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Fine-tuning performance, Setting general options

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Chapter 7 | Optimizing your HP Jornada | 117 • Turn off sounds-Use the HP settings application to mute the HP Jornada speaker, or use the Sound & Volume control panel to turn on only the most necessary system sounds. • Avoid using PC Cards while on battery power-Some PC Cards (especially PC Card modems) use considerable power and will quickly drain your battery. Use the AC adapter to plug your HP Jornada into external power whenever possible, especially when connecting to a desktop PC, when using a PC Card modem, network interface card (NIC), or other peripheral. Do not let the alarm notification LED flash for a long time. Fine-tuning performance This section offers information that will help you customize your HP Jornada to match your working style. Setting general options As on your desktop PC, use Control Panel to change most of your HP Jornada options. To open Control Panel 1. On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then tap Control Panel. Double-tap any of the icons in Control Panel to explore the options for that feature. Specific Control Panel options are described below. For more information about a particular control panel, see the Settings topic in online Help. • Communications-Use the Communications control panel to set options for establishing a connection between your HP Jornada and desktop PC. • Dialing-Use the Dialing control panel to manually create dialing locations and set dialing options for connecting to a service provider or remote computer. • Display-The Display control panel allows you to set the background image and the appearance of your Windows CE desktop. • Keyboard-The Keyboard control panel allows you to set options for how quickly characters repeat when you hold down a key on your HP Jornada keyboard.

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Chapter 7
|
Optimizing your HP Jornada
|
117
•
Turn off sounds
—Use the HP settings application to mute the HP Jornada
speaker, or use the Sound & Volume control panel to turn on only the
most necessary system sounds.
•
Avoid using PC Cards while on battery power
—Some PC Cards (espe-
cially PC Card modems) use considerable power and will quickly drain
your battery.
Use the AC adapter to plug your HP Jornada into external power whenever possible,
especially when connecting to a desktop PC, when using a PC Card modem, network
interface card (NIC), or other peripheral. Do not let the alarm notification LED flash for a
long time.
Fine-tuning performance
This section offers information that will help you
customize your HP Jornada
to match your working style.
Setting general options
As on your desktop PC, use Control Panel to change most of your
HP Jornada options.
To open Control Panel
1.
On the
Start
menu, point to
Settings
, and then tap
Control Panel
.
Double-tap any of the icons in Control Panel to explore the options for that
feature. Specific Control Panel options are described below. For more informa-
tion about a particular control panel, see the
Settings
topic in online Help.
•
Communications
—Use the Communications control panel to set options
for establishing a connection between your HP Jornada and desktop PC.
•
Dialing
—Use the Dialing control panel to manually create dialing
locations and set dialing options for connecting to a service provider or
remote computer.
•
Display
—The Display control panel allows you to set the background
image and the appearance of your Windows CE desktop.
•
Keyboard
—The Keyboard control panel allows you to set options for
how quickly characters repeat when you hold down a key on your
HP Jornada keyboard.