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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Product Disposal ....................Installing Your Mobile Thin Client......... Getting to Know Your Mobile Thin Client............Setting Up Your Mobile Thin Client..............Removing and Replacing Components .............. Battery Pack ....................... ® Windows XP Embedded Administration Guide ..........NEC UltraCare Services ............

  • Page 4: Copyright Notice

    The information disclosed in this document, including all designs and related materials, is the valuable property of NEC Computers S.A.S. and/or its licensors. NEC Computers S.A.S. and/or its licensors, as appropriate, reserve all patent, copyright and other proprietary rights to this document, including all design, manufacturing, reproduction, use, and sales rights thereto, except to the extent said rights are expressly granted to others.

  • Page 5: About Your Quick Start Guide

    This Quick Start Guide will help you set up your system and begin to enjoy the full range of outstanding benefits available from your NEC product. This guide also contains a section about NEC Service and Support for Assistance. Refer to the section "NEC UltraCare Services", page 31.

  • Page 6: Regulatory Information

    NEC’s system RFI and Radiated Immunity tests were conducted with NEC supported peripheral devices and NEC shielded cables, such as those you receive with your system. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by NEC could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

  • Page 7: Connections And Remote Earths

    Regulatory Information - 5 Connections and Remote Earths PELV (Protected Extra Low Voltage) To ensure the extra-low voltage integrity of the equipment, only connect equipment with mains- protected electrically-compatible circuits to the external ports. SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage) Every input and output of this product is classified as Safety Extra Low Voltage. Remote Earths To prevent electrical shock, connect all local (individual office) computers and computer support equipment to the same electrical circuit of the building wiring.

  • Page 8: Power Cord

    6 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide REGULATORY INFORMATION Cables • The EMC performance of the system is guaranteed only if the cable and interface use efficient shielding. • The use of shielded interface cable is required for USB, IEEE1394, serial, printer, game, analogue or digital audio/ video, Ethernet LAN, PS/2, TV or FM antennas, and generally all high speeds cables’...

  • Page 9: Safety Notices

    Regulatory Information - 7 Safety Notices 1. Read all of these instructions. 2. Save these instructions for future use. 3. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the products. Warning - Hazardous Voltage! Hazardous voltage is present inside your computer when it is connected to an AC supply even when the computer’s power switch is off.
  • Page 10 8 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide Chassis Cover Removal and Replacement Before removing the chassis cover to service or modify the equipment, you must disconnect all power and modem cords (and remove the main battery in portable computers). Replace the chassis cover and secure it with the screws before plugging in the power cable and turning it on.

  • Page 11: Care And Handling

    Regulatory Information - 9 Care and Handling Use the following guidelines to properly handle and care for your computer. • Protect the computer from extremely low or high temperatures. Let the computer warm (or cool) to room temperature before using it. •...

  • Page 12: Safety Notices For Notebook Computers

    10 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide REGULATORY INFORMATION Safety Notices for Notebook Computers AC Adapter You must unplug the AC adapter cord to disconnect the equipment from the power supply. In that aim, the socket-outlet should be installed near to the equipment and should be easily accessible.

  • Page 13: 802.11X Wireless Lan Regulations

    NEC Computers S.A.S. and its authorized resellers or distributors are not liable for any damage or violation of government regulations that may arise from the user failing to comply with these guidelines.
  • Page 14 12 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide Guyana, Haiti, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, St. Barths, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St Maarten, St.Vincent, Senegal, South Africa, Surinam, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad, Tunisia, Turks &...

  • Page 15: Bluetooth Regulations

    NEC Computers S.A.S. and its authorized resellers or distributors are not liable for any damage or violation of government regulations that may arise from the user failing to comply with these...

  • Page 16: Environmental Information

    ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION Lead-free Product NEC eliminated toxic substances like lead from its electronic equipment. A lead-free equipment helps protect your health and promotes environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste from electrical and electronic equipment. NEC complies with the European Community stringent RoHS Directive mandating restrictions on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

  • Page 17: Installing Your Mobile Thin Client

    Installing Your Mobile Thin client - 15 INSTALLING YOUR MOBILE THIN CLIENT INSTALLING YOUR MOBILE THIN CLIENT Getting to Know Your Mobile Thin Client Note: Detailed information about your Mobile Thin Client is provided on labels on the packaging, the AC adapter or the battery. Figure 1: Front View Open A: LCD panel B: Keyboard...
  • Page 18 16 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide Keyboard Function Keys Twelve function keys, F1 through F12, are available on the keyboard. These keys work together with the Fn key to activate special functions. Some of these keys (printed in blue) are pre-programmed with dual functions.
  • Page 19 Installing Your Mobile Thin client - 17 Caps Lock LED lights green. Caps Lock is active. Num Lock LED lights green. Num Lock is active. Computer is connected to a Local Area LAN LED lights green Network (LAN). The wireless LAN feature is enabled. blinks green ®...
  • Page 20 18 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide ® Specific wireless regulatory notices apply to each country or region. Refer to "Bluetooth Regulations", page 13 and to "802.11x Wireless LAN Regulations", page 11. Figure 3: Left View A: Microphone-in connector B: Line-out connector...
  • Page 21 Installing Your Mobile Thin client - 19 Removing an Express Card Press on the card to eject it. Sim Card Slot Allows you to insert a 3G card. For more information, refer to the 3G card’s documentation. ® Caution: For the 3G feature to function, the wireless/Bluetooth button must be on the OFF position.
  • Page 22 20 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide Figure 5: Rear view A: 10/100 base-T LAN port B: Security lock slot C: AC power port LAN Port Allows you to connect your Mobile Thin Client to a local area network. Connection speed is up to 100 Mbps.

  • Page 23: Setting Up Your Mobile Thin Client

    8. Briefly press on the power button ( G in Figure 1, page 15) to power on your system. Removing and Replacing Components There are no user-replaceable components inside the Mobile Thin Client. If the warranty of your system offers you this possibility (refer to "NEC UltraCare Services", page 31), contact the technical support line.

  • Page 24: Conserving Battery Power

    22 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide To avoid personal injury and property damage, read these battery precautions on handling, charging and disposing batteries. • Keep the battery away from heat sources including direct sunlight, open fires, microwave ovens, and high-voltage containers. Temperatures over 60ºC may cause damage.

  • Page 25: When To Change The Battery

    Installing Your Mobile Thin client - 23 Calibrating Regularly the Battery Batteries should be calibrated by applying a deliberate full discharge once every month. Refer to "Initial Use or After Prolonged Storage Period", page 22 for the procedure. If ignored, the fuel gauge will become increasingly less accurate and in some cases, cut off the device prematurely.

  • Page 26: Replacing The Battery

    24 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide Replacing the Battery Handling the Battery Review the following before handling the system battery and read the section about "Battery Pack", page 21. Caution: Use the battery only in the Thin Client for which it is designed. Mixing other system’s batteries, other manufacturer's batteries, or using a combination of very old and new batteries can deteriorate battery and equipment performance.
  • Page 27 Installing Your Mobile Thin client - 25 Figure 7: Installing the batteries 4. Slide the battery pack out of its compartment, and set it aside. 5. Insert the new battery pack in its compartment until it locks into place. Caution: You computer is shipped with a dummy battery pack. When the second battery is not installed, you must install the dummy battery pack in the empty bay.

  • Page 28: Windows Xp Embedded Administration Guide

    • All temporary files are stored on a RAM disk as flash space is premium. Use the utilities provided by NEC in order to configure these extra components and systems. More information about using them is available below. Logging on as Administrator In order to perform administration tasks you are required to log on as Administrator.
  • Page 29 ® Windows XP Embedded Administration Guide - 27 Commit Changes This button allows you to commit the changes that you have made to the file system or registry. Committing will cause the EWF Manager to request to reboot the unit. Undo All writes that have been made and are pending as committal are cancelled bringing the system back to its previous state.
  • Page 30 28 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide Disabling the EWF System Disabling the EWF system is extremely easy: simply click on the Disable button located in the EWF Manager. Then click on the Reboot later or Reboot now button. When restarting, you will notice that the EWF icon in the System Tray has changed to reflect the new status.
  • Page 31 ® Windows XP Embedded Administration Guide - 29 3. Click on the Hardware tab and then on the Device Manager button. The Device Manager window opens as shown in the below figure. 4. Locate the section marked RAM Disk and expand it by clicking the + sign. 5.
  • Page 32 30 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide If you have more than 256 MB of system RAM and require a larger RAMDISK, then you can do one of the following: • From the drop-down menu, select the size of the RamDisk you want.

  • Page 33: Nec Ultracare Sm Services

    “Product” shall mean NEC-branded computer system: desktop, notebook, server, Thin Client, monitor, accessory, storage unit sold on a stand alone basis and excluding any NEC Solutions. Note: should you need technical support for a NEC product that is not listed above, please contact your NEC reseller.

  • Page 34: General Conditions

    Product and private internal network. You are responsible for backing up any data stored on the Product prior to contacting NEC Computers’ Call Centre for support. NEC Computers shall not be liable for any loss of data stored on your Product or consequences of data loss as a result of NEC servicing the Product under NEC UltraCare Warranty.
  • Page 35 5.1.2 - On-site Exchange Cut-off time: 16:00 (local time) The cut-off time is defined as the time on a given day by which your intervention must have been logged by the NEC Computers Call Centre in order for the service level to apply. Interventions logged after the cut-off time will take an additional business day before service can be provided.
  • Page 36 Desktop or Server as an internal component by NEC at the time of purchase. NEC will not be liable for penalty claims on these items.
  • Page 37 5.4.5 - RTC 6 hours 8x5 Intervention Cut-off time: 13:00 (local time) The cut-off time is defined as the time by which your intervention must have been logged and qualified by the NEC Computers Call Centre in order to receive a same business day repair. Interventions logged after the cut-off time or logged and not qualified will be carried over to the next business day.
  • Page 38 5.5.2 - Carry in Service Geographic Scope A complete list of the countries where our carry in service is available can be obtained from your NEC Computers sales agent. If you purchased your Product and require service in another country than that of purchase, please contact your local NEC reseller for service.
  • Page 39 Replacement Product Warranty: In the event that a replacement unit is approved by NEC according to the Protection Services Warranty terms and conditions: NEC will provide you with a unit which has equivalent or better functionality and specifications than your original unit.
  • Page 40 The Geographic Coverage of Protection Services is worldwide coverage. This means that if you suffer a loss or damage in any country worldwide NEC will repair or replace the unit (as long as the documentation is valid and the claim is within the scope of Protection Services coverage).
  • Page 41 Defective parts replaced during a Warranty intervention are the property of NEC Computers (unless otherwise specified). NEC Computers reserves the right to change the type of service supplied if it is deemed by NEC to be in the best interests of the Client.
  • Page 42 5*5 pixels Table 1: LCD defect types NEC Computers strives to provide the highest quality LCD display Products in the industry. Your Product meets the Class 2 specifications under the ISO 13406-2 industry guidelines for LCD monitors.
  • Page 43 NEC Computers shall do its best efforts to avoid any delay in performance specified in this Warranty and shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance due to any cause beyond its control. Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, interrupted telephone service, airport closures that interrupt parts delivery, acts of God, labour strikes, inability to contact the Client to confirm scheduling, and the shortage or end of life of spare parts.
  • Page 44 42 - TCM380 Quick Start Guide NEC Computers reserves the right to pass your personal details to third parties, in order to ensure that service is carried out. Nothing in the NEC Computers Limited Warranty affects the statutory rights of the Client.
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