Toshiba A8 (PTA83C-KF201E) A8 (PTA83C-KF201F) A8 (PTA83C-KF401E) User 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
- Equipment checklist
- Introduction
- 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
- The Grand Tour
- 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
- Getting Started
- 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
- TOSHIBA Dual Pointing Device
- Operating Basics
- 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
- The Keyboard
- 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
- Power and Power-Up Modes
- 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
- HW Setup
- 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
- PC card
- Optional Devices
- 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
- Problem solving process
- Troubleshooting
- 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
- Legal Footnotes
- Chapter 1
- Appendix
- Appendix A
- Specifications
- Physical Dimensions
- Environmental Requirements
- Built-in Modem
- Physical Dimensions
- Specifications
- Appendix B
- Display Controller and Modes
- Display controller
- Video modes
- Display Controller and 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
- AT Commands
- 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
- S-register values
- S-registers
- Appendix E
- V.90
- V.90 mode
- AT Command
- V.90
- 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)
- Wireless LAN
- 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
- Bluetooth wireless technology Interoperability
- Appendix H
- AC Power Cord and Connectors
- Certification agencies
- AC Power Cord and Connectors
- Appendix I
- TOSHIBA Anti-theft Protection Timer
- Appendix A
- Glossary
- Index