HP OB5000 Getting Started

HP OmniBook

Getting Started

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Edition History

Edition 1 ........................................ September 1995

Edition 2 ........................................... March 1996

This manual is printed on recycled paper.

Contents

1 Starting Out with Your OmniBook

Start Here ........................................... 1-3

1. Insert the battery ................................... 1-3

2. Connect the ac adapter .............................. 1-4

3. Reset the OmniBook ................................ 1-5

4. Open the OmniBook ................................ 1-5

5. Turn on the OmniBook .............................. 1-6

6. Go through the setup screens .......................... 1-7

Where to go from here ................................ 1-7

2 Troubleshooting

Solving Basic Problems .................................. 2-3

3 Specifications and Regulatory Information

Hardware Specifications ................................. 3-3

Regulatory Information .................................. 3-4

U.S.A. ............................................ 3-4

Canada ........................................... 3-5

Japan ............................................ 3-5

Europe ........................................... 3-6

Contents

Starting Out with Your OmniBook

Congratulations! Your OmniBook sets a new standard in personal computing. Although it's compact, the OmniBook is equipped with a full-size keyboard and standard Microsoft Windows—all loaded and ready to go. What's more, your OmniBook has been specifically designed for ease of use on the road. It features "instant-on" power that immediately restores your last session. And the OmniBook is infused with the quality and attention to detail that are the hallmark of HewlettPackard.

This OmniBook Getting Started manual shows how to get your OmniBook up and running quickly. It also shows what to do if you run into trouble getting it started.

About Your OmniBook Manuals

Your OmniBook provides these manuals—convenient, yet portable sources of extensive information about your OmniBook and its preinstalled software:

• The online Quick Start Guide gives you a fun and easy introduction to the

OmniBook. In Windows for Workgroups, look in Program Manager in the OmniBook Library group. In Windows 95, look in Start, Programs, OmniBook Library.

• The online OmniBook User's Guide introduces the OmniBook and shows you

how to operate and maintain your OmniBook. It also contains thorough troubleshooting information. In Windows for Workgroups, look in Program Manager in the OmniBook Library group. In Windows 95, look in Start, Programs, OmniBook Library.

• For Windows for Workgroups, the online Windows Quick Start and MS-DOS

Quick Start manuals contain information about Windows for Workgroups and

MS-DOS. Look in Program Manager in the OmniBook Library group.

• For Windows 95, the printed Introducing Microsoft Windows manual and the

online Using Windows 95 manual contain information about Windows 95. Look in Start, Programs, OmniBook Library for the online manual.

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Starting Out with Your OmniBook

Start Here

To start using your OmniBook the first time, you have to make the following preparations—they’re described in detail on the following pages:

1. Insert the battery, if it’s not already inserted.

2. Connect the ac adapter. (The battery isn’t charged yet.)

3. Press the reset button. (You should only have to do this the first time you start the OmniBook.)

4. Open the OmniBook.

5. Turn on the OmniBook.

6. Go through the setup screens.

7. Begin working!

1. Insert the battery

1. For easiest access to the battery, close the display and turn your computer over.

2. Slide the battery module into the empty bay. Carefully press the battery all the way into the compartment. You will hear a click as the locking switches move outward and the module is locked in place.

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