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Acer TravelMate Timeline 8481T manual

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  • Page 1

    T ravelMate Notebook Ser ies Quick Guide Pr oduct r egistration When using your product for the first time , it is recommended that you immediately register it. This will give you access to some useful benefits, such as: • Faster service from our trained r e presentatives. • Membership in the Acer community: r eceive pr omotions and participate[...]

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    Model number: ___ ________________ _____________ __ Serial number: ______________ _____________ ________ Date of purchase: _____________________ ___________ Place of purchase: ____________________ ____________ © 2011. All Rights Reserved. T ravelMate Notebook S eries Quick Guide Origin al Issue: 06/2011 Acer r ecommends. .. Productivity Softwar e [...]

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    3 English First things first W e would like to thank you for making an Acer notebook your choice for meeting your mobile computing needs. Yo u r g u i d e s T o help you use your Acer n otebook, we have designed a set of guides: First of f, the setup poster helps you get star ted with setting up your computer . The T ravelMate Generic User Guide co[...]

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    4 English Y our Acer notebook tour After setting up your computer as illu strated in the setup poster , let us show you around your new Acer notebook. To p v i e w # Icon Item Descripti on 1 Integrated webcam W eb camera fo r video communicati on. 1 3 4 2 5 6 7 8 9[...]

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    5 English 2 Display scr een Also called Liqui d-Crystal Display ( LCD), displays computer output (configuration may vary by model). 3M i c r o p h o n e s T wo internal micr ophones for ster eo so u nd re co rd in g . 4 Keyboar d For enter ing da ta into your computer . 5T o u c h p a d T ouch-sensitive poin ting device which functions like a compu[...]

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    6 English Hotkeys The computer employs hotkeys or ke y combinations to access most of the computer's controls like screen brightness and volume output. T o activate hotkeys, press and hold the < Fn > key before pr essing the other key in the hotkey combination. Hotkey Icon Function Descr iption < Fn > + < F3 > Communi catio n[...]

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    7 English Closed fr ont view < Fn > + < Home > Play/ Pause Play or paus e a selected media f ile. < Fn > + < Pg Up > Stop St op playing the selecte d media file. < Fn > + < Pg Dn > Previous Return to the previous media file. < Fn > + < End > Next Jump to the next media file. # Icon Item Descr iption 1[...]

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    8 English Left view 3 Communication switch / indi cator Enables/disables the computer’ s communica tion device s / indicate s the computer’ s wireless connectiv ity device stat us. # Icon Item Descri ption 1 Ether net (RJ-45) port Connects to an Ethernet 1 0/100/1000- based network. 2 Exter nal display (VGA) port Connects to a display de vice ([...]

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    9 English Information on USB 3.0 • Supports power -off USB char ging, al lowing you to char ge supported mobile devices while the notebook is switched off. • Defined by the USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB) specifica tion. • Devices without USB 3.0 certification may not be compatible. Right view 6 Microphone jack Accepts inputs from external microphon[...]

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    10 English Base view Note : Y our computer may be equipped with a different battery to the one in the pictur e. 3 DC-in jack Connects to an AC adapter . # Icon Item Descr iption 1 Battery bay Houses the co mputer's battery pack. 2 Battery lo ck Locks the battery in position. 3 Hard disk bay Houses the computer's hard disk (s e c ure d w i[...]

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    11 English Envir onment 5 Speakers Emit ster eo sound. 6 Memory compartment House s the computer's main memor y . 7 Battery release l atch Release s the battery fo r removal. • T emperature: • Operating: 5 °C to 35 °C • Non-operati ng: -20 °C to 65 °C • Humidity (non-condensing): • Operating: 20% to 80% • Non-operati ng: 20% to[...]