Dell Vostro 1400 User manual

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Dell™ Vostro™ 1400 Owner’s Manual
Model PP26L
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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.
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Model PP26L
September 2009 P/N WY106 Rev. A02
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Contents 3
Contents
1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 23
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 38
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 39
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Microsoft Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 46
4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Switching the Video Image From Your Computer
Display To a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . 47
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad . . . . 49
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 50
Dell™ QuickSet Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . 51
Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Dell QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Microsoft®Windows®XP Battery Meter . . . . . 58
Microsoft®Windows®Vista Battery Meter . . . . 58
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Standby and Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . 60
Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . 60
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7 Using the Optional Camera . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Accessing the Camera’s Help File . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Manually Adjusting the Camera Settings . . . . . . . . 64
Creating a Picture or a Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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