Features

Ports

 

Parallel

Parallel printer or other parallel device (ECP compatible).

Externalmonitor

15-pin, analog VGA port supports VESA DDC2B compat-

 

ible functions.

Universal Serial Bus

The computer has three Universal Serial Bus ports that

(USB2.0)

comply with the USB 2.0 standard, which enables data

 

transfer speeds 40 times faster than the USB 1.1 standard.

 

(The ports also support USB 1.1.)

Infrared

The serial infrared port meets Infrared Data Association

(Infrared model only)

(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.

i.LINK™(IEEE1394)

This port enables high-speed data transfer directly from

 

external devices such as digital video cameras.

Slots

 

PC card

The PC card slot accommodates one 5 mm Type II card.

SD card

This slot lets you easily transfer data from devices, such

 

as digital cameras and Personal Digital Assistants, that use

 

SD card flash-memory. It does not support MultiMedia

 

cards.

Multimedia

 

Sound system

Windows sound system compatible sound system pro-

 

vides internal speakers and microphone as well as jacks for

 

an external microphone and headphone. It also has a vol-

 

ume control dial.

S-Video out port

This S-Video port lets you transfer NTSC or PAL data to

 

external devices.

Mode Control button

This button directly launches various CD, DVD and Digital

 

Audio functions. Refer to Chapter 4, Operating Basics, for

 

details.

Audio/Video

Audio/Video control buttons let you use the computer’s

control buttons

optical media drive as a stand-alone audio CD player. You

 

can also use the buttons to control the computer’s DVD

 

video player and Windows Media player when the system

 

is on.

 

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