Sony PCG-FX210 Primary manual

V AIO® Notebook User Guide PCG-FX210 PCG-FX215[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 2 Notice to User s © 2001 Son y Electr onics Inc. All rights reserved . This ma nual and th e software descr ibed here in, in whol e or in par t, may not be rep roduce d, transl ated , or redu ced to any machin e-r eadab le form with out pr ior writ ten approval. SONY ELECTR ONICS INC. PR O VIDES NO W ARRANTY WIT[...]

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Change to Curren t Documen t Title 4 mou ill é à mo ins qu e la pr ise soit con çu e à cet ef fet. ❑ Ne j amais touche r un fil télé phonique à décou ver t ou un t erminal à moins qu e la lign e téléph oniqu e n’ait été débra nch é de l’in te rfac e ré se au. ❑ Soyez très pru dent lo rsque vous installez ou m odifiez l es l[...]

5 Ho we ve r , there is no gua ran tee th at in terf er ence will not occur in a parti cular in stal lation . If thi s equ ipm en t doe s ca use harm fu l inte rfe ren ce to radio or te le vision rec eption , which ca n be determ ined by tur ning the equip men t off and on, th e user is encou rag ed to try to c orrect the interfe rence by one or mo[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 6 commissi on, public service commissi on, or corpo ration co mmissio n, for inform ation. ) T elephone C onsumer Protection Act of 1991 (Uni ted States) The T elep hon e Co ns ume r Pr otecti on Act o f 1991 m akes it unlawful for any person to use a com puter or othe r electr onic d evice to sen d any messag e v[...]

7 INDUSTR Y CANADA NOTICE NO TICE: T he In dustry Canad a la bel id enti f ies cert ified equ ipm en t. Th is ce rt ifica tion me an s tha t the eq uipm ent meets cer tain telec ommuni cati ons net work protec tive, operationa l and safet y require ments as pres cri bed i n the ap propr iat e T ermin al Equi pmen t T e chnic al Requi rement s docum[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 8 qu’il e st po ssible q ue la co nfo rmité aux condit ions én oncées c i-dessu s n’empê che pas la dégrada tion du se rvic e dans cert aine s situat ions. Les répa rations de m atériel ho mologué doiv e nt être coo rdonné es par un re présen tant désigné par le fourn isseur . L ’en treprise de [...]

9 Contents Notice to Users ............... ........................... .................. ............... 2 1 Welc om e .... .... ... ..... .... ..... ... .... ..... ..... ..... .. ..... .. 13 Featur es ..................... .................. ........................... .................. .... 14 Unpackin g Your Noteb ook .................... ....[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 10 Notes on CD a nd DVD media ................ ........................... ......... 51 Using PC Cards .............. .................. ........................... ..................52 To insert a PC ca rd ....................... ........................... ..................52 To remov e a PC card ..............[...]

11 Using th e Dual Dis play function... ........................... .................. .... 81 Selecting Dual Display mode ..................... .................. ............. 82 Settin g the c olors and resolution for ea ch display ................ .... 82 Custo mizing the virtua l desktop ......................... ...................... 82 Rele[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 12 Using Your Rec overy C Ds ......................... .................. ................ 111 Using the Applicat ion Recov ery CD(s) .. .................. ................111 Using the Drive r Recover y CD(s) .......... .................. ................112 Using the Sys t em Recover y CD(s) ....................[...]

13 We l c o m e Congratulat ions on your purchas e of th e Sony V AIO® not ebook. Sony has com bin ed lea ding-edg e te chnol og y in a udio , v ideo , com puting, and communi catio ns to p rovide you with s tate- of-the -ar t person al compu ting.[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 14 Features ❑ Exceptional perf ormance — Y our not ebook includes a mobil e AMD Duron ™ processor and a V .90 compatible K56 flex modem. * ❑ P ortabilit y — Rechar geable battery pack pr ovides hours of use wit hout A C po wer . ❑ Sony audio an d vide o qua lit y — High-quality MPEG1/MPEG2 video, whi[...]

Unpac king Y our Note book 15 Unpac king Y our Notebook Remove the fo llowing har dware items fr om the box: * Remova ble fl oppy disk drive is in the multipurpo se bay. Manuals ❑ VA I O ® Quic k Start — Contains in formation on un packing an d settin g up your notebook, supplementar y updates, and software information. ❑ Micros oft ® Wi n [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 16 Reco very CDs ❑ System Recovery CD(s) — A llo ws you to rest ore the software titles that shipped with y our comp uter if the y become corrupted or are eras ed. It can only be used to resto re the ha rd disk of the V AIO notebook you purchased. ❑ A pplication Recovery CD(s) — A llo ws you to rein stall [...]

Ergonom ic Con sider ations 17 Er go nomic C onsid erations Y ou will be using your notebook computer as a portable de v ice in a v a riety of en vironments. When e ver possi ble, you sho uld attempt to appl y the follo wing er gonom ic considera tions to bo th stationary and por table en vironments. ❑ P osition of y our computer — Place the co[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 18 fatigue by adjusting the tilt of the display to the proper positio n. Adjust the brightn ess settin g of the disp lay also. ❑ Lig htin g — Choose a location where windo ws and lights do not create glare and reflection on the disp lay . Use indi rect lighting to av o id bright spots on the display . Y ou can[...]

Ergonom ic Con sider ations 19 ❑ Use only s pecifi ed peripher al equipment an d interf ace cables; otherwise, pro ble ms ma y r esu lt. ❑ Do not u s e cut or damaged connection cables. ❑ If the teleph one comp any mak es a se rvice call to your h ome or of f ice and determines that y our computer is respon sible for a problem, the telephone [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 20 ❑ Using the computer in lo w temperature conditions may produce a residual image on the screen. Th is is n ot a m alfunction. When the comput er returns to normal temperature, the screen returns to normal. ❑ The scr een becomes warm d uring op eration. This is normal and does not indicate a malfunction. ❑[...]

21 Setting Up Y our V AIO® Notebook This s ecti on descr i bes all the con trols and c onnec tors on your compute r , how to conn ect your compute r to a power source, and how to st ar t and shut d own y our co mpu ter .[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 22 Locating Co ntr ols and C onnectors Fr ont 1 LCD (Liqu id Cryst al Display) screen 7 Batter y 1 and 2 indicato rs 2 Spe akers 8 Hard disk drive indi cator 3 Keyboar d 9 Num Lo ck indica tor 4 T ouchpad 10 Caps Lock indicat or 5 Left/right butto ns 11 Scro ll Lock indicator 6 Pow er indicator[...]

Locati ng Controls an d Connectors 23 Left 1 Video o ut 4 i.LINK * ® (IEEE1 394) S40 0 connector * i.LINK is a Sony t radem ark used on ly to designa te that a pr odcut cont ains an I EEE 1394 conn ector. All pr oduct s with an i.L I NK conne ctor may not commun icat e with e ach other. 2 Microphone co nnector 5 PC ca rd slots 3 Headp hone co nnec[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 24 Right 1 Pow er button 2 Optical dr ive (DVD-ROM drive ) 3 Floppy d isk dr ive[...]

Locati ng Controls an d Connectors 25 Back 1 Mode m jack 5 Monito r conne ctor 2 USB connectors 6 Ethernet connecto r 3 Serial connector 7 DC In connector 4 Prin ter conne ctor War n i n g : Only co nnect 10BA SE-T a nd 1 00BASE -TX cab les t o the Ethern et con nector . Do not conn ect an y other type of n etwor k ca ble or any tele phon e lin e. [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 26 Bottom 1 Mul tipurp ose bay RELEAS E lever 2 Tilt stands[...]

Conn ec ti ng a P owe r Sou rce 27 Connecting a P o w er Source Y ou can use either A C po wer or a rechar geable battery pack as a po wer source. Using the AC Adap ter 1 Plug the cable attach ed to the A C adapter into the DC In con nector on the computer . 2 Plug one end of the po wer cord into the A C adapter . 3 Plug the oth er end of the po we[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 28 ❑ Use only the A C adapter supplied. Do not use an y other A C adapter . Using Batter y Pow er Y ou can use one or tw o battery p acks as a so urce of p o wer. The s econd batter y pack inserts into the multip urpose bay on the right sid e of the computer (see “Using a Second Battery Pack ” ). Additiona l[...]

Conn ec ti ng a P owe r Sou rce 29 2 Insert the battery pack into the battery bay on the left side of the computer . 3 Close the cover of the battery bay un til it clicks T o charge the ba t tery pack 1 Connect the A C adapter to the computer . 2 Insert the battery pack. The computer au tomatically char ges the battery (the battery in dicator light[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 30 There are t wo batte r y indicato r lights o n the compute r Battery indicator l ights Batter y Indi cator Description 1 Indicates the status of the batter y pack in the batter y bay on the left side of the com puter . 2 Indicates the statu s of the batter y pack in the multipu rpose bay on the ri ght sid e of [...]

Conn ec ti ng a P owe r Sou rce 31 T o rem ove the batter y pack 1 Open the batter y bay co ver . 2 Pull out the battery p ack. 3 Close the co ver of the battery bay . Notes on the batter y ❑ T o determ ine the remaining battery charge, see “Displaying Battery Infor mation. ” ❑ When the battery power is running lo w , both the battery and p[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 32 ❑ Y ou can extend battery life b y changing the po wer -management modes in the Po werPanel utility . See “Power Sa vin g Modes” . ❑ The battery pack supplied with your computer is a lithium-ion batter y and can be rech ar ged at an y time. Char ging a partially d ischar ged batter y does not af fect ba[...]

Star ting Y our Compu ter 33 Star ting Y our Computer 1 Slide the LCD lock lev er in the direction of the arro w , and lift the cover . 2 Press the po wer button on top of the computer until the green power indicator light turns on. Opening the comp uter ✍ When star ting yo ur no tebo ok f or the fi rst ti me, the V AIO Ini tManager d ialog box w[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 34 3 If necessar y , adjust the brigh tness controls for the LCD dis play as follo ws: ❑ T o decrease brig htness, press Fn+Shi ft+F5. ❑ T o increase brightness, press Fn+F5.[...]

Shutting Do wn Y our Computer 35 Shutting Down Y our Com puter 1 Click the Start button on the W in do ws® taskbar . 2 Click Shut Down at the bottom of the Start menu to display the Shut Do wn W indo ws dialog box . 3 Select Shut Do w n. 4 Click OK. 5 W ait for y our comp uter to turn of f autom atica lly—po wer ind icator turn s of f. 6 T urn o[...]

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37 Using Y our V AIO® Notebook Using the Ke yboar d Y our ke yboard is very similar to a type writer’ s , b ut the ke yboard has additional ke ys that perform s pecif ic computer -related tasks. Keyb oard Key Description Nume ric ke ypad area Cont ains th e keys fou nd o n a typ ic al ca lculat or . Us e the numeri c key pad ar ea to type nu mbe[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 38 Combination s and Functions with the Windows K ey Func tion ke ys The twelve funct ion key s alon g the top of the keybo ard ar e used to per fo rm desi gnat ed tas ks. For ex amp le, in m any app lic ations , F1 is the Help key . The tas k assoc iat ed with e ach functi on key may var y f rom one app licat ion[...]

Usin g the K eyboa rd 39 + M Minimi zes all displ ayed wind ow s. Shift + + M Ret urns all minim ize d windows to the ir prev ious size. + R D ispl ays the R un wi ndow . Thi s is t he eq uiva lent o f sele cting Run from the Start menu. Fn + + I nsert Dis plays t he Pro pertie s window. This is t he equiv alen t of doub le- clic king the Syst em i[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 40 Lights Lig ht On Off Num Lock The numb er keys in the numeric keypad are activ e. The al phanu meric chara cter keys in the keypad area are activ e . Caps Lo ck The letters appea r in uppercase as you t ype. The Sh if t key lo wer s th e case of typed l etter s when Ca ps Lock i s on . Letters ap pear in lower [...]

Usin g the K eyboa rd 41 Fn+ / (F7) Switch to the exte rnal mon itor / LCD T oggles through the LCD, ex ternal display (conne cted to th e Monito r connect or) and both LCD and external displa y . Fn+ onl y/ (F8) Cont rol TV out T oggl es betwee n LCD-o nly a nd dual L CD/TV d isplay mo de s. Fn+ (F12 ) Hibern ate Hibe rnati on mo de: Pr ovides fo [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 42 Using the T ouchpad The k ey board con tains a cursor -pointing de vice called a touchp ad. Y ou can point to, select, drag, and scroll objects on the screen using the b uilt-in touchpad. T ouc hpad Action Descriptio n Point Slide on e finge r on th e touc hpad to pl ace t he point er on an item or object . Cli[...]

Usin g the T o uchpa d 43 ✍ See Mouse P ropert ies for info rmation on touchp ad featu res, suc h as clicki ng both butto ns simu lta neously , adjus ting to uchp ad speed , and Ea sy Laun cher fun ctions . T o access Mo use Prop erti es, click the Start butto n, po int to Set tings, poin t to Co ntrol Panel, and then cl ick t he Mouse icon in t [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 44 Using the Floppy Disk Drive Y our compu ter comes with the floppy disk driv e in th e multipurpose bay . T o insert a diskette 1 Hold the diskette the label side facing up. 2 Gently push the disk ett e into the dri ve un til it clicks into place. T o remove a diskette ❑ When you finish using the diskette, w a[...]

Usi ng t he F lop py Dis k Dr i v e 45 T o remove the floppy disk dri ve 1 T urn of f the computer . 2 There is a RELEASE lev er on the bottom of the computer . Slide this le v er in the direction of the arro w . 3 Slide the dri ve ou t of the m ul ti pu r pos e bay . 4 Ins ert t he wei ght saver . Se e “U sin g th e W ei ght Saver” on pag e 5 [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 46 3 Insert the floppy disk dri v e into the mul ti pu rp os e bay with the V AI O label facing up. Continue pushing the dri ve into the bay until the RELEASE lev er locks into place. Inserting the flo ppy disk driv e Mult ipu rpo se b ay Floppy dis k driv e[...]

Using the Optica l Driv e 47 Using the Optical Dri v e Y our compu ter comes with an optical dri ve (D VD-R OM dri ve). T o insert a di sc 1 T urn on the computer . 2 Press the Eject b utton to open the D VD-R OM dri v e. The tray slides out. 3 Place an optical disc on the tray wit h the lab el side facing up. For D V Ds which can be play ed on bot[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 48 4 Push the disc onto the h ub until the disc clicks securely into place. Inserting an op tical dis c Label side facing up[...]

Using the Optica l Driv e 49 5 Close the tray by pushing it gently . Pla ying a D VD T o achie ve optimum per formance when play ing D V Ds, it is recommend ed that you close a ny open applications before play ing a D VD mo vie. ❑ Y ou can play D VDs using the D VD-R OM dri ve and the W i nD VD® software. See the h elp file that comes with the W[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 50 ✍ If you set the dis play resolu tion high er th an the defau lt setti ng (1024 x 76 8, 16 bits), the DV D vide o may not play p rope rly . T o view t he DVD vide o clearl y , set the di splay resoluti on to 102 4 x 768 do ts (16 bit s). Do no t swit ch the po wer sav ing m ode s w hile you are play ing the D[...]

Using the Optica l Driv e 51 Notes on CD and D VD media ❑ Do not drop or bend the di sc. ❑ Do not touch the surf ace of the disc. Fingerprints and dust on the surface of a disc may caus e read errors. Prop er care of the disc is essential to maintain its reliability . Do not use so lvents such as benzine, thinner , commercially a v ailable clea[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 52 Using PC Car ds Y our computer includ es two PC card slots. PC c ards allo w you to connect portable e xternal de vices such as an other hard disk dri ve, or to connect a netw ork. T o inse r t a PC card 1 Push the Release b utton once. The Release b utton pops o ut. 2 Push the Release b utton a second time. Th[...]

Using PC Cards 53 3 Insert the PC card into the PC card slo t. Mak e sure the front label of the PC card is f acing up. 4 Push the the PC card s lot gently into the connector . The PC card is automatically detected by your system. The (Unp lu g or Ej ec t Har dwa re icon) appears in the taskbar . PC car d slot pr otect or Inserting a PC car d Do no[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 54 T o remo ve a PC card 1 Double-click in the taskbar . The “Unplug o r Eject Hardware” dialog box ap pears. 2 Select the hardw are de vice you wish to remo ve. 3 Click Stop. In the “Stop a Hardwar e de vice” dialog box, con f irm that the de vi ce can be safely r emove d from the system. 4 Click OK. The [...]

Using a Seco nd Batte r y P ac k 55 Using a Second Battery Pa ck Y ou can pur chase a second rechar geable b attery pack. W ith two batter y packs, you ca n ex tend the time that yo u use you r computer with battery po wer . When using two battery packs, the battery pack you insert f irst charges f irst. The battery pack you insert second charge s [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 56 T o char g e the second battery pack K eep the battery pack in the computer while it is connected to A C power . The battery indicator flas hes while the battery is char ging. See also “T o char ge the battery pack” for mo re information. Using weig ht saver f or second battery co ver Char ging the s econd [...]

Using a Seco nd Batte r y P ac k 57 T o remove the secon d battery pac k If you attach two battery packs, you can remov e either of them without shutting do wn the computer . When remo ving one battery pack, m ake s ure that the o ther battery pack’ s indicator light is on. If the indicator light of the battery pack you are removing is on, right-[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 58 Using the W eight Sa ver The weight s av er protects the multipurpos e bay when it is empty . T o attach the weight sa ver 1 If anoth er de vice is in the multipurpose bay , remo ve th e de vice. See “T o remo v e the second b attery pack ” on pag e 57. 2 Fold out the hing ed arm of the weight sa ver and th[...]

Using the W eight Sa v er 59 T o remove the W eight Sa ver 1 There is a releas e le ve r on the bottom o f the weight sa ver . T o remo ve th e weight sav er , slide this lev er in the direction of arro w 1 , then slide the Release le ver on the bottom of the computer in the d irection of arr o w 2. 2 After removing the weight sa ver , pull out the[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 60 Connecting With Another V AIO ® Computer Y ou can conn ect your V AIO® notebook to another V AIO computer that has the prei ns tall ed Windows Me ope rati ng syst em or th e Sony Sma rt C onne ct 3.0 software p r einstalled. Y ou may use an i.LI NK® * cable (optional) to connect the two s ystems and th en us[...]

P ow er Saving Mode s 61 P ower Saving Modes When you use a battery as the sour ce of po wer for yo ur compu ter , you can tak e adv antage of po wer management settings to conserv e battery life. In additio n to the normal oper ating mode, wh ich allo ws you to turn of f specific d e vices, yo ur com put er has t wo dist inct power saving m odes :[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 62 T o activ ate Hiberna te mode T o activ ate Hibernate mode, press the ke y combination Fn+F12. T o return to normal mode T o return to no rmal mode, tu rn on the comp uter b y pressin g the po wer button. The comp uter returns to its pr evious st ate. ❑ T ime required to return to normal mo de Standb y requir[...]

Conn ec tin g a P hon e Li ne 63 Connecting a Phone Line Y ou need to co nnect a pho ne line to tak e adv antage of online services and th e Internet . 1 Plug one end of the phone cable into the modem jack on the comp uter . 2 Plug the oth er end into the wall jack. ✍ In ord er to regi ster you r So ny V AIO no tebo ok , reg iste r your so ftwa r[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 64 Connecting to a Local Area Netw ork (LAN) Y ou can con nect your computer to 10 BASE-T an d 100B ASE-TX-type netw orks. For the d etailed settin gs and de vices needed to connect to a network, ask your netw ork adm inistrator . Connecti ng to LAN Warning: Onl y conn ect 10 BAS E-T and 10 0BAS E-TX ca ble s to t[...]

Connec ting to a Loc al Area Netw ork (LAN) 65 Setting Up Y our Ethernet Connection 1 Right -click N etw ork Nei ghbor hood an d sel ect Pr operties . 2 Click Add to add a client, ad apter , protoco l, or serv ice. 3 Click File and Print Sharing to enable these f unctions. 4 Select a Primary Network L ogon. 5 Click the I dentif ication tab to set t[...]

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67 Connecting P erip heral De vices Y ou c an add fun ctionali ty to your c omputer by connecti ng a var iety of pe ripher al s, as disc ussed i n the f ollo wi ng se cti ons . ❑ “Connecting a P rinter” ❑ “Connecting an External Display” ❑ “Connecting a TV Di splay” ❑ “Connecting a Uni versal Serial Bus (USB) De vice” ❑ ?[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 68 Connecting a Printer Y ou can connect a W indo w s Me app lication compatible printer to your com puter to print documents . T o c onn ect a pri nte r ❑ Locate the Printer connector identi f ied by the symbol. Plug the printer cable (supplied with the p rinter) into this port on the compu ter . Printer con ne[...]

Connect ing an Ext ernal Disp la y 69 Connecting an External Displa y Y ou can con nect an e xternal display to your notebook. F or ex ample, you can us e the comp uter with an y of the follo wing: ❑ Com pute r di spl ay (m oni tor ) (Se e p age 6 9.) ❑ Multimedia comp uter display (See pag e 70.) ❑ Proj ect or ( See pa ge 70. ) T o c onn ect[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 70 T o c onn ect a mul ti med ia comp ute r di spl ay Y ou can connect the notebook to a multimedia computer display that includes built-in speak ers and a microphone. 1 Locate the Mon itor connector identif ied b y the symbol. Plug the display cable into this connector . 2 Locate th e Headphone con nector identif[...]

Connect ing an Ext ernal Disp la y 71 T o select a display When you connect an e xternal display to the monitor connecto r, you can toggle the output between the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), the external monitor , or both device s. Use the Fn +F7 ke ys to s elect a display . See also “Selecting the Display Mode” for more inf ormatio n. To P r [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 72 Connecting a TV Displa y Y ou can enjo y playing audio/video by connecting A V de vices to your computer . See also the manuals supplied with yo ur A V de vices. T o Connect a TV ✍ See the ma nual tha t came with your periph eral devi ce for more in formation on instal latio n and us e. ✍ If you insert a DV[...]

Conn e cti ng a Un i v ersa l Se r ial Bus (U SB) D evice 73 Connecting a Univer sal Serial Bus (USB) De vice Y ou can con nect USB de vices such as an extern al mouse, k e yboard, speaker , and microph one to your compu ter . T o connect a US B device ❑ Locate the USB de vice identif ied b y the symbol. Plug one end of the USB cable into this po[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 74 Connecting an i. LINK ®* De vice Y ou can conn ect an i.LINK enabled digital video camer a recorder to the i.LINK® S40 0 (IEEE1394) co nnector . T o c onn ect a d igi tal vi de o ca mer a re cor der ❑ Plug one end o f the i.LINK cable (not s upplied) in to the i.LINK conn ector on the left side of the compu[...]

Conne cting an i.LIN K® De vice 75 ✍ The Sony d igital video came ra record er is pictu red; you may need to connect yo ur camera di fferent ly . On Sony digital vi deo came ras, con nectors la beled “DV In/O ut” or “i.L INK” are i.L INK- compati ble. See the manua l that came wit h your dig ital video camera record er for more inf orm a[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 76 Connecting Exter nal Speaker s Y ou can enhance the sound quality of your computer b y connecting external speakers. T o connect external sp eakers ❑ Locate the Headphone con n ector identif ied by the symbol on t he side of the comput er . Plug the speaker cab le into this con nector . ✍ Make sure your spe[...]

Connect ing an Ext er nal M icrop hone 77 Connecting an External Micr oph one Y ou can enhance the quality of sound in put b y using an external microphone. T o connect an external micr ophone ❑ Locate the Micr ophone conn ector identified b y the symbol o n the side o f the comp uter . Plug the microphone cable into this con nector . ✍ Make su[...]

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79 Customizing Y our V AIO ® Notebook Y ou can customize the settin gs of your notebook. The following sections briefly describe ho w to ch ange your computer’ s default settings. Sel ect i ng th e Disp lay Mod e This notebook uses the A TI v ideo controller . Y ou can select which display is u sed when the notebo ok is co nnected to an extern a[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 80 A TI RA GE MOBILITY-M1 Screen[...]

Using th e Dual Di spla y func tion 81 Using the Dual Displa y fun ction The dual display function allows you to distrib ute portions of your desk top across separate dis plays. F or ex ample, if you ha ve an ex ternal display attached to the monitor connector , your notebook’ s LCD display and the exter nal display can function as a single deskt[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 82 Selecting Dual Displ a y mode 1 Click the Start button on the W in do ws taskbar . 2 Point to Settings > Control Panel. 3 Click the Display ico n. The Display Properties win do ws appears. 4 Click the Setti ngs tab . 5 Click the Monito r marked “ 2”. The Monitor #2 dialog box app ears. 6 Click Y es to en[...]

Using th e Dual Di spla y func tion 83 Changing the Windo w Design of Son y Software T o change the win dow desi gn 1 Click the Start button, point to Settin gs, then point to Co ntrol Panel. 2 Click UI Design Selector . 3 Click << or >> and s elect the desired design. 4 Click Apply . 5 The “UI Desi gn Selector” windo w design chang[...]

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85 Ad ding Memory In the future you may want to install me mory module s to expand the functiona lity of you r computer . Y ou can increas e memory up t o 256 MB (12 8 MB x 2 ), by in sta ll ing opt ion al me mor y mo du les . Th e am o unt o f mem ory pre-inst alled is 12 8 MB ( 128 MB x 1 ).Y ou can ad d an expans ion memo ry mod ule (64 MB or 12[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 86 T ypical expa nsion mem ory configura tion T o remove a m emory module 1 Shut do wn your computer and dis connect all peripheral de vices, such as your prin ter . 2 Unplug the comp uter and re move the battery pack(s ). 3 After the computer has cooled, loosen and remo ve the scr e w that secures the co ver of t[...]

Add ing Me mory 87 5 Remo v e the memory module. 6 T ighten t he scre w on the memo ry bay co ver . T o install a memory modul e 1 Follow st eps 1 to 4 of “T o re move a m em ory mod ule .” 2 Remo v e the memory mo dule from it s packagin g. Remo ving me mory module ✍ Y our compu ter come s with a memor y module i nstall ed in the me mor y sl[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 88 3 Install the memory mo dule. 4 T ighten the scre w on the cov er of the memor y bay . Install ing mem ory module 1 Slide th e memory m odule into the slo t. 2 Press the m odule in to place unti l it clicks.[...]

89 About the Software on Y our Notebook Y our V AIO not eboo k is r eady to help you wor k, pl a y , l ear n, and communi cate a s soo n as you tu r n it on. Th is sec tion gi v es y ou th e f o llowin g: ❑ An o v ervie w of the v arious so ftware that co me with your computer and the acti vities you can perf orm with your sof tware ❑ Software [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 90 Overvie w Adobe ® Acrobat Reader™ Adob e Sy ste ms I nc. Acrobat Reader software al lows you to view , navigate, and pri nt electr onic do cum ents in Adobe Portable Do cument Format (PDF), an op en f ile format that is intend ed to p reserv e the f idelity o f docume nts cr eated on all major comp uter plat[...]

Over vi ew 91 DV g a t e ™ Sony El ectr on ics Inc. Conn ect a digit al vide o cam era r eco rder to the i.LIN K *® connecto r and cap ture your own video c lips and still images. Y ou can edi t clip s from yo ur video, add oth ers, and c ombin e clips into ne w movie se gments. Y ou can also sav e your imag es in a varie ty of popu lar file for[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 92 Micr osoft® W ord 2000 Micr osoft Corpor ation Microso ft W ord 2000 ma kes it easy to crea te shared W e b, e-mail , and print document s for use arou nd the world. It embra ces HTML as a first-clas s file format and extends W ord’ s ease-of-u se to the W eb an d e-mail. W ord 2 000 al so extends that ease-[...]

Over vi ew 93 Sm art C apt ure Sony El ectr on ics Inc. Smart Capture is a fun n e w way to send multim edia me ssages via e-ma il. Smart Capture manage s the i.LINK *® c onnectio n betwe en your co mputer and a Sony Digital Handyc am® Camc orde r th at supp orts t he i. LINK inte rface. I t allows you t o capt ure compres sed vi deo or still ima[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 94 Mo vieShaker™ This application can be used to create fun and i nno v ati ve mo vies without an y kno wledge of f ilm editing. In a fe w si mple steps, motion pictu res can be combined with special ef fects, still images (pictures), and mus ic f il es and then sa v ed in a format mo s t compu ters can play . I[...]

MovieSh aker™ 95 Create a Mo vie us ing Shaker After addin g clip(s) to the Cl ip tray , you can create a short mo vie using the Shake r feature. Shaker randomly select clips from the Clip tr ay to create a 30 - second scene. 1 Click the Shak e tab. 2 Select a mood b y clicking a face in th e Shaker tr ay . 3 Click . A thirty second scene is auto[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 96 Editing Clips and Scenes Y ou can edit you r mo vie b y adding ef fects and tex t, adjusting the color and contrast, and modifyin g the length of clips. Adding ef fects to a scene or a clip: 1 Double-click the clip or scene to move it to the W orking Panel. 2 Select the Ef fects tab fro m the Editing tray . 3 D[...]

MovieSh aker™ 97 Sa ving a Movi e 1 V erify that the clip(s) you want to sav e is on the Product tray . See Help for mor e det a ils o n saving m ovies. 2 Cli ck Ex por t. 3 Select the format in which y o u wan t the documen t to be sa ved. 4 Clic k Next. 5 Locate the folder to which you want the f ile sav ed. 6 Name the f ile. 7 Clic k Sav e. Ex[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 98 PictureGear ™ PictureGear software is a digital image managem ent application that allows yo u to see all the im ages stored in an y directory on your comp uter . Thumbnail vie ws pro vide qu ick reminders o f your pictures. Brighten , cont rast, enhance, res ize, crop, and co lor -correct yo ur pictures. C r[...]

Pi ctur eG ear™ 99 Using P anorama Maker Pan orama Mak er stitches a group of still images into a 3 60 de gree pa noramic picture. The s ource images should be t he same size and o v erlap 20%. Ho w to stitch a pan o ramic picture: 1 Gather the sour ce images into the s ame folder or co llection. 2 Select the images you wan t to use. 3 From the U[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 100 OpenMG J u kebo x 2.0 Software Instructions OpenMG Juk ebox 2. 0 is a softw are application that u tilizes Son y Corporation’ s cop yright protectio n technology . OpenMG Juk ebox 2.0 m aintain s the ho lder’ s copyrights by prev en ting unauthorized distr ib ution of digital au dio f iles. OpenMG Juk ebox[...]

OpenM G J ukebo x 2.0 Softw ar e Instructi ons 101 Starting OpenMG J ukebo x 2.0 1 Click the Start b utton on the W indo ws taskbar , select Programs, OpenMG Juke box , and t he n Ope nM G Ju kebo x. The CD D B Regist ra ti on di al og bo x appears. For more information regarding CDDB re gistrati on, click the Help but to n . 2 After re gistering w[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 102 Open MG J ukebo x 2.0 Ba sic Fea tures 1 Menu ba r Displ ays Ope nMG Jukebo x me nus. 5 Fil e L ist vi ew List s the it ems unde r the s electe d folder in the Fi le T r ee vie w. 2 Screen T abs Chan ge the opera tional shee t view acco rdin g to fu nctio n. 6 Drop -down list Dis pla ys t he play li sts, au di[...]

OpenM G J ukebo x 2.0 Softw ar e Instructi ons 103 Recor ding a C D Y ou can recor d songs from aud io CDs and impo rt them to play l ists within Op enMG Juke box . 1 Insert an audio CD into the CD/C D-R W/D VD-R OM driv e. 2 Click th e CD ta b . 3 Select the Bit Rate, CD dri ve, and R ecord to location fro m the dro p-do wn lists. 4 T o select cer[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 104 5 Click Rec to Jukebox. Recording begins. When the recording is f inished, the new play list appears in the File T ree v ie w of the Playlist screen tab . T ransfe rring Songs (Chec k-in/Chec k-out) Y ou can trans fer songs between th e playlists of yo ur OpenMG Juk ebox and ex ternal de vices/media. For detai[...]

OpenM G J ukebo x 2.0 Softw ar e Instructi ons 105 4 In the Playlist vie w , select the song to be check ed out. T o check out mo re than one so ng at a time, hold d o wn the Ctrl k ey and click the songs to be selected. 5 Cli ck (O ut), or dr ag and drop the song to the des ire d posi ti on i n the song list of the e x ternal de vice/media. Check-[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 106 Addi tional Feat ures ❑ OpenMG J ukebox T uto rial — In the T utorial screen, the a vailable operations o f OpenMG Ju kebox are briefly described. By clicking items in the screen, yo u are guid ed directly to th e desired o perations of Op enMG Jukebo x. ❑ OpenMG Jukebox Backup T o ol — Allo ws you to [...]

OpenM G J ukebo x 2.0 Softw ar e Instructi ons 107 Notes on perf orming the System Rest ore f unction o f System T ools on W indows ® Mille nn ium Ed itio n If yo u perf orm the Sy stem Re st ore f unc tion o f S yste m T o ols o n Windows Me, the OpenMG Juk ebox v ersion 2.0 database may become co rrupted and all music f iles record ed or importe[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 108 Software Suppor t Information Acro ba t Reader™, Adobe PhotoDelux e® Home Edit ion (Adobe Sy stems Incorpora ted) America Online® (America Online, Inc.) Comp uSer ve® 2000 (Compu Ser ve) EarthLink Network T otalAccess® (EarthLink , Inc.) McAfee® V irusScan® (Network Associates, Inc.) Netscape Communica[...]

Softw are Suppor t Inf or mation 109 PhotoPri nter™ 20 00 Pr o (ArcS oft, Inc .) Prodigy In terne t® ( Prodi gy C ommun ic atio ns Corp or ati on) Qui ck en® 2001 (Int uit Inc .) Windows ® Operating System, Inter net Explorer (Micr osoft Corporatio n) WinD VD® 2000 (InterV ideo, Inc.) * Support f rom 1-888- 4SONYPC is free of charge fo r 90 d[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 110 Application, System , and Driver Reco very CDs Y our computer comes with the follo wing application and s ystem reco ver y CDs. (T o use you r reco v ery CDs, see “Using Y our Re covery C Ds” .) A pplication Recovery CD(s) Sony Elect r oni cs Inc. This prog ram al lo ws you to reinsta ll indi vidual ap pli[...]

Using Y our Recov e r y CDs 111 Using Y our Reco ver y CDs The f ollowing sections d escribe how to use the Application R eco very an d Sy stem Recov ery utilities. Using the Applicati on Reco very CD(s) The Application Recov ery CD(s) allows you to r einstall individual applications if the y become corrupted or are accidentally erased. Reinstallin[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 112 Using the Dr iver Recove r y CD(s) The Dri ver Recov ery CD utilit y allo ws you to reinstall individual dri vers and repair softw are applications if the y become co rrupted or are acci dentally erased. Y ou can reinstall an indi vidual d ri ver to correct a p roblem that you are ex periencing with your compu[...]

Using Y our Recov e r y CDs 113 T o use the System Recovery CD(s) 1 Insert the Son y System Recov ery CD in the optical dri ve. 2 Shut down your computer as descr ibed in “Shu tting Do wn Y o ur Computer” . 3 W ait four seconds and turn on yo ur compu ter . 4 Click OK to s ignify yo u ha v e read and accept the Micros oft End-User License Agree[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 114 T o repa ir software applica tions using V AI O Support Agent The Dri ver Recov ery CD utilit y has an information vault that contains the original char acteristics for the preins talled software app lications that are protected b y V AIO Suppo rt Agent. ✍ Y our syst em may inclu de one or two System Recover[...]

115 T r oubleshooting This section des cribes ho w to s olve co mmon pr oblems you may enco unter when using your notebook . Many problems hav e simple solutio ns, so try these sugges tions befo re you contact S on y PC Su pport (h t tp://w ww .son y .com/ pcs upp ort ). T rouble shooting your not ebook When starting yo ur notebo ok for th e f irst[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 116 My notebook starts, but my system d oesn’t start pr operly ❑ When the internal backup batter y is lo w o n po w er , it may not start your system properly . The message “Press <F1> to res ume, <F2> to setup” appears at the b ottom of the scree n. Fo llo w these steps: 1 Press F2. The BIOS S[...]

T roub leshootin g 117 7 Press the arro w keys to select “Get Defaul t V alues” and then p ress Enter . The message “Load d efault conf iguration n o w?” appears . 8 Select Y es, then press Enter . 9 Use the direction al arro w ke ys to select “Exit” (Sav e Changes), and then press Enter . The message “Sa ve conf iguration chang es an[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 118 My noteb ook doe s not enter t he pow er saving mode I selected. ❑ Click Start, point to Program, point to Accessories, point to System T ools, and then click Sys tem Inform ation. The He lp and S upport wi ndo w appears. ❑ Click System Configuration Utility un der the T ools m enu. ❑ Click the Adv anced[...]

T roub leshootin g 119 My LCD screen continues to show the previous screen. Press the W indo ws ke y and D ke y twice to refres h the screen. The im age on my connect ed e xterna l displa y is not center ed or si zed proper ly Use the controls on your e xternal dis play to adjust the image. See the manual that came with your display fo r more infor[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 120 The p ointer does no t move (whil e using t he T o uchpad or Mou se) ❑ Click the Start button on the W ind o ws taskbar , and select Shut Do wn to displa y the S hut Do wn W indo ws di alog box, then press Ent er . ❑ If you cannot turn of f your notebook as described in the step abov e, press Ctrl+Alt+Dele[...]

T roub leshootin g 121 ❑ If a re gion code war ning appea rs when you try to us e your o ptical dri v e, it may be that the D VD you are trying to play is incompatible with th e optical dri ve. Check the regio n code listing on the D VD packaging. ❑ Moisture condensation ma y hav e occurred. Lea ve the notebook idle f or at least 1 hour with th[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 122 T r oubleshooting so ftware My software pr ogram stops responding or crash es Contact the soft ware pub lisher or designated pro vider for technical suppor t. See the “Softwar e Support Infor m ation” . When I cl ick an a pplication ico n, the me ssage “Y ou must i nsert the a pplication CD into your opt[...]

T roub leshootin g 123 My mode m c onn ecti on is s low Y our not ebook is equi pped wit h a 56K/V .90 compati ble modem . Many fact ors may influe nce modem connection speed , including telephon e line noise or compatibility w ith telep hone equipmen t (such as fax machines or other mod ems). If yo u thin k your modem i s not co nnecting proper l [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 124 My microph one does not work If you are using an extern al microphone, ch eck that the micro phone is plug ged into the Microp hone con nector . See “Connecting an External Micro phone” f or details. T r oubleshooting t he pri nter I cannot print ❑ Y our connected prin t er may not f unction after the no[...]

Getting Help 125 Getting He lp Sony provides s e v era l sup por t options f or your V AIO ® note boo k compu ter . When you ha ve questions about your compute r and the preins talled software, che ck these sou rces f or answers , in the f oll owing seque nce: 1V A I O ® Notebook User Guide This U ser Guid e cont ains informa tio n on pro duct sp[...]

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Speci ficati ons 127 Specifications The follo wing table details the hardwar e specif ications for your co mputer . Model PCG-F X210/PCG-FX2 15 Proce ssor 800 M Hz * Mobile AMD Duron TM processor L1 Cach e Memo ry L2 Cach e Memo ry 128 KB 64 KB (on die) Hard Dis k Drive 10 G B † Standard RAM 128 MB SO-DIM M in sl ot Exp andab le to 256 MB LCD Sc [...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 128 Conne ctio n Capabi lities • 2 USB po rts •i . L I N K †† •S e r i a l p o r t • V GA monitor • Para llel (printer ) • P hone line (R J-11) • Mic rophone • Head phone • NT SC video out •E t h e r n e t Suppl ied Acces sori es • Fl oppy di sk dr ive • Rechar geab le ba ttery • A C [...]

Speci ficati ons 129 NO TE: Specifi cations are subject to change without n otice. ‡ If a region code warning appears when you are using the DVD player, it could be that the DVD you are tryin g to play is incompa tibl e with the optical d rive in your VAIO noteb ook. Region cod e ind icators such a s a “1 ” o r “AL L” are labe led on so m[...]

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131 Inde x A AC adapter 22, 27 AC power 27 adding hardware 67 memory 85 peripherals 67 printers 68 adjusting brightness 34, 40 Alt key 38 Application Recovery CD 111 Applications key 38 B battery packs 22, 28 charging 29, 56 indicator lights 30, 39, 55 inserting 28 inserting into battery ba y 28 loading 28 recharge able 27 removing 31, 55, 57 brigh[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 132 external spea kers 76 hard drives 52 microphone 77 monitor 69 multimedia computer dis- play 70 multiple phone lines 63 network 52 party phone lines 63 PBX 63 phone line 63 power source 27 printer 68 projector 70 USB device 73 weight saver 58 connectors DC In 27 printer 68 correction keys 38 Ctrl key 38 cursor-[...]

Inde x 133 speakers 76 F faxes laws governing 6 floppy disk drive 22 cable 22 disconnecting 45 troubleshooting 120 Fn key 38 combination commands 40 function keys 38 H handling 19 CD-ROMs and DVD- ROMs 51 handling the LCD screen 19 hard drives indicator light 39 installing additional 52 hardware online support 125 Help Mouseware 43 help 125 I i.LIN[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 134 M maintena nce 19 memory module expansion 86 installing 87 removing 86 microphone connecting 77 troubleshooting 124 modem laws governing 6 troubleshooting 122 monitor connecting 69 selecting 71 switching among 41 mouse troubleshooting 119 Mouse Properties screen 43 Mouseware accessing help 43 features 43 Movie[...]

Inde x 135 connecting 68 port 68 projector 70 R radio int erferen ce 5 rechargeable batter y packs 27, 28 recharging batter y packs 29 Recovery CD 111 regulatory information 4 removing battery packs 31 floppy disk drive 45 memory module 86 replacing battery packs 55 restoring data 111 S Scroll Lock indicator light 40 second battery pack 28, 55 sele[...]

Change to Curren t Documen t Title 136 virtual desktop 81 W weight saver attaching 55 connecting 58 fold-out arm 58 removing 59 window design of Sony soft- ware 83 Windows Explorer 38 Find window 38 help 38 key 38 key combinations 38 Start but ton 35 taskbar 35, 117[...]