User manual ACER AO753

[. . . ] The accessory bay houses a 3. 5-inch, 1. 44-MB removable diskette drive, a 5. 25-inch, removable IDE CD-ROM drive, or a secondary battery for more power onthe-go. The power bay accommodates a battery pack or the AC adapter. The easy-to-open modular housing design, with innovative use of latches, grooves, and sliding compartments, makes upgrades easy. The hard disk, diskette drive, CD-ROM drive, keyboard, touchpad, battery pack and AC adapter are easy to install and remove, thanks to the unique housing. [. . . ] Figure 1-5 shows the rear panel. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 Serial infrared port External CRT port Expansion connector 4 5 6 Parallel port Serial port External PS/2 connector Figure 1-5 Rear Panel Rear Panel Features SIR Serial Infrared (SIR) port This lets you accomplish wireless communication with SIR-"aware" systems. External CRT port This connects a VGA or SVGA monitor. Expansion connector docking station. This connects a port replicator or a Parallel port This connects a printer, pocket LAN, or other parallel device. Serial port This connects a mouse, modem, scanner, or other serial device. External PS/2 connector This connects an external PS/2-type keyboard, keypad, mouse or trackball. Getting Started 1-9 When connecting a port replicator or connecting the notebook to a docking station, open the expansion port cover (instead of the entire port cover) and then make the connection. Refer to section 3. 7 for details. Serial Infrared (SIR) The onboard serial infrared (SIR) port is IrDA-compliant and allows you to perform wireless file transfers and "connect" with other serial infrared devices such as a serial infrared printer. To transfer files using SIR, line up the SIR ports of the notebook and the other SIR-capable system not more than a meter apart, at an angle of ±15 degrees for optimal performance. Figure 1-6 Serial Infrared Communication 1 Run the file-transfer utility on both systems and begin wireless file transfers. See Appendix D for details. 1 If the file-transfer utility is not preloaded on your hard disk, you have to install it. See Appendix D. 1-10 User's Manual 1. 6 Left Panel The left panel of the system includes PCMCIA slots and audio jacks for a microphone and line-in and line-out devices. Figure 1-7 shows the left panel of the system. 1 2 1 2 PCMCIA Slots Microphone-in port (top), Line-out port (left), Line-in port (right) Figure 1-7 Left Panel Left Panel Features PCMCIA PCMCIA slots These slots accept PC cards Microphone in port This connects a microphone Line-out port This connects an audio line-out device like headphones or amplified speakers Line-in port This connects an audio line-in device like a CD player or synthesizer Getting Started 1-11 Flexible PCMCIA implementation and support enable you to use credit-cardsized PC cards similar to add-on cards for desktop computers, thus enhancing the usability and expandability of this notebook. In this slot, you can insert one type III or two type I/II cards. Connect one end of the DC-in cable (square head) to the AC adapter. 1-16 User's Manual 5. Connect the other end of the DC-in cable to the DC-in port of the notebook. 6. Connect the power cord to a power outlet. Getting Started 1-17 1. 9 Starting the System Figure 1-11 shows the location of the power on/off switch. Press this toggle switch to turn the system on and off. The power icon ( ) on the status ) or the LCD appears when you turn on the system. The battery icon ( ) also appears depending on the power source. Caps Lock icon This icon appears when the Caps Lock function is activated. Scroll Lock icon This icon appears when the Scroll Lock function is activated. Battery-low icon This icon appears when the battery pack is low on power. See section 2. 7 for information on battery-low condition. DC-in icon This icon appears when the system is using power from the AC adapter. [. . . ] Refer to Table 1-4. Table 1-4 Function Execution Selection Drag Touchpad Functions Button click twice click once click and hold to drag the cursor Tap tap twice (at the same speed as doubleclicking the mouse button) tap once tap twice and hold finger to the touchpad on the second tap to drag the cursor Keep your fingers clear of the touchpad when typing. The touchpad is sensitive to finger movements. Hence, the lighter the touch, the better the response. Tapping too hard will not increase the touchpad's responsiveness. 1-26 User's Manual 1. 13 Using the Notebook for the First Time Follow these steps when you use the notebook for the first time, to ensure top performance right from the start. [. . . ]