Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, User Manual

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Contents
Read this first . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Important safety and handling information . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Product layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Tablet layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Front and side view . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Back-side view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Lenovo programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2. Using your tablet . . . . . 13
Initial setup instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the multi-touch screen . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the On-Screen Keyboard and the Touch
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Using the Tablet Digitizer Pen . . . . . . . . . 14
Downloading games and applications . . . . . 15
Using the keyboard dock . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the function keys . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the ThinkPad pointing device . . . . 19
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . 19
Extending the battery life between charges. . 21
Checking the battery status . . . . . . . . 21
Using the cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using synchronization solutions . . . . . . . . 22
Using the GPS satellite receiver . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3. Wireless networks and
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Installing and removing the SIM card . . . . . . 23
Determining which mobile network you are using . 24
Connecting to a mobile data network . . . . . . 25
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network . . . . . . . . 25
Sharing your Internet connection . . . . . . . 26
Using Bluetooth devices . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using NFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 4. Security . . . . . . . . . . 29
Attaching a mechanical lock . . . . . . . . . 29
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Passwords and sleep mode. . . . . . . . 29
Entering passwords . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Hard disk passwords . . . . . . . . . . 30
Supervisor password . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting the security chip . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Notice on deleting data from your mSATA
solid-state drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Using firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Protecting data against viruses . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 5. Recovery overview . . . . 37
Refreshing your tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Resetting your tablet to the factory default
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Advanced startup options . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 6. Advanced configuration . . 39
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Config menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Date and Time menu . . . . . . . . . . 44
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 49
Using system management. . . . . . . . . . 49
System management . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting management feature . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 7. You and your tablet . . . . 51
Comfort and accessibility . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using your tablet more comfortably . . . . 51
Accessibility information . . . . . . . . . 51
Getting updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Traveling with your tablet. . . . . . . . . . . 52
Travel tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Travel accessories . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 8. Troubleshooting
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Diagnosing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recovering from a severe software problem . . . 56
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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