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Connecting External Devices: Dell™Inspiron™3700SystemReference
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.
Figure 1. I/O Connectors
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. Figure 2 shows the locations of the audio jacks and the S-Video connector.
l Connect the audio cable from a microphone to the microphone jack, also called the MIC IN jack.
l Connect the audio cable from the speakers to the headphones/speakers jack, also called the line-out/speaker-out jack.
l Connect the line-out cable from a record/playback device to the line-in/audio-in jack. Cassette players, CD players, radios, stereo systems,
and tape players are all record/playback devices.
l Connect the S-Video input/output (I/O) cable from a record/playback device to the S-Video connector. VCRs and video cameras are
record/playback devices.
Figure 2. Connecting Audio and S-Video Devices
S-Video TV-Out
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.
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