Dell Inspiron 3700 Reference Manual page 53

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Connecting External Devices: Dell™ Inspiron™ 3700 System Reference
Connectors • Audio • S-Video TV-Out • Keyboard • Keypad • Mouse • Connecting an External Monitor • Using an External Monitor
Connectors
Use Figure 1 to locate the connectors on the back of the computer.
NOTICE: When disconnecting external devices from the back of the computer, wait 5 seconds after turning off the computer before
you disconnect a device to avoid possible damage to the system board.
Figure 1. I/O Connectors
1 Video connector
2 Parallel connector
3 Docking connector
4 USB connector
5 PS/2 connector
6 Serial connector
7 AC power connector
8 Infrared port
NOTE: For more information, see
Audio
You can connect audio devices such as speakers, microphones, headphones, and record/playback devices to your computer. The following
information tells you how to connect the cables.
Connect the audio cable from a microphone to the microphone jack, also called the MIC IN jack.
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Connect the audio cable from the speakers to the headphones/speakers jack, also called the line-out/speaker-out jack.
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Connect the line-out cable from a record/playback device to the line-in/audio-in jack. Cassette players, CD players, radios, stereo systems,
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and tape players are all record/playback devices.
Connect the S-Video input/output (I/O) cable from a record/playback device to the S-Video connector. VCRs and video cameras are
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record/playback devices.
Figure 2. Connecting Audio and S-Video Devices
1 Microphone (MIC IN)
2 Speakers and headphones (line-out/speaker-out)
3 Record/Playback (line-out/audio-in)
4 S-Video connector
S-Video TV-Out
"I/O Connectors."
Figure 2 shows the locations of the audio jacks and the S-Video connector.