Toshiba Satellite A500/ Satellite Pro A500/ Satellite A500D/ Satellite Pro A500D series User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Copyright

  2
• Disclaimer

  2
• Trademarks

  2
• Macrovision License of Notice

  3
• FCC information

  4
• EU Conformity Statement

  5
• VCCI Class B Information

  5
• Important Safety Information for Computers with TV tuner

  5
• Canadian regulatory information (Canada only)

  6
• Modem warning notice

  6
• Japan regulations

  7
• Instructions for IC CS-03 certified equipment

  10
• Notes for Users in Australia and New Zealand

  11
• Following information is only for EU-member states:

  14
• Optical disc drive standards

  15
• International precautions

  19
• Table of Contents

  21
• Preface

  25
  • Manual contents

    25
  • Conventions

    26
• General Precautions

  28
  • Provide adequate ventilation

    28
  • Creating a computer-friendly environment

    28
  • Stress injury

    29
  • Heat injury

    29
  • Pressure or impact damage

    29
  • ExpressCard overheating

    29
  • Mobile phones

    30
  • Instruction Manual for Safety and Comfort

    30
• Chapter 1

  31
  • Introduction

    31
    • Equipment checklist

      31
    • Features

      33
    • Special features

      42
    • TOSHIBA Value Added Package

      45
    • Utilities and Applications

      46
    • Options

      50
• Chapter 2

  51
  • The Grand Tour

    51
    • Front with the display closed

      51
    • Left side

      53
    • Right side

      56
    • Underside

      58
    • Front with the display open

      60
    • Function buttons

      65
    • System indicators

      66
    • Optical disc drives

      68
    • Remote Controller

      70
    • Using the Remote Controller

      76
    • Installing/Removing batteries

      78
    • AC adaptor

      83
• Chapter 3

  84
  • Getting Started

    84
    • Connecting the AC adaptor

      85
    • Opening the display

      88
    • Turning on the power

      90
    • Starting up for the first time

      90
    • Turning off the power

      91
    • Restarting the computer

      95
    • System Recovery Options

      95
• Chapter 4

  99
  • Operating Basics

    99
    • Using the Touch Pad

      99
    • Using the Fingerprint Sensor

      100
    • Using the TOSHIBA USB Sleep and Charge function

      107
    • Using optical disk drives

      109
    • Function buttons

      114
    • Writing CD/DVD on DVD Super Multi drives

      114
    • Media care

      125
    • Sound system

      127
    • Using the web camera

      129
    • Using TOSHIBA Web Camera Application

      130
    • Using TOSHIBA Face Recognition

      131
    • Modem

      135
    • TV Tuner

      137
    • Wireless communications

      140
    • LAN

      143
    • Cleaning the computer

      145
    • Moving the computer

      146
    • Heat dispersal

      147
    • Using the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Protection

      147
• Chapter 5

  150
  • The Keyboard

    150
    • Typewriter keys

      150
    • Function keys: F1 … F12

      151
    • Soft keys: FN key combinations

      151
    • Hot keys

      152
    • Windows special keys

      154
    • Touchpad Enable/Disable Button

      154
    • Generating ASCII characters

      154
• Chapter 6

  155
  • Power and Power-up Modes

    155
    • Power conditions

      155
    • Power indicators

      156
    • Battery types

      157
    • Care and use of the battery pack

      159
    • Replacing the battery pack

      163
    • TOSHIBA Password Utility

      165
    • Power-up modes

      166
• Chapter 7

  168
  • HW Setup and Passwords

    168
    • HW Setup

      168
    • Accessing HW Setup

      168
    • HW Setup Window

      168
• Chapter 8

  173
  • Optional Devices

    173
    • ExpressCard

      174
    • Bridge media slot

      176
    • Additional memory module

      178
    • Battery Packs

      181
    • Universal AC Adaptor

      181
    • Battery Charger

      181
    • USB floppy diskette drive

      182
    • eSATA (External Serial ATA)

      184
    • External monitor

      185
    • HDMI

      187
    • Security lock

      190
• Chapter 9

  191
  • Troubleshooting

    191
    • Problem solving process

      191
    • Hardware and system checklist

      193
    • TOSHIBA support

      217
• Chapter 10

  219
  • Disclaimers

    219
    • CPU

      219
    • Memory (Main System)

      220
    • Battery Life

      221
    • SSD/HDD drive capacity

      221
    • LCD

      221
    • Graphics Processor Unit ("GPU”)

      221
    • Wireless LAN

      222
    • USB Sleep & Charge

      222
    • External HDD Capacity

      222
    • Non-applicable Icons

      222
    • Copy Protection

      222
    • Images

      222
    • LCD Brightness and Eye Stain

      223
    • TV Tuner

      223
    • Safety Use for TV Tuner

      223
  • Appendixes

    224
  • Table of Contents

    224
• Appendix A

  225
  • Environmental requirements

    225
• Appendix B

  227
  • Display controller

    227
• Appendix C

  228
  • V.90/V.92 mode

    228
  • AT Command

    230
• Appendix D

  231
  • Card Specifications

    231
  • Radio Characteristics

    232
  • Supported Frequency Sub-bands

    232
• Appendix E

  236
  • Certification agencies

    237
• Appendix F

  239
  • Starting the TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor

    240
  • Glossary

    241
  • Index

    255