Epson ActionNote 650 Manuel utilisateur

User’s Guide

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subject to change without notice.

TRADEMARKS

EPSON is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation

Action Note is a trademark, and EPSON Connection and EPSON Direct are service marks

of Epson America, Inc.

General notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and

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Torrance, California, USA 3/95

Important Safety Instructions

Read all of these instructions and save them for later reference. Follow

all warnings and instructions marked on the computer.

●

Turn off the computer before cleaning. Clean with a damp cloth only.

Do not spill liquid on the computer.

Use only the type of power source indicated on the computer’s label.

Connect all equipment to properly grounded power outlets. Avoid

using outlets on the same circuit as photocopiers or air control

systems that regularly switch on and off.

Do not let the computer’s power cord become damaged or frayed.

If you use an extension cord with the computer, make sure the total

ampere rating of the devices plugged into the extension cord does

not exceed the cord’s ampere rating. Also, make sure the total of all

devices plugged into the wall outlet does not exceed 15 amperes.

Except as specifically explained in this User's Guide, do not attempt

to service the computer yourself.

Unplug the computer and refer servicing to qualified service

personnel under the following conditions:

If the power cord or plug is damaged; if liquid has entered the

computer; if the computer has been dropped or the cabinet damaged;

if the computer does not operate normally or exhibits a distinct

change in performance. Adjust only those controls that are covered

by the operating instructions.

When traveling by airplane, be sure to take your computer into the

passenger compartment as carry-on luggage to prevent it from being

stored in an unpressurized storage area.

If you plan to use the computer in Germany, observe the following:

To provide adequate short-circuit protection and over-current

protection for this computer, the building installation must be

protected by a 16 Amp circuit breaker.

Beim Anschluß des Computers an die Netzversorgung muß

sichergestellt werden, daß die Gebäudeinstallation mit einem

16 A Überstromschutzschalter abgesichert ist.

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Importances Instructions de Sécurité

Lire attentivement les instructions suivantes et les conserver pour les

consulter en cas de besoin. Observer soigneusement tous les

avertissements et directives marques surl’ordinateur.

● Débrancher l’ordinateur avant de le nettoyer. N'utiliser qu‘un chiffon

humide. Veiller à ne pas renverser de liquides sur l’appareil.

● Utiliser seulement le type de source d‘alimentation électrique indiqué

sur l’étiquette.

● Tout l’équipement doit être branché sur des prises de courant propre.

Ne jamais utiliser une prise sur le même circuit qu’un appareil à

photocopies ou un système de contrô1e de ventilation avec

commutation marche-arrêt automatique.

● S’assurer que le cordon d’alimentation de l’ordinateur n’est pas

abîmé ni effiloché.

● Dans le cas où on utilise un cordon de rallonge avec l’ordinateur,

s’assurer que l’intensité en ampères requise pour tous les appareils

branchés sur ce cordon ne soit pas supérieure à la capacité du cordon.

S’assurer aussi que cette intensité ne dépasse jamais la somme de 15

ampères pour l’ensemble des appareils.

● Sauf dans les cas spécifiques expliqués dans ce manuel de l’usager,

ne pas essayer d’entretenir ou de réparer l’ordinateur soi-même.

● Débrancher l’ordinateur et contacter un technician qualifié dans les

circonstances suivantes:

Si le cordon ou la prise sent abîmés; si un liquide a pénétré à

l’intérieur de l’appareil; si on a laissé tomber l’appareil ou si le boîtier

est endommagé; si l’ordinateur ne fonctionne pas normalement ou

fonctionne d‘une manière très difference de l’ordinaire. N‘ajuster que

les commandes décrites dans les directives.

● Pour les voyages par avion, prendre l’ordinateur avec soi dans la

cabine comme bagage à main, pour éviter qu’il soit transporté dans

une soute non pressurisée.

● Pour utiliser l’ordinateur en Allemagne, il est nécessaire que le

bâtiment soit muni d’un disjoncteur de 16 amperes pour protéger

l’ordinateur contre les courts-circuits et le survoltage.

FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT

FOR AMERICAN USERS

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This

equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed

and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio and

television reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a

particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television

reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is

encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

❑

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

❑

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver

❑

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected

❑

Consult an experienced radio/ TV technician for help.

WARNING

The connection of a non-shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will

invalidate the FCC Certification of this device and may cause interference levels that

exceed the limits established by the FCC for this equipment. It is the responsibility of the

user to obtain and use a shielded equipment interface cable with this device. If this

equipment has more than one interface connector, do not leave cables connected to

unused interfaces.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the

user’s authority to operate the equipment.

FOR CANADIAN USERS

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class Blimits for radio noise emissions from

digital apparatus as set out in the radio interference regulations of the Canadian

Department of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioé1ectriques dépassant les limites

applicable aux appareils numériques de Classe B prescrites dans le règlement sur le

brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le Ministère des Communications du Canada.

Contents

Introduction

Computer Features .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Power-saving Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3

What This Manual Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3

Conventions Used in This Manual. . . . . . . . . . 4

Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 5

CompuServe On-line Support. . .. . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter 1

Setting Up the Computer

Opening the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1-1

Identifying the System Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Connecting the AC Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Turning the Computer On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Reading the System Window Icons. . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Making Backup Copies of Your Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Running the System Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

When to Run the System Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . 1-9

Starting the Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1-9

Changing the Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1-10

Setting, Deleting, and Changing a Password 1-13

Setting a password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Deleting or changing a password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Setting the Power Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Exiting the System Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18

Chapter 2 Using Your Computer

Caring for the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2-1

Protecting the Hard Disk. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 2-2

Using Energy Wisely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2-3

Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2-3

Using the Fn Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2-4

Using the Embedded Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Using the Trackball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2-6

Cleaning the Trackball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2-8

Resetting the Computer . . . . . . . . ... . 2-9

Changing the CPU Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Using Password Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2-10

Entering a Boot Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Entering an SCU Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Using Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2-12

Using Video Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Configuring PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...2-14

Installing Additional PC Card Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

Chapter 3 Powering the Computer

Using the AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-1

Using the Battery . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 3-2

Monitoring Battery Power. . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-7

Recharging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-8

Using the Power Management Features. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Automatic Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-12

Manual Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-13

Resuming Activity From Suspend Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Using the APM Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Using Suspend to Disk Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3-16

Creating the Suspend to Disk data file. . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Recreating the Suspend to Disk data file. . . . . . . . .. 3-19

Chapter 4 Installing Optional Devices

Connecting an External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Connecting a Parallel Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Connecting a Serial Device . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Checking the Serial Port Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Connecting an External Keyboard or Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Installing a PC Card .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...4-7

Installing a Memory Module. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Removing and Replacing the Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

Identifying Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Computer Won’t Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AC Adapter Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The LCD Screen Is Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The External Monitor Screen Is Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Computer Locks Up...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Password Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Embedded Keypad Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Trackball Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

External Pointing Device Problems. . . . . . . . . . . .

Diskette Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Diskette Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hard Disk Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Memory Module Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendix A Specifications

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5-3

5-4

5-5

5-6

5-7

5-8

5-9

5-10

5-11

5-12

5-13

5-14

5-15

CPU and Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A-l

Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A-2

Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A-3

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A-3

Trackball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A-3

Mass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A-3

LCD Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A-4

System Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Power sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A-4

Environmental Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Physical Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A-5

Optional Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A-6

Index

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Introduction

The EPSON® ActionNoteTM 600 Series notebook computers give

you exceptional speed, display quality, and expaddability—all

packaged in the latest in notebook computer technology.

The ActionNote computer has 4MB of standard memory on the

system board. Some systems have an additional 4MB memory

module installed (check your system startup screen). Your

ActionNote also comes with pre-installed MS-DOS,®

Microsoft® Windows,TMand other software so you can run a

vast array of the latest programs, utilities, and games designed

for productivity and fun.

Your high-capacity hard disk drive will hold the hundreds of

program and data files you create as you use your computer.

And when you‘re ready to acquire more capability, your

computer’s two PCMCIA card slots allow you to quickly and

easily add flash RAM, fax/ modem, local area network (LAN),

and other PC card options.

You can even use your ActionNote like a desktop PC when

you‘re not on the road; just connect an external monitor,

keyboard, mouse, and printer.

Computer Features

Your computer comes with the following features:

486DX2 microprocessor with 8KB of internal cache

4MB of RAM on the system board (additional 4MB memory

module installed on some systems), expandable to 20MB

512KB of video RAM

Introduction 1

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LCD screen supporting VGA resolutions of 640 x 480 in

256 colors or 64 gray shades

High-speed, 32-bit local bus video technology supports

resolutions up to 1024 x 768 in 16 colors or 800 x 600 in 256

colors on an external monitor

High-capacity hard disk drive

Built-in 16 mm trackball with two buttons

Two stacked PCMCIA Type II slots, supporting two Type I

or Type II cards or one Type III card

Long-lasting, rechargeable NiMH battery

Compact AC adapter

Pre-installed software on your hard disk drive, including

MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, and in any other programs

On-line computer user’s guide, Windows manual, and

other manuals providing instructions and inform ation

while you are on the road.

Your ActionNote has been configured for you and the hard

disk drive already contains most of the software you need.

Video drivers have already been installed and you can select

whether to load your PCMCIA drivers and utilities each time

you boot your computer.

See the card titled “For Software Support” that came with your

computer for a list of the manuals, diskettes, and brochures that

are included with your software.

Also see the “About EPSON” group window in Windows for

the latest information about your ActionNote and about

EPSON’s services.

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