Lenovo Helix User Manual

ThinkPadHelixUserGuide

MachineTypes:20CGand20CH

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•Safety,Warranty,andSetupGuide

•RegulatoryNotice

•“Importantsafetyandhandlinginformation”onpageiii

•AppendixE“Notices”onpage117

ThelatestSafety,Warranty,andSetupGuideandtheRegulatoryNoticeareavailableontheLenovoSupport
Websiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals.

SecondEdition(February2015)

©CopyrightLenovo2014,2015.

LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuantaGeneralServicesAdministration
“GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.GS-35F-05925.

Contents

Readthisfirst.............iii

Importantsafetyandhandlinginformation.....iii

Chapter1.Productoverview......1

Tabletlayout................1

Frontviewandsideview..........1

Rearview................3

Accessories.................5

Features..................6

Specifications................7

Operatingenvironment............8

Lenovoprograms..............8

Chapter2.Usingyourtablet.....11

Initialsetupinstructions...........11

Usingthemulti-touchscreen.........11

Powermanagement............13

Chargingthebattery..........13

Extendingthebatterylifebetweencharges..14

Checkingthebatterystatus........15

UsingtheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActive

Pen...................15

UsingtheOn-ScreenKeyboardorthetouch

keyboardandhandwritingpanel........17

Changingthestartupbehaviortoopeneitherthe

desktoportheStartscreen..........17

AttachinganEthernetcable.........17

Downloadinggamesandapplications.....18

Usingthefingerprintreader..........18

UsingtheThinkPadHelixQuickshotCover...21

Usingthecameras.............23

Usingthemicro-SD-cardreader........23

Usingasmartcard.............25

UsingHDMIdevices............28

Usingsynchronizationsolutions........28

UsingtheGlobalNavigationSatelliteSystem

receiver.................29

Turningoffthetablet............29

Chapter3.Wirelessnetworksand

devices................31

InstallingandremovingthemicroSIMcard...31
Determiningwhichmobilenetworkyouareusing.33

ConnectingtoaWi-Finetwork........33

Connectingtoamobilenetwork........34

SharingyourInternetconnection.......35

UsingBluetoothdevices...........35

UsingtheNFCconnection..........36

Chapter4.Youandyourtablet....41

Comfortandaccessibility..........41

Usingyourtabletmorecomfortably....41

Accessibilityinformation.........41

Gettingupdates..............44

Travelingwithyourtablet...........44

Traveltips...............44

Travelaccessories...........45

Careandmaintenance...........45

Chapter5.ThinkPadHelixoptions..47

ThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard......47

OverviewoftheThinkPadHelixUltrabook

Keyboard...............47

UsingtheThinkPadHelixUltrabook

Keyboard...............48

ThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.....53

OverviewoftheThinkPadHelixUltrabookPro

Keyboard...............53

UsingtheThinkPadHelixUltrabookPro

Keyboard...............55

ThinkPadTabletDock............65

OverviewoftheThinkPadTabletDock...65

UsingtheThinkPadTabletDock......67

Chapter6.Security..........69

Usingpasswords..............69

Typingpasswords...........69

Passwordsandsleepmode........69

Power-onpassword...........69

Supervisorpassword..........70

Harddiskpasswords..........71

Harddisksecurity...........73

Usingthesecuritychip...........74

Usingfirewalls...............74

Protectingdataagainstviruses........74

Chapter7.Advancedconfiguration..77

Installingdevicedrivers...........77

ThinkPadTabletSetup...........77

Mainmenu..............78

Configmenu..............78

Securitymenu.............80

Startupmenu.............84

Restartmenu.............85

UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS.....86

Usingsystemmanagement..........86

Systemmanagement..........86

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Chapter8.Troubleshooting

problems...............89

Diagnosingproblems............89

Troubleshooting..............89

Recoveringfromaseveresoftwareproblem...91

Errormessages..............91

Chapter9.Recoveryinformation...93

Refreshingyourtablet............93

Resettingyourtablettothefactorydefault

settings.................93

Usingtheadvancedstartupoptions......94

RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows8.1

failstostart................94

Creatingandusingrecoverymedia......94

Chapter10.Gettingsupport.....97

Locatingimportantproductinformation.....97

Lenovotechnicalsupport..........98

Lenovouserforums.............99

FindingThinkPadoptions..........99

Purchasingadditionalservices........99

AppendixA.Regulatory

information.............101

Wirelessrelatedinformation.........101

LocatingtheUltraConnect™wireless

antennas...............102

Locatingwirelessregulatorynotices....103

Certificationrelatedinformation......103

Exportclassificationnotice..........103

Electronicemissionnotices..........103

FederalCommunicationsCommission

DeclarationofConformity........103

IndustryCanadaClassBemissioncompliance

statement...............104

EuropeanUnion-Compliancetothe

ElectromagneticCompatibilityDirective...104

GermanClassBcompliancestatement...104

KoreaClassBcompliancestatement....105

JapaneseVCCIClassBstatement.....105

Japancompliancestatementforproducts
whichconnecttothepowermainswith
ratedcurrentlessthanorequalto20Aper

phase................105

Lenovoproductserviceinformationfor

Taiwan................105

Eurasiancompliancemark..........105

Brazilregulatorynotice...........105

Mexicoregulatorynotice...........105

AppendixB.WEEEandrecycling

information.............107

ImportantWEEEinformation.........107

RecyclinginformationforChina........107

RecyclinginformationforJapan........107

RecyclinginformationforBrazil........108

BatteryrecyclinginformationforTaiwan.....109

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheUnitedStates

andCanada................109

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheEuropean

Union..................109

ChinarecyclinginformationforWasteElectrical

andElectronicEquipment(WEEE).......110

AppendixC.RestrictionofHazardous

SubstancesDirective(RoHS)....111

EuropeanUnionRoHS...........111

ChinaRoHS................112

TurkishRoHS...............112

UkraineRoHS...............113

IndiaRoHS................113

AppendixD.ENERGYSTARmodel

information.............115

AppendixE.Notices.........117

Trademarks................118

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Readthisfirst

Besuretofollowtheimportanttipsgivenheretogetthemostuseandenjoymentoutofthetablet.Failureto
dosomightleadtodiscomfortorinjury,orcausethetablettofail.

Importantsafetyandhandlinginformation

Toavoidpersonalinjury,propertydamage,oraccidentaldamagetoyourThinkPad
calledthetablet),readalloftheinformationinthissectionbeforeusingit.

Fordetailedoperatinginstructions,refertotheThinkPadHelixUserGuide(thispublication).Y oucan
accesstheThinkPadHelixUserGuidebyusingoneofthefollowingmethods:

•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/UserManualsandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

•OpenWindows

Foradditionaltipstohelpyouoperatethetabletsafely,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/safety

®

HelpandSupport.ThentapLenovoUserGuide.

Handleyourtabletwithcare:

Donotdrop,bend,puncture,insertforeignobjects,orplaceheavyobjectsonyourtablet.Sensitive
componentsinsidemightbecomedamaged.

Yourtabletscreenismadeofglass.Theglassmightbreakifthetabletisdroppedonahardsurface,is
thesubjectofahighimpact,oriscrushedbyaheavyobject.Iftheglasschipsorcracks,donottouch
thebrokenglassorattempttoremoveitfromthetablet.Stopusingthetabletimmediatelyandcontact
Lenovo

®

technicalsupportforrepair,replacement,ordisposalinformation.

®

Helix(hereafter

Donotdisassembleormodifyyourtablet:

Yourtabletisasealedunit.Therearenoend-userserviceablepartsinside.Allinternalrepairsmustbedone
byaLenovo-authorizedrepairfacilityoraLenovo-authorizedtechnician.Attemptingtoopenormodifyyour
tabletwillvoidthewarranty.

Generalbatterynotice

DANGER

BatteriessuppliedbyLenovoforusewithyourproducthavebeentestedforcompatibilityand
shouldonlybereplacedwithapprovedparts.AbatteryotherthantheonespecifiedbyLenovo,ora
disassembledormodifiedbatteryisnotcoveredbythewarranty.

Batteryabuseormishandlingcancauseoverheat,liquidleakage,oranexplosion.T oavoidpossible
injury,dothefollowing:

•Donotopen,dissemble,orserviceanybattery.

•Donotcrushorpuncturethebattery.

•Donotshort-circuitthebattery,orexposeittowaterorotherliquids.

•Keepthebatteryawayfromchildren

•Keepthebatteryawayfromfire.

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Stopusingthebatteryifitisdamaged,orifyounoticeanydischargeorthebuildupofforeign
materialsonthebatteryleads.

Storetherechargeablebatteriesorproductscontainingtherechargeablebatteriesatroom
temperature,chargedtoapproximately30to50%ofcapacity.Werecommendthatthebatteriesbe
chargedaboutonceperyeartopreventoverdischarge.

Donotputthebatteryintrashthatisdisposedofinlandfills.Whendisposingofthebattery,comply
withlocalordinancesorregulations.

Noticeforbuilt-inrechargeablebattery

DANGER

Donotattempttoreplacethebuilt-inrechargeablebattery.Replacementofthebatterymustbe
donebyaLenovo-authorizedrepairfacilityortechnician.

Onlyrechargethebuilt-inrechargeablebatterystrictlyaccordingtoinstructionsincludedinthe
productdocumentation.

TheLenovo-authorizedrepairfacilitiesortechniciansrecycleLenovobatteriesaccordingtolocal
lawsandregulations.

Noticefornon-rechargeablecoin-cellbattery

DANGER

Donotattempttoreplacethenon-rechargeablecoin-cellbattery.Replacementofthebatterymust
bedonebyaLenovo-authorizedrepairfacilityoraLenovo-authorizedtechnician.

Donotputthebatteryintrashthatisdisposedofinlandfills.Whendisposingofthebattery,comply
withlocalordinancesorregulations.TheLenovo-authorizedrepairfacilitiesortechniciansrecycle
Lenovobatteriesaccordingtolocallawsandregulations.

ThefollowingstatementappliestousersinthestateofCalifornia,U.S.A.

CaliforniaPerchlorateInformation:

Productscontainingmanganesedioxidelithiumcoin-cellbatteriesmaycontainperchlorate.

PerchlorateMaterial-specialhandlingmayapply,See
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate

Preventyourtabletandadapterfromgettingwet:

Donotimmerseyourtabletinwaterorleaveitinalocationwhereitcangetsaturatedwithwaterorother
liquids.

Usesupportedchargingmethodsonly:

Torechargetheinternalbatteryofyourtabletsafely,see“Chargingthebattery”onpage13.

Attention:UseonlyLenovo-approvedacpoweradaptersandpowercords.Unauthorizedacpower
adaptersandpowercordscouldseverelydamagethetablet.

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Chargingdevicesmightbecomewarmduringnormaluse.Ensurethatyouhaveadequateventilationaround
thechargingdevice.Unplugthechargingdeviceifanyofthefollowingoccurs:

•Thechargingdevicehasbeenexposedtorain,liquid,orexcessivemoisture.

•Thechargingdeviceshowssignsofphysicaldamage.

•Y ouwanttocleanthechargingdevice.

Lenovoisnotresponsiblefortheperformanceorsafetyofproductsnotmanufacturedorapprovedby
Lenovo.

Preventhearingdamage:

Yourtablethasacomboaudioconnectorthatyoucanuseforheadphones(alsocalledaheadset)or
earphones.

CAUTION:
Excessivesoundpressurefromearphonesandheadphonescancausehearingloss.Adjustmentof
theequalizertomaximumincreasestheearphoneandheadphoneoutputvoltageandthesound
pressurelevel.Therefore,toprotectyourhearing,adjusttheequalizertoanappropriatelevel.

Excessiveuseofheadphonesorearphonesforalongperiodoftimeathighvolumecanbedangerousif
theoutputoftheheadphoneorearphoneconnectorsdonotcomplywithspecificationsofEN50332-2.
TheheadphoneoutputconnectorofyourtabletcomplieswithEN50332-2Subclause7.Thisspecification
limitsthetablet'smaximumwidebandtrueRMSoutputvoltageto150mV.Tohelpprotectagainsthearing
loss,ensurethattheheadphonesorearphonesyouusealsocomplywithEN50332-2(Clause7limits)fora
widebandcharacteristicvoltageof75mV.UsingheadphonesthatdonotcomplywithEN50332-2canbe
dangerousduetoexcessivesoundpressurelevels.

Ifyourtabletcamewithheadphonesorearphonesinthepackage,asaset,thecombinationofthe
headphonesorearphonesandthetabletalreadycomplieswiththespecificationsofEN50332-1.Ifdifferent
headphonesorearphonesareused,ensurethattheycomplywithEN50332-1(Clause6.5Limitation
Values).UsingheadphonesthatdonotcomplywithEN50332-1canbedangerousduetoexcessive
soundpressurelevels.

Takecarewhenusingyourtabletinamotorvehicleoronabicycle:

Alwaysprioritizeyoursafetyandthesafetyofothers.Followthelaw.Locallawsandregulationsmight
governhowyoucanusemobileelectronicdevices,suchasyourtablet,whileyoudriveamotorvehicle
orrideabicycle.

Disposeaccordingtolocallawsandregulations:

Whenyourtabletreachestheendofitsusefullife,donotcrush,incinerate,immerseinwater,ordisposeof
yourtabletinanymannercontrarytolocallawsandregulations.Someinternalpartscontainsubstances
thatcanexplode,leak,orhaveanadverseenvironmentalaffectifdisposedofincorrectly.

SeeAppendixB“WEEEandrecyclinginformation”onpage107

foradditionalinformation.

Keepyourtabletandaccessoriesawayfromsmallchildren:

Yourtabletcontainssmallpartsthatcanbeachokinghazardtosmallchildren.Additionally,theglassscreen
canbreakorcrackifdroppedonorthrownagainstahardsurface.

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Protectyourdataandsoftware:

Donotdeleteunknownfilesorchangethenameoffilesordirectoriesthatwerenotcreatedbyyou;
otherwise,yourtabletsoftwaremightfailtowork.

Beawarethataccessingnetworkresourcescanleaveyourtabletvulnerabletoviruses,hackers,spyware,
andothermaliciousactivitiesthatmightdamageyourtablet,software,ordata.Itisyourresponsibilityto
ensurethatyouhaveadequateprotectionintheformoffirewalls,antivirussoftware,andanti-spyware
softwareandkeepthissoftwareuptodate.

Keepelectricalappliancessuchasanelectricfan,radio,high-poweredspeakers,airconditioner,and
microwaveovenawayfromyourtabletbecausethestrongmagneticfieldsgeneratedbytheseappliances
candamagethescreenandthedataonthetablet.

Beawareofheatgeneratedbyyourtablet:

Whenyourtabletisturnedonorthebatteryischarging,somepartsmightbecomehot.Thetemperature
thattheyreachdependsontheamountofsystemactivityandthelevelofchargeinthebattery.Extended
contactwithyourbody,eventhroughclothing,couldcausediscomfortorevenaskinburn.Avoidkeeping
yourhands,yourlap,oranyotherpartofyourbodyincontactwithahotsectionofthetabletforany
extendedtime.

Plasticbagnotice

DANGER

Plasticbagscanbedangerous.Keepplasticbagsawayfrombabiesandchildrentoavoiddanger
ofsuffocation.

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice

Manypersonalcomputerproductsandaccessoriescontaincords,cablesorwires,suchaspowercordsor
cordstoconnecttheaccessorytoapersonalcomputer.Ifthisproducthassuchacord,cableorwire,then
thefollowingwarningapplies:

WARNING:Handlingthecordonthisproductorcordsassociatedwithaccessoriessoldwiththisproduct
willexposeyoutolead,achemicalknowntotheStateofCaliforniatocausecancer,andbirthdefectsor
otherreproductiveharm.Washhandsafterhandling.

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Chapter1.Productoverview

Thischapterprovidesanoverviewofthetablet,includingthelocationsofconnectorsandcontrols,tablet
features,accessories,specifications,operatingenvironment,andpreinstalledLenovoprograms.

Tabletlayout

Thistopicintroducesthetablethardwarefeaturestogiveyouthebasicinformationyouneedtostart
usingthetablet.

Frontviewandsideview

Note:Yourtabletmightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

1Microphones

3Front-facingcamera

5NFCtouchpoint(onsomemodels)6WindowsStart-screencontrol

7Screen-rotation-lockbutton

9Audioconnector10Volume-controlbuttons

11Micro-SIM-cardslot(onsomemodels)12Micro-SD-cardslot

13USB3.0connector

15Keyboardconnector16Dockconnector

17Powerconnector18Emergency-resethole

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2Camera-in-useindicator

4Ambientlightsensor

8Powerbutton

14MicroHDMI™connector

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1Microphones

Thebuilt-inmicrophonescapturesoundandvoicewhentheyareusedwithanapplicationcapableof
handlingaudio.

2Camera-in-useindicator

Whenyoustarteitherthefrontfacingcameraortherear-facingcamera,thecamera-in-useindicatorturns
onautomatically.

3Front-facingcamera

Yourtablethasa2-megapixelfront-facingcamera.Youcanusethecameratotakepictures,createvideos,
ormakevideocallsincollaborationwithWebapplications.Whenthecameraisstarted,thecamera-in-use
indicatorturnson.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthecameras”onpage23.

4Ambientlightsensor

Theambientlightsensordetectsthebrightnessoftheenvironment.Thescreenbrightnessautomatically
adjustsdependingontheambientlightconditionsdetectedbytheambientlightsensor.

5NFCtouchpoint(onsomemodels)

Ifyoufindanearfieldcommunication(NFC)touchpointontherightsideofthedisplay,itindicatesthat
yourtabletsupportstheNFCfeature.FormoreinformationabouttheNFCfeature,see“UsingtheNFC
connection”onpage36.

6WindowsStart-screencontrol

TaptheWindowsStart-screencontroltogototheStartscreen.

7Screen-rotation-lockbutton

Pressthebuttontoenableordisablethescreenauto-rotationfunction.

8Powerbutton

Pressthepowerbuttontoturnonthetablet.

Toturnoffthetablet,swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.ThentapSettings➙
Power➙Shutdown.

Ifthetabletstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttonforfoursecondsor
more.

Youalsocanprogramthepowerbuttonsothatbypressingthepowerbuttonyoucanshutdownthetablet
orputitintosleeporhibernationmode.T oachievethis,changeyourpowerplansettings.Toaccess
powerplansettings,dothefollowing:

1.Fromthedesktop,tapthebattery-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.

2.T apMorepoweroptions.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapChoosewhatthepowerbuttondoes.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentochangethesettingsaccordingtoyourpreference.

9Audioconnector

Connectheadphonesoraheadsettolistentostereosoundfromthetablet.Youalsocanconnectaheadset
torecordaudioormakecalls.

Note:Theaudioconnectordoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.

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10Volume-controlbuttons

Pressthevolume-uporvolume-downbuttontoadjustthetabletvolume.

11Micro-SIM-cardslot(onsomemodels)

OpentheprotectivecovertoaccessthemicroSubscriberIdentificationModule(SIM)cardslot.Inserta
microSIMcardtoestablishawirelesswideareanetwork(WAN)connection.Forinstructionsonhowto
installorremoveamicroSIMcard,see“InstallingandremovingthemicroSIMcard”onpage31.

12Micro-SD-cardslot

Opentheprotectivecovertoaccessthemicrosecuredigital(SD)cardreader.InsertamicroSDcardinto
themicro-SD-cardslotfordataaccessorstorage.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthemicro-SD-card
reader”onpage23.

13USB3.0connector

TheUSB3.0connectorisusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchasaUSBprinter,USBmouse,
USBkeyboard,USBmemorykey,oradigitalcamera.

Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisUSBconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightgetdamaged.

14MicroHDMI

TM

connector

YourtablethasamicroHigh-DefinitionMultimediaInterface(HDMI)connector,whichisadigitalaudioand
videointerfacethatcanconnectacompatibledigitalaudiodeviceorvideodisplaysuchasahigh-definition
television(HDTV).Formoreinformation,see“UsingHDMIdevices”onpage28.

15Keyboardconnector

UsethisconnectortoconnectaThinkPadHelixUltrabook™Keyboard.Formoreinformation,see“ThinkPad
HelixUltrabookKeyboard”onpage47.

16Dockconnector

UsethisconnectortoconnectaThinkPadT abletDockandThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.For
moreinformation,see“ThinkPadT abletDock”onpage65and“ThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard”
onpage53.

17Powerconnector

Usethisconnectorwiththesuppliedpowercordandtheacpoweradaptertochargethetabletwhen
thebatterypowerislow.

Formoreinformation,see“Chargingthebattery”onpage13.

18Emergency-resethole

Ifthetabletstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoffbypressingthepowerbutton,removetheacpower
adapterandinsertastraightenedpaperclipintotheemergency-resetholetoresetthetablet.

Rearview

Note:Yourtabletmightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

Chapter1.Productoverview3

1Rear-facingcamera

3System-statusindicator4Speakers

5Fingerprintreader(onsomemodels)

1Rear-facingcamera

2Smartcardslot(onsomemodels)

Yourtablethasan5-megapixelrear-facingcamera.Y oucanusethecameratotakepicturesandcreate
videos.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthecameras”onpage23.

2Smartcardslot(onsomemodels)

Yourtabletmighthaveasmartcardslot.Formoreinformation,see“Usingasmartcard”onpage25.

3System-statusindicator

TheilluminateddotintheThinkPadlogoonthebacksideofthetabletworksasasystem-statusindicator.

•Blinksthreetimes:Thetabletisconnectedtoapowersource.

•On:Thetabletisonandinuse.

•Off:Thetabletisoff,insleepmode,orinhibernationmode.

4Speakers

Theintegratedspeakersprovideaudiooutputforvideoandmusicplayback.

Note:IfthetabletisattachedtotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard,thespeakervolumeandmute
settingsfollowthespeakersettingoftheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.

5Fingerprintreader(onsomemodels)

Fingerprintauthenticationtechnologyprovidessimpleandsecureuseraccessbyassociatingyourfingerprint
withapassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthefingerprintreader”onpage18.

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Accessories

Thefollowingaresomeexamplesofaccessoriesavailableforyourtablet.Dependingonyourtabletmodel,
someaccessoriesmightalreadybeshippedwithyourtablet.Ifyourtabletdoesnotcomewithsomeof
theaccessories,youcanpurchasethemfromtheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/essentialsor
fromaLenovoreseller.

1Powercordandacpoweradapter:Usethepowercordtogetherwiththeacpoweradaptertoprovide

acpowertoyourtabletandchargethebattery.

2ThinkPadHelixQuickshotCover(onsomemodels):YoucanattachedaThinkPadHelixQuickshot

Covertoyourtabletmagnetically.Usethecovertodothefollowing:

•Protectthetabletscreen.

•Wakeupthetabletorputthetabletintosleepmodeconveniently.

•Launchthecameraautomatically.

•Serveasastandforthetablet.

Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheThinkPadHelixQuickshotCover”onpage21

3TabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen(onsomemodels):UsetheT abletDigitizerPenor

.

ThinkPadActivePentoinputtextordrawgraphicsinanaturalmannerandperformotheroperationswithout
tappingthescreenwithyourfinger.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPad
ActivePen”onpage15

4LenovoMicroHDMIToVGAAdapter(onsomemodels):Usethisadaptertoconnectyourtablet

.

toaVGA-compatibleexternaldisplay.

Formoreinformation,see“UsingHDMIdevices”onpage28.

5LenovoMini-DisplayPorttoVGAAdapter(onsomemodels):Whenyourtabletisattachedtothe

ThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard,usethisadaptertoconnectyourtablettoaVGA-compatible
externaldisplay.

TolocatetheMiniDisplayPortconnectorontheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard,see“Overviewof
theThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard”onpage53

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6ThinkPadUSB3.0EthernetAdapter(onsomemodels):Usethisadaptertoconnectyourtablettoa

localnetworkorabroadbandconnection.

Formoreinformation,see“AttachinganEthernetcable”onpage17.

Formoreinformationaboutotheroptionsavailableforyourtablet,seeChapter5“ThinkPadHelixoptions”
onpage47.

Features

Processor

•T oviewthemicroprocessorinformationofyourtablet,gotothedesktopscreen,andthenmovethepointer
tothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.ThenclickSettings➙PCinfo.

Operatingsystem

•Microsoft

Memory

•4GBor8GB

Internalstorage

•M.2solid-statedrive

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Windows8.1

Display

•Anti-reflective,GorillaGlass

•Size:294.5mm(11.6inches)

•Screenresolution:1920x1080pixels

•Automaticbrightnesscontrol(ambientlightsensor)

•In-planeswitchingtechnologyforfastresponsetime,wideviewingangle,andhigh-qualitycolor
reproduction

•Light-emittingdiode(LED)backlighttechnology

•Multi-touchtechnology

Integratedcameras

•Front-facingcamera,2megapixels

•Rear-facingcamera,5megapixels,auto-focus

Connectorsonthetablet

•Audioconnector

•Powerconnector

•Keyboardconnector

•Dockconnector

•MicroHDMIconnector

•USB3.0connector

Connectorsonthekeyboard

•ThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard:USB2.0connector

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•ThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard:AlwaysOnUSB3.0connectorandMiniDisplayPort®connector

Cardslot

•Micro-SD-cardslot

•Micro-SIM-cardslot(availableonsomemodels)

•Smartcardslot(availableonsomemodels)

Wirelessfeatures

•Bluetooth4.0

•WirelessLAN

•WirelessWAN(availableonsomemodels)

•NFC(availableonsomemodels)

•GlobalNavigationSatelliteSystem(availableonsomemodels)

Securityfeature

Fingerprintreader(availableonsomemodels)

Specifications

Tabletsize

•Width:301.1mm(11.85inches)

•Depth:192.5mm(7.58inches)

•Height:

–Formodelswithoutasmartcardslot:9.6mm(0.38inch)
–Formodelswithasmartcardslot:19.35mm(0.76inch)

ThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboardsize

•Width:301.1mm(11.85inches)

•Depth:215.7mm(8.49inches)

•Height:7.3mm(0.29inches)to25.4mm(1.0inches)

ThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboardsize

•Width:301.1mm(11.85inches)

•Depth:213.3mm(8.4inches)

•Height:20.2mm(0.8inches)

Battery

•Forthetablet:35WhLi-Polymerbattery

•FortheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard:26WhLi-Polymerbattery

Powersource(acpoweradapter)

•Sine-waveinputat50Hzto60Hz

•Inputratingoftheacpoweradapter:100Vacto240Vac

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Operatingenvironment

•Maximumaltitudewithoutpressurization:5000m(16404ft)

•T emperature:

–Ataltitudesupto2438m(8000ft)

Operating:5.0°Cto35.0°C(41°Fto95°F)
Storage:5.0°Cto43.0°C(41°Fto109°F)

–Ataltitudesabove2438m(8000ft)

Maximumtemperaturewhenoperatingunderunpressurizedconditions:31.3°C(88°F)

•Relativehumidity:

–Operating:8%to95%
–Storage:5%to95%

Ifpossible,placeyourtabletinadry,well-ventilatedareawithoutdirectexposuretosunshine.Donotuseor
storeyourtabletindusty,dirtyareas,orextremelyhotorcoldareas.

Lenovoprograms

YourtabletcomeswithLenovoprogramstohelpyouworkmoreeasilyandsecurely.

ToaccessLenovoprograms,swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Thentapthe
Searchcharmtosearchforthedesiredprogram.

ThefollowingtableprovidesabriefintroductiontosomeLenovoprogramsthatmightbepreinstalledon
yourtablet.

Note:PreinstalledLenovoprogramsvarybygeographiclocationsandaresubjecttochange.

LenovoProgramDescription

LenovoCompanionYoursystem’sbestfeaturesshouldbeeasytoaccessandunderstand.WithCompanion,

theyare.

UseCompaniontoregisteryourtablet,accessyourusermanual,managesystemhealthand
update,checkthewarrantystatus,andseeaccessoriescustomizedforyourtablet.Y oualso
canreadhintsandtips,exploreLenovoforums,andstayup-to-dateontechnologynews
witharticlesandblogsfromtrustedsources.ThisappisfilledwithexclusiveLenovocontent
tohelpyoulearnaboutyournewsystem.

Lenovo
QuickControl

LenovoReachEnhanceyourcloudexperience.LenovoReachkeepsyouconnectedatalltimesandenables

LenovoSettings

SHAREitSharefileseasilyandrapidlyacrossdevicessuchascomputersandsmartphones,even

Controlyourtabletremotelythroughyoursmartphone.Forexample,controlthepointer,
changeprojectionsettings,andmanageforegroundapplicationsandwindows.

youtoaccessallyourfavoriteitemsfrompersonaltablets,smartphones,ortablets.With
LenovoReach,youcanaddyourfavoriteWebservicestoyourclouddesktop;stayloggedin
toWebsiteswiththecloudpasswordmanager;andaccess,edit,andshareyourfilesfrom
anywhere.

Enhanceyourcomputingexperiencebyconfiguringcameraandmicrophonesettings,
optimizingyourpowersettings,andcreatingandmanagingmultiplenetworkprofiles.

withoutanyInternetconnection.Y oucanconnecttoyourfriendsandsendphotos,folders,and
otherfilesthroughSHAREit.Everysharingisquickandsimple.

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LenovoProgramDescription

LenovoSolution
Center

SystemUpdate

Troubleshootandresolvetabletproblems.Itcombinesdiagnostictests,systeminformation
collection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,alongwithhintsandtipsformaximum
systemperformance.

Keepthesoftwareonyourtabletup-to-datebydownloadingandinstallingsoftwarepackages,
includingLenovoprograms,devicedrivers,UnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)basic
input/outputsystem(BIOS)updates,andotherthird-partyprograms.

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Chapter2.Usingyourtablet

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtousesomebasicapplicationsandtabletfeatures.

Initialsetupinstructions

Tousethetabletthefirsttimeafteryoutakeitoutofthebox,ensurethatyoufollowtheinstructionsbelow:

1.Connectthepowercordtotheacpoweradapter1.Then,connectthepowerconnectoroftheac
poweradaptertothepowerconnectoronthetablet2.

2.Plugthepowercordintoastandardacpoweroutlet3.

3.Pressandreleasethepowerbuttontoturnonthetablet.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheinitialsetup.

Usingthemulti-touchscreen

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousethemulti-touchscreen.

Note:Yourtabletscreenmightlookdifferentfromthefollowingillustrations.

Tap

Taponthescreentoopen
anapporperformanaction
onanopenapp,suchas
Copy,Save,andDelete,
dependingontheapp.

Drag

Draganitemtothedesired
locationtomoveanobject.

Slide

Slideleftwardorrightward
onthescreentoscroll
throughitems,suchaslists,
pages,andphotos.

Zoomout

Puttwofingersonthe
screenandmovethem
closertogethertozoom
out.

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Zoomin

Rotate

Puttwofingersonthe
screenandmovethem
fartheraparttozoomin.

Tapandhold

Tapandholdonthescreen
toopenamenuwith
multipleoptions.

Swipeinandoutonthe
leftedge

Swipeinandoutontheleft
edgeofthescreentoview
therecentlyusedappsor
selectanactiveappfrom
thelist.

Swipeuptothetopedge

Swipeuptothetopedgeof
thescreentoviewallapps
ontheStartscreen.

Swipeinfromthetop
edgetothebottom

Puttwoormorefingerson
anitem,andthenrotate
yourfingersclockwiseor
counterclockwise(supported
onlyonsomeapps).

Swipefromtherightedge

Swipeinfromtherightedge
ofthescreentodisplaythe
charmsthatcontainsystem
commands,suchasStart,
Settings,Search,Share,
andDevices.

Swipefromtheleftedge

Swipeinfromtheleftedge
ofthescreentocycle
throughandswitchtoopen
apps.

Swipefromthetopor
bottomedge

Swipeinfromthetopor
bottomedgeofthescreen
toviewtheappcommands,
suchasCopy,Save,and
Delete,dependingonthe
app.

Swipeinfromthetopedge
toofthescreenthebottom
toclosethecurrentapp.

Tipsonusingthemulti-touchscreen

•Themulti-touchscreenisaglasspanelcoveredwithaplasticfilm.Donotapplypressureorplaceany
metallicobjectonthescreenthatmightdamagethetouchpanelorcauseittomalfunction.

•Donotusefingernails,glovedfingers,orinanimateobjectsotherthananapprovedT abletDigitizerPen
orThinkPadActivePenforinputonthescreen.

Tipsoncleaningthemulti-touchscreen

•T urnoffthetabletbeforecleaningthemulti-touchscreen.

•Useadry,soft,andlint-freeclothorapieceofabsorbentcottontoremovefingerprintsordustfromthe
multi-touchscreen.Donotapplysolventstothecloth.

•Gentlywipethescreenusingatop-downmotion.Donotapplyanypressureonthescreen.

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Powermanagement

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtochargethebattery,extendthebatterylifebetweencharges,
andcheckthebatterystatus.

Chargingthebattery

Thetabletisshippedwithanacpoweradapterandapowercordtochargethetabletfromanystandard
acpoweroutlet.

Attention:UseonlyLenovo-approvedacpoweradaptersandpowercords.Unauthorizedacpower
adaptersandpowercordscouldseverelydamagethetablet.

Thebatteryisnotfullychargedwhenshipped.Tochargethetabletbattery,dooneofthefollowing:

•Chargethetabletbatteryasshown.

•FortabletsthatareshippedwithaThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard,chargethetabletbatteryand
keyboardbatteryasshown.

•FortabletsthatareequippedwithaThinkPadTabletDock,see“UsingtheThinkPadTabletDock”onpage

67.

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TheThinkPadTabletDockisanoptionaldevice.T opurchasetheoptionfromLenovo,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/essentials

Extendingthebatterylifebetweencharges

Whenyouaretravelingwithyourtabletandacpowerisnotavailable,youcanextendthebatterylife
bydoingthefollowing:

•T urnoffWi-Fi,mobilenetwork,andBluetoothwhennotinuse.
ToturnoffWi-Fi,mobilenetwork,andBluetooth,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapNetwork➙Airplanemode.

4.IntheAirplanemodesection,slidethecontroltotherighttoturnonAirplanemodetodisable
allwirelessdevices.

•T urnoffautomaticsynchronizationifyoudonotneedit.
Toturnofftheautomaticsynchronizationfunction,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapOneDrive➙Syncsettings.

4.SwitchoffSyncsettingswithOneDrive.

•Lowerthebrightnesslevelofthescreen.
Tolowerthebrightnesslevelofthescreen,dooneofthefollowing:

–Ifyourtabletisattachedtoasupportedkeyboard,pressthebrightness-downkeytoturn

downthebrightness.

–Ifyoutabletisnotattachedtoasupportedkeyboard,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙Brightness.

3.Slidethecontroldowntolowerthebrightness.

•Entersleepmodewhenthetabletistemporarilynotinuse.
Toentersleepmode,dooneofthefollowing:

–ClosetheThinkPadHelixQuickshotCover.
–GototheStartscreen,taporclickthepowericon

clickShutdown.

–T oentersleepmodefromtheoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙Power➙Sleep.

•T urnoffyourtabletifyouarenotgoingtouseitforawhile.
Toturnoffyourtablet,dooneofthefollowing:

inthetop-rightcornerofthescreen,andthen

–GototheStartscreen,taporclickthepowericoninthetop-rightcornerofthescreen,andthen

clickShutdown.

–Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms,thentapSettings➙Power➙

Shutdown.

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Checkingthebatterystatus

Gettheapproximatestatusofyourbatteryatanytimebycheckingthedesktopbattery-statusiconin
theWindowsnotificationarea.

Tocheckfortheaccuratestatusandadjustyourtabletpowersettingstoachievethebestbalancebetween
performanceandpowersaving,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheStartscreen,tapLenovoSettings➙Power.

2.Checkyourbatterystatusandconfiguresettings.

UsingtheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen

SometabletmodelsareequippedwithaT abletDigitizerPenoraThinkPadActivePen.TheTabletDigitizer
PenorThinkPadActivePenenablesyoutoinputtextinanaturalmannerwhenyouaretakingnotes,
annotatingPortableDocumentFormat(PDF)files,ordrawinggraphicstogetherwithapplicationscapableof
editingandsketching.WhenyoudraworwritewiththeTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen,keep
thepenperpendiculartothedisplaytoachievethebestlinequality.

UsetheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePeninsteadofyourfingerinconditionssuchasthefollowing:

•Y ouneedpreciseanddetailedinput,suchasdrawingapictureorusingthehandwritingmode.

•T oomanyelementsarecrowdedonthescreen,forexample,whenyouareplayinggames.

•Y ouwanttokeepyourscreenfreefromsmudges.

•Y ouhavelongfingernailsanditisdifficultforyoutotype.

Notes:

•TheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePenisnotwaterproof.Takecarenottosoakitordipitinwater.

•TheThinkPadActivePendoesnotapplytotabletmodelsequippedwiththeTabletDigitizerPen,and
viceversa.

•IfyourtabletdoesnotcomewithaTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen,yourtabletdoesnot
supporttheuseofapen.

UsingtheT abletDigitizerPen

TheTabletDigitizerPenfunctionswithoutbatteries.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheTabletDigitizerPen.

1Tip
2Clickbutton
3Erasertip

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YoucanperformthefollowingoperationswiththeTabletDigitizerPen:

•T oclickormakeaselection,tapthedisplayoncewiththepen.

•T odouble-click,taptwicewithoutpausing.

•T oright-click,tapthetiponthedisplayandholdthepenforonesecond,orpresstheclickbutton
andtapthetiponthedisplay.

•T oeraseink,pressandholdtheeraserbutton,tapthetiponthedisplay,anddragthepenacrossthe
inkyouwanttoerase.

UsingtheThinkPadActivePen

TheThinkPadActivePenisbattery-poweredandusedwithoneAAAAalkalinebattery.

ToinstallabatteryintotheThinkPadActivePen,unscrewandremovetheendcapoftheThinkPadActive
Pen,insertthebatteryintothebatterycompartmentwiththenegativepolarityfacingoutward,andthen
tightentheendcapbackintoposition.

Notes:

•Ensurethatyouinstallthebatteryincorrectorientationwiththenegativepolarityfacingoutward.

•Whenthebatterypowerrunsout,theclickbuttonanderaserbuttonstopfunctioning.Inthiscase,
replacethebattery.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheThinkPadActivePen.

1Tip
2Eraserbutton
3Clickbutton
4Endcap

YoucanperformthefollowingoperationswiththeThinkPadActivePen:

•T oclickormakeaselection,tapthedisplayoncewiththepen.

•T odouble-click,taptwicewithoutpausing.

•T oright-click,tapthetiponthedisplayandholdthepenforonesecond,orpresstheclickbutton
andtapthetiponthedisplay.

•T oeraseink,pressandholdtheeraserbutton,tapthetiponthedisplay,anddragthepenacrossthe
inkyouwanttoerase.

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UsingtheOn-ScreenKeyboardorthetouchkeyboardandhandwriting panel

UsetheOn-ScreenKeyboardorthetouchkeyboardandhandwritingpaneltotypetext,numbers,symbols,
andothercharacters.Y oualsocanusethetouchkeyboardandhandwritingpaneltoperformhandwriting.
Whenyourotatethetablet,theOn-ScreenKeyboardorthetouchkeyboardandhandwritingpanel
automaticallyrotatestothecorrespondingportraitorlandscapeview.

ToopentheOn-ScreenKeyboard,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T aptheSearchcharmtosearchforOn-ScreenKeyboard.

3.T apOn-ScreenKeyboard.

Toopenthetouchkeyboardandhandwritingpanel,dooneofthefollowing:

•Onthedesktop,tapthekeyboardiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.

•OntheStartscreen,thetouchkeyboardandhandwritingpanelisdisplayedautomaticallyanytimeyou
type.

•OntheDesktoportheStartscreen,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T aptheSettingscharm.

3.T apKeyboard➙Touchkeyboardandhandwritingpanel.

Toconfiguretheinputlanguage,dothefollowing:

1.Fromthedesktop,swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ControlPanel.

3.T apClock,Language,andRegion➙Changeinputmethods.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoconfiguretheinputlanguage.

ChangingthestartupbehaviortoopeneitherthedesktoportheStart screen

YoucansetthetablettoopeneitherthedesktoportheStartscreenbydefault.Tosetthedefaultstartup
screen,dothefollowing:

1.Onthedesktop,tapandholdonthetaskbar.Amenuisdisplayed.

2.T apProperties.TheT askbarandNavigationpropertieswindowisdisplayed.

3.OntheNavigationtab,locatetheStartscreensection,andthendooneofthefollowing:

•T osetthedesktopasyourdefaultstartupscreen,selectWhenIsigninorcloseallappsona
screen,gotothedesktopinsteadofStartsoacheckisvisible.

•T osettheStartscreenasyourdefaultstartupscreen,removethecheckfromtheWhenIsigninor
closeallappsonascreen,gotothedesktopinsteadofStartcheckbox.

4.T apOKtosavethenewsetting.

AttachinganEthernetcable

ToattachanEthernetcabletoyourtabletfornetworkconnection,youmusthaveaThinkPadUSB3.0
EthernetAdapteravailable.

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TheThinkPadUSB3.0EthernetAdapterisavailableasoptionandonlyshippedwithsomemodels.To
purchaseaThinkPadUSB3.0EthernetAdapter,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/essentials

ThefollowingillustrationshowshowtoattachanEthernetcabletoyourtabletthroughaThinkPadUSB

3.0EthernetAdapter.

Attention:WhenyouconnecttheThinkPadUSB3.0EthernetAdaptertotheUSB3.0connectoronyour
tablet,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.Otherwise,theconnectormightgetdamaged.

TheThinkPadUSB3.0EthernetAdapterhastwonetworkstatusindicators.Whenthegreenindicatorison,
thetabletisconnectedtoaLAN.Whentheyellowindicatorblinks,dataisbeingtransmitted.

Downloadinggamesandapplications

Toextendthefunctionalityofyourtablet,downloadandinstalladditionalapplicationsfromtheWindows
Store.TheWindowsStoreprovidesaneasyandquickwayforyoutoshopforgamesandmobile
applications.

TodownloadorbuyanapplicationoragamefromWindowsStore,tapStorefromtheStartscreen,andthen
followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Usingthefingerprintreader

Dependingonthemodel,yourtabletmighthaveafingerprintreader.Fingerprintauthenticationcanreplace
yourWindowspassword.Inthisway,youcanlogontoyourtabletsimplyandsecurely.Toenablefingerprint
authentication,enrollyourfingerprintsfirst.

Enrollingyourfingerprints

Toenrollyourfingerprints,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapAccounts➙Sign-inoptions.

4.IntheFingerprintsection,tapAdd.The“Addafingerprinttothisaccount”windowisdisplayed.

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5.EntertheWindowspasswordasrequired.Thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoenrollyour
fingerprint.

Note:Itisrecommendedthatyouenrollmorethanonefingerprintincaseofanyinjuriestoyourfingers.

Swipingyourfingeroverthefingerprintreader

Toswipeyourfingeroverthefingerprintreader,dothefollowing:

Note:Yourtabletmightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

1.Placethetopjointofyourfingeronthesensor.

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2.Applylightpressureandswipeyourfingertowardyouacrossthereaderinonesmoothmotion.Donot
liftyourfingerwhenyouareswipingit.

Maintainingthefingerprintreader

Thefollowingactionscoulddamagethefingerprintreaderorcauseitnottoworkproperly:

•Scratchingthesurfaceofthereaderwithahard,pointedobject.

•Scrapingthesurfaceofthereaderwithyourfingernailoranythinghard.

•Usingortouchingthereaderwithadirtyfinger.

Ifyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,gentlycleanthesurfaceofthereaderwithadry,soft,lint-free
cloth:

•Thesurfaceofthereaderisdirtyorstained.

•Thesurfaceofthereaderiswet.

•Thereaderoftenfailstoenrollorauthenticateyourfingerprint.

Ifyourfingerhasanyofthefollowingconditions,youmightnotbeabletoregisterorauthenticateit:

•Y ourfingeriswrinkled.

•Y ourfingerisrough,dry,orinjured.

•Y ourfingerisstainedwithdirt,mud,oroil.

•Thesurfaceofyourfingerisdifferentfromwhenyouenrolledyourfingerprint.

•Y ourfingeriswet.

•Afingerisusedthathasnotbeenenrolled.

Toimprovethesituation,trythefollowing:

•Cleanorwipeyourhandstoremoveanyexcessdirtormoisturefromthefingers.

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•Enrollanduseadifferentfingerforauthentication.

•Ifyourhandsaredry,applylotiontothem.

UsingtheThinkPadHelixQuickshotCover

Dependingonthemodel,yourtabletmightcomewithaThinkPadHelixQuickshotCover(hereaftercalled
thecover).Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousethecover.

Tousethecover,attachthecovertothetabletfirstasshown.Thecoverwillbeattachedtothetablet
magnetically.

Putthetabletintosleepmodeorwakeupthetablet

Ifthecoverisopenandthetabletison,thetablet,bydefault,enterssleepmodeautomaticallyafteryou
closethecover.

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Ifthecoverisclosedandthetabletisinsleepmode,thetablet,bydefault,resumesnormaloperation
whenyouopenthecover.

Youalsocanchangethesettingssothatbyclosingthecoveryoucanshutdownthetablet,putthetabletinto
hibernationmode,ordonothing.T oachievethis,youmustchangeyourlidsettingsbydoingthefollowing:

1.Fromthedesktop,swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ControlPanel➙HardwareandSound➙PowerOptions.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapChoosewhatclosingtheliddoes.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentochooseanoptionaccordingtoyourpreference.

Launchthecamera

Whenyouusethetabletwiththecoveropentoanangleof360degrees,youcanflipoverthemagnetictab
ofthecoverasshowntolaunchthecameraautomatically.Thisfunctionisenabledbydefault.

Ifyouwanttodisablethisfunction,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheStartscreen,tapLenovoSettings➙Camera.

2.IntheQuickshotsection,slidethecontroltothelefttodisablethefunction.

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Serveasastandforthetablet

Thecovercanserveasastandforthetabletasshown.Inthisway,youcanusethetablettowatchmovies,
viewphotos,ormakeapresentationconveniently.

Note:Ifyourtabletisequippedwithasmartcardslotontherearside,thecovermightnotworkwellas
astandforthetablet.

Usingthecameras

Yourtablethastwocameras,afront-facingcameraandarear-facingcamera.Therear-facingcameraan
auto-focusfeaturethatenablesyoutocapturehigh-qualitypicturesandvideos.

Tolaunchacameraandconfigurethecamerasettings,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheStartscreen,tapLenovoSettings➙Camera.

2.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoconfiguresettingsandusethecamera.

Toswitchbetweenthefront-facingcameraandtherear-facingcamera,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheStartscreen,tapLenovoSettings➙Camera.

2.IntheViewsection,selectFront-facingcameraorRear-facingcamerafromtheSelectacamera
drop-downlistboxtoswitchthecameras.

Youalsocanusethecamerawithotherapplicationsthatprovidefeaturessuchasphotographing,video
capturing,andvideoconferencing.T odownloadotherapplications,tapWindowsStorefromtheStart
screen.Thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Usingthemicro-SD-cardreader

Yourtablethasamicro-SD-cardreaderthatprovidesamicro-SD-cardslotforyoutoinstallamicroSDcard.
Themicro-SD-cardslotsupportsthefollowingtypesofcards:

•SecureDigitaleXtended-Capacity(SDXC)card

•SecureDigital(SD)card

•SecureDigitalHigh-Capacity(SDHC)card

Installingamicro-SD-card
Attention:BeforehandlingamicroSDcard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisaction

reducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Staticelectricitycandamagethecard.

ToinstallamicroSDcardintothemicro-SD-cardslot,dothefollowing:

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1.Opentheprotectivecoverontherightsideofyourtablet.Thenlocatethemicro-SD-cardslota.

2.Ensurethatthemetalcontactsofthecardarefacingdownandpointingtowardthetablet.

3.Insertthecardintothemicro-SD-cardslot.Thecardmightstopbeforeitiscompletelyinstalledintothe
cardreader.Ensurethatyouinsertthecardfirmlyuntilyouhearaclick.

4.Closetheprotectivecoverandturnonyourtablet.

RemovingamicroSDcard

ToremoveamicroSDcard,dothefollowing:

1.Opentheprotectivecoverontherightsideofyourtablet.

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2.PushthemicroSDcardinwardalittleuntilyouhearaclick1.Then,releaseit.ThemicroSDcardejects.

3.Gentlyslidethecardoutofthecardslot2.

4.Closetheprotectivecover.

Usingasmartcard

Somemodelscomewithasmartcardslot.Thistopicprovidesinformationonhowtousethesmartcard.

Generally,smartcardscanprovideauthentication,datastorage,andapplicationprocessing.Smartcards
alsomightprovidestrongsecurityauthenticationforsinglesign-on(SSO)withinlargeorganizations.

Yourtabletsupportssmartcardswiththefollowingspecifications:

•Width:85.60mm(3.37inches)

•Depth:53.98mm(2.13inches)

•Height:0.76mm(0.03inch)

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Thefollowingillustrationsshowbothsidesofasmartcard.Inillustration1,themetalcontactsaofthecard
arefacingupward.Inillustration

2,themetalcontactsaofthecardarefacingdownward.

Note:Yoursmartcardmightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustrations.

Installingasmartcard

Attention:

•Beforeinstallingasmartcard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisactionreducesany
staticelectricityfromyourbody.Staticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.

•Whiletransferringdatatoorfromasmartcard,donotputyourtabletintosleeporhibernationmode
beforethedatatransferfinishes;otherwise,yourdatacouldbecomedamaged.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourtabletmightalsohaveanintegratedsmart-cardreader.Ensurethat
youinsertacorrecttypeofsmartcard(asshowninfigureA)intothesmart-cardreader.Donotinsert
anon-supportcardoracardwithslits(asshowninfigureBandfigureC)intothesmart-cardreader.
Otherwise,thesmartcardreadermightgetdamaged.

Toinstallasmartcard,dothefollowing:

1.Positionyourtabletasshownandensurethatthemetalcontactsaofthecardarefacingdownward
andpointingtowardthecardslot.

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2.Insertthecardintotheslotasshown.

Iftheplug-and-playfeatureisnotenabledfortheinstalledsmartcard,dothefollowingtoenablethefeature:

1.GotoControlPanel.

2.T apHardwareandSound.

3.T apDeviceManager.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconfirmation,typethe
passwordorprovideconfirmation.

4.FromtheActionmenu,tapAddlegacyhardware.TheAddHardwareWizardstarts.

5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Removingasmartcard

Attention:

•Beforeremovingasmartcard,stopthecardfirst.Otherwise,dataonthecardmightgetdamagedorlost.

•Donotremovethesmartcardwhilethetabletisinsleepmodeorhibernationmode.Otherwise,the
systemmightnotrespondwhenyoutrytoresumeoperation.

Toremoveasmartcard,dothefollowing:

1.T apthetriangularicononthetaskbartoshowhiddenicons.Then,tapandholdtheSafelyRemove
HardwareandEjectMediaicon.

2.T aptheitemyouwanttoremovetostopthecard.

3.Pullthecardoutwardalittle,andgentlyslidethecardoutoftheslot.

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Note:IfyoudonotremovethesmartcardfromyourtabletafteryouejectthecardfromtheWindows
operatingsystem,thecardcannolongerbeaccessed.Toaccessthecard,youmustremoveitfirst,
theninsertitagain.

UsingHDMIdevices

YourtablethasamicroHDMIconnectorthatyoucanusetoconnectanexternaldisplayforvideooutput.
TolocatethemicroHDMIconnector,see“Tabletlayout”onpage1

Connectinganexternaldisplay

TheLenovoMicroHDMIToVGAAdapterisavailableasoptiononsomemodels.Ifyourtabletdoesnot
comewithaLenovoMicroHDMIT oVGAAdapter,youcanpurchaseoneat:
http://www.lenovo.com/essentials

YoucanusethisadaptertoconnectyourtablettoaVGA-compatibleexternaldisplayasshowninthe
followingillustration.

.

Note:Whenyouconnectanexternaldisplay,avideointerfacecablewithaferritecoreisrequired.

Ifyourtabletcannotdetecttheexternaldisplay,right-clickanywhereonthedesktop,thenclickScreen➙

Resolution➙Detect.

Configuringthescreensettings

Toconfigurescreensettingsfortheexternaldisplay,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T aptheDevicescharm.

3.T apProject➙Secondscreen.

4.T aptoselectapresentationscheme.

Usingsynchronizationsolutions

Byusingsynchronizationsolutions,youcaneasilysynchronizesettingsbetweenyourtabletandother
personalcomputer.

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YoucansynchronizingthesettingsbyusingtheWindowssynchronizationsolution.

ToaccessWindowssynchronizationsolution,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapOneDrive➙Syncsettings.

4.Configuresettingsasdesired.

UsingtheGlobalNavigationSatelliteSystemreceiver

YourtabletmighthaveaGlobalNavigationSatelliteSystem(GNSS)receiverthatenablesyoutopinpoint
yourlocationdowntothestreetlevel.Uselocation-basedapplicationstofindyourcurrentlocation,get
directionstoyourdestination,andfindotherlocation-basedinformation.

Note:Bydefault,theGNSSreceiverisenabled.Foralongerbatterylife,disabletheGNSSreceiverwhen
notinuse.

TodisabletheGNSSreceiver,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapNetwork➙Airplanemode.

4.IntheGNSSorGPSsection,slidethecontroltothelefttodisabletheGNSSreceiver.

Turningoffthetablet

Toturnofthetablet,dooneofthefollowing:

•GototheStartscreenbytappingtheWindowsStart-screencontrol,clickthepowericoninthetop-right
cornerofthescreen,thenclickShutdown.

•Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Then
clickSettings➙Power➙Shutdown.

Note:Ifyourtabletisattachedtoasupportedkeyboard,youalsocanopentheSettingscharmbypressing
thesettingskey.

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Chapter3.Wirelessnetworksanddevices

Yourtabletcanconnecttoavarietyofnetworksanddevices,includingmobilenetworks(3Gor4G),Wi-Fi
datanetworks,andBluetoothdevices.

Note:Sometabletmodelscanconnecttobothmobilenetworks(3Gor4G)andWi-Finetworks,whileothers
canconnecttoWi-Finetworksonly.IfyourtabletsupportsWi-Ficonnectiononly,theinformationrelated
tomobilenetworksdoesnotapplytoyourtablet.

InstallingandremovingthemicroSIMcard

Ifthetabletsupportsmobilenetworkconnection,itmightrequireamicroSIMcardtoconnecttoamobile
network.ThemicroSIMcardisshippedwithsometabletmodelsonlyandyoucanpurchaseonewhen
necessary.

Attention:WheninstallingorremovingthemicroSIMcard,donottouchthemicroSIMcardmetal
connectors.AlwaysholdthetabletinyourhandbeforeyouinstallorremovethemicroSIMcardtoavoid
electrostaticdischarges.

ToinstallthemicroSIMcard,dothefollowing:

1.T urnoffthetablet.

2.Opentheprotectivecoverontherightsideofyourtablet.Thenlocatethemicro-SIM-cardslota.

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3.HoldthemicroSIMcardwiththemetalcontactsfacingdown,andtheninsertitfirmlyintothe
micro-SIM-cardslotasshownuntilyouhearaclick.

4.Closetheprotectivecoverandturnonyourtablet.

ToremovethemicroSIMcard,dothefollowing:

1.T urnoffthetablet.

2.Opentheprotectivecoverontherightsideofyourtablet.

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3.PushthemicroSIMcardinwarduntilyouhearaclick1.ThemicroSIMcardejects.Gentlyslide
themicroSIMcardoutoftheslot

2.

4.Closetheprotectivecover.

Determiningwhichmobilenetworkyouareusing

Ifyouhaveconnectedtoanetwork,youcancheckthenetworknametoseewhichmobilenetworkyou
areusing.

Tocheckthenetworkname,dooneofthefollowing:

•Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.ThentaptheSettingscharm.The
networknameisdisplayedunderthenetworkicon.

•Onthedesktop,movethepointertothenetworkiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.Thenetwork
nameisdisplayed.

ConnectingtoaWi-Finetwork

Wi-Fiisawirelessnetworkingtechnologythatprovidesnetworkaccessatdistancesofupto100meters
(328feet)dependingontheWi-Firouterandyoursurroundings.

AWi-FiconnectionrequiresaccesstoafunctioningWirelessAccessPoint(WAP),alsocalledahotspot.
Somehotspotsareopentothepublic,butsomeothersimplementsecurityfeaturestolimitaccessto
specificgroupsorindividuals.

Note:TherangeandqualityoftheWi-Fisignalareaffectedbythenumberofconnecteddevices,the
infrastructure,andtheobjectsthroughwhichthesignalistransmitted.

ConnectingtoaWi-Finetwork

ToestablishaWi-Finetworkconnection,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

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2.T aptheSettingscharm.

3.T apthenetworkicon.AlistofavailableWi-Finetworksisdisplayed.

4.T aptheIDofthenetworkyouwanttoconnect.

5.FollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoconnecttotheWi-Finetwork.

Toviewsecurity,address,andotherinformationabouttheWi-Finetworkyouareconnected,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapNetwork➙Connections.

4.IntheWi-Fisection,tapthenetworknametoviewtheinformation.

ThetabletsupportstheproxyfeatureforWi-Ficonnection.Theproxyfeatureenablesyoutoaccessmore
Web-basedsourceandbrowseInternetmoresecurely.Ifyouwanttoconfiguretheproxysettingswhenyou
areconnectingtoaWi-Finetwork,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapNetwork➙Proxy.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoconfiguretheproxysettings.

AddingaWi-Finetwork

IfyouwanttoaccessaWi-Finetworkthatdoesnotbroadcastitsnetworkname(alsocalledaserviceset
identifierorSSID),youmustaddthatWi-Finetworkbeforeyoucanconnecttoit.

ToaddaWi-Finetwork,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T aptheSettingscharm.

3.T apthenetworkicon.AlistofavailableWi-Finetworksisdisplayed.

4.T apHiddennetwork.

5.FollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoaddaWi-Finetwork.

Addinganetworkprofile

EachlocationprofilestoresallthenetworkandInternetconfigurationsettingsneededforconnectingtoa
networkinfrastructurefromaspecificlocationsuchasahomeoranoffice.Byswitchingbetweenlocation
profilesasyoumoveyourtabletfromplacetoplace,youcanquicklyandeasilyconnecttoanetworkwith
noneedtoreconfigureyoursettingsmanuallyandrestartthetableteachtime.

Toaddanetworkprofile,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheStartmenu,tapLenovoSettings.

2.T apLocationAwareness.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoaddanetworkprofile.

Connectingtoamobilenetwork

AmicroSIMcardisrequiredtoconnecttoamobilenetwork.Referto“InstallingandremovingthemicroSIM
card”onpage31forinstructionsonhowtoinstallamicroSIMcard.

Note:SometabletssupportaccesstoWi-Finetworksonly.See“ConnectingtoaWi-Finetwork”onpage
33forinstructionsonconnectingtoaWi-Finetwork.

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Toconnecttothemobilenetwork,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T aptheSettingscharm.

3.T apthenetworkicon.Alistofavailablenetworksisdisplayed.

4.IntheMobilebroadbandsection,slidethecontroltotherighttoturniton.

5.T apthenetworkname.Amenuisdisplayed.

6.T apConnect.

Whenyouareconnectedtothemobilenetwork,settheactivemobilenetworkasmeteredconnectionto
reducetheamountofdatayousendandreceive.

Tosettheactivemobilenetworkasmeteredconnection,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapNetwork➙Connections.

4.IntheMobilebroadbandsection,tapthenetworkname.Amenuisdisplayed.

5.IntheSetasameteredconnectionsection,slidethecontroltotherighttoturniton.

Afteryousetyourmobilenetworkasameteredconnection,youcandisabletheDownloadovermetered
connectionsfeaturetopreventextracharges.

TodisabletheDownloadovermeteredconnectionsfeature,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapPCanddevices➙Devices.

4.IntheDownloadovermeteredconnectionssection,slidethecontroltothelefttoturnitoff.

SharingyourInternetconnection

YoucanshareyourmobilebroadbandInternetconnectionwithmultipledevices.

ToshareyourInternetconnection,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapNetwork➙Connections.

4.IntheMobilebroadbandsection,tapthenetworkname.Amenuisdisplayed.

5.IntheSharethisconnectionsection,slidethecontroltotherighttoturniton.

UsingBluetoothdevices

Bluetoothisashort-rangewirelesscommunicationstechnology.UseBluetoothtoestablishawireless
connectionwithanotherBluetooth-enableddeviceoveradistanceofabout10m(32.8ft).

PairingwithaBluetoothdevice

ToconnectandexchangedatawithanotherBluetoothdevice,pairyourtabletwiththeBluetoothdevice
bydoingthefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

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2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapPCanddevices➙Bluetooth.

4.Slidethecontroltotherighttoturniton.ThetabletwillsearchforBluetoothdevices.

5.WhentheBluetoothdeviceyouwanttopairisfound,taptheIDoftheBluetoothdevice.

6.T apPair.

UnpairingaBluetoothdevice

TounpairaBluetoothdevice,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapPCanddevices➙Bluetooth.

4.T aptheIDoftheBluetoothdeviceyouwanttounpair.

5.T apRemovedevice.Anotificationpromptisdisplayed.

6.T apY es.

UsingtheNFCconnection

Nearfieldcommunication(NFC)isahigh-frequencyandshort-rangewirelesscommunicationstechnology.
Dependingonthemodel,yourtabletmightcomewiththeNFCfeature.ByusingtheNFCfeature,youcan
establishradiocommunicationsbetweenyourtabletandanotherNFC-enableddeviceoveradistanceno
morethanafewcentimeters.

IfyourtabletisequippedwiththeNFCfeature,youcanfindtheNFCicon

Bydefault,theNFCfeatureisenabled.IftheNFCfeatureofyourtabletisdisabled,dothefollowingto
enabletheNFCfeature:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings➙Network➙Radiodevices.

3.SlidetheNFCcontroltotherighttoenabletheNFCfeature.

IfyoustillcannotenabletheNFCfeature,checktheNFCsettingintheThinkPadT abletSetupprogram
bydoingthefollowing:

1.StarttheThinkPadT abletSetupprogram.See“ThinkPadT abletSetup”onpage77.

2.T apSecurity➙I/OPortAccess.

3.SettheNFCoptiontoOn.

YoucanusetheNFCfeaturewithNFC-supportedprograms,suchastheLenovoQuickControlprogram.

Insomescenarios,youmightwanttouseanNFCcardoranNFC-enabledsmartphonewithyourtabletto
transferdata.ThefollowingsectionsprovideinstructionsonhowtoadjustthepositionofanNFCcardand
anNFC-enabledsmartphoneforNFCcommunication.

PositioninganNFCcard

Attention:

onthetablet.

•BeforepositioninganNFCcard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisactionreducesany
staticelectricityfromyourbody.Staticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.

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•WhiletransferringdatatoorfromanNFCcard,donotputyourtabletintosleeporhibernationmode
beforethedatatransferfinishes;otherwise,yourdatacouldbecomedamaged.

Notes:

•BeforepositioninganNFCcard,ensurethatthetabletisonandtheNFCfeatureofthetabletisenabled.

•BeforepositioninganNFCcard,ensurethatthecardisinNFCDataExchangeFormat(NDEF),otherwise
thecardwillnotbesuccessfullydetectedbythetablet.

•Y ourtabletscreenandNFCcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

TopositionanNFCcard,dothefollowing:

1.Positionyourtabletasshownandensurethatthefrontsideofthecardisfacingupward.Alignthe
left-sideedgeofthecardwiththeNFClogoonthetablet.

2.Movethecardleftandrightwithin5mm(0.20inch)asshown.Then,holdthecardforaboutone
seconduntilyouarepromptedthatthecardhasbeensuccessfullydetectedbythetablet.Then,you
cantransferdatatoorfromthecardthroughNFC.

FormoreinformationabouttransferringdatathroughNFC,refertothedocumentationthatcamewiththe
card.

PositioninganNFC-enabledsmartphone
Attention:WhiletransferringdatatoorfromanNFC-enabledsmartphone,donotputyourtabletintosleep

orhibernationmodebeforethedatatransferfinishes;otherwise,yourdatacouldbecomedamaged.

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Notes:

•BeforepositioninganNFC-enabledsmartphone,ensurethatboththetabletandthesmartphoneareon
andtheNFCfeatureisenabledonboththetabletandsmartphone.

•ThescreenofyourtabletandNFC-enabledsmartphonemightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsin
thistopic.

TopositionanNFC-enabledsmartphone,dooneofthefollowingdependingonthepositionofyour
smartphone:

•Whenthesmartphoneisinaportraitposition:

1.Positionyourtabletasshownandensurethatthescreenofthesmartphoneisfacingupward.Align
theleft-sideedgeofthesmartphonewiththeNFClogoonthetablet.

2.Movethesmartphoneleftandrightwithin5mm(0.20inch)asshown.Then,holdthesmartphonefor
aboutoneseconduntilyouarepromptedthatthesmartphonehasbeensuccessfullydetectedbythe
tablet.Then,youcantransferdatatoorfromthesmartphonethroughNFC.

FormoreinformationabouttransferringdatathroughNFC,refertothedocumentationthatcamewith
thesmartphone.

•Whenthesmartphoneisinalandscapeposition:

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1.Positionyourtabletasshownandensurethatthescreenofthesmartphoneisfacingupward.Align
theleft-sideedgeofthesmartphonewiththeNFClogoonthetablet.

2.Movethesmartphoneleftandrightwithin5mm(0.20inch)asshown.Then,holdthesmartphonefor
aboutoneseconduntilyouarepromptedthatthesmartphonehasbeensuccessfullydetectedbythe
tablet.Then,youcantransferdatatoorfromthesmartphonethroughNFC.

FormoreinformationabouttransferringdatathroughNFC,refertothedocumentationthatcamewith
thesmartphone.

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Chapter4.Youandyourtablet

Thischapterprovidestheaccessibilityinformationaboutyourtablet,andinstructionsontravelingwith
thetabletandmaintainingthetablet.

Comfortandaccessibility

Readthistopictolearnhowtouseyourtabletmorecomfortablyandhowtousetheaccessibilityfeatures.

Usingyourtabletmorecomfortably

Withthehelpofalltheconveniencesandpowerfulfeaturesofyourtablet,youcancarryyourtabletallday
longforworkorentertainmentatmanyplaces.Thereforeitisimportantthatyouremainattentivetogood
posture,goodlighting,andproperseatingtoachievegreatercomfortwithyourtablet.

Activesittingandrestbreaks:Thelongeryousitandworkwithyourtabletthemoreimportantitisto
observeyourworkingposture.Makeminorvoluntaryposturalchangesandtakefrequent,shortbreakswhen
youusethetabletforalongtime.Yourtabletisalightandmobilesystem;rememberthatitcaneasilybe
repositionedtoaccommodatemanyposturemodificationsyoumightwishtomake.

Workareasetupoptions:Familiarizeyourselfwithallofyourofficefurnituresothatyouknowhowtoadjust
yourworksurface,seat,andotherworktoolstoaccommodateyourpreferencesforcomfort.Ifyourwork
areaisnotinanofficesetting,besuretotakespecialnoteofemployingactivesittingandutilizingwork
breaks.NotethattherearemanyThinkPadproductsolutionsavailabletohelpyoumodifyandexpand
yourtablettobestsuityourneeds.AccesstheWebsitehttp://www.lenovo.com/essentialstoviewsome
oftheseoptions.Exploreyouroptionsfordockingsolutionsandexternalproductsthatcanprovidethe
adjustabilityandfeaturesthatyouwant.

Accessibilityinformation

Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidingpeoplewithdisabilitiesgreateraccesstoinformationandtechnology.
Sometechnologiesarealreadyprovidedinyouroperatingsystem.Otherscanbepurchasedthrough
vendors.

UsersalsocanusetheEaseofAccessCenterprovidedintheWindowsoperatingsystemtoconfiguretheir
tablettosuittheirphysicalandcognitiveneeds.TheEaseofAccessCenterisacentrallocationthatyoucan
usetoconfiguretheaccessibilitysettingsandprogramsavailableintheMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystem.
TousetheEaseofAccessCenter,openControlPanelandtapEaseofAccess➙EaseofAccessCenter.

Thefollowinginformationprovideswaystohelpuserswhohavehearing,vision,andmobilitylimitationsget
themostoutoftheircomputerexperience.

On-screennotification

On-screennotificationhelpshearing-impairedpeoplebeawareofthestatusoftheirtablet.On-screen
notificationreplacessoundswithvisualcuesortextcaptionstoindicatethatactivityishappeningon
thetablet.Asaresult,systemalertsarenoticeableevenwhentheyarenotheard.Forexample,when
youselectoneobject,theobjectishighlighted.

Touseon-screennotification,openControlPanel,tapEaseofAccess➙EaseofAccessCenter,and
thentapUsetextorvisualalternativeforsounds.

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Audionotification

Audionotificationhelpsvisuallyimpairedpeopleorpeoplewithweaksightbeawareofthestatusoftheir
tablet.

Touseaudionotification,openControlPanel,tapEaseofAccess➙EaseofAccessCenter➙Usethe

computerwithoutadisplay,andthenselectTurnonAudioDescription.

Narrator

Narratorisascreenreaderthatreadstextsonthescreenaloudanddescribeseventslikeerrormessages.

ToopenNarrator,taporclicktheSearchicononthetop-rightcorneroftheStartscreenandthentype
Narratorintothedisplayedsearchbox.Ifyouareusingakeyboard,youcanjuststarttypingontheStart
screenandthenthesearchboxandsearchresultsaredisplayedautomatically.Inthelistofresults,click
Narrator.

FormoreinformationabouthowtouseandconfigureNarrator,seetheWindowsHelpandSupport
informationsystem.

Screen-readertechnologies

Screen-readertechnologiesareprimarilyfocusedonsoftwareprograminterfaces,helpinformationsystems,
andavarietyofonlinedocuments.Foradditionalinformationaboutscreenreaders,seethefollowing:

•UsingPDFswithscreenreaders:
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility.html?promoid=DJGVE

•UsingtheJAWSscreenreader:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/jaws-hq.asp

•UsingtheNVDAscreenreader:
http://www.nvaccess.org/

SpeechRecognition

SpeechRecognitionenablesyoutocontrolyourtabletbyvoice.

Usingonlyyourvoice,youcanstartprograms,openmenus,tapbuttonsandotherobjectsonthescreen,
dictatetextintodocuments,andwriteandsende-mails.

ToopenSpeechRecognition,taporclicktheSearchicononthetop-rightcorneroftheStartscreenand
thentypeSpeechRecognitionintothedisplayedsearchbox.Ifyouareusingakeyboard,youcanjust
starttypingontheStartscreenandthenthesearchboxandsearchresultsaredisplayedautomatically.
Inthelistofresults,clickSpeechRecognition.

FormoreinformationabouthowtouseandconfigureSpeechRecognition,seetheWindowsHelpand
Supportinformationsystem.

Customizabletextsize

Dependingonyourpreference,youcanchangeonlythetextsizeinsteadofchangingthesizeofeverything
onthedesktop.Tochangethetextsize,openControlPanelandtapAppearancesandPersonalization➙

Display.Then,gotoChangeonlythetextsizeandsetatextsizethatmeetsyourneeds.

Magnifier

YourtabletisequippedwiththeMicrosoftMagnifiertohelpvisuallyimpairedpeopleusethetabletmore
comfortably.Magnifierisausefulutilitythatenlargespartorallofyourscreensothatyoucanseethewords
andimagesbetter.MagnifierispartoftheEaseofAccessCenter.

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ToopenMagnifier,taporclicktheSearchicononthetop-rightcorneroftheStartscreenandthentype
Magnierintothedisplayedsearchbox.Ifyouareusingakeyboard,youcanjuststarttypingontheStart
screenandthenthesearchboxandsearchresultsaredisplayedautomatically.Inthelistofresults,click
Magnifier.

FormoreinformationabouthowtouseandconfigureMagnifier,seetheWindowsHelpandSupport
informationsystem.

Zoom

Youcanusethezoomfeaturetoenlargeorreducethesizeoftext,pictures,maps,orotherobjects.

•Zoomin:Movetwofingersfartherapartonthetouchscreentoenlargethesizeoftext,pictures,maps,
orotherobjects.

•Zoomout:Movetwofingersclosertogetheronthetouchscreentoreducethesizeoftext,pictures,
maps,orotherobjects.

Screenresolution

Youcanmakeyourdocumentseasiertoreadbyadjustingthescreenresolutionofyourtablet.Toadjust
thescreenresolution,tapandholdanywhereonthedesktop,tapScreenresolution,andthenadjustthe
settingsasyouprefer.

Note:Settingtoolowofaresolutionmightpreventsomeitemsfromfittingonthescreen.

Foralternativesonincreasingthesizeoftextandotherobjects,seethefollowing:

•“Customizabletextsize”onpage42

•“Magnifier”onpage42

•“Zoom”onpage43

On-ScreenKeyboard

On-ScreenKeyboarddisplaysavisualkeyboardwithallthestandardkeys.

ToopenOn-ScreenKeyboard,taporclicktheSearchicononthetop-rightcorneroftheStartscreenand
thentypeOn-ScreenKeyboardintothedisplayedsearchbox.Ifyouareusingakeyboard,youcanjust
starttypingontheStartscreenandthenthesearchboxandsearchresultsaredisplayedautomatically.
Inthelistofresults,clickOn-ScreenKeyboard.

FormoreinformationabouthowtouseandconfigureOn-ScreenKeyboard,see“UsingtheOn-Screen
Keyboardorthetouchkeyboardandhandwritingpanel”onpage17ortheWindowsHelpandSupport
informationsystem.

Personalizedexternalkeyboard

Thetactilebumpsontheexternalkeyboardprovideareferencepointfromwhichyoucaneasilylocateall
keysonthekeyboardwithoutvisualassistance.

Toadjustyourkeyboardsettings,openControlPanel,clickEaseofAccess➙EaseofAccessCenter,
andthenclickMakethekeyboardeasiertouse.

TodisableorenabletheFnLockfunctionintheKeyboardPropertieswindow,ratherthanpressingthe
Fn+Esckeycombination,dothefollowing:

1.GotoControlPanel.ChangetheviewofControlPanelfromCategorytoLargeiconsorSmallicons.

2.ClickKeyboard.IntheKeyboardPropertieswindow,clicktheThinkPadF1-F12keystab.

3.Selecttheoptionofyourpreference:

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•T odisabletheFnLockfunction,selectDefault.TheFnLockindicatorisoff.T oinitiatethespecial
functionprintedasanicononeachkey,pressthefunctionkeydirectly.T oinputF1-F12,press
theFnkeyandthecorrespondingfunctionkey.

•T oenabletheFnLockfunction,selectLegacy.TheFnLockindicatorturnson.ToinputF1-F12,
pressthefunctionkeysdirectly.T oinitiatethespecialfunctionprintedasanicononeachkey,press
theFnkeyandthecorrespondingfunctionkey.

Industry-standardconnectors

Yourtabletprovidesindustry-standardconnectorsthatenableyoutoconnectassistivedevices,ifneeded.

Formoreinformationonthelocationandfunctionofeachconnector,see“Tabletlayout”onpage1

Documentationinaccessibleformats

Lenovoprovideselectronicdocumentationinaccessibleformats,suchasproperlytaggedPDFfilesor
HyperTextMarkupLanguage(HTML)files.Lenovoelectronicdocumentationisdevelopedtoensure
thatvisuallyimpaireduserscanreadthedocumentationthroughascreenreader.Eachimageinthe
documentationalsoincludesadequatealternativetexttoexplaintheimagesothatvisuallyimpairedusers
canunderstandtheimagewhentheyuseascreenreader.

.

Gettingupdates

YourtabletenablesyoutoupdatetheWindowsoperatingsystemandLenovoapplications.

GettingupdatesfromLenovo

YourtabletispreinstalledwithSystemUpdate.ThisprogramenablesyoutokeeptheLenovosoftwareon
yourtabletup-to-datebydownloadingandinstallingsoftwareupdates.

TostartSystemUpdate,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T aptheSearchcharmtosearchforSystemUpdate.

3.T apSystemUpdate.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

GettingupdatesfromMicrosoft

TocheckandkeepyourWindows,programs,ordevicedriversup-to-date,seetheWindowsHelpand
Supportformoreinformation.

Travelingwithyourtablet

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyouworkwithandtransportyourtabletwhileyoutraveling.

Traveltips

Usethefollowingtraveltipstotravelmoreconfidentlyandefficientlywithyourtablet:

•Whileitissafetoallowyourtablettogothroughthexraymachinesatairportsecuritystations,itis
importanttokeepyoureyesonthetabletatalltimestopreventtheft.

•Putyourtabletinaprotectivecasewhennotinusetopreventdamageorscratching.

Traveltipsonairplanes

Ifyoucarryyourtabletintoanairplane,checkthefollowingtraveltips:

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•Ifyouaregoingtousethewirelessservice,checkwiththeairlineforanyrestrictionsbeforeboarding
theairplane.

•Iftherearerestrictionsontheuseoftabletswiththewirelessfeatureonanairplane,enabletheAirplane
mode.Toenableit,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapNetwork➙Airplanemode.

4.SlidethecontroltotherighttoturnonAirplanemodetodisableallwirelessdevices.

•Becarefulabouttheseatinfrontofyouontheairplane.Placeyourtabletinasafepositionsothatitdoes
notgetcaughtwhenthepersoninfrontofyouleansback.

Travelaccessories

Thefollowingisachecklistofthingstoconsiderpackingwhenyouaregoingtobeawayfromyourofficeor
home:

Travelessentials:

•Theacpoweradapterthatcomeswithyourtablet

•Thepowercordthatcomeswithyourtablet

•Aqualitycarryingcasethatprovidesadequatecushionandprotection

Otheritemsyoumightwanttoconsider:

•Additionalstoragedevicesorsmartcards

•LenovoMicroHDMIT oVGAAdapter

•LenovoMini-DisplayPorttoVGAAdapter

•T abletDigitizerPen

•ThinkPadActivePen

•ThinkPadheadphones

•ThinkPadHelixQuickshotCover

•ThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard

•ThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard

•ThinkPadTabletDock

•ThinkPadUSB3.0EthernetAdapter

Ifyouaretravelingtoanothercountryorregion,youmightwanttoconsiderthefollowingitems:

•AThinkPadacpoweradapterforthecountryorregiontowhichyouaretraveling

•AmicroSIMcardforthelocalmobileservicesinthatcountryorregion

Careandmaintenance

Handleyourtabletwithcaresothatyoucanenjoythisproductforalongtime.

Cleaningyourtablet

Tocleanyourtablet,unplugallcablesandturnoffthetabletbypressingandholdingthepowerbuttonfora
fewseconds.Thenwipethetabletscreenwithasoft,lint-free,dryclothtoclearstainsandsmudges.

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Note:Donotusescreencleaners,householdcleaners,aerosolsprays,solvents,alcohol,ammonia,or
abrasivestocleanyourtablet.

Protectingthescreenwithareplaceablefilm

Youcanpurchaseareplaceablefilmtoprotectthescreenfromscratchingandextendthelifeofyourtablet.
Touseareplaceablefilm,cleanthescreenfirstandthenapplythereplaceablefilmonthescreen.

Storingthetabletforextendedperiods

Ifyouarenotgoingtouseyourtabletforanextendedperiodoftime,removethemicroSIMcardfromyour
tablet,andthenpackyourtabletwithaprotectivecaseandstoreitinawell-ventilatedanddryareawithout
directexposuretosunshine.

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Chapter5.ThinkPadHelixoptions

ThefollowingoptionaldevicesaredesignedspeciallyforyourThinkPadHelixtablet:

•ThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard

•ThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard

•ThinkPadTabletDock

Theseoptionsprovideconvenienceandmakeyourtableteasiertouseforwork,study,andentertainment.
Fortabletsthatdonotcomewiththeseoptionaldevices,youcanpurchasethemfromLenovoat:
http://www.lenovo.com/essentials

ThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard

ThistopicprovidesanoverviewoftheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboardandinstructionsonhowtouseit.

OverviewoftheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard

ThetopicintroducestheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboardhardwarefeaturestogiveyouthebasic
informationyouneedtostartusingit.

12PenslotcoverandPenslot

Somemodelscomewithapenslotcover1.TostoretheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePeninthe
penslot2,removethepenslotcoverfromtheslotfirst.

Note:Storethepenslotcoverinasafeplace.Reattachittothepenslotwhenyouarenotstoringthepen
intheslot.

3Clickpad

Theclickpadisapointer-positioningdevicethatenablesyoutopoint,select,drag,andscroll,likeyoudo
whenusingamouse.Y oualsocanusetheclickpadtoperformsomebasictouchgestures.

Formoreinformation,see“Usingtheclickpad”onpage52

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4Specialkeys

Thespecialkeysenableyoutoworkeasilyandeffectively.See“Usingthespecialkeys”onpage51.

5USB2.0connector

TheUSB2.0connectorisusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchasaUSBprinter,USBmouse,
USBkeyboard,USBmemorykey,oradigitalcamera.

Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisUSBconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightgetdamaged.

UsingtheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard.

Installingorremovingthetablet

TousetheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard,installyourtabletintothekeyboardfirst.Ensurethatthe
tabletissecuredinplace.

Note:DonotdetachthetabletfromtheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboardwhileusingthekeyboard.

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Ifyoudonotwanttousethetabletwiththekeyboard,youcanremoveitasshowninthefollowingillustration.

CarryingorstoringthetablettogetherwiththeThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard

SometimesyoudonotneedtousetheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard,butyouwouldliketocarry
orstorethetablettogetherwiththekeyboard.Inthissituation,youmightconsiderthefollowingmethods
dependingonthemodelofyourtablet.

•Formodelsthatarenotequippedwithasmartcardslot,youcaninstallthetabletintotheThinkPadHelix
UltrabookKeyboardwiththetabletscreenfacingupward.Toachievethis,dothefollowing:

1.Positionthetabletwiththetabletscreenfacingupward.

2.Gentlyslideyourtabletasshown.ThetabletisattachedtotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard.
TheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboardisdisabledinthissituation.

•Forallmodels,youcaninstallthetabletintotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboardwiththetabletscreen
facingdownward.Toachievethis,dothefollowing:

Note:Yourtabletmightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustrations.

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1.Positionthetabletwiththetabletscreenfacingdownward.

2.Gentlyslideyourtabletasshown.ThetabletisattachedtotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard.
TheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboardisdisabledinthissituation.

StoringandremovingtheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen

SomemodelsareequippedwithaTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePenasastandardfeature.You
canstorethepenintheslotontherightsideoftheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard.Removethepen
slotcoverfirst1,thenpushthepengentlyintotheslotuntilyouhearaclick2.

Note:Thepenslotcoverisavailableonsomemodels.

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ToremovetheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePenfromtheslot,pressthepengentlyintotheslot1
toreleaseit;thenpullthepenout2.

Note:TheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePencontainspressuresensors.Donotpushthetipofthe
penforanextendedperiodoftime.Donotsubjectthepentoshockorvibration.

FormoreinformationaboutusingtheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen,see“UsingtheTablet
DigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen”onpage15.

Usingthespecialkeys

TheThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboardhasseveralspecialkeys.Pressaspecialkeytocontrolthe
associatedfunction.

•+EnablesordisablestheFnLockfunction.
WhentheFnLockfunctionisdisabled:TheFnLockindicatorisoff.Toinitiatethespecialfunction

ofeachkey,pressthefunctionkeysdirectly.ToinputF1–F12,presstheFnkeyandthecorresponding
functionkey.

WhentheFnLockfunctionisenabled:TheFnLockindicatorison.ToinputF1–F12,pressthefunction
keysdirectly.Toinitiatethespecialfunctionofeachkey,presstheFnkeyandthecorresponding
functionkey.

Note:Alternatively,youalsocandisableorenabletheFnlockfunctionintheKeyboardProperties
window.See“Personalizedexternalkeyboard”onpage43

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•Mutesorunmutesthespeakers.Whenthespeakersaremuted,theindicatoronthekeyison.To
turnonthesound,pressor.

•Decreasesthespeakervolume.

•

Increasesthespeakervolume.

•Mutesorunmutesthemicrophones.Whenthemicrophonesaremuted,theindicatoronthe
keyison.

•Darkensthedisplay.

•

Brightensthedisplay.

•Switchesthedisplayoutputlocationbetweenthetabletdisplayandanexternaldisplay.

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•Enablesordisablesthewirelessfeatures.

•OpenstheSettingscharm.

•OpenstheSearchcharm.

•

•

Viewsalltheprogramsthatyouhaveopened.

Viewsalltheprograms.

•Navigatetothetopwhenyouareviewinginformation,suchasadocumentoraWebpage.

•Navigatetothebottomwhenyouareviewinginformation,suchasadocumentoraWebpage.

•Fn+4:Putsthetabletintosleepmode.Toreturntonormaloperation,pressthepowerbutton.

•Fn+B:HasthesamefunctionastheBreakkeyonaconventionalkeyboard.

•Fn+K:HasthesamefunctionastheScrLKkeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

•Fn+P:HasthesamefunctionasthePausekeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

•Fn+S:HasthesamefunctionastheSysRqkeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

•Fn+End:HasthesamefunctionastheInsertkeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

Usingtheclickpad

YoucanpressFn+8toenableordisabletheclickpad.

Theright-clickareaaonthetwo-buttonclickpadworksastheright-clickbuttononaconventionalmouse.
Therestareaonthetwo-buttonclickpadworksastheleft-clickbuttononaconventionalmouse.

Youalsocanusethetwo-buttonclickpadtoperformthefollowingtouchgestures.

Tap

Tapanywhereontheclickpad
withonefingertoselectoropen
anitem.

Two-fingerscroll

Puttwofingersontheclickpad
andmovethemintheverticalor
horizontaldirection.Thisaction
enablesyoutoscrollthroughthe
document,Website,orapps.

Two-fingertap

Tapanywhereontheclickpadwith
twofingerstodisplayashortcut
menu.

Formoreinformation,refertothedocumentationthatcamewiththeThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard.

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ThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard

ThistopicprovidesanoverviewoftheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboardandinstructionsonhowto
useit.

OverviewoftheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard

ThetopicintroducestheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboardhardwarefeaturestogiveyouthebasic
informationyouneedtostartusingit.

1TrackPointpointingdevice

TheTrackPointpointingdeviceenablesyoutoperformallthefunctionsofatraditionalmouse,suchas
pointing,clicking,andscrolling.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheT rackPointpointingdevice”onpage62.

2T rackpad

Thetrackpadisapointer-positioningdevicethatenablesyoutopoint,select,drag,andscroll,likeyoudo
whenusingamouse.Youalsocanuseittoperformsometouchgestures.Formoreinformation,see
“Usingthetrackpad”onpage63.

3Specialkeys

Thespecialkeysenableyoutoworkeasilyandeffectively.See“Usingthespecialkeys”onpage61.

4Dockconnector

UsethisconnectortoconnectthetablettotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.

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5Security-lockslot

ToprotectyourThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboardfromtheft,youcanpurchaseasecuritycablelock
thatfitsthesecurity-lockslottolockthekeyboardtoastationaryobject.See“Attachingamechanical
lock”onpage57

6MiniDisplayPortconnector

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UsetheminiDisplayPortconnectortoconnectyourtablettoacompatibleprojector,externalmonitor,or
high-definitiontelevision.TheminiDisplayPortconnectorofyourtabletsupportsaudioaswellasvideo
streaming.Thiscompactconnectorenablesaplug-and-playsetupandsupportsadaptersthatcanpluginto
DVI,VGA,orHDMIconnectors.

7AlwaysOnUSB3.0connector

Bydefault,theAlwaysOnUSBconnectorenablesyoutochargesomemobiledigitaldevicesand
smartphonesinthefollowingsituations:

•Whenyourtabletisonorinsleepmode

•Whenyourtabletisinhibernationmodeoristurnedoff,butconnectedtoacpower

Ifyouwanttochargethesedeviceswhenthetabletisinhibernationmodeoristurnedoff,andthetabletis
notconnectedtoacpower,presstheWindowsStartscreencontroltogototheStartscreen.ClickLenovo

Settings➙Power.Thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisUSBconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.

Otherwisetheconnectormightgetdamaged.

8Powerconnector

UsethisconnectorwiththesuppliedpowercordandtheacpoweradaptertochargetheThinkPadHelix
UltrabookProKeyboardandthetabletwhenthebatterypowerislow.

Formoreinformation,see“Chargingthebattery”onpage13.

9Ejectbutton

PresstheejectbuttontoreleaseyourtabletfromtheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.

10Speakers

Theintegratedspeakersprovideaudiooutputforvideoandmusicplayback.

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Note:IfthetabletisattachedtotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard,thespeakervolumeandmute

settingsfollowthespeakersettingoftheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.

UsingtheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.

Installingorremovingthetablet

TousetheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard,installyourtabletintothekeyboardfirst.T oinstallthe
tabletforthefirsttime,dothefollowing:

1.Alignthehookholesinthebottomofthetabletwiththekeyboardhooks,then,gentlyslideyourtablet
asshown.ThetabletisattachedtotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.

2.Pivotupthetablet.

Attention:Donotforcethedisplayopenbeyond125degreesfromtherelativepositionofthekeyboard.
Forcingthedisplaybeyondthispointcancausedamage.

Toremovethetabletfromthekeyboard,dothefollowing:

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1.Presstheejectbuttonontheleftsideofthekeyboard.

2.Removethetabletfromthekeyboard.

Note:DonotremovethetabletfromtheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboardwhileusingthe
keyboard.

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Thenexttimeyouwanttoreinstallthetablet,alignthehookholesinthebottomofthetabletwiththe
keyboardhooks.Then,insertthetabletintothekeyboardasshowninthefollowingillustration.

Note:DonottouchthedockconnectorontheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.

Attachingamechanicallock

YoucanattachasecuritycablelocktotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboardtopreventthekeyboard
fromtheft.

Note:Youareresponsibleforevaluating,selecting,andimplementingthelockingdeviceandsecurity
feature.Lenovomakesnocomments,judgments,orwarrantiesaboutthefunction,quality,orperformance
ofthelockingdeviceandsecurityfeature.

Toattachasecuritycablelocktothekeyboard,dothefollowing:

1.Securethechainonthelocktoastationaryobject.Refertotheinstructionsshippedwiththe
mechanicallock.

2.Insertthesecuritycablelockintothesecurity-lockslotofthekeyboard.Thenturnaroundthelock
keytothelockedposition.

CarryingorstoringthetablettogetherwiththeThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard

SometimesyoudonotneedtousetheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard,butyouwouldliketocarry
orstorethetablettogetherwiththekeyboard.Inthissituation,youmightconsiderthefollowingmethods
dependingonthemodelofyourtablet.

•Formodelsthatarenotequippedwithasmartcardslot,youcaninstallthetabletintotheThinkPadHelix
UltrabookProKeyboardwiththetabletscreenfacingupward.T oachievethis,dothefollowing:

Note:Ifthisisnotthefirsttimethatyouinstallthetabletintothekeyboard,refertotheinstallation
instructionsinthelaterpartofthistopic.

Chapter5.ThinkPadHelixoptions57

1.Positionthetabletwiththetabletscreenfacingupward.

2.Alignthehookholesinthebottomofthetabletwiththekeyboardhooks,then,gentlyslideyourtablet
asshown.ThetabletisattachedtotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.Thekeyboard
isdisabledinthissituation.

•Forallmodels,youcaninstallthetabletintotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboardwiththetablet
screenfacingdownward.Toachievethis,dothefollowing:

Note:Yourtabletmightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustrations.

1.Positionthetabletwiththetabletscreenfacingdownward.

2.Alignthehookholesinthebottomofthetabletwiththekeyboardhooks,then,gentlyslideyourtablet
asshown.ThetabletisattachedtotheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.Thekeyboard
isdisabledinthissituation.

StoringandremovingtheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen

SomemodelsareequippedwithaTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePenasastandardfeature.You
canstorethepeninthepenholder.

TostoretheT abletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen,dothefollowing:

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1.Locatethepen-holderslotaonthebottomsideoftheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboard.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,thebottomsidemightlookdifferent.Formodelsthatarenotequipped
withaTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen,thepen-holderslotiscoveredwithadummyrubber.

2.InsertthepenholderthatcomeswiththeThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboardintothepen-holder
slot.

Chapter5.ThinkPadHelixoptions59

3.InserttheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePenintothepenholderinthedirectionasshownby
thearrow.

ToremovetheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePenfromthepen-holderslot,dothefollowing:

1.T aketheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePenoutofthepenholderinthedirectionasshownby
thearrow.

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2.T akethepenholderoutofthepen-holderslot,ifnecessary.

Note:TheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePencontainspressuresensors.Donotpushthetipofthe
penforanextendedperiodoftime.Donotsubjectthepentoshockorvibration.

FormoreinformationaboutusingtheTabletDigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen,see“UsingtheTablet
DigitizerPenorThinkPadActivePen”onpage15

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Usingthespecialkeys

TheThinkPadHelixUltrabookProKeyboardhasseveralspecialkeys.Pressaspecialkeytocontrolthe
associatedfunction.

•

+EnablesordisablestheFnLockfunction.

WhentheFnLockfunctionisdisabled:TheFnLockindicatorisoff.Toinitiatethespecialfunction
ofeachkey,pressthefunctionkeysdirectly.ToinputF1–F12,presstheFnkeyandthecorresponding
functionkey.

WhentheFnLockfunctionisenabled:TheFnLockindicatorison.ToinputF1–F12,pressthefunction
keysdirectly.Toinitiatethespecialfunctionofeachkey,presstheFnkeyandthecorresponding
functionkey.

Note:Alternatively,youalsocandisableorenabletheFnlockfunctionintheKeyboardProperties
window.See“Personalizedexternalkeyboard”onpage43

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•Mutesorunmutesthespeakers.Whenthespeakersaremuted,theindicatoronthekeyison.To
turnonthesound,pressor.

•Decreasesthespeakervolume.

•Increasesthespeakervolume.

•Mutesorunmutesthemicrophones.Whenthemicrophonesaremuted,theindicatoronthe
keyison.

•

Darkensthedisplay.

•Brightensthedisplay.

•Switchesthedisplayoutputlocationbetweenthetabletdisplayandanexternaldisplay.

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•Enablesordisablesthewirelessfeatures.

•OpenstheSettingscharm.

•OpenstheSearchcharm.

•

•

Viewsalltheprogramsthatyouhaveopened.

Viewsalltheprograms.

•Navigatetothetopwhenyouareviewinginformation,suchasadocumentoraWebpage.

•Navigatetothebottomwhenyouareviewinginformation,suchasadocumentoraWebpage.

•Fn+Spacebar:Controlsthekeyboardbacklight.
Therearethreemodesforthekeyboardbacklight:Off,Low,andHigh.PressFn+Spacebartochange

themodesofthekeyboardbacklight.

•Fn+4:Putsthetabletintosleepmode.Toreturntonormaloperation,pressthepowerbutton.

•Fn+B:HasthesamefunctionastheBreakkeyonaconventionalkeyboard.

•Fn+K:HasthesamefunctionastheScrLKkeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

•Fn+P:HasthesamefunctionasthePausekeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

•Fn+S:HasthesamefunctionastheSysRqkeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

•Fn+End:HasthesamefunctionastheInsertkeyontheconventionalkeyboard.

UsingtheT rackPointpointingdevice

TheTrackPointpointingdeviceenablesyoutoperformallthefunctionsofatraditionalmouse,suchas
pointing,clicking,andscrolling.

TheT rackPointpointingdeviceconsistsofthefollowingfourcomponents:

1Pointingstick
2Left-clickbutton(primary-clickbutton)
3Right-clickbutton(secondary-clickbutton)
4Scrollbar

TousetheTrackPointpointingdevice,refertothefollowinginstructions:

Note:Placeyourhandsinthetypingpositionanduseyourindexfingerormiddlefingertoapplypressureto
thepointing-sticknonslipcap.Useeitherthumbtopresstheleft-clickbuttonorright-clickbutton.

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•Point
Usethepointingstick

1tomovethepointeronthescreen.T ousethepointingstick,applypressureto

thepointing-sticknonslipcapinanydirectionparalleltothekeyboard.Thepointermovesaccordingly
butthepointingstickitselfdoesnotmove.Thespeedatwhichthepointermovesdependsonthe
amountofpressureyouapplytothepointingstick.

•Left-click
Presstheleft-clickbutton

2toselectoropenanitem.

•Right-click
Presstheright-clickbutton3todisplayashortcutmenu.

•Scroll
Pressandholdthedottedscrollbar4whileapplyingpressuretothepointingstickintheverticalor
horizontaldirection.Thenyoucanscrollthroughthedocument,Website,orapps.

Usingthetrackpad

Theentiretrackpadissensitivetofingertouchandmovement.Youcanusethetrackpadtoperformallthe
pointing,clicking,andscrollingfunctionsofatraditionalmouse.

Thetrackpadcanbedividedintotwozonesbyitsfunction:

1Left-clickzone(primary-clickzone)
2Right-clickzone(secondary-clickzone)

Tousethetrackpad,refertothefollowinginstructions:

•Point
Slideonefingeracrossthesurfaceofthetrackpadtomovethepointeraccordingly.

•Left-click
Presstheleft-clickzone

1toselectoropenanitem.

Youalsocantapanywhereonthesurfaceofthetrackpadwithonefingertoperformtheleft-clickaction.

•Right-click
Presstheright-clickzone2todisplayashortcutmenu.
Youalsocantapanywhereonthesurfaceofthetrackpadwithtwofingerstoperformtheright-clickaction.

•Scroll
Puttwofingersonthetrackpadandmovethemintheverticalorhorizontaldirection.Thisactionenables
youtoscrollthroughthedocument,Website,orapps.Ensurethatyoupositionyourtwofingersslightly
apartfromeachother.

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Withthetrackpad,youalsocanperformavarietyoftouchgestures.Thefollowingtableintroducessome
frequentlyusedtouchgestures.

Notes:

•Whenusingtwoormorefingers,ensurethatyoupositionyourfingersslightlyapart.

•SomegesturesarenotavailableifthelastactionwasdonefromtheTrackPointpointingdevice.

•Somegesturesareonlyavailablewhenyouareusingcertainapps.

•Somegesturesarenotenabledbydefault.Tochangethesettings,see“CustomizingtheThinkPad
pointingdevice”onpage65

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Tap

Tapanywhereonthetrackpad
withonefingertoselectoropen
anitem.

Two-fingerscroll

Puttwofingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemintheverticalor
horizontaldirection.Thisaction
enablesyoutoscrollthroughthe
document,Website,orapps.

Two-fingerzoomout

Puttwofingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemclosertogether
tozoomout.

Three-fingerswipe

Putthreefingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemlefttoshowthe
nextitem.Movethemrightto
showthepreviousitem.

Two-fingertap

Tapanywhereonthetrackpadwith
twofingerstodisplayashortcut
menu.

Two-fingerrotate

Puttwofingersonthetrackpad
androtatethemclockwiseor
counterclockwisetorotateanitem.

Two-fingerzoomin

Puttwofingersonthetrackpadand
movethemfartheraparttozoomin.

Four-fingerswipe

Putfourfingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemupwardtoviewand
choosefromopenedapps.

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Four-fingerswipe

Putfourfingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemdownwardto
showthedesktop.

Swipefromthetoptothe
bottomedge

Swipefromthetoptothebottom
edgeofthetrackpadwithone
fingertoclosethecurrentapp.
Performingthisgestureonthe
desktopclosesthedesktopand
displaystheStartscreen.

Swipeinandout

Swipeinandoutfromtheright
edgeofthetrackpadwithone
fingertohidethecharms.

Swipefromthetopedge

FromtheStartscreenorthecurrent
app,swipeinfromthetopedge
ofthetrackpadwithonefingerto
displaythecommandmenu.

Swipefromtherightedge

Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthe
trackpadwithonefingertodisplay
thecharms.

Swipefromtheleftedge

Swipeinfromtheleftedgeofthe
trackpadwithonefingertoshow
thepreviouslyusedapp.

CustomizingtheThinkPadpointingdevice

YoucancustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevicesoyoucanuseitmorecomfortablyandefficiently.For
example,youcanchoosetoenabletheTrackPointpointingdevice,thetrackpad,orboth.Y oualsocan
disableorenablethetouchgestures.

TocustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevice,dothefollowing:

1.GotoControlPanel.

2.ClickHardwareandSound➙Mouse.TheMousePropertieswindowisdisplayed.

3.IntheMousePropertieswindow,selecttheThinkPadtab.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Replacingthecapofthepointingstick

Thecap1ontheendofthepointingstickisremovable.Afteryouusethecapforaperiodoftime,youmight
considerreplacingthecapwithanewone.Togetanewcap,contacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.

Note:Ensurethatyouuseacapwithgroovesaasshowninthefollowingillustration.

Formoreinformation,refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeThinkPadHelixUltrabookPro
Keyboard.

ThinkPadTabletDock

TheThinkPadTabletDock(hereaftercalledthedock)holdsyourtabletinanuprightpositionandfreesyour
handstodoothertasks.ThedockalsoprovidesyouwitheasyaccesstoconnectorsforUSBdevices,file
transfers,charging,audioinput,audiooutput,andvideooutput.

ThistopicprovidesanoverviewofThinkPadT abletDockandinstructionsonhowtouseit.

OverviewoftheThinkPadT abletDock

ThetopicintroducestheThinkPadTabletDockhardwarefeaturestogiveyouthebasicinformationyou
needtostartusingtheit.

Chapter5.ThinkPadHelixoptions65

Frontviewandleft-sideviewofthedock

1Dockconnector

Usedtoestablishtheconnectionbetweenthedockandtabletwhenyourtabletisseatedinthedock.

2Always-onUSBconnector(USB3.0connector)

Usedtochargesomemobiledigitaldevicesandsmartphonesbydefault,nomatterwhenyourtabletis
off,insleepmode,orinhibernationmode.Formoreinformation,refertothedocumentationthatcame
withthedock.

Note:ThisconnectoriscompatiblewiththeUSB2.0standard.

3Comboaudioconnector

Usedtoconnectheadphonesoraheadsettolistentostereosoundfromthetablet.Y oualsocanconnecta
headsettorecordaudioormakecalls.

Rearviewofthedock

1USB3.0connectors

UsedtoconnectdevicesthatarecompatiblewithUSB3.0andUSB2.0.

2HDMIconnector

Usedtoconnectacompatibledigitalaudiodeviceorvideodisplay.

3Ethernetconnector

UsedtoconnectthedocktoanEthernetLAN.

4Powerconnector

Usedtoconnecttheacpoweradaptershippedwiththedocktoprovidepowertothetabletandcharge
thebattery.

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UsingtheThinkPadT abletDock

Beforeusingthedock,ensurethatyouconnectthetablettothedockandthenconnectthedocktoan
electricaloutletbydoingthefollowing:

1.Positionyourtabletwiththedockconnectorsidefacingdownward.

2.Alignthedockconnectoronthetabletwiththeoneonthedock.

3.Gentlyslideyourtabletintothedockuntilitisseatedinplace.

4.Usetheacpoweradapterandpowercordshippedwiththedocktoconnectthedocktoanelectrical
outlet.

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Afterthetabletisconnectedtothedock,youcan:

•Useyourtabletinanuprightpositionwithouthavingtoholdthetablet.

•UsethedocktoholdyourtabletuprightwhenusinganexternalUSBkeyboard.

•ConnectthedocktoyourpersonalUSBstoragedevicewithaUSBcabletotransferfiles.

•ConnectyourtablettoaHDTVthroughtheHDMIconnector.

•Connectthedocktoastereosystemorspeakersusingastereoaudiocabletoplaymusic.

•Connectthedocktoanelectricaloutletusingtheacpoweradaptershippedwiththedocktocharge
thetabletbattery.

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Chapter6.Security

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouthowtoprotecttheinformationstoredonyourtablet.

Usingpasswords

Youcanhelppreventyourtabletfromunauthorizedusebyusingpasswords.Onceyousetapassword,a
promptisdisplayedonthescreeneachtimeyouturnonthetablet.Enteryourpasswordattheprompt.Y ou
cannotusethetabletunlessyoutypethecorrectpassword.

Ifyouhavesetapower-onpassword,asupervisorpassword,oraharddiskpassword,itunlocks
automaticallywhenthetabletresumesfromsleepmode.

Note:IfaWindowspasswordhasbeenset,youwillbepromptedtoenterit.

Typingpasswords

Attachyoutablettoasupportedkeyboardbeforetypingpasswords.

Whenthisiconisdisplayed,typeapower-onpasswordorasupervisorpassword.

Whenthisiconisdisplayed,typeauserharddiskpassword.T otypeamasterharddiskpassword,

pressF1.Whentheiconchangesto,typethemasterharddiskpassword

Note:T oreturntotheicon,pressF1again.

Passwordsandsleepmode

IfyouhavesetaWindowspasswordandyouputyourtabletintosleepmode,youwillbepromptedtoenter
thepasswordwhenresumingoperation.

IfyouuseyouremailaddressasauseraccounttosignintoWindows,enteryouremailpasswordwhen
resumingoperation.

Power-onpassword

Youcansetapower-onpasswordtohelpprotectyourtabletagainstaccessbyunauthorizedusers.

Ifyousetapower-onpassword,thepasswordpromptisdisplayedonthescreenwheneveryouturnonthe
tablet.Y oumustenterthecorrectpasswordtostartusingthetablet.

Setting,changing,orremovingapower-onpassword

Toset,change,orremoveapower-onpassword,dothefollowing:

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenfiles,andexitallapplications.

3.EntertheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram.See“ThinkPadTabletSetup”onpage77.

4.T apSecurity➙Password.

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5.T apEnternexttothePower-OnPassworditem.Awindowopens.

6.Dependingonyourneed,dooneofthefollowing:

•T osetapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,enteradesiredpassword.
b.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,reenterthepasswordandtapOK.
c.ASetupNoticemessageisdisplayed.TapContinue.

•T ochangeapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,enterthecurrentpower-onpassword.
b.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,enteranewpower-onpassword.
c.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,reenterthenewpower-onpasswordandtapOK.
d.ASetupNoticemessageisdisplayed.T apContinue.

•T oremoveapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,enterthecurrentpower-onpassword.
b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblank.T apOK.
c.ASetupNoticemessageisdisplayed.TapContinue.

Attention:Itisrecommendedthatyourecordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Ifyouforget
yoursupervisorpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpassword.Y oumusttakeyourtablettoaLenovo
reselleroraLenovomarketingrepresentativetohavethesystemboardreplaced.Proofofpurchaseis
required,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.

7.Saveconfigurationchangesandexit.

Supervisorpassword

IfyouhavesetasupervisorpasswordintheThinkPadT abletSetupprogram,youwillbepromptedtoentera
supervisorpasswordwhenyoustarttheThinkPadT abletSetupprogram.

ThesupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredinThinkPadTabletSetup.Withoutit,
noonecanchangetheconfigurationofthetablet.

Note:Thesystemadministratorcansetthesamesupervisorpasswordonmanytabletstomake
administrationeasier.

Setting,changing,orremovingasupervisorpassword

Onlyasystemadministratorcanset,change,orremoveasupervisorpassword.

Toset,change,orremoveasupervisorpassword,dothefollowing:

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenfiles,andexitallapplications.

3.EntertheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram.See“ThinkPadTabletSetup”onpage77.

4.T apSecurity➙Password.

5.T apEnternexttotheSupervisorPassworditem.Awindowopens.

6.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:

•T osetapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,enteradesiredpassword.
b.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,reenterthepasswordandtapOK.

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c.ASetupNoticemessageisdisplayed.TapContinue.

•T ochangeapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,enterthecurrentsupervisorpassword.
b.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,enteranewsupervisorpassword.
c.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,reenterthenewsupervisorpasswordandtapOK.
d.ASetupNoticemessageisdisplayed.T apContinue.

•T oremoveapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,enterthecurrentsupervisorpassword.
b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblank.T apOK.
c.ASetupNoticemessageisdisplayed.TapContinue.

Attention:Itisrecommendedthatyourecordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Ifyouforget
yoursupervisorpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpassword.Y oumusttakeyourtablettoaLenovo
reselleroraLenovomarketingrepresentativetohavethesystemboardreplaced.Proofofpurchaseis
required,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.

7.Saveconfigurationchangesandexit.

ThenexttimeyouopentheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram,youwillbepromptedtoenteryourpassword
toproceed.

Harddiskpasswords

Thefollowingtwotypesofharddiskpasswordscanhelpprotecttheinformationstoredontheharddiskdrive:

•Userharddiskpassword
Ifauserharddiskpasswordhasbeenset,butnomasterharddiskpasswordhasbeen,theusermust

entertheuserharddiskpasswordtoaccessfilesandapplicationsontheharddiskdrive.

•Masterharddiskpassword
Themasterharddiskpasswordalsorequiresauserharddiskpassword.Themasterharddiskpassword

isusuallysetandusedbyasystemadministrator.Itenablestheadministratortoaccessanyharddisk
driveinasystemlikeamasterkey.Theadministratorsetsthemasterpassword;thenassignsauser
passwordforeachtabletinthenetwork.Theusercanthenchangetheuserpasswordasdesired,but
theadministratorstillcangetaccessbyusingthemasterpassword.

Whenamasterharddiskpasswordisset,onlytheadministratorcanremovetheuserharddiskpassword.

Settingaharddiskpassword

Tosetaharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenfiles,andexitallapplications.

3.EntertheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram.See“ThinkPadTabletSetup”onpage77.

4.T apSecurity➙Password➙Harddisk1Password.

5.T apEnternexttotheHarddisk1Passworditem.

6.Apasswordwindowisdisplayed.Y ouarepromptedtoselectUserorUser+Master.SelectUserif
youwanttosetonlyoneharddiskpassword.SelectUser+Masterifyouwanttosetauserharddisk
passwordandamasterharddiskpassword,forexampleifyouareanadministratororasupervisor.

•IfyouselectUser,dothefollowing:

a.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,enteradesiredpassword.

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b.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,reenterthepasswordandtapOK.
c.ASetupNoticemessageisdisplayed.TapContinue.

•IfyouselectUser+Master,dothefollowing:
a.First,setauserharddiskpassword.Whenamessagewindowpromptsyoutosettheuser

harddiskpassword,tapContinue.TypeyournewuserharddiskpasswordintheEnterNew
Passwordfield.RetypethepasswordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandtapOK.ASetup
Noticemessageisdisplayed.TapContinue.

b.Then,setamasterharddiskpassword.Whenamessagewindowpromptsyoutosetthemaster

harddiskpassword,tapContinue.TypeyournewmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterNew
Passwordfield.RetypethepasswordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandtapOK.ASetup
Noticemessageisdisplayed.TapContinue.

7.Saveconfigurationchangesandexit.

Thenexttimeyouturnonyourtablet,typetheuserormasterharddiskpasswordtostartyourtabletand
accesstheoperatingsystem.

Changingorremovingaharddiskpassword

Tochangeorremovetheharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:

•IfyouareinUser+Masterharddiskmode,youcanselecteitherUserHDPorMasterHDPtochange
thepassword,dependingonyourneeds.

–IfyouselectUserHDPmode,followthefollowingstepstochangetheuserharddiskpassword:

1.T ypethecurrentuserharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfield.

2.T ypethenewpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordfield;thenretypethepasswordinthe
ConfirmNewPasswordfield.

3.T apOK.ASetupNoticemessageisdisplayed.TapContinue.Theuserharddiskpasswordis
changed.

Note:TheharddiskpasswordcannotberemovedinUserHDPmode.

–IfyouselectMasterHDPmode,followthefollowingstepstochangethemasterharddiskpassword:

1.T ypethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfield.

2.T ypethenewmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordfield;thenretypethenew
passwordyoujustenteredintheConfirmNewPasswordfield.

3.T apOK.ASetupNoticemessageisdisplayed.TapContinue.Theuserharddiskpasswordis
changed.

Note:IfyouleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblankandtapOK,
boththeuserandmasterharddiskpasswordsareremoved.

•IfyouareinUserharddiskmode,followthefollowingstepstochangetheuserharddiskpassword:

1.Followsteps1through7in“Settingaharddiskpassword”onpage71,typingyourpasswordtostart
theThinkPadTabletSetupprogram.

2.T ypethecurrentuserharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfield.

3.T ypethenewpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordfield;thenretypethenewpasswordinthe
ConfirmNewPasswordfield.

4.T apOK.ASetupNoticemessageisdisplayed.T apContinue.Theuserharddiskpasswordis
changed.

Note:IfyouleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblankandtapOK,the
userharddiskpasswordisremoved.

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Tipsonusingtheharddiskpasswords

•Y oucansettheminimumlengthofaharddiskpasswordthroughtheSecuritymenu.

•Ifyousetaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters,theharddiskdrivecanbeusedonlywitha
tabletthatcanrecognizeaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters.Ifyoutheninstalltheharddisk
driveinatabletthatcannotrecognizeaharddiskpasswordthatcontainsmorethansevencharacters,
youcannotaccessthedrive.

•Recordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Ifyouforgettheuserharddiskpassword,orbothuser
andmasterharddiskpasswords,Lenovocannotresetyourpasswordsorrecoverdatafromtheharddisk
drive.YoumusttakeyourtablettoaLenovoreselleroramarketingrepresentativetohavetheharddisk
drivereplaced.Proofofpurchaseisrequired,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.

Notes:TheeDrivestoragedrivesorTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)Opal-compliantstoragedrivesprovide
self-encryptioncapabilitiestosecureyourdata.

•IfaTCGOpal-compliantstoragedriveandaTCGOpalmanagementsoftwareprogramareinstalled,and
theTCGOpalmanagementsoftwareprogramisactivated,theharddiskpasswordisnotavailable.

•IfaneDrivestoragedriveisinstalledinyourtablet,andyourtabletispreinstalledwiththeWindows8.1
operatingsystem,theharddiskpasswordisnotavailable.

Harddisksecurity

Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,refertothefollowingtipstomaximizesecurity:

•Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolid-statedrive.Refertothe
proceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage69and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage71.Forsecurity,
alongerpasswordisrecommended.

•T oprovidereliablesecurityfortheUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwitha
TrustedPlatformModulemanagementfeature.Referto“Usingthesecuritychip”onpage74.

•IfanEncryptionsolid-statedriveisinstalledinyourtablet,besuretoprotectthecontentsofyourtablet
memoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuseofdriveencryptionsoftware,suchasMicrosoftWindows
BitLocker
Windows8.1operatingsystem.Referto“UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption”onpage73

•Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourtablet,deletethedatastoredonit.

®

DriveEncryption,whichissupportedintheProfessionalandEnterpriseeditionsofthe

.

UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption

Tohelpprotectyourtabletagainstunauthorizedaccess,usethedriveencryptionsoftware,suchas
WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.

WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofWindows8.1operatingsystem.Itis
supportedintheProfessionalandEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows8.1operatingsystem.Itcanhelpyou
protecttheoperatingsystemanddatastoredonyourtablet,evenifyourtabletislostorstolen.BitLocker
worksbyencryptingalluserandsystemfiles,includingtheswapandhibernationfiles.

BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdefinedasaV1.2TPM.

TochecktheBitLockerstatus,gotoControlPanel,andclickSystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDrive
Encryption.

FormoreinformationaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,seethehelpinformationsystemofthe
Windowsoperatingsystem,orsearchfor“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-Step
Guide”ontheMicrosoftWebsite.

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Encryptionsolid-statedrive

SomemodelscontaintheEncryptionsolid-statedrive.Thisfeaturehelpstoprotectyourtabletagainst
securityattacksonmedia,NANDflash,ordevicecontrollersbyuseofahardwareencryptionchip.Forthe
efficientuseoftheencryptionfeature,setaharddiskpasswordfortheinternalstoragedevice.

Usingthesecuritychip

Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransferconfidentialinformation
electronically.Y oucansetthesecuritychipinyourtablettoenhancecomputingsecurity.Somemodels
areequippedwithonesecuritychipcalledthefirmwareTPM(displayedas“T rustedPlatformModule

2.0”inDeviceManager).SomemodelsareequippedwithtwosecuritychipscalledthediscreteTPM
(displayedas“TrustedPlatformModule1.2”inDeviceManager)andthefirmwareTPM.Formodelswithtwo
securitychips,youcanselectwhichoneyouwanttouseintheThinkPadTabletSetupprogrambyusing
theinstructionsinthistopic.

Note:EnsurethatthesupervisorpasswordhasbeensetintheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram;otherwise
anyonecanchangethesettingsforthesecuritychip.

AbouttheSecurityChipmenu

TheSecurityChipmenuprovidesthefollowingitemsforyoutoconfiguretheembeddedsecuritychip.You
canfindtheSecurityChipmenufromtheSecuritymenuoftheThinkPadT abletSetupprogram.

•SecurityChipSelection:Selectthesecuritychipyouwanttouse.Thisitemisdisplayedonlyonsome
tabletmodels.

•SecurityChip:Enableordisablethesecuritychip.

•ClearSecurityChip:Cleartheencryptionkey.Thisoptionisnotdisplayedwhenthesecuritychipis
inactiveordisabled.T oclearthesecuritychip,ensurethatyouactivateorenablethesecuritychipfirst
sothatthisoptioncanbedisplayed.

Settingthesecuritychip

TosetthesecuritychipthroughtheSecurityChipmenu,dothefollowing:

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenfilesandexitallapplications.Then,turnoffyourtablet.

3.EntertheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram.See“ThinkPadTabletSetup”onpage77.

4.T apSecurity.

5.T apSecurityChip.

6.Settheitems.

7.Saveconfigurationchangesandexit.

Usingfirewalls

Yourtabletispreinstalledwithafirewallprogramaspartofantiviruspackage.Thisprogramprotectsagainst
Internetsecuritythreats,unauthorizedaccess,intrusions,andInternetattacks.Italsoprotectsyourprivacy.

Formoreinformationabouthowtousethefirewallprogram,refertotheonlinehelpthatcomeswiththe
program.

Protectingdataagainstviruses

Yourtabletispreinstalledwithanantivirusprogramsoyoucandetectandeliminateviruses.Theantivirus
programisdesignedtohelpyoudetectandeliminateviruses.

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Lenovoprovidesafullversionofantivirussoftwareonyourtabletwithafree30-daysubscription.After30
days,youmustrenewthelicensetocontinuereceivingtheantivirussoftwareupdates.

Formoreinformationabouthowtouseyourantivirussoftware,refertothehelpsystemofyourantivirus
software.

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Chapter7.Advancedconfiguration

IfyouneedtoupdateyoursystemUEFIBIOS,installnewdevicedrivers,thisinformationwillhelpyouhandle
yourtabletwithpropercareandkeepitintopworkingshape.

•“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage77

•“ThinkPadT abletSetup”onpage77

•“Usingsystemmanagement”onpage86

Installingdevicedrivers

Thedevicedriversareavailableathttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers.Chooseyourtabletproduct
nametoviewallthedevicedriversforyourtablet.

Attention:Alwaysgotohttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDriversforthelatestdevicedrivers.Donot
downloadthemfromtheWindowsUpdateWebsite.

ThinkPadTabletSetup

YourtabletcomeswiththeThinkPadTabletSetupprogramthatenablesyoutoviewandconfigurevarious
setupparameters.

TostarttheThinkPadT abletSetupprogram,dooneofthefollowing:

Note:Ifyouarerequiredtoenterthesupervisorpassword,enterthecorrectpassword.Y oualsocanskip
thepasswordpromptandstarttheThinkPadT abletSetupprogram.Ifyoudonotenterthepassword,you
cannotchangetheconfigurationsthatareprotectedbythesupervisorpassword.Formoreinformation,
referto“Usingpasswords”onpage69

•Restartthetablet.WhentheThinkPadlogoscreenisdisplayed,taparoundTointerruptnormalstartup,
pressEnterortaphere.TapF1onthescreentostarttheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram.

•T ostarttheThinkPadT abletSetupprogramfromtheoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T apSettings➙ChangePCsettings.

3.Inthenavigationpanel,tapUpdateandrecovery➙Recovery.

4.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,tapRestartnow.

5.Thetabletrestartsandamenuisdisplayed.TapTroubleshoot➙Advancedoptions➙UEFI
FirmwareSettings➙Restart.

6.ThetabletrestartsandenterstheThinkPadT abletSetupprogram.

Note:Ifyouhavesetasupervisorpassword,theThinkPadT abletSetupprogrammenuwillbedisplayed
afteryouenterthepassword.

TheThinkPadT abletSetupprogramincludesthefollowingmenus:

•Mainmenu:Viewthesysteminformationandsetthedateandtimeforyourtablet.

•Configmenu:Viewandchangetheconfigurationsofyourtablet.

•Securitymenu:Setthesupervisorpasswordandconfigureothersecurityfeaturesofyourtablet.

•Startupmenu:Changethetabletstartupsettings.

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•Restartmenu:ChooseanoptionforclosingtheThinkPadTabletSetupprogramandrestartingthe
system.

Oneachmenu,tapthedefaultvaluetoshowselectableoptionsandtapadesiredoptiontoselectit.Y ou
canfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoconfiguresettings.Afteryouchangethesettings,tapRestart,
andthentapyourdesiredoptiontorestartthetablet.

Notes:

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthetabletsupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

•Thedefaultconfigurationsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Incorrectchangeoftheconfigurationsmight
causeunexpectedresults.

Mainmenu

TheMainmenuisthefirstinterfaceyouseeafteryouentertheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram.Itdisplays
thefollowingconfigurationofyourtablet:

•SystemInformation

–UEFIBIOSVersion
–UEFIBIOSDate(Year-Month-Day)
–EmbeddedControllerVersion
–MPUFirmwareVersion
–MEFirmwareVersion
–MachineTypeModel
–System-unitserialnumber
–UUID
–Systemboardserialnumber
–AssetTag
–CPUType
–CPUSpeed
–InstalledMemory
–PreinstalledOSLicense
–UEFISecureBoot
–OA3ID

•SystemDate

•SystemTime

Configmenu

Ifyouneedtochangetheconfigurationofyourtablet,tapConfigfromtheThinkPadT abletSetupprogram
mainmenu.

ThefollowingtableliststheConfigmenuitems.

Notes:

•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.

•Oneachsubmenu,tapthedefaultvaluetoshowselectableoptionsandtapadesiredoption.

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthetabletsupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

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Table1.Configmenuitems

Note:TheitemslistedinthefollowingtablemightnotbethesameasthoseinyourThinkPadTabletSetup.
Theitemsaresubjecttochange.

Menuitem

USBAlwaysOnUSB•Off

DisplayBootDisplayDevice

Power

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

PowerOnwithAC
Attach

•On

•ThinkPadLCD

•DigitalonThinkPad

•Displayondock

•Off

•On

IfyouselectOn,theexternalUSB
devicescanbechargedthroughUSB
connectorsevenwhenthetabletis
inlow-powermode(sleep,hibernate,
orpower-off).

Note:IfyouselectOn,USBwakeup
functionisnotsupportedonAlways
OnUSBconnector.

Selectthedisplaydevicethatistobe
activatedatboottime.Thisselection
iseffectiveforboottime,password
prompt,andThinkPadT abletSetup.

DigitalonThinkPadistheMini
DisplayPortconnector.

Displayondockisdisplay
connectorsonadock.

Enableordisableafeaturethat
powersonthesystemwhentheac
poweradapterisattached.

IfyouselectEnabled,thesystem
ispoweredonwhentheacpower
adapterisattached.Whenthe
systemisinhibernatestate,the
systemresumes.

IfyouselectDisabled,thesystemis
notpoweredonnorresumedwhen
theacpoweradapterisattached.

LidOpenAction

DisableBuilt-inBattery•EnterTemporarilydisabletheinternal

•Wakeup

•DoNothing

Setthelidopenaction.

built-inbatteryforservicingthe
system.Afterselectingthisitem,the
systemwillbeautomaticallypowered
off.Thesystemisthenreadytobe
serviced.

Note:Thebatterywillbe
automaticallyre-enabledwhen
theacpoweradapterisreconnected
tothesystem.

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Table1.Configmenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

BeepandAlarm

IntelAMT

SubmenuitemSelectionComments

PasswordBeep

KeyboardBeep

IntelAMTControl

CIRATimeout

•Off

•On

•On

•Off

•Disabled

•Enabled

•PermanentlyDisabled

0-255

Note:Thedefaultvalue
is60seconds.

Enablethisoptiontohaveabeep
soundwhenthesystemiswaitingfor
apower-on,harddisk,orsupervisor
password.Differentbeepswillsound
whentheenteredpasswordmatches
ordoesnotmatchtheconfigured
password.

Enableordisablekeyboard
beepwhenunmanageablekey
combinationsarepressed.

IfyouselectEnabled,IntelAMT
(ActiveManagementTechnology)is
configuredandadditionalsetupitems
areprovidedinMEBx(Management
EngineBIOSExtension)Setup.

IfyouselectPermanentlyDisabled,
youwillneverbeabletoenableit
again.Becautiouswhenyouwant
tousethisoption.

Note:YoucanentertheMEBxSetup
menubypressingtheCtrl+Pkey
combinationintheStartupInterrupt
Menuwindow.TodisplaytheStartup
InterruptMenuwindow,pressthe
blackbuttonorEnterkeyduringthe
power-onself-test(POST).

SetthetimeoutoptionforCIRA
connectiontobeestablished.
Selectablesecondvaluesarefrom
1to254.

Ifyouselect0,use60secondsas
thedefaulttimeoutvalue.

Ifyouselect255,thewaitingtime
forestablishingaconnectionis
unlimited.

ConsoleType•PCANSI

•VT100+

•PC-ANSI

•VT -UTF8

SelecttheconsoletypeforAMT .

Note:Thisconsoletypeshould
matchtheIntelAMTremoteconsole.

Securitymenu

Ifyouneedtosetthesecurityfeaturesofyourtablet,tapSecurityfromtheThinkPadTabletSetupmenu.

ThefollowingtableliststheSecuritymenuitems.

Notes:

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•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsider
changingthetabletconfiguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingtheconfigurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.

•Ineachsubmenu,tapthedefaultvaluetoshowselectableoptionsandtapadesiredoption.

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthetabletsupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Table2.Securitymenuitems

Note:TheitemslistedinthefollowingtablemightnotbethesameasthoseinyourThinkPadTabletSetup.
Theitemsaresubjecttochange.

Menuitem

Password

Submenuitem

SupervisorPassword

-PasswordStatus

LockUEFIBIOSSettings•Off

PasswordatUnattended
Boot

PasswordatRestart

PasswordatBootDevice
List

Value

•Enter

•Disabled

•Enabled

•On

•Off

•On

•Off

•On

•Off

•On

Comments

See“Supervisorpassword”onpage

70.

Enableordisablethefunctionthat
protectsitemsinThinkPadTablet
Setupfrombeingchangedbyauser
whodoesnothavethesupervisor
password.Bydefault,thisisset
toOff.Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandenablethisfunction,
noonebutyoucanchangeanyitems
inThinkPadT abletSetup.

IfyouselectandturnonPassword
atunattendedboot,apassword
promptisdisplayedwhenthetablet
isturnedon,fromeitherapower-off
stateorhibernationstate,byan
unattendedeventsuchasaWake
onLANattempt.IfyouselectOff,
nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;
thetabletgoesaheadandloads
theoperatingsystem.Toprevent
unauthorizedaccess,settheuser
authenticationontheoperating
system.

IfyouselectandturnonPassword
atrestart,apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenyourestartthetablet.
IfyouselectOff,nopasswordprompt
isdisplayed;thetabletgoesahead
andloadstheoperatingsystem.To
preventunauthorizedaccess,setthe
userauthenticationontheoperating
system.

IftheSecuritypasswordisset,this
optionisusedtospecifywhetherthe
Securitypasswordmustbeentered
todisplaytheF12bootdevicelist.

SelectOntopromptfortheSecurity
password.SelectOfftoproceed
withoutanyuseractionrequired.

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Table2.Securitymenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

SecurityChip

UEFIBIOSUpdate
Option

Submenuitem

PasswordCount
ExceededError

SetMinimumLength

Power-OnPassword

-PasswordStatus

HardDisk1Password•Enter

-PasswordStatus

SecurityChipSelection

SecurityChip

SecurityChip

ClearSecurityChip

PhysicalPresencefor
Clear

FlashBIOSUpdatingby
End-Users

SecureRollBack
Prevention

Value

•Off

•On

•Disabled

•xcharacters

•Enter

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•IntelPTT

•DiscreteTPM

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Active

•Inactive

•Disabled

•Enter

•On

•Off

•On

•Off

•On

•Off

Comments

SelectOntoshowthePOST0199
errorandpromptfortheSecurity
password.SelectOfftohidethe
POST0199errorandproceedwithout
anyuseractionneeded.

Specifyaminimumlengthfor
power-onpasswordsandharddisk

(4≤x≤12)

passwords.Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandspecifyaminimum
lengthforpasswords,noonebutyou
canchangethelength.

See“Power-onpassword”onpage

69.

See“Harddiskpasswords”onpage

71.

Configurethesecuritychip.This
optionisavailableonlyonmodels
thathaveboththefirmwareTPMand
thediscreteTPM.

IfSecurityChipissettoIntelPTT.
Enableordisablesecuritychip
feature.

IfSecurityChipissettoDiscrete
TPM.Enableordisablesecuritychip
feature.

Cleartheencryptionkey.

Note:Thisitemisdisplayedonly
ifyouhaveselectedOnforthe
SecurityChipoption.

Thisoptionenablesordisablesthe
confirmationmessagewhenyou
clearthesecuritychip.

IfyouselectOn,alluserscanupdate
theUEFIBIOS.IfyouselectOff,only
thepersonwhoknowsthesupervisor
passwordcanupdatetheUEFIBIOS.

IfyouselectOff,youcanflashtothe
previousversionofUEFIBIOS.Ifyou
selectOn,youcannotflashtothe
previousversionofUEFIBIOS.

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Table2.Securitymenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

MemoryProtectionExecutionPrevention

Virtualization

I/OPortAccess

Submenuitem

IntelVirtualization
Technology

IntelVT-dFeature

WirelessLAN

WirelessWAN

Bluetooth

USBPort•On

MemoryCardSlot•On

SmartCardSlot•On

IntegratedCamera•On

Microphone

FingerprintReader

NFC•On

UltrabookKeyboard

ThinkPadTabletDock
EthernetLAN

Value

•Off

•On

Comments

Somecomputervirusesandworms
causememorybufferstooverflow.
ByselectingOnyoucanprotect
yourtabletagainstattacksbysuch
virusesandworms.Ifafterchoosing
Onyoufindthataprogramdoesnot
runcorrectly,selectOffandresetthe
setting.

•Off

•On

IfyouselectOn,aVirtualMachine
Monitor(VMM)canutilizethe
additionalhardwarecapabilities
providedbyIntelVirtualization
Technology.

•Off

•On

IntelVT -dstandsforIntelVirtualization
TechnologyforDirectedI/O.When
enabled,aVMMcanutilizethe
platforminfrastructureforI/O
virtualization.

•On

•Off

•On

•Off

•On

•Off

IfyouselectOn,youcanusethe
wirelessLANdevice.

IfyouselectOn,youcanusethe
wirelessWANdevice.

IfyouselectOn,youcanuse
Bluetoothdevices.

IfyouselectOn,youcanuseUSB

•Off

connectors.

IfyouselectOn,youcanusethe

•Off

memorycardslots.

IfyouselectOn,youcanusethe

•Off

smartcardslot.

IfyouselectOn,youcanusethe

•Off

•On

•Off

•On

•Off

integratedcamera.

IfyouselectOn,youcanusethe
microphones(internal,external,or
line-in).

IfyouselectOn,youcanusethe
fingerprintreader.

IfyouselectOn,youcanusetheNFC

•Off

•On

•Off

•On

•Off

connection.

IfyouselectOn,youcanusethe
ThinkPadHelixUltrabookKeyboard.

IfyouselectOn,youcanusethe
EthernetLANdeviceonThinkPad
TabletDock.

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Table2.Securitymenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

Anti-Theft

SecureBoot

Submenuitem

ThinkPadTabletDock
USBPort

ComputraceModule
Activation

SecureBoot•On

PlatformMode

SecureBootMode•StandardMode

ResettoSetupMode

RestoreFactoryKeys•EnterThisoptionisusedtorestoreall

ClearAllSecureBoot
Keys

Value

•On

•Off

CurrentSetting:

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Permanently
Disabled

CurrentState:

•Notactivated

•Activated

•Off

•UserMode

•SetupMode

•CustomMode

•EnterThisoptionisusedtoclearthecurrent

•Enter

Comments

IfyouselectOn,youcanuseUSB
connectorsonThinkPadT abletDock.

EnableordisabletheUEFIBIOS
interfacetoactivatethecomputrace
module.Computraceisanoptional
monitoringservicefromAbsolute
Software.

EnableordisableUEFISecureBoot
feature.

Specifythesystemoperatingmode.

IndicatesSecureBootmodeis
standardmodeorcustommode.

platformkeyandputthesysteminto
setupmode.Y oucaninstallyour
ownplatformkeyandcustomizethe
SecureBootsignaturedatabasesin
setupmode.SecureBootmodewill
besettocustommode.

keysandcertificatesinSecureBoot
databasestofactorydefaults.Any
customizedSecureBootsettingswill
beerased,andthedefaultplatform
keywillbere-establishedalongwith
theoriginalsignaturedatabases
includingcertificateforWindows8.1
operatingsystem.

Startupmenu

Youmightneedtochangethetabletstartupsettings.T odoso,tapStartupfromtheThinkPadTablet
Setupmenu.

Attention:

•Afteryouchangeyourstartupsequence,youmustbeextremelycarefulnottospecifyawrongdevice
duringacopy,asave,oraformatoperation.Ifyouspecifyawrongdevice,yourdataandprograms
mightbeerasedoroverwritten.

•IfyouareusingtheBitLocker
driveencryptiondetectsthechangeofstartupsequenceandlocksthetabletfrombooting.

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driveencryption,youshouldnotchangethestartupsequence.BitLocker

Changingthestartupsequence

Tochangethestartupsequence,dothefollowing:

1.T apBoot.Thedefaultbootlistisdisplayed,showingtheorderinwhichdeviceswillbestartedup.Even
devicesthatarenotattachedtoorinstalledonyourtabletarelisted.

2.FromtheBootsubmenu,tapthemenuitemtospecifythestartupsequencethatrunswhenyouturnon
thepower.

3.Savethechangesandrestartthesystem.

ThefollowingtableliststheStartupmenuitems.

Notes:

•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.

•Fromeachsubmenu,tapthedefaultvaluetoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoption.

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthetabletsupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Table3.Startupmenuitems

Note:TheitemslistedinthefollowingtablemightnotbethesameasthoseinyourThinkPadTabletSetup.
Theitemsaresubjecttochange.

Menuitem

StartupOption

Boot

Submenuitem

OptionKeyDisplay•On

BootDeviceListF12Option•On

BootOrderLock•On

ATAHDD

USBHDD•On

USBCD•On

USBFDD•On

NetworkAdapter

Value

•Off

•Off

•Off

•On

•Off

•Off

•Off

•Off

•On

•Off

Comments

IfyouselectOff,the“To
interruptnormalstartup,
pressEnter.”messageisnot
displayedduringthePOST.

Enableordisableboot
devicemenu.

Enableordisablebootorder
lock.

ChangetheBootorderby
dragginganddroppingthe
icon.

ChangetheBootorderby
dragginganddroppingthe
icon.

ChangetheBootorderby
dragginganddroppingthe
icon.

ChangetheBootorderby
dragginganddroppingthe
icon.

ChangetheBootorderby
dragginganddroppingthe
icon.

Restartmenu

IfyouwanttoclosetheThinkPadTabletSetupprogramandrestartthesystem,tapRestartfromthe
ThinkPadTabletSetupmainmenu.Thefollowingitemsaredisplayed:

•ExitSavingChanges:Exitsystemsetupandsavethechanges.

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•ExitDiscardingChanges:Exitsystemsetupwithoutsavingthechanges.

•LoadSetupDefaults:Restoretothefactorydefaultsettings.

•DiscardChanges:Discardthechanges.

•SaveChanges:Savethechanges.

Note:Changesonthefollowingitemsaresavedautomaticallyduringyourconfiguration:

•AnyitemsincludedintheSecuritymenu

•Systemdateandtime

Thesechangescannotbediscardedevenyouselectanoptiontodiscardthechangesorrestoreto
thefactorydefaultsettingswhenexitingtheThinkPadTabletSetupprogram.Todiscardthechangesor
makenewchanges,youmustentertheThinkPadT abletSetupprogramagainandresetthecorresponding
itemsaccordingtoyourneeds.

UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS

TheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeup
thebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourtablet.TheUEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromother
softwarelayers.

YoucanupdatetheUEFIBIOSandtheThinkPadT abletSetupprogrambystartingyourtabletwithaflash
updateapplicationrunningintheWindowsenvironment.

Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmightbeinformedthatyou
needtoupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.

ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers

Usingsystemmanagement

Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.

Yourtabletisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreofyourresourcestobettermeet
yourbusinessobjectives.

Thismanageability,or“TotalCostofOwnership”(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelyoperateclienttabletsin
thesamewayasyouoperateyourowntablet,suchasturningonaclienttablet,formattingharddisk
drive,andinstallingsoftware.

Oncethetabletisconfiguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.

Systemmanagement

Readthistopictolearnmoreaboutfeaturesofsystemmanagement.

DesktopManagementInterface

ThesystemUEFIBIOSofyourtabletsupportsaninterfacecalledSystemManagementBIOSReference
Specification(SMBIOS)V2.6.1SMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthehardwarecomponentsofyour
system.ItistheresponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewithinformationaboutitselfandthe
devicesonthesystemboard.ThisspecificationdocumentsthestandardsforgettingaccesstothisBIOS
information.

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AssetIDEEPROM

TheAssetIDEEPROMcontainsinformationaboutthesystem,includingitsconfigurationandtheserial
numbersofkeycomponents.Italsoincludesanumberofblankfieldsinwhichyoucanrecordinformation
abouttheendusersinyournetwork.

PrebooteXecutionEnvironment

ThePrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)technologymakesthetabletmoremanageablebyenabling
thetablettostartfromaserver.Forexample,withtheappropriateLANcard,yourtabletcanbestarted
fromthePXEserver.

Note:TheRemoteInitialProgramLoad(RIPLorRPL)functioncannotbeusedwithyourtablet.

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Chapter8.Troubleshootingproblems

Thischapterdescribesonwhattodoifyouexperienceaproblemwithyourtablet.

Diagnosingproblems

Ifyouexperienceproblemswithyourtablet,usetheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramasastartingpoint
forsolvingthem.

TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvetabletproblems.Itcombines
diagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,alongwithhints
andtipsformaximumsystemperformance.

Note:TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramcanbedownloadedfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/diags.

ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.T aptheSearchcharmtosearchforLenovoSolutionCenter.

3.T apLenovoSolutionCenter.

Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoSolutionCenterhelpsystem.

Note:Ifyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningtheprogram,saveandprint
thelogfiles.YouwillneedthelogfileswhenyouspeaktoaLenovotechnicalsupportrepresentative.

Troubleshooting

Theproblemsandsolutionsdescribedinthissectionaremeantonlyasaguide.Theyarenotdefinitive
problemsolvingtechniques.Forsomeproblems,youmightneedhelpfromLenovo,yourreseller,oryour
serviceprovider.

Whenyouobserveaproblem,stopoperationimmediately,becausetakingfurtheractionmightresultindata
lossordamage.Takeanoteofwhatthesystemisdoingandwhatactionsyouperformedbeforetheproblem
occurred.ProvidedetailedinformationtoLenovooryourserviceproviderforquickerproblemresolution.

Internetproblem

•Problem:Unabletoconnecttothewirelessnetwork.
Suggestedsolution:Ensurethat:

–ThemicroSIMcardisvalidandworkableifyouareusingamobilenetwork(3Gor4G).
–Y ouarewithinthenetwork’sservicerangeandthesignalstrengthisgood.
–Y ourtabletisnotinAirplanemode.
Iftheproblempersists,contactLenovofortechnicalsupport.

Screenproblems

•Problem:Themulti-touchscreenrespondsslowlyorimproperly.
Suggestedsolution:Dothefollowing:

1.Ensurethatyourhandsarecleananddrywhentouchingthescreen.

2.Restartyourtablettotryagain.

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Iftheproblempersists,contactLenovofortechnicalsupport.

•Problem:MyscreenkeepsblankingwhenIdonotwantitto.
Solution:Y oucandisableanysystemtimers,suchastheLCDturn-offtimerortheblanktimerby

doingthefollowing:

1.Gothedesktopandtapthebattery-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.

2.T apMorepoweroptions➙Balanced.

•Problem:WhenIturnonthetablet,nothingisdisplayedonthescreenandthetabletdoesnotbeep
whilestartingup.

Note:Ifyouarenotsurewhetheryouheardanybeeps,turnoffthetabletbypressingandholdingthe
powerbuttonforfoursecondsormore.Turnitonandlistenagain.

Solution:Ensurethat:

–ThetabletisconnectedtotheacpoweradapterbythesuppliedUSBcableandtheacpoweradapter

ispluggedintoaworkingelectricaloutlet.
Thetabletisturnedon.(Turnthepowerbuttononagainforconfirmation.)

Iftheseitemsarecorrectlyset,andthescreenremainsblank,havethetabletserviced.

•Problem:WhenIturnonthetablet,onlyawhitepointerisdisplayedonablankscreen.
Solution:Dothefollowing:

1.T urnoffthetablet,andthenturnitonagain.

2.Ifyoustillseeonlythepointeronthescreen,usetherecoverysolutionstorestorethesystemto
thefactorystate.

Iftheproblempersists,havethetabletserviced.

•Problem:Myscreengoesblankwhilethetabletison.
Solution:Y ourscreensaverorpowermanagementmighthavebeenenabled.Doeitherofthefollowing:

–T apthetabletscreentoexitthescreensaver.
–Pressthepowerbuttontoresumefromsleeporhibernationmode.

Batteryproblem

•Problem:Thebatterydoesnotchargecorrectly.
Suggestedsolution:Checkiftheacpoweradapterisconnectedcorrectly.Iftheconnectionisgoodbut

thebatterystilldoesnotcharge,contactLenovotoreplacewithanewbattery.

Systemproblem

•Problem:Unabletoturnthetableton.
Suggestedsolution:Connectyourtablettoanacpoweroutlettoseeiftheproblemiscaused

byadrainedbattery.Iftheproblempersists,insertaneedleorastraightenedpaperclipintothe
emergency-resethole.Tolocatetheemergency-resethole,see“Frontviewandsideview”onpage1
Iftheproblemstillpersists,contactLenovofortechnicalsupport.

Mediaproblems

•Problem:Theaudioqualityispoororthereisnosoundoutput.
Suggestedsolution:Checkandensurethat:

–Thespeakerisnotcovered.

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–Thespeakermutefunctionisdisabled.
–Ifyouareusingaheadset,unplugit,thenplugitinagain.
–Thevolumeisnotturnedtothelowestlevel.
Iftheproblempersists,contactLenovofortechnicalsupport.

•Problem:Asong,video,orothermediafilecannotbeplayed.

Suggestedsolution:Checkandensurethatthemediafileisnotcorrupted.

Externaldeviceconnectionproblems

•Problem:Aconnectionisnotestablishedwhenyouconnectthetablettoacomputer.
Suggestedsolution:EnsurethatthetabletUSBcableyouareusingistheonethatisshippedwith

yourtablet.

•Problem:Bluetoothdevicescannotbelocated.
Suggestedsolution:Ensurethat:

–Y ourtabletBluetoothisswitchedon.
–TheBluetoothfeatureisactivatedonthedevicetowhichyouwanttoconnect.
–Y ourtabletandtheBluetoothdevicearewithinthemaximumBluetoothrange(10m).
Iftheproblempersists,contactLenovofortechnicalsupport.

Recoveringfromaseveresoftwareproblem

Ifyourtabletstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnoffthetabletbypressingandholdingthepowerbutton,
insertaneedleorastraightenedpaperclipintotheemergency-resetholetoresetthetablet.Thenrestart
yourtablet.Tolocatetheemergency-resethole,see“Frontviewandsideview”onpage1.

Ifyoustillencounterthesameproblemafteryourestartyourtablet,resetyourtabletandrestartitagain,
youcanperformafactorydataresetoperation.Formoreinformation,referto“Resettingyourtabletto
thefactorydefaultsettings”onpage93.

Errormessages

•Message:0177:BadSVPdata,stopPOSTtask.
Solution:ChecksumofthesupervisorpasswordintheEEPROMisnotcorrect.Thesystemboardshould

bereplaced.Havethetabletserviced.

•Message:0183:BadCRCofSecuritySettingsinEFIVariable.EnterThinkPadT abletSetup.
Solution:ChecksumoftheSecuritysettingsintheEFIVariableisnotcorrect.EnterThinkPadTabletSetup

tochecksecuritysettings,andrestartthesystem.Ifyoustillhaveaproblem,havethetabletserviced.

•Message:0187:EAIAdataaccesserror.
Solution:TheaccesstoEEPROMisfailed.Havethetabletserviced.

•Message:0188:InvalidRFIDSerializationInformationArea.
Solution:TheEEPROMchecksumisnotcorrect(block#0and1).Thesystemboardshouldbereplaced,

andtheboxserialnumberneedstobereinstalled.Havethetabletserviced.

•Message:0189:InvalidRFIDconfigurationinformationarea
Solution:TheEEPROMchecksumisnotcorrect(block#4and5).Thesystemboardshouldbereplaced,

andtheuniversallyuniqueidentifier(UUID)needstobereinstalled.Havethetabletserviced.

•Message:0190:Criticallow-batteryerror

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Solution:Thetabletturnedoff,becausethebatterypowerislow.Connecttheacpoweradaptertothe
tabletandchargethebatteries.

•Message:0191:SystemSecurity-Invalidremotechangerequested
Solution:Thesystemconfigurationchangehasfailed.Confirmtheoperationandtryagain.Toclear

theerror,enterThinkPadTabletSetup.

•Message:0199:SystemSecurity-Securitypasswordretrycountexceeded.
Solution:Thismessageisdisplayedifyouenterawrongsupervisorpasswordmorethanthreetimes.

Confirmthesupervisorpasswordandtryagain.Tocleartheerror,enterThinkPadTabletSetup.

•Message:1802:Unauthorizednetworkcardispluggedin-Poweroffandremovethenetworkcard.
Solution:Thewirelessnetworkcardisnotsupportedonthistablet.Removeit.

•Message:1820:Morethanoneexternalfingerprintreadersareattached.
Solution:Poweroffandremoveallbutthereaderthatyousetupwithinyourmainoperatingsystem.

•Message:0270:RealTimeClockError.
Solution:SystemRealTimeClockisnotfunctional.Havethetabletserviced.

•Message:0271:CheckDateandTimesettings.
Solution:Neitherthedatenorthetimeissetinthetablet.Setthedateandtime,usingThinkPadT ablet

Setup.

•Message:2101:DetectionerroronSSD(M.2)
Solution:TheM.2SSDdeviceisnotworking.HavetheM.2SSDdeviceserviced.

•Message:2111:ReaderroronSSD(M.2)
Solution:TheM.2SSDdeviceisnotworking.HavetheM.2SSDdeviceserviced.

•Message:2200:MachineTypeandSerialNumberareinvalid.
Solution:MachineTypeandSerialNumberareinvalid.Havethetabletserviced.

•Message:2201:MachineUUIDisinvalid.
Solution:MachineUUIDisinvalid.Havethetabletserviced.

•Message:Thermalsensingerror
Solution:Thethermalsensorhasproblem.Shutdownthetabletimmediatelyandhavethetablet

serviced.

•Message:Error:TheSystemUEFIVariableStorageisnearlyfull.

Note:Thiserrorindicatesthattheoperatingsystemorapplicationscannotcreate,modify,ordeletedata
inthenon-volatilesystemUEFIvariablestorageduetoinsufficientstoragespaceafterPOST.

Thenon-volatilesystemUEFIvariablestorageisusedbytheUEFIBIOSandbytheoperatingsystemor
applications.Thiserroroccurswhentheoperatingsystemorapplicationsstorelargeamountsofdata
inthevariablestorage.AlldataneededforPOST,suchasBIOSsetupsettings,chipsetorplatform
configurationdata,arestoredinaseparateUEFIvariablestorage.

Solution:EnterThinkPadTabletSetupaftertheerrormessageisdisplayed.Adialogaskstheuserfor
confirmationtocleanupthestorage.Iftheuserselects“Yes”,alldatathatwerecreatedbytheoperating
systemorapplicationsaredeletedexceptglobalvariablesdefinedbytheUnifiedExtensibleFirmware
InterfaceSpecification.Iftheuserselects“No” ,alldataiskept,buttheoperatingsystemorapplications
willnotbeabletocreate,modify,ordeletedatainthestorage.

Ifthiserrorhappensataservicecenter,Lenovoauthorizedservicepersonnelwillcleanupthenon-volatile
systemUEFIvariablestorageusingtheabovesolution.

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