Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Note Light 370 Acer
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Options 4-1 Chapter 4 Options Your notebook offers excellent expansion capabilities with its built-in por ts and connectors. This chapter desc ribes how to connect per ipherals and hardware options that help y ou use your notebook com puter with ease.
4-2 User’s M anual 4.1 External Monitor To show graphic al eff ects on a larger display, open the port cover and connect an exter nal monitor to the CRT por t ( ).
Options 4-3 4.2 External Key board This notebook has a k eyboard with full-sized keys and an em bedded keypad. If you feel more c omf ortable using a des ktop k eyboard, you can install a PS/2-c ompatible ex ternal k eyboard. To connec t an external k eyboard, plug the external keyboard into the PS/2 connector ( ).
4-4 User’s M anual 4.3 External Key pad You can also use a 17-key numeric keypad for num ber-s ensitive data entry applications. T o connect the k eypad, plug in the keypad connector to the PS/2 port ( ) at the rear of the notebook .
Options 4-5 4.4 External Pointing Device This notebook accepts either a serial m ouse or PS/2-com patible m ouse or sim ilar pointing device. T he built-in touchpad work s sim ultaneously with an external PS/2 m ouse. If y ou use a serial mous e, open the port cover and plug it into the serial port ( ).
4-6 User’s M anual 4.5 Printer This notebook supports both serial and parallel printers . For a ser ial printer, plug the printer cable into a serial port ( ). For a parallel printer , open the port cover and plug the printer cable into the parallel port ( ).
Options 4-7 4.6 Audio Devices To connect audio devices, open the m ini port c over and plug in an external mic rophone, a line-in device and am plified speak ers or headphones to the mic rophone-in, line-in and line-out por ts, respec tively. Figure 4-6 Connecting Audio Devices 4.
4-8 User’s M anual 4.8 Miscellaneous Options 4.8.1 A dditional Pow er Packs You can order spare batteries , AC adapter, and an external batter y charger.
Options 4-9 2. Using a little force, slide the battery compartm ent cover over the battery until both the cover and the battery are firm ly attached. See figure on the lef t. Detaching the Battery Compartment Cover Slightly pull up the batter y com partm ent cover releas e latch and slide out the cover.
4-10 User’s M anual External Ba ttery Charger The external battery charger allows you to fully r echarge your NiMH and/or Li-Ion battery pack s in a shorter period of tim e. It als o automatic ally discharges the battery pack befor e charging for optim um r echarge ef ficiency.
Options 4-11 Using the External Battery Charger Follow these steps: 1. Plug the AC adapter into a power outlet. 2. Connect the AC adapter to the external battery charger. 3. Attach the battery pack to the battery charge connector. The char ging LED lights up.
4-12 User’s M anual 4.8.2 Cables Floppy Drive Cable The f loppy dr ive cable allows you to use your floppy drive m odule ex ternally . This cable is s upplied along with a floppy drive module.
Options 4-13 File Transfer Cable You can us e a file transfer cable to tr ansfer data between the notebook and other com puters. Connec t the f ile tr ans f er c able between the two com puter s and use your file transfer utility to perform the tr ansfer .
4-14 User’s M anual 4.9 Key Component Upgrades The notebook delivers s uperior power and per form ance. However, som e users and the applic ations they use may demand m ore. T his notebook allows y ou to upgr ade your key c om ponents when y ou need inc reased perform anc e.
Options 4-15 Table 4-1 M emory Configurations (c ontinued) Slot 1 Slot 2 Total Memory 8 MB 32 MB 40 MB 32 MB 16 MB 48 MB 16 MB 32 MB 48 MB 32 MB 32 MB 64 MB After ins talling the mem ory modules , the system automatic ally detects and reconf igures the total m em ory siz e dur ing the POST routines.
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