The Grand Tour

Left side

The following figure shows the computer's left side.

External Monitor Cooling Vents

 

Universal Serial

ExpressCard

 

Port

 

 

 

 

Bus (USB 2.0) ports

 

Slot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV Out

HDMI

LAN

i.LINK

Port

port

Jack

(IEEE 1394a)

 

 

 

Port

The left side of the computer

External Monitor Port This 15-pin port lets you connect an external video display.

Cooling Vents

Cooling vents help prevent the CPU from

 

overheating.

Do not block the cooling vents. Also ensure that foreign objects are kept out of the vents as items such as pins or similar objects can damage the computer's circuitry.

Universal Serial Bus

Universal Serial Bus ports, which comply to the

(USB 2.0)

USB 2.0 standard, are provided. The port with the

 

icon ( ) has USB Sleep and Charge function.

ExpressCard Slot

This slot allows you to insert an ExpressCard. An

 

ExpressCard is a small, modular add-in card

 

technology based on PCI Express and the

 

Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. The max.

 

transmission rate is 2.5 GBps. ExpressCard/34

 

and ExpressCard/54 types are supported.

TV Out Port

Connect a 4-pin S- video cable into this connector

 

in order to output either an NTSC or PAL

 

television signal.

HDMI port

This port allows you to connect digitally to an

 

HDTV or home theater receiver.

LAN Jack

This jack lets you connect to a LAN. The adaptor

 

has built-in support for Fast Ethernet LAN or Giga

 

bit Ethernet. (Dependent on the model you

 

purchased.) Refer to Chapter 4, Operating

 

Basics,for details.

User’s Manual

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