Sony PCG-FX600 manual

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Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2002 Sony C o rporation. All rights reserved. This manual and th e sof tware describe d here in, in whole or in part, m ay no t be re produc ed, tra nslated, or reduced to any machi n e- readable form without prior w ritten approval. Sony Corpora tion provide s no warran [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 2 nN RealPlayer is a trademark or re g istered trademark of R ealNetworks, inc. in the U.S. and o ther countries. Symantec Norton AntiVirus is a trademark of Sy m antec Corporation. All other names of systems, pro du cts and services are trad e marks of the i r respective owners. In the m a nual, the ?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 3 nN Sa fety infor mati o n Own er's r ecor d The model number and seria l number a re l ocated o n the bottom of your S o ny note book. R ecord th e seria l number i n the space p rovi ded here. Refer to the mo d el and se rial number if you contact V AIO-L i nk. Ser ial numb er : _____ _____ ___[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 4 nN ❑ TV s e ts ❑ Speaker s ❑ Ma g ne t s ❑ M agnetic bracelets. Au di o/vi de o ❑ Aud io and pictu re disto rtion m ay oc cur if this equ ipme nt is positi oned i n close prox imity to an y equipm ent emitting el ectromagn etic radiation . Conn ectiv i ty ❑ Neve r i nstal l mod em or tele[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 5 nN Reg ulat o ry inf ormation Sony hereby declares that this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of European Directive 1999/5/EC. This product complies w i th EN 55022 C l ass B and E N 55024 for use i n following a re as: residential, commercial a n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 6 nN Di sposi n g of li thiu m ion batt eries Do n ot ha ndle da maged or l eak in g li thi um ion bat teri es. Di sp ose o f p rom p tl y a nd pro per ly. Dang er of expl osion if ba ttery is inc orrectly r epla c e d. Re place onl y with the sa me or eq uivale nt type recomm ended b y the manu fac t [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 7 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu l ation s on purc hasin g a So ny VAI O noteb ook. S ony has com bine d l e ading-e dge tech nolog y in aud i o, v i de o, com putin g and comm unica tions to pr ovi de you with sta te-of- the-a rt persona l compu ting. Here are just so me of the features yo ur VAIO noteb ook has to of[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 8 nN Do cume ntati o n pack Your doc umen tation pack cont ains printe d inform atio n as well a s o nline user gui des on yo ur compu ter's har d drive. Prin ted do cum entat ion ❑ A Ge ttin g St ar te d broch ure, wh ere you w i ll find a br i ef d escr i pt i on of the i tems in y our box, so me specif [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 9 nN 2 Refe r to yo ur Sof tware Gu ide fo r i nformat i on on th e b undled so ftware and the Son y applications . ❑ A bout the Sof tw are is a sho rt descript ion of th e fe atures of the software pr e-installe d on your sy st em . ❑ Using V ideo s oftware explains ho w to use Sony vide o so ftwa re: DVgate[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 10 nN Y our not ebook and its a ccessor ies The followi ng h a rd ware i tems are in the bo x: 1 main unit 6 weig ht save r 2 product recovery CD-ROMs 7 v ideo cable 3 docu menta tion pa ck 8 phone cabl e 4 AC adapte r 9 powe r cord 5 rechargeable battery pack[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 11 nN Erg onomi c cons ider at ions You w ill be us ing you r notebo ok a s a portab le devic e in a variet y of envi ronm ents. Wh enever p ossib le, you should attem pt to take account of th e fo llowing erg onomi c consider ations to both sta ti onar y and port ab le environ ments: ❑ Posit ioning y our com p[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 12 nN ❑ Furn i tur e an d po stu re – Si t in a c hair wi th go od back suppo rt. Ad j ust t he level of the chair so your f eet are flat on th e fl oor . A footr est may mak e yo u more comfo rtable. Sit in a relaxed , upright po sture and avoid slouchi ng fo rward o r leanin g far backw ards. ❑ V ie wing [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g yo ur n ot eb ook This se ction des cribes h ow to start using y our comp uter and ho w to use yo ur comp uter’s i nternal an d extern al devic es. Loca ti ng contr ols a nd conn ectors (p age 14) Conn ecting a p ower source (page 19) Starti ng yo ur no tebook (page 27) Shut ting do wn[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 14 nN Locat ing control s and connector s Rig ht * on th e PCG- FX60 1 ** o n t he PC G-FX60 2 and PC G- FX60 4 1 power button (p ag e 27) 2 DVD-R OM d rive*/CD- RW + DVD-ROM dri v e** (p ag e 35) 3 mult i-purpo se bay (p ag e 20) (p ag e 41)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 15 nN Left 1 TV O ut co nnector (page 68) 4 i.LINK ™ c onnector (p ag e 75) 2 mic rophone connec tor (page 71) 5 PC Card slots (p ag e 45) 3 head phone connec tor (page 70) 6 battery bay (p ag e 20)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 16 nN Front 1 LCD screen (p age 3 3) 2s p e a k r s (p age 7 0) 3 k eyboard (p age 2 9) 4 tou chpa d (p age 3 4) 5 left/right buttons (p age 3 4) 6 power indicators (p age 3 2) 7 battery 1 and 2 i n dicators (p age 3 2) 8 har d disk drive indicato rs (p age 3 2) 9 Num Lock indicato rs (p age 3 2) 10 C[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 17 nN Bac k ✍ T here is a ventilation slo t located near the USB connect or . D o not cover the ventil ation slot when the computer is on. 1 phone line jack (page 57) 5 monit or/VGA co nnect or ( page 6 5) 2U S B p o r t (page 72) 6 Ethernet connector (p ag e 77) 3 ser ial co nnec tor 7 US B p ort ([...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 18 nN Bott om 1 rel eas e lev er (p a ge 4 1) 2 tilt st ands (p a ge 1 1)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 19 nN C onnec t ing a power s ource You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rechar g eable ba ttery pack as a power sourc e. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , procee d as follows: 1 Plug the c able attached to the AC adapte r (1) into the D C I n connec tor (2) on the comp uter . 2 Plug on e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 20 nN Usi ng t he bat tery pac k You c an use one or t wo ba tteries as a so urce o f powe r. You c an ins ert the se c ond b atte ry pack into the m ulti- purpo se bay on th e righ t side o f the compu ter. Addi tional battery packs a re ava i lable as a separat e option . The ba ttery pack sup plied[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 21 nN Cha rging t he batter y pack To ch arge t he batte ry pack , pr oceed as follow s: 1 Conne ct the AC ad apter to the computer . 2 Insert the ba ttery p ack. The com p uter au tomat i cally c harges th e b attery ( 1) ( the bat tery indi c ato r (2) light fl ashes in a doub l e blink p attern as [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 22 nN If the b attery level falls be low 10% , you s hould either a t tac h the AC ada pter t o rech arge th e batter y or sh ut dow n your c ompute r a nd i ns ert a f ully charge d batte ry . T he batte ry pack su ppli ed with y our c o m put er is a l ithium i on batte ry and can be re charg ed any[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 23 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pack To remo ve the batt ery pac k, proce ed as follow s: 1 T urn o f f the c ompute r . 2 Ope n the c ov er of the batter y bay . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pac k. 4 Close th e c over of the batt ery bay . ✍ Y ou m a y l ose data if you remo ve the batter y pac k while the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 24 nN Usi ng t he seco nd ba tter y pack You ca n purch ase a second rech argeabl e batte ry pack. Wi th two ba ttery packs, y ou can e x tend the time you use y our com puter with b attery po wer. When usin g two battery packs, the batt ery pack y ou ins ert first, charge s firs t. The batt ery pack [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 25 nN Cha rging the secon d battery pack To charg e t he second batt ery pack , procee d as fo llows : 1 Keep th e bat te ry p ack ( 1-3 ) in t he co mp u te r whil e it is con nec ted t o AC power . The ba ttery indicat or (2) flashes wh ile the batter y is char ging. 2 When th e batter y indic ator [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 26 nN Remo ving the se cond ba ttery pack To rem ove th e sec ond b attery p ack, pro ceed a s follo w s : 1 Slide the ej ect lever on th e bottom of the weigh t saver , i n the direct i on of arro w 1. 2 Slide the releas e l ever on the bo ttom of the co mputer in th e directio n of arrow 2. 3 Remo v[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 27 nN Sta rtin g you r noteb oo k To s ta rt you r comp uter , proc eed as fo ll ows : 1 Slide the LCD loc k lever (1) in the d i re c tion of the arrow , a nd lift the co v e r . 2 Press the pow er butto n (2) of the compu ter until the gr een pow er indi cator (3) lig h t turns on . 3 If nec essar y[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 28 nN Sh utt ing do wn your no tebook I t is i mp or ta nt th a t you shut do wn yo ur c ompu ter p rop er ly so you do no t lo se u nsav ed data . To sh ut down your computer, proceed as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t button on th e Wi ndow s ® taskb ar . 2 Clic k T ur n Of f Compute r . The T urn of [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 29 nN Us ing th e key bo ar d Your keyboar d is very simila r to a deskt op compu ter’s, but ha s a ddition al keys that perfo rm speci fi c notebo ok-relat ed tasks. 11 12[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 30 nN Keys Descri ptions Esc ape key ( 1) The <E sc> (Esc ape ) key is u sed to canc el com mands . Fun ction keys (2) The tw elve f uncti on keys a long the top of the keybo ard are used to per form designated tasks. For example , in many applications, <F 1 > is t he He lp ke y . The task[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 31 nN Com binat ion s a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e Win dows key Combinati ons F unction s + F1 Displays Window s Help a nd Supp ort Center . + T ab Switches the selected button on the ta sk bar . + E Displays My Com puter . + F Displays the S ear ch R esu lts wind ow to f i nd a fi le or folde r . Th i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 32 nN Ind icators Indic ator Funct i on s Powe r Power on : li ghts gr een. Stand by mod e: fla shes um ber . Battery 1 Indicates the status of the b a ttery inserted in the battery bay on the l eft side of the co mp ute r . Battery 2 In dicates the status of the battery inserted in th e battery b a y[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 33 nN Com binat ion s a nd func tions wi th the <Fn > ke y ✍ T his fun ction can only be used by t he first user to log on. It will not work if you have swi t ched to another user account . Som e functi ons are not availab le unti l Wind ows ® is launch ed. Combinati ons/ Feat ur e Funct i on[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 34 nN Us i n g the to uchp ad The k eyboa rd cont ains a cu rsor-po inting d evice, yo ur touchp ad (1). You ca n point to , selec t, dra g, and sc roll objec ts on the screen us ing the bu i lt-i n touchpad . Action Descri ption poin t Slid e one finger on the touchp ad to p lace t he poin ter (2 ) o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 35 nN Using the CD-RW/DVD- R OM or DVD- ROM drive Depe nding on y our mode l, your co mpu ter is equi pped wi th a CD-R W/DV D-RO M drive or a D VD-R OM. To insert a disc, pr oceed as follow s: 1 T urn o n the comp uter . 2 Press th e eject button (1) to o pen the drive. The tray slid es out. 3 Place [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 36 nN ✍ When the computer is in Stan dby or Hi be rnat e mod e , you c a nnot insert o r remove a di sc. Be s ure to seat th e disc f i rm ly over the disc driv e hub f ingers. If y ou do not sea t the d i sc firmly, you could da ma ge yo ur disc drive a nd yo u may not be ab l e t o ope n the tray [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 37 nN ❑ Before w riting to a n ew CD-R W , you may h ave to fi rst for mat the d isc for your co mputer t o reco gnise it . This is not alw ays the case. ❑ T o m ake a CD -R’s data re ad able on a CD-ROM drive, you need to c l ose th e session w hen yo u eject it. T o com plete this pro c ess, f[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 38 nN ❑ Close all open appl ications be fore p l a y ing a D VD-RO M movie . ❑ When pl aying DV D mo vies on battery p ower , set the pow er managem ent pro fi le to DV D. With othe r profiles, the m o vies can be ch o ppy . ❑ Do not s witch power savi ng mo des w hile playi ng a DVD v ideo . ?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 39 nN Us i n g the we ight saver The w eight sa v er protects th e m u lti-purp ose b ay when i t is emp ty. To atta ch th e weigh t sav er, proc eed as fo llows: 1 I f a n ot h e r de v i c e i s i n the m u l t i - p u rp o se ba y , r e m o v e the d e v i c e (page 41) . 2 Pull out th e guide (1 )[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 40 nN To rem ove th e we ight saver, p roceed a s follo ws: 1 Slide the ej ect lever of th e w eight sav er i n the di rec t i on of arro w 1. 2 Slide the releas e l ever on the bo ttom of the co mputer in th e directio n of arrow 2.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 41 nN Us ing th e floppy disk drive Your com puter i s e quipp ed with a flop py disk driv e which i s rem ovable . Whe n you are not using it , y ou ca n replace i t with the bu ndled wei ght sav er. Remo ving the floppy disk dri ve To r em ove the fl oppy di sk dr ive , proc ee d a s foll ows : 1 T [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 42 nN Inse rting the f loppy dis k drive To i ns er t the fl oppy di sk dr i ve , pr oc ee d a s foll ows : 1 T urn o f f the c ompute r . 2 If the w e ight s a ver i s in the mu ltip urpose bay ( 1 ) , remove it. 3 Insert th e f loppy di sk drive (2) into th e multipur pose bay w ith the met allic pa[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 43 nN Inse rting a f loppy dis k To insert a flop py disk , proc eed as fo l low s: 1 Hold the disk (1) with the lab el side facing up . 2 Gently p ush the di sk i nto the flopp y disk drive (2 ) u ntil it clicks int o place .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 44 nN Remo ving a flop py d isk To remo ve a flop py disk, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Wait unti l the L ED indica tor (1) turn s off. 2 Press th e ejec t button (2) to remo ve t he flopp y dis k. ✍ Do not pres s the e j ect b utton when the L E D i ndica tor is turned o n. Ot herwis e , da ta m ay be l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 45 nN Us i n g PC Ca rds This co mpu ter has a PC Ca rd slot tha t supp orts Typ e II a nd Type I II P C Cards. PC C ards all ow you to co nnect portab le external dev i ces. You do not ne ed to shut dow n your c omputer w hen ins erting a PC C ard. In se rting a PC Ca rd To in sert a PC Card, proceed[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 46 nN Us e the lo we r sl ot fo r T ype II I PC C ard s . Some PC Cards may require you to disable idle devices when using th e PC Card. Be sure to us e the most recent soft ware driver pro vided by the PC Card manufactur er . If an “!” mark appears i n th e Devi c e Mana ger di alog box , remov e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 47 nN Remo ving a PC Card Fo llo w the ste ps belo w to r em ove the PC car d whil e yo ur co mpu te r is on . If it i s not rem ove d cor rect ly , you r system m ay not w ork prop erl y. If you w ant to remov e a PC Card w hen your com puter is off, skip step s 1 to 6. To remov e a PC Card, pro c ee[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 48 nN Us ing th e Memory S tick ™ Your VAIO co mputer i s designed to sup port the M emory S tick™. T he Mem o ry Sti ck™ is a c ompact, p ortabl e, and ve rsatile dev i ce esp ecially desi g ned f or exchan g ing and shari n g di g ital da ta with c ompatible products. Becaus e it is rem ovable[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 49 nN The main advan tages of the Mem ory Stick™ are its: ❑ Com pa ctne ss: with dimen s ions of just 21.5 mm (W) x 2.8 m m (H) x 50 mm (D), com patible products c an also be smal l, light weig ht and attrac tive in their des i gn. ❑ Ca pac ity: Its data c apacity far ex ceeds that of a fl oppy [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 50 nN Ge n er ic Memo ry St ic k™ The original Me mory Stick™, blue in colour , can be used to record i mage data taken wi th digital still came ras, etc. or data from the PC. With it, you can rec ord, play bac k and tra nsfe r v arious kinds of data at any g iven t ime. Becaus e it is e asy to re[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 51 nN MagicGat e Mem o ry Sti ck™ The Ma gicGate M emory Stick™, whi te in c olo u r, r ec ords PC and image data jus t like its blue c o unter part; the d ifference is it u ses th e MagicGa te cop yri ght prote ction t ec hno logy. With th is type of Me mory Stick ™, also ca l led th e M G Mem [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 52 nN ✍ MagicGate is a copyright protec tion technology that c omplies with the standards s et by SDMI (Secure Digi tal Music Initiativ e , a n or ganizat i o n working to d r a w up i ndustr y sta ndard specific ations i n ord er to pro tect co pyrigh ts o f dig ital m usic). Th e logo i ndi cates [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 53 nN Assoc iat ion of Ameri ca (RIAA) took the initia tiv e to org aniz e a f orum calle d Secure Music Dig ital In itia tive (SDM I) to study tec hnology for prote cting cop yrights d uring the ele ctronic d istributi on of music. Sony off ers the Ma gicGat e M emory Stic k™ an d Memor y Sti c k?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 54 nN ❑ Sony mobile phones ❑ Digita l printers ❑ AIBO the Sony En tertainment R obot To find out m ore abou t t he produ cts avail able in y our co untry, go to: http: //ww w .sonystyl e-europ e. c om[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 55 nN Inse rting a Mem ory Stick™ To insert a Memo ry S tick™, p roceed as follow s: 1 Once y ou have store d your d ata from y our digi tal device, in sert the Mem o r y Stick™ ( 1) into the opt ional PC Card adapter (2). 2 Push t he Release butt on . The Re lease butt on pops out. 3 Push t he [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 56 nN Remo ving a Mem ory S tick ™ To remov e a Mem ory Stick™, p roceed as follows: 1 Double -c lick the Sa fely R emov e Ha r dwa re icon i n the taskba r . The Sa fely R emo ve Hardw are dial og b ox appe ars. 2 Selec t the ha rdware de vice y ou wan t to unplug . 3 Clic k St op . 4 In th e St [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 57 nN Us ing th e mod em Your noteb ook is equi pped with an i nternal modem . You nee d to conne ct a phone line to tak e adva ntage of onl i ne ser vices an d the Intern et, to regi ster you r compu ter and s oftware on line, and to contac t VAIO-L i nk. To co n nect a phon e line, p ro ceed as fo l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 58 nN Us ing po wer savin g modes When you u se a b attery as the s ource of power for you r com puter, you can tak e a d vant age of p ower ma nag ement sett ings to co nse r ve batt ery lif e. In addi tion to th e nor mal op erat i ng mode , whic h all ows yo u to turn off sp ecific devices, y our c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 59 nN Using Hibernate mode The sta te of the sy stem i s saved on th e hard disk an d pow er is t urned off. The pow er ind i cato r ligh t is off in th is mo de. To ac ti vat e Hibernate mode, p roceed a s follows: 1 Go to Star t an d click T urn Of f Comp uter . 2 Hold down the <Shif t> key an[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 60 nN Connec ting peripheral d evice s You ca n add fu ncti onality t o your c omp uter by co nnect i ng or us ing any of these pe ripher als. Before you c onnect p eriph erals, tu rn of f the co mputer and a ll peri pherals. Conn ect the powe r c ord on ly after con necting al l cabl es. [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 61 nN Conn ecti ng a port re plicat or Yo u r no te book su ppo rts th e u se of an opt i on al p ort rep li cat or. At tac hi ng a port re pli cat or enabl es yo u to conn ec t addi ti onal peri p heral s to your compute r, such as a printer or an exter n al displ ay. ✍ T he port repl i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 62 nN Att achi ng yo ur com pute r to t he po rt re plica tor To atta c h you r c om puter to the port rep licator , procee d as follows : 1 T urn o f f th e com pute r and discon nect a ll p eriphe rals. 2 On th e bott om of the c ompute r , l i ft th e por t repl i cato r por t cover . 3[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 63 nN 5 Plug the p ower co rd (4) int o the AC adapte r a nd an AC o utlet. The po wer i ndicato r ligh t turns g reen. 6 T urn o n the comp uter . ✍ Whe n you use the po rt re plica tor for the f irst ti me, the in stal lation of the n etwo rk dr i ve rs sta rts au toma tical ly . Wh en[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 64 nN Discon necting you r computer from the p ort rep licator To disc onnec t yo ur compu ter from th e po rt replicato r, proce ed as follow s: 1 T urn o f f the c ompute r and the c onnected peri pherals. 2 Pull the lev ers on each sid e o f the port rep l icat or (1) to disconn ect the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 65 nN C onnec t ing a n exter nal dis play You ca n conne ct an ex ternal d ispl ay to your no tebook . For exa mple, y ou can use y our com puter wit h the fo llowi ng d evice s: ❑ Com puter di splay (mo nitor ); ❑ Mult imed ia c omputer dis pla y; ❑ TV ; ❑ Projector . ✍ T urn o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 66 nN Con nect ing a c omp uter d is play To co nnect a computer display, p roceed as follows: 1 Pl ug th e di s pl ay cab le ( 1) in th e moni tor /VG A co nn ec to r (2) on t he compu ter . 2 If nece ssary , plug one end of the disp lay’s po wer cord ( 3) into th e displa y , a nd the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 67 nN Con necting a m ultim edia com puter disp lay You can co n nect th e n otebook to a m ulti me dia comp uter display th at i nclud es bu ilt-in sp eakers and a mic ropho ne. To c o n nec t a mu ltime dia c o mp uter dis pla y, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the displa y cable (1) i n th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 68 nN Con nect ing a TV To connect a TV , proceed as foll ows: 1 Plug one end of th e audio/video cable (1) into th e TV Out c onnector (2) (yellow) and t he other end into the TV . 2 Plug one end of the sou n d cable (3) into t he headphon e c onnector (4) and the other end i nto the TV .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 69 nN Conn ecti ng a proje ctor You ca n use a pro j e ctor as an ex ternal disp lay, such a s t he Sony LCD Pro j ec tor. To co nnect a projector, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the RGB sig nal cable (1) in to the moni tor connec tor (2) identi fied by the symbo l. 2 Plug the audio cable (3)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 70 nN Con nectin g exte rnal s pea kers You ca n enh ance the so und qual ity of yo ur compu ter by co nne c ting externa l spea kers. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, proceed as fo l lows: 1 Plug the speaker cable ( 1 ) into t he headph one con n ecto r (2). 2 Plug th e other en d of th e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 71 nN Conn ecti ng an ext e r nal mic ro ph one Your VAIO note book d oes n ot contai n an intern al micro phon e. I f you ne ed to use a sound inpu t device , for exampl e to chat on th e I ntern et, you need to plug in an extern al microphone . To co nnect an external micropho n e, p roc[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 72 nN Conn ecti ng a Uni vers a l Seria l Bus ( USB) m ous e You ca n conne ct a US B device (e.g. mou se, flo ppy disk dri ve, ke y boa rd, pr i nte r, …) to you r com pute r. Bef ore conn ecting or di sconn ecting a USB p eriphe ral, you do no t n eed to shut dow n the comp uter . You [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 73 nN Conn ecti ng a print er You ca n conne ct a Wind ows- compa tible pr inter to y our com pute r to print doc umen ts. Conn ec ting a pri nter using the U SB c onn e c tor You ca n conne ct a US B printe r c omp atible w ith you r ver sion of W indo ws to your co mpu ter. To co nnect a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 74 nN Conn ecti ng a print er us ing the p rinte r conn ecto r To co nnect a pr inter usi ng the pri nter con necto r, pr oceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the p rinter ca ble (1) sup plied wi th the pri nter into the pr inter conn ector (2) i dentified by the sym bol. 2 Plug the p rinter po wer c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 75 nN Conn ecti ng an i.L IN K™ d evi ce Your c o mputer includes an i.LINK™ (IEEE1394) c onnecto r , w h ich you can use to connect to an i.LINK ™ device such as a di gital video cam era recorder or to con nect t wo VA IO note books i n order to cop y , del ete or edit files. The i.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 76 nN Conn ecti ng a digi tal v ideo c amer a re cord er To co nnect a digital v ideo c amera re corder , procee d as follo ws: 1 Plug one end of t he optional i . L INK™ cable (1) into the i.LINK™ co n nect or (2) of th e computer and the othe r end into t he DV Out co nnector ( 3) on[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 77 nN Conn ecti ng to a netw ork (LAN ) You can c o nnec t your comp uter to 10BAS E-T/100BASE-T X -type net works via an Eth ernet network ca ble. For the detailed setting s and devic es need ed to conn ect to the net work, c onsult your Netwo rk Adm inistra tor. ✍ F o r mor e infor mat[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 78 nN Getting help This se ction des cribes h ow to get he lp and sup port fro m Sony , as we l l as trou blesho otin g ti ps for your co mpu ter. So ny sup port op tions Sony pro vid es several support opt ions for yo ur compu ter. Pri nted docum entati on su pplied with yo ur not ebook ❑ A Ge ttin g St a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 79 nN ❑ Glo s sar y re fers to ter ms u sed in this m anual. 2 Refe r to yo ur Sof tware Gu ide fo r i nformat i on on th e b undled so ftware and the Son y applications . ❑ A bout the Sof tw are is a sho rt descript ion of th e fe atures of the software pr e-installe d on your sy st em . ❑ Using V ide[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 80 nN Othe r sources o f informat ion ❑ The onl ine help fi les that accomp any your p re-insta lled softw are contain instr uctions on usi ng the softwar e. ❑ V AIO-Link website : i f y ou have any probl em wi th your c ompute r , you c an access th e V A I O - Link w ebsite. Go to : http:/ /www . vaio-[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 81 nN T rou bl eshoo ting This se ction des cribes h ow to sol ve commo n probl ems you migh t e ncounte r when u sing you r note book. Man y prob lems hav e si mple solut ions. Plea se t ry these sugg estion s b efore con tacting VA I O- Link. About the comp uter an d softw are (page 8 1) About th e dis p l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 82 nN ❑ If you are using an exte rnal displ ay , check th at it is p lugged into a powe r s ource and turn ed on. Chec k that you ha ve switched t o the extern al display and th at the brigh tn es s and co ntrast contr ols are adjusted correc tl y . ❑ Moistu re cond ensation ma y have occu rred. Do not u[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 83 nN 12 Press the arrow keys to select Exit (save changes) and then press <E nter> . The Save conf igur ation c ha n ge s and exit now? message app ears. 13 Make sure that Ye s is sel e c ted a nd th en pr ess <Enter> . My c omp uter d oes n ot sh ut do wn It is reco mm ended th at you sh ut dow[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 84 nN My s oftware p rogram l ocks up or c rashe s Make s ure the softw are is compat i ble w ith your equi pment and op erating system and/or tr y r e-installing the sof tware. If i t still d oesn’t w ork, c onta ct the softw are pu blisher or d esignated prov ider fo r tech nical support. My t ouchpad in[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 85 nN The sc reen image on my exter nal display is not centered or sized properl y Use the c ontrol s on your extern al disp lay to adjust the i mage. Ab out C Ds a nd flo ppy dis ks My CD -RW/D VD-ROM drive tray or DVD-RO M driv e tra y does no t open ❑ Make sure the co mputer is turned on . ❑ Press th [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 86 nN ❑ If you hear so und b ut can not se e video , yo ur com puter's v ideo reso lution may b e set to o hi gh. Fo r best results , c hang e the reso lution in Wind ows Co nt r ol Pa nel - Display - Se tting s to 800 x 600 using the mini mum colour settin gs. ❑ If you se e video b ut cann ot hea r[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 87 nN Wh en I do ubl e- clic k an ap pl ica tion ic on a me ssa ge suc h a s Y ou m ust inse rt the app li cat ion C D i nto yo ur CD - ROM drive ap pears and th e soft ware d oes not start. ❑ Some tit l es req uire speci fic fi les th at are lo c ate d on the appli cation CD-RO M. Inse rt the disc and try[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 88 nN The disc tray ejects ev en when i t h as been locked in to p lace ❑ Ensure tha t the disc is pla c ed wit h the label side faci ng up. ❑ Clean the disc and the CD-RO M drive lens. ❑ The disc m ay be scratc hed. Place anoth er disc to see if that is the reas on. ❑ There may be cond ensation in t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 89 nN Ab out t he mo dem My in ter nal mode m do es no t work ❑ Che ck that the phon e l ine is plug ged in to you r c omp uter . ❑ Che ck that the phon e l ine is work ing. Y ou c an che ck the line by plug ging in an or dinary phon e a nd listenin g for a dial tone . ❑ Che ck that the phon e n umb er[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 90 nN ❑ Have yo ur phon e company check th at your phone l ine is free from an y line noi s e. ❑ If your prob l e m is fa x- relat ed, check that there are no p roblems with the fax m ac hine y ou are calling a nd tha t it is com pat ib le wit h fa x mo dem s. ❑ If you are having a probl em connec ting[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 91 nN I canno t print ❑ Check that t h e p rint er cables are corr ec tly c onnected . ❑ Che c k that you r printer is correc tly confi gured and that y ou ha ve up-to-d ate dri vers. If n eeded, c ontac t your d eal er . ❑ The de fault setting f or the printer port m ode is correct for most printe rs.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 92 nN Ab ou t di git al vi deo ca ptur es and D Vgat e While I am reco rding imag es to a digital v ideo dev i ce using DVga te, my system displays the message Rec ording to DV dev ice failed. Chec k the powe r an d ca ble c onnec tions to t he DV dev i ce a nd try th e operati o n a gain... ❑ Close a ll o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 93 nN Pr ecau ti ons This se ction des cribes sa fety gui deline s and pre cautions to h elp you pro tect yo ur compu ter from p ote ntial dama ge. Your noteb ook a nd memo ry mo dules use h igh precisi on c omponen ts a nd e l ec tronic conn ectors techn ology. To avoid the inval i dation of your guaran tee[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 94 nN Cha nging the memory In the fut ure you may wa nt to chan ge memor y mo dules in ord er to expand the func tiona l ity o f your com p uter. You can i ncrease th e m emory by instal l ing optio nal memo ry module s. Be caref ul wh en changi ng mem ory. Mistak es on in stallation o r rem oval of th e mem[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 95 nN ! Do not place the memory module in places su bject to: - H eat sou rces s uc h as rad iator s or air duct s , - D ire ct s unl ig ht, - Excessi v e dust, - Me ch anic al v i b ratio n or sho ck, - Str ong magnets or speak ers that are not magnetically shielded, - Ambient temperat ure of more than +35?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 96 nN In st all i ng a me mory m odule To in stall a memo ry modu le, pro ceed a s follows: 1 Shut dow n your com puter and disco nnect all periphe ral devic es. 2 Un plug t he comp uter and r emo ve the batt ery pac ks. 3 Wait unti l the c omp uter cools do wn. 4 T urn yo ur compu ter up side do wn. 5 Ope n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 97 nN 8 Close the c omp uter c over . 9 T i ghten the screw s on the bo ttom of the compu ter . 10 T urn o n the comp uter .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 98 nN Ot her pr ecaut ions On ha ndling the h ar d disk The ha rd disk has a hi gh storag e dens ity and re ads or w rites data in a s hort time. O n the othe r hand , i t may be easily dam aged b y mec hani cal vi bratio n, shoc k or dust. Althou gh the har d disk has the safety device in itself to p revent[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 99 nN ❑ The screen b ecomes war m duri n g oper ation. This is normal a nd does not indi c ate a m alfunction. ❑ The LCD i s m anufa ctured usin g high- precisio n techno logy . Y ou m ay , how ever , see tiny bla ck poin ts and/ or b rig ht p oi nts ( red , blu e, o r gr een ) t hat c on tin uo usly app[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 100 nN ❑ H eat source s, such as rad i ators or a i r ducts , ❑ D i rect sun light, ❑ E x cessi ve dust, ❑ M oisture or rain, ❑ Mec ha ni cal vi br at ion or sh ock, ❑ Str ong magnets or sp eakers that are not m agnetically shiel ded, ❑ A mbient tem perature of mo re than 35 ºC o r less than 1[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 101 nN On ha ndling flopp y disks ❑ Do not open the shu tter manual ly and touch th e surface of th e floppy d isk. ❑ Keep floppy disks a way fro m mag nets. ❑ Keep floppy disks a way from d irect su nlight and o ther h eat so urces. On ha ndling CDs ❑ Do no t t ouch th e s urface of th e dis c. ❑ [...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 102 nN ❑ Keep the b attery pack aw ay from al l sources o f heat. ❑ Keep the ba ttery pack dry . ❑ Do no t o pen or try to disasse mble the bat tery pack. ❑ Do not e x p ose th e batt ery pack to an y me c hani cal sho c k. ❑ If you are not us i ng the c omputer fo r an ex tended pe ri od of time ,[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 103 nN ❑ E x t remely h igh tem p e ratures, s u ch a s in a car p arked in the sun, ❑ D i rect sun light, ❑ H igh humi dity or ne ar cor rosive sub stan c es. ❑ Use the sto rage case suppl ied with th e Memo ry Stick™.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 104 nN Glossary This section refer s to terms us ed i n this ma nual and elsewh ere i n the VAIO w orld. These term s and def i n i tion s have been comp i led to p rovide you wi th a better underst andin g of your VAI O compu ter. T erm Defini tion <F1> key The <F1> key g ive s you acce ss to the on[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 105 nN CD-ROM Ab brevia tion for Compa ct Dis c Rea d-Only Memory. A high -cap a city optic al disc, usua lly 650 M B in size, capable o f being read from bu t n ot w ri tten to. CD-RW Short for C ompa ct Di sc-ReWriteable. C o mpact Disc that can b e u se d to write or r e write data to it. A C D-RW ca n be wri[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 106 nN i.L IN K™ i.LINK™ is Sony’s version of the IEE E 13 94 sta ndard for high-speed d igital serial interface. The standard is regarded in the audio/video and IT industries as the most suitable interface fo r conn e ctin g com puters and dig ital a udio/v ideo de vic es (suc h as d igital camera s etc.)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 107 nN ma xi mum RAM The maxim um am ount o f RAM that y our co m p uter can conta in. Onc e this amoun t is re a che d, yo u can n o long er add additi onal R AM to y our co mpute r . Motherboar d T he mo therboa rd is the m a in circuit board i nside y our c ompute r . It holds the CP U, the BIOS, the memory a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 108 nN PCMCIA PCMCIA (P ersonal Computer M e mory Card I n ternational Association) is the nam e of the group that pro du ced th e specification for the c re dit card-sized plug-in bo a rds for laptop computers. The ca rd s used to b e called PCMCIA c a rds, but a s this was ra ther u npro nounc eabl e, the se c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 109 nN Re sol uti on The d e gree o f sh arpn ess and cl arity of an imag e. Re solut ion is e xpr ess ed in pi x els . Fr e que nt computer screen resolutions are 640 x 480 pixels (VGA re solution; appropriate for a 1 4-inch screen), 800 x 600 (appro p riate for a 15-inch screen), 1,024 by 768 (approp ri ate fo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 110 nN VAI O Shor t for Vid eo Audi o Integ rated O perat ion. B r and name c over ing Sony 's PC p roduc ts, peripherals, accessories and software. VAI O-branded items are all designed to make the best us e of Sony 's Au dio-Vide o (A V) an d Inf ormati on T echn ology (IT) sk ills. WAN WAN ( Wide Are[...]