To Use The Status Panel - HP OmniBook 500 Reference Manual

Add-On Devices
Using an Expansion Base
1. Multimedia power switch (and indicator light)—turns the CD player on and off.
Works only when the computer is turned off, in Standby or Hibernate mode, or not
docked.
2. Previous track.
3. Play/Pause.
4. Stop (when computer is on), or Stop/Eject (when computer is off, in Standby or
Hibernate mode, or not docked).
5. Next track.
6. Volume.

To use the status panel

The expansion base's status panel can show the time and date, the docking status, the
status of the CD player built into the expansion base, and the status of secondary batteries
in the expansion base.
• Press the status panel button several times to display the information you want. The
first press turns on the backlight. Subsequent presses cycle through the available
information in the following order:
• Time.
• Date.
• CD player status (if CD player is running).
• Audio volume (if CD player is running).
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