User’s Manual Qosmio F50 Series Table of Contents Copyright. vi Disclaimer . vi Trademarks . vii Macrovision License . vii FCC information . viii EU Conformity Statement . ix VCCI Class B Information . ix Important Safety Information for Computers with TV tuner . ix Modem warning notice. x Japan regulations. x Instructions for IC CS-03 certified equipment . xiii Notes for Users in Australia and New Zealand . xiv Optical disc drive safety instructions. xviii International precautions. xxi Preface Conventions . xxiii General Precautions Provide adequate ventilation. xxvi Creating a computer-friendly environment . xxvii Stress injury . xxvii Heat injury . xxvii Pressure or impact damage. xxviii Mobile phones . xxviii Instruction Manual for Safety and Comfort . xxviii The cautions on use of a Qosmio F50 series computer . xxviii Chapter 1 Introduction Equipment checklist. 1-1 Hardware . 1-3 Special features . 1-12 TOSHIBA Value Added Package . 1-14 User’s Manual ii Qosmio F50 Utilities and Applications. 1-16 Optinal accessories . 1-20 Chapter 2 The Grand Tour Front with the display closed . 2-1 Left side. 2-3 Right side . 2-4 Back . 2-5 Underside . 2-8 Front with the display open. 2-9 System indicators. 2-12 Optical disc drives . 2-14 AC adaptor . 2-16 Chapter 3 Getting Started Connecting the AC adaptor . 3-2 Opening the display . 3-5 Turning on the power . 3-6 Starting up for the first time . 3-7 Turning off the power. 3-7 Restarting the computer . 3-11 System Recovery Options . 3-12 System Recovery . 3-12 Chapter 4 Operating Basics Using the Touch Pad . 4-1 AV Controller. 4-2 Using the Fingerprint Sensor . 4-2 Web Camera . 4-9 Using TOSHIBA Face Recognition . 4-11 Using optical disk drives . 4-14 Writng CD/DVD on DVD Super Multi drives . 4-18 Media care . 4-30 TV Tuner . 4-32 Sound system . 4-33 Modem . 4-35 Wireless communications . 4-39 LAN . 4-42 Cleaning the computer. 4-44 Moving the computer . 4-45 Chapter 5 The Keyboard Typewriter keys. 5-1 Function keys: F1 … F12 . 5-2 Soft keys: FN key combinations . 5-2 Hot keys. 5-3 Windows special keys . 5-5 User’s Manual iii Qosmio F50 Keypad overlay . 5-6 Generating ASCII characters. 5-7 Chapter 6 Power Power conditions . 6-1 Power indicators. 6-2 Battery types. 6-3 Care and use of the battery pack . 6-5 Replacing the battery pack . 6-9 TOSHIBA Password Utility. 6-11 Power-up modes. 6-12 Panel power on/off . 6-13 System automatic Sleep/Hibernation . 6-13 Chapter 7 HW Setup Accessing HW Setup . 7-1 HW Setup Window . 7-1 Chapter 8 AV functions Media Center . 8-1 Front operation panel. 8-2 Remote Controller . 8-5 Using the Remote Controller. 8-12 Installing/Removing batteries . 8-13 Set-top box Connection Method and Watching TV on the Media Center . 8-17 Listen to radio. 8-19 QosmioEngine . ..