9

The Grand Tour

Display hinge

The display hinge holds the display screen at
easy-to-view angles.

Display screen

The LCD displays high-contrast text and
graphics. The computer’s XGA screen consists
of 1024 × 768 pixels. Refer to

Display Controller

and Modes

in Appendix B.

When the computer operates on the AC adaptor
the display screen’s image will be somewhat
brighter than when it operates on battery power.
The lower brightness level is intended to save
battery power.

Stereo speakers

The speakers emit sound generated by your
software as well as audio alarms, such as those
generated by the system.

Indicators(2)

These LEDs let you monitor the mains power
input, power, battery and hard disk drive status.
Details are in the

Indicators

section.

Power button

Press the power button to turn the computer’s
power on and off. The power button LED
indicates the status. Blue means the Windows
mode, green the Qosmio Player mode, and
Orange the Monitor-in mode.

Touch Pad

A Touch Pad located in the palm rest is used to
control the on-screen pointer. Refer to the

Using

the Touch Pad

section in Chapter 4, Operating

Basics.

Touch Pad control
buttons

Control buttons below the Touch Pad let you
select menu items or manipulate text and
graphics designated by the on-screen pointer.

LCD Sensor switch

This switch senses when the LCD panel is closed
or opened and activates the Panel Power Off/On
feature. When you close the panel the computer
enters Hibernation Mode and shuts down. When
you open the panel the computer starts in
Hibernation Mode. Use the TOSHIBA Power
Saver Utility to enable or disable this feature. The
default is “enabled”. Refer to the TOSHIBA
Power Saver Utility and Panel Power Off/On
items in Chapter 1,

TOSHIBA Power Saver

for

details on settings.