Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 User Manual - Page 25

Sound system A Sound Blaster™ Pro™ and Windows Sound System (WSS) compatible sound system gives your computer multimedia capability. It incorporates a 64-channel Wave Table Synthesizer and hardware acceleration for advanced sound applications including 3D games, DVD movie playback and Internet communications. The sound system is equipped with stereo speakers, a volume control knob and jacks for microphone and headphone. Microphone port Enables connection of a microphone for audio input. Headphone port Enables connection of a stereo headphone for audio output. Parallel port A Centronics®-compatible parallel interface port lets you connect a parallel printer or other parallel device. This port supports the Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) standard. Serial port A standard, 9-pin, serial port lets you connect such serial devices as a serial printer, , bar code reader, or Optical Character Reader (OCR). This port supports 16550 Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) compliant highspeed data transfer. External monitor port The female, 15-pin, D-shell connector lets you connect to an external video display, which is recognized automatically. It supports Video Electronic Standards Association (VESA) Display Data Channel (DDC) 2B compatible functions. Universal Serial Bus port A Universal Serial Bus (USB) port enables chain connection of a number of USB-equipped devices to one port on your computer. For example, you might connect a USB-HUB to the computer, then connect a keyboard to the USBHUB and a mouse to the keyboard. Use the USB drivers that come with external USB devices. If your operating system does not support USB, you can still use a USB mouse and keyboard by setting the USB Legacy item in TSETUP to Enabled. Refer to Chapter 7, Setup and Password Security, for details. User's Manual Introduction 1-5