Introduction
Satellite A30 Series 1-5
Satellite A30 Series
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Ports External monitor 15-pin analog VGA port supports VESA DDC2B
compatible functions.
Parallel port One 25-pin parallel port, EPP/ECP capability.
S-Video port One TV-out connector.
Universal Serial Bus The computer has up to three Universal Serial
Bus (USB) ports (depending on model purchase)
that comply with the USB 2.0 standard, enabling
data transfer speeds more than 40 times faster
than USB 1.1 (which this computer also
supports.) The USB drives may be used to
transfer data at Low, Full, and High speeds.
i.LINK (IEEE1394) This port enables high-speed data transfer
directly from external devices such as digital
video cameras.
Infrared The serial infrared port is compatible with the
Infrared Data Association (IrDA 1.1) standards. It
enables cableless 4 Mbps, 1.152 Mbps, 115.2
kbps, 57.6 kbps, 38.4 kbps, 19.2 kbps or 9.6
kbps data transfer with IrDA 1.1 compatible
external devices.
Multimedia Sound system Incorporates a Wave Table Synthesizer for
advanced sound applications including 3D
games, DVD movie playback and Internet
communications.
TV-out button Sets your display device to TV (video-out). Press
it to switch back and forth between TV and the
built-in display.
Mode control button Launches various CD, DVD and Digital audio
functions. Refer to Chapter 4, Operating Basics,
for more details.
Audio/Video controls Let you use the computer’s fixed optical media
drive as a stand-alone audio CD-player or MP3
player. You can also use the buttons to control
the computer’s DVD video player when the
system is on.
Headphone jack Outputs analog audio.