HP Pavilion 8290, Pavilion 8200 User Manual

HP Pavilion PC

User’s Guide

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Contents

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Chapter 1 Setting Up Your

System ............................................. 1

Finding a Place for Your Computer............................................. 1

Putting Your Computer Together................................................ 2

Getting Comfortable....................................................................... 2

Your System is Working................................................................. 3

Chapter 2 Starting Out

with HP ............................................ 5

My Software Folder......................................................................... 6

Personal Guide................................................................................. 7

HP Support Center .......................................................................11

Chapter 3 Operating Your

Computer ...................................... 13

Learning Computer Basics.......................................................... 14

Turning Off Your Computer........................................................ 15

Suspending Your Computer ....................................................... 16

Using the One-Touch Multimedia Keyboard .........................17

Using the Fax Machine ................................................................ 23

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Chapter 4 Running Programs

and Creating Files .........................25

Running Software Programs .......................................................26

Using Documents and Folders ...................................................27

Adding New Software Programs to Your Computer.............29

Removing Programs from Your Computer..............................29

Removing Icons from the Windows 95 Desktop...................30

Running MS-DOS..........................................................................31

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting.......33

Chapter 6 Upgrading and

Servicing Your Computer.............51

Connecting Components to Your PC .......................................53

Using Headphones........................................................................54

Using Your Computer with Your Stereo System....................55

Replacing the Battery ...................................................................56

Reconfiguring Keyboard Buttons and the Display.................59

Adding More Memory..................................................................61

Installing Add-in Cards ................................................................64

Using the BIOS Setup Program ................................................. 66

FCC Regulatory and Safety Information..................................69

Declaration of Conformity........................................................... 72

Safety Information.........................................................................73

Products Provided with External Television Antenna

Connectors......................................................................................74

Index ..............................................77

Chapter 1 • Setting Up Your System

Thank you for choosing a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion PC. To maximize your comfort and productivity, it is important that you set up and use your system properly.

Finding a Place for Your Computer

Keep these recommendations in mind when you choose a place for your computer:

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Choose a room that is dry, clean, and well ventilated.

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Place the computer on a strong, flat surface with enough space to move the mouse around.

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Provide access to the back of the computer and the display during setup.

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Use grounded, three-prong electrical outlets for the computer and display. HP recommends that you also use a power strip with surge protection.

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Place the computer near a phone jack so that you can connect the modem. The modem is needed to send and receive faxes and e-mail, and to log on to the Internet.

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Consider the location of the windows in the room—if the display reflects direct sunlight, viewing the display may be uncomfortable.

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Putting Your Computer Together

For step-by-step instructions on putting your computer together, refer to the Welcome Poster that came in your computer box. You’ll notice that the colors of the cable plugs match the colors of the connector labels on the back of your computer. When in doubt, match the colors.

Getting Comfortable

Refer to the manual Working in Comfort With Your HP Computer Equipment, which was

provided with your HP Pavilion PC, for important ergonomic information.

Note:

You should take frequent, short breaks while using the computer; we suggest you take a break after 15 to 20 minutes on the computer. Stretch each time you take a break. If you experience physical discomfort,

it may be alleviated by ergonomically designed accessories such as adjustable chairs, footrests, keyboard trays, wrist rests, and glare screens.

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Chapter 1 • Setting Up Your System

Your System is Working

When you first turn on your computer, a series of startup screens, including a mouse tutorial, appears, and then you see the Microsoft® Windows® 95 desktop. Your computer is now set up.

Double-click the Free Game icon on the desktop. In addition to giving you a free game, this procedure will guide you through the steps necessary to register. It is important to register with HP, so that you can be notified of changes and updates for your HP Pavilion PC.

After you register online, a roadmap points out and describes several important icons on your desktop. For further information on Personal Guide and HP Support Center, see the next chapter.

If Your System is Not Working

If one or more of your system components are not working properly, see Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting,” beginning on page 33.

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Chapter 2 • Starting Out with HP

To help you get started, HP provides simple solutions for discovering your software, learning Windows 95, getting support, and using the Internet. The following table describes these solutions.

Note:

Your computer is shipped with Windows 95. Hewlett-Packard does not support Windows NT on the Pavilion.

Topic HP Solution What It Does

Discovering your software

My Software folder

This folder contains descriptions of various preinstalled applications HP provides on your PC. Look here to learn a little about the applications before using them.

Learning Windows 95

Personal Guide

Personal Guide teaches you about Windows 95—folders, documents, shortcuts, and Windows Explorer. It gives you answers to frequently asked Windows 95 questions, and also gives you quick access to the Internet and the HP Support Center.

Getting HP support

HP Support Center

The HP Support Center provides you with online documentation, tutorials, diagnostics, system tools, and answers to frequently asked questions. Check your disk for viruses, make more room on your hard drive, recover lost or damaged HP programs, and contact technical support personnel from the HP Support Center. An online diagnostic tool (SystemWizard) will take you through a sequence of questions for problem identification and offer possible solutions. If you don’t solve the problem this way, whatever you have tried so far is recorded for your support person to look at when you call.

Using the Internet

Internet Access

An Internet service provider has been provided. Upon registration, you will receive 50 free hours to use the Internet with HP’s customized browser. Be sure to explore the HP At Home Web site, designed for HP Pavilion PC owners. To access the Internet, double-click the

Internet Access

icon

on your Windows 95 desktop.

The following sections describe the solutions in more detail.

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My Software Folder

Your HP Pavilion PC comes with a number of preinstalled software programs. The programs vary, depending on which system you purchased. To see what programs you have and run them:

Double-click the My Software folder on your Windows 95 desktop.

To run a program, double-click the program’s icon in the My Software window.

Note:

You can also run all of these preinstalled programs (plus any new ones you install) from the Windows 95 Programs list. To see this list, click Start on the Windows 95 taskbar and then choose Programs.

Note:

Your window may show different software icons.

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Personal Guide

For those who are new to Windows 95, Personal Guide provides an easy way to start using your HP Pavilion PC. It offers easy access to a variety of on-screen tutorials and multimedia demos that will help you get up and running quickly with your new computer.

Start Personal Guide by double-clicking its icon on the Windows 95 desktop.

To explore a Personal Guide category, click its button in the Personal Guide window.

Descriptions of the Personal Guide categories are listed on the following page.

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Personal Guide Categories

Organizing Your Files

Helps you get acquainted with the Windows 95 desktop, creating folders, saving files, moving and removing documents, finding files, creating shortcuts, and using Windows Explorer.

Managing Your Software

Explains how to install and remove software, add software to the Start menu, prevent software from starting automatically, and start a DOS session.

Changing Your Desktop

Explains how to increase the size of the desktop, change Windows 95 colors, choose a screen saver, remove icons from the desktop, format the taskbar, and use Suspend mode.

In Case of a Problem

Takes you directly to the HP Support Center so that you can get any additional questions answered.

Take Me to the Internet

Launches a demo summarizing the benefits of the Internet. If you sign up for a free Internet access trial, you can access your browser directly from here.

Several of the categories (Organizing Your Files, Managing Your Software, and Changing Your Desktop) contain a number of topics for which you can run tutorials. Just click a topic, read the helpful information presented on the screen, and then click

Show Me a Step-by-Step Demo

see and hear the multimedia tutorial.

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Easy Internet Access

HP has made it easy for you to explore the world of the Internet by providing:

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A customized Internet browser that points you to some of the most interesting sites on the Web.

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Free Internet access for up to 50 hours. E-mail is included and no credit card is needed!

To launch the custom browser, press the Internet button on the keyboard or double-click the Internet Access icon on your desktop.

You can then watch an interactive demo that will acquaint you with the Web and show you how to use e-mail. When you’re ready, click Sign Up to register for your free Internet access trial.

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After you sign up, you will see the HP At Home Web site, which was created especially for HP Pavilion PC owners. It’s filled with questions and answers, tips, tricks, and activities for fun with your HP Pavilion PC. The custom browser provides direct links to popular sites on the Web, helps you search the Web for specific topics, lets you send and receive e-mail, and more. Even if you already have an Internet service provider and an e-mail address, you can still use the browser provided. Simply select this option during the sign-up process.

The HP At Home owners’ Web site is located at http://www.hp-at-home.com/

Chapter 2 • Starting Out with HP

HP Support Center

If you are having trouble learning a new software program or diagnosing a hardware problem, the HP Support Center is the place to go. Your support options, online documentation, tutorials, and system maintenance tools have been grouped in this one convenient location. To go to the Support Center, choose HP Support Center in the Start menu or double-click the icon on the desktop.

Descriptions of HP Support Center options are listed on the following page.

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HP Support Center Options

Software Help

Each software package shipped with your computer is listed here, along with its manual (if there is one), online Help, and a support phone number.

Hardware Help

Exactly what hardware makes up your system? What do you do when something isn’t working? How do you diagnose a problem? What is SystemWizard? Who do you call? This selection answers these questions and more.

Pavilion Library

Online manuals are found here. Software manuals (also found under Software Help) and your modem guide are found here.

Tutorials

Learn skills that range from creating software shortcuts to changing the color of your screen background by taking the short lessons found here.

Common Questions

Common questions that HP Support Center personnel are frequently asked are listed and answered here. Subjects range from modems to the Internet to MS-DOS and more. Check here if you have a question about your computer.

System Maintenance

Here you find system tools to clean up your hard disk, get rid of viruses, and run the SystemWizard online diagnostic tool.

Technical Support

When you need help, who do you call? Where do you call?

Chapter 3 • Operating Your Computer

The basics of operating your HP Pavilion PC are covered in this chapter:

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Learning computer basics

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Turning off your computer

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Suspending your computer

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Using the one-touch multimedia keyboard

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Using the Intel Connect™ phone and answering machine

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Using the fax machine

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Learning Computer Basics

General computer skills are not covered in this book. To learn computer basics, try the suggestions listed.

What You May Want to Learn Where You Can Find It

What your computer can do

To see a demo, press the keyboard key with the Demo sticker on it. The key is Shortcut 3.

How to get more practice using a mouse

Solitaire or any of the games that came with your computer are a great way to practice pointing and clicking.

How Windows 95 works

An online manual called

ABCs of Windows 95

covers the basics of this operating system.

To see

ABCs of Windows 95

Double-click the

HP Support Center

icon on the desktop.

Click

HP Pavilion Library

Click

Online Books

Click

ABCs of Windows 95

Common computer terms

An online manual called

Pocket PC User’s Guide

can also be found in the Pavilion library. Read other

manuals provided in the library for additional information.

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Tips

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When you aren’t using them, return diskettes, CDs, and DVDs to their protective cases.

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Be careful not to spill liquids on the keyboard.

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Keep magnetic material away from your computer and disks.

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Remove diskettes only after the indicator light on the diskette drive goes off.

Turning Off Your Computer

There is only one way to turn off your computer correctly. To turn off the computer:

Exit all software programs. (To close programs, click X in the upper-right corner of each window.)

Click Start on the Windows 95 taskbar.

Click Shut Down (last item on the menu).

Click Yes.

Turn off your display.

Caution:

Pressing the computer’s power button when

software is running could corrupt your files.

Note:

If your system is “frozen” and won’t respond to the mouse or keyboard, you can’t use Shut Down. In this case, reset the computer by pressing the power button. Turning off your computer this way does not protect your programs and files as well as Shut Down does. The next time you turn on the computer, the hard disk may be scanned for errors. (When you turn off the computer this way, wait a few seconds before you turn it back on.)

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Suspending Your Computer

As an alternative to shutting down your computer, you can put your PC in Suspend mode. When you suspend your computer, it goes into a low-power state and your display is blank as if it’s turned off. The next time you use your computer, any applications, folders, and documents that were open before you suspended the computer will be ready and waiting for you. With Suspend, you can save electricity without having to wait for your PC to go through the normal startup routine when you turn on the computer.

Suspend also allows faxes to come through to your computer, and enables your PC to automatically retrieve your e-mail messages and download information from the World Wide Web

(if you have programmed your computer to do so).

To suspend the computer:

Press the Suspend button on the front of the computer. The screen goes dark, and the computer goes into Suspend mode.

When you want to use your computer again, just start to use the keyboard or mouse, or press the Suspend button. The screen display will reappear just as you left it.

Another way to suspend your computer is to choose Suspend on the Windows 95 Start menu.

Note:

If you use an application that wakes your computer when it is suspended (such as when a fax program receives an incoming fax), the computer will not go back into Suspend mode automatically, unless you configure your PC to use the Auto Suspend feature. For information on enabling Auto Suspend, see “Setting Auto Suspend in the BIOS” on page 68.

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Using the One-Touch Multimedia Keyboard

You have a special multimedia keyboard that can:

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Adjust the volume on your speakers.

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Mute all sound on the computer.

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Play back your phone messages.

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Answer the phone.

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Connect you directly to the Internet (if your telephone line is connected to the computer).

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Set shortcuts to your favorite programs.

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Suspend your computer to save power while you aren’t using it.

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Get support information.

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Start and stop your CD or DVD player, skip to different tracks, and eject the disk.

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Start a demo about your computer.

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Attach headphones.

Keyboard Buttons, Knobs, and Controls

Volume

This knob increases and decreases the volume for your entire computer system. (Note that the knob can be turned indefinitely, even after maximum sound has been reached.)

Messages

When the light next to this key is blinking, you have received a fax or a phone message. Press the Messages button to hear or read your new messages.

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Phone

This key works like a speakerphone button on a regular phone. Press Phone to start your phone software, and then dial a phone number. If someone is calling you, answer by pressing Phone. (For more information, see page 21.)

Internet

Press this key to launch your Internet browser. This button is pre-set to use the customized Internet browser already installed on your computer. You can reconfigure the button to launch a service provider or browser of your choice. See the directions on page 53.

Note:

These three keys will work only if you have connected a telephone line to the computer. See page 55 for connection instructions.

Shortcut 1, Shortcut 2, Shortcut 3

Each of the three shortcut keys is pre-set to start a particular software program (Shortcut 3 is the Pavilion demo), but you can change these settings. For directions on changing the program connected to a shortcut key, see page 59.

Suspend

Press this key when your computer won’t be used for a while, but you don’t want to turn it off. Pressing this key will save electricity. The screen will go dark, and your computer will go into Suspend mode. When you want to use your system again, press Suspend again, or move the mouse, or press any key. The screen display will reappear just as you left it.

Information

Press Information to see HP support options. You can choose to launch either Personal Guide or the HP Support Center. For information on configuring this key, see page 59.

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Media Player

These buttons work like the controls on an audio CD player. Use these buttons to open and close the carrier, to skip tracks, to pause, and to stop the CD player or DVD player.

Mute

Press Mute to turn off all sound on the computer. A Mute On indicator appears on your screen. To turn on the sound, again press the Mute button. If you want to affect only one specific sound (and not the whole system), double-click the Volume icon on the screen. Here, you can change individual sound levels.

Using the Intel Connect™ Phone and Answering Machine

Your computer can function as both a telephone and an answering machine. You can:

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Make calls by clicking Address Book entries.

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Put callers on hold and let them listen to on-hold music.

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Use speed dial.

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Use Caller ID (if your phone company supports it).

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Access your messages remotely.

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Have your pager notify you.

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Screen your calls.

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For a full explanation of your phone operation, consult the online Intel Connect™ manual:

Double-click the HP Support Center icon on the desktop.

Click HP Pavilion Library.

Click Online Books.

Click Intel Connect™.

To start the Intel Connect™ tutorial:

Start Intel Connect™.

Click the Intel Connect™ icon (located in the upper-left corner directly above the phone).

Select View Tutorial.

Making a Phone Call

Press the Phone key on your multimedia keyboard. The phone receiver opens. (The first time you run Intel Connect™, you answer setup questions and make your answering machine’s recording.)

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Dial one of two ways: Either click the numbers on the phone handset or enter the numbers from the keyboard keypad.

When a person answers the phone, speak directly into the microphone. The microphone is located on the top of your display (HP Pavilion Multimedia Display) or is connected to your computer.

Press Phone again to hang up.

Receiving a Phone Call

Intel Connect™ must be running for you to receive a call. (That is, the program must be running in an open or minimized window.) When a call comes in, you hear the ring from the speakers and the status message on your screen says Ringing. The CALL button changes to a flashing ANSWER, indicating an incoming call. Press the Phone button on the keyboard to answer the call, and speak into the microphone. The microphone is located on the top of your display (HP Pavilion Multimedia Display) or is connected to your computer.

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Letting the Answering Machine Take Calls

Keep Intel Connect™ running to answer calls (remember that more than one program can run simultaneously):

Press the Phone key on your multimedia keyboard.

Click Setup.

Click Ringing.

In the Auto-answer ring count box, enter the number of rings before the answering machine plays the greeting.

Click the Answering tab.

Click Answer as an answering machine. If you have set up multiple mailboxes, click Answer as a voice mail system.

Click OK to return to the Intel Connect™ main window. Leave this program running and go ahead with your other computer activities.

Note:

If you want the answering machine to pick up calls without any ringing, click DND (Do Not Disturb) on the Intel Connect™ main window.

Playing Messages

If you have messages on your answering machine, the Messages light blinks on the keyboard.

To hear your messages, press the Messages button next to the blinking light. If you have a message, you will hear it. If you have a fax, you will hear a notification.

Note:

You can access your messages remotely, set up pager notification, or screen your calls. Refer to the online

Intel Connect™

manual for these instructions. The manual is in the online HP Pavilion Library under HP Support Center.

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