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Outlook view, Front view – Acer 420 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Outlook View

A general introduction of ports allow you to connect peripheral devices, as you would with a desktop PC.

Front View

#

Icon

Item

Description

1

Display screen

Also called LCD (liquid-crystal display),
displays computer output.

2

Power Button

Turns on the computer power.

3

Speakers

Outputs sound.

4

Keyboard

Inputs data into your computer

5

Touchpad

Touch-sensitive pointing device which
functions like a computer mouse.

6

Click buttons (left,
center and right)

The left and right buttons function like the
left and right mouse buttons; the center
button serves as a 4-way scroll button.

7

Audio DJ controls

Button and indicators for the Audio DJ
function.

8

Optical drive

Houses an optical drive module (CD-ROM,
DVD-ROM or DVD/CD-RW combo drive).

9

Optical drive indicator

Lights up when the optical drive is active.

10

Emergency eject slot

Ejects the drive tray when the computer is
turned off.

11

Eject button

Eject the drive tray.

12

Infrared port

Interfaces with infrared devices (e.g.,
infrared PDA, IR-aware computer).

13

Wireless networking
button

Enables or disables the wireless
networking feature.

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