User manual TOSHIBA TECRA M4-S435

[. . . ] Tecra® M4 Series User's Guide If you need assistance, use one of the following: Toshiba's Support Website pcsupport. toshiba. com Toshiba Global Support Centre Calling within the United States (800) 457-7777 Calling from outside the United States (949) 859-4273 For more information see "If Something Goes Wrong" on page 217 in this guide. PMAD00040010 03/05 2 Handling the cord on this product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling. Model: Tecra ® M4 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you purchased may include a ReWritable CD and/or DVD drive(s), among the most advanced data storage technologies available. As with any new technology, you must read and follow all set-up and usage instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed. If you fail to do so, this product may not function properly and you may lose data or suffer other damage. [. . . ] An ISP is a company that has the equipment and the telecommunication lines necessary to maintain an Internet connection. You can connect to the Internet by using a telephone and modem or through other higher-speed communication methods such as Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL), cable, and satellite links. Connecting to the Internet To connect to the Internet you need: A modem and telephone line, or a LAN connection A Web browser An Internet Service Provider (ISP) account Exploring Your Computer's Features An overview of using the Internet 155 The Microsoft® Web browser, Internet Explorer, is automatically configured on your system so that when you first start it, it guides you through signing up for a new ISP account or assists you in setting up your computer to work with your existing ISP. Once you have established an ISP account, you can connect to the Internet. For more information on connecting to a modem see "Connecting the modem to a telephone line" on page 149. Have your modem dial the ISP's telephone number and establish a connection with the ISP's computer. If you are using your computer at the office, you probably connect to the Internet through your company's network. See your network administrator about connecting to the Internet. Surfing the Internet Once connected to the Internet, the Web browser displays a home page, for example, your ISP's home page on the Internet or your company's home page. The Web address, or Uniform Resource Locator (URL), is a unique identifier for that computer system linked to the Internet. Web addresses can also appear within a Web page's text, and are known as links. You can also use a Search Engine, a Web site specifically designed to help you look for information. 156 Exploring Your Computer's Features An overview of using the Internet Internet features The Internet offers many types of communication tools to help you perform many tasks. Internet email To send and receive email of your own, you need a mailbox on the Web, or an email address. If you have an account with an ISP, you can probably set up an email address at the same time as you sign up for the service. Internet chat rooms A chat room is a Web site that offers a place where people with similar interests and ideas can communicate in real-time, one-on-one or in groups, by typing messages which are instantly viewed by others on their computer screens. Internet news groups A news group is similar to a chat room, but instead of using a dedicated site to converse about a specialized subject with others in real-time, a newsgroup uses a Web site as a clearinghouse where all the messages are placed, like a gigantic bulletin board. Online shopping Many Web sites offer products and services for sale. Uploading and downloading files from the Internet Transferring files from one computer to another is termed uploading (transferring data from your computer to a site on the Web), or downloading (transferring data from a site on the Web to your computer). It can be as simple as attaching a file or document to an email, or you can use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) features of your Web browser to transfer large amounts of data. Exploring Your Computer's Features Exploring audio features 157 Exploring audio features Your computer is equipped with built-in stereo speakers. It uses the sound settings in your operating system, except for the system speaker, which is configured by the Toshiba System utility. To adjust the volume, click the speaker icon in the taskbar. Using external speakers or headphones Before putting on headphones to listen to an audio CD, turn the volume dial down, and do not set the volume too high when using the headphones. Continuous exposure to loud sound can harm your hearing. Your computer is equipped with a sound system with internal speakers. Instead of using the internal speakers, you can connect headphones or a pair of external stereo speakers. TECHNICAL NOTE: Use amplified speakers that require an external power source. Other types of speakers will be inadequate to produce sound from the computer. To play back sound files through headphones or external speakers: 1 2 Locate the headphone jack on the front of the computer. Using any necessary adapters, plug the cable from the headphones or external speakers into the headphone jack. The headphone jack requires a 16-ohm stereo mini jack. 158 Exploring Your Computer's Features Exploring audio features To adjust the volume: For external speakers, use the volume control on the speakers in conjunction with the volume control on the computer. For headphones, use the computer's volume control dial. Recording sounds An external microphone may be used with other software to record monaural audio sounds and save them as digital audio . WAV files on disk. DEFINITION: A . WAV (pronounced "wave") file is one of the formats for storing sound in files. You may also record sounds as . WAV files by connecting other sound sources to the microphone jack. Using a microphone 1 2 Connect an external microphone to the computer. Click Start, point to All Programs, Accessories, Entertainment, then click Sound Recorder. Positioning bar Record Stop Play Skip forward Skip backward Sample Sound Recorder screen Exploring Your Computer's Features Using tablet mode 159 3 Click the Record button and speak normally into the microphone. [. . . ] For example, the properties of a file include the file's type, size, and creation date. R RAM (random access memory) -- Volatile memory that can be written to as well as read. By volatile, we mean that information in RAM is lost when you turn off your computer. A diskette is one example of a removable disk. 308 Glossary resolution -- A measure of the sharpness of the images that can be produced by a printer or displayed on a screen. For a screen, it is expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and vertically. [. . . ]