User manual ACER ASPIRE 1680

[. . . ] Aspire 1410/1680 Series User's Guide Copyright © 2004. Aspire 1410/1680 Series User's Guide Original Issue: July 2004 Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication without obligation to notify any person of such revision 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. [. . . ] The buttons in the upper right (Minimize, Maximize, and Close) have standard PC behaviours. To quit Aspire Arcade, click the Close button in the upper right corner of the window. You can also click To PC. Player controls At the bottom of the window, the player controls - used for video, slideshows, movies and music - are shown. The group on the left provides standard playback controls (play, pause, stop, etc. . . ). The group on the right controls volume (mute and volume up/down). Note: When playing DVDs, there are additional controls added to the right of the volume controls. These are discussed in more detail in the Cinema section of this guide. 53 If your computer came with a DVD drive, you can play movies from DVDs and Video CDs (VCDs) with the Cinema function of Aspire Arcade. This player has the features and controls of a typical living room DVD player. When you insert a disc into the DVD drive, the movie begins playing automatically. To control the movie, the pop-up player control panel appears at the bottom of the window when you move the mouse. If more than one optical drive contains a playable disc, click the Cinema button on the Home page to open the Cinema content page then select the disc from the list on the right you'd like to watch. When viewing DVDs, the following special controls are added to the pop-up panel: · · · · DVD Menu Subtitle Language Angle The currently playing disc will be shown in the area above the list of drives. This page is also displayed when you press the "Stop" button during a movie. The buttons on the left side allow you to resume the movie from the point it was stopped, restart the movie from the beginning, jump to the DVD menu, eject the disc, or go to the DVD Settings page. DVD settings There are two types of DVD settings - "Video" and "Language. " Click the appropriate button to open its settings page. Video The Video settings control the video output of DVDs/VCDs. "Use hardware acceleration" takes advantage of the special processing power in some graphics cards to reduce CPU loading when playing back DVDs and some video files. If you have problems with video quality, try turning this option "Off. " English Cinema English 54 Select an output type: 2 Customizing my computer English · · 4:3 Standard or 16:9 Widescreen according to your display preferences The Letterbox option displays complete widescreen movie content in its original aspect ratio and adds black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. The Pan & Scan feature is for DVD titles with a widescreen aspect ratio. Cinema vision is a nonlinear video stretching technology that produces minimal distortion in the centre of the picture. Stretch stretches the video display to the size of the display screen. · · · The "Colour profile" option allows you to select from a list of colour configurations to change the overall colour of the video content during playback. "Original" uses the colour scheme of the disc you are watching, while "Vivid, " "Bright, " and "Theatre" add enhanced colour to the video display. "Clear vision" is a video enhancement technology that detects video content and dynamically adjusts the brightness/contrast/saturation levels so that you do not need to change the colour settings if the movie you are watching contains scenes that are overly dark or too bright. Click Restore to factory settings to return the settings to their default values. Language The Language settings control the audio and subtitle output of DVDs/ VCDs. "Subtitle" selects the default subtitle language for DVDs when available. [. . . ] Below information is for products with such devices. European Union (EU) This device complies with the essential requirements of the European Council Directives listed below: 73/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive · EN 60950 89/336/EEC Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive · · EN 55022 EN 55024 · EN 61000-3-2/-3 99/5/EC Radio & Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) Directive · · · · Art. 3. 1a) EN 60950 Art. 3. 1b) EN 301 489 -1/-17 Art. 3. 2) EN 300 328-2 Art. 3. 2) EN 301 893 *applied to 5 GHz only List of Applicable Countries EU member states as of May 2004 are: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta. Usage allowed in the countries of European Union, as well as Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein. 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. English General English 90 Appendix B Regulation & safety notices English The FCC RF safety requirement The radiated output power of Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Card and Bluetooth card is far below the FCC radio frequency exposure limits. [. . . ]