FCC ID: EJE-WB0015 (IC: 337J-WB0015) Report No. M041106_Cert_Eton_Atheros_11abg_NII_BT EMC Technologies Report Number: M041106_Cert_Eton_Atheros_11abg_NII_BT APPENDIX P – User Manual Pt2 EMC Technologies Pty Ltd – 57 Assembly Drive, Tullamarine VIC 3043 Australia www.emctech.com.
E Series.
E Series.
E Series.book Page 27 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Getting Started DC Power Jack DC Output Cable AC Adapter AC Cable Figure 3-1 Connecting the AC Adapter Power Sources Your Fujitsu LifeBook notebook has three possible power sources: a primary Lithium ion battery, an AC adapter or an optional Auto/Airline adapter. CONNECTING THE POWER ADAPTERS The AC adapter or optional Auto/Airline adapter provides power for operating your notebook and charging the batteries. Connecting the AC Adapter 1.
E Series.book Page 28 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook Display Panel Latch Figure 3-2 Opening the Display Panel Display Panel Your Fujitsu LifeBook notebook contains a display panel that is backlit for easier viewing in bright environments and maintains top resolution through the use of activematrix technology. ■ [Fn+F7]: Pressing repeatedly will increase the brightness of the display. ■ When using AC power your brightness setting is set to its highest level by default.
E Series.book Page 29 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Getting Started Starting Your LifeBook Notebook POWER ON Power/Suspend/Resume Button The Power/Suspend/Resume button is used to turn on your LifeBook notebook from its off state. Once you have connected your AC adapter or charged the internal Lithium ion battery, you can power on your LifeBook notebook. (See figure 2-3 on page 6 for location) When you turn on your LifeBook notebook be sure you have a power source.
E Series.book Page 30 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook If your data security settings require it, you may be asked for a password before the BIOS main menu will appear. BOOTING THE SYSTEM We strongly recommend that you do not attach any external devices and do not put a DVD/CD in any drive until you have gone through the initial power on sequence. When you turn on your LifeBook notebook for the first time, it will display a Fujitsu logo on the screen.
E Series.book Page 31 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Getting Started activated once, unless significant hardware changes are made to your system. ■ Note that Product Activation and Registration are not the same thing. Registration is optional, whereas Product Activation is a required procedure. REGISTERING YOUR LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK How do I register? To register, visit our Web site at: us.fujitsu.
E Series.book Page 32 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook Power Management Your Fujitsu LifeBook notebook has many options and features for conserving battery power. Some of these features are automatic and need no user intervention, such as those for the internal modem. However, others depend on the parameters you set to best suit your operating conditions, such as those for the display brightness.
E Series.book Page 33 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Getting Started HIBERNATION (SAVE-TO-DISK) FEATURE RESTARTING THE SYSTEM The Hibernation feature saves the contents of your LifeBook notebook’s system memory to the hard drive as a part of the Suspend/Resume mode. You can enable or disable this feature. If your system is on and you need to restart it, be sure that you use the following procedure. Enable or Disable the Hibernation Feature The default settings is not enabled.
E Series.
E Series.
E Series.
E Series.book Page 37 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM User Installable Features Lithium ion Battery Your LifeBook notebook has a Lithium ion battery that provides power for operating your notebook when no external power source is available. The battery is durable and long lasting, but should not be exposed to extreme temperatures, high voltages, chemicals or other hazards.
E Series.book Page 38 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook Dead Battery Suspend mode shows on the Status indicator just like the normal Suspend mode. Once your notebook goes into Dead Battery Suspend mode you will be unable to resume operation until you provide a source of power either from an adapter, or a charged battery. Once you have provided power, you will need to press the Power/Suspend/Resume button to resume operation.
E Series.book Page 39 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM User Installable Features Media Eject Button Media Holder Tray Figure 4-2. Optical Drive Optical Drive There is a variety of media available to use with your system, depending upon the system configuration you have selected. Super-Multi DVD drives, DVD/CD-RW Combo drives, and CD-ROM drives are collectively known as “optical drives”.
E Series.book Page 40 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook ■ ■ ■ You should periodically check the Fujitsu web site at us.fujitsu.com/ computers for current updated drivers. All LifeBook DVD players are set to play DVD titles with region code number 1 which is specified for the North American market. The region number is a regional restriction code defined by the DVD Forum acting on Hollywood requirements.
E Series.book Page 41 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM User Installable Features 3. To Fast-forward the movie, click the button to forward to a specific portion of the movie, or the button to jump to the ending credits. 4. To Stop the movie, click the button. Exiting the Media Player 1. Click the U located in the upper right corner of the title bar. This will open a media player dialog box. 2. Click Yes to stop and exit the movie, or No to close the media player dialog box and return to the movie.
E Series.book Page 42 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook Eject Button Figure 4-4.Loading/Ejecting a 3.5” Floppy Disk External USB Floppy Disk Drive An external USB floppy disk drive is available as an option for your LifeBook notebook. The external floppy disk drive can read and write information on removable 1.44MB and 720KB floppy disks. Your LifeBook notebook is preconfigured to boot from a USB floppy drive.
E Series.book Page 43 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM User Installable Features PC Card Slots PC Card Eject Button Figure 4-6. Installing/Removing PC Cards PC Cards Your Fujitsu LifeBook notebook supports two Type I or Type II PC Cards or one Type III PC Card, which can perform a variety of functions.
E Series.book Page 44 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook In order to use the embedded Smart Card Reader, you must purchase an optional Smart Card adapter and third-party software for installation into an available Type II PC Card slot.
E Series.book Page 45 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM User Installable Features Memory Upgrade Module Your Fujitsu LifeBook notebook comes with a minimum of 256 MB of high speed Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic RAM (DDR 333 SDRAM) factory installed. To increase your LifeBook notebook’s memory capacity, you may install an additional memory upgrade module. The memory upgrade must be a dual-in-line (DIMM) SDRAM module.
E Series.book Page 46 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook CHECKING THE MEMORY CAPACITY Once you have changed the system memory capacity by replacing the installed module with a larger one, be sure to check that your notebook has recognized the change. Check the memory capacity by clicking [Start] -> Settings -> Control Panel, then double-clicking the System icon. Select the General tab and check the amount of memory under “Computer:”.
E Series.book Page 47 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM User Installable Features Power On/Suspend/Resume Button Anti-theft Lock Slot USB Ports PS/2 Port Parallel Port DC Power Jack External Monitor Port DVI-D Port Serial Port LAN (RJ-45)Port Figure 4-11. Port Replicator back panel Port Replicator An optional port replicator is available for your Fujitsu LifeBook notebook.
E Series.book Page 48 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook Port Replicator Release Button Anti-theft Lock Slot Interface Connector Headphone Jack Microphone Jack Adjustable Guide Bar Figure 4-12. Port Replicator front panel FRONT PANEL COMPONENTS To attach the port replicator, follow these easy steps: The following is a brief description of the optional Port Replicator’s front panel components. 1.
E Series.book Page 49 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM User Installable Features DETACHING THE PORT REPLICATOR The optional port replicator can be detached from your notebook while the power is on, while in suspend mode, or while the power is off. To detach the port replicator follow these easy steps: 1. Unlock the anti-theft lock if the system is locked into place. 2. Press the port replicator release button to release the system from the port replicator. 3.
E Series.book Page 50 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook Device Ports Your Fujitsu LifeBook notebook and the optional Port Replicator come equipped with multiple ports to which you can connect external devices including: disk drives, keyboards, modems, printers, etc. ■ The internal modem is designed to the ITU-T V.90 standard. Its maximum speed of 53000bps is the highest allowed by FCC, and its actual connection rate depends on the line conditions.
E Series.book Page 51 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM User Installable Features UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS PORTS The Universal Serial Bus 2.0 ports (USB) allow you to connect USB devices such as external game pads, pointing devices, keyboards and/or speakers. In order to connect a USB device follow these steps: 1. Align the connector with the port opening.(Figure 419) 2. Push the connector into the port until it is seated. Figure 4-17.
E Series.book Page 52 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook STEREO LINE-IN JACK HEADPHONE JACK The stereo line-in jack allows you to connect an external audio source to your notebook, such as an audio cassette player. Your audio device must be equipped with a 1/8" (3.5 mm) stereo mini-plug in order to fit into the stereo line-in jack of your notebook.
E Series.
E Series.
E Series.book Page 55 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Your Fujitsu LifeBook notebook is sturdy and subject to few problems in the field. However, you may encounter simple setup or operating problems that you can solve on the spot, or problems with peripheral devices, that you can solve by replacing the device. The information in this section helps you isolate and resolve some of these straightforward problems and identify failures that require service.
E Series.book Page 56 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook TROUBLESHOOTING TABLE Problem Page Audio Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 56 DVD/CD-ROM Drive Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . page 56 Port Replicator Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 57 Floppy Disk Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 57 Hard Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 57 Keyboard or Mouse Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . .
E Series.book Page 57 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Possible Solutions LifeBook notebook fails to recognize DVD/CD-RW/ CD-ROM’s (continued) Windows DVD/CD-RW/CDROM auto insertion function is disabled. Start the DVD/CD-RW/CD-ROM from the desktop or application software or re-enable the Windows DVD/CD-RW/CD-ROM auto insertion function. LifeBook notebook fails to recognize DVD/CD-RW/ CD-ROM’s. DVD/CD-RW/CD-ROM is dirty or defective.
E Series.book Page 58 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook Problem Possible Cause Possible Solutions Keyboard or Mouse Problems The built-in keyboard does not seem to work. You have installed an external keyboard or mouse, and it does not seem to work. You have connected an external keyboard or a mouse and it seems to be locking up the system. The notebook has gone into Suspend mode. Push the Power/Suspend/Resume button. Your application has locked out your keyboard.
E Series.book Page 59 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Possible Solutions You have installed a parallel port device, a serial port device or a USB device. Your LifeBook notebook does not recognize the device, or the device does not seem to work properly. Your device and another device are assigned the same I/O address.
E Series.book Page 60 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook Problem You turn on your LifeBook notebook and nothing seems to happen. (continued) Your LifeBook notebook turns off all by itself. Your LifeBook notebook will not work on battery alone. The batteries seem to discharge too quickly. 60 Possible Cause Possible Solutions The Power adapter (AC or auto/airline) has no power from the AC outlet, airplane seat jack, or the car’s cigarette lighter.
E Series.book Page 61 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Possible Solutions The batteries seem to discharge too quickly. The batteries have been exposed to high temperatures. Replace the batteries. (continued The batteries are too hot or too cold. Restore the notebook to normal operating temperature. The Charging icon on the Status Indicator panel will flash when the battery is outside its operating range.
E Series.book Page 62 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook Problem Possible Cause Possible Solutions Video Problems The built-in display is blank when you turn on your LifeBook notebook. Something is pushing on the Closed Cover switch. Clear the Closed Cover switch. (See figure 2-3 on page 6 for location) The notebook is set for an external monitor only. Pressing [F10] while holding down the [Fn] key allows you to change your selection of where to send your display video.
E Series.book Page 63 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Troubleshooting Problem The Built-in Display has bright or dark spots. Possible Cause Possible Solutions If the spots are very tiny and few in number, this is normal for a large LCD display. This is normal; do nothing. If the spots are numerous or large enough to interfere with your operation needs. Display is faulty; contact your support representative.
E Series.book Page 64 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook POWER ON SELF TEST MESSAGES The following is an alphabetic list of error-and-status messages that Phoenix BIOS and/or your operating system can generate and an explanation of each message. Error messages are marked with an *. If an error message is displayed that is not in this list, write it down and check your operating system documentation both on screen and in the manual.
E Series.book Page 65 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Troubleshooting *Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I/O bus. BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen. If it cannot locate the address, it displays ????. This is a potentially data-destroying failure. Contact your support representative. *Press to resume, to SETUP Displayed after any recoverable error message.
E Series.book Page 66 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM LifeBook E8000 Notebook RESTORING YOUR PRE-INSTALLED SOFTWARE The Drivers and Applications Restore (DAR) CD contains: ■ ■ ■ Sets of device drivers and Fujitsu utilities (in specific directories) that are unique to your LifeBook notebook configuration for use as documented below. A link to the Drive Image Special Edition (DISE) utility on your hard disk drive. Read-me files that provide additional use information for items on this CD-ROM.
E Series.book Page 67 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Troubleshooting Enlarging the Backup Partition If there is not enough unused space in the backup partition on your hard disk, DISE will resize the partition. DISE will display the minimum, maximum, and recommended sizes for the backup partition. You choose the size you want. AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADING DRIVER UPDATES DISE takes the space from the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS partition that you are backing up.
E Series.
E Series.
E Series.
E Series.book Page 71 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Care and Maintenance Care and Maintenance If you use your Fujitsu LifeBook notebook carefully, you will increase its life and reliability. This section provides some tips for looking after the notebook and its devices. Electrical equipment may be hazardous if misused. Operations of this product or similar products, must always be supervised by an adult.
E Series.
E Series.book Page 73 Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:28 AM Care and Maintenance Caring for your Optical Drive Your optical drive is durable but you must treat it with care. Please pay attention to the following points: ■ The drive rotates the compact disc at a very high speed. Do not carry it around or subject it to shock or vibration with the power on. ■ Avoid using or storing the drive where it will be exposed to extreme temperatures.
E Series.
