Dell E1705 - Inspiron Laptop User manual

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 9400/E1705
Owner’s Manual
Model PP05XB
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions
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NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the
problem.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
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If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft
®
Windows
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operating systems are not applicable.
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Model PP05XB
April 2006 P/N PD598 Rev. A01
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Contents
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1 A Tour of Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2 Setting Up Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard With the
Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Without the
Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Connecting a USB Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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3 Using the Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Adjusting Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching the Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting Display Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Wireless Networking and Bluetooth®Wireless
Technology Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Microsoft®Windows®Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Charge Gauge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6 Dell™ QuickSet Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7 Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Playing CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using Dell Media Experience and Dell MediaDirect™. . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
If the Computer Is On or in Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
If the Computer Is Off or in Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Dell MediaDirect and Dell Media Experience Help . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Component Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Component Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting Up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Enabling the Display Settings for a TV in Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . 70
8UsingCards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ExpressCards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ExpressCard Blanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Installing an ExpressCard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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