Toshiba A8 (PTA83C-KF401F) Manual

Table of Contents

• TECRA A8 / Satellite Pro A120
• Preface
  • Manual contents
  • Conventions
    • Abbreviations
    • Icons
    • Keys
    • Key operation
    • Display
    • Messages
• General Precautions
  • Creating a computer-friendly environment
  • Stress injury
  • Heat injury
  • Pressure or impact damage
  • PC card overheating
  • Mobile phone
  • Instruction Manual for Safety & Comfort
• Table of Contents
• Chapter
  • Chapter 1
    • Introduction
      • Equipment checklist
        • Hardware
        • Software
        • Documentation
      • Features
      • Special features
      • Utilities
      • Options
  • Chapter 2
    • The Grand Tour
      • Front with the display closed
      • Left side
      • Right side
      • Back side
      • Underside
      • Front with the display open
      • System indicators
      • Keyboard indicators
      • USB floppy disk drive
      • Optical disk drives
        • Region codes for DVD drives and media
        • Writable discs
        • CDs
        • DVDs
        • Formats
        • CD-ROM drive
        • DVD-ROM drive
        • DVD-ROM&CD-R/RW drive
        • DVD Super Multi drive
      • AC adaptor
  • Chapter 3
    • Getting Started
      • Other Things to Note
      • Connecting the AC adaptor
      • Opening the display
      • Turning on the power
      • Starting up for the first time
      • Turning off the power
        • Shut Down mode (Boot mode)
        • Standby Mode
        • Hibernation Mode
      • Restarting the computer
      • Create Optical Recovery Discs
      • Restoring the preinstalled software from the Recovery HDD
      • Restoring the preinstalled software from your creating Recovery Media
  • Chapter 4
    • Operating Basics
      • TOSHIBA Dual Pointing Device
        • Using the Touch Pad
        • Using the AccuPoint
        • AccuPoint precautions
        • Replacing the cap
      • Using the Fingerprint Sensor
        • Points to note about the Fingerprint Sensor
        • Points to note about the Fingerprint Utility
        • Set Up Procedure
        • Window Logon via Fingerprint Authentication
        • Fingerprint Power-on Security
        • Fingerprint Single Sign-on Feature
        • How to Swipe the Finger
      • Using the USB floppy disk drive
        • Connecting USB floppy disk drive
        • Disconnecting USB floppy disk drive
      • Using optical disk drives
        • Loading discs
        • Removing discs
        • How to remove CD/DVD when the disc tray will not open
      • Writing CDs on DVD-ROM&CD-R/RW drive
        • Before writing or rewriting
        • When writing or rewriting
      • Writing CD/DVDs on DVD Super Multi drive
        • Important message
        • Disclaimers
        • Before writing or rewriting
        • When writing or rewriting
        • RecordNow! Basic for TOSHIBA
        • Data Verification
        • DLA for TOSHIBA
        • When using WinDVD Creator Platinum
        • How to make a DVD-Video
        • How to learn more about InterVideo WinDVD Creator
        • Important information for use
      • Media care
        • CD/DVDs
        • Floppy disks
      • Sound system
        • Volume Control
        • Microphone level
      • Modem
        • Region selection
        • Properties menu
        • Setting
        • Modem Selection
        • Dialing Properties
        • Connecting
        • Disconnecting
      • Wireless communications
        • Wireless LAN
        • Security
        • Bluetooth wireless technology
        • BluetoothTM Stack for Windows® by TOSHIBA
        • Wireless communication switch
        • Wireless communication Indicator
      • LAN
        • LAN cable types
        • Connecting LAN cable
        • Disconnecting LAN cable
      • Cleaning the computer
      • Moving the computer
      • Using the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Protection
        • TOSHIBA HDD Protection Properties
        • Details
      • Heat dispersal
  • Chapter 5
    • The Keyboard
      • Typewriter keys
      • Function keys: F1 … F12
      • Soft keys: Fn key combinations
        • Emulating keys on enhanced keyboard
      • Hot keys
        • Fn Sticky key
      • Windows special keys
      • Keypad overlay
        • Turning on the overlays
        • Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on)
        • Temporarily using overlay (overlay off)
        • Temporarily changing modes
      • Generating ASCII characters
  • Chapter 6
    • Power and Power-Up Modes
      • Power conditions
      • Power indicators
        • Battery indicator
        • DC IN indicator
        • Power indicator
      • Battery types
        • Battery pack
        • Real Time Clock (RTC) battery
      • Care and use of the battery pack
        • Charging the batteries
        • Monitoring battery capacity
        • Maximizing battery operating time
        • Retaining data with power off
        • Extending battery life
      • Replacing the battery pack
      • TOSHIBA Password Utility
        • User Password
        • Supervisor Password
        • Starting the computer by password
      • Power-up modes
        • Windows utilities
        • Hot keys
      • Panel power on/off
      • System Auto Off
  • Chapter 7
    • HW Setup
      • Accessing HW Setup
      • HW Setup window
      • Configuring the Execute-Disable Bit Capability and TPM
        • Starting and Ending the BIOS Setup Program
        • Execute-Disable Bit Capability
      • Security controller
        • Diagnostic Mode
        • Beep Volume
  • Chapter 8
    • Optional Devices
      • PC card
        • Inserting a PC card
        • Removing a PC card
      • SD card
        • Formatting an SD memory card
        • Inserting an SD card
        • Removing an SD card
        • SD card care
        • Creation of a boot disk
      • Memory expansion
        • Installing a memory module
        • Removing a memory module
      • Battery pack
      • AC adaptor
      • Battery charger
      • USB floppy disk drive
      • External monitor
      • TV
        • Using the TOSHIBA Assist button or TOSHIBA Presentation button
        • Changing the resolution
      • i.LINK (IEEE1394)
        • Precautions
        • Connecting
        • Disconnecting
      • Advanced Port Replicator III Plus
      • Serial port
      • Security lock
  • Chapter 9
    • Troubleshooting
      • Problem solving process
        • Preliminary checklist
        • Analyzing the problem
      • Hardware and system checklist
        • System start-up
        • Self test
        • Power
        • Password
        • Keyboard
        • Internal LCD display panel
        • Hard disk drive
        • CD-ROM drive
        • DVD-ROM drive
        • DVD-ROM&CD-R/RW drive
        • DVD Super Multi drive
        • USB floppy disk drive
        • SD card
        • PC card
        • Dual Pointing Device
        • Fingerprint Sensor
        • USB device
        • Bios Beep Sounds
        • Memory expansion
        • Sound system
        • External monitor
        • i.LINK (IEEE1394) device
        • Modem
        • LAN
        • Wireless LAN
        • Bluetooth
        • Printer
        • TV output signal
        • Recovery Discs
        • Disposing of PC and PC batteries
      • TOSHIBA support
        • Before you call
        • Where to write
  • Chapter 10
    • Legal Footnotes
      • CPU*1
      • General Main Memory*2
      • Battery Life*3
      • Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Capacity*4
      • LCD*5
      • Graphics Processor Unit ("GPU")*6
      • Wireless LAN*7
      • Non-applicable Icons*8
      • Copy Protection*9
      • Images*10
• Appendix
  • Appendix A
    • Specifications
      • Physical Dimensions
        • Environmental Requirements
        • Built-in Modem
  • Appendix B
    • Display Controller and Modes
      • Display controller
      • Video modes
  • Appendix C
    • AT Commands
      • +++ Escape sequence
      • A/ Repeat last command
      • A Answer command
      • Bn Communication standard setting
      • Dn Dial
      • En Echo command
      • Hn Hook control
      • In Request ID information
      • Ln Monitor speaker volume
      • Mn Monitor speaker mode
      • Nn Modulation handshake
      • On Return on-line to data mode
      • P Select pulse dialing
      • Qn Result code control
      • T Select tone dialing
      • Vn DCE response format
      • Xn Result code selection, call progress monitoring
      • Dial tone detect
      • Busy tone detect
      • Zn Recall stored profile
      • &Cn Data Carrier Detect (DCD) control
      • &Dn DTR control
      • &F Load factory settings
      • &Gn V.22bis guard tone control
      • &Kn Local flow control selection
      • &Pn Select Pulse Dial Make/Break Ratio (WW)
      • &Tn Self-test commands
      • &V Display Current Configuration
      • &W Store current configuration
      • &Zn=x Store telephone number
      • \Nn Error control mode selection
      • \Qn Local flow control selection
      • \Vn Protocol result code
      • %B View numbers in blacklist
      • %Cn Data compression control
  • Appendix D
    • S-registers
      • S-register values
        • S0 Auto answer ring number
        • S1 Ring counter
        • S2 AT escape character (user defined)
        • S3 Command line termination character (user defined)
        • S4 Response formatting character (user defined)
        • S5 Command line editing character (user defined)
        • S6 Wait before dialing
        • S7 Connection completion time-out
        • S8 Comma pause time
        • S11 DTMF dialing speed
        • S12 Escape guard time
        • S37 Dial line rate
      • AT command set result codes
  • Appendix E
    • V.90
      • V.90 mode
      • AT Command
  • Appendix F
    • Wireless LAN
      • Card Specifications
      • Radio Characteristics
      • Supported Frequency Sub-bands
        • Wireless IEEE 802.11 Channels Sets (Revision B and G)
        • Wireless IEEE 802.11 Channels Sets (Revision A)
  • Appendix G
    • Bluetooth wireless technology Interoperability
      • Bluetooth wireless technology and your Health
      • Regulatory statements
        • General
        • European Union (EU) and EFTA
        • Canada - Industry Canada (IC)
        • USA-Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
        • Caution: Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation
        • Taiwan
      • Using BluetoothTM Card from TOSHIBA equipment in Japan
        • Device Authorization
  • Appendix H
    • AC Power Cord and Connectors
      • Certification agencies
  • Appendix I
    • TOSHIBA Anti-theft Protection Timer
• Glossary
• Index