Dell™ Inspiron™ 1525/1526 Owner’s Manual

DellTM InspironTM 1525/1526 Owner's Manual

Model PP29L

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Model PP29L

October 2007

P/N NN491 Rev. A01

Contents

Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 32

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 33 Windows Easy Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 36

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3 Using the Display 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Switching the Video Image From Your Computer Display To a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . 38

4 Using the Keyboard and Touchpad . . . . . 39

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Microsoft? Windows? Logo Key Functions . . . . 41 DellTM QuickSet Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . 41 Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Dell QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Microsoft? Windows? Battery Meter . . . . . . . 47 Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 48 Using the Sleep Power State . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

6 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Playing Media Using Dell Travel Remote (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Copying CD, DVD, and Blu-ray DiscTM (BD) Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

How to Copy a CD, DVD or BD . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using Blank CD, DVD, and BD Media . . . . . . . 55 Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Using Dell MediaDirectTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . 62 Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 64 Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 66 Component Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . 68

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