Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12, User Manual

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Contents
Read this first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . vi
Conditions that require immediate action . . vii
Service and upgrades . . . . . . . . . . vii
Power cords and power adapters . . . . . viii
Extension cords and related devices . . . . . ix
Plugs and outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Power supply statement . . . . . . . . . . ix
External devices . . . . . . . . . . . . .
x
General battery notice . . . . . . . . . . . x
Notice for built-in rechargeable battery . . . . x
Notice for non-rechargeable coin-cell battery . . xi
Heat and product ventilation . . . . . . . . xi
Electrical current safety information
. . . . xii
Liquid crystal display (LCD) notice . . . . . xiii
Using headphones or earphones. . . . . . xiii
Additional safety information . . . . . . . xiii
Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Locating computer controls, connectors, and
indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Right-side view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Left-side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bottom view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Locating important product information . . . . . . 8
Machine type and model label . . . . . . . . 8
FCC ID and IC Certification information . . . . 8
Certificate of Authenticity label . . . . . . . 9
Genuine Microsoft label . . . . . . . . . . 9
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Lenovo programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Accessing Lenovo programs on the Windows 7
operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
Accessing Lenovo programs on the Windows 8.1
operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
An introduction to Lenovo programs . . . . . . 14
Chapter 2. Using your computer . . . 17
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . . . 17
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the special buttons . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the multi-touch screen . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the Tablet Digitizer Pen or ThinkPad Active
Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Operating modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Enabling the operating modes . . . . . . . 27
Rotating the computer display. . . . . . . 27
Notebook mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Stand mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Tablet mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tent mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Special keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ThinkPad pointing device . . . . . . . . . . 35
TrackPoint pointing device . . . . . . . . 36
Trackpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Trackpad touch gestures . . . . . . . . . 38
Customizing the ThinkPad pointing device . . 39
Replacing the cap of the TrackPoint pointing
stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Checking the battery status . . . . . . . . 40
Using the ac power . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . 41
Maximizing the battery life . . . . . . . . 42
Managing the battery power . . . . . . . 42
Power-saving modes . . . . . . . . . . 42
Connecting to the network . . . . . . . . . . 43
Ethernet connections . . . . . . . . . . 43
Wireless connections . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using an external display . . . . . . . . . . 46
Connecting an external display . . . . . . 46
Choosing a display mode . . . . . . . . 47
Changing display settings . . . . . . . . 47
Using audio features . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using a flash media card. . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 3. Enhancing your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Finding ThinkPad options . . . . . . . . . . 51
ThinkPad OneLink Dock . . . . . . . . . . . 51
ThinkPad OneLink Pro Dock . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 4. Security . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Typing passwords . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Supervisor password . . . . . . . . . . 56
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