4 Enjoying entertainment features ................................................................................................................. 18
Using the webcam .............................................................................................................................. 19
Using audio ........................................................................................................................................ 19
Connecting speakers ......................................................................................................... 19
Connecting headphones .................................................................................................... 20
Connecting a microphone .................................................................................................. 20
Using Beats Audio ............................................................................................................. 20
Accessing Beats Audio Control Panel ............................................................... 20
Enabling and Disabling Beats Audio ................................................................. 20
Checking the sound ........................................................................................................... 20
Using video ......................................................................................................................................... 21
Connecting a VGA monitor or projector ............................................................................. 21
Connecting an HDMI TV or monitor ................................................................................... 22
Configuring audio settings (with HDMI TV) ....................................................... 22
Managing your audio and video files ................................................................. 23
5 Navigating using touch gestures, pointing devices and the keyboard ................................................... 24
Using the TouchPad ........................................................................................................................... 24
Using TouchPad gestures .................................................................................................................. 24
Tapping .............................................................................................................................. 25
Scrolling ............................................................................................................................. 25
Pinching/zooming .............................................................................................................. 26
Rotating (select models only) ............................................................................................ 26
2-finger click (select models only) ...................................................................................... 27
Flicking (select models only) .............................................................................................. 27
Edge swipes ...................................................................................................................... 28
Right-edge swipe .............................................................................................. 28
Top-edge swipe ................................................................................................. 28
Left-edge swipe ................................................................................................. 29
Using the keyboard and mouse .......................................................................................................... 29
Using the keys ................................................................................................................... 30
Using the action keys ........................................................................................ 30
Using Microsoft Windows 8 shortcut keys ......................................................... 31
Using the hot keys ............................................................................................. 31
6 Managing power ............................................................................................................................................ 33
Initiating Sleep and Hibernation ......................................................................................................... 33
Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................................. 33
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation ................................................................. 34
Setting password protection on wakeup ............................................................................ 34
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