Connecting a Modem

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The modem connects the computer to the telephone line. Use it to connect to an ISP that provides a telephone dial-up connection to the Internet. If you use a network connection, you may not need a modem connection.

NOTE: Your computer may not come with a modem. The modem may be a connector on the back of the computer or it may be an external device that plugs into a computer USB connector.

Before you can use telephone dial-up to connect to the Internet and send or receive e-mail and faxes, you must connect your telephone service line to the modem connector (A).

1Plug a modem/telephone cable into the computer modem connector (A). Note that the modem connector on the computer may be green.

2Plug the other end of the modem/telephone cable into the telephone service line wall jack connector.

Connecting the Television Signal and Video Cables

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This section describes how to connect the computer to a television and which cables to use.

Use cables to connect:

￿TV signal source coaxial cable for video/audio into the computer.

Or

￿TV signal source S-video or composite video into the computer.

￿TV signal source audio into the computer.

Or

￿Video out from the computer.

You may need to purchase cables, a coaxial cable signal splitter, or other accessories separately. Your computer may not include all the cables you need for the television/video setup.

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