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HP OmniBook 800 Getting Started For other Service and User Manuals, go to www.ManualDepot.com[...]
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ii Notice This manual and any examples contained herein are provided “ as is ” and are subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard Company makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this manual, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett-Packard Co. shall not be[...]
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iii HP Software Product License Agreement The HP Software Product License Agreement and Product Limited Warranty shall govern all Software which is provided to you, the Customer, as part of the HP computer product. This HP Software Product Agreement and Product Limited Warranty shall supersede any non-HP software license or warranty terms which may[...]
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iv 4. Transfer of Rights in Software. Customer may transfer rights in the software to a third party only as part of the transfer of all rights and only if Customer obtains the prior agreement of the third party to be bound by the terms of this License Agreement. Upon such a transfer, Customer agrees that his/her rights in the software are terminate[...]
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Contents- 1 Contents 1. Starting Out with Your OmniBook ......................... 1-1 Setting Up ........................................... 1-3 1. Install the battery pack. .............................. 1-3 2. Connect the ac adapter and start charging ................. 1-4 3. Open the OmniBook ................................ 1-5 4. Reset the Omn[...]
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1-2 Starting Out with Your OmniBook Congratulations! Your OmniBook sets a new standard in personal computing. Although it’s compact and easy to carry, the OmniBook is equipped with a full-size keyboard, its own built-in mouse, and Microsoft Windows 95. In addition, your OmniBook has been specifically designed for ease of use on the road. [...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-3 Setting Up To start working with your OmniBook the first time, you have to make the following preparations — they’re described in detail on the following pages: 1. Install the battery. 2. Connect the ac adapter and start charging the battery. 3. Open the OmniBook. 4. Press the reset button on the s[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-4 2. Connect the ac adapter and start charging • Plug the power cord into the ac adapter, then into a grounded ac outlet. • Plug the connector from the ac adapter into the socket at the right-rear corner of the OmniBook. The Charging Light Color Meaning for Battery Off Not charging (no power connecti[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-5 3. Open the OmniBook • Press the center latch and lift the lid to open the OmniBook. 4. Reset the OmniBook • Press the reset button: Insert a pen tip or bent paper clip into the small opening marked “ RESET ” on the right side of the computer. Press the red button for 1 to 2 seconds. The OmniBo[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-6 Pressing the reset button is similar to turning off a PC’s power, then turning it back on again. After this first time, you should not need to press the reset button often. If you have an OmniBook floppy drive attached when you reset the OmniBook, make sure there’s no disk in the drive (unless you [...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-7 5. Adjust the display Some OmniBook models have just a brightness control, while others have both brightness and contrast controls. • If there is only a brightness symbol: Press the ∧ and ∨ buttons above the keyboard to adjust the brightness. • If there is a gray contrast symbol and an orange b[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-8 6. Pop out the mouse 1. Press the round mouse-eject button in the upper-right corner of the keyboard. 2. Firmly pull the mouse out past the first resistance to its full extended position — about 3 inches (8 centimeters). 3. Lift the near end of the mouse — it pops up for a more comfortable shape. 4[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-9 7. Plug in the floppy drive 1. Find the floppy-drive cable included with the OmniBook. 2. Plug the larger plug (pinching its tabs) into the back of the floppy drive. 3. Plug the smaller plug into the floppy-drive port at the back of the OmniBook. Hint When possible, plug in the OmniBook ac adapter whil[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-10 8. Set up and install the operating system When your OmniBook starts up the first time, it takes you through a series of setup screens, including installation of the operating system. (If you have a docking system, you should not have it docked during the installation of the operating system.) NOTE Th[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-11 To install Windows for Workgroups (Windows 3.11) CAUTION When prompted to do so, it is important that you make back-up installation disks for MS-DOS and Windows for Workgroups. This will require 12 floppy disks for English. (The back-up program will format the disks.) You will need these installation [...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-12 3. Choose the following option, then click OK: No, I want to install MS-DOS 6.22 and Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1 4. When you are done with this installation, you should swap the icon-label strip that slips into place at the top of the keyboard above the F1--F12 keys. Two strips are provided w[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up 1-13 To install an alternate operating system You provide the software to install the alternate operating system. You will need OmniBook-specific drivers, which we provide. The drivers for alternate operating systems are on the Recovery CD ROM, under OMNIBOOKDRIVERSWINNT and OMNIBOOKDRIVERSOS2. Differe[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Where to Go from Here 1-14 Where to Go from Here You can probably start using your OmniBook immediately, especially if you’re familiar with personal computers, or if you’ve already worked with Microsoft Windows. Still, your OmniBook is designed as a compact, mobile computer — so it has a few useful features tha[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-15 Special Features • Instant On and power shut-down. • Using the back panel. • Using hot keys as shortcuts. • Using the System Configuration Utility. • Using the Recovery CD. • Using a docking system. • System resources. • Replacing the hard-disk drive. Instant On and Power Shut-Do[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-16 Using the Back Panel When you open the panel on the back edge of the OmniBook, you will see these ports: Using Hot Keys as Shortcuts The following key sequences provide shortcuts to the given features. FN+ESC Display or hide the Status Panel. FN+Home, End, PgUp, or PgDn Move the Status Panel to [...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-17 Using the System Configuration Utility The System Configuration Utility (SCU) provides access to basic configuration settings. It is independent of the operating system. To run the System Configuration Utility 1. Close all programs and re-start the OmniBook: press the Reset button or press CTRL+[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-18 The System Menu of the SCU Date and Time... Sets date and time for the OmniBook. Boot Devices... Boot Device • “ FDD First ” is the typical PC boot, where drive A is searched first for an operating system, then drive C. • “ HDD Only ” boots the computer from drive C only. Provides pr[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-19 The Input/Output Menu of the SCU COM Port... Serial Port addresses and interrupts. LPT Ports... Printer Port addresses and interrupts. LPT Type... Standard AT (Centronics) or Bi-directional (PS/2). Keyboard Setup... • “ Key Delay ” : How long a key must be held down before characters start[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-20 Using the Recovery CD Your OmniBook package includes a Recovery CD ROM and a Support Utilities floppy disk. These media have two main uses: • Recovery . You can reinstall the Windows 95 operating system and/or original HP software (such as the Appointment Book and the online User’s Guide ). [...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-21 Using a Docking System If you will be setting up a desktop work area with your OmniBook, consider using an HP Docking System for the OmniBook 800. External devices, such as a larger display, a full-sized mouse, a printer, a floppy-disk drive, or a CD-ROM drive, can remain connected to the dockin[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-22 System Resources Interrupt Capabilities (IRQs) DMA Channel Capabilities 0 System timer 0 Wave 2, Audio 1 Keyboard 1 Audio (default) 2 2nd 8259 2 Floppy drive 3 COM2 or COM4 serial port, PC Card* 3 ECP parallel port, Audio 4 COM1 or COM3 serial port, PC Card* 4 5 LPT2 parallel port, PC Card*, Aud[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-23 I/O Addresses 60 and 64 Keyboard controller 70 and 71 RTC CMOS, bytes 0 to 127 74 and 76, re-mappable RTC CMOS, bytes 128 to 255 220-22F or 240-24F or 250-25F and 300-301 or 310-311 or 320-321 or 330-331 and 388-38B Sound 3F8-3FF Serial COM1 port 2F8-2FF Serial COM 2 port 3E8-3EF Serial COM3 por[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-24 Replacing the Hard-Disk Drive You normally don’t remove drive C, the main internal disk (also called the “ hard- disk drive ” ). The two main reasons to replace drive C are for upgrade and for repair. CAUTION Back up your files before replacing the drive. Take precautions against damage fr[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-25 4. Remove the keyboard by inserting your fingertips between the top row of keys (the F keys) and the case and then lifting. Then fold the keyboard gently forward so that it lies upside down on the table. Do not pull up on the keyboard. Keep the ribbon cables tucked in the case, otherwise you wil[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-26 5. CAUTION: handle the hard drive only by its edges to avoid damage from electrostatic discharge . Disengage the hard drive connectors by grasping the left flap of the plastic insulator and pulling to the right as shown. Lift up on the insulator sheet and remove the hard drive. The insulator she[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-27 If your new hard drive has screws in different positions from the old one, you will also need to adjust the insulator sheet. Compare the location of the screw- holes in the new hard drive with those in the insulator sheet. If there is no screw at position A, then unfold the flap at position A, a[...]
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Starting Out with Your OmniBook Special Features 1-28 8. If the ribbon cables are no longer tucked into the frame, then push them back into the recessed openings with a paper clip, as shown below. Re-insert the keyboard by engaging the four front tabs on the keyboard into the four slots in the computer frame, pressing down on the keyboard as you in[...]
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2-2 Troubleshooting If you run into problems getting your OmniBook started, you can use the troubleshooting suggestions in this chapter for getting back on track. If you have questions that this manual doesn’t answer, try these other sources. If the OmniBook will not run: • Check the troubleshooting suggestions under “ Solving Basic Problems.[...]
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Troubleshooting Solving Basic Problems 2-3 Solving Basic Problems If your OmniBook has a problem starting, find the symptom below that matches your situation. Try the suggestions one at a time. If the OmniBook turns off immediately after it turns on • Battery power is probably extremely low. Plug in the ac adapter — or turn off the OmniBook and[...]
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Troubleshooting Solving Basic Problems 2-4 If the OmniBook doesn’t reboot successfully (Windows 95) If your operating system is Windows 95 • If no text is displayed during reboot, or if the system stops before you see “ Starting Windows 95... ” , the unit might require service. Try rebooting again . You can try to start the System Configura[...]
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Troubleshooting Solving Basic Problems 2-5 If the OmniBook doesn’t reboot successfully (Windows for Workgroups) If your operating system is MS-DOS or Windows for Workgroups • If no text is displayed, or if the system stops before you see any text about MS -DOS, the unit might require service. Try rebooting agai n. You can try to start the Syste[...]
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Troubleshooting Solving Basic Problems 2-6 If you need to reinstall Windows95 and original software on drive C: These steps will delete any software or files you may have installed or created on your hard disk since the original set-up. The equipment you need are the OmniBook, its ac adapter, a floppy drive, and a CD-ROM drive (preferably SCSI-type[...]
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Troubleshooting Solving Basic Problems 2-7 If you need to reinstall Windows for Workgroups and original software These steps will delete any software or files you may have installed or created on your hard disk since the original set-up. Back up what you would like to save. The equipment you need are the OmniBook, its ac adapter, a floppy drive, an[...]
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Troubleshooting Solving Basic Problems 2-8 8. Select the option Install Windows for Workgroups Drivers and HP Applications Software, which loads the special drivers you need with the OmniBook. It also loads OmniBook-specific software: the online User’s Guide, the Appointment Book, the Phone Book, the HP Calculator, OmniBook diagnostics, OmniBook [...]
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Troubleshooting Solving Basic Problems 2-9 If the screen is difficult to read • Try adjusting the display — press the ∧ and ∨ buttons above the keyboard. Try holding FN and pressing one of the buttons. • If the OmniBook is cold, allow it to warm up. • Set the display resolution to its original setting: 800×600 (SVGA) and 256 colors, or[...]
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3 Specifications, Regulatory, and Safety Information[...]
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3-2 Specifications, Regulator y , and Safety Information Your OmniBook is designed to provide trouble-free operation. The following suggestions can help you maintain its dependability: • Observe the temperature limits and other specifications listed in the next section. • Check out the tips about ergonomics and work habits. • If you have prob[...]
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Specifications, Regulatory, and Safety Information Hardware Specifications 3-3 Hardware Specifications Display Backlit liquid-crystal display (LCD). Color SVGA (800 × 600). Accelerated PCI-bus video controller. Keyboard Enhanced PC functionality with compact layout. Full-sized keyboard with embedded numeric keypad. FN key. Mouse PS/2-compatible mo[...]
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Specifications, Regulatory, and Safety Information Safety Information 3-4 Safety Information Power Cord, Plug, and Voltage Requirements The power cord supplied with the OmniBook ac adapter should match the plug and voltage requirements for your local area. Regulatory approval for the ac adapter has been obtained using the power cord for the local a[...]
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Specifications, Regulatory, and Safety Information Safety Information 3-5 Battery Safety • To avoid risk of fire, burns, or damage to your battery pack, do not allow a metal object to touch across the battery contacts. • The battery pack is suitable for use only with an HP OmniBook 800 and, if desired, the HP F1063B battery charger. • Do not [...]
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Specifications, Regulatory, and Safety Information Safety Information 3-6 Working in Comfort Ergonomics is the science that fits products to people. Its goal is to make products easy, enjoyable, safe, and efficient to use. However, with even the best designed equipment, how you use the product is very important. You can use your OmniBook virtually [...]
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Specifications, Regulatory, and Safety Information Regulatory Information 3-7 Regulatory Information This section presents information that shows how the OmniBook complies with regulations in certain regions. Any modifications to the OmniBook not expressly approved by Hewlett-Packard could void the authority to operate the OmniBook in these regions[...]
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Specifications, Regulatory, and Safety Information Regulatory Information 3-8 Canada This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the radio interference regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioé[...]
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Specifications, Regulatory, and Safety Information Regulatory Information 3-9 Europe Products sold in Europe by Hewlett-Packard and its authorized dealers meet the specifications listed below. Declaration of Conformity (according to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014) Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard Company Address: Hewlett-Packard Co. Mobile Computing Di[...]
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Specifications, Regulatory, and Safety Information Regulatory Information 10[...]