User's Manual

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7 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Operating System . . 47
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating System
. 48
Wireless Local Area Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Checking Your Wireless Network Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem
49
Connecting to a WLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection
. 52
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Enabling/Disabling the Dell™ Mobile Broadband Card
. . . . . . . . . . 53
Managing Your Network Settings Through the Dell QuickSet Location Profiler
53
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
8 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Copying Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
How to Copy Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using Blank Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Helpful Tips
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting the Volume
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting the Picture
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Microsoft® Windows® XP Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
PC Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61