User's Manual Chapter 6

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Using the Optional Port Replicator
The optional port replicator duplicates most of the ports of your notebook. If
you usually connect your notebook to a number of peripheral devices, such as
a printer, a monitor, a mouse, a scanner, and so on, you can permanently
connect the devices to the port replicator. When you dock your notebook into
the port replicator, you will have immediate access to the devices connected to
the replicator.
NOTE: The ports on the back of the notebook are no longer accessible
when you connect the port replicator to the notebook. These ports are all
duplicated on the replicator, including one extra Game, one S-video, and
two PS/2 ports.
Port Replicator Components
Ports duplicated on the port replicator:
! Serial Port, explained earlier in this chapter.
! Parallel Port, explained earlier in this chapter.
! External Monitor Port, explained in Chapter 5.
! Line out/Line in/Microphone in - audio jacks, explained in Chapter 5.
! PS/2 Ports (Two), for simultaneous connection of a keyboard and a mouse.
Usage is explained earlier in this chapter.
! USB Ports (Two), explained earlier in this chapter.
! TV-out Port, explained in Chapter 5.
The use of these ports is explained elsewhere in this manual, as indicated.
New ports included on the replicator:
Game
The 15-pin Game port can be used to connect your computer to an IBM-
compatible joystick or similar device. The notebook will automatically detect
if you are connecting a joystick device.
S-video
The S-video jack can be used to output video to devices that use S-video plugs
such as camcorders.