Gigabyte P2542G User manual

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Congratulations on your purchase of the GIGABYTE Notebook P2542!

This Manual will help you to get started with setting up your notebook. For more detailed

information, please visit our website at http://www.gigabyte.com. All specications are

subject to the manufacturer's configuration at the time of shipping and may change

without prior notice, written or otherwise.

Using GIGABYTE Notebook for the First Time

Check Supplied Items

AC Adapter Battery Pack Manual

Power Cord Driver CD Warranty Card

* The illustrations in this document may appear differently from your model.

To install the battery please follow these steps:

Target the battery’s direction into the tenon-mortise.

Circulate the battery downwards until hearing the “snap” sound to lock the

battery.

Remember to slide the switch to the “Lock” position.

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1Connect the the power cord to the AC adapter.

2Connect the AC adapter to the DC-in jack on the left side of the notebook..

3Connect the power cord to the power outlet.

Switching on the Power :

After you turn on the P2542 for the very first time, do not turn it off until the

operating system has been configured. Please note that the volume for the

audio will not function until Windows®Setup has completed.

Booting Up the P2542 for the First Time :

Depending on your conguration, the Microsoft®Windows® Boot Screen will be

the rst screen that you will see as the notebook starts up. Follow the on-screen

prompts and instructions and enter your personal information to complete the

setup of the Windows®Operating System.

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Your GIGABYTE Notebook Tour

Top View

Left View

1 2

2 3 4

1Webcam

2Microphone

3Power Button

4Smart+Button 

5Volume Setting or Stereoscopic

Depth Setting 

6LED Indicators 

7Battery Indicator Button 

8TouchPad

9Num Lock & Caps Lock Indicator

Stereo speakers

IR Emitter Optional 

To call out smart manager function.

●Smart Setup:

Under off condition, Push “Smart+” to

enter “smart setup” menu in off mode.

You can choose BIOS Setup Utility, Smart

Recovery in the setup menu.

●Smart Manager:

In Windows®Mode Press “Smart+” button

to initiate “Smart Manager”.

Optional, Stereoscopic Depth Setting for

3D model Use only

Power Status LED

Battery Status LED

HDD Status LED

Wireless Lan Status LED

Bluetooth Status LED

The LED indicators will show the battery

capacity status when battery is inserted

in power off mode. 5 indicator lights on

indicates that the battery capacity is 100%.

Only 1 indicator light on indicates that the

remaining battery capacity is 20%.

1DC-in Jack

2External Display (VGA) Port

3eSATA/USB Combo

4Optical Disc Drive

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Base View

Right View

2 4 5 6

1Microphone Jack

2Headphone Jack

3USB Port x 2

4Multi Card Reader 

5HDMI Port

6Ethernet Port

7Kensington Lock Slot

Memory Card Supports :

●Secure Digital (SD)

●Multi Media Card (MMC)

●Memory Stick (MS)

●Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO)

1Battery Bay

2Woofer Speaker

3Stereo Speakers

4Hard Disk Bay/Memory Bay

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The computer employs hotkeys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s

controls like screen brightness and volume output.To activate hotkeys, press and hold

the <Fn> key before pressing the other key in the hotkey combination.

Hotkey Function Description

Fn+F1 Sleep Put the computer in Sleep mode.

Fn+F2 Wireless LAN Enable/disable the Wireless LAN function.

Fn+F3 Brightness Down Decrease the screen brightness.

Fn+F4 Brightness Up Increase the screen brightness.

Fn+F5 Display Toggle Switche display output between the display

screen, external monitor (if connected) and both.

Fn+F6 Touchpad Toggle Turn the internal touchpad on and off.

Fn+F7 Speaker Toggle Turn the speaker on and off.

Fn+F8 Volume Down Decrease the sound volume.

Fn+F9 Volume Up Increase the sound volume.

Fn+F10 N/A There is no function for this model.

Fn+F11 Bluetooth Enable/disable the Bluetooth function.

Fn+F12 Webcam Turn the internal webcam on and off.

Fn+▲ ▼ ◄ ►

Playback Media Playback control.

Fn+~ Screen Toggle Turn the screen on and off.

Fn+Esc ODD Tray Quit To quit the ODD tray instantly.

Hotkeys

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6Intelligent TouchPad Tips

The GIGABYTE P2542 is designed with an Intelligent TouchPad control application,

which automatically turns off the TouchPad function while typing and then instantly

reactivates the TouchPad function when typing is stopped.

Attention:

To avoid delays during heavy use of both the keypad and mouse at the same time,

simply turn off the Intelligent Touchpad application located on the right side of the tools

menu (as shown).

1Left click to open background applications (default setting is set to “on”).

2Click to adjust response time of the touchpad.

3Select “Enable” or “Disable” to turn on/off the Intelligent TouchPad application.

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GIGABYTE Software Application

●GIGABYTE Smart Manager :

You can activate GIGABYTE Smart Manager by double clicking on the shortcut

icon on the desktop if the machine you purchased has the operation system built-

in. GIGABYTE Smart Manager is an icon-based control interface, enabling users to

intuitionally access common system setup as well as GIGABYTE exclusive utilities.

Please be noted that the GIGABYTE Smart Manager interface, icons, utilities

and software versions may vary based on the purchased models. Please operate

GIGABYTE Smart Manager according to the actual version built-in.

●GIGABYTE Smart Recovery :

1.If the machine you purchase already has operating system built-in, you can restore

the system back to factory default by using GIGABYTE Smart Recovery. Please be

noted that the GIGABYTE Smart Recovery interface, icons, utilities and software

versions may vary based on the purchased models.

2.Please operate GIGABYTE Smart Recovery according to the default built-in

version. Please be noted that personal data will be lost after recovery, do remember

to backup any data before operating this function.

●GIGABYTE Smart Setup:

During the off mode, press SMART button to enter “Smart Setup” menu. You can

choose BIOS Setup Utility, Smart Recovery, and other functions in this setup menu.

Press”Continue to OS” button to enter operating system.

Press”BIOS Setup Utility” button to enter BIOS setup utility.

Press”Smart Recovery” button to enter GIGABYTE Smart Recovery.

Press”Shutdown” button to shutdown the system

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SKU Type P2542

CPU 3rd Generation Intel®Core™ Processor

Operating System Microsoft®Windows®7 Compliant

LCD 15.6” 16:9 Full HD Ready LCD Panel,

1920X1080, with LED back-light.

System Memory DDRIII SO-DIMM 2 slots (Max 8GBx2)

Chipset Mobile Intel®HM77 Express Chipset

Video Graphics

●

Intel

HD Graphics 4000,

NVIDIA

GeForce

GTX 660M GDDR5 2GB,

Supports NVIDIA

OptimusTM

Technology.

●

Intel

HD Graphics 4000,

NVIDIA

GeForce

GT 650M 2GB,

Supports NVIDIA

Optimus

Technology.

Hard Disk Drive

●

2.5” SATA HDD 5400/7200rpm

●

2.5” SATA HDD 5400/7200rpm + mSATA SSD

●

Solid-State Drive (SSD)

Optical Disk Drive

●

Super-Multi DVD Drive

●

Blu-Ray DVD Combo Drive

●

Blu-Ray Rewritable Drive, BDXL Support

Audio 1.5 Watt Speaker*4, Woofer speaker*1, Internal Microphone.

I/O Port

USB 3.0*2, eSATA/USB 2.0 Combo*1, HDMI, D-Sub, RJ45,

Mic-in, Earphone-out, 4-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/

MS Pro) and DC-in Jack.

Communications

10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet

802.11b/g/n Wireless

Bluetooth v4.0

Webcam 1.3 Megapixel

Battery Li-ion 6-cell

Dimensions 392(W) x 263(D) x 32.1~38.3(H) mm

Weight ~2.6kg (w/battery)

Specication

Appendix

■ Warranty & Service:

For Warranty, Service and related information, please refer to the warranty

card or GIGABYTE service website as the following link:

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/technical-support.aspx

■ FAQ:

For FAQ (Frequent Asked Questions), please refer to the following link:

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/faq.aspx

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