Dell™ Vostro™ 3400

Regulatory Information

Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Model: P09S, P10G, P09F, P06E
Regulatory Type: P09S001, P10G001, P09F001, P06E001

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Regulatory Model: P13S, P19G, P16F, and P13E
Regulatory Type: P13S001, P19G001, P16F001, and P13E001

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Dell Vostro 3450 Owner's Manual

• Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
• Working on Your Computer
• Battery
• Memory Card
• ExpressCard
• Memory Door
• Memory
• Optical Drive
• Keyboard
• Palm Rest
• Hinge Cover
• Display Assembly
• Display Bezel
• Camera
• Display Panel
• Display Cable
• Display Brackets and Hinges
• Display Cover 

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• VGA Board
• Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Card
• System Fan
• System Board
• DC-in Jack
• Input/Output Board
• Speaker
• Bottom Base
• Hard Drive
• Heat Sink
• Processor
• Coin-Cell Battery
• Contacting Dell

I apologize for my language.  I am very frustrated at the inability to find any kind of manual on the keys that appear on my keyboard and how they are used.  The links that have been sent to me -  none of them - give that information.  I am a newbie and want to be led through using the machine.  Not the operating system or software, just the keyboard and explanation of the ports.

I would suggest removing the terse language and viewing the Setup and Features Information Tech Sheet.

The Setup and Features Information Tech Sheet.  Has the ports.

If there are keys with blue or other color that match the Fn key then they are activated when you press the key marked Fn and the other key.  Typically these turn on/off external display, turn up or down brightness, turn up or down volume

etc.

Sometimes there is an embedded number pad but I think this is gone due to people getting confused by it.

If your keyboard looks like this then It appears the "Fn" key options are in RED

Note near the bottom left the RED Fn key.

F11 is volume Down.

F12 is Volume Up

The Red Key to the Right of F12 is Mute

F4 appears to be Down Brightness

F5 appears to be up Brightness.

F2 appears to be the Toggle to turn WIFI /Wireless on or Off

F8  is windows media key reverse

F9 is windows media key  Play/Pause

F10 is windows media key forward

Embedded Numeric Keypad

As you work, you may want to use the embedded numeric keypad to enter numbers in spreadsheet or financial programs. The embedded numeric keypad shares some of the keys on your computer's keyboard. On these keys, the number and symbol characters of the numeric keypad appear in blue to the right of the main keypad characters. To activate the embedded numeric keypad, press lights up).

Figure 1. Embedded Numeric Keypad

Table 1. Embedded Numeric Keypad Key Combinations

When Keypad Is On	Function
	Toggles the embedded numeric keypad off
< key>	Temporarily disables the embedded numeric keypad; enables the lowercase characters/functions of the keyboard
< key>	Temporarily disables the embedded numeric keypad; enables the uppercase characters/functions of the keyboard
When Keypad Is Off	Function
	Toggles the embedded numeric keypad on
< number key>	Temporarily enables a number or symbol key in the embedded numeric keypad

Table 2. Display Key Combinations

Key Combinations	Function
+ down arrow	Incrementally decreases brightness.
+ up arrow	Incrementally increases brightness.
+ right arrow	Has no effect on your computer. Decreases contrast on passive-matrix displays; has no effect on active-matrix displays.
+ left arrow	Has no effect on your computer. Increases contrast on passive-matrix displays; has no effect on active-matrix displays.
*	Toggles the computer's display between regular video mode and reverse video mode (white on black). This key combination works only if the computer is in text mode; it has no effect if the computer is running a graphical operating system or application program.
	Toggles the computer’s display between expanded video mode and regular video mode.
	Switches the video image to the next display in the following sequence: the display, an external monitor, or both displays simultaneously.
*	Turns off the display.

That helps, but it would sure be nice to have some document available that describes things like the fingerprint reader, etc.