User manual ACER ASPIRE 1640

[. . . ] Aspire 1640 Series User's Guide Copyright © 2005. Aspire 1640 Series User's Guide Original Issue: August 2005 Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication without obligation to notify any person of such revisions or changes. Such changes will be incorporated in new editions of this manual or supplementary documents and publications. This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. [. . . ] "Select Scenes" can be used to include your favorite or the most important scenes, or the editing decisions can be left to the editing program. Once compiled, the final movie can then be burned to disk to share with family and friends. 35 English Note: For more details on editing video and all the associated features, please refer to the Acer Arcade help menu. Music For convenient access to your music collection, click Music on the Arcade homepage to open the Music homepage. Acer Arcade allows you to view your music library using a number of categories, these include Album, Genre, Artist, Playlist and All Songs. Select the folder, CD or category that contains the music you want to listen to. Click Play to listen to the entire content from the beginning, or select the song that you want to hear from the list in the content area. The songs in the folder are shown in the content area, while the left side has controls for "Play, " "Shuffle" and "Repeat All. " The Visualize option allows you to watch computer generated visuals while you listen to music. When playing music, the control panel at the bottom of the page makes it easy to adjust the volume and control playback. To rip music from an audio CD, after you have inserted the CD, click Rip CD. In the page that opens, select the songs you would like to rip (or click Select or Clear All), then click Start Ripping. The progress of the ripping operation will be displayed on screen. You can change the file quality of the ripped tracks by clicking on "Settings. " Make DVDs Acer Arcade provides an easy and complete solution for recording data, audio, photos or videos. You can burn and share any combination of data, music, photos or videos onto a CD or DVD -- direct from Make DVD mode or some of the other Acer Arcade media modes. Authoring CD/DVDs With Acer Arcade, it is possible to create CD or DVDs directly from the main menu or from whichever media mode you may be using. The burn DVD option can be found in the "Advanced" or "Main" menu of Video, Album and Music media modes. You can burn your favorite songs to a CD or convert songs from your music collection to MP3 and other popular audio formats. You can even create MP3 CDs with over 100 of your favorite songs and listen to them on your PC or MP3 CD player. With Arcade, you can also turn digital photos into a slide show with background music or burn TV and film clips into an amateur movie. You can 36 share any event with your friends and family for playback on most DVD players. You can even add customized theme menus and menu music. It is also possible to burn combo CD/DVDs with music, photos, film and TV clips all in one. For specific details about each of these options, click the Help button to open the Arcade help menu. English File type compatibility For details on file compatibility, please refer to the first page of the Arcade online help menu for each media mode. 37 Taking your notebook PC with you This section gives you tips and hints to consider when moving around or traveling with your computer. English Disconnecting from the desktop Follow these steps to disconnect your computer from external accessories: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Save any open files. Remove any media, floppy disks or compact disks from the drive(s). Disconnect the cord from the AC adapter. [. . . ] This device must be used in strict accordance with the regulations and constraints in the country of use. For further information, please contact local office in the country of use. The FCC RF safety requirement The radiated output power of the wireless LAN Mini PCI Card and Bluetooth card is far below the FCC radio frequency exposure limits. Nevertheless, the notebook PC series shall be used in such a manner that the potential for human contact during normal operation is minimized as follows: 1 Users are requested to follow the RF safety instructions on wireless option devices that are included in the user's manual of each RF option device. Caution: To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, a separation distance of at least 20 cm (8 inches) must be maintained between the antenna for the integrated wireless LAN Mini PCI Card built in to the screen section and all persons. Note: The Acer wireless Mini PCI adapter implements a transmission diversity function. The function does not emit radio frequencies simultaneously from both antennas. [. . . ]