Sony PCG-FRV30 manual

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V AIO ® Compu ter Quic k Star t 2 Shor t Cut Menu +F1 Displays the V AIO Help an d Suppor t Center wi ndow . +T ab Switches the selected button on the taskbar . +D Displays the desktop. +E Displays the My Co mputer windo w . +F Displays the Search Results windo w , where yo u can find a file or folder . This is the eq uivalent of selecting Search [...]

3 Contents Notice to Users ................... .........................5 Setting Up ................................................ ..15 Unpacking Your Compu ter .......................... .............1 5 Locating Co ntrols and Ports .................. .................... 16 Getting St ar ted .......................................... 21 Turnin[...]

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5 Notice to Users © 2003 Sony Ele ctronics Inc. All righ ts reserved. This manual and the software describe d herein, in whole or in p art, may not be repr oduced, tra nslated, or re duced to any machin e-re adable form wit hout pr ior wr itten approv al. SONY ELECTRONICS INC. PROVIDES NO W ARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL, THE SOFTW ARE, OR OTH[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 6 Sony , DVgate Plus, Hand ycam, i.LINK, Mavica, Magi cGate™ Memory Stick, Memory St ick, Memo ry S tick PR O, V A IO, and t he V AIO logo are t rademarks of Sony Corporati on. Microsoft , W indo ws Media , W indows, W indows NT , and the W indow s l ogo are regis tere d tradem arks of Micr osoft Corpo ration. Inte[...]

Notice to Users 7 Safety In formation W ARNING ❑ T o prevent fire or shock ha zard, do not expos e your comp uter to rain or mo isture. ❑ T o avoid e lectrical shoc k, do not open the cabine t . Refer servicing to qua lified personnel only . ❑ Never i nstall modem or telepho ne wiring during a lightni ng storm. ❑ Never instal l telepho ne j[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 8 ❑ Soyez trè s prudent lors que vous installez ou mod ifiez les lignes t éléphoniques. ❑ Évitez d’ut ilise r le mo dem du rant un orag e éle ctri que . ❑ N'utilise z pas le mode m ni le téléphone pour préve nir d'une fuite de ga z quand vous êtes près de la fuite. ❑ L ’appareil do it [...]

Notice to Users 9 harmfu l interf eren ce to radi o communica tions . Howeve r , there is no guarant ee that interfere nce will not occur in a par ticula r in stal lation . If thi s equi pment doe s cause harm ful inte rference to radio or tele vision reception, whi ch can be dete rmined by tur ning the equipm ent off and on, the us er is encou rag[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 10 contact 1- 888-4-SONY -PC (1-888-476-6972 ), or write to the So ny Customer Inform ation Servic e Center , One S ony Dr ive, Park R idge, NJ 07656. If the equipment is ca using harm to the telep hone networ k, the tele phone company may r equest that you disconne ct the equ ipment unti l the pro blem is re solved [...]

Notice to Users 11 T elephone Consumer Prot ection Act of 1991 (Uni ted States) The T elepho ne Consumer Protection A ct of 1991 makes it unla wful for any person to use a comput er or othe r electronic device, in cluding F AX machines, to send any m e ssage unless such me ssag e clear ly c ontain s in a mar gin at the top or bottom of each transmi[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 12 RECYCLA GE DES A CCUMULA TEURS A UX IONS DE LITHIUM RECYCL AGE DES ACCUMULA TEU RS AUX IONS DE LITHIUM Les ac cumula teurs aux i ons de lithi um sont r ecycl ables. V ous pouvez contr ibu er à préser ver l’envir onnement en rapportant les piles usées dans un point de col lection et recy clage le plu s proc he[...]

Notice to Users 13 INDUSTR Y CANAD A NO TICE NOTICE: This equip ment meets th e applic able Industry Can ada T erminal Equi pment T ech nical Specif icat ions. The R inger Equi valence Num ber (REN ) for this ter mina l equi pmen t is 0. 2. The RE N assi gne d to each term inal equipme nt provides an indication of t he maxi mum numbe r of termin al[...]

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Setting Up 15 Setting Up Congratul ations o n your purchase of t h e Sony V AIO® compu ter . So ny has combined leading -edge technology in audio, video, computing , and communications to provide state-o f-the-art pe rsonal computing. Unpacking Y our Comp uter Main Unit AC Ada pter Power Cord Rechargeable Battery ✍ Recover y CDs are not included[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 16 Locating Controls and P or ts Front 1 Power indicator 8 Left and r ight butt ons 2 Battery indicator 9 T ouch pad 3 Power button 10 Mem ory Stick® med ia indic ator 4 Scroll lock indicator 11 Keyboard 5 Caps lock i n dicator 12 Model name 6 Num lock indicator 13 Speakers 7 Hard disk drive ind icator 14 Computer s[...]

Locating Controls and P or ts 17 Back 1 Modem jack 4 Parallel (printer) port 2 Network (Ethernet) port 5 Air vent 3 Monitor (VGA) port 6 US B 2.0 por t (high-/ full-/low-speed supp ort ed) Only connec t 10B ASE-T or 10 0BASE-T X cables to the Networ k (Etherne t) port . Do not co nnect any oth er type of networ k cable or any telep hone line to thi[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 18 Left 1 2 USB 2.0 port s (high-/f ull-/low- speed su pported) 5 i.LINK® (IEEE 1394) S400 po rt 2 A/V OUT jack 6 Air vent 3 Microphone jack 7 PC Card slots 4 Headphone jack 8 Memory S t i ck® media s lot[...]

Locating Controls and P or ts 19 Right 1 DC IN port 3 Optical drive 2 EJECT button 4 Batte r y bay Bottom 1 Reset bu tton[...]

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Getting Started 21 Getting Star ted The supplied battery is n ot charg ed when you un pack it. T o charg e it for future use, install the battery , and then connect the AC adapter to power your computer . The battery char ges from A C power rega rdless if the computer i s o n or of f. See the “Powering Y our Co mputer” chapter of your on-screen[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 22 5 Plug the AC adapter cable into the DC IN port. 6 Plug the power cor d into the AC adapter and an AC outlet. . 7 Press the power bu tton until the gr een power indicator ligh ts up. Connecting the AC Adapter to the Computer ✍ Use only the suppl ied AC adapte r with your computer . T urning on the Com puter ✍ [...]

Using th e T ouch P ad 23 Using the T ouch P ad The computer co ntains a pointing device called a touch pad . Y ou can point to, select, drag, and scroll objects on the screen using the built-in touch pad. Locating the T ouch Pad T ouch Pad Acti on Description Sliding one finger Equivalent to using a m ouse to place the p ointer on an item. T appin[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 24 Registering Y our Comp uter T ake ad vantage of Sony’ s commitment to quality customer suppo r t and receive these bene fits by r egister ing your computer: ❑ Sony Cu stomer Sup port — T alk to a suppor t represen tative t o troubles hoot problems you ma y have wit h your computer . ❑ Limited W arrant y Ex[...]

Locat ing Y our V AIO Comp uter U ser Guid e 25 Locating Y our V A IO Computer User Guide The on-screen V AIO® Compu ter User Guide is a searchab le help file that contains detailed inf ormation o n how to u se your new computer . T o open the user guid e 1 Click St a r t on the W indows® task bar , and then click Help and Support . The Help and [...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 26 V AIO Us er Guide W indow 1 User guide table of contents List of compu ter help topics 2 Link to Electronic Flyer List of u pdates an d supple mental information 3 Link to the Sony Comput ing Support W eb site List of y our computer’ s hardware specificati ons and pr einstalle d soft ware information (In ternet [...]

Setting Up A D ial-Up Connectio n 27 Setting Up A Dial-Up Connection The Connection W izard guides you through th e process o f choosing an Internet Service Provide r (ISP) or setting up an exis ting account, and co nnecting to the Internet. T o set up a di al-up conn ection 1 Connect a telephone cab le to your computer . See “Set tin g up a dial[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 28 T urn ing Off Y our Computer Using the power button to turn off your computer may result in loss of data. Follow the steps b elow to p roperly t urn of f you r computer and avoid losing d ata. T o turn off your computer 1 Close all operations. 2 Click St a rt on the W indows® task bar . 3 Click T urn Off Computer[...]

V AIO Reco very Wiza rd Utilit y 29 V AIO Recov er y Wizard Utility System and Application R eco very CDs are not supplied with your V AIO® computer . Y our V AIO computer is equ ipped with the V AIO Recovery W izard, a fast and eas y-to-use system recov ery utility . This system and appl ication recovery utility enables you to recover preinstalle[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 30 V isit the Sony Computing Sup p ort W eb site for the latest in f ormation about using the V AIO Recovery W izard or Recov ery Media Kit. Go to http://www .ita.sel.sony .com/sup p ort/news/hddrecovery .html. T o purchase a V AIO Recovery Media kit 1 Go to the Sony Direct Accessories and Parts Center W eb site at h[...]

T roub l es hootin g 31 T roub leshooting What do I do if my compute r w on’t star t ? ❑ If your co mputer com es with a floppy d isk drive, make sure the drive is empty . ❑ If you are using an external di splay , make sure t he disp lay is pl ugged in to a power source and turn ed on. Make s ure the brightness a nd contrast con trols are adj[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 32 3 Use the Down Arrow key to select System Time , set the time (hour: minute: second) , and press Enter . 4 Use the Right Arrow key to select the Exit tab, and press the Down Arrow key to select Get Default V alues . The message Load default values for all SETUP items appears. 5 Press Ent er . When the Setup Confir[...]

T roub l es hootin g 33 My computer stopped responding. How do I turn it off? ❑ Click St a r t on the W indows® task bar , and select T urn Off Computer . Select T urn Off Computer and click OK . ❑ Press the Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys simultaneously . When the Win dows T as k Manager dialog box appears, select the Shut Down menu and click Tu r n[...]

V AIO® Computer Q uic k Star t 34 Suppor t Options If you hav e questi ons about your computer or th e preinstal led prog rams, ref er to the following sources fo r answers in the seq uence listed below . 1 V AIO® Computer Do cumentation The on-screen V AIO® Computer User Guide and the printed V AIO® Computer Quick Start provide information on [...]

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