Sony PCG-V505DC2 manual

V AIO® Com puter Quic k St ar t PCG -V505DC2 S eries[...]

Sho r t C ut Me nu +F1 Disp lays the V AIO Help and Support Center win dow . +T ab Sw itc he s t he sel e ct ed b u tto n on th e ta sk bar. +D Disp lays the de sktop. +E Disp lays the My Computer window . +F Disp lays the Search Result s window , where you can find a fi le or f old er . This is the equ iva lent of se lecti ng Sea rc h from the S t[...]

3 Contents Noti ce t o Users .... .. .. .... ... .. .. .... .. .. .... .. ... .. .... ..5 Set ting Up .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..... .. ..13 Unp acki ng Your Comp ut er .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... .. ..13 Loc atin g C ont rols an d P orts ... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ..15 Get tin [...]

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5 No ti ce to U se rs © 20 03 S ony El ect r onic s I nc. Al l ri ght s res erv ed. Th is m anu al a nd t he so ft ware d e scr ibed h ere in , i n wh ole o r in p art, m ay not be reproduced, translat ed, or reduced to any m achine-readable form with out pr ior written approval. SONY ELECTR ONICS INC. PROVIDES NO W ARRANTY WITH REGARD T O T HIS M[...]

V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 6 tra de mar ks of Son y C orpor ati on. Micro sof t, W indow s Med ia, W indows , W indow s NT , and t he W indo ws logo are regist ered trademarks of Microsoft Corporat ion. Intel, SpeedStep, and Penti um are trademar ks or register ed trademarks of Intel Corporat ion. PS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM. Acro ba[...]

No tice t o U se rs 7 . A VERTISSEMENT ❑ Pour préveni r tout risque d’incendie ou d’électro cution, g arder cet appareil à l’abri d e la pl uie et de l’hu midi té. ❑ Pour préveni r t out risqu e d’électrocution, ne pas ouvr i r l e c hâ ssi s de c et ap p are il e t ne co nf ie r so n entretien qu’à u ne personne qualifié e[...]

V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 8 Regulat ory Inf ormation Decl ar ati on of Confor mity Th is eq uipment has been t es ted and fo und to c om ply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable p rotection against harmful interfer ence in a r esident ial installatio n[...]

No tice t o U se rs 9 modification s in o rder to maintain u ninterrupted service. If trouble is experienced with this equ ipment, you can reach the Sony Customer Inform ation Service Center at 1- 888-4 -SONY -P C, o r wri te to t he Sony Cu sto mer I nfor mati o n Ser vice Cent er at 12 451 G at eway B lvd., Ft . M yers, FL 3391 3; or f ind So ny [...]

V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 10 T el eph one Co nsu m er Guideline s (Canad a) Pl eas e re fer to yo ur tele pho ne dir ect ory unde r ‘ Pri vacy Issues’ and/or ‘T er ms of Service.’ For more detailed informati on, please contact: CRTC T errasses de la Chaudière, T our centrale 1 promenade du Portage, 5 étage Hull PQ K1A 0N2. This Clas[...]

No tice t o U se rs 11 INDUSTR Y CANADA NO TICE NOTICE: This equipment meets the appli cable I ndus t ry Canad a T ermin al Equi p men t T echni ca l Specificatio ns. The Ringer Equival ence Number (REN) for this terminal equipm ent is 0.2. The REN assigned to each terminal eq uipment p rovides an indica tion of the ma ximu m numbe r of te rm inal [...]

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13 Setting Up Congrat ulati ons on y our p ur c hase of t he Sony V AI O® c omputer . Sony h as combined le ading-e dge technol ogy in audio, vide o, computing, and communicati ons to pr ovide state -of-t he-art pers onal computing. Un pac ki ng Y ou r Comput er Main Unit AC Adapter Recha r geabl e Batte r y Power Cor d[...]

V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 14 V AIO Computer Doc uments ❑ V AIO® Computer User Gu ide — A searc h abl e on- sc reen hel p fil e tha t conta ins de taile d informa tion on how to use your ne w computer . Se e “L o ca ti n g Y o ur V AI O C om p ute r U s e r Gu id e ” on pa g e 27 fo r mo r e inform ation. ❑ V AIO® C omp u ter Q ui [...]

Locati ng Cont r o ls and P or ts 15 Loca ti ng Cont rols an d P o r ts Front 1 Com pu t er scr e en (L C D) 9 Power indicator 2 Speakers 10 Batt ery ind icato r 3 Keyboa rd 11 Hard di sk dr ive indic ator 4 T ouch p ad 12 W irel ess LAN i ndicator * 5 Lef t and right but tons 13 Num lock in dicator 6 Me mor y S t ick ® me di a indi c ator 14 Cap [...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 16 Ba ck 1 Batt ery po rt Left 1 DC IN por t 6 i.LINK® (IEEE 1394) S400 por t 2 Air vent 7 Microphon e jack 3 Monitor (VGA) port 8 Headphone jack 4 PC Card ej ect but ton 9 PC C ard s lot 5 USB 2.0 port[...]

Locati ng Cont r o ls and P or ts 17 Righ t 1 Memo ry S tick ® me dia i ndi cator 6 USB 2. 0 port 2 Me mor y S t ick ® me di a s l ot 7 Air ve nt 3 CD-R W/DVD drive 8 Modem jac k 4 CD- R W/DVD drive eject butt on 9 Network (E therne t) port 5 Manua l ejec t hole O nly c onn ect 1 0BASE-T o r 100BASE- TX ca bles t o the Ne two rk ( E th ern et) po[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 18 Remo ving t he Pr ot ectiv e T abs ✍ Gen t ly p ull t he p r ot ec ti ve t ab s aw ay f ro m t h e com p uter t o fi nd t he E t he rne t po rt a nd modem jack.[...]

Locati ng Cont r o ls and P or ts 19 Bo ttom 1 Port replic ator connec tor 4 Re se t bu t ton 2 Batt ery UNL OCK/LOCK la tc h 5 Air v e nt 3 Ba tte ry RE LE A SE la tch[...]

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21 Getting St ar ted This sect ion helps you get yo ur comput er running and r egister e d, so you can take advantage o f Sony’ s many suppor t options. Y ou’ll al so learn how to lo c at e your o n- scr een V AI O® Compute r User Guid e, whic h cont ains step-by -ste p instruct ions for operat ing your computer . T urnin g On Y our Co mpu ter[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 22 2 Align the groove s on t he ba ttery wit h the t abs on the ba ck of the co m puter , and sl ide the battery toward the comput er unt il it cl icks into pl ace. 3 Sl id e the UNLOCK/LOCK lat c h in to the LOCK po siti on to sec ure t he batt e ry on th e computer . 4 Con ne ct t he A C ad apt er to t he co mp ut[...]

T ur ning On Y our Compute r 23 T o c onnect th e AC adapter 1 Pl ug th e AC ad apt er ca bl e int o the DC IN por t. 2 Pl ug the power cord into th e AC adapte r and an AC outlet. . T o op en and turn on the c omputer 1 Sl ide the r ele ase lat ch to the r ight and li ft th e cov er while ho lding the b ottom of the comput er fi rmly . Co nnect in[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 24 2 Sli de the power swit ch to the ri ght until the green power indi c ator li ghts up. 3 If necessa ry , adjust the bri ghtnes s contr ols for the LCD displ a y as follows : ❑ T o incr e ase brigh tness, press the Fn + F5 keys, and the n press the Up Arro w key or Right Arr ow key . ❑ T o decr ease brigh tnes[...]

Using t he T ouc h P ad 25 Describi ng the t ouch pad Locating the T ouch Pad T ouch Pad Action Desc riptio n Sl iding one fin ge r Equiv a lent to using a mous e to place the point er on an item. T apping onc e Equiv a lent to press ing the le ft button onc e. T apping twi ce Equiv a lent to press ing the le ft button twi c e. Sli d in g one fi ng[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 26 Re gist ering Y o ur Comp uter T ake adva ntage of Sony’ s com mitment t o qual it y custom er s upp ort an d r eceiv e these benefit s by registe ring your com puter: ❑ Sony Cust omer Support — T alk to a support repre sent ative to troublesh oot proble m s you may have with your comput er . ❑ Limit ed W[...]

Locati ng Y our V AIO Co m puter User Guide 27 Loca ting Y our V A IO Co mpu ter User Guide The o n- scr een V AIO® Com put er User G ui de is a s ea rcha ble hel p file tha t cont a ins deta iled informati on on how to use your new com puter . T o open t he user gui de (Windo ws XP) 1 Clic k Sta r t on the W indows® taskb ar , and then cli ck He[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 28 T o op en the user g uide (W indo ws 2000 ) ❑ Clic k St a r t on the Wi ndows® taskba r , poin t to VA I O H e l p C e n t e r and clic k VA I O U s e r G u i d e . Th e VA I O U s e r G u i d e appears. V AIO® U ser Guide ( W indows XP) 1 User gui de table o f cont e nts List of co m puter help topic s 2 Lin[...]

S etting Up A Dial-U p Connec t ion 29 Setting Up A Dial-Up Co nnection This s ecti on des cribes t he basic ste ps for set ting up y our dial-up c onnect ion. Th e Conne c tion Wi zard g uides you t hrough t he pr oc ess of choos ing a n In ternet Servic e P rovi der (ISP ) or se tting up an e xi sting account , and c onnect ing to t he Inter net.[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 30 Co nnectin g a T elepho n e C able ✍ Y our c omput er do es not wo rk with pa rty l ines, c a nno t be co nnected t o a coin -oper ated tel eph one, an d may not work with mult ipl e t e lephon e line s or a p rivat e bran ch exch ange (PBX ). S ome of these con necti on s may re sult in ex cess el ectr ical cu[...]

S etting Up A Dial-U p Connec t ion 31 T o set up a dial-up co nnection (Win dows XP) 1 Clic k Sta r t , poin t to All Pr ograms , Acce ssorie s , Communicat ions , an d t hen clic k Ne w Connection Wizard . The New Connection W izard appe ars. 2 Clic k Ne xt . 3 If it is n ot al rea dy s elect ed, cl ic k Connect to the Internet . 4 Clic k Ne xt .[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 32 T o set up a dial-up co nnection (Wind ows 2000) 1 Clic k St a r t , po i nt to Pro grams , Acc ess ories , Communications , a nd th en clic k In te rn et C on n ecti on Wiza r d . Th e Int ern e t C onn e cti on Wiz ard window appe ars. 2 Fol low the on-scre en instruc tions to finish se tting up your Int e rnet[...]

T ur ning Off Y our Com puter 33 4 W ait fo r yo ur c omput er to tur n o f f auto m atic ally . The compute r is o ff when the powe r indica tor turns of f. ✍ Respo nd to any prom pts war ning you to sa ve docume nts. ✍ Duri ng a period of i n acti vity , you can conse rve batt ery li f e by u sing powe r savi ng mod es. See t he V AIO® Co mp[...]

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35 V A IO R ec o v er y W iza rd U ti lit y (W indows ® XP only) Syst em and Applicat ion Recovery CDs ar e not supplie d with your V AIO® computer . Y our V AIO compute r is equipped with the V AIO Recovery W izar d, a fast and eas y-to-use sys tem r ecovery utilit y . This system and applicati on recov ery ut ility enabl e s you to r ecover pr [...]

V A I O ® Co m p u t er Q u i c k S t a r t 36 V isit the Sony C omputi ng Suppo rt W eb sit e for the late st informat ion abo ut using the V AIO Recove ry W iza rd or Recover y Media Kit. Go to http: //www .ita .sel. sony .com/s upp ort/news/ hddrecovery .html. T o purchase a V AIO Recovery Media kit 1 Go to the Sony Dire c t Acce ssorie s and P[...]

37 T roub leshooting Y ou r C omputer This sect ion descr ibes how to solve some basic pr oblems you may encounte r when using your compu ter . For mor e tr oubleshooti ng topics r efer t o t he V AIO® Co mputer Us er Guide . Many pr oblems have simple solutio ns, so r efer to these sour ces befor e you contac t Sony Computing Support (http:// w w[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 38 What do I do if a BIOS error appear s when my comput er starts ? If the mes sage “Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to setup” appears at th e bottom of t he scre en, fo llo w the se st eps: 1 Pres s th e F2 key . The BI OS Set up menu appe a rs. 2 Set the date ( month/ day/year). Pre ss En te r . 3 Press[...]

T r oubl eshooting Y our Compute r 39 4 Res tar t the com puter . 5 Press the F2 key when the Sony V AO® logo appea rs. The BIO S Set up window app ears. 6 Press the Right Arro w key to select the Ex i t menu. 7 Press the Down Arrow k ey to se lect Get Default V alues . The messa ge Load default value s for all SETUP items appears . 8 Press Ent er[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 40 ❑ Remo ve the AC adapte r and batte ry . Why won’ t my compute r enter Sta ndby or Hiber nate mode? Y ou r computer may become unsta ble if the operat ing mode is c hanged before the comp uter comple tely ente rs Sta ndby or Hiberna te. T o r estor e the compute r to normal opera ting s tabili ty : 1 Clos e a[...]

Support Opt ions 41 Suppo r t Opt ions If you have questi ons about your comput e r or th e preinsta lled prog rams, ref er to the fol lowing so urces for ans wers in th e sequence lis ted be low . 1 V AIO® Computer Use r Guide The on -screen V AIO® Computer User Guide provide s inform ation on how t o maximiz e your compute r capa bilit ies a nd[...]

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