Sony PCG-FX manual

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Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Son y Corporation. All ri ghts reserved. This manual and th e software desc ri bed herein, in who le or in part, may not be reproduced, translated, or red u ced to any m a ch i n e-r ead abl e fo rm without prior written app ro val. Sony Corpo ratio n prov ides no warr[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 2 nN All other names of sy ste ms, p r oducts and se r vices are trademarks of the i r respective own e rs. In the ma nu al, the ™ or ® marks a r e n o t specified. Speci ficatio ns a re subje ct to c h ange wi thout notic e . Ener gy Star As an E NERG Y S TAR ® P artner , Sony h a s determined tha t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 3 nN Sa fety i nfor ma t ion Ow ner 's rec ord The model number an d serial number are l o c ated on the b o ttom of your Sony notebook. Record the seria l number in the space p rovi de d her e. Ref er to t h e model and se rial number if y ou call V AIO- Link. Ser ial number : __ ______ ___ ______ [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 4 nN Conn ectiv ity ❑ Neve r i n stall modem or tel ephon e wiring duri ng a severe lightn ing sto rm. ❑ Neve r install telepho ne jac ks in w et loc ations unless the j ack is s pecific al ly design ed for wet l o c at ions. ❑ Be c autio us when i nstalli ng o r modi fyin g tel ephone lines . ❑ [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 5 nN Regu lato ry info rma tion This product conforms to the fo llowing E u ropean Directive: 1999/5/EC (radio equipm e nt and te l ecommunications termi n al equipment Dire ctive) This product complies with E N 5 5022 Class B a n d EN 5 5024 fo r use in fol l owing areas: residential, c o mmercial and l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 6 nN Disp o sin g of lith ium ion b a tt eries Do not handl e damag ed or leaking lithium ion batt eries. Dispose of promp tl y and prop erly. Da nge r of e xpl osi on if bat te ry is in cor rec tly r epl aced. Repl ace onl y wi th t he s am e or equ iv al ent ty pe r e comm end ed by the m anufactu rer.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN Welc om e Cong ratu l at ions on purc hasin g a Sony VAI O noteb ook. Son y has com bined l eading -edge tech nolo gy in audi o, vi deo, com puting and commun ications to p rovide you w ith state-of-th e-art pe rson al comp uting . Here are j ust so me of the fe atures y our VAIO n oteboo k has to o ffer. ❑ [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN Docu menta tion pac k You r Do cum entati on Pack contains paper an d online us er guide s on a Doc umen tation C D-ROM . Pri nted d ocumen tatio n ❑ A Ge tti ng St ar ted br oc hur e, w here you f in d a bri ef des cri ptio n of th e i tems in y our box , so me s pec ifi ca tio ns o f you r note book, and h[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN 2 Ref er to your S oftw are G uide for in formatio n on the bundl ed software an d the Sony appl i cati ons. ❑ Abou t t he So ft war e is a short descrip ti on of th e features of th e software pre-in stalled on your system. ❑ Custo m i zing y our notebo ok ex plains how to set y our syst em a nd po wer ma[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y o ur note bo ok and its ac cessor ies Foll owing h ardware it ems a re in the box: 1 mai n unit 7 weig ht save r 2 pro duct r ec overy C D-ROMs 8 vide o cable 3 doc umenta tion p ack 9 phone plug (coun try sp e cif ic) 4 A C a da pte r 10 pho ne ca bl e 5 flo ppy dis k driv e 11 powe r cord 6 rechargeable b[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Er gonom ic co nsid er at ions You will be using you r n ot eb o ok as a p ortabl e device in a vari ety of environmen ts. Whenev er p o ssible, you should atte mpt to take acco unt of the follow ing ergon omic co nsiderati ons to both stat ionary and por table env ironment s: ❑ Posit ion of you r computer [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN ❑ View ing ang le of the comp uter ’ s display – Use the disp l ay ’ s tilting feature to f i n d the best position. Y ou c an reduc e eye str ai n and m uscle fatigue by adjusti ng the t i lt of the d i sp l a y to the pro per positi on. Adjust the brigh tness setting o f the display as w ell. ❑ Li[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Using your notebook Th i s sect ion desc ribes ho w to start usin g yo ur comput er and ho w to use your com puter ’ s i nternal and extern al de v ic es. Locati ng con tro ls and conn ec tors Rig ht * on th e PCG- FX40 1 ** o n th e PC G-FX 405 1 p ower but to n (p age 26) 2 DVD-ROM dri ve*/CD-[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left 1 TV O ut conne ctor (p age 67) 4i . L I N K ™ connector (p age 75) 2 mic rophon e conne ctor (p age 71) 5 PC Card slots (p age 44) 3 hea dphone connec tor (p age 70) 6 battery bay (p age 19)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front 1 LCD screen (p age 32) 7 battery 1 and 2 i n dicators (p age 31) 2 sp eaker s (p age 70) 8 har d disk drive ind icato r (p age 31) 3 key bo ard (p age 29) 9 Num Lock indicato r (p age 31) 4 tou chpad (p age 33) 10 Caps Lock indica tor (p age 31) 5 left/right buttons (p age 33) 11 Scro ll Lo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bac k ✍ T h ere is a ventilation slot loca ted near the USB connector . Do not cover the ventila tion slot when the computer is on. 1 pho ne li n e ja ck (p age 56) 5 moni tor/VGA c onnector (p age 64) 2U S B ( page 7 2) 6 E thern e t c onnec tor (p age 77) 3 se rial conn ector 7 USB p ort (p ag[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Bott om 1r e l e a s e l e v e r (p age 4 0) 2 tilt stands (p age 1 1)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Conn ectin g a powe r s ourc e You c an use either an AC adapter or a recha rg eab le batter y p a ck as a power so urce. Us ing the A C adap ter To use the AC adapte r, proce ed as follows: 1 Plug th e cabl e attached to the AC adapt er (1) into the DC In c onnecto r (2) on th e c o mputer . 2 Pl[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Usi ng t he bat tery pac k You can use o ne o r two b atterie s as a sour ce of pow er. Yo u can insert the s econd batter y pack into th e m u lti - p urpos e bay on the right side of the compu ter. Ad d iti onal battery packs are av ai lab l e as a sepa rate o p ti on. The batter y pack sup plie[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Charg ing the ba ttery pack To charg e the b a ttery pack, proc eed as follows: 1 Conn ect the AC adap ter to the comp uter . 2 Insert the battery p ack. The computer autom atically charges the ba ttery (1) (the battery i n dicator (2) lig ht flash es in a d ouble b link p attern as the ba ttery c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN ✍ When the b a t tery is ru nning out of po wer , both the batte ry and p ower in dicators b link. K eep t he batt ery pa ck in th e comp uter whi le it is di r ectly co nnect ed to AC po wer . T he ba ttery pa ck cont inues to charge w hile y o u are using the computer . If the batter y level f[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Re moving th e batter y pack To remov e the bat tery pack, proceed as fo l low s: 1 T ur n of f th e co mpute r . 2 Open the c over of the b atte ry bay . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pa ck. 4 Close the co v er of t he ba ttery bay . ✍ Y ou may lose data i f you remove the battery pack while t he com[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Usi ng t he seco nd ba tte ry pac k You c an purchase a second rechargeab l e b attery pac k. With t wo battery packs, y o u c an extend th e time you use your com p u ter with batte ry pow er. When usi ng two battery packs, the battery pack yo u in sert first, charge s first . The ba ttery pack y[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN ✍ If y ou attach two ba ttery packs , y ou can remov e one o f th em witho ut shut ting d own the c omp uter . W hen r e m oving o ne batt ery pac k, ma k e su re t hat the oth er batt ery pa ck in dicato r is on. If the i ndica tor of th e ba ttery pa ck yo ur are g oing t o remo ve is on , rig[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Re moving th e seco nd battery pack To remo ve t he second batt ery pa c k , pro c e ed as follow s: 1 Slide the eject lever on the bo ttom of the weight save r , in t he d irec ti on of arr ow 1. 2 Slide the relea se l ever on the bo ttom of t he c om puter in the direction of arr ow 2. 3 Remo ve[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Sta rtin g your not ebook To start your com puter, procee d as fo llo w s : 1 Slid e the LCD lock leve r (1) in the direc tion of th e a rrow , and lift the c over . 2 Press the po wer butto n (2) of the compu ter unti l the green pow er indicat or (3) light turns o n. 3 If n ecessary , pres s <[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Shu tting dow n you r noteb ook It i s i mpo r tan t t hat you sh ut d own you r c omp ute r pr ope rl y s o y ou do no t los e uns av ed dat a. To shut do wn your c ompute r, procee d as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t butto n on the Wi ndow s ® taskbar . 2 Clic k T ur n O ff Co mp uter . The T urn[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Regi s ter ing you r noteb ook You can take advantag e of Son y ’ s comm itment to qual i t y custo mer suppo rt and receiv e the fol lowing ben efits by re gi ste r in g yo ur com pu ter : ❑ V AIO-Link – If you are exp eriencing any pro blems with your co mputer , you ca n c he c k the V A [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Usi ng the keyboa rd You r keyboar d is ve ry similar to a d esktop comput er ’ s, bu t has a dditional keys that perfor m sp ec ifi c not ebook-re l ate d task s. Keys Descrip tions Esca pe ke y (1) The <E sc> ( Esc ape) key i s use d to c ancel c omma nds . Function keys (2 ) The tw e lv[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Comb inat ion s and fu ncti ons wi th the Windo ws key Ap plicatio n key (6) The Appl ication key di sp lays a shortcut men u ; pressing this key is equ i valent to clicking the ri ght mouse butt on. Num eric ke ypad are a (7) Cont ai ns th e k ey s foun d on a typ ical cal cula to r . Use the n u[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Ind icators Indicator Functions Power Powe r o n : lights g reen. Sta nd by mode : fla s hes um ber . Battery 1 I n dicates the status of the battery inserted in th e ba tte ry bay on the left side of the computer . Battery 2 Indicates the status o f the battery ins erted in the battery bay on the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN Comb inat ion s and fu ncti ons wi th the Fn key ✍ * T h i s f u n c t i o n c a n o n l y b e u s ed b y t h e f i r s t u s er t o l o g o n . I t w il l n o t w o r k i f y o u h a v e sw i t c h ed t o a n o t h e r u s er a c c o un t . * F i r s t y ou n ee d to c o n n e c t y our e x t e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Usi ng the touchp a d Th e ke y b oard co ntains a cu rsor-po inting de vice, y o ur touchp ad (1) . You ca n point to , select , dr ag, and sc roll obje cts on the scree n using the buil t-in t ouchpad. Ac ti on De scr i pt i on poin t Sli de one finge r on the tou c h pad to place the poi nter ([...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Using th e CD-RW/ DVD-ROM drive or DVD- R O M Dep endin g on your model, yo ur compu ter is equi pped w ith a CD- RW/DV D-RO M drive or a D VD-R OM. To i nsert a disc, p roceed as fo l low s: 1 T ur n on the comp uter . 2 Press the eje c t butto n ( 1 ) to open the driv e. The tr ay slides out. 3 [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN ✍ When the computer is in Standby or Hi bernate mo de , yo u canno t inser t or r emov e a d i sc. Be s ure to sea t the dis c fi rmly ov er the di sc drive hub fi ngers. I f yo u do not se at the di sc firml y , y ou coul d damage y our disc drive an d you ma y not b e abl e to ope n th e t ray[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN ❑ Before w riting to a new CD-RW , you m ust first form at the disc. I f you do no t form at the disc, y our com puter will not r eco gnize it. ❑ T o make a CD-R ’ s data reada ble o n a CD-ROM d riv e, you need to close the ses s ion w h en you eject it. T o compl ete this pro cess, follow [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN ❑ Do not switch power sa v ing mo des w hile p laying a DVD video. ❑ If th e virus c hecker is activ e, you n eed to disabl e it. ❑ Do no t use resident di sc u ti li ti es or resi dent utiliti es to speed up the acc ess of discs, becau se they may c au se the system to b ecome u nstabl e. ?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Usin g th e weigh t s a ver The w eight s aver protect s the m u lti-pur pose bay when i t i s empty. To att ach t h e weight saver, pro ceed as f ollows: 1 If anoth er devi ce is in the m ult i -pu rpose ba y , rem ove the de vice. 2 Pull ou t the guide (1) o f the weig h t s aver and slide t he [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN To remov e the w ei g h t saver, p rocee d as fol l ows : 1 Slide th e eject lever of th e weight saver in the di rection of arrow 1 . 2 Slide the relea se l ever on the bo ttom of t he c om puter in the direction of arr ow 2.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Usi ng the flop py disk driv e You r comp ute r is sup plie d with a re mova ble f l o ppy di sk dri ve. W hen y ou do not use it, you can repl ace it with the bund led w eigh t save r. In sert ing the f lop py d isk dri ve To insert t he floppy disk drive , procee d as follows : 1 T ur n of f th [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Inser ti n g a d iskette To i nsert a d iskette, p roceed a s fol l ows: 1 Hold th e dis kette (1) w ith the labe l side fac i n g up. 2 Gent ly push the disk ette into the flo ppy disk drive ( 2) unti l it click s int o place.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Rem ovi n g a diskett e To rem ove a diskette, proceed as f oll o w s: 1 Wait until th e LED i ndicator (1) turns off. 2 Press the eje ct button (2 ) to rem ove the diske tte. ✍ Do no t pre ss the Ej ect b utton when t he LED indica tor is turned o n. Ot herw i se, data may be los t.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Re mov ing t he f loppy di sk dr ive To remov e the flop py dis k dri v e , procee d as follows : 1 T ur n of f th e co mpute r . 2 Slide th e relea se l ever ( 1) on th e bott om of the comp uter in the dire c tion of the arro w . 3 Slid e the driv e (2) out of the multi-p urpose bay . 4 Insert t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN Us ing P C Card s This com puter has a PC Card sl ot that suppo rts Type II PC Car d s. P C Card s al low y o u to c onnect port able extern al de v ice s. You do not n eed to shut dow n your comp uter whe n inserting a P C Ca rd. Ins ertin g a PC C ard To i nsert a PC Ca rd, pro ceed as follo ws:[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN ✍ Som e device s may n ot func tion pro perly i f y ou repe at Retu rning to Normal mode from St andby mo de or Hiber nate mode. T h e c ompu te r wil l re tur n to its orig in al st at e if y ou r esta rt it. T h e PC Card sl ots can accommodate two Ty pe II PC Cards (at the same ti me) or one [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Remo ving a PC Card Fol l o w the steps b elow to rem ove the PC c ard wh i l e your c omp uter is on. If i t is not remove d prop erly , yo ur sys tem ma y not work proper ly. If yo u wa nt to remo ve a PC Card when your compu ter is o ff, s kip steps 1 to 6. To rem ove a PC C ard, pro ceed as fo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN Usin g Me mory Stick ™ You r VAIO notebo ok i s desi gned to supp ort th e Me mory S tick ™ . The Memo ry St i ck ™ i s a compac t, portab l e , and versat ile dev ice esp ecial l y desi gned fo r e xchangi ng and sh aring di gital da ta with co mpati ble pro ducts. Bec ause it is remo vable[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN Why Memory Stick ™ ? Son y 's vision i s to ex pand the wo rl d of co mmuni cation, promo ting t he porta bility of digi tal data . The Me mory Stick ™ is the re sulting m edium, t hrough which di gital dev ices can be i n stantly co nnecte d. Wit h i t, y o u can dow nloa d data from any[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 49 nN Ge ne ri c Me mory S ti ck ™ The o riginal M emory Stick ™ , bl ue or purp l e in colo ur, can be use d to record imag e d ata taken w i th dig i ta l stil l came ras, etc. or data fro m the PC. Wit h it, you ca n record , play back and tran sfer variou s k inds of data at any given time . Be [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 50 nN Ma g icGa te Me mo ry St ic k ™ The Mag icGate Mem ory Stick ™ , white in c olour, records P C and ima g e d ata just like its blue co unterpa rt; the d ifferenc e is it uses th e Magic Gate co pyrigh t pr otect i o n techno logy. Wit h t h is type of Me mory Stic k ™ , a lso ca ll ed th e M[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 51 nN MagicGate Mag i cG ate refers to the cop y r i ght p rotect i on tec hnolog y used by th e Ma gicGate Me mory S ti ck ™ an d other Mag icGate Memory Stick ™ compat ible d evic es. The M emory Stick ™ Wa l km an and Magi cGa te Memo ry Sti ck ™ work toge ther to c heck the da ta and en sure[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 52 nN Compat ible dev ic e s There are near l y 80 Memor y Stick ™ -ena bled p roduc ts on the marke t o r anno unced for introdu ction wor ldwide , rangi ng from camc orders an d portable mus ic players to voic e rec o rders and man y o ther electro nic devices . You can cu rrently use M emory Sticks[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 53 nN Ins ertin g a Memory Sti ck ™ To i nsert a M emory Stick ™ , p roceed as follows: 1 Once y ou have store d your da ta from your di gital devic e, i nsert th e Memo ry Stick ™ ( 1) into the o ptional PC Ca rd adapter (2). 2 Push the Releas e but to n . Th e Rel ease b utto n po ps ou t. 3 Pus[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 54 nN Removing a Mem ory Stick ™ To remove a Memory Sti ck ™ , p roceed as follows: 1 Double -cli ck t he Safe ly Rem ove Ha rdw are i con in the t a skbar . The S afely R emo ve Ha rdwa re d i alog box ap p ears. 2 Sele ct the ha rdware de vice you wa nt to unpl ug. 3 Clic k Stop . 4 In th e St op [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 55 nN W rite-pr otectin g a Memo ry Stick ™ Memo ry S tick s ™ are de si g n ed with an erasure pr evention s witch to protec t valuable d ata from acciden tal erasur e or ove rwrit ing. Mov e the tab to the right or lef t to set or release wr i te - pro tec t i on. When the erasu re p reven tion sw[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 56 nN Usi ng the modem Yo ur no t eboo k is equi ppe d w it h an in tern al m ode m. You ne ed t o co nne ct a phon e li ne to tak e ad vant a ge of onl ine service s and the Int ernet, to reg i ster your comp uter and softw are on l ine, and to con tact VAI O-Link. To conne ct a phone line, pro c eed a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 57 nN Usi ng pow er savi ng mod es When you u se a b att ery as th e sou rc e of pow er fo r your c om puter, yo u can t ake adva ntage o f power man ag emen t settin gs to conserv e battery life. In add ition to the norm al operati ng mode, wh i ch all o w s you to turn off spec ific de v ice s, your c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 58 nN ✍ If y ou press the po wer b utton for m ore tha n fou r secon ds, the co mput er wi l l s witch off au toma tical ly . When the computer is in Standby mode, y ou cann ot ins ert a disc . Standby req uire s les s tim e th an Hib ernat e . Standby use s mo re po we r tha n Hib ern ate . Using Hib[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN Connec ting p eripheral de vices Yo u ca n a d d fu nc tio nal ity to yo ur co mpu ter by co nn ect i ng o r usi ng an y o f t hes e p eriph eral s . Be fore you connec t peripheral s, t urn off the compu ter and all periph erals. Conn ect the power c ord only aft er conne cting all cab[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Con ne cting a po rt re plic ator You r note book sup ports the use of an op tional po rt replicat or. At taching a po rt replicato r enables you to co nnect addi ti onal peripherals to you r comp uter, such as a printer or an extern al d i spla y . ✍ T he po rt re pl ica tor can b e [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN At tac hi ng y our c o mput er to th e por t re pl ica tor To attach yo u r com puter to the port repl i cato r, p r oc e ed as follows: 1 T ur n of f the comput er and discon nect al l pe riphe rals. 2 On the bot tom of the comp uter , lift the po rt replicato r port cover . 3 Attac h [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN 6 T ur n on the comp uter . ✍ Whe n you us e the p ort replic ator f or th e firs t time, the insta llation of th e netw ork d river s start s auto mati call y . Wh en atta chi ng you r c om puter t o th e p ort rep li cat o r , do n o t att emp t to in se rt o r rem ove the ba tt ery[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Disc onne ctin g your compu ter fro m the port replic ator To discon nect yo ur compu ter from t he po rt replicat or, procee d as follow s: 1 T urn off the comput er and the conne c ted peri pherals. 2 Pull the leve rs on each s i d e of the po rt repli c a tor (1) t o di sconnect the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN Co nnec tin g a n exte rn al di sp lay You can conn ec t an external display to your noteb ook. For examp l e, you can use you r comp uter with the followi ng de v ice s: ❑ Com put er dis pl ay ( moni tor ); ❑ Mult imedia compute r dis play; ❑ TV ; ❑ Projector . ✍ T ur n off y[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN Conn ect ing a com pute r di spla y To co n nect a comp ut er di spl ay, proc ee d as f oll ow s: 1 Plug th e dis play cable (1) in the mon itor/V GA c o n nector (2) on th e comput er . 2 If nece ssary , plu g one end of th e d i s play ’ s po wer cord ( 3) into the di splay , and th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN Connec ting a m ultimedia co mputer dis play You can co n n ec t the not ebook to a m u lti media comp uter dis play that includes built-in s peakers and a m icrophon e. To c onnect a multim edia com puter di sp lay , proceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the displ ay cable (1 ) in the moni tor c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN Conn ect ing a TV To c onnect a TV, p roceed as follows: 1 Plug one end of the audio/vi d eo c ab l e (1) into the TV Out connec to r (2) (yellow ) and the other end into th e TV . 2 Plug one end of the sound c able (3) into the h ea dphone conne ct o r ( 4) and the other en d i nto th [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN ✍ See the manual sup plied with your periphera l for more inf orma t ion on installation and use . If you insert a DVD in your DVD-ROM drive to watch a movi e o n your TV , the <Fn> +<F 8> k e y com binati on m ight not a c t i va te the func tion to tog gle bet ween your [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN Conn ect ing a proj ector You can use a projecto r as an external display, such as the Son y LCD Projector. To c onnect a project o r, p roceed as follows: 1 Plug th e RG B signal cabl e (1) in to the mo nito r con nector (2) identi fied by th e s y mb ol. 2 Plug the audio c ab le (3) ([...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN Con necti ng ex ternal spe aker s You c an enhance the soun d q u al ity of your comp uter b y conn ec t i ng extern al speakers. To c onnect e x t ernal spea kers, pro ceed as f ollows: 1 Plug the speake r cab l e (1) into the earphone conn ector (2). 2 Plug the othe r end of the spea [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 71 nN Conn ectin g an ex tern al mi cro phone You r VA IO note book does not conta in an i nterna l mi crop hone. If yo u need to us e a so und in put devic e, for exa mple to chat on the Intern et, you need to plug in an external micr o phon e. To conn ect an ex ternal mic ropho ne, procee d[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 72 nN Conn ect ing a U nive rsal Seria l Bus ( USB) mo us e You ca n conn ect a USB dev ice (e. g. mouse, flopp y d i sk dr ive, ke yboard, p rinter , … ) to you r com puter. Be fore conn ecting or di sconne cting a U SB periph eral, you do no t need to shu t d own the com pute r. You may n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 73 nN Conn ectin g a pri nter You can co nnect a Wi ndow s-comp atible printer to yo ur compu ter to prin t doc uments. Conn ect ing a prin ter usin g the USB c onnec tor You ca n conn ect a USB pri nter comp atibl e with you r version of W indo ws to y o ur compu ter. To conne ct a printer u[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 74 nN Conn ect ing a pri nter usi ng t he pr int er co nnec tor To c onnec t a p ri n ter usin g the printer conn ec to r, proc eed as follows: 1 Plug th e pri nter cable (1) su pplied with the pri nter into the p ri n ter c o nnector (2 ) ide ntified by the sy mbol . 2 Plug th e pri nter pow[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 75 nN Co nnect ing an i. LI NK ™ de vi ce Your com puter incl ude s an i. LINK ™ (IEEE1394) c onnector, which you can us e to con n ect to an i.LINK ™ de vi ce such as a digi tal vi deo c amera record er or to connec t two VAIO no tebook s in or der to copy, del ete or edit file s. The [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 76 nN Conn ect ing a di gital vid eo ca mera rec order To conn ect a dig ital vide o camer a reco rder, pr oceed a s follow s: 1 Plug on e end of th e optional i .LINK ™ cab le ( 1) in to the i.L INK ™ conn ec to r (2) of the com puter an d t h e o ther end into the DV Out c onnecto r (3)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 77 nN Conn ectin g to a ne twork (LAN ) You ca n conn ect your co mput er to 10B ASE-T /100BA SE-TX -type ne tworks via an E thernet ne two rk cable . For the de tai led se ttings and devi ces neede d to c o nnect to the net work, con sult your Netw ork Admi nistrator. ✍ For more i n forma [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN Getting help This sec tion descri bes how to get help and su pport fro m Sony, as well as troublesh ooting ti ps for your co mputer. Son y s upp ort opt ions Son y pr ovides severa l suppo rt options fo r yo ur c o mputer. Pri nted do cum entat ion supp lie d wit h yo ur no tebo ok ❑ A Ge tti ng St ar [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN Oth er sour ces o f infor matio n ❑ The online help files that accom pany your pre-inst al led so ftware conta i n i nstructi o ns o n using the softwa re. ❑ V AIO-Link website : if you h ave any p rob lem wi th your c omp ute r , you c an acce ss th e VAIO -L ink we b si te. G o t o: ht tp://ww w . [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN T ro uble sho otin g Th i s sec tion de scribe s how to solve co mmon pr oblem s you migh t encou nter whe n using you r notebo ok. Man y probl ems ha v e si mple sol u t i o ns. P l eas e, try the se s uggestio n s bef ore contacti ng VA IO-Li n k. Abo ut the c o mput er and soft ware My com pu t er doe[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN The m essage Pr ess <F1> to resum e, <F2> to setup appears at star tup If th e flo pp y dis k d rive is em pty , p roc eed a s fo llow s to init ial ize th e B IOS : 1 T ur n of f th e co mpute r . 2 Remo ve a n y p eriph eral dev i ce s conn ected to the comp uter . 3 T ur n on the comp uter[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN My co mput er doe s not sh ut dow n It is reco mmen ded th at you sh ut dow n your com puter us ing the Turn Off Comput er com man d on the Wi ndows ® Star t me nu. Usi ng o ther me thods, includi ng those l isted here, may result i n loss of u nsaved d ata. If t he Turn Off com mand does not work pro p[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN My soft ware pro gram lock s up or crash es Conta ct th e softw are p ublisher or d esignated provi der fo r techni cal sup port. My to uc hpa d inte r pre ts a si ngle ta p a s a doub le-c lick Open t he Mo us e i c o n i n t h e Contr ol Pane l and c hange the b utton assignm ents in the Mouse Pr opert[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN The sc reen im age on my exte rnal di sp lay is no t centered or sized properl y Use th e c ontro l s on yo ur external disp l a y to adju st the image. Ab out CD s and diske ttes My CD-RW /DV D- R OM d rive tra y or DVD -ROM drive tray d oes not op en ❑ Make sure the com puter is turn ed on . ❑ Pres[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 85 nN ❑ If you h ear so und but cann ot see vid eo, your com puter 's video reso lution may be set too hi gh. For bes t r esults, chang e the resolu tion in Wind ows Contr ol Pane l - Dis play - Sett i n gs t o 800 x 600 u si ng the mi n im um colo r settin gs. ❑ If you se e v ide o but cann ot hea r [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 86 nN Whe n I do uble-c lick an ap plicati on icon a m essage such a s Y ou mu st insert the applica tion CD into your CD-R OM dri ve appears and the so ftware does no t start . ❑ Some ti tl e s re quire specifi c files th at are l o c at ed on the app l icat ion CD-R OM. Insert the d i sc and try starting t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 87 nN The disc tray ejec ts even when it has been lock ed i nto plac e ❑ Ensure th at the disc is placed wi th the label si de facing up. ❑ Clean the disc and the CD-R OM drive lens. ❑ The disc ma y be scratche d. Pl ac e anoth er disc to s ee if tha t is the rea son. ❑ There m ay b e conden sation in [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 88 nN Ab out th e mode m My intern al modem does n ot work ❑ Che ck that the ph one li ne is plugg ed into you r c omput er . ❑ Che ck that th e phon e line is w orkin g. Y o u can ch eck the l ine by p luggi ng in an o rdinar y pho ne and l isteni ng for a dial tone. ❑ Che c k th at the phon e numb er t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 89 nN ❑ Have your phon e c o mpany check that you r phone line is free from any line noise. ❑ If your problem i s fax-r el at ed , che ck that there are no proble ms with the fax m ac h i ne yo u are ca l ling an d th a t it is compa tible wi th fax modems. ❑ If you are ha v ing a probl em connec ting w [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 90 nN I c annot prin t ❑ Check th at th e prin ter c ab l e s a re correctly conne cted. ❑ Check that yo u r printer i s correct l y confi g u r ed and that you have u p-t o -dat e drive rs. If needed, contac t y our de al er . ❑ The defau lt setting for the pri nter port mode is corre ct for most pri nt[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 91 nN ❑ Y o u r DV de vice will need t o h ave DV In/Out in order to be able t o t ransf er yo ur fi les t o the D V devic e. Ab out po wer ma nage ment The pow er mana gement setti ng is not respo nding Yo ur no t eboo k ’ s ope rating syst em may becom e u nstable i f a low er p ower state , suc h as Hib[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 92 nN Pr ecau ti ons Th i s sec tion de scribes sa fety guid elines a nd pr ecaution s to help you pr otect y our comp uter from potent ial d amag e. You r noteb ook a nd memory modu les u se hig h prec i s ion com pon ents an d elec troni c conne ctors t ech nology . To av oid the invalid ation of your guara[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 93 nN Chan ging t he memo ry In the fu ture you ma y want to c hange memo ry mo dules in ord er to expa nd the func tion ality of your com puter . You can in crease the mem ory by insta lling optio nal mem ory modul es. Be careful when c hanging memo ry. Mi stakes on insta llation or re moval o f the memo ry [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 94 nN - Strong magnets or speak ers that are n ot magnetically shielded, - Ambient temper ature of more than +35 ° C or less t han +5 ° C, - Hig h humidity. Rem ovin g a memo ry m odule To remove a memory modul e, proceed as foll ows: 1 Sh ut do wn yo ur com put er . 2 Dis conne ct all per iphera l devi ces[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 95 nN Installin g a memory m odule To i nstall a m emory m odule, proceed as follo w s : 1 Shu t dow n you r comp ute r and discon nect a ll p eriphe ral de vices. 2 Unplu g the comp uter and remo v e the battery p acks. 3 Wait u nti l th e c om put er coo ls do wn. 4 T ur n y o ur compu ter upsi de down . 5 [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 96 nN 8 Close th e com puter cov er . 9 T igh ten th e screws o n the botto m o f the compu ter . 10 T ur n on the comp uter .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 97 nN Othe r pr ecaut ions On handl ing th e ha rd dis k Th e hard disk has a high storag e den sity and r eads or wri tes dat a in a shor t t i me. On the ot her ha nd, it m ay be e asily da maged by m echan i c al vi bration, shoc k or dust. Altho ugh t he hard d isk ha s the s afety dev ice in i tself to p[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 98 nN ❑ The LCD i s ma nufa c t ured usi ng high- precisio n techn ology . Y o u may , ho wever , see ti ny black po ints an d/or brigh t points (red, bl u e, or green) that cont inuously appear on the LCD. This is a normal res ult of the man ufacturing proce ss and does not indi cate a ma lfunct ion. ❑ A[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 99 nN ❑ Dir ect sunlig ht, ❑ Excess i ve du st, ❑ Moistu re or rain, ❑ Me cha ni cal vibr at io n or s hoc k , ❑ Strong m agnets or speaker s that are n ot magneticall y sh i elde d, ❑ Ambient tem p erat u re o f more than 35 º C or l ess tha n 1 0 º C, ❑ Hi gh hum i dit y . ❑ Do not place e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 100 nN On handli ng disket tes ❑ Do no t open the sh utter manua lly and tou c h the sur face of the disket te. ❑ Keep disket tes away from m ag n ets. ❑ Kee p disket tes away from direct sunl ight an d other hea t s ources. On handli ng CDs ❑ Do no t touch the surf ace of the disc. ❑ Do no t drop o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 101 nN ❑ Do not expose the bat tery pac k to any mech an ical sho c k. ❑ If you ar e not usi ng the co mputer fo r an extend ed peri od of tim e, remo v e the batte ry pack fro m the comp uter to pre v e nt damage to th e batte ry . ❑ If, after f ully charg ing the b att ery pack, th e battery p ower is[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 102 nN Spec ifications Model Number PCG- FX401 PCG-FX405 Operat ing s yst em Mi cros oft ® Wind ows ® XP Ho me Editio n Process or Mobil e AMD Du ro n ™ processor 800MHz featuring Po werN ow! Mobile AMD Athlon ™ 4 proc e ssor 1GHz featuring Po werN ow! Hard di sk dri ve 15 GB 20 GB Standard RAM 128 MB[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 103 nN CD-ROM drive DVD-ROM drive CD- RW drive DVD-ROM d ri ve: up t o 24x m ax. CD -ROM r eading speed up t o 8x m ax. DV D-ROM readin g spee d las er di ode pro perties: wa ve l engt h: 66 0 nm laser output: 14.1 µ W (max) CD- R W/D VD -RO M dr i ve : up to 24x m ax. CD -ROM r eading s peed up to 8 x ma [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 104 nN ‡ See ou r spec ial Gu arant ee ex ten sion cond itio ns. Speci ficatio ns a re subje ct to c h ange wi thout notic e . Power management ACP I (Adv anced C onfigur atio n & Powe r Inte rface) Battery Li thiu m io n Dimensions Width Hei ght D ep th 324 mm 35.8 mm to 46.9 m m 265. 5 mm Weight wit[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 105 nN Glossary This section refers to terms u sed in th is man ual. The se term s and definition s have been c ompiled to pro vide you with a better und erstandin g of you r V AIO com p u ter. T erm Defin iti on <F1> key The <F1 > k ey g ives you access to the o nline help of most s oftw a re. 10BASE-[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 106 nN CD-ROM A bbrevi ation for Compac t Disc Read -Only M emory. A hi gh-ca pacity optic al di sc, us ually 6 50 MB in size, capa b le of b eing read fro m but not w ri tten to. CD-RW Sho rt fo r Com p act Disc-ReWriteable. Compact Dis c that can be used to write or re write data to it. A CD-RW can be written to[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 107 nN i.L IN K ™ i. LIN K ™ is S ony ’ s version of the IEEE 1 394 stan d ard for h igh-speed digital seria l interface. The standard is regarded in the audio/video and IT industries as th e mo st su itable interface for connectin g co m puters and di g ital audio/video d evices (su c h as d igital cameras [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 108 nN ma x imu m R AM The maxim um a mount o f RAM that y our c omputer can c ontain . Once this am ount is re a ch ed, you can no lon ger add addi tional RAM t o you r com puter . Motherb oard The mothe rboard is the main c ircuit board i nside y our c omputer . It holds th e CPU, the BIO S, the memory an d so o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 109 nN PCMCIA PCM CIA (Per sonal Com puter Mem ory Card Inte rnationa l Assoc iation) is th e n ame of the group that p r odu c ed the spe cification fo r the c re dit card-sized p lug-in bo a rds for l a ptop computers. The c ards used to be c alled P CMCIA cards, bu t a s this wa s ra ther u npro nounc eabl e, t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 110 nN Resolut ion The de gree of sh arpne ss an d cl ari t y of an ima g e. Res o lut io n i s ex pr ess ed in pixe ls . Fr equ en t comp u ter screen resolutions a re 640 x 480 pixels (VGA re solution; appropriate for a 1 4-inc h screen), 8 0 0 x 600 (approp ri ate fo r a 15-inch sc reen), 10 24 by 768 (a pprop [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 111 nN UPS A UPS (Un inter ruptible Power Suppl y) is a devi c e in clud ing a battery that pr otect s your computer fr om data loss in th e event of a p ower fail u re . The battery takes o v er as so on as a p o wer interruption is de te cted. If y o u are using th e comp u ter when the p ower fa i lure occurs, [...]