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  • Page 1 JB S72E.book Page i Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Joybook S72 Series User's Manual Welcome...
  • Page 2 JB S72E.book Page ii Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Copyright Copyright 2005 by BenQ Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publica- tion may be reproducedBenQ, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Setting Up QMedia Bar..................12 Removing the Association Between Programs and Power Profiles ..31 Customizing the hotkeys ................12 Recording Smart - BenQ Voice Recorder ............32 QMedia Center....................13 BenQ Voice Recorder ................32 Playing Music/MP3 CD in QMedia Center..........13 Start Recording ..................33...
  • Page 4 Display......................50 Information on Safety, Cleaning, and Battery Maintenance........52 Safety ........................ 52 Battery Maintenance ..................52 Cleaning Your Joybook ................... 52 Service and Support....................53 BenQ Joybook Global Online Service ............53 Joybook Online Registration................53 Appendix ......................... 54 Table of Contents...

  • Page 5: Joybook S72 Features

    JB S72E.book Page 1 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Joybook S72 Features Power Button Turns Joybook on or off. QMedia XS / Internet Explorer Hotkey When power is off, this hotkey boots up Joybook in QMedia XS mode. While under Windows, this hotkey starts up Internet Explorer. E-Mail Hotkey Starts up the Outlook Express e-mail client.

  • Page 6: Indicator Lights

    JB S72E.book Page 2 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Indicator Lights Wireless Connection Indicator • When the wireless LAN function is enabled, light up in blue. • When the Bluetooth function is enabled, lights up in amber. • When both the wireless LAN and Bluetooth functions are enabled simultaneously, lights up in purple.

  • Page 7: Left Side View

    JB S72E.book Page 3 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Left Side View Power Jack USB Port PC Card Ejection Button For connecting the AC adapter. For connecting peripherals such as Before ejecting a PC Card: 1. Quit all PC Card applications and mice, digital cameras and MP3 players shut down all PC Card functions.

  • Page 8: Right Side View

    JB S72E.book Page 4 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Right Side View Earphone Jack (with SPDIF) DVD & CD-RW Combo/DVD-Dual/DVD Super-Multi (Optional) Can be used to connect to an earphone/headset or external Supports multi-functional optical module for reading music CDs, speaker for playing Joybook audio.

  • Page 9: Rear View

    JB S72E.book Page 5 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Rear View USB Port S-Video Out For connecting peripherals such as Outputs an display signals to a mice, digital cameras and MP3 television set or VCR. players that use the USB interface VGA Port Ethernet Port For connecting external display...

  • Page 10: Wireless Remote Control

    JB S72E.book Page 6 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Wireless Remote Control To navigate the QMedia Center... When playing music... Return to the previous Select playback media screen/menu Turn on laser beam Enter or exit QMedia Center Backward search Forward search Play/Pause Directional and OK...

  • Page 11: Changing The Battery

    JB S72E.book Page 7 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM When viewing digital pictures in QMedia Center... When watching video in QMedia Center... Return to the contents Open a picture/picture When in full screen, fast Play/Pause screen folder forward video When in full screen, rewind video Next picture...

  • Page 12: Function Hotkeys

    JB S72E.book Page 8 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Function Hotkeys You can use the function hotkeys to access commonly used functions or make quick settings. To use the hotkeys, press and hold the Fn (Function) key at the lower left corner of the keyboard, and then press the desired hotkey.
  • Page 13 JB S72E.book Page 9 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Functionally equivalent to clicking the Start button on the Activates or deactivates the numeric keypad integrated in the key- Windows Key Num Lk Windows desktop. board (indicated by the light gray shade in the illustration above). + Tab Makes the next item on the Windows task bar active.

  • Page 14: Getting Started With Windows Xp

    JB S72E.book Page 10 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Getting Started with Windows XP Your Joybook comes installed with Windows XP, Microsoft's latest operating system for consumer PCs. The first time you start up your Joybook, Windows XP will ask you a few questions.

  • Page 15: Using The Q-Media Bar

    JB S72E.book Page 11 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Using the Q-Media Bar The Q-Media Bar integrates a number of software applications to enhance the multimedia experience on your Joybook. Click on the small triangle button and a rotating button bar will appear. From the Q-Media Bar, you can: Click to start up Internet Explorer and surf the Internet.

  • Page 16: Setting Up Qmedia Bar

    JB S72E.book Page 12 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Setting Up QMedia Bar Right-click on the QMedia Bar and a menu will appear on it. An Open dialogue box will appear. You can: • Let QMedia Bar appear on top of all open programs by selecting Always on top. •...

  • Page 17: Qmedia Center

    JB S72E.book Page 13 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM QMedia Center Playing Music Files in Joybook With QMedia Center and your wireless remote control, you can easily and com- fortably enjoy the multi-media capabilities of your Joybook. 1. Turn on the power of your Joybook. Playing Music/MP3 CD in QMedia Center 2.

  • Page 18: Qmedia Center Music Settings

    JB S72E.book Page 14 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM QMedia Center Music Settings To return to QMedia Center, press the QMedia Center button on the wireless remote control. The Music settings of QMedia Center allow you to customize the music playback function of QMedia Center according to your preferences.

  • Page 19: Qmedia Center Vcd/Dvd Playback Settings

    JB S72E.book Page 15 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM QMedia Center VCD/DVD Playback Settings Playing Movie Files If Settings is selected in the Stop Menu, you will enter the settings menu. 1. Turn on the power of your Joybook. In the Settings menu, you can press a directional button on the wireless remote 2.

  • Page 20: Viewing Digital Pictures

    JB S72E.book Page 16 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Viewing Digital Pictures Picture Settings 1. Turn on the power of your Joybook. When viewing pictures, you can use the directional buttons on the wireless remote control to select Settings and then press the OK button to access picture settings. 2.

  • Page 21: Setting Up Qmedia Center

    JB S72E.book Page 17 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Restore Default Move to this option using the directional buttons on the remote control and then press the OK button to reset all set- Settings tings to default value. Setting up QMedia Center 1.

  • Page 22: Sending And Receiving E-Mail

    JB S72E.book Page 18 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Sending and Receiving E-mail You can use Outlook Express to send and receive e-mail. I n order to use e-mail, you must have an account with an ISP (Internet service provider) and perform needed software configuration. For detailed information on accounts, pass- words, e-mail servers and other settings, please consult your system administrator or ISP.

  • Page 23: Getting Online

    JB S72E.book Page 19 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Getting Online You can use Internet Explorer to browse web pages on the Internet and access various on-line information. In order to get online, you must have an account with an ISP (Internet service provider) and perform needed software configuration. For detailed information on accounts, pass- words and other settings, please consult your system administrator or ISP.

  • Page 24: Qmusic

    CD tracks to MP3 format for storage on your hard disk drive, or create custom MP3 Disc Playl- music compilation. If you also have a BenQ Joybee MP3 digital audio player, you directories for your favorite MP3 music and cre- ists can also use QMusic to update songs in the player quickly and easily.

  • Page 25: Converting Cd Music Into Mp3 Format

    JB S72E.book Page 21 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Converting CD Music into MP3 Format 1. Insert a music CD into the optical drive of your Joybook. 2. The songs on the music CD will automatically appear on the Song List. Click to select the songs you wish to convert, or uncheck the unwanted ones.

  • Page 26: Burning Cds

    JB S72E.book Page 22 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Burning CDs The Nero Express software that comes with your Joybook S72 enables you to burn 4. Browse to select the music files in the dialogue box that appears and then click different types of data to CD by simply following the easy step-by-step instruc- Add.
  • Page 27 JB S72E.book Page 23 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM have to delete some files from the selected files list by right-clicking a file and 8. Nero Express will start burning files on to the CD. select Delete. Click Next. 9.
  • Page 28 JB S72E.book Page 24 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM CD you just burned or save the setting of this CD for future use. Or, you can simply click Exit to exit Nero Express. For more information on how to use Nero Express, please consult the on-line Help by clicking the icon on the Nero Express welcome window and then select Help Topics.

  • Page 29: Qcamera

    JB S72E.book Page 25 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6: 1 3 PM QCamera With QCamera, you can not only capture video clips and photos easily but also Allows you to view the image/video captured by Preview Window manage them using different albums. What’s more, you can also burn them on the video camera instantly.

  • Page 30: Capturing Videos

    JB S72E.book Page 26 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6: 1 3 PM 5. Click the Capture button again to stop capturing video. Click this button to scroll the thumbnails in the 21 Scroll Down button album down. Applying Frame Effects to Photos Displays the thumbnails of photo/video in cur- 1.
  • Page 31 JB S72E.book Page 27 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM 3. Click to select the album you want to burn onto the CD from the list by check- ing the checkbox beside each album name. The total file size of selected album(s) and remaining recordable disc space will appear instantly below.

  • Page 32: Qpresentation

    JB S72E.book Page 28 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM QPresentation When you plug an overhead projector into the VGA port of your Joybook, QPre- sentation automatically performs the following functions. 1. Detect that the projector has been connected and begin linking up Joybook with it.

  • Page 33: Qpower

    JB S72E.book Page 29 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM QPower QPower is an advanced system power management tool specifically designed for 2. A submenu that contains several power profiles will follow. Click to select a your Joybook. In addition to the standard power management functions provided desired power profile.

  • Page 34: Associating Application Programs With Power Profiles

    JB S72E.book Page 30 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6: 1 3 PM 3. The following QPower window will appear. The higher the screen bright- Bright- For adjusting the brightness level of ness, the more ness the screen. power consumes. Display For specifying the period of inactiv- Turn-off ity before the Joybook turns off the...

  • Page 35: Removing The Association Between Programs And Power Profiles

    JB S72E.book Page 31 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM 2. Select Configuration... from the menu that appears. 8. Click the button to save the settings, or the button to can- 3. The QPower window will appear. cel without saving. 4.

  • Page 36: Recording Smart - Benq Voice Recorder

    14 Oscillograph Displays the sound level of recording. Before you start using BenQ Voice Recorder, follow the steps below to check the recording settings of your Joybook: 1. Right-click the icon on Windows System Tray located at the lower right cor- ner of the screen, and select Open Volume Control.

  • Page 37: Start Recording

    JB S72E.book Page 33 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Playing Recorded Sound Clips 3. Check the Microphone Boost checkbox and the click Close. 1. Click the Open Sound Clip button. 2. In the dialog that follows, browse to select the sound clip you wish to play and then click Open.

  • Page 38: Using The Built-In Wireless Lan Function

    JB S72E.book Page 34 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Using the Built-In Wireless LAN Function With the built-in wireless LAN card on your Joybook, you can access Ethernet 8. In the ‘Available Networks’ section of the window shows a list of available net- network wirelessly without the constraints of network cables.

  • Page 39: Using Bluetooth (Optional)

    JB S72E.book Page 35 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Using Bluetooth (Optional) The Bluetooth function allows you to get connected to various devices and ser- 4. Click on the Bluetooth icon on the Windows system tray located at the vices that support Bluetooth transmission.

  • Page 40: Sending A File To A Bluetooth Device

    JB S72E.book Page 36 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM click Next. 8. You have completed adding a new Bluetooth device. Click Finsih. 7. Check the “Let me choose my own passkey” radio button and enter a passkey Sending a File to a Bluetooth Device between 8 and 16 digits long.
  • Page 41 JB S72E.book Page 37 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM 2. In the “Send to” field, if the displayed device isn’t where you want to send a file 4. Wait for file transfer to complete. to, click Browse to have the system search for the available Bluetooth devices nearby.

  • Page 42: Booting Up In Qmedia Xs

    JB S72E.book Page 38 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6: 1 3 PM Booting up in QMedia XS With QMedia XS, you can play CD, VCD, DVD or MP3 music files without start- E or Del Eject disc from the optical drive ing up Windows.

  • Page 43: Attaching External Display Devices

    JB S72E.book Page 39 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM Attaching External Display Devices Attaching a VGA Display Device When giving a presentation, you can output the Joybook S72's video signal to an external display device, such as a projector or monitor. Press the Fn + F3 hotkey combina- tion to switch between Joybook S72's own LCD panel and the attached display device, or use simultaneous display.

  • Page 44: S-Video Out

    JB S72E.book Page 40 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM S-Video Out The S-Video Out port allows you to output display signals to a television set or VCR for viewing or recording. Attaching External Display Devices...

  • Page 45: Installing Additional Memory

    Installing Additional Memory You can replace the existing memory module with a higher-capacity one. Before you upgrade or replace memory, please check on the BenQ web site to deter- mine the module which can be used, or contact BenQ distributor or customer service center.
  • Page 46 JB S72E.book Page 42 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM 3. While moving battery retainer 2 (as indicated in step 2) to the right, slide the battery 2. Slide battery retainer 1 (as indicated above) to the left to unlock the battery. in the direction shown to remove it from the Joybook.
  • Page 47 JB S72E.book Page 43 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM 6. Align the memory module with the slot, and then insert it. When inserting, pay 7. Gently push the free edge downwards until the module locks into place. attention to the direction of the memory module. 8.

  • Page 48: Recovering Your System

    Using the Quick Recovery Function drive. Do not delete this partition, or the Quick Recovery function will become unavailable. If this happens, please contact your local BenQ service center for help. Your Joybook provides you with a Quick Recovery method from its hard drive.

  • Page 49: Using The Recovery Cds

    • Recover using the Recovery CDs will cause the Quick Recovery function to become unavailable. If this happens, please contact your local BenQ service cen- ter for help. Besides, you will also need to install the device drivers manually from Recovery CD Disc 2.

  • Page 50: Faq And Troubleshooting

    • Make sure the battery is properly inserted. BenQ call it Joybook, because BenQ has combined entertainment and stylish • Make sure that the battery is fully charged. If this does not work, consult your design with traditional notebook's functions. For example, enhanced 3D process- BenQ dealer.

  • Page 51: Connection

    AC Several factors can affect connection speed, such as line noise, number of people power cord may be defective. Consult your BenQ dealer for help and mainte- connecting/connected to your ISP, and the age and condition of the telephone nance.

  • Page 52: System

    9. Restart the Joybook. The programs removed from the Startup folder will no longer run when Windows starts. However, you can still run them by double Please visit BenQ on-line product support (http://Support.BenQ.com) to search clicking their icons in the folder created in step 1.
  • Page 53 JB S72E.book Page 49 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM • Delete temporary files and directories. This will increase hard disk space and 7. Deselect Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power. reduce the time Window takes to access the hard drive. It will also help to solve 8.

  • Page 54: Display

    JB S72E.book Page 50 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:13 PM DVD movies will not play. How can I reduce the wearing of the screen spindle when I open the screen? The region code of the DVD inserted must match that of the DVD playback soft- We suggest that you open and close your screen gently and slowly with both ware used.
  • Page 55 If your Joybook cannot display images at the default resolution, please visit the BenQ website to download and update the latest Joybook display drivers. Contact your BenQ dealer if either of the following phenomena occurs: • The screen shakes when the system started up normally.

  • Page 56: Information On Safety, Cleaning, And Battery Maintenance

    AC adapter or power cord. 11. The AC adapter is a high-voltage component. Do not attempt to repair it on your own. If it becomes damaged, please contact an authorized BenQ distribu- tor or service center. 12. Make sure that the modem port is used only with a regular analog phone line.

  • Page 57: Service And Support

    Joybook Online Registration Welcome to BenQ Joybook Global Online Service (http://support.BenQ.com). In Register now to get free product news and latest information about BenQ! To reg- order to ensure you an enjoyable experience with your Joybook, the following ister, follow the steps below: supports are provided so you can get assisted whenever and wherever you are.

  • Page 58: Appendix

    JB S72E.fm Page 54 Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2: 2 5 PM Service and Support...

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