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Low-battery condition..........................................................................45
Critical low-battery condition ..............................................................45
Resolving low-battery conditions.........................................................................46
When external power is available.......................................................46
When a charged battery pack is available..........................................46
When no power source is available....................................................46
When the computer cannot restore from hibernation..........................46
Calibrating a battery pack.....................................................................................................47
When to calibrate.................................................................................................47
How to calibrate...................................................................................................47
Step 1: Charging the battery pack ......................................................47
Step 2: Discharging the battery pack..................................................48
Step 3: Recharging the battery pack...................................................49
Conserving battery power.....................................................................................................49
Conserving power as you work............................................................................49
Selecting power conservation settings.................................................................50
Storing a battery pack ..........................................................................................................50
Disposing of a used battery pack .........................................................................................50
4 Drives
Drive care..............................................................................................................................................51
IDE drive light........................................................................................................................................52
Hard drive..............................................................................................................................................53
Optical drives.........................................................................................................................................56
Inserting an optical disc........................................................................................................57
Removing an optical disc (with power).................................................................................58
Removing an optical disc (without power)............................................................................59
Avoiding standby or hibernation ..........................................................................................60
5 Multimedia
Multimedia Hardware.............................................................................................................................61
Using the optical drive........................................................................................................
...61
Identifying the installed optical drive....................................................................61
Inserting an optical disc........................................................................................62
Removing an optical disc (with power)................................................................63
Removing an optical disc (without power)...........................................................64
Using media activity hotkeys................................................................................................65
Using the QuickPlay buttons.................................................................................................66
Using the audio features.......................................................................................................68
Using the audio-in (microphone) jack .................................................................69
Using the audio-out (headphone) jack ................................................................69
Using S/PDIF digital audio (select models only)..................................................69
Adjusting the volume ...........................................................................................70
Using the video features.......................................................................................................71
Using the external monitor port............................................................................71
Using the S-Video-out jack .................................................................................72
Remote Control (Select Models Only) .................................................................................73
HP Mobile Remote Control (PC Card version) ...................................................74
Inserting the battery (PC Card version) ..............................................74
Storing the remote control in the PC Card slot ..................................77
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