U s in g y o u r c o m p u t e r fo r t h e fir s t t im e
Be s ure to re a d the e nclos e d Ins truction Ma nua l for S a fe ty a nd Comfort for
informa tion on the s a fe a nd prope r us e of this compute r. It is inte nde d to
he lp you be more comforta ble a nd productive while us ing a note book
compute r. By following the re comme nda tions in it you ma y re duce your
cha nce of de ve loping a pa inful or dis a bling injury to your ha nd, a rms ,
s houlde rs or ne ck.
This s e ction provide s ba s ic informa tion to s ta rt us ing your compute r. It
cove rs the following topics :
Conne cting the AC a da ptor
Ope ning the dis pla y
Turning on the powe r
Initia l s e tup
Ge tting to know Windows
Us e a virus -che ck progra m a nd ma ke s ure it is upda te d re gula rly.
Ne ve r forma t s tora ge me dia without che cking its conte nt - forma tting
de s troys a ll s tore d da ta .
It is a good ide a to pe riodica lly ba ck up the inte rna l Ha rd Dis k Drive or
othe r ma in s tora ge de vice to e xte rna l me dia . Ge ne ra l s tora ge me dia is
not dura ble or s ta ble ove r long pe riods of time a nd unde r ce rta in
conditions ma y re s ult in da ta los s .
Be fore you ins ta ll a de vice or a pplica tion, s a ve a ny da ta in me mory to
the Ha rd Dis k Drive or othe r s tora ge me dia . Fa ilure to do s o ma y
re s ult in the los s of da ta .
C o n n e c t in g t h e AC a d a p t o r
Atta ch the AC a da ptor whe n you ne e d to cha rge the ba tte ry or you wa nt to
ope ra te from AC powe r. It is a ls o the fa s te s t wa y to ge t s ta rte d, be ca us e
the ba tte ry pa ck will ne e d to be cha rge d be fore you ca n ope ra te from
ba tte ry powe r.
The AC a da ptor ca n a utoma tica lly a djus t to a ny volta ge ra nging from 100
to 240 volts a nd to a fre que ncy of e ithe r 50 or 60 he rtz, e na bling you to us e
this compute r in a lmos t a ny country/re gion. The a da ptor conve rts AC
powe r to DC powe r a nd re duce s the volta ge s upplie d to this compute r.
Alwa ys us e the TOS HIBA AC a da ptor tha t wa s include d with your
compute r, or us e AC a da ptors s pe cifie d by TOS HIBA to a void a ny ris k
of fire or othe r da ma ge to the compute r. Us e of a n incompa tible AC
a da ptor could ca us e fire or da ma ge to the compute r pos s ibly re s ulting
in s e rious injury. TOS HIBA a s s ume s no lia bility for a ny da ma ge
ca us e d by us e of a n incompa tible a da ptor.
Us e r's Ma nua l
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