Connecting external devices
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Connecting the QuickPort
The manual supplied with the QuickPort S describes how to connect the notebook.
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Read the QuickPort S manual carefully before attempting to connect the notebook.
Make sure that no PC cards or extracting tools for PC cards are projecting from the
notebook. No power adapter may be connected when you dock the MobiDock onto the
notebook.
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In case of problems with the screen output on the external monitor, press the
+
key combination (selecting internal/external display) or set the
Advanced Setup - System
Configuration Menu - Display Device
field in the
BIOS setup
to
Monitor & LCD
or to
Monitor
.
Makes sure that any PC card installed in the QuickPort S do not use I/O addresses,
interrupts or DMA channels already used by the notebook. Details of the I/O addresses,
interrupts and DMA channels are provided in the section "
".
Transferring data with the infrared interface
The IrDA interface (Fast IrDA) on the back of the notebook allows wireless serial data transmission
from the notebook to a PC or printer. The infrared interface of the infrared keyboard enables
wireless data transmission to the notebook.
Infrared data transmission from device to device
By default the infrared port is set to
COM2
. You can change the setting in the
Advanced Setup - I/O
Device Configuration - Serial Port B
field in the
BIOS Setup
menu.
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The IrDA port can only be used when the IrDA interface in the
BIOS setup
is switched on
in the
Advanced Setup - I/O Device Configuration - Serial Port B
field.
Set up the IrDA transmitter and receiver as illustrated above. The devices may be no more
than one meter apart.
The IrDA interface of one device must be in the range of influence (horizontally approx. 30° and
vertically approx. 15°) of the IrDA interface of the other device.
