Operation Manual

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.

•“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage19

•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage19

•“Specialkeysandbuttons”onpage20

•“UsingtheUltraNavpointingdevice”onpage24

•“Powermanagement”onpage28

•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage32

•“Presentationsandmultimedia”onpage36

•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage40

•“Usingtheintegratedcamera”onpage40

•“UsinganExpressCard,aashmediacard,orasmartcard”onpage41

Registeringyourcomputer

Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact

youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,youwillreceive

quickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand

servicestoregisteredusers.

ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,dooneofthefollowing:

•Lenovohaspreloadedaregistrationapplicationthatwilllaunchautomaticallyafteryouhaveusedyour

computerforatime.FollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo.

•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/registerandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer

withLenovo.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

HereareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofThinkPadnotebook.

Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,browsethefollowingWebpagetond

informationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:

http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.

CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?

•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,goto:http://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow

theinstructionsonthescreen.

Onthegoandneedtousebatterypowermoreeffectively?

•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingapplicationsorsavingles,see“Power-saving

modes”onpage29

•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplansby

useofthePowerManagerprogram.

•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypowerfrom

drainingbyremovingthebattery.Formoreinformation,see“Powermanagement”onpage28