Sony PCV-7778 manual

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    N S o ny V A IO De sk top Use r G ui de PC V -R X ser i es PC V -77 76 / P C V -7 778[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 1 nN Read this first Noti c e © 2003 Sony Corpo r at i on. A l l ri gh t s reser ved. Thi s ma nu al a nd the so f t wa re d es cr i bed here i n, i n who le or i n part , ma y no t be r eproduc ed , tran slat ed, o r reduce d to any ma ch in e- re adab le for m w i t hou t pr ior w ritt en approv al .[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 2 nN T rad e mark s Son y , DVgat e, i.LINK and the i.LINK lo go, M ovieShake r , N et work Smart Captur e, Pi ctureGear S t u di o , S onicSta g e, Sony Sty l e I m ag i n g, UI D esig n Se l ector , VA I O Ac tion Se tup, V A IO Edit C o m pon ents, VA I O Syste m I nfo rm a t ion , Me mo r y Sti ck a[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 3 nN E NE RG Y S TA R ® As a n E NERGY S TAR ® Partn er , Son y ha s de ter mine d that this produc t mee t s t h e E NERGY S TA R ® g u id el i nes f or energy effici en c y . Th e I nternat io n al En er g y S tar ® O f f i ce E quipm ent Pr og r am i s an i nt ernat i onal p r o gr am t hat pr om[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 4 nN Sa fety i nformati on W arni ngs Gen er al ❑ Ri s k of expl osion if batte ry i s r eplac ed by a n inc orr ect t ype. Dispos e of u se d b at t eri es ac cordi ng to t he in st r uc t io ns . ❑ Op ening th e un i t, f or w hatever r e aso n, c ould lead t o damages th at ar e not c ove r ed by[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 5 nN Au di o /vi deo ❑ Au di o and pi ctur e di stor t i on m ay o c c u r if t his equi pment i s po s i tio ned in clo s e pr oxi mity t o any equi pment em i t ting elec tr o magnet ic radia t i on. Con nect i vi t y ❑ Neve r i n stal l modem or te lephon e wir ing dur ing a sev ere li ghtni ng s[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 6 nN Re gula tory i nf o r ma tion Son y her eb y dec l ar es t hat t his pr oduct is i n compli ance wit h the e s s ent i al requi rem ent s and ot her releva n t pr ovi sion s of E urope an D irective 1999/ 5/ EC (radi o eq ui p m en t a nd t elec ommuni cations terminal eq ui p ment D i rec tive). D[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 7 nN Dis posing of the i n terna l me m o ry backup batt ery You r S ony VAIO d es k t o p i s eq uip ped w i t h a n int ernal ba c k- up mem ory b atter y t h at shoul d not hav e t o be repl aced d ur i ng the lif etime of the pr oduct. If you want to r eplac e the batt ery, pl ease con tact VAIO- Li[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 8 nN We l c o m e Con gratu l at ions o n pu r ch a s i ng a Sony V AI O des ktop. Son y has com bi n ed l eadi ng-edg e t echno log y in au dio , vid eo, com puti ng and commu ni cat ions to pr ovi de you w i th s tat e-of - the- art pe rson al comput i n g. Here ar e the mai n feat ures you w i l l b e ab l e[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 9 nN Doc umentat i on pa c k You r doc umen tati on pack cont ai n s pri nte d u s er guides , as w ell as o nline us er gu ide s del i ver ed on a docum en t a ti on CD - ROM . P ri nt ed do cu m e nta ti on The prin t e d p art of you r docu m en ta t i on pack in c l udes t he fol l ow i ng: ❑ A G e tt i n[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 10 nN On lin e doc um e nt atio n The onl i n e d oc umentat i on i ncl u des t he follow i n g g uid es : 1 The So n y V AI O D eskto p U se r Gu i d e : ❑ Using your V A I O d esk to p show s you how t o us e t h e s tanda rd com pon ents of yo ur s yst em . I n this p a r t of t h e m a nu al yo u c an a l[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 11 nN ❑ Mana gi ng driv er s de scri bes ho w to i nst al l , upd at e or uni nst al l a dri ver . ❑ Using the P r oduct Recovery disc(s) expl ai n s how to per form a sy s t em and appl i c ati on r e c o ver y . 3 In t h e Cu st o m er Servi ce G u i d e , you w i l l f ind all t h e info rmati on yo u n [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 12 nN Y o ur So n y V AIO deskt o p and its ac c e ssorie s Th e fol lowi n g har d w are i tems a r e in the bo x: ✍ T he p h on e c ab le is used to con n e c t the i nternal m od e m . 1 mai n unit 6 V A I O w h eel mouse 2 V AIO keyb oard w i th p almres t 7 s t ereo speakers 3 po w e r ca bl e 8 docum en[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 13 nN Ergo nomi c c onsi der a tions Whene ver poss i b le, tr y a nd take i nto ac cou nt t he f o llow ing ergon omic co nsiderati ons w hen usi ng your ne w com puter, w hether at hom e or i n t h e of fi c e :[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 14 nN ❑ Posi tion o f t h e k eybo ar d and mou se – Pl ace t he keybo ar d di rec tly i n fr ont of you (1 ) . K eep your fore arm s h ori zo n t al, w i th you r wri sts i n a n eu tral, co mfortab l e po si t ion (2 ) wh il e us ing the key bo ard o r mous e – no t at an an gle. Let your upper arms han[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 15 nN Using your V AIO desktop Thi s se ction de s cr i b es ho w t o st art usi ng your c ompu t e r and how to use your c o mp uter’s int ernal an d ex tern al de vices. ❑ Locat ing co n n ectors (p a g e 1 5 ) ❑ St art ing y our co m puter (p a ge 16) ❑ Shu ttin g d o wn yo ur comp [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 16 nN Starting your c om puter On ce you have al l t he compone nt s se t up as descr i be d i n the G e tt ing S tarted g uide , you can beg in to us e your comput er. To sta rt up y ou r comp u t er, p r o c e e d a s fo l lows: 1 Pres s t he power bu t ton on y our moni t o r to tu r n t he[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 17 nN Shutti ng down your c ompute r It is impor tant t h at you s hut down yo ur com puter properl y so y ou do not l ose uns aved data . To shut d own you r com puter, proc eed as f oll ows: 1 Cl i c k the St a rt but ton. 2 Cl i c k T u rn Of f Computer . The T urn of f co m pu te r scr ee [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 18 nN Usi ng the k e yboa rd Thi s sec tion de s c rib es the f eatures of th e VAI O keyboar d. ★ Tip: Y o ur ke y b oar d has an e rgo nom ic d e s ig n. Y ou c an p ut it i n an u pward pos iti on on i ts b ack side to sa ve s pac e o n you r desk . MAIL INTERNET MUSIC PICTURE VIDEO HELP [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 19 nN Keys Descriptions Esc ape key ( 1) Th e <Esc> (Esca pe) key is used to c ancel comman ds. Fun c t ion key s ( 2) Th e t w el ve f u nction key s a l ong the t op of t he ke yboar d are use d t o p er f orm de sig nated t asks. Fo r exampl e, in m a ny appli cation s , <F1 > i[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 20 nN Co m b ina tio ns a nd fu nct io ns w ith th e W ind ows ® ke y <F n > c ombinat ion ke ys (14) Th ese keys ar e u s ed in combin at ion w i t h t h e <Fn > key to execute the comm an ds dep i ct e d w i t h in the box on t h e ke y . <F n > key (15 ) Th e <F n >[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 21 nN Co m b ina tio ns a nd fu nct io ns w it h t h e <F n> ke y I n d ica to rs Combinations/ Feature Functions <F n > + Mo ves th e view to the n ext pag e u p. <F n > + Mov es t he vi ew to t he next p age down. <F n > + Mov es t he cu r s or t o t he beg inn ing of[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 22 nN Usi ng the short c ut k e ys Pres s a sh ort cu t key ( <S> Key) t o st art your f avour i t e sof t w are w i thout havin g to c l i ck t he shor tcut i con on the desk top . Use an <S> K ey s i mply by pressi ng it. If you wa nt to, you can us e VA I O Act ion Setu p t o ch[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 23 nN Setting up the monit or If your V A IO d esk t o p i s del ivered w i th a m oni t o r, i t m ay b e del i v e r ed w i t h a digi t a l 1 5" or 17'' L CD ( XGA T FT) moni t o r or w i t h a com mon anal ogue CRT moni t o r , depend i ng on y ou r m odel an d ve ndor. Fo r[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 24 nN Usi ng the mous e The V AI O w heel m ou s e al l ow s you to c ontr ol th e c u r s or i n a number of w ays . You can po int t o, s elec t, drag, an d scr o l l obj ects o n the scr e e n us i n g the bu ttons a n d th e whee l . ✍ Y ou c an se t the m ous e up f o r l e ft- hand us [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 25 nN Usi ng the CD and DV D dri ve s You r c omputer i s eq uip ped w i th bot h a D V D±R W or DV D -ROM and a C D- RW or CD - R OM dr i ve. Th e com binat i on dep ends on th e mode l you have purc hased, see t he Sp e c i f i c ati on s sh e e t . ❑ The DV D ±RW dr i ve reads data fr o[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 26 nN Wh at (re ) w r it ab l e D V D forma ts c an I u s e? Recor dab l e and re w r it abl e D VD for m a ts incl ude: DVD - R , DVD- RW, DVD+R and DV D+RW. DV D - RW an d D V D +RW di sc s c an b e wr i tt en t o up to 1, 000 tim es, w h ere as DV D-R/ +R can onl y be w r i tt en to on ce. [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 27 nN Wr itin g C Ds a nd D VD s To achi eve o ptimum p er for manc e when wri t i ng data on to dis c ( also cal l ed ’ burni ng’), f ollo w these reco mmend ati o n s: ❑ O n l y u se circ u l ar d iscs . Do no t use disc s wi th any o the r shap e (sta r , hear t, ca rd, e t c.) , as t[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 28 nN Pl ayi ng DVD s To achiev e opti mum per forman ce whe n p layi ng D V D -ROM s , yo u sho u ld foll ow t h ese reco mmend ations: ❑ Y ou can p lay DVDs in the D VD ±R W or DVD- R O M dri ve, wi th the s o f tware Pow e r D V D fo r V A IO . ❑ Cl ose al l op en a ppl icatio ns bef o[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 29 nN 6 Cl i c k the G eFo r c e4 Ti 4600 or T i 4200 tab . 7 Cl i c k nView Display Mode on th e le f t. 8 Se lec t th e Clone m o de c h eck bo x. 9 Cl i c k Ap pl y . The imag e ap pears on bo t h t he comput er an d the TV di splay . 10 Cl i ck O verl ay C ontrol s on th e le f t . 11 Un d[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 30 nN Usi ng the fl oppy disk drive You r VA I O d eskto p is eq ui p ped wit h a flo ppy disk dr i v e . In s e r ti ng a f l opp y d is k To in s er t a f loppy disk, pr oceed as fol lows : 1 O p en the c over show ing the Memory Stick™ icon on the fr ont. 2 H o l d th e f l o pp y disk wi[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 31 nN Usi ng the mode m You r VA IO d es kt o p i s eq uip ped w i th a n i nter nal m ode m . Y ou need to co nnec t a pho ne line t o take ad van t a g e of o nline se rvi ces and th e Intern et, to r e g i ster yo ur comp uter a n d soft ware onl i n e, an d t o co ntact VA IO-L ink . To co[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 32 nN Exp a ns ion capab i l iti e s There ar e fou r expan s i on slots a t the r ea r of yo ur V AIO comput er, as f ollows : ❑ CN R sl ot c on t ai ni ng t h e m od em c ard ❑ Empt y sl ot ❑ Empt y sl ot ❑ AG P sl ot con ta i ni ng the g ra phics car d The empt y s lot s al lo w you[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 33 nN Usin g the Memory Sti c k ™ Y our V AIO comp uter is de si g ne d to support the Memo ry Stick™ . T he Memo ry Stick™ i s a comp act, po rtable, and ver s a tile devi ce es peci al l y d es i gne d for excha ngi ng an d shari ng d igit al data w ith compat i b le product s. Becaus [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 34 nN Why M e mory St ic k ™? Sony' s vi sion i s to e xpand t he w orl d of comm uni cat i on, pr omot i ng t he porta bility of di g ita l dat a. T he Mem ory S tick™ i s t he res ult i ng medi um , th r o ugh w hi ch d igit al devi c e s can be in s t antl y conn ec t e d. With i t[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 35 nN Ge ne ric Me mory Sti c k ™ The orig ina l Memo r y S tick™, bl ue i n c olour , can be us ed t o rec ord image dat a taken wit h d i gi tal st i l l came ras , et c. o r da ta fr o m th e P C . With i t , yo u can reco rd, p l ay ba ck a nd t ran s fer v ar ious k inds of d ata at a[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 36 nN Ma gi cGat e M emor y St ic k ™ As t h e Mag icG ate Memo ry St ick™ is no t supp orted o n yo ur mod el, t h e fo llowi ng i s f o r you r in fo rma tio n o nly . If you w ant t o be able t o use t h e M ag i c G a te Memor y St ic k™ t echno logy, you can b uy our ext ernal acc e[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 37 nN ❑ the lo go printed on i t ❑ a nd a pr otrudi ng dot locate d on the back. ✍ MagicG ate is a c o p y ri g h t p ro te c tion te chn o logy th at com p l i es with th e standards s e t b y S DMI ( Se c u re Di g i tal Music Initi ati ve, a n or gan is atio n w ork i ng to d raw u p [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 38 nN Cop yright prot ect i on Peop le w h o c reate ar t i st i c w orks s u c h as mu s i c a re enti t l ed to a "c opyri ght", meani ng that the y have exclu s i ve r i ghts t o di cta t e how t h eir wo r k i s us ed. Whe n t hey are created , artis t i c w orks are aut o ma tic[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 39 nN Co m p at ib le de vic es There ar e nea r l y 80 Mem ory St ick ™ - enab led produ cts on t he market or announ c ed for intr odu c t ion wo r l d- wi de , r an g i n g fro m camcord ers an d p ortab le musi c play ers to vo ic e reco rders an d man y o the r e l ectron i c devi ces .[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 40 nN Wr ite -pr otec t i ng a Me m or y S t ick ™ Memo ry Sti ck s™ ar e desi gned with an er asur e pr e vent i on s witch t o prot ect v aluabl e data fr om acciden tal eras ure o r overw r i tin g. Mov e th e ta b to the ri ght or le f t* t o set o r release wr i te - p r o t e c tion [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 41 nN In s e r ti ng a Memo ry St ick™ To in s er t a M emory S t i ck™, proc eed as f ollo w s: 1 O p en t h e co ver sh owi ng the Me mory S ti ck™ i con on the fr ont. 2 I n s e r t t h e Memo ry St ick™ into t h e Me mory St ick™ slot with the c onne ctors poin ting t o the ri gh[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 42 nN Re m ov in g a M e mo ry S ti ck ™ To rem o ve a Memo ry Stic k ™ , p r oceed as fo llo w s: 1 Make su r e t he i n dicator l i ght i s n ot on . 2 Push t he Mem ory St i ck™ i n t o r eleas e i t, and then pul l it out . 3 Cl ose t h e c ove r f l ap. ✍ Al way s re move th e Mem[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 43 nN Usi ng pow e r sa ving modes The col our o f the p ow er i ndi c a to r li ght on the mai n uni t t ells you w hic h mode the c omput er i s i n. U si ng Sta nd by mo de If you pl an t o stop u sing your com puter f or a s hort per iod of t i me (no t over night ), you c an put i t i nto[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 44 nN To retu r n t o N orm al mode, c h oose from t h e fol lo w i ng: ❑ Pres s any key on t h e ke yboar d. ❑ Pres s t he Stand b y but ton agai n. ❑ Pres s one of t h e <S > Ke ys on the k eyboar d. ❑ Qu i c kly p r ess t h e po wer but ton on your co mpute r . ✍ Y ou can le[...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 45 nN To act i v ate Hi bern at e m od e manu all y, use one of thes e two met hods: Use the Wi ndo w s ® taskb ar: 1 Save you r w ork. 2 From the Sta rt m en u o n the Wi ndows ® ta skb ar , se lect T ur n Off Comp ute r . Alt ernativel y , pr es s <A lt > + <F4 > u n t il th e [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 46 nN Connecting peripheral devices You can add func tio nality to y our com puter by c onn ect i ng any of the f ol l owin g p er i ph era ls, and mor e. Befor e you connec t a peri pheral , tur n o ff bot h the com pu t e r and the per i p heral. Con nect the pow er cor d only a f t er [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 47 nN Note s on c onnecting Uni ve rsa l Se rial B us (USB) de vi c e s You can c onne c t a U SB devi c e , f o r exam ple, a s c an ner or a p r i nter , t o your V AIO deskt op. Y our com pu t e r feat ures the l ates t U SB t echnol ogy, havi ng been upgr aded to U SB Speci ficat i o [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 48 nN Conne c t ing an externa l d i spl ay You can c onne c t mul t i pl e disp l ays to you r d es k to p, ea c h us i ng a di f f erent po rt on th e back of y our com puter: ❑ an LCD sc r e en u s i ng the DVI co nnec tor , ❑ a CRT o r LCD s cr e en u sing t he VG A c o nnector , [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN 6 Cl i c k the G eFo r c e4 Ti 4600 or Ti 420 0 tab. 7 Cl i c k nView Display Mode on th e le f t. 8 Se lec t th e D ev i ce S etti n g s but ton. 9 Cl i c k Sel ect O utpu t Device.. . a n d se lect th e d esi red displ a y . 10 Cl i c k OK . If you r eboot af t er changi ng the s [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN Co nnect in g a pr oject or You can c onne c t a p r o jector ( suc h as t he Sony LCD pr ojec tor) di r ec tl y t o your c o m p ut er. To connec t a pr ojec tor to y our VAIO des ktop , proceed as fol lows : 1 Pl ug o ne e nd o f t he V G A cabl e (not s u ppli ed) i nto th e V G [...]

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    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN Co nnect in g a TV You can c onn ect a TV dire c t ly to your comput er. See also U sing two sc ree n s whil e watch i n g a DVD film (pag e 28) . In orde r to b e ab le t o u se a TV screen , you al so have to e nabl e the TV- Out func ti on. You r VA IO d e skt o p i s de live red[...]

  • Page 53

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN Con nect i ng a TV t h at has a Vi deo - S por t To connec t a TV t o your VAI O des ktop w i t h an S- V ideo ca ble (n ot s upp l i ed), proceed as f ollo w s: 1 Pl ug one end of t he S-Video cabl e into the TV Out por t on t he back of yo ur com puter . 2 Pl ug t h e ot he r end [...]

  • Page 54

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 53 nN Conne c t ing an externa l mi cro phone You r VA IO d es kt o p d oes no t contai n an i nter nal m ic r op hone. I f yo u n eed t o us e a s o und inp u t de vi ce , f or exam ple t o chat o n t he Inte r n et , y ou need to p lug i n an e x t er na l m i crophon e. To connec t an [...]

  • Page 55

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN Conne c t ing a printe r To connec t a pr int er, proceed as fol lo w s : 1 Pl ug t h e pr i nter cabl e into the pr i nte r c o nnec tor o n yo ur com puter . 2 Plu g t h e printe r pow er co rd into an A C o utlet .[...]

  • Page 56

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN Co nnect in g a USB pr in ter To connec t a U SB p rint er, simpl y p lug t he prin t e r' s U SB c ab l e in t o on e of the U SB por ts on your VA I O de sktop . T he re are U SB p orts at th e fron t an d/o r a t the ba ck o f yo ur co mpu ter. ✍ Do n ot tu rn on th e comp[...]

  • Page 57

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Conne c t ing a n i .LINK ™ de vi c e Y our V AIO co m put e r incl udes a 4 - p i n i. LINK ™ po rt o n th e fr o n t of th e system and a 6 -pin i. LIN K ™ p ort o n the back of the syst em. Use the se p orts to co nn e ct an i.L INK ™ dev ice such as a dig i ta l vide o c[...]

  • Page 58

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN C o n nec ti n g a d i g i ta l vi de o c ame ra re cord er To connec t a di gi tal vi d eo c amer a recor der, proc eed as f ollo w s: 1 Pl ug one end of t he i.LI NK ™ c abl e ( not s u ppl i e d) into t h e i.L I N K™ p ort of t he com puter and t he o t h er end i nto t he D[...]

  • Page 59

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Co nnect in g two V AI O c ompu ter s If you have admin s t rat or r ight s on you r comput er, you can c onnect y our V AI O deskt op to an other V AIO com puter usi ng an i.LI N K ™ c able ( not s up pl i ed). Wi t h t he soft ware del i v e r ed w ith your V A I O des ktop, you[...]

  • Page 60

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN Conne c t ing to a net w ork Y our comp uter co m es w ith a prein stal l e d Eth ern et inte rface . To connec t t o a net wor k, pr oceed as fol l o ws: 1 Con nect you r 10BA SE- T /100B A SE- TX Et hernet ca bl e ( not sup plied) to t he Ethernet p ort on the back o f the co m p [...]

  • Page 61

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN ! C onn e c t o nly 1 0 BASE- T/1 00B ASE- TX c abl e s to t he E the rne t p ort . U sing othe r c abl e s o r a t el ep hon e c a ble ma y c aus e a ma lf unc ti on, ex ce ssi ve hea t or e ve n f ir e i n the port. I f usi ng thi s c om pute r i n Ge rma ny , pl e as e m ake sure[...]

  • Page 62

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 61 nN Getting help Thi s s ect i on de scrib es ho w to g et help and s upport fr om Sony , as w el l as tr oub l e sho ot i ng tip s f or y ou r com puter. Sony pr ovi des s ever al supp or t opti ons f o r your co m p ut er. Sony's s u pport op t i ons Son y do cu ment ati on Pl ease see t he sectio[...]

  • Page 63

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 62 nN T r oub l e shooting Thi s s ect i o n d es c r ibes how to s olv e com mon pr ob l e ms yo u might encoun te r w hen usin g your V A I O des ktop. Many prob lems hav e si m p le sol utio ns. Pl ease tr y t h es e sugges tion s befor e cont acting VA I O-Li nk or you r local Sony deal er. Y ou are re[...]

  • Page 64

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 63 nN A bou t th e co mp ut er a nd s of tw a r e My comp u t er do es no t start ❑ Check t hat t he comput er is p lug ged i n t o a pow er sour ce and t hat i t i s t urned on. ❑ Ch eck th at th e p o w er i ndica tor o n the fro nt pan el of th e comp u t e r i n di cate s t h at th e po wer is on. [...]

  • Page 65

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 64 nN 7 Pres s <F1 0 > to e xi t, or u se th e a rrow k eys to select Sav e an d Exit . The mes s ag e S ave co nf igurati on chan ges an d ex i t n o w? appears . 8 Make sure that Ye s is se l ected an d th en p ress <En t e r> . My compu ter does not s hu t dow n It is r e co m m en ded t h a[...]

  • Page 66

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 65 nN My comp u t er l o c k s up ❑ I f yo u su sp ec t an ap p lic at ion i s l oc k i n g yo ur sys te m, yo u ca n tr y to s to p it . T o d o t h i s, p r ess <C trl> + <Alt> + <Delet e> once. If yo u h ave n ot chan ged th e d ef a ult se t t ings , you w i l l enter the T ask Man [...]

  • Page 67

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 66 nN I f thi s s till fail s, p r o c e e d as fol l o ws: 1 If poss i b le, sav e any unsaved w ork. 2 Pres s <Alt> + <F4 >. The T ur n o ff computer bo x app ears . 3 Select Re sta r t . Make su r e the s oftwar e you a r e us ing is c o m p atibl e w ith you r equi pment and operati ng s ys[...]

  • Page 68

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 67 nN A bou t th e di sp la y My mo n i tor does n o t displ ay a ny thin g ❑ Check t hat t he comput er is p lug ged i n t o a pow er sour ce and t hat i t i s t urned on. ❑ Check t hat t he m onit or i s pl ugge d i nto t h e c ompu t er and t o a po wer so urc e, and tur ned on. ❑ Ch eck th at th [...]

  • Page 69

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 68 nN I want to c hange the r es o luti on of m y displ ay To change the r es o luti on of you r dis play, pr oceed as fol l ow s: 1 From the Sta rt m e n u, s e lec t th e Co ntrol P ane l . 2 Cl i c k Ap peara nce an d Th emes , the n th e D i sp l ay ic o n . The D i spl ay Pr o pert ies dial og box app[...]

  • Page 70

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 69 nN I canno t pl ay a CD ❑ A fter in serti ng the C D, w ait for a fe w seco nds for the syst em to d e t ect i t be fore yo u try to acce ss it . ❑ Make su r e t he l ab el of t he dis c i s f acing up w ar ds. ❑ If the d isc req uires so f t ware , m ake s ur e the s o ftw are i s i nst al l ed a[...]

  • Page 71

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 70 nN ❑ A dirty or d am a ged disc may caus e t h e com pute r to ' hang ' wh i l e i t t rie s t o read the di s c. I f n ec es s ary , reboot the c o m pu te r , r e m o ve the di s c and t hen check th at i t is not di r ty o r damaged . ✍ O n your com put er , the d efa ult DVD r egi on c[...]

  • Page 72

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 71 nN 4 Se lec t th e Recor ding s ta b. 5 Un de r D esk top CD r e co r d ing , cha nge th e cur rent wri t i ng speed t o 4x or 2x . 6 Cl i c k OK . The speed is c hange d an d r ecor ding s hould ru n sm oothl y . The rec ordin g a nd read ing speed of CD-RWs or D VD+/- RWs is slo w Gen erall y, the s p[...]

  • Page 73

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 72 nN A bou t so un d My s pea kers are n ot pr od ucing any soun d ❑ If you ar e u s i ng an appl i cat ion th at has i ts o w n v o l ume c o nt r o l, chec k that the vol ume is t urne d up . ❑ Check t he volu m e cont rol s i n Wi ndo ws ® an d i n Wi n dow s ® Media Pl ayer . ❑ Check t hat the[...]

  • Page 74

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 73 nN 8 In the Op t i ons me nu, s el ect Ad vanc ed Cont rols , and t hen click t h e A dvan ced butt on under Micr ophone - Balan ce . The A d v anced C on trols fo r Micr o p hone dia log bo x app ears. 9 D ese lect the Mi cr ophone Boost c h eck b ox, and then clic k Cl ose . 10 Cl ose the Re cord in g[...]

  • Page 75

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 74 nN My mod em conne cti on i s s l ow Many f a ctors i nfl uence mo dem c on nection s peed , incl udi ng telep hone line noi se o r compat i b ility wi th telep hone equ ipment ( s uch as f ax mac hi n es or other mode m s) . I f y ou thin k you r modem i s n ot c on necting proper ly to ot her P C-b as[...]

  • Page 76

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 75 nN A bou t pe r iph e r als My m ouse does not w or k Check t hat t he m ouse is plu gged i n to the m ouse co nnector o n the bac k of t he uni t. Th ere may be dus t or d i rt insi de the m o u se mech ani sm. To clean the m ouse, proceed as f o llow s : 1 T ur n o f f the com puter a nd t u rn the m [...]

  • Page 77

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 76 nN My ke yboar d does n ot w ork pr operly ❑ I f usi ng the keyboard delivered w i t h your com put er , check that i t i s p l ugged i nto the PS/ 2 keyboard port on t he bac k of t he uni t. ❑ PS/ 2 c on nections ar e not ’ plug and play’, whic h means that i f you connect t h e PS/ 2 key bo a[...]

  • Page 78

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 77 nN I canno t pri nt ❑ Check t hat a ll t he cabl es of t h e pri nter are pr operl y con nect ed. ❑ Check t he cable to se e i f t he pins are bent o r miss i n g c o m p letel y . ❑ T r y a p rin ter s elf test (i f av ail ab l e) to se e i f th e p rinte r it self is sti ll w o r k i ng p roper [...]

  • Page 79

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 78 nN 6 Pres s <F1 0 > to e xi t, or u se th e a rrow k eys to select Sav e an d Exit .. The mes s ag e S ave co nf igurati on chan ges an d ex i t n o w? appears . 7 Make sure that Ye s is se l ected an d th en p ress <En t e r> . 8 Y our comp ute r re starts . When I rem ove a Mem ory St i ck[...]

  • Page 80

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 79 nN The conne cted i . LI NK™ devi ce i s no t recogni sed Dis connect the i . LI NK™ devi ce, then connec t it agai n. You are s t r on gl y advi s e d t o use onl y Son y i .LINK ™ cabl es, as us i ng other br an ds m ay c a use pr ob l em s w ith the i .LINK™ d evi ces . I canno t est abl i s [...]

  • Page 81

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 80 nN Upgrading your V AIO computer Th e fol lowi n g pr o c edure s assu me f amil iari ty w ith the ge n era l ter mi n olog y a ss o c iated w ith PC s and wit h th e reg ulatory comp l i ance req u i red for mo difyi ng electr o n ic e quip men t. Ob s e rve prope r saf et y pr ecaut [...]

  • Page 82

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 81 nN Opening the side cover To rem o ve the si d e panel from th e m a i n u nit, pro ceed as foll o w s: 1 Shut down your com pu t er and disco nnect al l per ipher al de vices . 2 U n p lug th e co mpu ter from t he mains. 3 Wait unt i l the c omputer c o ols down. The in s i de of t h[...]

  • Page 83

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 82 nN Ins e r ting a PCI add-on bo ard You r c omputer has op en PCI exp ans i on s l ots . Thes e sl ots enabl e you to i nstall add-on boar ds t o exp and the func tio nal i ty of y our syst em. Ad d- o n b oard c o nfigu r at ion c an v a ry. To in s er t an a dd- on board, proc ee d a[...]

  • Page 84

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 83 nN Upgra ding m e mory In the fu t u re , you may w a nt t o upgrade the me mory i ns tal led on your V AI O by r ep lacing / addi ng m em ory modul es. Ho w ever , w e r ec o m m end that you do not i nst all t he m your sel f unl ess you ar e f a m i l i ar w ith upg r ad ing mem ory[...]

  • Page 85

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 84 nN ✍ Do not place the m em ory mo dule i n p lac es s ubj e c t t o : - He at s ou rc es such as radiato rs o r air d uc ts, - Di re ct s u nl ig ht , - Ex c e ssiv e du st, - M e chan i c al vibrati o n o r s h o ck, - Stro ng m agne ts or s pe ake rs tha t ar e not ma gnet ica ll y[...]

  • Page 86

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 85 nN 7 Pres s ev enly agai nst the memory modul e' s upper c o r ners. The end latches snap into posi t i on au toma tica ll y , as s h ow n (3 ): 8 Re i n stal l an y add- o n ca rds or co mpo n ents yo u remo ved . 9 Repl ace t h e s ide c o ver as des c r ibed in Cl osi ng t h e [...]

  • Page 87

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 86 nN V i ewi ng th e am o u n t o f m emo ry To view th e amou nt of me m o ry, p r o ceed as fol l ow s: 1 T urn o n th e comp uter . 2 Cl i c k the St a rt butt on, point to A ll Pr ogr a ms , the n V AIO S y st em In fo rma tion, and clic k VA I O Syst em I n f o r matio n again. Y ou[...]

  • Page 88

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 87 nN Precautions Thi s se ction de s cr i b es safe ty gu ide l i nes an d p re c a ut i on s to h elp you pr otect yo ur comput er f r om potent ial damage. Pl ease con t act VA I O-Link if yo u n eed as s i sta nce. ❑ O n h a nd li ng the h a rd di s k (p ag e 87) ❑ O n u sing the powe r so u r ce (p[...]

  • Page 89

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 88 nN ❑ Do no t us e your c ompu t er i n a pl ace subj ect to ext rem e chang es in t emperat ure. ✍ If the har d disk i s damag ed , th e data ca nno t be re sto r e d . On us i ng t he power sourc e ❑ Y ou r c omputer operat es on 220 - 240 V A C50/60H z . ❑ Do no t s hare t he AC ou tl et wi th [...]

  • Page 90

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 89 nN ❑ Mois ture or rain ❑ Mec hanic al v ibr at i on or sho c k ❑ St r o ng ma gnets or s peakers t h at are n ot ma gneti cal l y s h i elded ❑ An ambi ent tem perat ure of mor e than 35ºC or l ess than 10º C ❑ High hum i di t y . ❑ Do not p lace e lectr oni c equipm ent ne ar your c ompute[...]

  • Page 91

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 90 nN On handling t he LCD sc reen (if a pplicable) ❑ Do no t l eave the LCD fac i ng the s un as it ca n damage the LCD. Be c a reful w h en us i ng t he comput er near a window. ❑ Do no t sc r at ch t he LC D or ex ert pr es s ure on it. Th is co ul d caus e malfunc ti on. ❑ Usi ng t h e com pu t er[...]

  • Page 92

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 91 nN On handli ng c om pact dis c s ❑ Do no t touc h t h e s urfac e of t he di s c . ❑ Do no t dr op or b end th e d isc. ❑ Fi n g erp ri n t s an d d ust o n th e surfa ce o f a d i sc may ca use rea din g e rrors. Alwa ys h old th e disc b y i ts edge and cent ral hol e, as s h own . ❑ Proper ca[...]

  • Page 93

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 92 nN On h a nd ling M emory St icks ™ ❑ D o n o t tou ch t h e Memory St ick™ connecto r wi th y ou r fin ger or me tall ic o bj ects. ❑ Use onl y the l abel supp lied wi t h t he Memor y St ick ™ as a l abel. ❑ Do no t bend , drop, or appl y h eavy sho ck t o the Mem ory S t i ck™ . ❑ Do n[...]

  • Page 94

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 93 nN Glossary Th i s se cti on re fers to t e r ms u s ed in t h i s manual an d e l se w h er e in the VAI O w orld . The se te rm s and defi niti ons h av e b een c o mp iled to provi de you wit h a be t t er unde rstan din g o f your VAI O com p u ter . T erm Definition <F1> key The <F 1> ke y [...]

  • Page 95

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 94 nN CD-ROM Ab breviati on for Compact D i sc R ead - O n l y M emor y . A high-capac i t y optic al d isc, usu al l y 650 MB in size, c a pabl e o f bei ng read from but not wr itte n to. CD-RW Sh ort fo r C o mpa ct Disc- ReWri tea ble. Co mpa ct D i sc th a t ca n b e u sed to w rit e or re write d a t a t[...]

  • Page 96

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 95 nN DVI Sta nds fo r Digi tal Vid eo I nte rface. A cco mmoda tes anal og an d d i g i tal mo nit o r s wit h a si n g l e conn ec t o r . Usin g a D VI c onne c t or an d po r t , a di git al s ignal that is s en t to an an alo g moni tor i s convert ed i n t o an analog sig n al . If t h e monit or i s a d[...]

  • Page 97

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 96 nN LCD Shor t fo r Liq ui d Cr ys ta l D ispl ay . F l at di splay t echno l og y us ing li qui d c r ys ta ls (a nd l i ght polar isati o n) to provi de s h arp, f licker -free imag es on a s cr een c ompri s e d of millions of ti n y cel ls. Col our c an be p r o duce d b y two basi c te chni ques. Passiv[...]

  • Page 98

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 97 nN PBX A PBX (Pr ivate Branc h Exchange ) i s a pri vate tel ephon e ne t w ork wit hi n an enter pri s e. U nde r thi s s yst em , the ca l l s b et ween the ent erpr ise m embe rs are l ocal and the p hone numbe rs are ma de up of 3 or 4 di gi ts. C om pani es g ener ally c h oose t h is p hone s ys t em [...]

  • Page 99

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 98 nN Resolution The d egr ee of s h ar pnes s a nd cl ar i ty of an image . Res ol utio n i s expre ss ed in pi xels. Freq uent comput er sc r ee n r e s o lu t ions are 640 x 480 pixels ( V GA r e s o lu t i on; appropri ate f o r a 14- inch sc r e en), 80 0 x 600 ( ap propria t e f o r a 15-in ch sc r e en)[...]

  • Page 100

    Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 99 nN USB USB ( U nive r sa l Seria l Bus) i s a h ard w a re i nter f a c e f or at tac hin g devi ces (s uch as a keyboar d, mouse, joys tick, scanne r or pr in t er). Y o u can c o n nect up t o 127 devic es t o a US B po r t. The USB st andar d i s Ho t P l ug and Pla y . VA I O Shor t fo r V i deo A udio [...]