User manual TOSHIBA PM300

[. . . ] PORTÉGÉ M300 TOSHIBA PORTÉGÉ M300 Portable Personal Computer User's Manual User's Manual Copyright © 2004 by TOSHIBA Corporation. Under the copyright laws, this manual cannot be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of TOSHIBA. No patent liability is assumed, with respect to the use of the information contained herein. TOSHIBA PORTÉGÉ M300 Portable Personal Computer User's Manual First edition, December 2004 Copyright authority for music, movies, computer programs, data bases and other intellectual property covered by copyright laws belongs to the author or to the copyright owner. [. . . ] This dialog box will not be displayed in the future when you click the check box in it. 5-4 User's Manual The Keyboard Display selection: Press Fn + F5 to change the active display device. When you press these hot keys, a dialog box appears. Only selectable devices will be displayed. Hold down Fn and press F5 again to change the device. When you release Fn and F5, the selected device will change. If you hold down these hot keys for five seconds the selection will return to the internal LCD. Internal LCD screen Brightness: Pressing Fn + F6 decreases the LCD screen brightness in decrements. When you press these hot keys, the current setting will be displayed for two seconds by an icon. You can also change this setting through the Screen brightness item of the Basic Setup tab in TOSHIBA Power Saver. Internal LCD screen Brightness: Pressing Fn + F7 increases the LCD screen brightness in increments. When you press these hot keys, the current setting will be displayed for two seconds by a pop-up icon. You can also change this setting through the Screen brightness item of the Basic Setup tab in TOSHIBA Power Saver. . The brightness level is always set at the maximum value for about 18 seconds, when the internal LCD screen turns on. After 18 seconds, the brightness level will appear at the Power Save Mode setting or you can change it manually. LCD screen clarity increases with the brightness level. Wireless setting: If your computer has both Bluetooth and wireless LAN functions, you can press Fn + F8 to select which type of wireless communication you want to use. When you press these hot keys, a dialog box will appear. Continue holding down Fn and press F8 to change the setting. If wireless communication is turned off, Disabled Wireless Communication Switch will be displayed. User's Manual 5-5 The Keyboard If no wireless communication device is installed, no dialog box will appear. Touch Pad: Pressing Fn + F9 in a windows environment enables or disables the Touch Pad function. When you press these hot keys, the current setting will change and be displayed as an icon. LCD screen resolution selection: Press Fn + Space keys to change the LCD screen resolution. Each time when you press these hot keys, the LCD screen resolution changes as follows: With XGA, you can change the resolution between 800 × 600 and 1024 × 768 pixels. Optical media drive power icon: Press the Fn + Tab keys to turn the power of the optical media drive on or eject the disc tray. A dialog box is displayed when this hotkey is pressed. To choose between the functions, press the Tab key while holding down the Fn key. The chosen function is executed when the Fn + Tab keys are released. TOSHIBA Zooming Utility (reduce): To reduce the icon size on the desktop or the application window, press the 1 key while holding down the Fn key. TOSHIBA Zooming Utility (enlarge): To enlarge the icon size on the desktop or the application window, press the 2 key while holding down the Fn key. Fn Sticky key You can use the TOSHIBA Accessibility Utility to make the Fn key sticky, that is, you can press it once, release it, and then press an "F number" key. To start the TOSHIBA Accessibility Utility, click start, point to All Programs, point to TOSHIBA, point to Utilities and click Accessibility. 5-6 User's Manual The Keyboard Windows special keys The keyboard provides two keys that have special functions in Windows: Windows logo key activates the start menu and the other, the application key, has the same function as the secondary mouse button. This key activates the Windows start menu. This key has the same function as the secondary mouse button. Keypad overlay Your computer's keyboard does not have an independent numeric keypad, but its numeric keypad overlay functions like one. The keys in the center of the keyboard with gray letters make up the numeric keypad overlay. [. . . ] SD card: Secure Digital cards are flash memory widely used in a variety of digital devices such as digital cameras and Personal Digital Assistants. serial communications: A communications technique that uses as few as two interconnecting wires to send bits one after another. serial interface: Refers to a type of information exchange that transmits information sequentially, one bit at a time. The electronic methodology used in serial data transmission. [. . . ]