Toshiba Satellite A300 - Manual (Page 44)

User’s Manual 2-3
The Grand Tour
Left side
The following figure shows the computer's left side.
The left side of the computer
Cooling Vents External Monitor
Port
Universal Serial
Bus (USB 2.0) ports
i.LINK
(IEEE 1394a)
Port
LAN
Jack
TV Out
Port
HDMI
port
ExpressCard
Slot
External Monitor Port This 15-pin port lets you connect an external
video display.
Cooling Vents Cooling vents help prevent the CPU from
overheating.
Do not block the cooling vents. Also ensure that foreign objects are kept
out of the vents as items such as pins or similar objects can damage the
computer's circuitry.
Universal Serial Bus
(USB 2.0)
Universal Serial Bus ports, which comply to the
USB 2.0 standard, are provided. The port with the
icon ( ) has USB Sleep and Charge function.
ExpressCard Slot This slot allows you to insert an ExpressCard. An
ExpressCard is a small, modular add-in card
technology based on PCI Express and the
Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. The max.
transmission rate is 2.5 GBps. ExpressCard/34
and ExpressCard/54 types are supported.
TV Out Port Connect a 4-pin S- video cable into this connector
in order to output either an NTSC or PAL
television signal.
HDMI port This port allows you to connect digitally to an
HDTV or home theater receiver.
LAN Jack This jack lets you connect to a LAN. The adaptor
has built-in support for Fast Ethernet LAN or Giga
bit Ethernet. (Dependent on the model you
purchased.) Refer to Chapter 4, Operating
Basics ,for details.