Toshiba Satellite Pro A500D series, Maintenance Manual

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Satellite A500D Maintenance Manual 1-5
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Felica (BTO)
Imbedded Felica module writes and reads data to and from contact less Felica IC cards.
Having no need for physical contact with the card, the Reader/Writer is immune to
performance deterioration caused by wear and contamination, providing easy maintenance
and long-term reliability.
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FM Tunner (BTO)
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High sensitivity due to integrated low noise Radio Frequency (RF) input amplifier
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FM mixer for conversion of the US/Europe (87.5 MHz to 108 MHz) and Japanese FM
band (76 MHz to 90 MHz) to IF
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Preset tuning to receive Japanese TV audio up to 108 MHz and raster 100 kHz
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Autonomous search tuning, 100 kHz grid
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RF Automatic Gain Control (AGC) circuit
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Fully integrated FM IF selectivity
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Fully integrated FM demodulator
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Soft mute, signal level dependent mute function
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Signal level dependent mono/stereo blend, Stereo Noise Cancelling (SNC)
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Soft mute and SNC can be switched off via control interface
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Adjustment free stereo decoder
FM Tuner is bundled exclusively with the modem.
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Bluetooth (BTO)
Some computers in this series offer Bluetooth wireless communication functionality which
eliminates the need for cables between electronic devices such as computers and printers.
When implemented, Bluetooth provides a fast, reliable and secure means to achieve
wireless communication in a small space. This module is Version 2.1 + EDR (Antenna on
Module type).
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Fingerprint Sensor (BTO)
The computer has a fingerprint utility installed for the purpose of enrolling and recognizing
fingerprints. By enrolling the ID and password to the fingerprint authentication device, it is
no longer necessary to input the password from the keyboard. Just by swiping the finger
against the fingerprint sensor. The finger print sensor is located at the center of the Touch
Pad panel and is an Authentec AES2550.