Peripheral Connection Overview

Front Panel

(Location and number of connectors may vary by model.)

HP Digital Entertainment Center z545

Connector

 

 

Name

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Media Drive Bay

Removable hard disk behind top right door

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Behind Right Door

Card readers behind lower right door

 

 

9-1 Memory card readers

LED: Green (with media inserted)

SmartMedia / xD

MMC / SD

SmartMedia/xD, MMC/SD,

Off (no media inserted)

HP Digital Entertainment Center z545

 

 

HI SPEED

 

CompactFlash I/II, Micro drive,

 

USB 2.0

 

 

CompactFlash I/II

MS / MS PRO

 

See “Memory Card Reader” on page 5.

USB2.0

 

MS/MS-Pro USB 2.0 (2)

SmartMedia/xD

MMC/SD

 

 

HISPEED

 

 

 

CompactFlashI/II

MS/MSPRO

 

 

FRONT INPUT

CONNECT

Behind Left Door

Front button and inputs — see below

 

 

KEYBOARD

 

 

 

 

1394

 

 

S-VIDEO VIDEO

L AUDIO R

DV IN HEADPHONES MIC IN

 

 

1394

 

1394

FireWire (IEEE 1394), 4-pin DV input/output

L AUDIO R

DV IN

HEADPHONES

MIC

for digital video or removable hard disk drive

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z552, z540, z545, z555, z557 specifications

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