Starting Out with Your OmniBook Setting Up Setting Up To start working with your OmniBook the first time, you have to make the following preparations—they’re described in detail on the following pages: 1. Install the battery. 2. Connect the ac adapter and start charging the battery. 3. Open the OmniBook. 4. Press the reset button on the side. 5. Adjust the display. 6. Pop out the mouse. (The mouse is PS/2-compatible and is replaceable.) 7. Plug in the floppy drive. 8. Go through the setup screens and install the operating system. 1. Install the battery pack. See “Battery Safety” in chapter 3 for the proper handling of batteries. 1. Lay the battery pack into the battery compartment.
The metal battery contacts on the pack mate with contacts in the compartment. 2. Close the two latches. The battery pack contains rechargeable batteries. The first time you use your OmniBook, you should charge the battery for 1 or 2 hours before operating solely on battery power. However, you can operate immediately with the ac adapter plugged in—see the next section. 1-3