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121 Connecting a digital video camera www.gateway.com Connecting a digital video camera Your notebook has an IEEE 1394 (also known as Firewire or i.Link) port that can be used to connect to a digital video camera. To find the location of the IEEE 1394 port, see “Left side” on page 3. Pinnacle Expression is a video capture program that lets you capture and edit full-motion video, single images, and audio through the IEEE 1394 port. To connect a digital video camera: 1Connect one end of the IEEE 1394 cable to your external source, such as a video camera, and connect the other end of the cable to the IEEE 1394 port on the side of your notebook. 2Click Start, All Programs, Pinnacle Expression, then click Pinnacle Expression. The program starts.
122 Chapter 6: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com Viewing the display on a television The S-Video out jack on your notebook lets you view your notebook display on a television screen using a standard S-Video cable. To view your notebook display on a television: 1With your notebook off, connect one end of a standard S-Video cable to the S-Video out jack. For the location of the S-Video out jack on your notebook, see “Back” on page 5. 2Connect the other end of the cable to the Video in jack on your television or VCR. 3Turn on the television or VCR. ImportantIf Pinnacle Expression is not on your Start menu, install it from the Pinnacle Expression CD. Insert the CD into your DVD drive and follow the instructions in the setup wizard. For more information on using Pinnacle Expression, see its online help and the online guide located on the program CD. Tips & TricksIn Windows XP, see Do More With Gateway for more information about using your computer to edit videos. Click Start, then click Do More With Gateway. If you are in the Business Solutions view, click Consumer Solutions. Click Digital Video. ImportantTo turn on external video by default, connect the television (or other external video device) before starting your notebook. ImportantAudio is not transmitted through the S-Video jack. Use the built-in speakers, a set of headphones or external powered speakers, or connect your notebook to a stereo system using the S/PDIF jack to hear sound while playing a DVD. DVD playback to a VCR will be scrambled by copyright protection software.
123 Viewing the display on a television www.gateway.com 4Start your notebook. 5In Windows XP, click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. If your Control Panel is in Category View, click Appearance and Themes . -OR- In Windows 2000, click Start, Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. 6Click/Double-click the Display icon. The Display Properties dialog box opens. 7Click the Settings tab. 8Click Advanced. The Multiple Monitors and Intel Properties dialog box opens. 9Click the Intel Extreme Graphics tab. 10Click the Graphics Properties button. The Intel Graphics Controller Properties dialog box opens.
124 Chapter 6: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com 11Click the Te l e v i s i o n button. 12Click the arrow button to open the Colors list, then click True Co l o r. 13Click the arrow button to open the Screen Area list, then click 640 by 480. 14Click the arrow button to open the Video Standard list, then click NTSC-M. ImportantIf the Television button is grayed out, your notebook has not detected the television. Make sure that the television is turned on and connected correctly. ImportantIf you are traveling internationally, you may need to change the video standard. For example, many televisions in Asia use PAL instead of NTSC.
125 Viewing the display on a television www.gateway.com 15Click Apply. Your LCD panel will blank out and what was on your LCD panel now appears on your television. 16Click OK. Changing from one display to another After you have set up the second display on your notebook to be a television, you can quickly switch between viewing the display on the LCD panel and viewing it on the television. ImportantYour television may be able to run at a higher resolution. If the icons and screen area appear too large on your television, you try a different Screen Area value. To... Press Change the display from the LCD panel to the televisionCTRL+ALT+F2 Change the display from the television to the LCD panelCTRL+ALT+F3
7 127 Sending and Receiving Faxes Microsoft Fax lets you send and receive faxes using the modem. Read this chapter to learn how to: ■Install and configure Fax ■Create and send a new fax ■Set up a fax cover page template ■Fax a document you scanned or created in another program ■Receive, view, and print a fax
128 Chapter 7: Sending and Receiving Faxes www.gateway.com Installing and configuring Fax If you are using Windows XP, complete the following instructions for installing and configuring Fax. If you are using Windows 2000, go to “Configuring Fax in Windows 2000” on page 132. Installing Fax in Windows XP Microsoft Fax lets you send and receive faxes using your modem. When Windows XP was originally installed on your computer, Fax was not installed. You need to install Fax from your blue Operating SystemCD. To install Fax: 1Insert the blue Operating SystemCD in your CD or DVD drive. 2If the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box opens, click Install optional Windows components . The Windows Components Wizard opens. -OR- If the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box does not open, click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. Click/Double-click Add and Remove Programs. The Add or Remove Programs dialog box opens. Click Add/Remove Windows Components. The Windows Components Wizard opens. 3Click Fax Services, then click Next. 4Click Finish to exit the Windows Components Wizard. ImportantYour modem cable must be installed before you can send and receive faxes. You cannot use your standard telephone modem to connect to the Internet while sending and receiving faxes. Help and SupportFor more information about sending and receiving faxes in Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword Fax in the HelpSpot Search box , then click the arrow.
129 Installing and configuring Fax www.gateway.com 5Click Exit to close the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box. -OR- Click Close to close the Add or Remove Programs dialog box. Configuring Fax in Windows XP Before you send your first fax, you need to set up your user information. Your fax cover sheets and fax headers contain this information, some of which is required by law. The Fax Configuration Wizard opens the first time you try to send a fax. ImportantThe first time you run the Fax Configuration Wizard, you may need to provide information in the Location Information and the Phone and Modem Options dialog boxes.
130 Chapter 7: Sending and Receiving Faxes www.gateway.com To configure Microsoft Fax: 1Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, Fax, then click Fax Console . The Fax Configuration Wizard opens. 2On the Welcome to Fax Configuration Wizard screen, click Next. The Sender Information screen opens. 3Type the information about yourself that you want to appear on your fax cover page, then click Next. The Select Device for Sending or Receiving Faxes screen opens. 4Click the arrow to open the Please select the fax device list, then click the modem you are using to send and receive faxes. 5If you want the modem to automatically answer the telephone in order to receive faxes, click the Enable Receive check box. 6Click Next. The Transmitting Subscriber Identification (TSID) screen opens. 7Type the transmitting fax identifier information. This identifier information is required by law. You can type up to 20 characters in the text box. We suggest using eight characters for your identifier name, followed by 12 characters for your telephone number.