Dell VOSTRO 1000 PP23LB User manual

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Dell™ Vostro™ 1000 Owner’s Manual
Model PP23LB
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your computer.
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
For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see "Glossary" on page 159.
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Model PP23LB
May 2007 P/N WY122 Rev. A00
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Contents 3
Contents
1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 17
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3 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 Media . . . . . . . . . 31
Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
Without the Operating System Media . . . . . . . 32
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 36
4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching the Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting Display Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5 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
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 41
Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Microsoft®Windows®Power Meter . . . . . . . 46
Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 50
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playing a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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