Toshiba Satellite 2430, User Manual

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Introduction
Satellite 2430 Series 1-5
Satellite 2430 Series
Version
1
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Ports
External monitor 15-pin analogue VGA port supports VESA
DDC2B compatible functions.
Universal Serial Bus The computer has three Universal Serial Bus
(USB) ports that comply with the USB 2.0
standard, which enables data transfer speeds
more than 40 times faster than USB 1.1 (which
this computer also supports.) The USB drives
may be used to transfer data at Low, Full, and
High speeds.
i.LINK (IEEE1394) This port enables high-speed data transfer
directly from external devices such as digital
video cameras.
Infrared The serial infrared port is compatible with the
Infrared Data Association (IrDA 1.1) standards. It
enables cableless 4 Mbps, 1.152 Mbps,
115.2 kbps, 57.6 kbps, 38.4 kbps, 19.2 kbps or
9.6 kbps data transfer with IrDA 1.1 compatible
external devices.
Multimedia
Sound system Incorporates a Wave Table Synthesizer for
advanced sound applications including 3D
games, DVD movie playback and Internet
communications.
Video-out and Line-
out Lets you transfer video and sound data to
external devices. Use the TV adaptor cable for
both video-out and line-out. Data output
depends on the type of device connected to the
TV adaptor cable.
TV-out button Sets your display device to TV (video-out). Press
it to switch back and forth between it and the
LCD.
Mode Control button Launches various CD, DVD and Digital audio
functions. Refer to Chapter 4,
Operating Basics ,
for more details.
Audio/Video controls Let you use the computer’s fixed optical media
drive as a stand-alone audio CD-player or MP3
player. You can also use the buttons to control
the computer’s DVD video player when the
system is on.