Sony PCG-R600HEK manuel d'utilisation

N Sony Noteb ook User Guid e PCG -R600 H EK[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 2 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Sony C o rporation. All rights reserved. This manual and th e s oftware descri bed h erein, in wh ole or in part, may not be reprod uced , trans lated, or redu ced to any m achi n e- readable form without prior w ritten approval. Sony Corpor ation provi des no warran t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 3 nN V irusScan is a tra demark of Ne twork Associates Corporation. All other names of systems, pro du cts and service s are trademarks of their re sp ective owners. In the m a nual, the ™ or ® marks are not specified. S peci ficat io ns ar e subj ect to ch ange wit ho ut no tice. As an E NERGY S TAR [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 4 nN Sa fety infor mati on Own er's r ecor d The model number and seria l numbe r are located on the bottom of your Sony n ote book. R ecord th e se ri al n umber i n th e space provi ded here. Refer to the mo d el and se rial number w hen you call V AIO-Link. Ser ial numb er :____ ___ ___ _____ ___[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 5 nN Conn ectiv i t y Neve r i nstal l modem or tel ephon e wi ri ng du ring a sto rm. Neve r i nstal l telephon e jac ks i n w et loca ti ons un less the j ack i s spec ifically designe d for wet lo cations. Use cau tion w hen inst alling or mo difyin g teleph one l ines. Use y our noteb ook o nly w ith[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 6 nN Reg ulat ory i nforma tion This produc t conf orms t o the follow ing Eu ropea n Direc tives: 73/ 23/EE C ( Lo w V o lt age D ir ect iv e) 89/ 336 /EEC, 92/3 1/E EC (E MC Dire ctive s) 93/ 68/EE C ( CE Ma rkin g Dir ect ive) 1999/5/EC (radio equipment and te lecomm u nications terminal equipment Di [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 7 nN Di sposi n g of li thiu m io n batt eri es Do no t han dle dam aged or le aking l i th i um ion batte ries. Di spose of pro mpt ly and prop erly at en d-of - life . Dang er of expl osion if ba ttery is incorr ectly r epla c e d. Replace only with the same or e quiv alent type recomm ended b y the ma[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu l ation s on purc has i ng a S ony V AIO no teb ook. Sony ha s comb ined le ading - e dge tech nolog y in aud i o , vid eo, com putin g and com muni catio ns to prov ide you w ith state -of- the-a rt persona l com puting. Here are just so me of the features your VA I O noteb ook has to o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN Do cume ntati on pa ck Your Do cum entatio n Pack con tains pa per and online user gui des on your comp uter ’ s har d drive . Prin ted doc ument ation A Ge tting St arte d bro chure, where y ou find a br i ef descr iptio n of the item s in you r box and some sp eci fi cat ions of y our not ebook ; A Cust om[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN 3 Consu lt the Online Help fi les of the softw are you are using fo r detai l e d i nform ation on featur es and troubl eshoo ting. 4 Refe r t o the Micr osoft Qui c k St art ma nual for more in formati on on Wind ows. Y our not eb ook an d i ts ac ces sor ies Remo ve t he following har dware item s from the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg onomic cons i derat ions You w ill be us ing you r notebo ok as a po rtab l e d evice in a variet y of e nviro nments. Wh enever p oss i ble, you should attem pt to take account of th e follow ing ergonom ic consideratio ns to both statio nary and portabl e environ ments: Posit ion of you r compute r – [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN V ie wing angl e of th e compute r ’ s displa y – Use the d isplay ’ s tiltin g feature to find the bes t posi tion. Y o u can reduce eye strain an d mu scle fatig ue by ad justing the tilt o f the d i spla y to t he proper p osition . Adju st the brig htness set tin g of the displa y as w ell. Lighting[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g yo ur no te boo k This se ction des cribes how t o start using y our comp ute r and ho w to use yo ur comp uter ’ s inter nal and extern al de v ic es. Locat ing control s and connector s Rig ht Phone ca ble and connectors are TNV (T elecommunicat ions Network V o l tage), according to E[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left AC a dapter mains connector and power cord: hazardous volta ge , according to EN 60950. All ot her connectors fo r this noteboo k are SEL V (Safety Extr a Low V oltage), a ccording to EN 60950. 1D C I n (page 17) 4 monitor connector (p age 55) 2 USB c onne ctor (page 61) 5M a g i c G a t e TM[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front T here i s a ve ntilatio n slot lo cated ne ar the power s witch. D o not co ver the ventil ation sl ot when y o ur com puter is on. 1 pow er indi cator (page 27) 6 Nu m Lock indica tor (page 27) 11 power switch (p age 21) 2 battery indicator (page 27) 7 Caps L ock indicator (page 27) 12 key[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bac k Bott om 1 battery connector (p a ge 1 8) 1 battery lock lever (p a ge 1 8) 2 battery release lever (p a ge 1 8) 3 d ocki ng con n ect or 4 re set swit ch[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN C onnec t ing a pow er s ource You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rechar geable battery pack as a p ower sourc e. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , procee d as fo llows : 1 Plug the cable attac hed to the AC adapte r (1) into the D C I n con nector (2) on th e c ompute r . 2 Plug on[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Usi ng t he bat tery pac k You ca n use a bat tery pa ck as a sourc e of po wer. The ba ttery pack sup plied with y our comp uter is not ful l y charge d at the tim e of pu rchase. Insert ing the ba ttery pack To insert th e battery, pr oceed as follows: 1 Move th e lock leve r (1) on th e bott om[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Cha rging t he bat tery pac k To ch arge t he bat tery pa ck, pr oceed a s follow s: 1 Conne ct the A C adapt er to the comp uter . 2 Insert the b attery p ack. The co mputer autom atically charges the b attery (the b attery indicator light flashe s in a doub l e blink pattern as th e batter y cha[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pack To remo ve the battery pac k, proceed as fol lows: 1 T urn off th e comp uter a nd clo se the cover . 2 S lide th e lock leve r (1) to the Un loc k p osition . 3 Slide the releas e lever (2) to the Unlock positi on and slide t he battery away from t he com puter . Y ou [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN Sta rt in g you r noteb oo k To st art y our c omp ut er , pr oc e ed as fo ll ows : 1 Slide the LCD loc k lever (1) in the d irection of the arro w , and lift th e cove r . 2 Press th e pow er sw i t c h ( 2) of the c omputer unti l th e green pow er indi cator (3) ligh t turn s on. 3 If necess a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Sh utt ing do wn your no te book It is impo rtant tha t you shu t down you r comp uter properl y in order no t to lose unsav ed data. To sh ut do w n y our co mputer, p roceed as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t button on th e Wi ndows ® taskb ar . 2 Clic k Sh u t Do wn. The Shut Down dialog box app [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Reg is teri ng yo ur noteboo k You can take advan tage of Sony ’ s com mitmen t to qual i ty cu stomer sup port and rec eive th e followi ng ben efits by regi sterin g your comp uter : V A IO-Link – If you ar e e x perienc i ng an y prob l ems w ith your com puter , y ou can check th e V AIO-L[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Us ing th e ke yb o ar d Your key board is very simi l ar to a deskt op c om puter ’ s, but the k ey boa rd has addi tiona l keys that perfo rm spe c ific n otebo ok-related tasks. Ke ys D escri pti ons Esc ap e key ( 1) The <E s c> (Es cape) ke y is use d to can c e l co mman ds. Fun ctio[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Appl ic ati on ke y ( 7) The Application key displays a shortc ut menu; pressing this key is equivalent to clicki ng the righ t mouse butt on. Numeric k e ypad area (8 ) Contains the keys fo u nd on a ty pical calculator . Use the numeric keypad ar e a to typ e numbers or to perform mathematica l [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Com b i nat ion s a nd func ti ons wi th the W in dows key Combinati ons Functi ons + F1 Displays Windo ws Hel p. + T ab Switches the selected bu tto n on th e taskbar . + E Displays Windo ws Ex plorer . + F Displays the Sea rch Resul t s w indow to find a f ile or folder . This is e quivale nt to[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Ind icators Indic ator Functions pow e r Pow er on: light s gree n. St an db y mo d e: fla shes um be r . Hibern a te mode: turns of f. battery Indicates the status o f the battery inse rt e d in the computer . Mem ory S tick TM T urns on whe n the Mem ory Stic k TM is in use. T urn s of f w hen t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Com b i nat ion s a nd func ti ons wi th the F n key Som e functi ons are not availabl e un til Wind ows is la unched . Combinati ons/ Feat ure Functi ons Fn+ (F3): speaker sw itch T oggl e s the built-in sp eaker on a n d off. Fn + (F 4) : spea ke r volu me Adjusts the built-in spe aker volume. T[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us in g the to uchpad The k eyboa rd cont ains a cu rsor-po inti ng devic e, your to uchp ad (1). Y o u can po int to, se lect, dra g, and sc roll objec ts on the screen us ing the bu i lt- in touch pad. Action Descri ption poin t Slide one fing er on the t ouchpad ( 1) to place t he point er (4) [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Us ing Ce nte r J og Cont rol Your com puter is eq uippe d w i th a Cente r Jo g Control ( 1) be tween the right and th e left bu ttons of y our compu ter. Yo u c an tu rn (2) and/or p ress (3) the Center Jog Co ntrol to scroll t he win d ow, select a software , adjust the intern al speaker volume[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN The C enter Jog Co ntrol wi ndow is alwa ys displ ayed on the screen . This wind ow has tw o mod es: Launc her mo de or Gu id e mo de. Th e Cent er Jog Con trol wind ow is in Lau ncher mo de until y ou sta rt an ap plicati on or t he Cente r Jo g Cont rol win dow b ecom es acti v e . W hen an arro[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN To us e the Center Jog Con trol in L auncher mode, proceed as follow s: 1 Clic k the Cen ter Jog Con trol win dow or pr ess the Cen ter Jog C ontrol while p ressing the <C trl> key to sw itch to Lau ncher mo de. 2 T urn t he Center Jog Con trol to sel ect an ite m, then pres s the Cen ter Jo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Us in g PC Ca rds Your comp uter inclu des a PC Card slot. PC Card s allow you to conn ect port able extern al devices . In se rt ing a P C Ca rd To in sert a PC Card, proceed a s fol l ows : 1 Insert th e PC Card into the PC Ca rd slot, fron t l abel faci ng up (1). 2 Gently pu sh the card int o [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Remo ving a PC Card If you unp lug this devi ce from the co mputer wh en turne d on, your syst em mi ght crash and yo u might lose da ta tha t you di d not sa ve be fo re . If your co mputer is tu rned off, yo u do not have to follow these ins truction s. To remov e a PC Card, proceed as follows :[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Whi l e th e card is i nserte d, you r comp uter ma y not e nter the H ibe rnate power ma nagem ent mode. It m ay enter St a nd by mode. It is r eco mmen d ed to rem ove the card wh en you r com pute r en ters H ibern at e mode by p ress i n g <Fn> + <F12 > keys or by usin g the Powe r[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN Using Me mory Stick This new c omp act, por table , an d versa tile rec ordi ng me dium has a dat a capac ity ex ceedi ng th at of a flop py disk. Th e Memo ry Stick ™ is specia lly designe d for exchang ing and shar ing di gital data with com patibl e produ cts. Bec ause i t is rem ovable, it c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN T ype s of Memo ry S ti ck me di a Tw o types of Me mor y Stic k TM media are avai l a b le. The fir st type, Mag icGat e TM Memo ry S tic k (h ereafter referred as M G Memo ry St ick medi a), is prov ided wi th copy right pro tec ti on. T he second ty pe, simp ly referred to as Me mor y St ic k T[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Inse rting a Memor y Stick To insert a Memo ry Stick TM , proce ed as foll ows: 1 Insert it int o the slot unti l the Mem ory S t i ck ™ (1) is fi xed into t he connec tor . 2 When th e Me mory Stick ™ is con nected pr operly , you c an s ee the contents of th e card b y click ing the Remo vab[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Removing a Me mory Stick To remov e a Memory S tick TM , proceed as foll ows: 1 Make sure the ac cess light is of f and pu sh the Memory St i ck ™ in t oward th e com pute r . 2 When it comes out , pull it out. The Memo ry St ic k TM window closes automa tical l y wh en you rem ove the Mem ory S[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Fo rm at tin g a M emo ry S ti ck Memo ry St icks TM are f ormat ted for imm ediate u se when you p urchase t hem. If you ne ed to reformat a Memo ry Stick , u se the Me mor y S tic k Fo rmat te r softw are pro vide d with y our notebo ok. For mor e detail s abo ut using Me mor y Stic k Form atte [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Us ing th e mod em Yo u r no t ebo ok i s e q ui pp ed w it h an int ern al mo d em. You need to co nnect a phone line to tak e advanta ge of online serv i ces and the Intern et, to regi ster your compu ter and software onl i ne, an d to conta ct VAIO-Link. To co nnect a phone li ne, proceed as fo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Us ing po wer savin g mod e s When you u se a b attery as the s ource o f power for you r com puter, you can take a dvantage of pow er ma nag e me nt se t ti ngs to cons erv e ba tt er y l if e. I n ad dit ion to t h e nor mal op e rat i ng mode , whic h al l ows yo u to turn off specific de vices[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Using Hibernate mode The sta te o f the system is sav ed on the ha rd disk and power is turn ed off . The power i ndicato r ligh t is off in th is mo de. To ac ti vat e Hibernate mode, p roceed a s fol l ows: Press <Fn>+<F1 2 > . Or, Use the Powe rPanel utility. To retu rn to Norm al m[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 44 nN Connec ting periph eral d evice s You can a dd functio nality to y our c ompu ter by con necting or u sing any o f thes e pe ripher als an d e njoy th e softwa re descri bed in the A bou t t he softw are on you r S ony Noteboo k user gui de: Befor e you c onne ct pe riphera l s, turn of[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 45 nN Loca ti ng the dock ing s tati on co ntro ls a nd con nect ors Righ t & Front All con nectors are SEL V (Safety Extr a Low V oltage) ac cording to EN60950. 1 docking connector 3 UNDOC K switch ( pag e 49) 2 CD -RW/DVD-RO M dri ve or DVD -ROM dri v e (p age 51) 4r e l e a s e l e v e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 46 nN Left & Bott om All con nectors are SEL V (Safety Extr a Low V oltage) ac cording to EN60950. 1 i.L INK TM net work switch (p age 67) 3 ventilation slot 2r e l e a s e l e v e r ( page 4 9) 4 floppy disk drive (p age 5 4)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 47 nN Bac k All con nectors are SEL V (Safety Extr a Low V oltage) ac cording to EN60950. 1 DC In 5 mon itor c onnec t o r ( pag e 55) 2 Ethernet ne twork conne ctor (p age 69) 6 p rinte r connec tor (p age 6 3) 3 USB c onne ctors ( page 6 1) 7s e r i a l p o r t 4 S40 0 i.LINK TM conne ctor [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 48 nN At ta ching you r co mput er to th e d oc kin g sta tion To connect your co mputer to the dockin g station, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the AC adapt er cable into the DC In c onnector on the dock ing station and th e othe r end to an AC out l et . The DC In LE D turn s on. 2 Close th e [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN Y ou ca nnot c onnec t the do cking station when the not e b ook is in a powe r savin g mode. Retur n to no rmal mode b efore do cking . Do not con nect the docking stat ion when the battery is r emoved. If th e battery is char ged, you can connect the notebook to the docking stat ion e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN 5 Release th e note book from th e docking station. 6 Clic k OK to th e Windows 2 000 h as fini shed undocki ng the syste m. If y ou need to r emove the sys tem from th e Dock ing St ation , ple ase do s o n ow mess a ge if y ou r not e book wa s on be f ore undoc king. Do n ot un dock [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN Usi ng t he opti cal disk dri ve o n the dock ing sta ti on The dock i ng station is equip ped with an optica l d isk driv e*. From the docki ng stati on, you can listen to aud i o CDs or use the recovery CDs, pl ay DVDs an d burn CD s** * PC GA-DSM5 docking sta tion: CD-RW/DVD-ROM driv[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN To achieve optim um perfor mance when playing DVD -ROM di sks, you sh ould follow the foll owing re co mme nd at io ns. Y ou c an play DV Ds u si n g th e Win DVD soft ware. See the he lp files in the WinD VD sof tware for de tails. Close an y op en applicati on before p laying a DVD-RO[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 53 nN To achieve optim um perform ance when writin g d ata on a CD-RW / CD -R , follow the se recommend ations. A CD-RW (C D-ReWritable) disk is a dat a memo ry medium that c an b e used to write, erase and rewrite a pr ogra m or ot h er da t a. A CD -R (CD-Rec ordab le) is a da ta me mory m [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN Using th e floppy d isk drive o n the dock ing station The dock i ng station is equip p ed wi th an inte rnal flo ppy d isk dr i ve. You ca n also use an exter nal USB flo ppy disk dri ve on the und ocked m ain un i t. It i s n ot possi ble to us e an y USB floppy d isk drive when the n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN C onnec t ing a n ext erna l dis play You ca n conne ct an ex ternal dis play to your no tebook . For ex ample, yo u can use yo ur com puter wit h the fo llowi ng de vice s: Com puter display ( mo nitor) Projector T ur n off your com puter a nd the per ipheral s , unplu g the A C ada pt[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Con nect ing a c omp uter d isplay You ca n conne ct a co mput er displa y e ither di rectly to y our not ebook or v ia the doc king sta ti o n. You may not be a ble t o di splay t he compu ter' s LCD and the e xterna l di splay t og ether, depen ding on t he type of com puter disp[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN To connect a compu ter display to th e d ocking stat i on, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the mo nitor plu g ( 1) into the do cking st ation mo nitor co nnector ( 2). 2 Plug the pow er cord (3) int o an AC outle t. If the m ain unit is do ck ed , you ca n only us e the m onit or conne ctor[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Conn ec ting a proj ect or You ca n conne ct a pro jecto r (such a s the S ony LCD projecto r) dire ctly to yo ur noteb ook or via the doc king statio n. To connect a projecto r to your noteboo k, proc eed as follows: 1 Plug the RGB sig nal cable (1) in to the noteboo k monito r con nec[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN To connect a projecto r to your docking stat ion, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the RG B si gna l cable ( 1) into the doc king statio n monito r con nector ide ntified by the I /O symb ol. 2 Plug the audio cab l e (2) into the note book earphon e c onne ctor identified by the sy mbol . 3 C[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Con nectin g exte rnal speake rs You ca n enh ance the so und qua lity o f your co mpu ter by co nnecti ng exte rnal spe akers. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, proc eed as fo llows: 1 Plug the speaker cabl e i nto th e noteboo k earphon e c onne ctor ide ntified by the symbol. 2 T urn [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN Conn ecti ng a Unive rs al S er ial Bus ( US B) m ouse You c an conn ect a US B dev i ce ( e.g . mouse , f loppy di sk drive, printe r … ) t o you r not e book or to your d ock in g statio n. If the m ain unit is doc ked, you can onl y use the USB conn ectors o n the docki ng station [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN To connect a USB mouse to th e dockin g statio n, proceed as follow s: Plug the USB cable (1) into one of th e docking statio n USB conn ec tors (2) identi fied by the symb ol. Y ou d o not nee d to s hut dow n the comput er befor e conn ecting o r discon necti ng a U SB peri pheral. Y [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Conn ecti ng a print er You ca n conne ct a Wi ndow s-com patib l e pr inter to you r com pute r to print doc umen ts. Conn ec ting a pri nter usi ng th e USB conn ect or To co nnect a pr i n ter using t he USB co nnecto r, proc eed as fo llows 1 Plug a n option al USB pri nter cab le i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN Conn ecti ng a n i.LI NK dev ic e Your computer includ es an i .LINK ™ (IEE E1394) conne ct or, which you can use to connec t to an i . LINK ™ de vi ce such as a di gital video c amera rec order or to con nect two VAI O notebo oks in order to cop y , dele te or edit files. The i.LIN[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN Conn ec ting a dig ital vide o cam era re co rder To conn ect a digita l vide o c amera reco rder to yo ur no tebook , pro cee d as follows : 1 Plug one en d of th e i .LINK ™ cable ( 1) in to th e i.L INK ™ c onnec tor (2) o f the co mpu ter an d the ot her end into the DV Out con [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN To conn ect a digi tal vi deo c amera reco rder to t he do cking sta tion, procee d a s follo ws: 1 Pl ug one end of th e i .LI NK ™ cable (1) into the i.LI NK ™ co nnect or (2) of the do cking station and th e othe r end into the DV Out co nnector ( 3) on the dig ital video cam era[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN Con necting tw o V AIO n otebo oks With Smart Conn ect yo u can copy , edit or delete files o n ano ther V AIO compu ter (equ ipped with Smart Conn ect) co nnecte d to you r comp ute r wi th an option al i.LIN K TM cable (1). You ca n also pri nt a docu ment on a prin ter conn ected to [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN When y ou use Sma rt Connec t to conn ect two VAIO compu ters, you must assign each com puter a un ique na m e by whi ch it can be i denti fied when the two co mpute rs are net work ed. D o no t s et the i. LIN K TM netwo rk swit ch on the dockin g statio n when th e not ebook is on. It[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN Conn ecti ng to a netw ork (LA N) You ca n conne ct you r n otebo ok or you r doc king sta tion to 10B ASE- T/100BA SE-TX -typ e n etwork s vi a an Ethernet netw ork c able. F or th e detail ed sett i ngs and d evices needed to c onnect to th e netw ork, c o nsult your Net work A dminis[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN To connect your docki n g stati on to a LAN, proceed as fo l lows: Conn ect th e netw ork ca ble to the ethe rnet net work conne ctor (1) on the docking stati on. If the m ain unit is do ck ed , you ca n only us e the et hern et netw ork conn ector on the do cking station . F o r more i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 71 nN Getting help This se ction des cribes how to ge t help an d suppo rt from Sony , as well as t roublesho ot i ng tip s for you r co mpu ter. So ny sup por t op tions Sony pro vid es several suppo rt options for your co mput er. Pri nted docum ent ati on su pp lied with yo ur not ebo ok The Cust omer G uid[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 72 nN V A IO-Link Response Centre : B efore con tacting V AIO-Lin k Resp onse Centre, t ry to solve th e pro blem by r eading t he User Gu i des a nd h elp f iles for the p eriph erals or softwa re. Y ou n eed to plug in t he phone line an d con f igu re you r modem for use before using the comm unica tion fea[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 73 nN The mess age Press <F1> to resum e, <F2> to se tup appe ars at startup If the f l oppy dis k dri ve i s e mpty, proc eed as fo llows t o ini tia lize the BI OS: 1 T urn off th e comp uter . 2 Remo ve an y p eriphe ral d evices conne cted to the c ompu ter . 3 T urn on the c omputer and press [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 74 nN My co mput er lo cks up If you susp ect one app l icat ion is lockin g your syst em, you can try to stop it. T o do thi s, press <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<D elete> once , clic k T ask Man ager , s el ect th e application or the pr ocess that is locki ng your sy stem, an d t hen c l ick En d T ask .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 75 nN Ab ou t the displa y My LCD do es not dis pl a y an yt hi ng Check th at the com puter is plugg ed i nto a po wer source and that it i s turned on. Che ck th at the powe r indica tor on the fr ont p ane l of th e comp uter is on. Check th at the bat tery packs are inserte d properly and that the y are ch[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 76 nN I canno t play a CD-R OM disk Make sure the la bel of the disk is facing up. If the disk requ ires software, make sure th e softwa re is instal led accor ding to the instru ctions of the program . Check th e volum e of your sp eakers. Clean the disk. Moistu re condensati on may h ave o c curr ed. Leave t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 77 nN 4 Se lec t Settin gs fro m th e Star t menu , then cl ic k Contro l Panel . 5 Double -c lick Sy ste m . 6 Se lec t th e Hard wa re tab , the n clic k D evice Mana ger . 7 Se lec t Univ ersal Serial Bus co ntro llers , t h en Y -E Dat a USB Floppy . 8 Se lec t Operat ion , then De le te . 9 Keep clicking [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN About sound My spea kers are not pro ducing so und The built- in speakers m ay be turn ed off. Press <Fn>+<F3> to turn on the sp eakers. The spea ker volu me may b e turne d to the m inimum. Press <Fn>+<F4> , and th en pres s or to i ncr ease the volume . If yo ur comp uter is p o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN 3 Set the i. LINK net work swi tch on the bot tom of the doc king sta ti on to the unma rked side w ith a thin pen tip. 4 Conne ct the doc king stat ion to your note book. 5 T ur n on your no teb o ok. Y o u can now opera te the CD- RW/DV D-RO M drive or th e DVD-RO M dri ve. Do not set the i.LINK netw o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN Ab ou t t he mo dem My in ter n al m o dem do es not wor k Che ck that the phon e lin e is plugge d into y our comp uter . Che ck that the phon e lin e is work ing. Y ou c an ch eck the li ne by plug ging in an or dinary ph on e and listenin g for a dial tone . Che ck that the phon e num ber the pr og ra[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN Ab ou t p eri ph era ls I canno t use DV devices. The m essage DV equi pment seem s to be disconnec ted or turn ed off appears Check th at t he DV device is turned o n and that the cables are pr operly connect ed. If you ar e using mu ltip le i .LINK ™ devices, the com bination of t he connected device[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 82 nN Pr ecau ti on s This se ction des cribes sa fety guide lines a nd pre cautio ns to help yo u protec t y o ur compu ter from pot ential dama ge. Your noteb ook and memo ry mo dules use high pre cision compo nents and elec tronic conn ectors techn ology . To avoid the inval i dati on of your gu arantee by [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 83 nN Discon nect the syste m from its pow er sourc e and fro m any telec ommuni cation link s, netwo rks, or modems before y ou open the system. Fa ilur e to do so ma y result in person al inju ry or equip ment dama ge. Electro static Discharg e (ESD) can dam age m emory mod ules and other comp onents . I nst[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 84 nN Remo ving a me mory mo dule To remove a me mory module , procee d as follows : 1 Shut dow n y our c omputer an d disco nne ct al l pe riphe ral de v ic es. 2 Un pl ug t he c omp uter a nd r emo ve the bat tery pa c k . 3 Wait unti l the comp uter coo l s down . 4 Unscrew t he two screws at th e bottom of[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 85 nN 10 Remov e t he memor y modu le: P ull the tabs in the di rection of th e arrow s. The m emory module is released. P ull the memo ry modu le i n the direction of t he arro w . 11 Gently replace t he keyboar d, the n press it i nto you r comp uter . Be c areful no t to deta ch the cable wh en lifting the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 86 nN Add ing a me mory modul e To add a memo ry module, procee d as follows: 1 Shut dow n y our c omputer an d disco nne ct al l pe riphe ral de v ic es. 2 Un pl ug t he c omp uter a nd re mo ve t he batt ery pac ks. 3 Wait unti l the comp uter coo l s down . 4 Unscrew t he two screws at th e bottom of your c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 87 nN 7 Lift the ke y boa rd from the LCD d ispla y sid e, then gently tu rn it over the tou chpad. Be car eful not to detac h th e cable (1) w hen li fting th e key board. 8 Remov e t he exi sti ng memo ry mo dule. 9 Remov e the new memory module fro m its pac kaging. 10 Install th e memo ry modu le. Be caref[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 88 nN 11 Gently r eplace th e keybo ard, then p ress it into y our comp uter . Be careful not to detac h the cabl e w hen l i ftin g th e keyb oard. 12 Close th e comp uter cov er , then tig hten the screw s on the bott om of the com pute r . V iew ing the am ount of m em o ry To vi ew th e a mou nt of mem o r[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 89 nN Ot her pr eca utio ns On ha ndling the LC D screen Do not leav e t he LCD facing the sun as i t c an damag e the LCD. Be caref ul wh en using th e comp uter near a w indow . Do no t s cratch the LCD o r exert pre ssure on it. Thi s c oul d cause malf unction . Using the comp uter in low temperat ure cond[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 90 nN When th e AC adap ter i s not used , unplug it fro m the AC outle t. Use only the supplied AC adapter . Do not use any other AC adapter . On h andli ng y our note book Clean t he cabi net with a s oft, dry c loth or a soft clo th light ly mo i ste ned with a mild d etergent solution . Do not use any type[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 91 nN The compu ter uses high-fr eq ue n cy ra dio signals and ma y cause inter ference to radi o o r TV recep tion. Shou l d t his occ ur , rel ocate the compu ter a suitab l e d istanc e away from th e set. Use only specif i ed peri pheral equipmen t and interface cab l es; oth erwise, problems m ay result. [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 92 nN If the d i s k i s bad ly soi l ed , mo i s ten a soft c loth wi th wate r , wring i t out wel l, and us e it to wi pe the s urface of the d i sk from the ce nter o ut. Wi pe off any remaining mo i sture with a d ry soft cloth. On usin g the bat tery pack Never leave the batte ry pack in tempe ratures ab[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 93 nN On usi ng ea rpho nes R oad sa fe ty – Do not u se ea rphon es while drivin g, cyc ling, or ope rating a ny m otorize d veh i cle. It may create a tr af fic hazard and is illegal in som e areas. It c an also be p otenti ally dange rou s to play lo ud musi c while wal king, esp ecially at ped estrian cr[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-R600HEK s pecific ations 94 nN PCG -R 600 HEK spec i fic atio ns Product name PCG-R600HE K Op er atin g sy ste m Mic ro soft ® W indow s ® 2000 Pr ofess iona l Pro cessor Mobile I ntel ® Pent ium ® III processor 850 MHz feat uring In tel ® Sp eedS tep ™ tech nology Hard di sk dr ive 20 G B Standar d RAM 128 MB S[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-R600HEK s pecific ations 95 nN Expansi on c apabil ities One PCMCI A type II Card and C ardbus supp ort Built -in c apabil ities Ste reo sp eak ers , t ouc hpad , Ce nte r J og Co nt rol, Me m or y St i ck TM Special button Ce nte r Jog Co nt rol Connecti on capab ilitie s on notebook dock ing conn ector , VGA m onitor[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-R600HEK s pecific ations 96 nN ‡ See our special Gu a rantee extension conditions. S peci ficat io ns ar e subj ect to ch ange wit ho ut no tice. Weight W it h ba tte ry W i th batter y & opt ion al docking stat ion 1. 7 kg 2. 7 kg Operati ng tempera ture +5 ° C to +35 ° C (tem pe rature gradient le ss than 1 0[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Docking station (optional ) specifi cations 97 nN Docki ng station (optiona l) spe cifications S peci ficat io ns ar e subj ect to ch ange wit ho ut no tice. CD-RW/DVD Doc king s tation (PCGA-DSM5) DVD Docking stati on (PCGA- DSD5) Op tica l dr ive up t o 24x m ax. CD-ROM reading speed up t o 8x ma x. CD- R writ ing sp eed[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 98 nN INDEX A AC ad apter 5 , 17 air circulatio n 90 Alt key 25 application key 25 B battery charging the 19 inserting the 18 removing the 20 battery charging status 19 battery connec tor 16 battery indicator 15 , 19 , 27 battery rel ease lever 16 br i ght ne ss co n tr ol 28 C cab le i.LIN K 65 , 66 microph one 60 phone 4[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 99 nN G guarantee 4 , 23 H hard disk drive indicator 15 , 27 headphon e conne c tor 13 help 71 Hibernate mode 28 , 43 I i.LIN K c able 65 , 66 i.LINK c onnector 13 i.LIN K™ de vice 64 indicator battery 15 , 19 , 27 Ca ps Loc k 15 , 27 docking station 27 ha r d di s k dr iv e 15 , 27 LED 54 Memory Stick 15 , 27 Nu m Lock [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 100 nN P PC Card inserting a 33 removing a 34 PC Card slot 13 , 33 peripherals 44 phone cable 41 phone line jack 13 , 41 port seria l 47 power indicator 15 , 27 power savi ng m od e s 42 power sw itch 15 , 21 precau tions 82 Print Scre en key 24 printer 63 printer cable 63 printer connec tor 47 , 63 projector 58 R registra[...]