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) ..........................................................63
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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