User manual TOSHIBA EQUIUM L300

[. . . ] Copyrighted material can be reproduced only for personal use or use within the home. Any other use beyond that stipulated above (including conversion to digital format, alteration, transfer of copied material and distribution on a network) without the permission of the copyright owner is a violation of copyright or author's rights and is subject to civil damages or criminal action. Please comply with copyright laws in making any reproduction from this manual. Disclaimer This manual has been validated and reviewed for accuracy. The instructions and descriptions it contains are accurate for the TOSHIBA Satellite A60 series Portable Personal Computer at the time of this manual's production. [. . . ] A check will appear next to the currently selected region and telephony location. Select a region from the region menu or a telephony location from the submenu. 4-26 Modem · When you click a region it becomes the modem's region selection, and the New Location for telephony will be set automatically. · When you select a telephony location, the corresponding region is auto matically selected and it becomes the modem's current region setting. Properties menu Click the icon with the secondary mouse button to display the following menu. Figure 4-9 The menu list (Windows XP) Setting You can enable or disable the following settings: AutoRun Mode The Region Select utility starts automatically when you start up the operating system. Open the Dialing Properties dialog box after selecting region. The dialing properties dialog box will be displayed automatically after you select the region. A submenu appears displaying location information for telephony. Open dialog box, if the modem and Telephony Current Location region code do not match. A warning dialog box is displayed if current settings for region code and telephony location are incorrect. OPERATING BASICS Modem Selection If the computer cannot recognize the internal modem, a dialog box is displayed. Select the COM port for your modem to use. 4-27 User's manual Dialing Properties Select this item to display the dialing properties. Indicator status Indication Wireless communication switch is set to off. Automatic power down because of overheating. Power malfunction Wireless communication switch is on. Wireless LAN is turned on by an application. OPERATING BASICS Indicator off Indicator glows If you used the Task Bar to disable W-LAN, restart the computer or follow the procedures below to enable the system to recognize W-LAN. Open or click the following: start, Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager, Network adapters, Atheros AR5001 Wireless Adapter and enable. 4-30 LAN LAN The computer has built-in support for Fast Ethernet LAN (100 megabits per second, 100BASE-Tx). This section describes how to connect/disconnect to a LAN. CAUTION: Do not install or remove an optional memory module while Wake-up on LAN is enabled. NOTE: The Wake-up on LAN function consumes power even when the system is off. Leave the AC adaptor connected while using this feature. Connecting LAN cable CAUTION: The computer must be configured properly before connecting to a LAN. Logging onto a LAN using the computer's default settings could cause a malfunction in LAN operation. Check with your LAN administrator regarding set-up procedures. [. . . ] You cannot access or change information stored in ROM. RS-232C: The Electronic Industries Association (EIA) interface standard that describes the 25-pin connector interface and control, data, and status signals that allow asynchronous communications between computers, printers, communications and other peripheral devices. GLOSSARY serial: The handling of data bits one after the other. serial communications: A communications technique that uses as few as two interconnecting wires to send bits one after another. serial interface: Refers to a type of information exchange that transmits information sequentially, one bit at a time. [. . . ]