Acer ACERNOTE 370 Annexe 2

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Your notebook offers excellent expansion capabilities with its built-in ports
and connectors. This chapter describes how to connect peripherals and
hardware options that help you use your notebook computer with ease.
When connec ting peripherals, read the manual included with the peripheral
for operating instructions.

This chapter also includes sections on how to upgrade key components.
Key component upgradeability guards your notebook from becoming
obsolete.

Chapter 4

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4.1 External Monitor

To show graphical effects on a larger display, open the port cover and
connect an external monitor to the CRT port (
manual for additional instructions.

Figure 4-1 Connecting an External Monitor

). Read the monitor

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4.2 External Keyboard

This notebook has a keyboard with full-sized keys and an embedded
keypad. If you feel more comfortable using a desktop keyboard, you can
install a PS/2-compatible external keyboard.

To connect an external k eyboard, plug the external k eyboard into the PS/2
connector (

).

Figure 4-2 Connecting an External Keyboard

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4.3 External Keypad

You can also use a 17-key numeric keypad for num ber-sensitive data entry
applications. To connect the keypad, plug in the keypad connector to the
PS/2 port (

Figure 4-3 Connecting an External Keypad

) at the rear of the notebook.

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4.4 External Pointing Device

This notebook accepts either a s erial mouse or PS/2-compatible mouse or
similar pointing device. The built- in touchpad works sim ultaneously with an
external PS/2 mouse.

If you use a serial mouse, open the port cover and plug it into the serial port

). If you use a PS/2-compatible mouse, plug it into the PS/2 port

(
(

(a) Serial Mouse

).

(b) PS/2 Mouse

Figure 4-4 Connecting an External Pointing Device

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