Dell D610 User Manual

Laptop Guide

Getting to Know Your TU Laptop

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Getting to Know Your TU Laptop

This section contains excerpts from the Dell User’s Guide for your new Towson University laptop.

Front View

This is a front view of the Dell Latitude D610 laptop (Figure 1,1).

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Summary

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1. Getting to Know Your Laptop

2. Logging on for the First Time

3. Storing Your Laptop

4. Data Storage Techniques

5. Software

6. Purchasing Accessories

7. Traveling with Your TU

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8. Glossary

1 Display 7 Speakers

2 Power Button 8 Track Stick/Touch Pad Buttons

3 Service Status

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4 Keyboard 10 Volume Control Buttons

9 Track Stick

5 Touch Pad 11 Mute Button

6 Display Latch 12 Keyboard and Wireless Status

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Details available at http://www.towson.edu/OTStraining. 410-704-4070.

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Symbols

Different symbols on the laptop inform you of functions or alerts. (Figure 2)

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APTOP

Lights up when you turn on the computer and blinks when the computer is in a power management mode.

Lights up when the computer reads or writes data.

Lit or blinking: Indicates battery charge status.= Off: The battery is adequately charged (or the

computer is turned off).= Flashing orange: The battery charge is low.= Solid orange: The battery charge is critically low.

Turns on when the numeric keypad is enabled.

Turns on when wireless networking (Wi-Fi) is enabled.

Turns on when the uppercase letter function is enabled.

Turns on when Mini PCI functionality and Bluetooth wireless technology are enabled. To enable or disable Mini PCI functionality and

Bluetooth wireless technology, press <Fn><F2>.= NOTE: Bluetooth wireless technology is an

optional feature. The icon only turns on if you ordered Bluetooth wireless technology with your computer.

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Turns on when the scroll lock function is enabled.

Left View

1 Security Cable slot 4 PC Card slot

2 Audio connectors (2) 5 Smart Card slot

3 Infrared Sensor 6 Hard Drive

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