User manual ACER EXTENSA 4130

[. . . ] Enters hibernation mode if the hibernation function (Sleep Manager) is installed, valid and enabled; otherwise, the notebook enters standby mode. 2-5 System Tour 2. 3. 2 Status Indicators Icon Function Battery charging indicator Power indicator Description It lights up when the battery is charging. This lights up when power is applied to the notebook, and flashes when the notebook is in a battery-low condition. This flashes when the system is in standby mode (Standby/Hibernation mode). This lights up when the system accesses the hard disk drive. [. . . ] This lights up when the Caps Lock function is activated. This lights up when the Scroll Lock function is activated. Standby mode indicator Hard disk drive activity indicator Num Lock indicator Caps Lock indicator Scroll Lock indicator To find out more about batteries, see Chapter 3. 2-6 System Tour 2. 4 Keyboard The keyboard has full-sized keys that include a separate cursor keys, two Windows 95 keys and twelve function keys. 2. 4. 1 Special Keys The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off. Lock Key Caps Lock Fn-NumLk Description When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed are in uppercase. When Num Lock is on, the embedded keypad is in numeric mode. The keys function as a calculator (complete with arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Use this mode when you need to do a lot of numeric data entry. A better solution would be to connect an external keypad. Fn-ScrLk When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up or down when you press or respectively. Scroll lock does not work with some applications. 2. 4. 2 Embedded Keypad 2-7 System Tour The embedded keypad functions like a desktop numeric keypad. It is indicated by small characters located on the upper right corner of the keycaps. To simplify the keyboard legend, the cursor-control key symbols are not printed on the keys. Desired Access Number keys on embedded keypad Cursor-control keys on embedded keypad Main keyboard keys Num Lock On Type numbers in a normal manner. These two buttons are similar to the left and right buttons on a mouse. Tapping on the touchpad produces similar results. 2-11 System Tour Function Execution Left Button Click twice quickly Click once Click and hold to drag the cursor Right Button Tap Tap twice (at the same speed as double-clicking the mouse button) Tap once Tap twice (at the same speed as double-clicking the mouse button) and hold finger to the touchpad on the second tap to drag the cursor Selection Drag Access Context Menu Click once When Corner Taps is enabled, tap on the upper right corner of the touchpad. Keep your fingers dry and clean when using the touchpad. 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. 2-12 System Tour 2. 6 Storage High-capacity storage comes in the form of a 2. 5-inch Enhanced-IDE hard disk. The notebook also has an internal 3. 5-inch, 1. 44MB floppy drive. You can also connect an optional external CD-ROM drive. See section 4. 7. 3 for more information. 2-13 System Tour 2. 7 Ports Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to your notebook computer as you would with a desktop PC. The ports are found on the rear panel; PC card slots are found on the left panel of the notebook. See Chapter 4 on how to connect external devices to the notebook. 2. 7. 1 Rear Ports 12 3 4 5 6 78 9 # 1 2 Icon Port DC-in Port PS/2 Port Connects to. . . AC adapter and power outlet PS/2-compatible device (e. g. , PS/2 keyboard, keypad, mouse) Kensington-compatible key-based computer security lock. [. . . ] Monitor (up to 1024x768, 256-colors ) Serial device (e. g. , serial mouse) Parallel device (e. g. , parallel printer) 3 4 Security Notch External CRT port 5 Serial Port (UART16650compatible) Parallel Port (EPP/ECPcompliant) 6 2-14 System Tour # 7 Icon Port Line-in Port Connects to. . . Line-in device (e. g. , audio CD player, stereo walkman) External 3. 5mm minijack condenser microphone Line-out device (e. g. , speakers, headphones) 8 Microphone-in Port 9 Line-out Port 2. 7. 2 PC Card Slots There are two type II or one type III PC Card slots found on the left panel of the notebook. These slots accept creditcard-sized cards that enhance the usability and expandability of the notebook. PC cards are add-on cards for portable computers, giving you expansion possibilities long afforded by desktop PCs. [. . . ]