Sony PCG-FX290 Primary manual

V AIO® Notebook User Guide PC G-FX 290/ FX 290K[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 2 Notice to Users © 2001 Sony Electron ics I nc. All rig hts reserv ed . This m a nua l and th e soft ware descr ibe d he rein, in whole or in par t, may not be rep rodu ced, tra n sl at ed , or redu ce d to any machi ne-re adable form wit hout prior written appro val. SONY ELECTRONIC S INC. PROVIDES NO W ARRA NTY WITH [...]

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V AIO No tebook User Guid e 4 ❑ Pour préveni r to ut ris que d’él ectrocuti on, ne pas ou vrir le châssis de cet appareil et ne confier s on entret ien qu’ à une personne qual ifi ée. ❑ Ne jamais effectuer l’installation de fil mo dem ou té léphone du rant un or age électrique. ❑ Ne jamais effectuer l’installation d’une pris[...]

5 This eq uipm en t has bee n te ste d and fou nd to com p ly with the li mits fo r a Clas s B di git a l device , pursua nt t o Part 15 of the Rule s. Thes e limit s are designe d to provi de reasona ble prote ct ion ag ainst ha rmful in terfe rence in a resi de nt ial i nsta ll a tion. Th is eq uip m ent generat es, uses, and can r adiate radio f[...]

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V AIO No tebook User Guid e 8 equi pm ent m ay giv e the te lec omm unica ti on s com pa ny ca use to re que st t hat th e use r disco nnect the equip ment . Users sh ould en sure fo r the ir o wn pro tectio n that the elec tr ical ground c onnec ti ons of t he power ut i li ty , tele pho ne lines an d inter na l meta llic water pipe system , if p [...]

9 Notice to Use rs 2 Welcome 13 Features 13 Unpacking Your Notebo ok 14 Manuals 14 Software CDs 15 Recovery CDs 15 Other 15 Ergonom ic Consid erations 16 Notes on Setup 17 Handling Your Notebook 18 Cleaning Your Notebook 18 Handling the LCD Screen 18 Setting Up Your VAIO® Notebook 21 Locating Control s and Conn ectors 21 Connecting a Po wer So urc[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 10 Using the O ptica l Driv e 45 Playing a DVD 47 Notes on CD and DVD media 49 Writing data to CD-RW/CD-R media 49 Using PC Cards 51 To insert a PC card 51 To remove a PC card 52 Usin g a Seco nd Batt ery P ack 54 To insert a second battery pack 54 To charge the second batter y pack 55 To remove the second battery pac k [...]

11 Connecting an Exte rnal Mous e or Keybo ard 70 Connecting a Printer 71 Connecting an Exte rnal Displa y 71 Connecting a TV Displ ay 75 Connecting a Universa l Serial Bus (USB ) Device 76 Connecting an i.L INK® Device 77 Connecting External Speakers 80 Connecting an Exte rnal Microphone 81 Custom izing Yo ur VAIO ® Noteboo k 83 Display ing the [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 12 Create a Movie using Shaker 105 Editing Clips and Scenes 106 Saving a Movie 106 Picture Gear™ 107 Managing Your Pictures 107 Creating a Photo Album 107 Using Panorama Maker 108 Making Still Ima ges and Pan oramic from MPEG 108 Software Sup port In format ion 109 Sony Service Center 111 Applic ation, System, a nd Dri[...]

13 We l c o m e Cong ratulati ons o n your purchase of the S ony V AIO® n otebook. Sony has combined leading -edge techno logy in audio, video, comp uting, and commun icatio ns to p rovid e you wit h stat e-of-the-art pers onal compu tin g. Features ❑ Exceptional performance — Y our noteb ook i ncludes a mobile Inte l ® Pentium ® III pr oces[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 14 CD-R W drive and DVD-ROM drive, providing increased storage cap acity and a rich multim edia computin g experience. The C D-R W/DVD-ROM drive plays DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD-R W , and CD-R discs. Unpacking Y our Notebook Remove the foll owing hard ware items from the box: * Rem ova bl e flopp y di sk drive i s in th e mult [...]

Unpac king Y our Noteboo k 15 Software CDs ❑ Micr osof t® W ord 2000 — Allows you to reinstall Microsoft W ord to the V AIO noteboo k you p urchased . Recovery CDs ❑ System Recovery CD(s) — Allows you to restore the software titles that shipped with y our computer if they become corrupted or are erased. It can only b e used to restore the [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 16 Ergonom ic Consid erations Y ou will b e using y our notebook computer as a po rtab le device in a variety of environmen ts. Whenever possible, yo u should attempt to apply th e following er gonomi c consi deration s to bo th s tationary and por tab le envir onments. ❑ Position of yo ur computer — Place the comput[...]

Ergon om ic Cons id erati on s 17 fatigue by adjus tin g the tilt of the d isplay to the pro per pos itio n. Adjust the brightnes s setting o f the disp lay als o. ❑ Lighti ng — Choose a location where windows and lights do not create glare and ref lectio n on the d isp lay . Use i ndirect l ighti ng to av oid br ight sp ots on the display . Y [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 18 ❑ Use only specified p eripheral equipment an d interface cables; otherwise, probl ems may res ult. ❑ Do no t use c ut or da m ag e d conn ectio n cab le s. ❑ If the teleph one company m akes a service call to y our home or of fice and deter mines that yo ur compu ter is res ponsibl e for a problem, th e telepho[...]

Ergon om ic Cons id erati on s 19 ❑ Using the com puter in low temperature con ditions may pro duce a residual image on the screen. This is no t a malfunction. W hen the compu ter returns to normal temperatur e, the screen returns to normal. ❑ The screen b ecomes warm dur ing operation. Th is is normal and does not indicate a malfu nction. ❑ [...]

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21 Setting Up Y our V AIO® Notebook This section describes all the con trols and con nectors on your computer , how to connect y our comp uter to a power sour ce, and ho w to start and sh ut down y our computer . Locating Controls and Conn ector s Front 1 LCD (Liqui d Crystal D isplay) screen 7 Battery 1 and 2 ind ica tor s 2 Spe ake rs 8 Hard di [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 22 4 T ou chp ad 10 Cap s Loc k indi cator 5 Lef t/rig ht bu tto ns 11 Scroll Loc k indi cato r 6 Pow er in dica tor[...]

Loc ating Co ntrols and Con necto rs 23 Left 1 Vid eo ou t 4 i.L I NK® ( IEE E13 94 ) S4 00 conn ec tor 2 Mic roph one co nnec tor 5 PC car d sl ots 3 Head phon e co nne ctor 6 Ba ttery bay[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 24 Right 1 PPK bu tto ns 2 Po w er bu t ton 3 Optica l drive ( CD-RW/DV D-ROM driv e) 4 Mu ltipurpos e ba y[...]

Loc ating Co ntrols and Con necto rs 25 Back 1 Mod em j ack 5 Moni t or conn ecto r 2 USB co nn e ctor s 6 Eth e r ne t co nn ec to r 3 Seri al co nnecto r 7 DC In co nnecto r 4 Pri nte r c onnec to r War n i ng : Only conn ect 10BA SE-T a nd 10 0BAS E-T X cab les to t he E thern et n etwor k port . Do n ot co nne ct any othe r typ e of n etw ork c[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 26 Bottom 1 Mu ltipurpos e ba y RELE ASE l ever 2 Reset s witc h 3 T ilt st ands[...]

Connec ting a P ower So urce 27 Connecting a Pow er Source Y ou can use either AC po wer or a rech ar geable battery p ack as a power source. Using the AC Adap te r 1 Plug the cable attach ed to the AC adapter into the DC In connector o n the computer . 2 Plug one end of the power cord into th e AC adapter . 3 Plug the oth er end of the power cord [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 28 ❑ Use only the AC adapter supplied. Do n ot use any other AC adapter . Using Batte r y Po wer Y ou can use one or two battery packs as a sour ce of power . The seco nd battery pack inserts into the multipurpose b ay on the r ight side of the co mputer . (See “Using a Second Battery Pack” ) Additional battery pac[...]

Connec ting a P ower So urce 29 2 Insert the battery pack into the battery bay on the left side of the co mputer . 3 Close the cover of th e battery bay until it clicks. T o charge t he batt ery pack 1 Connect the AC adapter to the computer . 2 Insert the battery pack . The computer au tomatically char ges the battery (the b attery indicator light [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 30 There are t wo ba tte r y in dicato r li ghts on t he com pute r Battery in dicator lig hts Battery Indica tor De scription 1 Indicat es the status of the ba ttery pack in the battery bay on the left side of th e com pute r . 2 Indica tes th e status o f the b attery p ack in the m ultipur pose bay on the right side o[...]

Connec ting a P ower So urce 31 T o rem ove the b a tter y pack 1 Open the ba ttery bay cover . 2 Pull out the bat tery pack. 3 Close the cov er of the b attery bay . Notes on the b atter y ❑ T o determine the remaining battery charge, see “Displaying B a ttery Infor mation” ❑ When th e battery power i s runni ng low , both the batt ery and[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 32 ❑ Y ou can extend battery life by chang ing the po wer- management modes in the PowerPanel u tili ty . See “Power Savi ng Modes” ❑ The battery pack supp lied with your co mputer is a lithium-ion b attery and can be rech ar ged at any time. Charg ing a partially di schar ged bat tery do es not af fect battery l[...]

Starting Y our Com puter 33 Starting Y our C omputer 1 Slide the LCD lock lev e r in the directio n of the arrow , and lift th e cover . 2 Press the power button on top of the compu ter un til th e green power indicator lig ht turns on . Ope ning the comp uter ✍ (Windo ws Me™ only) W hen s tarting your no tebo ok for t he firs t time, the V AIO[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 34 3 If necessary , adjust the brigh tness controls for the LC D display as follows: ❑ T o decrease brightness, pr ess Fn+F5 then the down or left ar row key . ❑ T o increas e brightnes s, press Fn+F5 t hen the u p or righ t arrow key . Shutting Do wn Y our Computer 1 Click the Start b utton on th e W in do w s® tas[...]

35 Using Y o ur V AIO® Notebook Using the Keyb oard Y our key board is very similar to a typew riter ’ s, but the keyboard has addi tional keys that perform specific computer -related tasks. Keyboard Key Desc riptio n Numeric key pad area Contai n s the keys found on a typical calcu lator . Use the numeric key pad area to type numbers or to perf[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 36 Combination s and Functions wit h the Wi ndows Key Func tion keys The twelv e fun ctio n keys alo ng t he to p of the k eyboa rd a re used to perform desi g nated ta sks. For exa mple, in man y ap plicati ons, F1 is the Help key . Th e task associ ated w ith e ach funct ion key may vary from on e app licat ion to th e[...]

Using the Key board 37 Indic ators + Ctr l + F Displa ys the W indows Find: Com pute r wi ndow wh ere you can lo cat e othe r comput e rs. T hi s is th e equi va le nt of select ing Fi nd and the n Co mp uter f rom t he Star t menu . + M Minimizes all di splayed win dows. Shif t + + M Retu rns all mi nimize d windows t o their pre viou s si ze. + R[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 38 Indicators ( continued) Lig ht On Off Num Lock The numb er key s in the nu meri c keyp ad are activ e. The al phanumeri c chara cter keys in t he k eypad are a are activ e. Caps Lock The letters appear in up pe rca se as you ty pe. The Shift key lo wers the case of t yped let ters when Caps Lock i s on . Letters app e[...]

Using the Key board 39 Combinations an d Functio ns with the Fn Key Combi natio ns/ Feat ure Funct ion Fn+ (ESC ) Stan dby Puts the syste m into Standby mode , a po wer - mana geme nt state. T o return the system to the active state, press any key o r press t he power butto n on you r com pute r . Fn+ (F3) Mute On/Of f T oggles the built-in sp eake[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 40 Using the T ouchpad The keyboard con tains a cursor -pointing device called a touchpad. Y ou can point to, select, drag, and scroll objects on the screen using the built-in touchpad. T ouchpad Action D esc ription Point Sl ide one fing er on th e touc hpa d to plac e the po int er on a n i tem or ob je ct. Click Press[...]

Usin g the T ouchpa d 41 ✍ See Mou se Prop erties fo r inf o rmation on touchp ad featu res, suc h as cli cki ng both butto ns simu lta neo usly , adjus ti n g touc hpad sp eed, an d Easy La uncher f un cti ons. T o access Mo use P r operti es, click th e Start bu tton, po int to S ettin gs, poin t to Control Panel , and th en cli ck t he Mouse i[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 42 Using the Floppy Disk Dr ive Y our compu ter come s with th e flop py disk driv e in the multipur pose b ay . T o insert a diskette 1 Hold the diskette th e label side facing up. 2 Gently push the disk ette into the drive un til it click s into place. Flop py di sk driv e Diskette[...]

Usi ng t h e Fl oppy Dis k Dr ive 43 T o remove a diskette ❑ When you finish using th e disk ette, w a it un til the LED indicato r light turns off and then p ress the Eject button to remov e the diskette. T o remove the floppy disk dri ve 1 T urn of f the compu ter . 2 There is a RELEASE lever on the b ottom of the computer . Slide this lever in[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 44 T o reinsert the flop py disk drive 1 T u rn off the computer . 2 If an othe r de vice is in th e mult ipurpose bay , remove the device. See “T o remove th e second battery pack”. 3 Inser t the fl oppy disk driv e into the m ul t ipu rpo s e b ay with th e V AIO lab el facing up. Continu e pu shing the driv e into[...]

Us ing t h e O pti cal Dr ive 45 Using the Optical Drive Y our computer comes with an optical drive (CD-R W /DVD-ROM drive). T o insert a disc 1 T urn on the comp uter . 2 Press the Eject button to open the CD-R W /DVD-R OM drive. The tray slides out. 3 Place an optical disc on the tray with the label side facing up. For DVDs which can be play ed o[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 46 4 Push the dis c onto the h ub until th e disc clicks securely into pl ace. Insertin g an optic al disc Label s ide fac in g up[...]

Us ing t h e O pti cal Dr ive 47 5 Close the tray by pus hing it gen tly . Playin g a DVD T o achieve optimum perf ormance when playin g DVDs, it is r ecommended that your computer not be con nected to the port replicator while playing DVD mov ies or using DVD applications. Close any open app lications before playing a DVD movie. ✍ Be sure to se [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 48 ❑ Y ou can play DVDs using the DVD-ROM drive and the W inDVD software. See the help file that comes with the W inDVD software for details. If you hav e connected a TV , follow the instructions in “Selecting the Display Mode”. Some discs re cord ed at 20 or 24 bi t s may pr oduce nois e whi l e pla ying . If you [...]

Us ing t h e O pti cal Dr ive 49 Notes on CD and DVD media ❑ Do not d rop or bend t he disc. ❑ Do not touch the su rface of the disc. Fingerprints and dust on the sur face of a disc may cause read errors. Prop er care of the disc is essential to maintain its reliability . Do not use so lven ts such as be nzi ne, thinner , commercially available[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 50 ✍ For o ptimal writing speed , deact ivate the s creen saver a nd ex it an ti-virus sof tware before wri ting da ta to a disc. For best resu lts, use CD-Rs that are comp atible wit h 4x speed, as DirectCD™ and Easy CD Cre ator ® are preset to that sp eed. Y ou r noteboo k does not su pp ort 1x writing speed. If y[...]

Using PC Cards 51 Using PC Cards Y our computer inclu des two PC card slots. PC cards allow you to co nnect portable external d evices such as another h ard disk drive, or to connect a net work . T o insert a PC card 1 Push the Release button once. Th e Release button pops out. 2 Push the Release button a second time. The PC card pops o ut. When yo[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 52 bottom P C card sl ot prot ectors. 3 Insert the PC card into the PC card slot. Make s ure the front label o f the PC card is facing up. 4 Push the the PC card slot gen tly into the connector . The PC card is automatically detected by y our system. The (Unplu g or Eje ct H a rdw a re icon) appears in the taskbar . T o [...]

Using PC Cards 53 1 Double-click in the taskbar . The “Un plug or Eject Hardware” d ialog box appears. 2 Select t he hardware device you wish to remove. 3 Click Stop. In th e “Stop a Hardware device” dialog box, confirm that the device can be safely remov ed from the sy stem. 4 Click OK. The message, “PC Card can now be safely removed f r[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 54 Using a Second Battery Pack Y ou can purchase a second rechar geable battery pack. W ith two battery p acks, you can extend t he time that you use yo ur comp uter wit h batter y power . When using tw o battery packs , the battery pack you insert first charges first. The battery pack you inser t second char ges when th[...]

Using a Second Battery Pac k 55 T o charge the second battery pack Keep the battery pack in the comp uter while it is connected to AC power . The battery ind icator flashes while the battery is char ging. See also “T o char ge the battery pac k” for mo re information. Using wei ght save r for second ba ttery cov er Charging the sec ond batte ry[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 56 T o remove th e seco nd battery p ack If you attach two battery p acks, yo u can remo ve either of them wi thout shutti ng down the computer . When removin g one battery pack , make sure that th e other battery pack’ s indicator li ght i s on. If the in dicator lig ht of t he batter y pa ck you are removing is on, r[...]

Using th e W eight Saver 57 Using the W eight Saver The weight saver pro tects t he mult ipurpos e bay when it is em pty . T o attac h the weight saver 1 If ano ther device is in the multipurpose bay , remove the d evice. See “T o remove the s econd batte ry pack”. 2 Fold ou t the hinged arm of the weight sav er and th en push on the hinged arm[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 58 T o remove th e W eight Saver 1 There is a release lever o n the bottom of the weight saver . T o remove the weight saver , slide this lever in the direction of arrow 1, then slid e the Release lever on the bo ttom of the co mputer in the direction of arro w 2. 2 After r emov in g t h e weig ht s aver , pull out th e [...]

Using Smar t Connec t 59 Using Smart Con nect Windows Me™ Y ou can connect your V AIO® noteboo k to anot her V AIO comput er that has the preinstalled W indows Me operating system or th e Sony Smart Connect 3 .0 software preinstal led. Y ou may use an i .LINK * ® cable (optional) to conn ect the two syst ems and then use one comp uter to edit ,[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 60 See Smart Connect online help for m ore information. Power Saving Modes When y ou us e a battery as th e sour ce of power for you r computer , you c an take advantage of power m anagement setti ngs to conserve bat tery l ife. In add ition to the normal op erating mode, which allows you to turn o ff specific devices, y[...]

Power Sav ing Mode s 61 T o re turn t o n ormal mode Press any key to retu rn to normal mode. Hibernate Mode In the Hibe rnate mode, the state o f the system is saved o n the hard dr ive and power is turned off. The power indicato r li gh t is off in this mode. T o activate Hibernate mode T o activate Hibernate mode, pr ess the key combination Fn+F[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 62 Connecting a Phone Line Y ou need to co nnect a phone li ne to take advan tage of onl ine ser vices and the Internet. 1 Plug one end o f the phone cable into the modem jack on the compu ter . 2 Plug the o th er end into the wal l jack. ✍ In ord er t o r egist er your Sony V A IO n ot ebook , reg ist er you r soft wa[...]

Connec ting to the Lo cal Are a Netw ork (LAN) 63 Connecting to the L ocal Area Network (LAN) Y ou can connect your com puter to 10BAS E-T and 10 0BASE-TX- type netwo rks. For t he detailed setti ngs and de vices needed to co nnect to the network, ask your net w ork a dmin i str ator . Setting Up Y our Etherne t Connecti on Windo ws Me™ mode ls 1[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 64 5 Click the Iden tificatio n tab to set the com puter nam e, workg r ou p, and computer des c ript i on. 6 Click the Access Control tab to set the share level or user level access control. Wind ows 20 00 m o dels T o connect to the network 1 Right-click My Network Places and select Properties. 2 Click Adv anced and se[...]

65 Connecting Peripheral Devices Y ou can ad d function ality to your computer by connecti ng a variety of peri pheral s, as d iscuss ed in the fo llo wing s ecti ons: ❑ “Connecting th e Port Replicator” ❑ “Connecting an External Mou se or Keyboard” ❑ “Connecting a Printer” ❑ “Connecting an External Display” ❑ “Connectin[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 66 Connecting the Port Repl icator Y our notebo ok support s the us e of an o ptional port r epli cator (PC GA-PRFX1). Attaching a port rep licator enables y ou to connect add itional per ipherals to your computer . T o attach you r comput er t o th e port re plicat or T o suppl y power to your compu ter while it is conn[...]

Connec ting t he Port Re plica tor 67 1 T urn of f your co mputer and disconnect all peripheral d evices. 2 On the bo ttom of the compu ter , slide the port replicator connector co ver ope n. 3 Attach the bottom of the computer to the port replicator co nnector until it clicks. Port replicator conn ecto r Attachin g compu ter to port rep licator Po[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 68 4 Plug the cable attached to th e AC adapter into the DC IN connector on th e port repl icator . Plug the power cord into the AC adapter an d an AC outlet. The power indicator light t urns green . 5 T urn on the com pute r . Connecti ng AC adapt er to port replica tor ✍ Use the AC adapter that come s with your co mp[...]

Connec ting t he Port Re plica tor 69 T o remove you r comput er fr om the port replic ator w hen t he power is of f 1 T urn of f your co mputer and the connected per ipherals. 2 Pull the levers on each side of the port replicator to disengage the compu ter from th e port replicator . 3 Lift the computer away from the port replicator . 4 Close the [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 70 Connecting an Exte rnal Mouse or Keyboard Y ou can connect an ex ternal mouse or keyboard to th e optional po rt replicator using a PS /2 ® -style p lug or adapt er . T o connect an ex ternal mouse o r keyboa rd ❑ Locate t he mouse/keyboard connector on the port replica t or ident ified by the / symbo ls. ❑ Plug [...]

Connec ting a Printer 71 Connecting a Prin ter Y ou can co nnect a W in dows Me/W indows 2000-com p atible printer to yo ur comput er to print docum ents. T o connect a p rinter ❑ Locate the Printer connector iden tified by the s ymbol . Plug the printer cable (supplied wit h the printer) into th is p ort on the comput er . Connecting an External[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 72 ❑ Projector (See “T o connect a projector”.) T o connect a compute r display ❑ Locate the Monitor connector identified by the symbol on the back of the computer . Plug the displ ay cable (n ot supp lied) i nto t his conn ector . ❑ If necessary , plug one end of the display power co rd into the display , and [...]

Connec ting a n External Displa y 73 T o connect a p rojecto r Y ou can use a projector, such as the Sony LCD Projector , as an extern al display . T o select a display When you connect an ex ternal display to the monitor con nector , you can toggle the output be tween the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), the external monitor , or both de vice s. Use [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 74 T o P ress Resul t Switch to an external displ ay Fn+F7 T oggl es between the LCD, the ext ern al display co nnect ed to the Mo ni tor co nne ctor , or both the LCD and exte rnal disp l ay . ✍ Conn ect th e cab le befor e you turn on th e c ompu ter , otherwise Fn + 7 wil l not w ork. Onl y L CD LCD and extern al di[...]

Conne cti ng a TV Display 75 Connecting a TV Display Y ou can enjoy playin g audio/ video b y connecting A V devices to your computer . See also t he manuals suppl ied with your A V devices. T o Connect a TV ❑ Connect the computer to a TV using au dio/vid eo cables . Switc h the input channel of th e TV to external in pu t. Y ou also need to set [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 76 Connecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Device Y ou can connect USB devices such as an external mouse, ke yboard, speaker , and micropho ne to you r comput er . ✍ See the ma nual tha t came with you r periph eral device for mo re informa tion on instal latio n and us e. ✍ If you insert a DVD in y our DV D driv e t[...]

Connec ting an i. LINK® D evice 77 T o connect a USB device ❑ Locate the USB device iden tified by the symbol. Plug one end of th e USB cable into th is p ort and the other end in to the USB dev ice. Y ou can use an opti onal So ny USB mouse PCGA-UMS1 series (n ot s upplie d) with this computer . Since the USB mouse software d river is preinstal[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 78 T o connect a digital video camera recorde r ❑ Plug o ne end of t he i.LINK cabl e (not s uppli ed) into the i.LI NK connector on the le ft side o f the comp uter an d the other end in to the DV In/ Out connector on the digital vi deo camera reco rder . ✍ i.LI NK cable s compati ble with your V AIO no t ebook incl[...]

Connec ting an i. LINK® D evice 79 ✍ The Sony digita l vi deo camera re corder is p ictu red; yo u may need to connec t yo ur camera di f ferentl y . On Sony digital video came ras, con necto rs la beled “DV In/ O ut” or “i.L INK” are i.L INK- compati ble. See the man ual that ca me with your d igital vi deo came ra recorder for more inf[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 80 Connecting External Speakers Y ou can en hance the soun d quality of yo u r computer by conn ectin g external speakers. T o connect extern al speake rs ❑ Locate the Headphone con nector identified by the symbol on the side of the comput er . Plug the speaker cab le into this connector . ✍ Make sure your speak ers [...]

Connec ting an Externa l Microp hone 81 Connecting an External Micro phon e Y ou can en hance the quality of so und input by using an extern al microphone. T o connect an extern al micr ophone ❑ Locate the Microphone connec tor identified by the symbol on the side of the comp uter . Plug the microphone cable into this connector . ✍ Make sure yo[...]

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83 Customizing Y our V AIO ® Notebook Y ou can cu stomize the se ttin gs of your notebo ok. The following section s briefly describe how to change you r com puter ’ s default settin gs. Y ou can also refer to Sony Notebo ok Setup Help for more detailed inform atio n. Displaying the Sony Notebook Setup Screen T o display t he Sony Noteb ook Se tu[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 84 Sony Notebook Setup T abs T ab Description Abou t Th i s Com pute r Displ ay syste m inform at i on, includ ing memor y capaci t y , seria l numb er , an d BIOS ver si on . Print er Sel ec t print er port m ode sett i ngs . Init ial Setting Chan ge the v olume of the so unds th at pla y while th e ope rating syst em i[...]

Control ling Po wer Man ageme nt 85 Co n tro l l in g Powe r Ma na gem en t The PowerPanel ut ility allows you to control the power manag ement of your notebo ok compu ter and pr ovides k ey inf ormation abo ut syst em activity an d batt ery li fe. The fo llowin g sect ions b riefly d escr ibe how t o conserve y our computer’ s b attery power . Y[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 86 Y ou can change the p ower management settings, su ch as the system timer and the brig ht nes s of the screen. T o customize power manage ment settings 1 Click the Cu rrent Pro file icon on the Po wer Manag ement tool bar . 2 Select Edit/Create Profiles from the menu. 3 Click a profile wh ose setting yo u want to chan[...]

Control ling Po wer Man ageme nt 87 AC Power The power ma nagement stat e when AC power is in use. S imilar to the Power Managemen t Of f settin g. Power Ma nagement au tomati cally lo ads th e AC p rofile unl es s yo u di sa bl e thi s fea tu re . Games Disabl es the disp lay an d t he Ha rd Disk Stand by t i m er . Prese ntat ion Keeps t he d isp[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 88 Power Management Commands PowerPanel also provides power manag ement commands that you can use to activate specific power management fu nctions and to control power fo r a specific device. Y ou can use these commands to override a profile settin g or initiate an immediate action. Conserving Battery Power When using th[...]

Display ing Batt ery Inform ation 89 Displaying Batte ry I nformation Y ou can display infor mation for each of the batteries in your com puter . The follow i n g se c tions brief l y des cribe h ow to di spla y yo ur comp ute r ’ s gen era l battery inf ormation. Re fer to PowerPanel Help f or more detailed information. T o act ivate th e Ba tte[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 90 Displayi ng Detai led Batt ery I nformation Double-click the b attery icon on th e task tray to display th e Battery Informatio n window . The screen appears display ing the Battery tab, wh ich contains information such as the estimated time- to-empty and char ging time. Customizing the Battery Informat ion toolbar an[...]

Sel ec t ing t he Di spl ay Mo de 91 Selec ting the Dis play Mode This noteb ook uses the Intel® vid e o co ntroller , which enables you to select th e desired display wh en the noteb ook is connected to an external mon itor . When you conn ect an exter nal display , you can switch the display mode between your notebook ’ s LC D displa y an d th[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 92 4 Click the Inte l® 8281 5 Graphics T echnology tab, th en click th e Graphi cs Prop erties b utton. If you are co nnectin g only t o TV , go to st ep 7. 5 Click the Driv er Configur atio n tab. 6 Make su re that the Synchr onous Disp lay Mod e box is selected, then cli ck Apply . If you want to u se the TV as a disp[...]

Sel ec t ing t he Di spl ay Mo de 93 ✍ This fea ture is a vaila ble with UI Design Sel ector-compati ble software onl y .[...]

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95 Adding Memory In the future you may wan t to install me m ory mod ules to expand the functi onality of you r comput er . Y ou can increase m emory up to 512 MB (256 MB x 2 ), by installing o ptional m em ory modules. 25 6 MB of memory is pre-ins talle d (256 MB x 1). Y ou can add an expan sion mem ory modul e (64 MB, 128 MB, o r 256 MB ) in the [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 96 T ypical expansion memory config uration T o remove a memory modu le 1 Shut d own your com puter and disco nnect a ll periph eral dev ices, such as your print er . 2 Unplug the comp uter and re move the battery pack(s). 3 After the computer has cooled, lo osen and remov e the screw that secures the cover o f the memor[...]

Adding Me mo ry 97 5 Remov e the memory module. 6 T ighten the screw on th e memory b ay cover . T o instal l a memory modul e 1 Follow steps 1 to 4 of “T o remove a m e mory m o dule.” 2 Remove the m emory module from its p ackaging. Remov ing memory m odule ✍ Y our co mputer come s with a m emor y module i nstall ed in the me mor y slot . T[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 98 3 Install the mem o ry modu le. 4 T ighten the s crew on the cover of th e memory bay . T o view the amount of memo ry 1 Restart the computer . 2 Click the Start b utton on th e W in do w s s tatus bar , point to V AIO optio n, and click “S ony Note book S etup.” The So ny Not ebook S etup screen ap pears. 3 Click[...]

99 About the Software on Y our Notebook Y our V AIO notebook is ready to hel p y ou work, play , learn, and commun i cate as soon as you tur n it on. Thi s sect ion gi ves you t he followi ng: ❑ An over view of t he various software th at come with your com puter and th e activities you can perform with yo ur software ❑ Softwar e suppo rt infor[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 100 Adobe Premier e® LE Adobe Systems Inc orporated Adobe Premier e LE of fers a n inter face a nd editin g too l for p roducin g movi es for v ide o, multim edia, o r the W eb. V ie w source cli ps an d edited foota ge simu ltaneo usly on th e moni t or wind ow . Create vi deo cl i ps up t o three hours lo ng w it h co[...]

Overvi ew 101 EarthLink Network T otalAccess® (Windows Me only) EarthLin k Network, Inc . An Internet Se rvice Pr ovider that sup plies ac cess, inform at ion, an d assi stance t o i t s cust omers, in trodu cing th em to the Interne t. Memb er be nefits in clud e e-m ail, ne wsgroup s, a persona l start page, a free 6 MB web sit e, a member newsl[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 102 Netscape Communica tor® Netscape Communic a tio ns Netscape Com munica tor is an all-in- one Intern et tool that mak es it ea sy to bro wse the web, send In ternet e-ma il, chat, read newsgrou ps, and com pose grea t web docume nts. Picture Gear ™ Sony Elect r onics This im age m ana geme nt s oftwa re d ispl ays [...]

Movi eSha ker™ 103 Sound Forge® XP Soni c F oundr y Sou nd For ge XP allow s you to put po wer ful au dio pro ces sin g tools an d ef fe cts to wo rk on your no tebo ok. S imply cu t, copy , and past e yo ur way to strik ing mu ltime dia fi les for use in e very th ing fr om W eb pag es t o de sktop pres enta tion s. WinDVD ® InterV ideo, Inc. [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 104 4 Click Open . The file is ad ded to the Clip tray . ✍ Importi n g files ov er 75 secon ds in l eng th may cause Mov ieShaker S oftware t o stop respon ding .[...]

Movi eSha ker™ 105 Create a Movie using Shaker After addin g clip(s) to the Clip tray , you can create a short mo vie using the Shaker feature. Shak er randomly select clips from the Clip tray to create a 30- second scene. 1 Click the Shake tab. 2 Select a mood by clickin g a face in the Shaker tray . 3 Click . A th irty second scene is automatic[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 106 Editing Clips and Scenes Y ou can edit your m ovie by adding ef fects and text, adjusting the color and contrast, and modifyin g th e length of clips. Adding ef fects to a scene or a clip: 1 Double-click the cli p or scene to move it to th e W o rkin g Pan el. 2 Select the Ef fects tab from the Editing tray . 3 Drag [...]

Pi ctur eGea r™ 107 3 Select the format in which y ou want the document to b e saved. 4 Clic k Ne x t. 5 Locate the folder to which you want the file sav e d. 6 Name the file. 7 Clic k Sa ve. PictureGea r™ PictureGear Software is a digital imag e management application th at allows you to see all the images stored in any directo ry on your comp[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 108 4 Now add more p ictures, frames, text, and ef fects . 5 When you are f inished, select Create Album in File menu or click the Create Album i con on t he tool bar . 6 Designate the folder you where want to save the Album. 7 Enter the T arget Albu m name, select Thum bnails and click Okay . 8 The new al bum can be v i[...]

Software Support Informatio n 109 Software Suppor t In form ation Adaptec, Inc. Acr oba t® Reader , Adobe Photo Delux e® Bu sin ess Edit io n, Ado be Pr emiere® LE (Adobe Systems Incorporat ed) America Online® (America Online) CompuServe® 2000 (CompuServe, Inc.) EarthLink Network T otalAccess® (EarthLink Network, Inc.) McAfee® V iru sScan® [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 11 0 Netscape Communicator® (Netscape Communications Corporation) PhotoPri nter™ 200 0 Pr o (A rcS oft, Inc.) Pr odigy I nternet® (Pr odigy Commu nicati ons Corp oratio n) Qui cken® 2001 (I ntui t Inc.) Win d ows ® Operating System, In ternet Explorer ( Microsoft Co rporation) WinDVD ® W eb site http ://www .netsc[...]

Appl icatio n, Syst em, and D rive r Recov ery CDs 111 Sony Service Center For the Sony Service Center nearest you, call 1 -888-4SONYPC (1-888-476- 6972 ) or find Sony Cust omer Servi ce on th e W eb at ht tp://www .sony .com/ pcsu pport . Application, S ystem, and Driver Recovery CDs Y our computer co mes with the fo llowing application an d syste[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 11 2 Using Y our Recovery C Ds The following sections describe how to use the App lication Recovery and System R ecov ery utilities. Using the Appl ication Rec overy CD(s) The Appl icatio n Recover y CD(s) allows you to rei nstal l indi vidual applicati ons if they become cor rupted or are accidentally erased. Reinstalli[...]

Using Y our Re co very CDs 11 3 Using the System Recovery CD(s) Y ou can reinstall s oftware titles that shipped with your compu ter if they are corrupt ed or erased. Y ou may not need to recover the entire contents of your hard drive. If you experience a prob lem with you r computer , reinstalling an in dividu al device driver or software title ma[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 11 4 3 Press the arrow keys to select the Exit menu. 4 Press the arrow k eys to select “Get Default V al ues” and then pr ess the Enter key . The message “Load d efault configuration n ow?” appears. 5 Check that “Y es” is selected, then press the Enter key . 6 Press the arrow keys to select “Exit” (Save C[...]

Using Y our Re co very CDs 11 5 3 When the Driver Recovery menu appears, follow the on-scr een instructions to complete the recovery process. T o repa ir sof tware appli cat ions us ing V AIO Supp ort Age nt The Driver Recovery C D utility has an information v ault that co n tains the original characteristics for the p reinstalled software applicat[...]

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11 7 T roubleshooting This sect io n des c ribes how t o so lv e commo n pro bl ems you may encou nter when using your n otebook. Many problems have si mple solut ions, s o try t hese sugges tio ns before yo u cont act Sony PC Sup port (http:/ /www .sony .com/ pcsu pport). T roubleshoot ing your notebook (W indo ws Me only) When startin g y our not[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 11 8 My notebook starts, but my system doesn’t sta rt properly ❑ When the intern al back up battery is low on power , it ma y n ot start your system properly . The message “Press <F1> to resum e, <F2> to setup” appears at the bottom o f the screen. Follow these steps: 1 Press F2. The BIOS Setup menu a[...]

T roubles hootin g 11 9 7 Press the arrow keys to select “Get Default V alues” and then press Enter . The message “Load d efault configu ration now?” a ppears. 8 Select Y es, then press Enter . 9 Use the directio nal arrow keys to select “Ex it” (Save Changes), and then press Enter . The m essage “Save configura tion changes and exit [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 120 My noteb ook doe s not enter the power saving mod e I se lected. (Windo ws Me onl y) ❑ Click Start, point to Program, point to Accessories, point to System T ools, and then click System Inf ormation. The Help and Supp ort wind ow appears . ❑ Click S ys tem Configuratio n Utility u nde r the T o ols me nu . ❑ Cl[...]

T roubles hootin g 121 T roubleshoot ing the LCD screen My LCD screen is blank ❑ Check that the n otebook is plugged into a power source and th at it is turned on. ❑ Check that the p ower indicator o n the notebook is on. ❑ Check that the b attery pac k(s) is inserted properly an d that they are char ged. ❑ The n ot ebo ok ma y be in L CD ([...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 122 T roubleshooting th e mouse and touchpad My mouse does n ot work ❑ If yo u are using an external mo use, check th at the mouse is plugg ed into the mouse connector . See “Connecting an Extern al Display” fo r details. ❑ If you are using an option al Sony USB mo use PCGA-UMS1 seri es, check that the mou se is [...]

T roubles hootin g 123 T roubleshoot ing drives, PC card s and peripheral devices My flo ppy disk dr ive can not wri te to a diskette ❑ If the di skette is write-protected, disable the write-protect featu re or use a diskette th at is not write-protected. ❑ Check that the di skette is prop erly inserted into the flop py disk drive. My opti cal [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 124 ❑ If the Eject button does not work , op en the tray b y inserting a sharp, po in ted object in the hole to the right of the Eject button. I cannot use d igit al vide o (DV) device s. The m essage “D V equ ipmen t seem s to be disco nnecte d or t urned off” a ppears. ❑ Check that the DV dev ice is turned on a[...]

T roubles hootin g 125 T roubleshoot ing the modem My modem does not work ❑ Check that the p hone line is plugged into the line jack. See “Conn ecting a Phone Line” for details . ❑ Check that the p hone line is work ing. Y ou can ch eck the line by plugging in an ord inary pho ne and li steni ng for a dial ton e. ❑ Check that the p hone n[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 126 1 Double click Sy stem in Control Pan el. 2 Set the sound d evice to enable in Device Manager . ❑ If you r notebook is po wered by batteries, c heck that the battery packs are inserted prop erly and th at they are char ged. ❑ If you are u sing an application that has its own volume contro l, check that the volume[...]

T roubles hootin g 127 ❑ Select Ref resh, t hen clic k OK. The pr inter s hould fu nction properly . Wi n d ows 200 0 Onl y ❑ Double -click My Compu ter icon on t he deskto p, then do uble- click on the Control Pan e l fold er . ❑ Double-click on the Prin ters folder . ❑ Right -click on th e icon of t he prin ter that is not functi oning, a[...]

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Spe cif ica tio ns 129 Specifications The follo wing table details the hard ware specifications for yo ur compu ter . Mode l PCG -FX 290/ 290 K Proce ssor Mobil e ® Int el® Pentium ® III 1 GHz * feat uring Inte l® SpeedSte p™ T e chnol ogy † L2 Cach e Memo ry 256 KB (C PU Inte gra t ed) Hard Dis k Dr ive C/D Partit ion (Appro xim ate) 30 GB[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 130 Driv e Bay • Suppo rts flopp y disk dri ve ( in clu ded) • Suppo rts secon d rechar geab le bat tery (opt ional) Exp ansio n Capab il itie s T ype I/II PC c ard s and T ype III PC ca rd with CardBu s support Conne ctio n Capab il itie s • 2 USB p orts • i.LINK ‡‡ •S e r i a l • VGA monito r • Para l[...]

Spe cif ica tio ns 131 Ope rating T emper ature 40º F to 9 5º F (+5º C to 35º C) t empera ture gradi ent l es s th an 50 º F (10º C) p er h our Ope rating Humidit y 20% to 8 0% (n ot cond ensed), prov ided th at hum idity is le ss th an 65% at 95º F (35º C), hygro mete r re ading of less than 84 º F (29 º C) Storage T emper ature -4º F t[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 132 NOTE: Specifications are subject to change witho ut notice. †† Maximu m spee d for fa xi ng is 14 .4 kbps. Your 5 6K/V.90 compat ibl e modem is capabl e of downloa di ng at 53 kb ps. Your onli ne servi ce or Inter net Serv ic e Provi d er , howev er, m ay no t supp ort this techn ology or oper ate at this s pee d[...]

133 A About This Computer tab 84 AC adapter 21, 27 AC power 27 AC Profile po wer setting 87 adding hardware 65 memory 95 peripher als 65 printers 71 adjustin g brig htnes s 34, 39 Alt key 36 Applic atio n Recover y CD 112 Appl icati ons key 36 attaching port rep licator 66 Audio tab 84 B Basic/Advanced tab 84 batt ery pac ks 21 , 28 charge st atus [...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 134 monitor 71 multimedia co m puter display 72 multiple p hone lin es 62 networ k 51, 66 part y phone lin es 62 PBX 62 phone li n e 62 port repl icator 66 power sour ce 27 prin t er 71 proj ector 73 USB device 76 weight sa ver 57 connectors DC In 27 networ k 66 prin t er 71 Serial port 66 correct ion keys 36 Ctr l key 3[...]

135 Help Mouseware 41 I i.LINK 78 IEEE-13 94 78 indicator lig hts 37 bat tery 30, 37, 54 Caps Lock 38 charge status 30 hard drive 37 Num Lock 38 Scroll Lock 38 input dev ices 5 Inser t key 36 inserting batter y pack 28 CD-ROM/DVD -ROM discs 45 installat ion 17 installi ng hard drive s 51 hardware 65 memory module 97 peripher als 65 interference 5 K[...]

V AIO No tebook User Guid e 136 Notebo ok Co mputer 21 Notebo ok Setu p tabs 84 Num Lock indi cator light 38 O opening DVD-ROM drive tray 45 operator keys 36 output devi ces 5 adding 71 P part y phone lin es 62 PBX 62 PC card inserting 51 slots 51 troubl eshoo ting 124 phone cable 21 conn ectin g line 62 jack 62 laws gov erning 6 PictureGear 107 po[...]

137 indicator lig ht 38 second battery pack 28, 54 selecting disp lay 73 LCD 73 monitor 73 powe r so ur ce 28 Serial connector 66 setup scree n About This Computer tab 84 Audio tab 84 Basic/Advanced tab 84 disp layi ng 83 Power On Password tab 84 Printer tab 84 Touchp ad tab 84 set up tab s 84 Shift key 36 Shut Down Wind ow s dia l og b ox 34 shut [...]

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