Dell Latitude X300 User manual

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X300 Reviewer’s Guide

Positioning Section…3 -5
–Latitude X300 Introduction…3
–X300 Overview…4
New Features…5 -13
–Intel®Mobile technology…5
–Intel®855GM integrated graphics…5
–LCD Display…5
–Pointing Device…6
–PC Card Expansion…6
–Wireless LAN…7
–Bluetooth Wireless Solution..7
–Wired 10/100 and 10/100/1000 Network Solutions…7
–Dell D/Bay External Modular Bay…8
–Media Modules & Peripherals…8
–Batteries…9
–Dell Quickset Software…10
System Features…11 -13
Product Overview…14 -17
Dell D/Bay…18
Specifications …19
Dell OpenManage™…20
ImageWatch…21
Important Information…22
TABLE OF CONTENTS

The New Latitude X300…
•Design for New Features & Technologies
•Incorporating new technologies such as USB 2.0, integrated 10/100 in the system and
Gigabit LOM in theMediaBase, integrated dual band wireless LAN and Bluetooth
•Support for Intel® Pentium M® processors and Intel® 855GM chipset
•Support for Intel® Centrino™ Mobile Technology with Intel® Pro/Wireless 2100 802.11b
•New Mobile Architecture design focuses on delivering high performance with lower
power requirements
•New Form Factor utilising the new D-Family Media Modules via MediaBase or Dell’s
D/Bay External Media Module
•Optimisedmedia modules designed for thinner notebooks & improved usability
•New D Family optical modules are 33% thinner than Latitude C Family modules
•External optical modules are used in the new Dell D/Bay with speedy USB 2.0 interface
•New module latch design is easier to use requiring only one-handed operation
•New X300 MediaBase features and technologies
•Battery Bay in MediaBasefor use with 2nd Primary Battery for additional battery life and/or
battery charging.
•User Interface buttons: Volume up/down/mute, Power on/off and Undock buttons with
backlit Icons.
•D/Bay Connector for use with the Dell D/Bay External Media Module and D-Family Media.
•Subwoofer and subwoofer tuned port in MediaBasefor higher quality audio.
•Focus on Refinement
•New Colour Scheme –Ion Silver with Moonlight Silver accents
•Easy to use external modules and battery latches with good tactile feedback
•One-handed latch release forMediaBase for easier system undocking.
•Media Module placement on the right side of MediaBase for easier access.
•Optimised Layouts
•Side connecting external D/Bay can easily be connected and disconnected when the
system is inMediaBase or free standing
•Optimised port locations for better user experience
•Improved user interface –Audio volume & mute, power and undock buttons with backlit
icons
•Easy to use new 90-watt & 65-watt A/C adapters
•Round DC connector is easy to insert into notebook
•AC & DC cords areoptimised for cord wrapping–thinner DC cord has been lengthened
to 6ft & thicker AC cord has been shortened to 3ft
•Brick has been designed to facilitate wrapping
•Rubber strap design easily secures cords
POSITIONING

•System Naming
–Dell Latitude Naming Tree
•Dell Latitude X300
–Dell Company Name
–Latitude Brand Name
–XFamily Name
– 300 Product Category –UltraLight
–Actual System Name for platform
Name Processor Screen Size & Resolution
Dell Latitude X300 Intel® Pentium®M processor at 1.2GHz 12.1” XGA (1024x768)
•Brand Positioning
–Dell Latitude notebooks offer mobile computing solutions designed to be customised for
business. Latitude notebooks are designed to lower the total cost of computing for business
and institutional customers by:
•Providing durable notebooks that deliver the requirements for everyday use
•Helping to incorporate mainstream, relevant, standards-based technology
•Helping to maintain consistency and commonality across platformiterations
•Providing a variety of service and support options for the mobile user
•System Positioning/Target Market
–The Latitude X300 is the thinnest and lightest of all Latitudes. Weighing in at only 1.32kg’s and
measuring a mere 19.8mm’s thin –the Latitude X300 delivers outstanding usability and
unconscious mobility for business on the move. This notebook is built for the rigors of travel –
with both the durability and usability that is demanded by business travelers.
•Starting at 1.32kg’s and 19.9mm’s thin
•Latest Low Volt Mobile Pentium M 1.2GHz processor
•Memory Expansion –supports up to 1152 MB RAM
•Integrated Intel?855GM graphics featuring up to 64MB shared graphics memory
•Fully integrated v.92 capable modem and 10/100 Ethernet LAN on the system and 10/100/1000 on
the MediaBase
•Internal (MiniPCI) 802.11b, 802.11b/g* or 802.11 a/b/g*wireless card supported with two built in
dual band internal antennae standard in every system. *IEEE 802.11g draft specification.
•Bright, easy to read 12.1” XGA display
•Optional X300 MediaBase –with abundant connectivity ports, a battery bay for additional system
battery life and battery charging and a media module bay for use with the Latitude D-Family
media.
•Optional High Capacity (Extended Life) battery –65 WHr Lithium Ion
•Optional X300 Extended Battery Charger
•Full Operating system support –Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro and Windows XP Home.
•Dell Latitude reliability and durability
•Dell Latitude Standard 3yr Next Business Day Service & Support
POSITIONING

•Intel®Processor and Chipset
–The Dell Latitude X300 notebook features the latest Intel®Pentium®M processors.
–Intel®Pentium® M processors feature a new micro-architecture incorporating a series of new
architectural, circuit & logic techniques such as micro ops fusion, advanced branch prediction,
dedicated stack management, a power-optimised 400MHz Processor System Bus (PSB), and
aggressive clock gating & device sizing techniques designed for higher performance & lower power.
–These processors also feature 1 MB of power managed cache in addition to the Enhanced Intel®
SpeedStep®Technology with multi voltage/operating points to consume lessthan 1 watt average
power.
–The Dell Latitude X300 also uses the Intel® 855GM chipset. In addition to its integrated graphics
capabilities (described below), this chipset supports USB 2.0, u
p to 1152 MB of shared system memory
and the latest high speed ATA-100 hard drives.
•Excellent Integrated Graphics Performance
–The Dell Latitude X300 utilises the new Intel® 855GM integrated UMA graphics chipset featuring
Intel’s
Dynamic Video Memory (DVM) technology. UMA graphics chipsets share graphics and system
memory by dynamically allocating system memory to graphics as ne
eded by the applications currently
in use. When needed, the X300’s 855GM chipset can allocate up to 64 MB of system memory to
graphics. This provides outstanding 2D and 3D video performancefor the most demanding Internet
and application software titles.
–The Latitude X300 also offers dual-display capability, providing users with the opportunity to use both
the internal LCD and an external display simultaneously. Furthe
rmore, based on the latest architecture
from Intel, Extended Desktop is fully supported in Windows 2000 and XP (Pro and Home).
•LCD Display
–The Latitude X300 offers 12.1” XGA Active Matrix (TFT) displays with 1024x768 resolution.
–The Latitude X300 incorporates Dell’s latest 12.1” displays with
power inverters that operate efficiently
to help improve battery life. The X300 displays can be dimmed
to only 20 nits, perfect for dark rooms
and late night air travel. This dimming of the system display also increases battery life.
NEW FEATURES
12.1”
XGA (1024x768)

•Pointing Device
–The Latitude X300’s touchpad is centered below the keyboard spacebar to help provide ease-of-
use for both the left-and right-handed users.
–The touchpad buttons correspond to the left and right buttons on a standard mouse but users can
enjoy “button-less” use by simply double-clicking on the touchpad itself to initiate programs. “Click
and drag” is also supported without the use of buttons.
–Dell provides software for the touchpad, allowing users to set the sensitivity, motion, and drag and
drop features for their own performance.
NEW FEATURES
•Expansion Slots
–PC Card Expansion
•The Latitude X300 offers a single PC Card slot providing industry standard connectivity for portable
communications, system expansion and increased storage. The slot will accommodate a Type I or
Type II PC Card and is hot-swappable.
Push button eject
Insert / Remove PC Card
–SD Memory Slot Expansion
•The Latitude X300 offers a single SD Memory slot for use with Se
cure Digital Memory Media. This is
ideal for use with Digital Cameras and the Dell Axim Pocket PC.
PC Card Slot SD Memory Slot

•Wireless LAN Features
–The Latitude X300 is wireless enabled -- each configuration ships with an integrated dual band
(2.4GHz & 5GHz) antenna and a mini-PCI Wi-Fi® 802.11 wireless LAN card.
–The wireless LAN solutions available on the Latitude X300 allow users to stay connected while
roaming through a building or campus equipped with compliant Access Points.
–The X300’s 2 dual-band internal antennae are utilised only when the mini-PCI wireless card is
installed. Users who choose to populate the mini-PCI slot with a Wi-Fi® 802.11 wireless card
benefit by leaving the PCMCIA slot available for other needs.
–The indicator lights located on the RJ45 LAN connector indicate wireless status and link activity –
enabling user awareness of connectivity
–The card can also be easily disabled by pressing the Fn-F2 key or through the BIOS setup screen.
–The WiFi 802.11 Mini-PCI wireless LAN card is user accessible via the door on the bottom of the
notebook.
–Intel Centrino?Mobile Technology solution
•The X300 features the new Intel® Centrino™ Mobile technology utilising the Intel® Pro/Wireless 2100
802.11b Mini PCI card, Intel® Pentium® M Processor and Intel® 855GM chipset
•Intel®Centrino™Mobile Technology with wireless LAN capabilities is designed sp
ecifically for wireless
notebook PCs
–Dell TrueMobile™Wireless LAN Solutions
•The Latitude X300 also features a choice of Dell TrueMobileTM
wireless LAN solutions with the option of
either a TrueMobileTM 1300 (802.11b/g) or TrueMobileTM1400 (802.11a/b/g) mini-PCI card.
•The Dell TrueMobileTM 1170 wireless Access Point (TM 1170AP) can also be added to X300 orders at
the point of sale or purchased separately.
•Integrated Dell TrueMobile™300 Bluetooth Wireless Solution
–The Dell Latitude X300 features an optional TrueMobileTM 300 integrated Bluetooth wireless
solution via a daughter card on the motherboard
–The optional TrueMobileTM 300 Bluetooth module incorporates its own antenna & radio that is
separate from the wireless LAN solution
–The TrueMobileTM 300 Bluetooth module is located in the front left center of the system
–A Bluetooth status indicator light is also featured on the LCD status bar for easy identification of
Bluetooth activity
•Integrated 10/100 LAN in X300 system and 10/100/1000 LAN in X300 MediaBase
–The Dell Latitude X300 MediaBase features an integrated Broadcom 10/100/1000 Ethernet chip
which supports Wake-on-LAN from all power states (Off, Hibernate, and Standby), allowin
g remote
systems management.
–The Dell Latitude X300 features an integrated 10/100 Ethernet chip which supports Wake-on-LAN
from all power states (Off, Hibernate, and Standby).
–The RJ-45 port is located on the back side of the MediaBaseand on the left side of the notebook.
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

•Media Modules
–The X300 is a single spindle system, but it provides a few avenues for obtaining additional spindles.
These include:
1. The X300 MediaBase
2. The Dell D/Bay External Modular Bay (comes standard with 24X variable speed CD-ROM, if no
MediaBase ordered)
3. The USB Connected Floppy Drive
(1) The Latitude X300 MediaBase connects to the underside of the notebook –providing easy access to an
internal media bay which utilises all of the D-Family media modules.
(2) The Dell D/Bay External Modular Bay connects to the left side of the system and utilises a speedy USB
2.0 interface.
(3) All modules can be used in conjunction with the floppy drive. This is accomplished by attaching the floppy
drive through a USB port with an industry standard USB cable included with the system.
–The D-Family media modules include the DVD CD-R/RW Combination drive 8X/24X/10X/24X
variable, DVD drive 8X/24X variable, CD-R/RW drive 24X/10X/24X variable, 2X DVD+RW, second
40GB hard disk drive, or new DVD+RW drive 2X/16X/8X/4X/24X variable. The X300 does not
support the D-Family 2nd Battery module, but does provide an additional battery bay in the Media
Base for use with an additional X300 28WHr Primary battery. It also serves as a battery charger for
the primary battery.
NEW FEATURES
System on MediaBase System with D/Bay
•Note Customer’s must choose to take either a D/Bay or an X300MediaBase to host their
optical solution when purchasing the Latitude X300
•Dell D/Bay External Modular Bay
–The X300 includes a Dell D/Bay and an integrated D/Bay connector (USB 2.0
connection) to connect optical and storage devices to the notebook via Dell’s new D/Bay
External Modular Bay. The connector allows the user to connect an additional hard drive,
optical drive or floppy drive to the notebook which creates a virtual 2nd spindle. Additional
optical drive offerings include 24X CD-ROM , 8X DVD-ROM or 24X CD-RW, or new 2X
DVD+RW. A 40 GB external 2nd HDD is also supported. All optical drives are compatible
with the Latitude D-Family products and are not X-series unique.
D/Bay connector includes a
USB 2.0 connector and a
power pin

•Battery
–The Latitude X300’s long-lasting Lithium-Ion batteries and efficient ExpressCharge?
technology are
designed to provide users with more up time and increased productivity.
–The Latitude X300 offers 3 battery options:
1. Primary Battery: 28 WHr (4 cell) “Smart” Lithium-Ion (ships in system)
2. Second Primary Battery: 28 WHr (4 cell) “Smart” Lithium-Ion for use in the X300 MediaBase
to extend
the system battery life or to simply charge the battery.
3. Extended Life (High Capacity) Battery: 65 WHr (8cell) battery which is used in place of the primary
battery. It can still be used in conjunction with the primary battery in the MediaBase for optimal battery
life.
NEW FEATURES
–ExpressCharge -Allows users to charge a depleted battery (4 cell/28WHr) in approximately
one hour with the computer turned off. ExpressCharge is not available on the 65WHr battery.
–Reserve Battery-Enables swapping the primary battery without shutting down. All units are
equipped with an internal reserve battery that enables primary battery removal for
approximately 60 seconds with the system in suspend mode
–Charge Indicator -LED lights to indicate the amount of charge remaining, allowing the user to
quickly check a battery without turning on the computer. Pressing the status button on the
battery charge indicator illuminates the charge level lights–each light represents approximately
20% of total battery charge.
28 WHr Primary
Battery
Battery Life
Indicator
65 WHr
Extended
Life Battery
28 WHr Primary
Battery in MediaBase

•Dell QuickSet Software
–QuickSet is a Dell designed Software User Interface that enables
customers to quickly update or
change the settings on the X300 and all Latitude D Family Notebooks.
•Power Management
–Power Management Tutorial
–Battery Meter
–Predefined Power Schemes including new power management settings for LCD brightness &
wireless/LOM disable
•Presentation Mode
–Presentation Mode offers users an easy way to configure their systems for presentations and
temporarily disable the power management settings for a seamless presentation experience
–Presentation mode sends the display signal to the projector –it will automatically detect the projector
and configure to the highest resolution supported by the projector.
–When in presentation mode, all power management time-outs are temporarily disabled, preventing
interruptions to a presentation
•Display meters for Volume, brightness & wireless
–Users can get instant feedback for battery Status, volume, brightness & wireless enable/disable with
QuickSet
•Icon & Font Scaling for High Resolution Panels
–Since the Latitude X300 ships with standard resolution XGA (1024 x 768) displays only, QuickSet’s
icon and font scaling capabilities are not applicable. However, customers utilising
a broad variety of D
Family platforms that do offer high resolution displays, such as
the D600 and D800, can use the same
QuickSetsoftware –shipped standard and free of charge on all Latitude D Family systems -- to take
advantage of these features.
–Users with High Resolution Panels (SXGA+ & higher) can use QuickSet to quickly & easily re-size
their Desktop fonts, icons and some application fonts allowing improved viewing
–Resizes fonts: Menu, title bar, caption buttons, status bar
–Resizes Icons: Task tray, title bar, caption buttons
–Resizes Scroll Bars: Menu bar & buttons, status, address, tool
bar & tool tips, task bar & start button,
Title Bar & Captions, message box and mouse pointer
–Advanced Option for re-sizing applications
–Size Options: Small-87.5%, Normal-100%, Large-113%, Very Large-150%
NEW FEATURES