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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Getting Started...
  • Page 2 HP assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by HP. This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of HP.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Using the CD-ROM Drive................34 Turning On Your Computer For the First Time ........2 Using the Modem....................36 Working in Comfort with Your HP Pavilion PC ........3 Preparing Your Work Environment..............6 Chapter 3 Discovering Your Software ..37 Your Work Posture....................11 Learning about the Windows Desktop.............
  • Page 4 Additional Safety Information ..............68 Browsing the Internet ..................49 Index ..............71 Sending and Receiving E-Mail ..............50 Using the HP Message Board................. 51 Terms and Conditions of the Free Internet Access ......53 Removing the Channel Bar................54 Sending and Receiving Faxes ............... 55 Glossary............

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Preparing To Use Your Computer

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Preparing to Use Your Computer Chapter 1 covers the following topics: • Turning your computer on for the first time • Preparing your work environment • Positioning yourself properly • Positioning your computer components •...

  • Page 6: Turning On Your Computer For The First Time

    Note: Note: It is important to register with HP, so that you can be Your screen may look slightly different from the one notified of changes and updates for your HP Pavilion PC. shown here.

  • Page 7: Working In Comfort With Your Hp Pavilion Pc

    Display Screen Equipment directive. You may also important that you set up your work area correctly wish to consult your employer’s human resources and use your HP equipment properly. With that in department or other relevant departments for mind, we have developed some setup and use guidance specific to your company.
  • Page 8 Because your comfort and safety are our primary body, such as muscles, nerves, or tendons, become concern, we strongly recommend that you use HP irritated or inflamed. RSI has been a reported computing equipment in accordance with established problem for those who perform repetitive tasks such ergonomic principles and recommendations.
  • Page 9 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com What causes RSI? What can I do to avoid RSI? The specific causes of RSI have not been established. Some people who use computers may experience Nevertheless, the incidence of RSI has been physical discomfort during their use.

  • Page 10: Preparing Your Work Environment

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Preparing Your Work Environment Your Workspace Sufficient workspace should be available to allow When using HP computing equipment, it’s important you to set up your equipment in a convenient, that your work environment contribute to your comfortable arrangement.
  • Page 11 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Your Chair • As with any indoor environment, your workspace should be well ventilated. If possible, adjust the temperature to whatever is comfortable for you. If you can’t adjust the temperature, wear appropriate clothing. Try to avoid working close to air-conditioning or heater vents.
  • Page 12 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • A height- and tilt-adjustment feature. It should • An adjustable back support in both height and be easy to adjust your chair height from 40 cm forward and backward tilt. It is important that the to 52 cm (15.5 inches to 20.5 inches) as measured backrest correctly supports the lower part, or from the top of the seat pan to the floor.
  • Page 13 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Your Work Surface If possible, choose a work surface with cable management capabilities. This will keep your cables and wires orderly, off the floor and out of your way. It’s also best to choose a non-reflective work surface to minimize eye discomfort from reflections and glare.
  • Page 14 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Lighting Work Environment Specifications • For better eye comfort in your work environment, you should avoid reflective surface coverings. The ceiling, walls, and floors should have a medium level of reflectance (approximately 75 percent, 40 percent, and 30 percent, respectively).

  • Page 15: Your Work Posture

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Your Work Posture • Recommended work surface space is 160 cm wide by 80 to 90 cm deep (63 inches by 32 to 36 inches deep), or a corner unit of 91 to 107 cm deep (36 to 42 inches).
  • Page 16 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • Back — While sitting at your work surface, make • Head — Your head should be upright or tilted sure your back is supported by the chair’s slightly forward. Avoid working with your head or backrest in an erect position or angled slightly trunk twisted.

  • Page 17: Setting Up Your Hp Computing Equipment

    Your HP Monitor Make sure that all the elements of your HP computer system — monitor, document holder, keyboard, mice and other input devices, and headphones and speakers — are optimally arranged and adjusted to It is important that your monitor screen be clean and meet your personal requirements.
  • Page 18 See if slightly below eye level. Most HP monitors come there is a way to control the source of the with a tilt-and-swivel feature that makes it easy to problem (see “Lighting”...
  • Page 19 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Monitor use specifications • Text should be easy to read. To help ease eyestrain, adjust text attributes such as character • When viewing your monitor, your head should size, spacing, and color. In addition, you will need not be tilted more than 15 degrees forward.
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Document Holders • The document holder should be at approximately the same height and distance from your eyes as the screen, and as close to the monitor as possible to prevent neck twisting. Some users prefer a document holder mounted to the monitor, while others prefer the document holder positioned between the screen and...
  • Page 21 66 to 71 cm (26 to 28 inches). • Your HP keyboard may have a kickstand that can be opened or closed to raise or lower the keyboard angle. If you are in the correct sitting...
  • Page 22 • When using your HP keyboard, remember it takes when you are not typing. Some HP keyboards very little pressure or force from your fingers to come with an integrated palm rest.
  • Page 23 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Mice and Other Input Devices • If you use your thumb to rotate the ball on a trackball or spaceball, keep it in a relaxed, natural shape, and maintain a neutral posture in your hand, wrist, and forearm.
  • Page 24 HP equipment. When you put on the headphones, slowly increase the volume until you find a comfortable listening level, then leave the volume control in that position.
  • Page 25 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Comfort and Safety Checklist General • Work Surface Height — Adjust either your seat height, work surface, or both, to position the work surface at approximately elbow height. • Work Surface Arrangement — Make sure frequently used equipment is within easy reach.
  • Page 26 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • Head — Do not tilt your head forward by more • Legs — Your thighs should be horizontal or than 15 degrees, and try not to turn your head angled slightly downward. Your lower legs toward the side.
  • Page 27 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • Remember to occasionally shift position and • Discomfort may be alleviated by using move your body. Keeping your body in one alternative ergonomic designs and accessories position for long periods is unnatural and such as ergonomically personalized chairs, palm stressful.
  • Page 28 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Information Sources International Standards Organization: ISO 9241: Ergonomic Requirements for Office Work with Visual Display Terminals Bailey, R.W.: Geneva, Switzerland, 1992. Human Performance Engineering: Designing High (VDTs), Quality Professional User Interfaces for Computer Products, Putz-Anderson, V.: 3rd edition, 1996.

  • Page 29: Chapter 2 Exploring Your System

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Exploring Your System Chapter 2 covers the following topics: • Turning the computer on and off • Suspending your computer • Using the keyboard • Using the mouse • Using headphones • Working with diskettes •...

  • Page 30: Turning On Your Computer

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Turning On Your Computer Turning Off Your Computer First, press the Power button on your display. Then, to There is only one way to turn off your computer correctly. To turn off the computer: turn on your computer, press the On button on the front of the PC.

  • Page 31: Suspending Your Computer

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Note: Suspend also allows faxes to come through to your If your system is “frozen” and won’t respond to the computer, and enables your PC to automatically mouse or keyboard, you can’t use Shut Down In this case, retrieve your e-mail messages and download press the On button to turn off the power of your computer.

  • Page 32: Using The Keyboard

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Special Keyboard Buttons Note: If you use an application that wakes your computer when it is suspended (such as when a fax program receives an Internet Press this button to launch the Internet incoming fax), the computer will not go back into Suspend browser of your choice.
  • Page 33 Click the Keyboard Manager tab. options. By default, this button launches Personal In the window that appears, click the button you Guide but you can configure it to start HP Support want to configure. Center or any application you choose. For...

  • Page 34: Using The Mouse

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Using the Mouse Changing the Screen Display of Keyboard Messages As an alternative to the keyboard, you can use your When you press any of the three buttons on the top mouse to choose commands from the menus and of your keyboard, the button description (such as select items on the screen.

  • Page 35: Using Headphones

    If your mouse is not working properly, see Chapter 2, Getting Help “Troubleshooting,” of the guide. Your right HP Pavilion speaker is equipped with a standard mini (3.5mm) headphone jack. This jack supports most portable headphones. If you would like to use headphones equipped with the larger .25-inch phone jack, inexpensive adapters are...

  • Page 36: Working With Diskettes

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Working with Diskettes To use the headphones, plug them into the headphone jack located at the front of the right Your computer comes with a 3.5-inch diskette drive. speaker. To insert a diskette into the drive: Note that when the headphones are plugged in, the Hold the diskette by the label, with the label speakers will be muted.
  • Page 37 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Caring for Diskettes Formatting Diskettes You’ll want to take proper care of your diskettes so Before you can use a diskette, it must be formatted, that you don’t lose important information. Follow or initialized. Most diskettes come preformatted — these tips: check the box or diskette label to see if the diskettes are already formatted.

  • Page 38: Using The Cd-Rom Drive

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Using the CD-ROM Drive Press the button under the CD-ROM. The disc tray glides back inside the computer. Your CD-ROM drive can run software on CD-ROMs as well as play music CDs. This section shows you how Caring for CDs to perform these different tasks.
  • Page 39 .DAT or .MPG extension. Using CDs that Came with Your To play an MPEG-1 file: HP Pavilion PC In My Computer or Windows Explorer, go to the Some programs (such as encyclopedias) require that drive and folder containing the MPEG-1 file.

  • Page 40: Using The Modem

    Even though your modem is capable of downloading at 56Kbps using K56flex technology, your online or Your HP Pavilion PC comes with a K56flex data/fax Internet Service Provider may not operate at this modem. Using the modem and the software included speed or support this technology.

  • Page 41: Chapter 3 Discovering Your Software

    Chapter 3 covers the following topics: • Learning about your Windows desktop • Finding your preinstalled software • Finding files • Adding and deleting software • Getting help from the HP Support Center • Getting software help • Chapter 3 Discovering Your Software...

  • Page 42: Learning About The Windows Desktop

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Learning about the Windows Desktop After you turn on your computer and the operating system loads, the Windows desktop appears. Getting Started...
  • Page 43 The Preinstalled Software folder contains contents of the drives and folders on your descriptions of all the software that came computer and to manage your files. with your HP Pavilion PC. Y ou can also My Computer Preinstalled launch applications from this folder.
  • Page 44 For those who are new to the Windows desktop, Personal Guide provides an easy way to start using your HP Pavilion PC. It offers easy access to a variety of on-screen tutorials and short demos that will help you get up and running quickly with your new computer.

  • Page 45: Finding Your Preinstalled Software

    Suspend mode. To see the key programs on your HP Pavilion PC: Managing Your Explains how to install and remove software, Software...

  • Page 46: Finding Files

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Finding Files Note: You can also run all of these preinstalled programs (plus any new ones you install) from the Programs list. To see To find documents or folders on your computer: this list, click Start on the taskbar and then choose Programs. Click Start on the taskbar.

  • Page 47: Adding Software

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Adding Software Deleting Software The best way to install a new program is to use the There are a number of ways to remove programs Add/Remove Programs utility. from your hard disk. Some programs come with their own uninstall utility, which you use to remove the To install new programs by running Add/Remove program.

  • Page 48: Getting Help From The Hp Support Center

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Getting Help from the HP Support Center The HP Support Center groups your support options, online documentation, tutorials, and system maintenance tools in one convenient location. To go to the Support Center, choose HP Support Center in the Start menu or double-click the icon on the desktop.

  • Page 49: Getting Software Help

    Learn skills such as creating software double-click the HP Support Center icon shortcuts and changing the color of your screen background by taking the short on the desktop and click the HP Pavilion lessons found here. Library button. Common Common questions that HP Support...
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  • Page 51: Chapter 4 Communicating With The World

    Chapter 4 covers the following topics: • Connecting to the Internet • Signing up for Internet access • Browsing the Internet • Sending and receiving e-mail • Using the HP Message Board • Sending and receiving faxes Chapter 4 • Communicating with the World...

  • Page 52: Connecting To The Internet

    Click Sign Up to register for your free Internet access trial. • Choice of three browsers Follow the instructions on your screen. During • A Web site dedicated to HP Pavilion PC owners the sign-up process, you have the option of adding multiple e-mail accounts. Note: Be sure to set up all the accounts you need at this time because you won’t have an opportunity to do so...

  • Page 53: Browsing The Internet

    Browsing the Internet customized icon that launches either the Easy Exploring the Internet with your HP Pavilion PC is fun Internet Access or Kids Internet browser. and easy. When you sign up for the Easy Internet...

  • Page 54: Sending And Receiving E-Mail

    Sending and Receiving E-Mail Once you are connected to the Internet, be sure to visit the HP At Home Web site. An HP At Home The specific steps for sending and receiving e-mail button is provided in the Easy Internet Access depend on which mail program you are using.

  • Page 55: Using The Hp Message Board

    In the Easy Internet Access e-mail window, click After you sign up for the Easy Internet Access, you Write messages. have access to the HP Message Board. This is your own personal space where you can post messages Fill in the recipient’s e-mail address and the and photos for others to view.
  • Page 56 Another way to look up the Web address and Start personalizing your message. password needed for access to your postings is to double-click the HP Message Board icon on Posting a Message the desktop and select Giving people access Once you’ve completed your message, select Post to to your Message Board.

  • Page 57: Terms And Conditions Of The Free Internet Access

    • Please check with your phone carrier to make Free Internet Access sure the number you have selected is considered a local call in your area. HP and GTE are not • Free Internet access is limited to the number responsible for additional long distance phone of specified hours, starting from the date of charges.

  • Page 58: Removing The Channel Bar

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Removing the Channel Bar To remove the Channel bar from the desktop: Your Windows desktop may contain the Right-click an empty area of the desktop. Internet Explorer Channel bar which you Choose Active Desktop and then Customize my can use to quickly access pages from Desktop.

  • Page 59: Sending And Receiving Faxes

    Type the appropriate address and subject information in the fax header. The QuickLink III software included with your HP Pavilion PC can turn your PC into a fax machine. Type the message body in the QuickFax Note area. Sending a Fax Click Send Fax.
  • Page 60 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Receiving Faxes QuickLink III also has the ability to receive, view, and print faxes. Faxes are automatically received when the QuickLink III program is running in an open or minimized window. Note: To see if you have received any faxes, look at the status bar at the bottom of the QuickLink III window.

  • Page 61: Glossary

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Glossary Browser A program that allows you to view Web pages and search for information on the Internet. Add-in Card A circuit board that plugs into the motherboard Byte Represents a letter or character in a computer file or and gives added capability, such as video teleconferencing.
  • Page 62 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Connector Drag and Drop A metal socket for a cable plug. A two-step process. Drag by pressing and holding down the mouse button while moving the mouse. Drop Control Panel A collection of utilities that help you maintain by releasing the mouse button to place an item in a specific your computer including changing screen colors, and installing location on the screen.
  • Page 63 1024 bytes) of information. Hardware The physical components used to operate your computer, for example: hard drive, add-in cards, and display. HP Pavilion Library A collection of online books available on (Light Emitting Diode) A semiconductor light used on your system.
  • Page 64 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com My Computer Offers a way to view the contents of a single folder on a drive. Lets you manage the files on your computer. Megabyte (MB) Approximately one million bytes of Multimedia Refers to software presented in a combination of information.
  • Page 65 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Start button A button on the Windows taskbar that displays the Windows main menu. Random Access Memory (RAM) Refers to the internal Suspend mode A power-saving feature that you can select memory in your computer where data and programs reside when you aren’t going to be using your computer for awhile.
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  • Page 67: Regulatory And Safety Information

    Hewlett-Packard’s system RFI and Radiated Immunity tests were 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide conducted with HP-supported peripheral devices and HP-shielded reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential cables, such as those you receive with your system. Changes or installation.
  • Page 68 Products Division, or to one of our authorized agents. Service the source of the problem can be determined and until it has can be obtained by calling HP’s Customer Care Center at the been repaired. If this is not done, the telephone company...
  • Page 69 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Canada Department of Communication (DOC) The user should ensure, for their own protection, that the Notice electrical ground connections of the power utility, telephone lines and internal metallic water pipe systems, if present, are Telephone Connection connected together.
  • Page 70 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Energy Star Compliance Hewlett-Packard Pavilion PCs and monitors marked with the Energy Star logo comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency. For information on changing power management features, refer to Getting Help “Using the BIOS Setup Program”...

  • Page 71: Declaration Of Conformity

    (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, Product Name: HP Pavilion Multimedia Computer System including interference that may cause undesired operation. Model Number(s): 6XXXY (X is any number 0-9, Y is any alphanumeric...

  • Page 72: Additional Safety Information

    Locate the computer near an AC outlet. The AC power cord is your Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage disk drives, add-in cards, HP Pavilion PC’s main AC disconnecting device and must be easily and other components. If an ESD station is not available, wear a accessible at all times.
  • Page 73 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Lithium Battery Caution Le bloc d’alimentation n’est pas réparable Avertissements : par l’utilisateur. Pour éviter d’endommager le bloc d’alimentation, There is danger of an explosion if the battery is Warning: confiez-le à un technicien pour réparation ou remplacement. Tous incorrectly replaced.
  • Page 74 Warning: Use of controls, adjustments, or performance discharge unit, connection to grounding electrodes, and procedures other than those specified in the HP Pavilion PC User’s requirements for the grounding electrode. Guide may result in hazardous radiation exposure. To prevent direct exposure to laser beam, do not try to open the enclosure of the CD-ROM or DVD.
  • Page 75 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Lightning Protection For added protection of any Hewlett-Packard product during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug the product from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system.
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  • Page 77: Index

    32 HP Message Board, 51 defined, 57 document holders, 16 HP Support Center, 36, 39, 41, 44 inserting in CD-ROM drive, 34 playing music CDs, 35 using program CDs, 35 Easy Internet Access, 39, 48, 49, 50...
  • Page 78 10 receiving e-mail, 51 e-mail messages, 50–51 starting computer, 2, 26 receiving faxes, 56 HP Message Board, 51 Suspend mode, 27, 28 registering with HP, 2 modem, 36 Suspend mode, defined, 61 regulatory information, 63–67 defined, 60...
  • Page 79 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com turning computer on and off, 2, 26 tutorials, 45 Universal Serial Bus, defined, 61 videos, playing MPEG, 35 volume, adjusting, 35 WAV files, defined, 61 Web browsers. browsers Windows desktop. desktop workspace, setting up, 6 See also World Wide Web, 27.
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