HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1100 User guide

Startup Guide

HP Tablet PC Series

Document Part Number: 334201-002

August 2004

This guide explains how to set up your hardware and software,

begin using the tablet PC and an external tablet PC keyboard,

maintain your tablet PC, troubleshoot problems, and contact

HP Customer Care if you need assistance. The last chapter

introduces you to the exterior features of the tablet PC and the

tablet PC keyboard.

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Startup Guide

HP Tablet PC Series

Second Edition August 2004

First Edition October 2003

Reference Number: TC1100

Document Part Number: 334201-002

Using This Guide

This preface explains how to interpret the symbols and text styles

in your tablet PC documentation.

Warnings, Cautions and Notes

Warnings and cautions contain important information that can

protect you, your work, and your system. Always read warnings

and cautions.

Notes contain additional information about a topic. Some notes

provide basic information for inexperienced users. Others provide

technical information for advanced users.

The following icons identify warnings, cautions, and notes.

ÅWARNING: The information in a warning protects against bodily

harm or loss of life.

ÄCAUTION: The information in a caution protects against damage to

your work, your tablet PC, or an optional external device.

✎The information in a note provides supplementary details for

inexperienced or advanced users.

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Using This Guide

Text Styles

Some text in your tablet PC documentation is styled

typographically to help you interpret the information it contains.

For example, keyboard keys are styled like this: shift. Buttons that

display on the screen are styled like this: Next button.

The following table identifies and explains the text styles used in

your tablet PC documentation.

Style Explanation

keys Identifies a key, such as enter, on an external

keyboard.

A plus sign (+) between 2 or more keys indicates

that they are a key combination.

To use most key combinations, press and hold the

first key, press and hold each succeeding key, then

release all the keys simultaneously. Unless you are

instructed to do so, do not press the keys in a key

combination simultaneously.

commands Identifies characters you are asked to type. For

example, to visit the HP Web site, you would type

http://www.hp.com into the address field on your

Web browser.

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Contents

Using This Guide

1 Setting Up the Tablet PC

Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with a Tablet PC

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3

Opening the Tablet PC and Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4

Inserting the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5

Securing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9

Setting Up the Tablet PC and Keyboard as a

Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10

Connecting the Tablet PC to External Power . . . . . 1–14

Turning On the Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–16

Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with a Standard USB

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–17

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18

Inserting the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19

Securing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–21

Connecting a Standard USB Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 1–22

Connecting the Tablet PC to External Power . . . . . 1–23

Turning On the Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–25

Setting Up the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–26

Setting Up the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–28

Entering Information with the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–28

Calibrating the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–30

Using the Pen Holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–31

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Contents

Selecting Regional Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–31

Selecting Regional Settings in a Multilingual

User Interface (MUI)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–32

Selecting Screen Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–32

Setting Up Wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–33

Using Wireless Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–33

Setting Up Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–36

Using the Q Menu to Turn on Wireless LAN . . . . . 1–36

Turning Off the Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–37

Using the Tablet PC Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–37

2 Beginning to Use the Tablet PC

Getting Information About the Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Taking the Product Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Accessing Operating System Documentation . . . . . . 2–1

Obtaining Modem and Network Information . . . . . . 2–2

Using the Documentation Library CD. . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

Opening the Documentation Library CD . . . . . . . . . 2–3

Selecting a Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4

Installing Optional Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6

Using the Tablet PC Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8

Attaching the Tablet PC to the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . 2–8

Adjusting the Tablet PC and Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . 2–10

Closing the Tablet PC and Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11

Transporting the Tablet PC and Keyboard . . . . . . . 2–12

Detaching the Tablet PC from the Keyboard . . . . . 2–13

3 Maintaining and Protecting the Tablet PC

Cleaning the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

Protecting the Tablet PC from Power Surges . . . . . . . . . 3–2

Protecting the Tablet PC Against Viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2

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Replacing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3

Removing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3

Inserting a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

Finding More Power and Battery Pack

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8

4 Solving Problems

Quick Solutions Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

Is the Tablet PC Receiving Power? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

Is the Tablet PC Turned On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3

Is the Tablet PC in Standby or Hibernation?. . . . . . . 4–3

Is the Tablet PC Overheating?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

Is the Image Not Visible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

Is the System Unresponsive?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5

Is an External Device Not Working?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

Are You Using All Available Documentation?. . . . . 4–6

Is Software Functioning Abnormally? . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7

Using HP Help and Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7

Preparing to Call HP Customer Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9

Taking the Tablet PC to a Service Provider . . . . . . 4–10

5 Identifying Exterior Hardware

Pen Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1

Tablet PC Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2

Front: Lights and Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2

Front: Pen-Activated Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3

Right Side: Power Switch and Power/Standby

Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4

Right Side: Display Toggle and

Windows Security Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5

Right Side: Esc, Tab and Q Menu Buttons . . . . . . . . 5–6

Right Side: Jog Dial and Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7

Lower Side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8

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Left Side: Attachment Slots and

Keyboard Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–9

Left Side: Security Cable Slot, Vent and

Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10

Top: Connectors and Jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11

Top: Pen Holder and LAN Connection Lights . . . . 5–12

Top: Card Slots, Buttons and Tether Eyelet . . . . . . 5–13

Back: Attachment Features and Hard Drive Bay . . 5–14

Back: Battery Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–15

Back: Memory and Mini PCI Compartment . . . . . . 5–16

Back: Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17

Back: Tilt Feet and Pad Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18

Additional Tablet PC Standard Components . . . . . . . . . 5–19

Documentation CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–19

Cord and Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–20

Adapters and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21

Tablet PC Keyboard Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–22

Front: Lights and Pointing Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–22

Front: Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–23

Front: Positioning and Security Features. . . . . . . . . 5–24

Top. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–25

Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–26

Additional Keyboard Standard Component . . . . . . 5–27

Index

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Setting Up the Tablet PC

This chapter provides information about setting up the tablet PC.

The tablet PC must be set up initially with a keyboard, which may

be either the tablet PC keyboard or a standard USB keyboard.

This chapter also provides instructions for setting up the tablet PC

software, the pen, and the wireless device(s).

For Information About Refer to These Sections:

These Topics:

Setting up the tablet PC

hardware

When setting up with a Tablet PC

Keyboard:

“Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with

a Tablet PC Keyboard”

When setting up with a standard

USB Keyboard:

“Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with

a Standard USB Keyboard”

Setting up the tab

software

let PC “Setting Up the Software”

Setting up and using the “Setting Up the Pen”

tablet pen

Wireless LAN and Bluetooth® “Setting Up Wireless LAN”

Configuration

Safety “Using the Tablet PC Safely”

Troubleshooting Chapter 4, “Solving Problems”

Tablet PC buttons and other Chapter 5, “Identifying Exterior

hardware components Hardware”

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Setting Up the Tablet PC

Setting Up Tablet PC Hardware with a

Tablet PC Keyboard

During the hardware setup, you will:

■ Unzip and open the portfolio that contains the tablet PC and

tablet PC keyboard.

■ Insert the battery pack into the tablet PC, so that the battery

pack can charge.

ÄCAUTION: To prevent unsuccessful software installations or

modifications, do not run the tablet PC on the battery pack while you

are setting up or modifying system software.

■ Position the tablet PC and keyboard, so that the system can be

used as a notebook.

■ Connect the tablet PC to external power.

■ Turn on the tablet PC.

For detailed instructions on these tasks, refer to the following

pages in this section.

1–2 Startup Guide

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