CHAPTER 5: EXPANDING YOUR SYSTEM
ACCESSORIES
Your WinBook FX is compatible with common computer accessories: monitors, keyboards,
mouse pointer, and printers. You can connect accessories directly to the WinBook FX or to a
docking station that allows a quick and convenient connection to all accessories at once.
WARNING:
Turn off power to accessories before you connect them to your WinBook FX
to ensure that its interfaces are not damaged.
EXTERNAL KEYBOARD
To make typing more convenient, you can use a full-size external IBM PS/2 or compatible
keyboard with your WinBook FX. The external keyboard must be compatible with the PS/2 jack
on the back of the WinBook FX. The PS/2 jack is the small round socket located on the right side
of the back of WinBook FX.
If your keyboard’s cable connector doesn’t fit the WinBook FX’s PS/2 connector, you may be
ale to use an interface connector to make them compatible. You can purchase an AT-PS/2
adapter from most suppliers of computer hardware.
Connecting an External Keyboard
Make sure your WinBook FX is powered OFF before starting.
Locate the mini-Din connector located at the right side of the WinBook FX. For location,
refer to the rear view of the WinBook FX in Chapter 2,
System Tour
.
Carefully line up the pins of the keyboard jack and connect it to the mini-Din connector.
Note that e some keyboards have an AT-style keyboard connector. If your keyboard has this
type of connector, use an AT-to-PS/2 keyboard adapter.
Once the external keyboard is connected, turn on the WinBook FX [FX 5-2] power. Both the
embedded keyboard and the external keyboard should function. You can use both keyboards
at the same time, but you can’t use combination keys such as <C> on one keyboard an
<CTRL> on the other.
EXTERNAL MONITOR
You can easily hook up an external monitor to your WinBook FX. The WinBook FX’s external
monitor interface supports SVGA monitors.
You may need to change the monitor driver for the best monitor image. Refer to your monitor’s
User’s Guide
for the specifications of your external monitor.
Connecting an External Monitor
Turn off power to the video monitor to ensure that the WinBook FX’s interfaces are not
damaged.
Connect the monitor’s 15-pin make analog connector to the video port located behind the
right-hand door in the back of the WinBook FX.
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