Acer AcerNote Light 370 manual

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Go to page of

A good user manual

The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of Acer AcerNote Light 370, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.

What is an instruction?

The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of Acer AcerNote Light 370 one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.

Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of Acer AcerNote Light 370. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.

What should a perfect user manual contain?

First and foremost, an user manual of Acer AcerNote Light 370 should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of Acer AcerNote Light 370
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the Acer AcerNote Light 370 item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the Acer AcerNote Light 370 item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards

Why don't we read the manuals?

Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of Acer AcerNote Light 370 alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of Acer AcerNote Light 370, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the Acer service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of Acer AcerNote Light 370.

Why one should read the manuals?

It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the Acer AcerNote Light 370 item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.

After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.

Table of contents for the manual

  • Page 1

    Options 4-1 Chapter 4 Options Your notebook offers excellent expansion capabilities with its built-in por ts and connectors. This chapter desc ribes how to connect per ipherals and hardware options that help y ou use your notebook com puter with ease. W hen connecting peripher als, read the m anual included with the peripher al for oper ating instr[...]

  • Page 2

    4-2 User’s M anual 4.1 External Monitor To show graphic al eff ects on a larger display, open the port cover and connect an exter nal monitor to the CRT por t ( ). Read the monitor manual f or additional ins tructions . Figure 4-1 Connecting an External Monitor[...]

  • Page 3

    Options 4-3 4.2 External Key board This notebook has a k eyboard with full-sized keys and an em bedded keypad. If you feel more c omf ortable using a des ktop k eyboard, you can install a PS/2-c ompatible ex ternal k eyboard. To connec t an external k eyboard, plug the external keyboard into the PS/2 connector ( ). Figure 4-2 Connecting an External[...]

  • Page 4

    4-4 User’s M anual 4.3 External Key pad You can also use a 17-key numeric keypad for num ber-s ensitive data entry applications. T o connect the k eypad, plug in the keypad connector to the PS/2 port ( ) at the rear of the notebook . Figure 4-3 Connecting an External Key pad[...]

  • Page 5

    Options 4-5 4.4 External Pointing Device This notebook accepts either a serial m ouse or PS/2-com patible m ouse or sim ilar pointing device. T he built-in touchpad work s sim ultaneously with an external PS/2 m ouse. If y ou use a serial mous e, open the port cover and plug it into the serial port ( ). If you use a PS/2-com patible m ouse, plug it[...]

  • Page 6

    4-6 User’s M anual 4.5 Printer This notebook supports both serial and parallel printers . For a ser ial printer, plug the printer cable into a serial port ( ). For a parallel printer , open the port cover and plug the printer cable into the parallel port ( ). See your printer m anual for operating instruc tions. If the printer does not func tion,[...]

  • Page 7

    Options 4-7 4.6 Audio Devices To connect audio devices, open the m ini port c over and plug in an external mic rophone, a line-in device and am plified speak ers or headphones to the mic rophone-in, line-in and line-out por ts, respec tively. Figure 4-6 Connecting Audio Devices 4.7 PC Cards The notebook has two PC card s lots that accom modate two [...]

  • Page 8

    4-8 User’s M anual 4.8 Miscellaneous Options 4.8.1 A dditional Pow er Packs You can order spare batteries , AC adapter, and an external batter y charger. Battery Pack It is good practic e to have a spar e battery around, especially when you travel. The NiMH and Li-Ion sm art batteries, coupled with power managem ent f eatures, s upply you with mo[...]

  • Page 9

    Options 4-9 2. Using a little force, slide the battery compartm ent cover over the battery until both the cover and the battery are firm ly attached. See figure on the lef t. Detaching the Battery Compartment Cover Slightly pull up the batter y com partm ent cover releas e latch and slide out the cover. AC Ad a p t e r The com pac t AC adapter c ha[...]

  • Page 10

    4-10 User’s M anual External Ba ttery Charger The external battery charger allows you to fully r echarge your NiMH and/or Li-Ion battery pack s in a shorter period of tim e. It als o automatic ally discharges the battery pack befor e charging for optim um r echarge ef ficiency. Figure 4-7 External Battery Charger Batt ery Charge r Connector Charg[...]

  • Page 11

    Options 4-11 Using the External Battery Charger Follow these steps: 1. Plug the AC adapter into a power outlet. 2. Connect the AC adapter to the external battery charger. 3. Attach the battery pack to the battery charge connector. The char ging LED lights up. T he external battery charger autom atically turns off af ter f ully recharging the batter[...]

  • Page 12

    4-12 User’s M anual 4.8.2 Cables Floppy Drive Cable The f loppy dr ive cable allows you to use your floppy drive m odule ex ternally . This cable is s upplied along with a floppy drive module. Open the m ini port cover of the notebook and c onnect one end of the floppy drive cable to the floppy drive port and the other end to the external f loppy[...]

  • Page 13

    Options 4-13 File Transfer Cable You can us e a file transfer cable to tr ansfer data between the notebook and other com puters. Connec t the f ile tr ans f er c able between the two com puter s and use your file transfer utility to perform the tr ansfer . Figure 4-8 Using the File Transfer Cable[...]

  • Page 14

    4-14 User’s M anual 4.9 Key Component Upgrades The notebook delivers s uperior power and per form ance. However, som e users and the applic ations they use may demand m ore. T his notebook allows y ou to upgr ade your key c om ponents when y ou need inc reased perform anc e. Contact your authorized dealer if you decide to perform a key component [...]

  • Page 15

    Options 4-15 Table 4-1 M emory Configurations (c ontinued) Slot 1 Slot 2 Total Memory 8 MB 32 MB 40 MB 32 MB 16 MB 48 MB 16 MB 32 MB 48 MB 32 MB 32 MB 64 MB After ins talling the mem ory modules , the system automatic ally detects and reconf igures the total m em ory siz e dur ing the POST routines. 4.9.2 Hard Disk Upgrade You can upgrade y our har[...]

  • Page 16

    4-16 User’s M anual[...]