Compaq IPAQ IA-2 User manual

COMPAQ IPAQ HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE IA-2—GETTING STARTED LEGALNOTICE

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Compaq iPAQ Home Internet Applian e IA-2—Getting Started CONTENTS i

Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Who Should Read this Guide?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Using Your Appliance Getting Started Guide . . . . . . . . 1-2

Symbols Used in his Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Symbol Information Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Special ext Used in his Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4

ext Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4

Safety ips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Safe Use of Your Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

he Safety and Comfort Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-6

Caring for Your iPAQ Home Internet Appliance . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Appliance Care and Additional Safety Precautions . . . 1-7

Where Can I Find More Information? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Accessing the Compaq Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-8

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CONTENTS ii COMPAQ IPAQ HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE IA-2—GETTING STARTED

Chapter 2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1

Your iPAQ Home Internet Appliance at a Glance . . . . . . . . 2-2

What’ s in Front? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

What’ s in Back? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

What’ s on the Right Side? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Keyboard Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Understanding the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

he Left Side of the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

he Right Side of the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

How Do I Use the Internet Buttons on the

Left Side of the Keyboard? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

How Do I Use the Internet Buttons on the

Right Side of the Keyboard? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Using the Print Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Meet the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

What’ s on the Scroll Mouse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Using the Scroll Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11

Drag and Drop Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Display Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Appliance Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

On Screen Display Controls (OSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Adjusting Contrast and Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

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Chapter 3 Getting Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Introducing the MSN Companion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

What is the MSN Companion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Understanding the oolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Buttons and Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4

MSN Companion Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Let’ s Sign On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Confirm Member Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Choose a New Member Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-6

Select Your ime Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Verify Internet Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

You’ re Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-9

Chapter 4 Welcome to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1

What is the Internet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2

What Is the Web? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2

What Do I Need in Order to Surf the Web? . . . . . . . . . .4-2

Internet Addresses (URLs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3

What Is a URL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3

Screen Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4

Moving Around the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4

Hyperlinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5

What is a Hyperlink? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5

What Does a Hyperlink Look Like? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5

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Start Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6

What’ s On the Start Page? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6

he Browser oolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Understanding the oolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Search Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

What is a Search Engine? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9

Why Am I Getting an Error Message? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9

Chapter 5 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1

E-mail Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

What Is E-mail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

E-mail Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Understanding E-mail Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

E-mail Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Writing and Sending an E-mail Message . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

How Do I Get My Mail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Accessing My Mail from the oolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

E-mail Attachments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Sending a Link Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Reading or Viewing an E-mail Attachment . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

ypes of Attachments You Can Receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

Personalizing E-mail Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Electronic Body Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Internet Etiquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Rules of the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

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Chapter Online Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1

E-Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-2

What Is E-Commerce? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-2

Online Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-3

What Is a Secure Web Site? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-3

How Do I Recognize a Secure Web Site? . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-3

Know the Seller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Check Before You Buy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Keep Good Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-5

What Records Should I Keep? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-5

ips for Safe Online Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Shopping Safely on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Let’ s Go Shopping! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7

Shopping Online— How Is It Done? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7

Online Stores— What do they look like? . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7

ab Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

ables of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Pictures and Colored ext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Search Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Drop-Down Selection Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Chapter 7 Changing Your Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

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Chapter 8 Options and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1

Connecting the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

How Do I Connect the Mouse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Connecting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Connecting External Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

How Do I Connect External Speakers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Chapter 9 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Where Do I Find Help?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

MSN™ Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Compaq Help and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

roubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4

Contacting Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-6

Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8

Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

elecom Network Approvals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

elephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Index

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COMPAQ IPAQ HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE IA-2—GETTING STARTED INTRODUCTION 1-1

In This Chapter

Who Should Read this

Guide?, 1-2

Symbols Used in This

Guide, 1-3

Special Text Used in This

Guide, 1-4

Sa ety Tips, 1-5

Caring or Your iPAQ Home

Internet Appliance, 1-7

Where Can I Find More

In ormation?, 1-8

Congratulations on the

purchase of your new

Compaq iPAQ Home

Internet Appliance IA-2!

The Appliance brings the

con enience and utility of

the Internet and e-mail

right to your fingertips.

Stay in touch with family

and friends, get the information you need when you need it,

shop from the con enience of your home, and keep informed

about the community and the world. Your Compaq iPAQ

Home Internet Appliance automatically updates periodically,

ensuring the best user experience a ailable. In fact, your

Appliance actually will get better o er time!

This guide will help you:

➜Get acquainted with the features of your iPAQ Home

Internet Appliance.

➜Maintain your iPAQ Home Internet Appliance and sol e

problems if they occur.

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1-2 INTRODUCTION COMPAQ IPAQ HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE IA-2—GETTING STARTED

Who Should

Read this

Guide?

This guide is designed for

people who are just

beginning to in estigate the

Internet and the

con enience of e-mail.

For more information, see

online Help.

Note: The Internet is onstantly

hanging. The images of Web

pages found throughout this guide

are for demonstration purposes

only and represent ontent

available at the time of publi ation.

A tual Web sites will vary.

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