Toshiba Encore 8 User Manual

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Contents
Introduction ............................................................. 25
This guide ............................................................ 26
Safety icons ......................................................... 27
Other icons used ............................................ 27
Your device’s features and specifications ..... 28
Documentation .................................................... 28
Service options...

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Charging the battery ............................................ 37
Using the device for the first time ........................ 38
Turning on the power  .................................... 38
Initial setup ..................................................... 38
Setting up your software ................................ 39
Registering your device with Toshiba .................. 39
To Shut down your device ................................... 40
To place your device in...

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Chapter 3: Mobile Computing ................................ 64
Toshiba’s energy-saver design ............................ 64
Running the device on battery power .................. 64
Battery Notice ................................................ 65
Power management ....................................... 66
Charging the battery ............................................ 66
Charging the RTC battery .............................. 67
Determining remaining battery...

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Chapter 5: Utilities .................................................. 85
Create Recovery Media ....................................... 86
Service Station ..................................................... 86
TOSHIBA Application Installer ............................. 87
Chapter 6: If Something Goes Wrong .................... 88
Problems that are easy to fix ............................... 88
Problems when you turn on the device ............... 89
The Windows
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Introduction
Welcome to the world of powerful, portable, multimedia 
computing. With your Toshiba device, your work and 
entertainment can accompany you wherever you go.
This device is compatible with European Union Directive 
2002/95/EC, Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous 
Substances in electrical and electronic equipment 
(RoHS), which restricts use of lead, cadmium, mercury, 
hexavalent chromium, PBB, and PBDE. Toshiba requires 
its device component suppliers to meet...

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This guide
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Certain Microsoft® software product(s) included with this 
device may use technological measures for copy 
protection. IN SUCH EVENT, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE 
TO USE THE PRODUCT IF YOU DO NOT FULLY 
COMPLY WITH THE PRODUCT ACTIVATION 
PROCEDURES. Product activation procedures and 
Microsoft’s privacy policy will be detailed during initial 
launch of the product, or upon certain reinstallations of 
the software product(s) or reconfigurations of the device, 
and...

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Safety icons
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Safety icons
This manual contains safety instructions that must be 
observed to avoid potential hazards that could result in 
personal injuries, damage to your equipment, or loss of data. 
These safety cautions have been classified according to the 
seriousness of the risk, and icons highlight these instructions 
as follows:
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not 
avoided, will result in death or serious injury.
Indicates a potentially...

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Documentation
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Your device’s features and specifications
Certain device chassis are designed to accommodate all 
possible configurations for an entire product Series. Your 
select model may not have all the features and specifications 
corresponding to all of the icons or switches shown on the 
device chassis, unless you have selected all those features.
This information applies to all the features and icons 
described in this guide.
Below are examples of some of the...

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Service options
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Precautions
Your device is designed to provide optimum safety and ease 
of use, and to withstand the rigors of travel. You should 
observe certain precautions to further reduce the risk of 
personal injury or damage to the device. 
Keep this device away from small children. This device is 
not a toy and may be hazardous to small children, for 
example, small detachable parts may be a choking 
hazard. Improper use of device could result in loud 
volume...

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File management tips
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File management tips
❖Back up your files to external media on a regular basis. 
Label the backup copies clearly and store them in a safe 
place.
As you work with data it exists in the device’s memory. 
This memory is called “volatile memory” because it is 
only active while the device is turned on. When you turn 
off the device, all the data remaining in volatile memory 
is lost. To help avoid data loss, save your work to 
Internal Storage or...