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Home Internet Appliance—Getting Started CONTENTS i

Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Who Should Read this Guide?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Using Your Home Internet Appliance Getting

Started Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Symbols Used in This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Symbol Information Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Special Text Used in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4

Text Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4

Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Safe Use of Your Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

The Safety and Comfort Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-6

Caring for Your Home Internet Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Appliance Care and Additional Safety Precautions . . . 1-7

Where Can I Find More Information? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-8

Accessing the Compaq Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-8

Contents

CONTENTS ii HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE—GETTING STARTED

Chapter 2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1

Your Home Internet Appliance at a Glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

What’ s in Front? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

What’ s in Back? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Line-of-Sight Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Keyboard Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Keyboard Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Understanding the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

The Left Side of the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

The Right Side of the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Internet Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

How Do I Use the Internet Buttons? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

The Push Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Using the Push Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Understanding the Display Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11

Appliance Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11

Contrast and Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11

Chapter 3 Getting Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1

Introducing the MSN Companion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

What is the MSN Companion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Understanding the Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Buttons and Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

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MSN Companion Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Let’s Sign On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Confirm Member Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Choose a New Member Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-6

Select Your Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Verify Internet Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Choose Internet Phone Number #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-8

Choose Internet Phone Number #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-8

You’re Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-9

Chapter 4 Welcome to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1

What is the Internet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2

What Is the Web? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2

What Do I Need in Order to Surf the Web? . . . . . . . . . .4-2

Internet Addresses (URLs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3

What Is a URL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3

Screen Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4

Moving Around the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4

Hyperlinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5

What is a Hyperlink? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5

What Does a Hyperlink Look Like? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5

Start Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

What’s On the Start Page? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

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The Browser Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Understanding the Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Search Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

What is a Search Engine? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Searching the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9

How’s the Weather? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-11

Why Am I Getting an Error Message? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-11

Chapter 5 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1

E-mail Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

What Is E-mail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

E-mail Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Understanding E-mail Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

E-mail Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Writing and Sending an E-mail Message . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Reading Your E-mail Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

How Do I Get My Mail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Accessing Your Mail from the Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

E-mail Attachments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Sending a Link Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Reading or Viewing an E-mail Attachment . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Types of Attachments You Can Receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

Personalizing E-mail Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Electronic Body Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Internet Etiquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-11

Rules of the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-11

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Chapter 6 Online Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

E-Commerce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

What Is E-Commerce? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Online Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

What Is a Secure Web Site? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

How Do I Recognize a Secure Web Site? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Know the Seller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-4

Check Before You Buy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-4

Keep Good Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

What Records Should I Keep? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Tips for Safe Online Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-6

Shopping Safely on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-6

Let’s Go Shopping!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Shopping Online—How Is It Done? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Online Stores—What do they look like? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Tab Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8

Tables of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8

Pictures and Colored Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8

Search Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9

Drop Down Selection Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9

Shopping Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

More Shopping Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

CONTENTS vi HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE—GETTING STARTED

Changing Your Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Personalizing Your Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Maintaining Your Favorites Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Chapter 8 Options and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1

Connecting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

How Do I Connect a Printer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Using the Print Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Connecting a Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

How Do I Connect a Mouse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Connecting External Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

How Do I Connect External Speakers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Chapter 9 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Where Do I Find Help?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

MSN™Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Compaq Help and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE—GETTING STARTED CONTENTS vii

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Contacting Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-5

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-7

Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9

Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10

Legal Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11

Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11

Appendix

Index

CONTENTS viii HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE—GETTING STARTED

HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE–GETTING STARTED INTRODUCTION 1-1

In This Chapter

Who Should Read this

Guide?, 1-2

Symbols Used in This

Guide, 1-3

Special Text Used in This

Guide, 1-4

Safety Tips, 1-5

Caring for Your Home

Internet Appliance, 1-7

Where Can I Find More

Information?, 1-8

Congratulations on the

purchase of your new

Home Internet Appliance!

The Home Internet

Appliance brings the

convenience and utility of

the Internet and of e-mail

right to your fingertips.

Stay in touch with family

and friends, get the

information you need

when you need it, shop from the convenience of your home,

and keep informed about the community and the world. Your

Home Internet Appliance automatically updates periodically,

ensuring the best user experience available. In fact, your

Home Internet Appliance actually will get better over time!

This guide will help you:

➜Get acquainted with the features of your Home Internet

Appliance.

➜Maintain your Home Internet Appliance and solve

problems if they occur.

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