Outlook View

A general introduction of ports allow you to connect peripheral devices, as you would with a desktop PC.

Front View

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Icon

Item

Description

 

 

 

 

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Display screen

Also called LCD (liquid-crystal display),

 

 

 

displays computer output.

 

 

 

 

2

 

Power Button

Turns on the computer power.

 

 

 

 

3

 

Speakers

Outputs sound.

 

 

 

 

4

 

Keyboard

Inputs data into your computer

 

 

 

 

5

 

Touchpad

Touch-sensitive pointing device which

 

 

 

functions like a computer mouse.

 

 

 

 

6

 

Click buttons (left,

The left and right buttons function like the

 

 

center and right)

left and right mouse buttons; the center

 

 

 

button serves as a 4-way scroll button.

 

 

 

 

7

 

Audio DJ controls

Button and indicators for the Audio DJ

 

 

 

function.

 

 

 

 

8

 

Optical drive

Houses an optical drive module (CD-ROM,

 

 

 

DVD-ROM or DVD/CD-RW combo drive).

 

 

 

 

9

 

Optical drive indicator

Lights up when the optical drive is active.

 

 

 

 

10

 

Emergency eject slot

Ejects the drive tray when the computer is

 

 

 

turned off.

 

 

 

 

11

 

Eject button

Eject the drive tray.

 

 

 

 

12

 

Infrared port

Interfaces with infrared devices (e.g.,

 

 

 

infrared PDA, IR-aware computer).

 

 

 

 

13

 

Wireless networking

Enables or disables the wireless

 

 

button

networking feature.

 

 

 

 

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Acer 420 manual Outlook View, Front View, Icon Description