Sony PCF-FX202 manual

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Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rst 2 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Sony C orp o ration. All rights reserved. This man ual a nd th e sof tware des cribe d here in, in wh ole or in part, may no t be re produc ed, t rans lated, or reduc ed to a ny m achi n e- readable form without prior writt e n approval. Sony Cor porat ion pro vide s n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rst 3 nN V i rusScan is a trademark of Network Associates Corporation. All other names of systems, pro ducts and services are trademarks o f their respective owners. In the man ual, the ™ or ® m arks are not specified. S peci ficat ions are s u b ject to chan ge wit hout n otic e. As an E NERGY S TAR Part[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rst 4 nN Sa fety infor mati on Own er's r ec ord The model number and se rial number a re located on the bottom of your Son y notebook. Record the seria l number in the space pro vi ded here. Refer to the mo del and serial number w hen you call VAI O -Link. Ser ial numb er: __ _____ ______ ______ _____ [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rst 5 nN Conn ectiv ity ❑ Neve r install mod em or tele phon e w irin g during a sev ere storm . ❑ Neve r install teleph one jac ks in wet loca tions un less the j ack is specifica lly desig ned for w et locati ons. ❑ Use cau tio n when insta lling or modi fying te leph one l ines. ❑ Use your noteb o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rst 6 nN Reg ulatory informa tion This produc t co nform s to the foll owing Europ ea n Direc tives : 73/ 23/ EEC ( Low V ol tage D irect iv e) 89/ 336 /EE C, 92/3 1/E EC ( EMC D ire cti ves) 93/ 68/ EEC ( CE Mar king D irect i v e) 1999/5/EC (radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment Di rect[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rst 7 nN Di sposin g of lithi um io n batt eries Do no t h an dle dam age d or leaki ng lith ium ion b atte ries. Di spose of prom ptly and prop erly at en d-of -life. Dang er of expl os ion if ba ttery is inc orrectl y repl aced. R epl ace onl y with the sa me or equiv alent ty pe recomm ended b y th e m an[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu lation s on purc has ing a So ny VAIO noteb ook . Sony has comb ined le ading -edg e tech nolog y in aud io, vid eo, com put ing and comm uni cat ions to pr ovi de you w ith state -o f-the -art pers ona l com putin g. Here are just so me of the feat ures yo ur VAIO noteb ook has to o ffe[...]

So ny Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN Do cumenta tion pa ck Your Docu menta tio n Pac k c on tains pa per and onli ne use r guides on a Do cum ent ation CD -ROM . Prin ted do cument ation ❑ A Ge tti ng St arte d bro chure, whe re you find a brief descr iptio n of the item s in y our box a nd som e sp eci f i cat ions of y our n ote book ; ❑ A[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y our noteb ook an d its acc essor ies Foll owing hardwa r e it ems should be in the box: 1m a i n u n i t 7v i d e o c a b l e 2 pro duct re cov ery CD -RO Ms 8 phon e p lug (c ount ry spe cif ic) 3 d oc umen tat io n pac k 9 p hone cabl e 4 AC ad apt er 10 po wer c ord 5 rech arge able batt ery pa ck 11 CD-[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg ono mic cons ider ati ons You w ill be us in g your no tebo ok a s a po rtab le dev ice in a variet y of envi ronm ents. Wh enever p oss ible, y ou should attem pt to take accou nt of the followi ng ergonom ic consider ations to both sta tionar y an d portabl e environ ments: ❑ Posit ion of your compute[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN ❑ V ie w i ng an gle o f th e co mputer ’ s display – Use t he displ ay ’ s tilti ng featu re to fi nd the b est p osition . Y o u ca n redu ce ey e strain an d mu scle fa tigue by ad justing the til t of th e displa y to t he prop er posi tion . Adju st the brightn ess setting of the disp lay as well[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g y our n o te boo k This se ction de scri bes how to start using y our comp ute r and ho w to use yo ur com puter ’ s inter nal and extern al devices. Locat i ng contro ls and connector s Rig ht 1 power button (pa ge 27) 2 C D- ROM dr ive (pa ge 36) 3 mult i-pur pose bay (pa ge 38) (pa ge[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left ✍ AC a d a p ter mai n s connector and p ower cord: h azardou s voltage , a cc o rding to EN 60950. All othe r con nec tors for this n ote book are SEL V ( Safety Ext ra Low V o ltag e ), ac cord ing to EN 60 950. 1 TV O ut co nnec tor (page 58) 4 i.LINK ™ connector (p age 6 6) 2 mic roph[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front 1 LCD screen (page 34) 7 battery 1 and 2 indicators (p ag e 33) 2 spe ak ers (page 34) 8 har d d isk driv e indicat or (p ag e 33) 3 key board (page 30) 9 Nu m Lock indica tor (p ag e 33) 4 tou chpa d (page 35) 10 Caps L ock indic ator (p ag e 33) 5 left/rig h t buttons (page 35) 11 Scro ll [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bac k ✍ T here is a ventila t i o n slot l o cated near the U SB con nect o r . Do not cover the v en tilat ion slot w hen the computer is o n. 1 phone li ne ja ck (p age 5 1) 5 mon it or co nne cto r (page 55) 2U S B c o n n e c t o r (p age 6 3) 6 E thernet c onnector (page 69) 3 ser ial co nn[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Bott om 1 rel ea se l ever (p age 1 1) 2 tilt st ands (p age 1 1)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN C onnect ing a power sour ce You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rec hargeab l e ba ttery pac k as a p ower sourc e. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , pr o ceed as follows : 1 Plug the c able attac hed to the AC ad apte r (1 ) into the D C In c onnec tor (2) on th e c ompute r . 2 Pl[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Usi ng t he ba t tery pac k You c an use one or two ba tteries as a sourc e of po we r. Yo u can ins ert th e se cond ba ttery pack i nto the multi - purpo se bay on th e right side o f the co mputer. Ad dition al bat tery packs a re a vailabl e as a sep arate o ption . The ba ttery pack sup plied[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Cha rging t he bat tery pac k To ch arg e t he ba tte ry pac k, proce ed a s foll ows: 1 Conne ct the A C adapt er to the c omp uter . 2 Insert the b attery pack. The com puter au tomat ically charges th e batte ry (1) (the bat tery indicato r (2) light fl ashes in a doub le blink p atte rn as the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN ✍ When t he ba tte ry is ru nning out of pow er , bot h the batt ery an d powe r ind icato rs b link. K e ep the batt ery pa ck in the co mputer whil e it is d irec tly co nnect ed to AC power . T h e batte ry pa ck co ntinu es to charge while yo u ar e usi ng th e com puter . If the batt ery l [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pac k To remo ve the batt ery pack, pro ceed as fol low s: 1 T urn off th e comp ute r . 2 Ope n the cover of th e battery ba y . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pack. 4 Close th e c over o f th e battery b ay . ✍ Y ou m ay lose data if you remo ve the ba tter y pack while the com[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Usi ng t he se co nd ba tte ry p ack You ca n purch ase a second rech argeabl e b atte ry pack. With two ba ttery pac ks, yo u can ext end the time you use y our com puter wi th ba ttery powe r. W hen using tw o battery packs, th e batt ery pack you insert fi rst charge s first. The b attery pack [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN ✍ If yo u atta ch tw o bat tery pa cks, you ca n rem ove one of t hem witho ut shut ting d own t he c ompu ter . Wh en re mov ing on e ba ttery pack, m a ke s ur e th a t the o ther batt ery pa ck indica tor i s on . If the ind ica tor of the batt ery pa ck yo ur are goi ng to r emo ve i s on , [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Cha rging t he sec on d batte ry pack To charg e t he second batt ery pack , p ro ceed as follo ws: 1 Keep the b at tery p ack (1 -3) in the compute r while it is connec ted to AC power . The ba ttery indi cator (2) fl ashes wh ile the b atter y is c hargi ng. 2 When th e batter y indica tor stops[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Remo vin g the secon d bat tery pa ck To rem ov e the second ba ttery pack, pro ceed a s fol lows: 1 S lide th e ejec t l eve r o n the b ottom of the weight sa ver , in the di recti on o f arrow 1. 2 S lide th e rel eas e lever o n th e bott om of the c omp uter i n the d irection of arrow 2. 3 R[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Sta rtin g you r noteb ook To s tart you r comp ute r, proc eed as foll ows : 1 Slide the L CD l ock l ever (1) in the dire ction o f the arro w , and lift th e cover . 2 Press the pow er butto n (2) o f t he com puter un til the gr een pow er i ndi cator (3) lig ht turns on . 3 If necess ary , pr[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Sh uttin g down you r note book I t is im por tant th at you s hut do wn yo ur c om puter pr ope rly so you do not los e u nsa ved data . To sh ut do wn yo ur co mputer, pro ceed as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t bu tton on th e W indo ws ® taskbar . 2 Clic k Shu t D own. The Shut D o w n W ind ows[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Reg iste ring yo ur note book You can take advan tage of Sony ’ s com mitmen t to qual ity custo mer sup port and rec eive th e follo win g ben efits by re gister ing your comp uter : ❑ V A IO-Link – If you ar e e xperienc ing any problems with your co mputer , you ca n check the V A I O -Li[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Us in g the ke ybo ard Your keyb oard is very simi lar to a d eskt op c o mpu ter ’ s, but the keyb oard has additi onal keys that perfo rm spe cific not ebook- related tasks. Keys Descri pt i ons Esc ape ke y (1) The <E sc> (Esca pe) key is us ed to c anc el com mand s. Fun ction ke ys (2[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Appl icat ion ke y (6) The Applic atio n key displays a shortcut menu; pressing this key is equivalent to clicki n g the ri ght mous e bu tto n. Nu meric key pad area (7 ) Cont ains t he keys found on a t ypica l calcula tor . U se the numeri c keypa d area t o t y pe num ber s or to perfo rm math[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN Com binat ion s a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e Win dows key Combinati ons Functions + F1 Displays Windo ws Hel p. + T ab Switches the selected bu tton on the taskbar . + E Displays Windo ws Ex plorer . + F Displays the Search Resul ts win dow t o find a file o r fold er . This is equ iv alent to se l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Ind icato rs Indic at or Func tions Powe r Pow er on : lig hts gre en. St and by mo de: fla she s umbe r . Battery 1 Indicates the status of the battery inserted in the batt e ry bay on the l eft side of the computer . Battery 2 Indicates the status o f the battery inserted i n th e battery ba y o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Com binat ion s a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e Fn key ✍ * Fi r st yo u need to co nn ect your external d is p lay , then you turn on yo u r n o teb o ok. When yo u connect your ext er nal d i s pla y wh en t h e computer is alr eady on, you cann o t use t he keyco mbination <Fn> +<F 7> [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The k eyboa rd c ontain s a cu rsor-po inti ng d evice, y our to uc hpad ( 1). Yo u can po int to , se lect, dra g, an d scrol l objec ts on the scr een usin g the built-i n touch pad. Action Descri ption poin t Slide one fing er o n the t ouc hpad to p lace t he p ointe r (2[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN Us ing th e CD-RO M drive Your com pute r i s equ ipped w ith CD-R OM drive . To insert a disc , proce ed as fol lows : 1 T urn on the c omp uter . 2 Press the eject bu tton (1) to open the CD-RO M drive. The tray slid es out. 3 Place a CD -ROM disc in the m iddle of the tr ay with the labe l side[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN ✍ When the computer is in Standb y or Hi be rn at e mod e , you c annot insert or remove a di sc. Be s ure to seat the disc f irmly over the disc dr ive hu b fi nger s . If you do not sea t the d isc firml y , you coul d dam age y our disc driv e and y ou m ay not be ab le to ope n th e tray. Wh[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Us ing th e weight saver The w eight sa ver p rotects the multi-p urpose b ay w hen it is emp ty. To atta ch the weigh t save r, proc eed as fo llows: 1 If anoth er device is i n the mu lti-purpo se bay , re mov e the de vice. 2 Pull out th e guid e (1) of the w eigh t saver an d slide the weigh t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN To rem ov e the we ight saver, p roceed as fo llo ws: 1 Slide the ej ect lever of th e weigh t s aver in the di rection of arro w 1. 2 Slide the rel ease leve r on the bo ttom of th e comput er in the di rection of arro w 2.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Us ing th e floppy disk dri ve You find t he wei ght saver in th e multi -pu rpose b ay. In stead off the weight saver, you can alwa ys in sert an optio nal rem ovab le flop py disk drive. Inse r ting t he f loppy disk drive To i nse rt t he f lop py di sk dr ive , proc ee d as fo llow s: 1 T urn [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Insert ing a diskette To in sert a diske tte, p roceed as follow s: 1 Hold the diskette ( 1) with the l abel side facing up. 2 Gently p us h the diskette in to the flop py disk dri ve (2) unti l it clicks into pla ce.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Re movi ng a di sket te To rem ov e a di skette, proc eed as follow s: 1 W a it unti ll the LED i ndicato r (1) turns off. 2 Press th e e ject button (2) to rem ove t he disket te. ✍ Do not pre ss th e ejec t but ton when the L ED ind ica tor is turn ed o n. Ot herw ise, data m ay b e lo st.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Remo vi ng th e fl oppy di sk dr iv e To r emove the fl op py dis k dri ve , proc eed as fol low s: 1 T urn off th e comp ute r . 2 Slide the rel ease lever ( 1) o n the b ottom of the c omputer i n the directi on of the arrow . 3 Slide the d rive (2) out of th e mul ti-purpos e bay . 4 Insert the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN Us ing PC Cards This com puter has a card bu s PC C ard s lot t hat suppo rts Ty pe I or Type II P C Card s. PC Card s a llow yo u to conn ect po rtable exte rnal d evices. ✍ Y ou d o no t need to shut dow n you r compu ter w hen i nserti ng a PC Car d. In sert ing a PC Card To in sert a PC C ar[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN 3 Insert th e PC Card int o the PC Card slot fro nt label facing u p. 4 Gently p us h the PC Card slot i nto the conne ctor . The PC Card i s au tom atically dete cted by y our system . The Unpl ug or Eject Hardw a r e icon appea rs in t he taskbar . ✍ Some dev ices may not fu n ctio n propertly[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Remo vi ng a PC Card Fo llo w t h e s te ps bel o w t o r e mov e t h e PC C a rd wh ile yo u r c om pu ter is on . If it is n ot r em ove d p rop er ly , y ou r system m ay not work pr op erly. If you want to remove a PC Card when your com puter is off , skip steps 1 to 7. To remov e a PC Card, p[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN ✍ If you un pl ug the PC Card from t he com pu ter wh en this is still turne d on, your sy stem m ight c rash an d you mi ght lo se data that y ou di d not sa ve befor e . Befo r e you remove the PC C ard, cli ck the PC Card icon in the taskbar and close the card. Close any applications that use[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN Using Me mory St ick™ The Memory Stick ™ is sp ecially d esigne d fo r exc hanging and sharin g dig ital data w ith c omp atible pr odu cts. Becaus e it is remo vable, it can be u sed fo r ex ternal da ta s torage. ✍ Y ou ne ed a n op tional PC C ard adapte r to use this f unc tion . When th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 49 nN 2 Push the release bu tton. The rel ease b utton po ps ou t. 3 Push the release bu tton. The PC Card sl ot come s out. 4 Pull the PC Card slo t out of the conne ctor . 5 Insert the PC Car d adap ter into the co nnector ( 3) on you r com puter (label facing up ) and p ush i t gent ly . 6 The Memory[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 50 nN 3 Clic k St op . 4 In th e Stop a Ha r d wa re dev ice dia log bo x, co nfir m tha t the devi ce ca n be saf ely re moved from the system. 5 Clic k OK . Y o u get th e messag e that it is safe to rem ove the de vice. 6 Clic k OK . 7 Clic k Close . 8 Press th e P C Card r elease button s o that it [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 51 nN Us ing the mod em Your no teboo k i s equi ppe d wi th an inte rnal mo dem. You ne ed to co nnect a phone line to tak e ad vantag e of onl ine ser vices an d the Intern et, to registe r you r compu ter and s oftware on line, and to co ntact VA IO-Lin k. To co nnect a phon e line, p roceed as fo ll[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 52 nN Us ing po wer savin g modes When you use a batte ry as the s ource of p ower for y our comput er, you can take a dvant age of pow er ma nage ment set tin gs to cons er ve batt er y lif e. In addi tion to th e n orma l ope rat ing mo de, whi ch a llows yo u to turn o ff speci fic dev ices, y our c [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 53 nN ✍ If yo u pres s the pow er b utton f or m ore t han f our s econ ds, the co mp uter will sw itch off a utom atic ally. When the computer is in Standb y mode, you ca nnot i nser t a disc . Standby req uir es le ss ti me t h a n Hiber n ate . Standby use s mo re powe r th an Hib ernate . Using Hi[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN Connec ting periph eral devi ces You ca n add functi ona lity to yo ur com puter by conn ect ing or us ing any of the se periph eral s. Before you con nect p eriph erals, tu rn off t he co mputer and all p eriph erals. Conn ect the pow er cord on ly afte r c onnec ting all ca bles. Turn[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN C onnect ing a n ext erna l di spl ay You ca n co nne ct an exter nal d ispl ay to yo ur note book . For ex ampl e, yo u can use your c omp uter w ith the fo llowing d evices: ❑ Com put er displ ay (mo nitor ); ❑ Mult imedia c omputer d ispla y; ❑ TV ; ❑ Projector . ✍ T ur n o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Con necting a comp uter dis p lay To co nnect a com puter display, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the d ispla y c a ble (1) in the m onitor co nnecto r (2) on the compu ter . 2 If nece ssary , pl ug one end of th e disp lay ’ s po wer co rd (3) i nto th e displ ay , a nd the o the r end[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN Con n ect ing a multim ed ia c om pu t er display You can co nnect the note book to a multime dia comp uter display that in cludes built-in sp eakers and a mic ropho ne. To c onnect a multime dia c o mpu ter dis play, proceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the displa y c a ble (1) i n t he monit o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Con necting a TV To connect a TV , p r oceed as follow s: 1 Plug one end of th e audio/video c able (1) into the TV O ut con nector (2) (yellow) and the ot her end into the TV . 2 Plug one end of the sou nd cable (3) into the headph one connecto r (4) an d the other end into the TV . 3 [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN ✍ See t he man ual s upp lied with your peri phe r a l for m or e info rmat ion o n insta llati on an d us e .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Conn e ctin g a pr oje ct or You ca n use a pro je ctor as an e xtern al disp lay, such as the S ony LCD Projec tor. To co nnect a pr ojector, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the RGB signa l cable ( 1) into the moni tor conn ector (2 ) i denti fied by the symbo l. 2 Plug the audio cab le ([...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN Con nec ting exte rnal speake rs You ca n enh anc e the so und qual ity o f your co mpu ter by conn ecting ext erna l speake rs. To co nnect ex ternal s peakers, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the speaker c able (1) into the earpho ne connecto r ( 2 ). 2 Plug the o ther en d of the s peaker[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN Conn ect ing a n exter nal mi croph one Your VAIO n ote book does not co ntain an in tern al micro ph one. If you need to use a sound i nput dev ice, fo r exampl e to chat on the Intern et, you need to plug in an extern al microph one. To co nnect an ext ernal m icrophone, pro ceed a s [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Conn ect ing a U n ivers al Ser ial Bus (US B) mous e You ca n co nne ct a US B devi ce (e.g . mou se, ke yboa rd … ) t o y o ur c o mputer. To connect a USB m ouse, proceed as fo llows: 1 Y o u can fin d 2 USB con nec tors (1) at the back of yo ur notebo ok. 2 Plug the USB mouse cabl[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN Conn ect ing a printer You ca n co nne ct a Wind ows- com patib le pr inter to you r com put er to pri nt doc umen ts. Conn e ctin g a pr i nter us ing the U SB conn ec tor You ca n co nne ct a USB pri nte r c omp atibl e with y our ver sio n of Win dows to your co mpu ter. To co nnect [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN Conn e ctin g a pr int er usi ng th e p rin ter co nn ecto r To co nnect a printe r using t he print er con ne ctor, pr oceed a s follow s: 1 Plug the p rinter ca ble (1) sup plied wi th the printe r into the pr inter co nnecto r (2) identi fied by the symbo l. 2 Plug the p rinter po we[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN C onnect ing a n i.LI NK ™ de vic e Your computer includ es an i . LINK ™ (IEE E1394) conne ctor, whi ch you c an use to conn ect to an i.LINK ™ de vice such as a di gital video camera rec order or to c onnec t t wo VAI O notebo oks i n order to c opy, del ete or edit files. The i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN Conn e ctin g a di gi tal vide o ca mer a re co rder To co nnect a digita l video camera reco rder , procee d as fol lows : 1 Plug one en d of the i.LINK ™ cable (1) int o the i.L INK ™ conn ec tor (2) o f th e com put er and th e ot her e nd into the DV Out con nector ( 3) on the d[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN Conn e ctin g two V AI O- note boo ks You c an con nec t your note book to ano the r VAIO n ote book us ing a n i.LIN K ™ cab le (1 ) (n ot su pp lie d). Wi th Sm art Conne ct* o n your no teb ook, you can co py, ed it or del ete files on a not her VA IO not ebo ok tha t h as also Wi [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN Conn ect ing to a network (LAN ) You can c onnect your c omput er to 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-T X-type netwo rks via an Ethern et netwo rk cable. For the detai led s etting s and de vices n eeded to conn ect to the net work, con sult your Net work Admini stra tor. ✍ F o r more inf orm atio n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 70 nN Getting help This se ction de scri bes how to get he lp and sup port fro m Son y, as w ell as trou blesho ot ing tips for y our co mpu ter . So ny suppor t opti ons Sony pro vid es seve ral sup port opt ions for your co mpu ter. Pri nted docum entat ion su pplie d wit h your not ebook ❑ The Cust omer G[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 71 nN ❑ V A IO-Link website : if you ha ve an y prob lem w ith yo ur compu ter , y ou can acc ess th e VAIO -Link web site. Go to : http:/ /www . vai o-link .com ❑ V AIO-Lin k Response C entre : Befo re con tacting V A IO-Lin k Resp onse Cen tre, t ry to solv e the probl em by r eading the User Guid es and[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 72 nN ❑ If the messag e Pr ess <F1> t o r e sume, <F 2 > t o se t u p a ppe ars at the botto m of the di splay , y ou need to in it ia li ze th e B IO S . ❑ T ake the b attery pack off the no tebook, unp lug the powe r cord and plug i t again, then turn on the powe r . The mess age ’ Press &l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 73 nN ❑ Restart th e com puter by p ressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Delete> . T he Windows Secur ity dia log box ap pea rs. Clic k Shu t D own … . The S h ut D own Windows dialog box appears . Se l ec t Shut down and click OK . ❑ If this does no t work, p ress th e p ower bu tton and hold it for [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 74 nN My mo use d oes n ot wo rk ❑ If you are using a USB mouse, c heck that the appr opriate drive r an d software are pr operly instal led. ❑ Che ck tha t t he U SB mou se is pl ugged int o the USB co nn ector . Ab out t he dis play My LCD do es not d ispl ay an ythi ng ❑ Check th at t he compu ter is [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 75 nN Ab out C D-RO M s and d iskett es My CD -ROM drive tray d oes n ot op en ❑ Make sure the co mputer is turn ed on. ❑ Press th e eje ct button on the CD- ROM dr ive. ❑ If th e ejec t butto n doe s not wor k, you c an op en the t ray by i nser ting a shar p, poi nted obj ec t i nto the hole to th e r [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 76 nN ❑ Make sure you pl ace the disc in the tray w ith t he label side fac ing up. The disc tray does n ot eject even w hen the eject butto n is pressed ❑ Che ck th at t he note book is t urn ed on. The disc tray ejects ev en when it has been locked i nto place ❑ Ensure tha t the disc i s p laced w ith [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 77 nN My mi crop hone does not wor k If y ou a re u sing an ext ernal m icrop hone, che ck tha t the m icrop hone is p lugg ed into th e mic rop hone conn ector. Ab out t he mo dem My inte rn a l mo dem do es no t wor k ❑ Che ck tha t t he ph one l ine is pl ugge d into y our com pute r . ❑ Che ck tha t t [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN My m ode m c onn ectio n is slow Ma ny f act ors i nfl uence mod em co nne cti on s pee d, i ncl udi ng t el e p hon e li ne no ise or compa ti bil ity with tele phon e equipm e nt (such a s fax ma chin es or othe r mod ems). I f you thi nk you r mod em is no t c onne cting proper ly to ot h er PC-based [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN ❑ Che ck that you r printer is co rrectly c onfi gured and th at you hav e up-to- date driv ers. If n eeded, contac t your d ealer . ❑ The de fault setting for the pri nter port mod e is correc t for mo st printe rs. If you canno t print, try chang ing the pr inter po rt mode . ❑ T o ch ange t he p[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN Ab out p owe r man age ment Th e Pow er Man age ment sett in g is no t resp ondi ng Yo ur no tebo ok ’ s oper ating system may bec ome unstab le i f a l ower powe r s tate, s uch as Hib e rnate is initiate d, an d the n chang ed bef ore the n otebo ok compl etely en ters the low er pow er state . To re[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 81 nN Pr ec aut io ns This se ction de scri bes safe ty guide lines and pre cau tions to help yo u protec t your co mpu ter fro m pot ential dama ge. Your n oteboo k a nd memo ry m odu les use h ig h pr ecisi on c ompo nen ts and e lectro nic co nnecto rs techn ology . To avoid the inval idation of your guaran[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 82 nN Ad diding memo ry In the fut ure you may want to install me mory m odule s to expand the func tiona lity of your c ompu ter. You ca n increa s e the memo ry by i nstalli ng op tional memory mo d ule s. Be carefu l when ad ding m emo ry. Mistak es on insta llation o r remov al of the mem ory m odule m ay [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 83 nN ! Do not place the memory module in places su b ject to : - H eat so urces s uch as radi ator s or air ducts , - D irec t su nli ght , - Excessi ve dust, - Me ch ani ca l vib rat io n or sh ock , - Str o ng magnets or speak e rs that are not magnetically s hielded, - Ambient temper a tu r e of more than [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 84 nN Remo vi ng a memo ry mo dule To remove a memory modul e, pr o ce ed a s foll ows: 1 Shut d own your com puter . 2 Discon nec t all peri pher al dev ices. 3 Un plug th e c omp uter and re mov e the ba tt ery pac k. 4 Wait unti l the comp uter c ools do wn. 5 T urn y our co mpu ter up side down . 6 Ope n t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 85 nN In stal li ng a me mory mod ule To in stall a mem ory m odu le, p roceed a s fo llows: 1 Shut d own your com puter an d disco nnect al l p eriphe ral de vices. 2 Un plug th e c omp ute r and re mov e t he ba tt ery pac ks. 3 Wait unti l the comp uter c ools do wn. 4 T urn y our co mpu ter up side down . [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 86 nN 8 Close th e com pute r c over . 9 T igh ten th e s crews on t he bo ttom of t he co mpu ter . 10 T urn on the c omp uter .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 87 nN Ot her pr eca ut ions On ha n d lin g th e hard disk The ha rd disk ha s a high sto rag e dens ity and re ads or wri tes data in a s hor t t ime. O n the other ha nd , it may be easil y da mage d b y m echan ical vi bratio n, s hock or du st. Althou gh the har d disk has th e safety devi ce in itself to [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 88 nN ❑ The screen b ecome s warm during o perati on. This is normal a nd does not indi cate a malfunction . ❑ The LCD is man ufactu red u sing hi gh- precis ion tec hnolo gy . Y ou m a y , how eve r , see ti ny bla ck poin ts and/ or b r igh t p oi nts ( re d, b lu e , or g r een ) tha t c on tin uo u sl [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 89 nN ❑ H eat source s, such as radia tors o r a ir ducts , ❑ D irect sunligh t, ❑ E xcessiv e dust, ❑ M oisture or rai n, ❑ M echanical vibrati on or shock, ❑ Str ong magn ets or speakers th at are not m agnetically shi elded, ❑ A mbient temperatu re of mo re than 35 º C or le ss t han 10 º C,[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 90 nN On ha n d lin g d isket tes ❑ Do not open the shutter manuall y and tou ch the surface of the diskett e. ❑ Keep di skettes awa y from m a gnets. ❑ Keep di skettes awa y from d irect su nlight an d oth er heat sourc es. On ha n d lin g CD- ROM discs ❑ Do no t t ouc h the surfa ce of th e disc. ❑[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 91 nN ❑ Keep the b attery pack away from all sour ces of heat. ❑ Keep the battery pac k dry . ❑ Do no t o pen or try to di sassem ble the bat tery pack. ❑ Do not e xpose the battery pack to an y me cha nical s hock. ❑ If you are not us ing the c omputer fo r an extend ed perio d of time, re mov e the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 92 nN ❑ Do no t u se or store Me mory S tick s ™ in a l o catio n subje ct to: ❑ E x t remely high tempe ratures, s uch a s in a car parked in the su n, ❑ D irect sunligh t, ❑ H igh humi dity or near c orrosi ve sub stan ces. ❑ Use the sto rage case su pplie d with the M emo ry Stick ™ .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations PCG-FX201/PCG-FX202 93 nN Spec ification s PCG- FX201/PCG -FX202 Model Number PCG-FX201/PCG-FX202 Op er at ing syst e m Micro soft ® Window s ® Mi lle nn ium Ed iti on Pro cessor 700 MH z Mo bil e A MD D u ron ™ processor Hard di sk drive 10 G B Standar d RAM 6 4 MB SD RA M (in s lot ) Maxi mum RAM 256 [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations PCG-FX201/PCG-FX202 94 nN ‡ See our special Gu arantee extension conditions. S peci ficat ions are s u b ject to chan ge wit hout n otic e. Connecti on capabilit i e s on notebo ok monitor (VGA output), external speake r s or headphone, external mic rop hone, 2 USB , seria l, p ara llel, TV Out, mo dem, i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 95 nN INDEX A AC ad apter 5 , 10 , 18 acce ssory 94 air circulatio n 89 Alt key 31 application key 31 audio cable 58 , 60 B battery bay 14 , 19 charging s tatus 20 charging the 20 indicator 20 pack 19 , 22 , 26 battery indicator 15 , 33 battery pack 10 br ig ht ne ss co nt ro l 27 , 34 built-in ca pability 93 button 15 pow[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 96 nN Esc ape key 30 Ether n et 8 network c able 69 Ethernet conne ctor 16 expansion capabil ity 93 external display 34 microph one 62 speake r 61 F floppy disk drive 40 , 43 Fn key 31 , 34 function key 30 G graphic 93 guarantee 4 , 29 , 94 H hard disk drive 93 hard disk drive indicator 15 , 33 headphon e c o nnector 14 , [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 97 nN inserting a 48 removing a 49 microp hone 62 cab le 57 , 62 con ne ctor 62 microp hone connec tor 14 , 62 mode St and by 33 model num ber 4 modem 4 , 5 , 8 , 51 , 93 moisture condensation 89 monitor 55 monitor connector 16 , 56 , 57 , 60 MPEG 93 multi-purpos e bay 13 , 23 , 38 , 43 N navigation key 30 network 69 Norma[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 98 nN T te chni cal spe cifica tion s 93 telecommunic at i on 93 temperatur e operating 94 storage 94 tilt st and 17 touchpad 15 , 35 trademark 3 troubleshooting 71 TV 55 , 58 TV Out c onnector 14 , 58 U USB con ne ctor 64 mo use 63 USB c onnector 16 V VAIO 8 VAIO -Lin k 4 , 8 , 29 , 71 VAIO-Link Response C entre 71 v enti[...]