Dell VOSTRO 1500 PP22L User manual

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Dell™ Vostro™ 1500 Owner’s Manual
Model PP22L
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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 PP22L
September 2009 P/N TT979 Rev. A03
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Contents 3
Contents
1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 21
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 46
4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper . . . 47
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using Both a Monitor and Your Computer Display . . . 49
Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . 50
Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad . . . . 53
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 55
Dell™ QuickSet Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . 55
Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Microsoft®Windows®Battery Meter . . . . . . . 61
Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Standby and Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . 64
Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . 64
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Playing Media Using Dell Travel Remote . . . . . . . . 69
Copying CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) Media . . . 70
How to Copy a CD, DVD, or BD . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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