Acer DOCK IV QUICK START GUIDE
DockMate IV
Quick Guide
The DockMate IV is an ergonomic docking base
designed specifically for the TravelMate 7100
series notebook computer.
The following is quick guide is divided into easy-tofollow sections. You can also make quick jumps to
topics below:
To look at DockMate IV’s ports ☞ page 2
To make connections with DockMate IV
☞ page 5
To dock and undock the notebook computer
☞ starts page 6
To look at some frequently-asked questions
☞ page 10
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buttons
DockMate IV is uniquely-designed and allows you
to connect your notebook computer to all the
peripherals you need, and adds two more CardBus
PC Card slots for even greater flexibility.
Dock
indicator
Dock
guides
Dock
connector
Dock
guides
Dock
lever
Dock
lock
Left Ports
CardBus
PC Card slots
In addition to the two PC Card slots on your
TravelMate, DockMate IV has two more CardBus
PC Card slots.
Eject
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Rear Ports
Rear ports and their descriptions are listed below:
# Icon Port Connects to...
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2 PS/2 keyboard/
3 PS/2 mouse port PS/2-compatible pointing
4 Speaker-out/
5 Line-in jack Audio line-in device
Joystick/MIDI port Joystick, gamepad or MIDI
device
PS/2-compatible keyboard or
keypad port
headphone jack
keypad
device (e.g., PS/2 mouse)
Amplified speakers or
headphones
6 Microphone-in jack Microphone
7 USB port USB device (e.g., USB mouse)
8 FDD/printer switch Toggles between floppy and
printer ports
9 DC-in port AC adapter and power outlet
10 9-pin serial port Serial device (e.g., serial mouse)
11 15-pin external
CRT port
12 25-pin floppy drive
port
13 25-pin parallel port Parallel device (e.g., parallel
External display device (e.g.,
monitor)
External floppy drive
printer)
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Important!
You can only select either the 25-pin FDD port or
the 25-pin parallel port. The two ports cannot be
used simultaneously.
Set the FDD/Printer switch to the FDD icon if
using a floppy disk drive. Set to the Printer icon
when using a printer.
The infrared port is not available when the
notebook is docked.
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