Sony P C V- L X 2 manual

N Sony V AIO Des ktop U ser Gu ide PCV -LX2[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Re ad t his fi rst 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2002 Sony C o rporation. All rights re served. This manual and th e sof tware de scribe d here in, in whole or in part, m ay no t be re produc e d , trans lated, or redu ced t o any m achin e- readable form without prior w ritten ap p roval. Sony Corpora tion provide[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Re ad t his fi rst 2 nN All other names of systems, pro d ucts and se rvices are trad e marks o f their re sp ective owners. In the m a nua l , the ™ or ® marks are not specified. S peci fic ati ons ar e subj ect t o ch an ge wit hout no tic e. E NERGY S TA R ® As an E NERGY S TA R ® P a rtner , Sony ha s d ete[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Re ad t his fi rst 3 nN Sa fety in forma tion Own er's r ecor d The m odel number and se rial n umber a re locat ed on t he back panel o f your Sony V AIO de skto p. Reco rd the s erial number in the spa ce provid ed he re. Re fer to the m odel and seri al numbe r whe n you call VAIO-L ink. Seri al numbe r: _ _[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Re ad t his fi rst 4 nN Au di o/ vid eo Aud io and pictu re disto rtion may occur if thi s equip ment i s position ed i n close pr oximity to any equipm ent emitting el ectrom agnetic radiation . Conn ectiv i t y Neve r i n stall modem or tel ephon e wi ri n g during a seve re lightnin g storm. Neve r i n stall tele[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Re ad t his fi rst 5 nN Reg ulat ory inf ormati on Sony her eby decla res tha t thi s p roduct is in c ompli a n ce w ith the esse ntial r equire ments and ot her releva nt prov isions of th e E u ropean Di rec tiv e 1999 /5/ EC. This product comp lies w ith EN 5 5022 C lass B and EN 5502 4 for us e in t he fol lowi[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Welcome 6 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu l ati ons on purch asing a So ny VAI O desk top . S o ny has com bined leading -edg e techn olog y in a udio, vid eo, com puting and com munic ations to pro vide you with state- of-the- art p ersonal com put i n g. Here are t he main featu res you will be a ble to enjoy : Ex cepti[...]

S ony V AIO Deskt op User G ui de Welcome 7 nN Do cumenta tio n pack Your doc umentation pack cont ai n s p rinte d user guides, as well as o nline user guides pre sented on a docu menta tion CD -ROM. Prin ted doc ument ation Th e pri nted pa rt o f y our docu menta ti on pa ck co nta ins th e fol lowi ng: A Ge tt ing St arte d broch ure, wh ere yo[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Welcome 8 nN 2 The Sof tware Gu ide : A bout the Sof twa re is a short des cript i o n of the featur es of the software pr e-instal l e d on your sy ste m. Using V ideo s oftwar e explains ho w to u se S o ny v ide o software: DVga te, Mo vi eSh aker and Smart Capt u re. Managin g audio file s with S onicSta ge de s[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Welcome 9 nN Y our So ny V AIO desk top a nd its a ccesso ries The followi ng h a rdware items are in t he box: *The phone cable is u se d to co nn ect the i nternal mod e m. Please m a ke su re the ph one p lug attached to the ca b le is specific to th e cou ntry you are in. See Using the corr ect phone plug (page [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Welcome 10 nN Erg onomic cons ider at ions Whene ver possi ble, try and tak e into acco unt the fo llowing ergonomi c consider ations w hen usin g y o ur new comp uter, wheth er a t home o r in the offi ce: Pos ition of the keyb oard and mou se – Place the keyboa rd directly in front of you (1). Keep your fore arm[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Welcome 11 nN Po sit io n and v iew ing an gl e of the moni tor – Set the display at a comfortab le vie wing d i st ance (3). Make sur e the d i s p lay screen i s at eye level o r slightly l ower . Use the displ ay ’ s tilting fe ature to find th e best p osition . Y o u can redu ce eye-str ain and mus c l e-fa[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 12 nN Using you r V AIO desktop This se ction des cribes how t o start usin g your comp ute r and ho w to use y o ur comp uter ’ s inter nal an d extern al de v ic es. Locat i n g control s and connectors Fro nt pa nel 1 CD- RW/ DVD -ROM ejec t button (page 25) 2 CD -RW /DV D- RO M dr iv e[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 13 nN Bac k pan el T he mains power cord and co nnector a re hazardous v oltage accord ing to EN60950. 1 AC input conn ector (p ag e 16 ) 2 t -lev er (p ag e 72 ) 3 Ethernet c o nnector (p ag e 54 ) 4 U SB conn ector (p ag e 50 ) 5 U SB conn ector (p ag e 50 ) 6 h eadp hones con necto r (p a[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 14 nN LCD ov erview Your VAI O desk top is de livered wit h a 15 ” LCD (XGA T F T) mo nitor. 1 power ind icato r (p ag e 16 ) 2 informa tion LE D - 3 brightness control - 4 volum e control - 5 mouse c onn e ctor (p ag e 24 ) 6 USB connec tor (pa ge 5 0) 7 k eybo ar d co nn ec tor (p ag e 1[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 15 nN Adjustin g the view ing angle To adjust the heig ht and viewing ang l e of the displ ay, p r oceed as follows: 1 Hold bo th sides of th e display , pull the display ou t t owards yo u, and up wards. 2 Set the d i splay h eight so it does no t touch the ke y boar d, and adjust th e view[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 16 nN Starti ng your com puter To star t yo ur com puter th e first time, y ou can eith er: Press the pow er butto n on the system un it until the green p ower indica tor light tur ns on (1). OR Press th e St andby butt on (2) ab o ve the nu mbered PPK s o n the keyboar d u n ti l the gre en[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 17 nN Sh utt ing do wn you r com put er It i s impo rtant that y ou shut d own y our comput er properl y so as not to l ose u nsave d data . To sh ut down your computer, proceed as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t button on th e W indow s ® taskbar . 2 Clic k T ur n Of f Comp uter . The T urn o[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 18 nN Us ing th e ke ybo ar d This section des cribes the featu r es of the VAIO co nvertible keyb oard. Num Lock Scrol Lock MAIL INTERNET P1 P2 PICTURE HELP P3 P4 Enter + - Del Ins End NumLk ScrLk Delete Insert Prt Scr Sys Rq Pause Break Esc End Ctrl Alt Gr Alt Ctrl Fn Caps Lock PgDn PgUp H[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 19 nN Keys Descri ptions Esc ape ke y (1) The <E sc> (Esca pe) key is us ed to ca ncel c ommand s. Fun ction keys (2) The twelv e fun c ti on ke ys alo ng the top of t he key board are use d to perform designated ta sks. For ex a mple, in man y a pplications, <F1> is t he Help ke[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 20 nN Op erat or keys (10 ) Sever al keys a re used in co mbin atio n wit h at l eas t one o the r key: <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <S h ift>. Wh en hel d do wn at the s ame tim e as an othe r ke y , the <Ctrl> (Contr ol) a nd <Alt > (Alte rnate) k eys off er another wa y[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 21 nN Com bin ati ons a nd func tions wi th th e Win dows ® key Combinati ons Functi on + F 1 Disp lays Win dow s ® He lp and S upport. + T ab Switches the selected bu tto n on t he taskbar . + E Disp lays W indows Explorer . + F Displays the Sear ch Re sults window to fi nd a fi le or fo [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 22 nN Com bin ation s a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e Fn key Ind icators Combinati ons/ Feature Functio ns Fn + Mov es the view t o the next page up. Fn + Mov es the view t o the next page dow n. Fn + Moves th e c u rsor to the begi n ning o f the line . Fn + Moves th e c u rsor to the e n d o f[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 23 nN Us ing pr ogramm able power keys (P PK ) Press a progr amma ble powe r ke y to st art your fa v our ite softw are withou t h aving to click th e s hortcuts on the deskto p. Use a programm able power key simp ly by pressing it. Even when you r com puter is o f f, you c an press a PPK to[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 24 nN Us ing th e mouse The VAI O wheel m ouse allows you to con trol the curso r in a numb er of w ays. Y o u can point to, select, drag, and scro ll obj ects on th e s creen usi ng th e button s and th e wheel. Y ou can set the m ouse up f or l eft-hand use . See the troubleshooting secti [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 25 nN Using the CD-RW/DVD- R OM d r ive Your c o mp ut er is equipped with a C D-RW/DVD-ROM d r i ve. To insert a disc, pr oceed as fol low s: 1 T urn o n the comp uter . 2 Press the eject bu tton to open the dr i ve. The tray slid es out.[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 26 nN 3 Place a CD-RW/D V D-ROM/ CD-R/CD-RO M d isc in the left-han d side of th e t ray w ith the label side facing outwa rds. Use the sm all hinges to sec ure the disc. 4 Close the t ray b y push ing it ge ntly . When the computer is in Stand by or Hibe rn at e mode , you can no t in ser t[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 27 nN Us ing the CD -RW func tion Your c o mp ut er is equipped with a C D-RW/DVD-ROM d r i ve. To bu rn CDs, you ca n use CD- RW and CD-R d iscs: The CD- RW (CD-ReWritable) d i sc i s a data mem ory medium that c an b e used to write, erase and rewri t e a prog ram or othe r data. The CD -R[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 28 nN Using the DVD function To achieve optim um perform ance when playing DVD -ROM disc s, you shou ld follow th ese re com mend at io ns. Y o u can pla y DVDs using t he CD-RW/ DVD-ROM d r ive and the MediaBar DV D Player so ftware. Close all open appl i c ations befor e pla ying a DV D-RO[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 29 nN Us ing PC Ca rds Your VAIO c omputer has a PC Card slot that suppo rts Type I or T y p e II PC Cards. PC Cards allow yo u to c o n nect portab le external dev i ces. In se rti ng a P C Ca rd To in sert a PC Card, proceed a s follows : 1 Slide the fr ont p anel cover in the d i re ction[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 30 nN Remo ving a PC Card Fo llo w t he s teps be lo w t o re mo ve th e P C C ar d wh il e you r c om put er is o n. If it is n ot rem o ved pro pe rly , yo ur system m ay not work . I f you w ant to rem ove a PC Card w hen your co mputer is of f, you ca n go s traight to step 5. To remov e[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 31 nN If y ou unplug the PC Card from the computer when the p o w er is still on w it h out following thes e steps, yo ur system might cr ash a nd u nsav e d data may be l ost. Y ou m ay not be able t o use som e PC Card s or som e functi ons with in the P C Car d with th is comp uter . Clo [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 32 nN Using Me mory Stick ™ Your VAIO c o mputer i s designed to sup port the M emory Stick ™ . T he Me mor y St ic k ™ is a c o mp act, porta ble, and ve rsatile dev i ce esp ecially de signed for exc hanging and sharing digital da ta with com patible pro ducts. Becaus e it is rem ova[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 33 nN Why Memory Stick ™ ? Sony' s vision is to ex pand th e w orld of comm uni cation, prom oti ng the por tability of di gital da ta. The Me mo ry S tic k ™ is th e resul ting medium , throu gh wh ich dig ital de vices c an be i nstant ly conn ected. With i t, you c an down load d[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 34 nN Ge ne ri c Me mory S ti ck ™ The original Me mory S t i ck ™ , blue in colour , c an be used to record im age data taken w ith digi tal still came ras, etc. or data from the PC. With it, you c an record , play back and tra nsfer var i o u s kinds of d ata at any g iven t ime. Beca [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 35 nN MagicGat e Mem ory Stick ™ As yo ur L X 2 compu ter i s not desig ned to support this type of Me mory Stick ™ , this sec tion is for yo ur in terest only . The MagicGate M emory Stick ™ , white in c olou r, recor ds PC and image d ata just like it s blue count erpar t; the d iffe[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 36 nN the lo go prin ted o n it a pr otr u ding dot loca te d on the bac k. MagicGate is a copyright protecti o n technology that complies with t he standards set by SDMI (Secure Di gital Music Initiat ive, a n organi zation wo rking to d r a w up i ndustr y s tandard speci f i cations i n o[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 37 nN In the musi c world, how ever, illeg al ac ts of distrib uting musi c withou t the perm issio n of the artist, particul arly o n th e Inter net, have rece n tly b een on the increase. That i s why th e Reco rding Indus try Assoc iatio n of Ame r ica ( RIAA) took the init iativ e to org[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 38 nN Othe r : V AIO not ebook s VAIO de skt ops CLIE Handh eld E nterta inmen t Orga niser Sony mobile phones Digita l printers AIBO the Sony En tertainment Robo t To find o ut more a bout t he produ cts avail able in you r count ry, go to: http: //www .sonys tyle- europe.com[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 39 nN Inse rting a Memory St ick ™ To insert a Memo ry Stick ™ , proc eed as fo l low s: 1 Slide the fr ont panel in th e directio n of the arrow to open it. 2 Once yo u have store d your dat a from y our digit al device, insert th e M emor y Sti ck ™ into the Mem ory St ick ™ me dia[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 40 nN Removing a Me mory Stick ™ To remov e a Mem ory S t i ck ™ , proceed as fo l low s: 1 Double -cli ck the Safe ly Rem ove H ardwa re icon in the ta skbar . The dialog box Sa fel y Remov e Har dwar e appea rs. 2 Selec t the hardw are you wa nt to unp l u g. 3 Clic k St op . 4 In th e[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 41 nN W ri te- prot ecti ng a Memo ry Stic k ™ Memo ry St icks ™ are design ed with an erasure preven tion switch to protec t v a l u able data from ac c iden tal erasure or over w r i ting . Move the tab to th e right or left to set o r release write-p rotection. On t he 128 MB Memory S[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 42 nN Usi ng St andb y mo de If you p lan to sto p using yo ur compu ter for a short pe riod of tim e (not ove rnigh t), you can pu t it into Stan dby m ode i n stead of tu rning i t off c o mpletely. P utting the com pute r into St andb y mode sa ves energy and a llows a q uick ret urn to n[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 43 nN Y ou ca n leave W indows ® ru nnin g when using Stan db y . If yo u press t he po wer b utton fo r more t han f our se conds, the c omp uter wi ll switc h of f au tomat ical l y . When the computer is in Stand by mo de , you ca nnot i nsert a di sc. Standby req uir es less ti me t han[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 44 nN Use the pow er button : Quic kl y pres s t he powe r butt on on the fro nt of the main u nit. The compu ter g o es i n to Hibern ate mo de, the compu ter turns off. To retu rn to Norm al mo de, ch oose f rom the follow ing: Press th e St and by b utton on the keybo ard. Ope ration retu[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 45 nN Us ing th e modem Your V AIO desktop is equ i pped wi th an intern al modem. Yo u n eed to c o n n ec t a ph o ne line to take advan tage of online ser vices and th e Internet, to regi ster your co mputer and softwar e onl ine, and to c ontac t VAI O-Lin k. To co n n ec t a phon e line[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Using your V AIO desktop 46 nN Usi ng t he cor rect phon e plug In t he box you wi l l fi nd two phone plugs. Make sure you use the corr ec t one for the c ountry y ou are i n, as fo llows: UK: Use the p l u g already att ached to th e phone ca b le. The conn ec to r can be iden tified by i ts cu bo id shape an d fl[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Connecting periphera l devices 47 nN Connec ting peripheral d evi ces You ca n add fu ncti onality to yo ur comp uter b y conn ectin g any of thes e periph erals. Conn ecting e xterna l spea kers (page 48) Conn ecting a n extern al m i cr ophone (p a ge 49) Conn ecting a U SB (Uni versa l Seria l Bus) dev ice (page [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Connecting periphera l devices 48 nN Con nectin g exte rnal s p eakers You ca n enh ance the so und qual ity of yo ur compu ter by co nnecti ng ext ernal spe akers. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, proceed as fo l low s: 1 Plug th e speake r cable into th e head p h on e s connec tor o n the b ac k of t he main unit[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN Conn ecti ng an ex ter nal micro ph one Your VA IO desk top does no t contai n an inte rnal mic ropho ne. I f you nee d to use a soun d input de vice, for exampl e to chat on the In ternet, you need to plug in an ex ternal microph on e . To co nnect an external micropho n e, p ro[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN Conn ecti ng a USB ( Uni versa l Se rial Bu s) devic e Use the USB po rts to connec t USB devices, s u c h as a fl oppy di sk drive or a printe r. Conn ecti ng a USB pri nte r To co nnect a pr i n ter using t he US B conne ctor, p roce ed as follow s: 1 Plug a USB printer cable i[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN C onnect ing an i .LIN K ™ dev ice Your comp uter inclu des tw o i.LI NK ™ (IEEE1394) c onnectors, which you can us e to co n ne c t to an i.LINK ™ device su ch as a d i g i tal v i d eo camera r ecorder or to conn ect two V AI O computer s in ord er to copy , d el e te or [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN Conn ecti ng a digi tal v ideo ca mer a rec ord er To co nnect a digi tal video c amera re corder , procee d as follows : 1 Plug on e end of the i .L I NK ™ cabl e into the i.LINK ™ connec tor of th e computer and the oth er end into the DV -O ut conn ec to r on your digi tal[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Connecting periphera l devices 53 nN Conn ec ting t wo V AI O co mput ers You ca n conne ct you r V AIO des ktop t o ano ther VA IO com puter using an i .LINK ™ c abl e ( not supp lie d). You ca n also pri nt a docu ment on a prin ter conn ected to a noth er VAIO com puter . To c onne c t y our V AIO des kt op to [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN Conn ecti ng to a ne twork (LA N) Your c omputer comes w ith a p reinstalled Ethern et interface. To co nnect to a netw ork, pro c eed as fol l ows : 1 Righ t-clic k on My Co mput er in th e St art menu an d select Pr opert ies . 2 Click the Har dwa r e ta b a nd se le ct Devic e[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 55 nN Getting help This se ction des cribes how t o get help a nd sup port from Son y, as well a s trou blesho otin g ti p s for your co mpu ter. So ny' s suppor t opti ons Sony pro vid es several support opt ions for yo ur com puter. Prin ted documentat ion supplied with your V AIO desktop Th e pr[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 56 nN Othe r sources o f information V AIO-Lin k we bs ite , wh ich you ca n acc ess if you hav e any pro blem s with you r com puter: http:/ /www .v aio-link .com V AIO-Link Respo n se Centre : B efore contac ti n g the VAIO-Li n k Re sponse Centr e, try to solve the problem by r eading the user g u id[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 57 nN Ab out t he comp uter and s oftwa re My c ompute r does not star t Check th at the co mputer is plugg ed i n to a po w er sourc e and t hat i t is turned o n. Che c k th at the po wer ind i c ator on the fron t p anel of the com pute r i ndicates th at the power is on . Confi rm that the p ower co[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 58 nN 5 Press <F9> or use the ar ro w keys t o select Get De fa ult V al ues . Th e me ssage Lo ad d ef au lt c onfig urati on now? appears. 6 Make sure that Ye s is selected a nd th en pr ess <Enter>. 7 Press <F10> to exit, o r use the arrow keys to select Exit (S ave C hang es) . The[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 59 nN My s yst em is run nin g slo wl y The system resp onse time varies, de p en ding on th e numb er of applications tha t are open and runni ng . Close any appl i cati on th at y o u are not cu rrently using. Increa si n g th e syst em me mory m ay also he l p. Th e comp uter has tw o memory sl ots. [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 60 nN My c ompute r or soft ware p rogram is not respon ding To en d the appl i c ation tha t has stopp ed respon ding , pro ceed as fol l o ws: 1 Press <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <D el e t e> . 2 If you hav e not c hanged the defa ult s etting s, the T a sk Man ager a ppears. Scrol l do wn un t[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 61 nN Wind ows ® l ocks up d uring s hutdo wn There a re ma n y reasons why the Window s ® ope rating syste m may not shut d own prop erly, i ncludi ng inco mpat i b le or conf l icti ng driv ers, dam aged files, or non-res ponsi ve hardw are. To search Windo ws ® He lp and Su pport for tr oublesho o[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 62 nN I canno t fi n d the Windo ws ® taskbar Che ck that the ta skbar is not hi dden or mi nimized . Move th e curs or to each edge of the sc reen to retrieve the tas kbar . To chang e the defaul t view of the ta skbar an d the start m enu, proc eed as follow s: 1 Clic k St art , an d sele ct Contr ol[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 63 nN Ab ou t CD s and flopp y dis ks My CD -RW/D VD-RO M drive tray does not o pen To op en the CD -R W / DVD-R OM drive, p roceed as follows: With the ejec t button: 1 Make sure the po w e r is tur ned o n. 2 Press th e ejec t button on the d isc dri ve . With the M y Compute r icon : 1 Double -cli ck[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 64 nN I canno t play a DV D-RO M If a region c ode war ning ap pears wh en you are u sing the DVD player , it co uld be tha t the DVD-R OM you are tr yin g t o p lay is in com pa tib le w it h t he C D - R W /DVD -RO M dri ve o n you r VA IO d es kto p. T he re gio n code i s l i st ed on the pac kagin [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 65 nN My U SB f loppy disk drive can not s ave to disk The floppy di sk m ay be write-pr o tected . Disable the write-protec t feature or use a disk that is not write - prote cted. Che ck that the fl oppy dis k is proper l y in serted int o the USB dr ive. T he U SB flop py disk dr ive is an optiona l a[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 66 nN About sound My spea kers are not produc ing so und If you are using an appl i cati on th at has its own volume co ntrol, check that the volu me is turned u p. Che ck th e vo lu me c on tro ls in W ind ow s ® an d in W indo ws ® Me dia Player . If you ar e using exte rnal speakers , chec k that t[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 67 nN 7 Red uce the m i c ropho ne level by moving th e s lider c ontrol . 8 In th e Op t io ns me nu , s elec t A dvanc ed Contr ols , and t hen click the Ad van ced bu tton un der Micr ophone - B alance . The Advance d Contr ols for Micr opho ne dialog box appears . 9 Deselect the M icro phone Boost c[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 68 nN My m ode m conn ectio n is sl ow Ma ny fa ctor s i nf lue nce mo dem co nne cti on spe ed , i nc lud ing te l epho ne li ne nois e or com pat ibi lity wi th tele phone e quipm ent (suc h as fax m achin es or other m odems) . If yo u think you r mode m is no t c onnec ting proper l y to other PC-b [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 69 nN I canno t print Check th at all the cable s of the pr i n ter are p ro p er l y co nn e ct ed . Che ck that your print er is co rrectly confi gured and th at you have up-to- date d rivers . If ne cessary , conta ct your d eal e r . My con n ec ted printer d oes not pri n t aft er the compu ter res[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 70 nN To clean the mou se, proc eed as follows: 1 T urn o f f the com pute r and turn the mo use u pside do wn. 2 Remo v e th e mouse bal l cov er b y turning the ri n g clockw ise as indicate d by the arro ws. 3 T urn t he mouse upr ight and drop the m ouse bal l i nto your ha nd. 4 Usin g a piece of s[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Getting help 71 nN About i.LIN K ™ dev ices The connec ted i .LIN K ™ d evice i s no t reco gnised Disc onnect th e i. LINK ™ d evice, then connect it again. You are stron gly advised t o use only Son y i.LIN K ™ c ables, a s u si n g ot her br ands m ay cause prob lems with the i.LINK ™ de vi ces . My i.L[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 72 nN Pr ecau ti ons This se ction des cribes sa fety guide lines an d precau ti o ns to help y o u protec t y o ur compu ter from pot ential dama ge. Your VA IO desk top and m emor y mo dules us e high pre cisio n compo nents and e lectro nic conn ectors techno l ogy . T o avoi d the inval i d ati o [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 73 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 you open t he system. Fa ilure to d o s o ma y result in personal in jury o r equipment dama ge. Electro static Discharg e ( E SD) can damag e memory modules and o ther compon en[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 74 nN Remo ving a memo ry mo dule I f you are not fami lia r wi th upgr ad ing me mo ry on a comp uter , we h igh ly r eco mme nd t hat yo u co nta ct y our dealer. To remove a memor y module, proc eed as follow s: 1 Shut dow n your com puter and disco nnect all periphe ral d evic es. 2 Unplu g the c [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 75 nN Be sure to disp o s e of the memory module properly .[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 76 nN Add ing or chan gin g a memo ry mod ule I f you are not fami lia r wi th upgr ad ing me mo ry on a comp uter , we h igh ly r eco mme nd t hat yo u co nta ct y our dealer. To ad d or chang e a mem ory m odu le, procee d as fol l o ws: 1 Shut dow n your com puter and disco nnect all periphe ral d [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 77 nN T her e i s only one correct w ay to insert the memory module . Mak e sure the rivets of the module are l ined up w i th the connector . V iew ing the am ount of m emory To vie w th e amou nt of memo ry , proc eed as foll ows : 1 T urn o n the comp uter . 2 Click the Star t button, p oint to All[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 78 nN Ot her pr ecaut ions On ha ndling the h ard disk The h ard disk has a high s torage de nsity and re ads or w ri te s d ata in a shor t tim e. H owev er, it can be e asily dama ged by mechanic al vi b ration, sh ock or dust. Althou gh the har d disk has the internal safety device to prev ent losi[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 79 nN The screen beco mes warm during oper ation. This is normal and do es n o t in d icate a mal function. The LCD i s man ufactu red u sing hi gh-prec i s ion techno logy . Y ou ma y , however , see ti ny b lack po i n ts and/ or brigh t spots (re d, blue, o r gree n) t hat cont i n uously ap pear o[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 80 nN Do no t pla ce your com puter in a lo cation sub ject to: H eat sources, su ch as radiators or a i r du c ts D i rec t sunlight E x ce ssive du st M oisture or rain M ec h an ic al vi b ration or shock Str ong magnets or sp eakers that are not m agnetically shiel ded A n ambient temperat ure o f[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 81 nN On ha ndling floppy di sks Do no t o pen the shu tter man u al ly or touch the su rface of the flop py disk. Keep floppy disks a way fro m mag nets. K eep f l oppy di sks awa y from di rec t sun li gh t an d oth er so ur ce s of he at . On ha ndling compact discs Do no t touc h the surfa ce of t[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Preca uti on s 82 nN On ha ndling the Mem ory Stick ™ Do no t touc h the M emory Stic k ™ connect or with yo ur finger or m etallic obje cts. Use onl y t he label supp lied wit h the Me mory Stic k ™ as a labe l . Do no t be nd, drop , or appl y he avy shock to the Memo ry Sti ck ™ . Do not dis assemble or m[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Specifi cations 83 nN Specific ations Model PCV - L X2 Op er atin g syst em Mic rosoft ® Win dows ® XP Pr ofe ssio nal Pro cessor Intel ® Pen tium ® 4 1. 70 G Hz Hard di sk dr ive 80 G B Standar d RAM 256 M B Maxi mum RAM 1 GB Cach e 25 6 KB LCD sc reen 15" LCD XG A (1 024x76 8) TF T MP EG MPEG 2 Digital Vi[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Specifi cations 84 nN CD-RW/DVD-ROM dr ive 32x m ax. C D-ROM r ead ing s peed 8x max. C D-R wr iting s p eed 32x max. C D-R r ead ing s peed 8x m ax. CD -RW w riting s peed 20x m ax. C D-RW r ead ing s peed 8 m ax. DVD-ROM readi ng spee d Laser diod e proper ties: Wave length: CD : 780nm - 79 0nm DV D: 635n m - 66 5[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Specifi cations 85 nN Spec ificatio ns are subj ect to cha nge w i t hout notice. Connecti on capabil ities (LCD di splay) PS/2 ® Mo use port , P S/2 ® keyboard port, USB port Suppli ed acce ss o r i es V AIO whee l mouse, VAIO convertible keyboard and p a lmrest, power cord , phone c ord Power requi rement 220 ?[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Glossary 86 nN Glossary This s ection r efers to terms used i n this m anual. T hese terms and d efiniti ons ha v e been c ompiled to pr ovide you w i th a better u nderstandi ng of your VA I O com puter. T erm Defini tion <F1> key The <F1> key g ive s you a ccess to th e o n line help o f most so ftw ar[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Glossary 87 nN CD-ROM Ab brevia tion for Compa ct Dis c Rea d-Only Memory. A high -capac ity op tical dis c, usua lly 650 M B in size, cap a ble o f being read fro m bu t n o t writte n to. CD-RW Short for C ompa ct Disc-ReWriteable . Compact Disc th at c an be u se d to write or r ew ri te d a ta to it. A C D-R W c[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Glossary 88 nN i.L IN K ™ i.L INK ™ is So ny ’ s ve rs ion of th e I E EE 13 9 4 standard for h igh-speed di g ital serial interface. The standard is regarded in the audio/video and IT industries as the mo st su ita b l e interface fo r conn e ct ing com puter s and digita l audio/v ideo device s (such as digi[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Glossary 89 nN ma xi mum R AM The maxim um am ount o f RAM that y our comp uter can c ontain. Once t his am ount 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 The mothe rboard i s the main c ircuit board i nside y our c ompute r . It holds t he CPU , the BIOS, the memory[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Glossary 90 nN PCMCIA PCMCIA (P ersonal Com p uter M e mory Ca rd Internati o nal Association) is the n am e of th e group that pro du ce d the sp e cification for the c redit card-sized pl ug-in b oards fo r lapto p computers. The ca rd s u s e d to be called PCMCIA c ards, but a s this was ra ther u npro nounc eab[...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Glossary 91 nN Re sol uti on The deg ree of shar pn ess and cl arit y of an im age. Re sol utio n i s e xpr esse d i n pi xel s. Frequ ent computer screen resolutions are 6 4 0 x 480 pixels (VGA re solution; appropriate for a 1 4-in c h screen), 800 x 600 (appro p riate for a 15-inch screen), 1 , 024 by 768 (approp [...]

Son y V AIO Des ktop User G uide Glossary 92 nN VAI O Shor t for Vid eo Audi o Integ rated O perat ion. B r and name cove ring So ny's PC p rodu cts, peripherals, accessories and software. VAI O-branded i te ms are all designed to make the best us e of Sony 's Au dio-Vide o (A V) and I nformati on T echn ology (IT ) skills . WAN WAN ( Wid[...]