Index

A

AC adapter connecting 12 connector 9

accessories purchasing 30 safety precautions 47

application key 18 arrow keys 18

audio

adjusting volume 20 back button 19 headphone jack 6 microphone jack 6 muting 20, 22 next button 20 pause button 19 play button 19 stop button 19 volume down button 20 volume up button 20

B

battery bay 27 changing 27 charge indicator 6 charging 12 installing 27 latch 10 locating 10 purchasing 30 recalibrating 29 recharging 12 release latch 10 replacing 27

bays

battery 27

hard drive 10 memory 10, 32

BIOS Setup utility 29

brightness adjusting 19

brightness keys 20

C

cable lock 7 cable modem 14 Caps Lock indicator 17

cards

inserting memory card 25 inserting PC Card 26 memory card slot 8

PC Card slot

8

 

 

removing memory card

25

removing PC Card

26

 

slots

25, 26

 

 

 

types of memory cards

 

 

supported

25

 

carrying case

30

 

 

 

CD

 

 

 

 

 

inserting

25

 

 

 

CD drive

 

 

 

 

 

See DVD drive

 

 

 

cellular phone

 

 

 

 

memory cards

25

 

 

Certificate of Authenticity

3

clicking

22

 

 

 

 

closing unresponsive program 16

connecting

AC adapter 12 dial-up modem 13 external keyboard 18 keyboard 18

to cable modem 14 to DSL modem 14 to Ethernet 14

to network 14

connections

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio

6

 

 

 

 

 

broadband Internet

8, 14

cable modem

8, 14

 

dial-up modem

13

 

digital camera

8

 

 

digital video camera

8

DSL modem

8, 14

 

Ethernet

8, 14

 

 

 

external audio

6

 

 

external diskette drive 8

external speakers

6

 

Firewire

8

 

 

 

 

 

flash drive

 

8

 

 

 

headphone

 

6

 

 

 

i.Link

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

IEEE 1394

8

 

 

 

keyboard

8

 

 

 

microphone

6

 

 

 

modem

8, 13

 

 

 

monitor (VGA)

9

 

 

mouse

8

 

 

 

 

 

network

8, 14

 

 

 

power

9, 12

 

 

 

printer

8

 

 

 

 

 

scanner

8

 

 

 

 

 

speaker

6

 

 

 

 

 

S-Video (TV) out

7

 

USB

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA 9

video camera 8 copyright notice 54

D

dial-up modem

13

 

digital camera

 

 

USB port

8

 

 

digital video camera

 

IEEE 1394 port 8

 

directional keys

18

 

display

 

 

 

 

switching

19

 

double-clicking

22

 

dragging

22

 

 

 

drives

 

 

 

 

DVD

24, 35

 

 

DVD/CD-RW 7, 24

 

DVD±RW

7, 24

 

hard drive

10, 38

 

identifying drive types

24

multi-format DVD±RW

7, 24

replacing hard drive 38

types

24

 

 

 

DSL modem

14

 

 

DVD

 

 

 

 

drive

24

 

 

 

inserting

25

 

DVD drive

 

 

 

 

identifying

24

 

installing

35

 

locating

7

 

 

replacing

35

 

using

24

 

 

 

DVD/CD-RW drive

See DVD drive

DVD±RW drive

See DVD drive

E

electrostatic discharge (ESD) 32

Ethernet connecting 14 jack 8, 14

external monitor 9, 19

EZ Pad touchpad See touchpad

F

fan 7

files

opening 22

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