Audio, Pc cards – Dell Inspiron 3500 User Manual
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select and move (or drag) an object, position the cursor on the object and tap down-up-down on the touch pad. On the second down motion, leave
your finger on the touch pad and move the selected object by sliding your finger across the surface. To double-click an object, position the cursor
on the object and then tap twice.
To customize touch pad and cursor features, perform the following steps:
1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
2. Double-click the Mouse icon.
3. Select from among the three tabs (Buttons, Pointers, and Motion). If the Synaptics touch pad drivers have been installed, there are five
additional tabs (Touch, Edge Motion, Scrolling, Button Actions, More Features) to customize your touch pad settings.
4. Make your selections. Click the Help button if you need more information.
Installing the Touch Pad Driver
See
Installing Utilities and Drivers
for information about installing or reinstalling touch pad driver.
Audio
You can connect speakers, a microphone, headphones, and record/playback devices such as cassette players, CD players, and VCRs to the
sound jacks on the computer.
Dell recommends using amplified speakers for the best sound.
Connect headphones or speakers to the line-out jack on the far right of the sound jacks. Connect a microphone to the microphone jack in the
middle. Connect record/playback devices such as cassette players and CD players to the line-in jack on the far left.
You can control the sound coming from the external speakers and from the computer's built-in speakers with key combinations. Press
speakers.
See your Microsoft Windows 98 documentation for the location of sound applications such as mixers and volume control.
The MagicWave 3DX Config utility allows you to increase the microphone gain by 20 dB and configure the tone (treble, bass and 3D
enhancement) settings.
To launch the utility, perform the following steps:
1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
2. Double-click MagicWave 3DX Config.
See
Installing Utilities and Drivers
for information about installing or reinstalling audio drivers.
PC Cards
About PC Cards
You can install up to two PC Cards that adhere to PCMCIA standards and release 4.2 of the JEIDA standard.
The computer supports type I, type II, and type III PC Cards, including such memory devices as SRAM cards that emulate diskettes, RAM cards,
NOTE: Keep your fingers away from the touch pad while the computer is booting or loading the operating system. If you touch the touch
pad at either time, the cursor will not move until you remove your finger from the touch pad surface.
1 Line-in jack
2 Microphone jack
3 Line-out jack
NOTES: If no sound comes from the speakers, make sure that the sound is not disabled by pressing
If you hear no sound output from your external speakers be sure that the connection to the sound output jack is secure. If you are playing
a DVD in the optional DVD-ROM drive and have speakers that connect to your computer through the USB port, no sound will be output to
the speakers. This configuration is not supported.