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    V AIO® Com puter Quic k St ar t PCG -Z1V Seri es[...]

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    Sho r t C ut Me nu +F1 Disp lays the V AIO Help and Support Center win dow . +T ab Sw itc he s t he sel e ct ed b u tto n on th e ta sk bar. +D Disp lays the de sktop. +E Disp lays the My Computer window . +F Disp lays the Search Result s window , where you can find a fi le or f old er . This is the equ iva lent of se lecti ng Sea rc h from the S t[...]

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    3 Contents Noti ce t o Users .... .. .. .... ... .. .. .... .. .. .... .. ... .. .... ..5 Set ting Up .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..... .. ..13 Unp acki ng Your Comp ut er .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... .. ..13 Loc atin g C ont rols an d P orts ... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ..15 Get tin [...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 4[...]

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    5 No ti ce to U se rs © 20 03 S ony El ect r onic s I nc. Al l ri ght s res erv ed. Th is m anu al a nd t he so ft ware d e scr ibed h ere in , i n wh ole o r in p art, m ay not be reproduced, translat ed, or reduced to any m achine-readable form with out pr ior written approval. SONY ELECTR ONICS INC. PROVIDES NO W ARRANTY WITH REGARD T O T HIS M[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 6 W indows lo g o ar e registered tr ademarks of Micr osoft Corporat ion. Intel, SpeedStep, and Penti um are trademar ks or register ed trademarks of Intel Corporat ion. PS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM. Acro bat R eader , Phot osho p, Phot osh op Ele ments , a nd Premiere are trademark s of Adobe Systems Incorp[...]

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    No tice t o U se rs 7 . A VE RTISSEM ENT ❑ Pour préveni r tout risque d’incendie ou d’électro cution, g arder cet appareil à l’abri d e la pl uie et de l’hu midi té. ❑ Pour préveni r t out risqu e d’électrocution, ne pas ouvr i r l e c hâ ssi s de c et ap p are il e t ne co nf ie r so n entretien qu’à u ne personne qualifié[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 8 Regulat ory Inf ormation Declar ation of Conf orm ity Th is eq uipment has been t es ted and fo und to c om ply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FC C Rules. The se limits are designed to provide reasonable p rotection against harmful interfer ence in a r esident ial installa[...]

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    No tice t o U se rs 9 not ic e in or der for you t o mak e the nece ss ary modification s in o rder to maintain u ninterrupted service. If trouble is experienced with this equ ipment, for r epai r or warr an ty inf orm a tion, pleas e con t a ct 1- 888- 4- SON Y -PC (1-8 88 -47 6-69 72), o r wri te to the Sony Customer Infor mation Service Center, [...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 10 disponibl e sur le s ite W eb de Sante C anada, a l'ad resse suivante : www .hc-sc.gc.ca/rpb. T el eph one Co nsu m er Pro tec tion Act o f 199 1 (United States) Th e T eleph one C on sume r P r ote cti on A ct of 199 1 ma kes it unl awf ul fo r any perso n to us e a comp uter o r other electronic devi ce, in[...]

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    No tice t o U se rs 11 INDUSTR Y CANADA NO TICE This equipment meets t he applicable Industry Canada technical s pecifications. The Ringer Equiva lence Number(REN) is an indication of the maxim um number of d evices al lowed to be connected to a telepho ne interface. The termination on an interface m ay con sis t of a ny c om binat io n of devi ces[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 12[...]

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    13 Setting Up Congrat ulati ons on y our p ur c hase of t he Sony V AI O® c omputer . Sony h as combined le ading-e dge technol ogy in video, audi o, computing, and communicati ons to pr ovide state -of-t he-art pers onal computing. Un pac ki ng Y ou r Comput er Main Unit AC Adapter Recha r geabl e Batte r y Power Cor d[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 14 V AIO Computer Doc uments ❑ V AIO® Computer User Gu ide — A searc h abl e on- sc reen hel p fil e tha t conta ins de taile d informa tion on how to use your ne w computer . Se e “ L o ca ti n g Y o ur V A I O C om p ut er Us e r G uid e” on pa ge 27 fo r mo r e inform ation. ❑ V AIO® C omp u ter Q ui c[...]

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    Locati ng Cont r o ls and P or ts 15 Loca ti ng Cont rols an d P o r ts Front 1 Com pu t er scr e en (L C D) 7 Speake rs 2 W ireless LAN / Bl uetooth ™ switc h 8 Model num ber 3 Pre -programmabl e buttons 9 Scrol l lock ind icato r 4 T ouch p ad 10 Cap s lock in dicator 5 Lef t and right but tons 11 Num lock in dicator 6 Keyboa rd 12 Hard di sk d[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 16 Ba ck 1 DC IN port 3 Monitor (VGA) port 2 Batt ery po rt 4 Ne tw or k ( E th e r ne t) p or t[...]

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    Locati ng Cont r o ls and P or ts 17 Left 1 Memory St ick® media indi cator 5 Microphon e jack 2 Memory St ick® medi a slot 6 Headphon e jack 3 USB 2.0 ports 7 PC Ca rd slo t ejec t bu tto n 4 i.LINK® (IE EE 1394) S400 port 8 PC Card slot[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 18 Righ t 1 Batt ery i ndicat or 5 Modem jac k 2 W irele ss LAN indica tor 6 Air V ent 3 Blue tooth™ indica tor 7 Op tica l d riv e ej ec t bu tto n 4 Power b utton 8 Op ti ca l dr iv e Only connect 10BASE-T or 100B ASE-TX cable s to t he Network (Ether net) port . Do not connec t an y other type of net wor k cable[...]

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    Locati ng Cont r o ls and P or ts 19 Bo ttom 1 Un lo ck/ L oc k la tc h 4 V entil at ion fans 2 Re leas e la tc h 5 Re se t bu t ton 3 Port replic ator connec tor[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 20[...]

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    21 Getting St ar ted This sect ion helps you get yo ur comput er running and r egister e d, so you can take advantage o f Sony’ s many suppor t options. Y ou’ll al so learn how to lo c at e your o n- scr een V AI O® Compute r User Guid e, whic h cont ains step-by -ste p instruct ions for operat ing your computer . T urnin g On Y our Co mpu ter[...]

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    VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 22 2 Align the groove s on the battery wit h the tabs and notc hes on the back of the comp uter , and s lide t he b atter y toward t he comp uter unt il it cli c ks i nto p lace. 3 Move the UNL OCK/LOCK lat ch into th e LO CK pos it ion t o secur e the batt e ry on th e computer . 4 Con ne ct the AC adap t er to the[...]

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    T ur ning On Y our Compute r 23 T o c onnect th e AC adapter 1 Pl ug th e AC ad apt er ca bl e int o the DC IN por t. 2 Pl ug the power cord into th e AC adapte r and an AC outlet. . T o op en and turn on the c omputer 1 Lift the cover whi le ho lding the bo tto m of the c ompute r firmly . Co nnect ing the AC Adapter to t he Compu ter ✍ Use onl [...]

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    VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 24 2 Pre ss the power but ton un til the gre en power indi cato r lights up . 3 If necessa ry , adjust the bri ghtnes s contr ols for the LCD displ a y as follows : ❑ T o incr e ase brigh tness, press the Fn + F5 keys, and the n press the Up Arro w key or Right Arr ow key . ❑ T o decr ease brigh tness, press t h[...]

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    Using t he T ouc h P ad 25 Us ing t he T ouc h P ad The comp uter c ontains a po int ing de vice c all e d a t ouch pa d. Y ou can poi nt to , se lect, drag, and sc roll obje c ts on the sc reen using t he bui lt-in tou ch pa d. Describi ng the t ouch pad Locating the T ouch Pad T ouch P ad A ction Descripti on Sl iding o ne fin ger Equiva lent to [...]

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    VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 26 Re gist ering Y our C omp uter T ake adva ntage of Sony ’ s com mitment to q uality c ustom er s upport and r eceiv e these benefit s by registe ring your com puter: ❑ Sony Cu stomer Support — T a lk to a support repre sentat ive to trou bleshoot proble m s you may have with your comput er . ❑ Li mi te d [...]

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    Locati ng Y our V AIO Co m puter User Guide 27 Loca ting Y our V A IO Co mpu ter User Guide Th e on- scre en V AI O ® Comp ut er Us er Gui de is a sea rchable help file that cont a ins deta iled informati on on how to use your new com puter . T o open t he user gui de 1 Clic k Sta r t on the W i n dows ® tas k bar, an d t h en cl ic k He lp a nd [...]

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    VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 28 V AIO User Gu ide 1 User gui de table o f cont e nts List of co mputer help topic s 2 Link to Elec tr onic Flyer List of upda tes and supple mental informat ion 3 Link to V AIO Comput ing Suppor t W eb site Acce ss to compute r support an d list of your c omputer ’ s hardwa re spe cific ations (Inte rnet acc es[...]

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    S etting Up A Dial-U p Connec t ion 29 Setting Up A Dial-Up Co nnection This s ecti on des cribes t he basic ste ps for set ting up y our dial-up c onnect ion. Th e Conne c tion Wi zard g uides you t hrough t he pr oc ess of choos ing a n In ternet Servic e P rovi der (ISP ) or se tting up an e xi sting account , and c onnect ing to t he Inter net.[...]

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    VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 30 T urn ing O ff Y our Co mpute r Using the power butt on to tur n off you r com puter may res ult in loss of data. Fol low the steps bel ow to properly turn of f your comput er and avoid los ing data . T o t urn off your co mputer 1 Clos e all ope ration s. 2 Clic k St a r t on the W indows ® ta sk ba r . 3 Clic [...]

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    31 V AIO Re c o v er y Wiz a rd U tilit y (W indows ® XP only) System and Applicat ion Recove ry C Ds ar e no t supplie d with your V AIO ® computer . Y our V AIO comput er is equipped with the V AIO Recovery W izar d, a fast and eas y-to-use sys tem r ecovery utilit y . This system and applicati on recov ery ut ility enabl e s you to r ecover pr[...]

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    VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 32 V isit the Sony C omputi ng Suppo rt W eb sit e for the late st informat ion abo ut using the V AIO Recove ry W iza rd or Recover y Media Kit. Go to http: //www .ita .sel. sony .com/s upp ort/news/ hddrecovery .html. T o purchase a V AIO Recovery Media kit 1 Go to the Sony Dire c t Acce ssorie s and Parts Cen te [...]

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    33 T roub leshooting This sect ion descr ibes how to solve some basic pr oblems you may encounte r when using your compu ter . For mor e tr oubleshooti ng topics refe r to th e V A IO ® Computer User Guide. Many pr oblems have simple solutio ns, so r efer to these sour ces befor e you contac t Sony Computing Support (http:// w ww .sony .com/pcsupp[...]

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    VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 34 4 T urn on t he co mpu ter . What do I do if a BIOS err or appears when m y computer star ts? If the m ess ag e “ Press <F1 > to resum e, <F2> to setup ” appears at th e bottom of t he scre en, fo llo w the se st eps: 1 Pres s th e F2 key . The BI OS Set up menu appe a rs. 2 Set the date ( month/ [...]

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    T r oubl eshooting Y our Compute r 35 ❑ If W indows stil l does not start , follow the se step s to init ializ e th e BIOS: 1 If t here is a d i sk in the f loppy di sk d rive, then re move it. 2 T urn of f t he com put er . 3 Rem ove any periphe ral devi ces connec ted to the computer . 4 Res tar t the com puter . 5 Press the F2 key when the Son[...]

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    VA I O ® Computer Qui c k Start 36 ❑ Remo ve the AC adapte r and batte ry . Why won’t m y comput er enter Sta ndb y or Hiberna te mode? If you pr ess a key or the power button while the computer is enter ing S tandby or Hiberna te mod e, then the operati ng system ma y become unst a ble an d p revent the comp uter f rom ente ring eit her powe [...]

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    Support Opt ions 37 Suppo r t Opt ions If you have questi ons about your comput e r or th e preinsta lled prog rams, ref er to the fol lowing so urces for ans wers in th e sequence lis ted be low . 1V A I O ® Computer User Guide The o n-s cree n V AI O ® Computer User Guide prov ides in formation on how t o maximiz e your compute r capa bilit ies[...]

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    http :/ /ww w .so ny .c om /vaio Pr inte d in Japan © 200 3 Son y Electr oni cs Inc. 4- 67 9-33 1-01 * 467 933 101 *[...]