Sony PCG-V505 manuale d’uso

V AIO ® Com puter Quick S tart PCG -V505 Series[...]

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3 Content s Noti ce t o User s .... ...... . .... .... ...... ...... ..... .... ....5 Set ting Up .... .... .. .. .. .. .. ....... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... ......1 5 Unp ack i n g Yo ur Com p ut er .... ... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....16 Applying Er gonom ics ................... ....... ....... ....... ....... 18 Loc atin g C ontr ols an [...]

V AIO® Computer User Guide 4 Usin g You r Recov e r y CDs .... .... ..... ... .... ....... ....... ..... 42 Cari ng fo r Your Comput e r .... ...... .. .. .. .. ..... . 49 St or i n g Yo ur C omp u t er .... ..... .. ..... ..... .. .. ..... .. ..... ..... .. 50 Usin g Ca bles an d Con necti ons ..... ..... .. ..... .... ....... ..... 50 Cleani ng [...]

5 No ti ce to U s e rs © 2003 S ony El ect ronics I nc. All r ight s reserved. This manual and the software des c r i b e d he r e i n , i n wh ol e or in par t , ma y not be re prod uced, tr anslat ed, or r educed t o any machine-re a dable form without prior wri tten appr oval . SONY ELECTRONICS INC. PROVIDES NO W ARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS MAN[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 6 part icip ating nat ions. E NERG Y S TA R i s a U . S . reg istered m ark. Sony , DVg a te, Handycam, i.LINK, Mavica, Magi cGate™ M emor y S ti ck, Memory S tick , Movi eShak er , V AIO, and t he V AIO logo a r e tr ade marks of So ny Corpo r a ti on. M ic rosof t, W indo ws Medi a, W i n dows, W indows N T , a n[...]

No tice to Us ers 7 Safety Inf ormation W ARNI NG ❑ T o p reven t fi re or shock hazard, do not expos e your co mputer to ra in o r mo istu r e. ❑ T o avoi d e l e ctrica l sh ock, d o not o pen t he ca bi net. Refer serv icin g to quali fie d per s o n ne l on l y. ❑ Neve r inst all m od em or teleph one w irin g dur ing a l ig htni ng s t o[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 8 ❑ Soye z très pru dent l orsqu e vous i nstal l ez ou m odifiez l es l ign es tél éphon i ques. ❑ Évite z d’ util iser le mo dem durant un ora ge électr ique. ❑ N'u tilis ez pas le mode m ni le té lépho ne pour prév eni r d'une fuite de ga z quand vous êt es près de l a fuite . ❑ L ’[...]

No tice to Us ers 9 equi pment d oes cau se harmful int erfer ence to ra di o or t e le vi s i o n r ec e p ti o n , wh ic h can be det ermin ed by turn ing t he equ ipment of f and on, th e user is encou ra ge d to try to corr ect th e interfere nce by one or more of the fo llowing meas ures: ❑ Reo rien t or relocat e the rec eivi ng antenn a. ?[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 10 tha t you d isco nnec t the equi pmen t un til th e prob lem is re solved . Repa ir of this equi pme nt sh ou ld b e made only by a Sony Servi ce C ente r or Sony au thor ized agent . F or the Sony Ser vice Ce nter n earest you, ca ll 1- 888- 4- SONY -P C (1- 888- 47 6-6972). Thi s equi pment cannot b e us ed on p[...]

No tice to Us ers 11 ma chi ne or suc h busi ne ss, other en tity , or in di vi du a l. ( Th e t e le p ho n e nu m b er pr ov i d e d ma y not be a 900 numb er or an y ot her nu mber for whi ch char ges exceed l ocal or long-d istan ce transmission c harges.) In or der t o pro gra m th is i nforma tion into your facsimile mac hine, see your fa x s[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 12 RECYCLAGE DES ACCUMULA TEURS AUX IONS DE LIT H IUM RECYCLAGE DES ACCUM ULA TEU RS AUX IO NS DE LIT HIUM Les accu mulat eurs aux io ns de li thium so nt rec yclabl es. V ous po uvez cont ribuer à pr ése rv e r l’ env iro nneme nt en rap port a n t les pile s us ées dan s un poi nt de co ll ec t i on et rec ycl[...]

No tice to Us ers 13 INDUSTR Y CANADA NOTICE NOT I CE: The In dustr y C ana da la bel id entif ies ce r ti f i ed equi pment. Th is certi f ic ation mean s tha t the equi pment meets cer t ain tel ecommun icati on s net w or k pro te ctiv e , oper ationa l an d safet y r equire me nts as presc ribe d in the a ppro priate T e rmin al Equ ipment T ec[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 14 A ve rti ssemen t: L ’ utili sateur ne d oit p as te nter de faire ces r accor demen ts l ui-m ême; il do it avoi r recour s à un serv ice d’ i nspec tion des insta llati ons é lectriq ue s, ou à u n élect ric ien, selo n le cas. A VIS: L ’indice d’ équi val ence de l a sonn er ie (IE S) assi gné à[...]

15 Setting Up Congrat ulati ons on y our p ur chas e of t he Sony V AI O® c omputer . Sony h as combined le ading-edge t echnol ogy in audi o, vi de o, c o m p uting, and communicati ons to pr ovi de state-of -t he-art pers onal computing. ❑ Un pa ck in g Y our Com p ut er ❑ Applyi ng Er gonomics ❑ Locati ng Controls an d Por ts[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 16 Un packi ng Y ou r Co m pute r Documents ❑ V AIO® Computer Us er Guide — A sear c h ab l e on -s c r een h el p fil e th a t conta ins deta iled info rmation on how to us e your ne w comp uter . See “ L o c a ti n g Y o ur V A I O C om p ut er U se r G u id e” on pa g e 32 fo r m o r e inform ation. ❑ V[...]

Unpacki ng Y our Computer 17 Software CDs ❑ Depen ding on the model yo u pu rchased, add itiona l program CDs may be incl uded wi th your computer . Recover y CDs ❑ Application Recovery CDs — E n ables you to re in stal l indiv idua l pr ograms and dev ice drivers . ❑ Sy stem Re cov e ry CD s — E nabl es you to restore the operating syste[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 18 App lyi ng Ergo nom ics Y our co mpu ter is a portabl e devi ce and ca n be used in a va rie ty of e nvir onment s . Wheneve r pos sible, yo u sho uld a p ply th e foll owin g er gonomic consi de ra ti ons: ❑ Position of your co mputer — Plac e the comput er direc tly in fron t of you as you wor k. Keep your f[...]

Locati ng Controls and Por ts 19 Loca tin g Co ntro ls and P orts Front 1 Com pu t er scr e en (L C D ) 9 Power indicator 2 Speakers 10 Batt e ry ind icato r 3 Keyboa rd 11 Hard di sk dr ive i ndicator 4 T ouc h pad 12 W ireless LAN i ndicator * 5 Lef t and right but tons 13 Num lock in dicat or 6 Me mor y S ti ck ® me dia indi cator 14 Cap s lock[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 20 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 ja ck 3 Monitor (VGA) port 8 Headphone jack 4 PC Card ej ect but ton 9 PC C ar d sl ot 5 USB port[...]

Locati ng Controls and Por ts 21 Righ t 1 Memo ry St ic k® media i ndica tor 6 USB port 2 Me mor y S ti ck ® me dia sl ot 7 Air ve nt 3 CD-R W/DVD drive 8 Modem jack 4 CD- R W/DVD drive ej ec t butt on 9 Network (E the rnet) port 5 Manua l ejec t hole O nly c onnect 10BAS E-T o r 100BASE- TX ca bles to the Ne two rk ( Eth ern et) por t. Do not co[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 22 Remo ving t he Prot ec tiv e T a b s ✍ Gen t ly p ul l the p rot ec tive t abs a way fr om t h e co mp ut er t o fi nd t he E t hern e t po rt an d modem jack.[...]

Locati ng Controls and Por ts 23 Bo ttom 1 Port repl icator conn ector 4 Re se t bu t to n 2 Batt ery UNL OCK/LOCK la tch 5 Air vent 3 Batt ery UNLOCK l atch[...]

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25 Getting S t arted This sect ion helps you get your comput er running and r e giste r ed, so you can take advantage o f Sony’ s many suppor t optio ns. Y ou’ll al so learn how to lo c ate y our on-s cr een V AIO® Computer Use r Guid e, which c ontains step-by -step instr uctions for operating your computer . ❑ T ur ning On Y our Com put er[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 26 T ur ning On Y o ur Com puter T o u se y our co m put er im m edi at ely , us e the su p plied A C ad a pte r as a p o w er sourc e. Y our supplied batt ery is not cha rged whe n yo u unpac k it, howe ver , you can be gin ch argi ng it when you us e your AC adapter . See “Powe r in g Y our Comput er ” in your [...]

T urnin g On Y our Compute r 27 3 Slide the UNLO CK / LO CK latc h in t o the LO CK posit ion to secure the ba tter y o n t he co mput er . 4 Con nec t t he A C ad apt er to t he com pu ter. See “ T o co nne ct t he A C ad apt er .” Once you c onne ct the AC adapte r to the comput er , th e bat tery beg ins to char ge whethe r the compute r is [...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 28 T o connect the AC adapt er 1 Pl ug th e A C ad apte r ca bl e in to th e D C IN po rt . 2 Plu g the power cor d into th e AC ada pter and an AC outlet. . T o op en and turn on th e compute r 1 Sli de the rele ase l atch to the right a nd lift the cov er while hol ding the bott om of th e comput er fi rmly . Co nn[...]

Usin g t he T ouch Pad 29 2 Sl ide t he power swi tch to t he right until t he green power indicator light s up . 3 If neces sary , adjust the brightn ess cont rols for the LCD display as fol lows: ❑ T o inc rease brig htnes s, press the Fn + F5 keys, and the n press the Up Arro w key or Right Arr ow key . ❑ T o dec rease brigh tness, press the[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 30 Describi ng the touch pa d Loca ting the T ouch Pad T o uch Pad Action Descript ion Sli din g one fin ger Equiva lent to using a mouse to pla ce the point er on an item. T appi ng once Equiva lent to pr essing th e left but ton once. T appi ng twice Equiva lent to pr essing th e left but ton twice . Sl id i ng on [...]

Regist ering Y our Compute r 31 Re gist eri ng Y our C ompu ter T ake advanta ge of Sony’ s com mitment t o qualit y custo mer sup port and r eceive these benefit s by register in g your comput er: ❑ Sony Cu stomer Suppor t — T alk to a suppor t repr esen tative to trouble shoot pr oble ms you may have wit h your com put er . ❑ Limit ed W a[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 32 Loc ating Your V A IO Com put er User Guide The o n - sc ree n V AI O ® Co m put er Us er Guid e is a sear cha ble h el p fi le th a t conta ins deta iled info rmation on how to us e your new computer . Some of th e topic s i n your on-scr een V AIO® Com puter User Guide i nclude t he fol lowing: T o open t he u[...]

Locati ng Y our V AIO Co m puter User Guide 33 T o op en the user guide (Windo ws 2000) ❑ Clic k St a r t on the W indows ® taskb ar , poin t to VA I O H e l p C e n t e r and cl ick 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 a ppears. V A IO® User Guide W indow (W indows XP) 1 User gui de ta ble of cont ent s List of co mputer he[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 34 Setting Up A Dial-Up Connection This s ection de scri bes t he basic steps f or setti ng up yo ur di al-up co nnecti on. The Connec tion W izard g uides yo u throug h the proce ss of choos ing an Inter net Ser vic e Provi der (ISP ) or se tt ing up an exist ing acc ount, and conne ct ing to the Inter net. T o set [...]

S etting Up A Dia l-Up Connection 35 3 Clic k Next . 4 If it is n o t al ready s elect ed , clic k Connect to the Internet . 5 Clic k Next . 6 Fol low the on-screen instruc tions . New Conne ction W izard[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 36 T o set up a dial -up connec tio n (Wind ows 2000) 1 Clic k St a r t , po i n t to Pro gram s , Acces sori es , Communications , a nd th en clic k Inte rn et Co nn ec tion Wizar d . Th e I nte rne t C onn ect ion Wiz ard window appe ars. 2 Fol low the o n-screen i ns truc tions to fini sh setti ng up your Intern e[...]

T urnin g Of f Y our Compute r 37 4 W a it fo r your c omput er to tu rn o f f auto matic ally . The com puter is o ff when the powe r indi cator tu rns off. ✍ Respo nd t o a ny prompt s warni ng yo u to sa ve do cuments . ✍ Duri ng a pe riod of inact ivi ty , you can c onserve ba ttery l ife by u sing powe r savi ng mod es. Se e “Cont roll i[...]

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39 Exp anding Y our Computing Power This sect ion helps you get star ted upgrading compute r memory and locat ing info rmation about pr eins talled pr ograms. ❑ Upgr adi ng Memory ❑ Loca ti ng Prei nstalle d Progra ms[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 40 Up gr ad in g Me mo r y Depend ing on the conf igurati on you purcha se d, your comput er may ac ce pt addit ional memory module s . For info rmation a bout ins tallat ion proc edures, refer to th e o n-screen V AIO® Comput er User Guide an d print those re levan t st eps. See “ L o ca ti n g Y o ur V A I O C o[...]

41 Using the Appli cat ion Recovery and System Recovery CDs Y ou ca n r estor e your system, in dividual pr ogra ms, or drivers, using t he Applic ation Re covery a nd Syst em Recove ry CDs. ❑ Applic ation and System Rec overy CDs ❑ Usin g Y our Rec ove ry CDs[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 42 Ap plicat io n an d Sy stem Re cover y C Ds Y our compute r comes wit h the fol lowing Appli cation Rec overy and Syste m Reco very CDs. Y ou wil l need an op tical dri ve t o use the se recov ery CDs. If y our com pu t er do e s not com e w it h an o pti ca l dri v e, use an ex te r n al opti ca l d riv e. Applic[...]

Using Y our Recovery CDs 43 T o reins tall progr am s with the Appli cation Recovery CDs 1 T urn on your comput er . If your computer is alrea dy on, close all open pr ograms. 2 Logon t o t he Mic rosoft ® W i n dows® desktop. 3 Inse rt S ony Appl ication Recove ry CD No. 1 into your comput er ’ s optica l dr ive . The Appli ca tion Rec overy u[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 44 5 Fo ll o w th e on - s c r ee n in st r u ct io n s to lo ca te th e de v ic e an d re in s t al l th e appropr iate device dri ver . T o reins tall devi ce drive rs with the A pplic ation Recove ry CD s 1 Logon to the Microsoft ® W in dows® deskt op. 2 Inse rt Appl icati on Recovery CD No. 1 int o your compute[...]

Using Y our Recovery CDs 45 12 Naviga te t o the o ptica l driv e, a nd cl ick t o sele ct t he Appl ication Recovery CD. The CD conte nts ar e displ a ye d. 13 Clic k the folde r name of the de vice i n whic h y ou want to reins tall , an d c li ck OK . T h e H ardw are Up dat e Wiz ard appears. 14 Clic k Next , and sel ect the devi ce fo lder . T[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 46 Sy stem R eco ver y opt ions ❑ Default System Dr ive Reco very — Al l dat a on Driv e C is dele te d. The fact ory defaul t s etting s and programs are res to red on this d rive only . ❑ Change Partition Size an d Recover — All par tition s , c ustom ins tal lation s, and c hanges a re remove d from t he h[...]

Using Y our Recovery CDs 47 7 On th e Mai n Menu - Pro duct R ecovery wi ndow , s elect th e app ropriate optio n to rec over yo ur sy stem. 8 Fol low the on-screen ins truc tions to compl ete the reco very process. After re cove ring your syst em us ing the System Rec overy CD(s), you may be pr omp ted t o ins ert y our Applicati on Recovery CD(s [...]

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49 Caring fo r Y our Computer This sect ion pr ovides i nformation on how to safely u se your Sony comp uter . ❑ S toring Y our Computer ❑ Usin g C ables and Con necti ons ❑ Clea ning Y our Com puter ❑ Handli ng the LCD Screen[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 50 S toring Y our Compu t e r ❑ Do not use or sto re your compute r in a location s ubjec t to: ❑ Heat sources, such as radiators or a ir duc ts ❑ Dir ec t sunli ght ❑ Exc ess iv e dus t ❑ Mois ture or ra in ❑ Mecha nic al vibra ti on or shock ❑ S trong ma gnets or s peakers that are not magnetic ally s[...]

Cleani ng Y our Com pute r 51 com pany has the right to di s conne ct your servi ce unti l you correc t the pr oblem. Clea n ing Your Co mpu te r ❑ Clea n the compute r with a soft , dry clot h or a soft clo th li ghtl y mois tened with a mild det erge nt sol uti on. Do not us e any t ype of abra sive pad, scour ing powder , or solv ent such as a[...]

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53 T roubles hooting This sect ion describe s h ow to solve some basic pro blems you may encounte r when using your compute r . For mor e tr oubl es hooting topic s r efer t o the V AIO® Compute r User Guide. Many pr oblems ha ve simple solutio ns, so r e f er to these sour ces befor e you contac t Sony Computing Support (http:// w ww .sony .com/p[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 54 T roubles ho ot ing Y o ur Com pute r (W i ndo ws XP) What do I do if my c o mputer won’ t start? ❑ Make sure t he computer is sec ure ly plugged into a power source and tur ned on. Make sur e the power indic ator shows the power i s on. ❑ Make sure the battery is inser te d properly and charge d. ❑ Make s[...]

T roubl eshoot ing Y our Comput er (Wind ows XP) 55 5 Press Ent er . T he Setup Confirmation window appe ars . 6 Select Ye s , and press Enter . 7 Select Exit (S ave Chan ge s) , and press Ent er . The Setup Confirmatio n window app ears again. 8 Select Ye s , and press Enter . Th e com put er r est ar t s. What do I do if the message “Ope rating[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 56 10 Select E x it ( Sa ve Ch an ge s) , a nd press Ente r . The Setup C onfirmation window appe ars agai n. 11 Select Ye s , and p r ess Ent er . The compu te r re sta rts . If your comput er contin ues t o di splay t he message “Opera tin g syste m not foun d,” and W i n dows does not sta rt, use your su ppli [...]

T roubl eshoot ing Y our Comput er (Wind ows XP) 57 1 Clos e all open progra ms. 2 Res tar t the co m put er . Fo ll ow t h es e st eps: 1 Press the Windows ke y . 2 Press U . 3 Press R t o select res tart. 3 If the com put er doe s n o t r est art , fol low th e se st ep s: 1 Press the Ctrl + Alt + Delet e keys simult an eousl y . The W indows T a[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 58 T o l ower t he CPU s peed using the po wer s chemes: 1 Clic k St a r t on the W ind ows® taskb ar , and click Co ntro l Panel . 2 Clic k Performance a nd Main t enance , a nd cli ck Powe r Opt i on s . Th e Power Optio ns Pr operties window appear s. 3 Select Po rt a ble /La pt o p in the Powe r sch emes box. 4 [...]

T rouble shooti ng Y our Comput er ( Windows 2000) 59 T rou bl es ho oti ng Y our C omp ut er (Win dow s 2000 ) What do I do if my c o mputer won’ t start ? ❑ Make sure t he computer is sec ure ly plugged into a power source and tu rned on. Make su re the p ower indic at or sho ws the power is on. ❑ Make sure the battery is inse rte d p roper[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 60 4 Pres s t he Ri gh t Ar r ow key to select the Ex i t tab, and the n press the Down Arrow key to select Get Default V a lues . The m ess age Load default valu es for all SETUP item s a ppears. 5 Press Ente r . T he Setup Confi rm ation window appears . 6 Select Ye s , and p r ess Ent er . 7 Select Exit ( S ave Ch[...]

T rouble shooti ng Y our Comput er ( Windows 2000) 61 9 Select Ye s , and press Enter . 10 Select Exit ( Save Ch anges) , and press En ter . Th e Setup Confirma ti on window app ears again. 11 Select Ye s , and press Enter . Th e com put er r est ar t s. If your comput er contin ues t o d ispla y the message “Op erati ng syste m not foun d,” an[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 62 Why won’ t my c omputer enter S tandby or Hiber nate mode? Y our compute r may become uns tabl e if the ope rating mode is chang ed before the comp ute r complete ly ente rs Sta ndby or Hiberna te . T o res tor e the com pute r to normal o perati ng stabili ty: 1 Clos e all open pr ogra ms. 2 Res t ar t th e com[...]

Support Opti ons 63 Suppo rt Opti on s If you have ques ti ons about your comput er or th e prei ns ta lled prog rams, ref er to the fol lowing so urce s fo r ans wers in th e seque nce list ed below . 1 V AIO® Computer User Guide The on-scr e en V AIO® Computer User Guide and the printe d V AIO® Comp uter Qui ck S tart provi de i nformation on [...]

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65 Index A AC ad apt er 26 conne cting 28 App licat ion Re covery CD 42 B batt ery char ging 26 indic ator 19 port 20 UNLOCK/LOCK l atch 23 br ight ness cont rol 29 bu ttons le ft 19 power 19 right 19 C cap s l ock 19 comp ut er cab les 50 car e 49 clea nin g 51 cont rols and conne ct ors 19 LCD scr een 51 onlin e support 63 spe cific at ions 16 sp[...]

V AIO® Computer Qui ck S t art 66 power 19 scrol l lock 19 Wi reless L AN 19 input devic es 9 inte rference 9 i n te rnal s pe aker 19 Inter net c onnect ion 34 J ja cks head phone 20 micr ophone 20 mode m ja ck 21 K keyboa rd 19 L LCD scre en handl ing 51 loc at in g 19 M maint enance 51 man ual 32 Memor y S tick m edia indic ator 19, 21 slot 21 [...]

Index 67 tel ephone li ne jack 21 touc hpad 19 usi ng 29 tr oubleshoo tin g 54, 59 startup 37 turni ng of f compute r 36 turni ng on comput er 26 TV inte rference 9 U UNLOCK/LOCK l atch 23 unpac king t he c omputer 16 updat es 33, 34 USB port 20, 21 use r guide 32 W Wi r e l e s s L A N indic ator 19 switc h 19[...]

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