Sony PCV-RX4 Series manual

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Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 1 nN Read this first Noti c e © 2002 Sony Corpo r at i on. A l l ri ghts res erved. Thi s manu al and the s o ftw are d escri bed her ei n, i n w ho l e or i n par t, ma y no t be r eproduc ed , t ran s l ated, o r reduce d to any ma ch in e- re adab l e for m withou t pr ior wr i t t en appr oval . So[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 2 nN Rea l Pl ayer i s a tra demark or register ed tradem ar k of Real Networ ks, I n c . in the U . S. and other c o untr i es . Syma nte c No rton Ant ivi rus i s a tra dema rk o f Syman tec. Click t o D VD i s a t r a demar k of Sony El ect r on i cs . Th e USB 2.0 H i- Sp ee d l ogo is a re gis tere[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 3 nN E n vi ronmenta l informa tion H alog enated f l am e re tarda nt i s not used in cabi nets . Cu s h i on s for me d b y cor ruga te d bo ar d ar e used in pack ag i ng . Sa fety i nformati on W arni ngs Gen er al ❑ Op ening th e un i t, f or w hatever r e as o n, could lead t o damages t h at ar[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 4 nN ❑ Magnet s ❑ Magnet ic bracel ets . Au di o /vi deo ❑ Au di o and pi ctur e di stor t i on may o ccu r if this equipm ent i s po sit i o ned in clo s e pr oxi mity t o any equi pment em i t ting elec tro m ag net i c r adi a t i on. Con nect i vi t y ❑ Neve r i n s tal l modem or t elephon [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 5 nN Re gula tory i nf o r ma tion Son y her eb y decl ares that this produc t is i n com plianc e w ith t he e s s ent i al requi rem ent s a nd other releva n t pr ovi s ion s of E urope an D irective 1999/ 5/ EC (radi o equi pment a nd t el ecom muni cation s t erminal eq u ip ment D irective) . This[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 6 nN We l c o m e Con gratu l at ions o n pu r c h as i ng a Sony V AI O desk top. Son y has c ombin ed leadi ng- edg e techno log y i n au di o , vid eo, com puti ng and commu ni cat ions t o provi de you wit h st ate- 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 to[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 7 nN ❑ Excellen t customer su pport - I f you ar e exper i en cing any probl ems w i t h your comput er , plea s e c h eck the V A IO-Li nk w e bsite fo r a pos sible so l uti on: http://www .vaio-link.com Befor e con t a c ti ng VA I O - L ink, pleas e tr y to s olve t he probl em by r eading th i s gu ide ,[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 8 nN On lin e doc um e nt atio n The onl i n e d ocument ation inc l u des t he fol l owin g g ui d es : 1 The So n y V AI O Deskto p Use r Gu i d e : ❑ Using your V A I O d esk to p show s you how t o use th e s tanda rd com pon ents of y o ur sy ste m . In this p a rt of th e m a nu a l y o u ca n a ls o fi[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 9 nN 3 In t h e Cu st o mer Ser vice G uide , yo u w il l f ind all t h e i n formati on yo u need relati ng to V AIO- Link , i n cl udin g con tact numb ers fo r e a ch co u n tr y . 4 Con s u lt t he On li n e H el p fi les of the s oftwar e you a re usi ng f o r detai led i nfor m a tion on f eatur es and tr[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 10 nN Y o u r Son y V AIO deskt o p and its ac c e ssorie s Th e fo llo wi n g h a r d w are i tems a r e in the bo x* : * Ple as e read the printed Sp eci f i cat i ons d ocum ent for mo re d etail s. ✍ T he p h on e c ab le is used to con n e c t the i nternal m od em. 1 mai n u ni t 7 s t ereo speakers 2 V[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 11 nN Ergo nomi c c onsi der a tions Whene ver poss i b le, t ry a nd t ake int o accou nt the f o llow i ng ergon om i c co nsiderat ions when usi ng your ne w com puter, w hether at hom e or i n t h e of fi c e :[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 12 nN ❑ Posi tion o f t h e k eybo ar d and mou se – Pl ace the key bo ar d di rect l y in front of you ( 1 ). K eep your fore arm s hori zont al, w ith yo u r wri sts i n a ne u tral, co mforta ble po sit i o n ( 2) wh ile u s i n g the keyb oard o r mous e – no t at an an gle. Let your upper arms hang n[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 13 nN Using your V AIO desktop Thi s se ction de s cr i b es ho w to s tar t us ing your com pu t e r and how to use your c o m p uter ’ s int ernal an d ex tern al de vices. ❑ Locat ing co n n ectors (p a g e 1 3 ) ❑ St art ing y our co m puter (pag e 1 4) ❑ Shu ttin g d o wn yo ur co[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 14 nN Starting your c ompute r On ce you have al l t he com pone nts set up as desc ribe d i n the Gett i n g Sta rted g ui de , you can beg in to us e your comput er. To st art up you r comput er, p r o c e ed a s fol lows: 1 Pres s the pow er bu t ton on you r moni t o r to tu r n t he di sp[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 15 nN Shutti ng down your c ompute r It is impor tant t h at you s hut dow n yo ur com puter properl y so y ou do not l ose uns aved dat a. To shut d own you r com puter , proc eed as f oll ows: 1 Cl i ck t h e Sta r t but ton. 2 Cl i ck T u rn Of f C o mp u ter . The T urn of f compu te r scr[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 16 nN Usi ng the k e yboa rd Thi s sec tion de s c rib es the f eatur es of t h e V AI O keyboar d. ★ Tip: Y o ur ke y b oar d has an e rgo nom ic d es i g n. Y ou c an p ut i t i n an u pwar d pos i ti on on i ts b ack si de t o save s pac e o n you r desk . MAIL INTERNET MUSIC PICTURE VIDE[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 17 nN Keys Descriptions Esc ape key ( 1) Th e <Esc> (Esc a p e) key is used t o cancel comman ds. Fun c t i on keys (2) Th e t w elv e fu nct i on keys al ong the top of the ke yboard ar e used to p er f orm desig nated t as ks . Fo r exampl e, i n m a n y app l i cations, <F1 > is[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 18 nN Co m b ina t io ns a nd f u nct io ns w it h th e Wind ows ® ke y <F n > c ombinat ion ke ys ( 14) Th ese keys ar e u s ed i n combination w i t h the <F n> key to execute t he commands depic t e d w i t h in the box on th e ke y . <F n > key (15 ) Th e <F n > ke[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 19 nN Co m b ina t io ns a nd fu nct io ns wit h th 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 up . <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 to the beg inn ing of t[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 20 nN Usi ng the short c ut k e ys Pres s a sh ort cu t key ( <S> Key) to s tar t your fav ourite s oft w are wit hout havin g t o clic k the s hort cut i con on the d esk top . Use an <S> K ey si mply by pr es si ng it. If you wa nt to, y ou ca n use VAIO Acti on Setu p to c hang [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 21 nN Setting up the monit or If your V A IO d esk t o p i s del ivered w i t h a moni t o r, i t m ay b e del i ve red with a di gita l 1 5" or 17'' LCD ( XGA T FT) moni t o r or w i t h a c ommon anal ogue CRT moni t o r, depend ing on y ou r m odel. Fo r more i n f o r mation[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 22 nN Usi ng the T V f unction You r c omput er has b een eq uip ped wi t h a TV - tun er board. In com binat i o n with S ony's Giga Po c k et s o ftwa re, i t al lo ws yo u t o : ❑ Watch , re c o rd and pl ay back anal ogue broadc asted c able an d t err estri al TV-p r o grams ❑ Di[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 23 nN Sta rti n g to u s e Giga Po c ket The foll owin g con nec tors are locate d on the back o f your desktop: 1 Lef t a udio c ha nnel 2 Ri ght audi o channe l 3 V id eo Out 4 S- V id eo con n ec tor 5 A ntenna por t[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 24 nN To connec t t e rrest r ia l or cabl e TV t o your co m p ut er, proc eed as f ollows : 1 Pl ug one end of t h e ant en na cabl e / c ab l e- TV ca ble ( not suppl i ed) into t he Ant enna p ort ( 5) on t he b ack of t he com puter . 2 Pl ug t h e othe r end in the TV w al l soc ket. To [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 25 nN Usi ng the mous e The V AI O w heel mou se all ow s y ou to cont rol t h e c u rsor in a num ber of ways . You can po int t o, s elec t, drag, an d scr o l l o b j ects on th e scr e en u s i n g th e bu tton s and th e wh ee l.  Y ou c an se t t he m ous e up fo r l eft- ha nd us e. [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 26 nN Usi ng the CD and DV D dri ve s You r com puter i s eq uip ped w i th bot h a D VD-RW and a CD -RO M dri ve. ❑ The DV D - RW drive ( t op ) r eads d at a f rom a DV D and wri t e s to a D VD-R or D VD-RW di s c . ❑ The CD - ROM d r i ve ( bo t tom ) read s data f r o m a m u sic CD o[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 27 nN To achi eve o pt i mum p erform ance w hen w r i t i ng data on a D VD-RW di sc , f o ll ow t hese reco m mend at i on s: ❑ T o make a DVD -R’ s data r eada bl e on ano the r DV D-RO M dr iv e, you need to clos e t h e se ssio n w hen you eject it. T o co mpl ete th is p roc ess, f o[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 28 nN Pl ayi ng DVD s You r VA I O d e skto p i ncl udes a D VD drive , on w h ich you c an p lay audi o CD s, CD - RO Ms and DV D -ROMs . To ach i e ve o p ti mu m p e r forman ce when pl a y i ng DVD -ROMs , y o u sho u l d foll ow t hese re comme nd atio ns: ❑ Y ou can play DVDs in the D [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 29 nN 4 Cl i ck A d vance d . The ...NVIDIA GeFor ce4 MX 460 di al o g b ox ap pears . 5 Cl i ck t h e nV ie w ta b . 6 Se lec t th e Cl one mode c h eck bo x. 7 Go t o th e G eFo r c e4 M X 46 0 ta b. 8 Cl i ck Ad dit io nal P rope rti es , th en Vi de o Mi rror C ont rol s . The Fu l l Scr e[...]

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 w i th a f l o ppy disk dr ive . In s e rti ng a fl opp y d is k To in s er t a fl oppy di s k, proceed as fol l ow s: 1 H o l d th e f lop p y disk with the l ab e l sid e fa ci ng u p . 2 Gen t l y push th e dis k int [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 31 nN Usi ng the mode m You r VA I O d e skt o p i s eq uip ped w i t h a n i nter nal m ode m . Y ou need to c o nnect a pho ne li ne to take ad va n t age o f on line se rvi ces and th e In tern et, to r egiste r yo u r comp ute r and so ft ware onl i n e, a nd t o co nta ct VA IO-L ink . To[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 32 nN Exp a nsion ca pa b i li ties There ar e f o u r expan sion s l ots a t the r ea r of yo ur V AIO comput er, as f ollow s: ❑ CN R s lot con taini ng t h e m od em c ard and PCI PCM CIA car d. ❑ AG P sl ot con ta i ni ng the g ra phics car d ❑ MPEG slo t cont ainin g the Gi ga Pocke[...]

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 sign ed to su p p o rt the Me mory Stick™ . T he Memo ry Stick ™ is a comp ac t, po rtab le, and ver s a t i l e devi ce es peci al l y d es i gne d for ex cha ngi ng an d shari ng d igit al dat a wi t h com patib l e product [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 34 nN ❑ Compactn e ss : with di mens i on s of j ust 21.5 m m ( W) x 2 .8 mm (H ) x 50 mm (D), c o m p atibl e produc ts can al s o be s mall, light wei ght an d a ttr active in thei r des ign. ❑ Cap ac it y : Its d ata cap a ci ty far e xce ed s that o f a fl o pp y d i sk. ❑ Secu rity [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 35 nN ❑ Fro m your ha ndyca m to yo ur VA IO , m ake the mo st of y ou r captu red mome n ts w it h the V A I O ' s mov i e edi ting tool s. ❑ Carr y p ictur es on you by copyi ng image fil es f rom the I nter net to y our V A IO t o your CL I E han dheld. ❑ Wi th yo ur v oic e re c[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 36 nN ❑ pi ct u r es ❑ m o vi e s, a n d mo re . ❑ Combi ne data f i le s t o a dd musi c t o your hom e movi es , for exa mple. ❑ T ran s f er and s hare d ata bet ween se veral digital p ro ducts. ❑ Magi cGate Copy rig ht Prot ect i o n T echno log y . ❑ SDMI (S ecure Di gi tal M[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 37 nN Soni cSt age Thi s i s a copy rig ht pr otect io n t echn olo gy t hat is us ed t o manage t he digital m usi c c ontent dow nl oaded to the PC from C D s, the I ntern et an d/o r o t h er source s. So ftw are i nstall ed on t h e P C reco rds mu si c co nte nt in en cryp ted form onto t[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 38 nN Co m p atib le de vic e s There ar e nea r l y 80 Mem ory St ick ™ -enab led produ c t s on the m arket or announ ced f or intr odu c t ion wo r ld- wi de , r angi n g from camcord ers a nd porta ble musi c p layers to v oi ce re cord ers and man y o the r e l ec tron ic devi ces . You[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 39 nN Wr ite -pr ot ec ti ng a Mem ory St ick™ Memo ry Sti ck s™ are des igned w ith an eras ure pr e vent i on s witch t o prot ect val uable dat a f rom ac c i den t al eras ure o r overw r i tin g. Mov e th e ta b to the ri ght or lef t* t o se t or re lea se wr it e - p r o t e c tion.[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 40 nN Re m ov in g a M e mo ry S ti ck ™ To rem o v e a Me mory Stic k ™ , pr o ce ed as foll ows: 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 rel ease i t, and then pul l it out. ✍ Al ways re m ove th e M e m o ry S ti c k™ gently, o r i[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 41 nN Usi ng P C Car ds You r VAIO deskt op has a PC Ca rd sl ot t hat suppo rts Type I or Ty p e II PC C a r d s . P C C ard s all o w y ou to c onnect port abl e e xt erna l devi c e s . In s e rti ng a PC Car d In s e rt th e PC Ca r d gen tly i nto t he P C C ar d s lot with t he l abe l f[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 42 nN R emov ing a PC C ard Fol l ow the st eps belo w to r emove the PC Card w hile yo ur co mp uter i s on. I f it is no t remov ed p r o per l y, your sys tem m a y not wor k . I f yo u w ant to remove a P C Ca rd w h en yo u r comp u ter is o f f, skip steps 1 to 7 . To remo ve a PC Car d,[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 43 nN Usi ng pow e r sa ving m ode s The col our o f the p ower indi c a t o r light on the m ai n uni t t ells you w hic h mode t he comput er i s i n. U si ng Sta nd by mo de If you pl an t o stop u s i ng your c omputer f or a s hort per i od of time (no t over night ), you can put i t i nt[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 44 nN To retu r n t o N orm al m ode, ch oose from th e f ollo w i ng: ❑ Pres s any key on t h e ke yboar d. ❑ Pres s t he Stand by button agai n. ❑ Pres s one of t h e <S > Ke y s on t he k eyboar d. ❑ Qu i ckl y p ress t h e po wer butt on on your c o m pu t e r . ✍ Y ou can [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskt op 45 nN To act i vate Hi ber n at e m od e manu all y, us e one of t hese two met hods: Use the Wi ndo w s ® taskb ar: 1 Save you r work. 2 From the Sta rt m en u o n the Wi ndows ® ta skb ar , select Turn Off Comp ut er . Alt ernativel y , press <A lt > + <F4 > u nt il th e T u rn[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 46 nN Connecting peripheral devices You can add func tio nality to your com puter by conn ec t ing any of t hese per i p herals. Befor e you connec t a peri pher al, tur n o ff bot h the c ompu t e r and the perip heral. Con nect the pow er cor d only a f t er co nnectin g al l ca bles . [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 47 nN Conne c ting an e xte rna l d ispla y You can c onne c t mul t i pl e disp l ays to you r d es k t o p, ea c h us i ng a di f f erent po r t on t h e back of your c omputer : ❑ an LCD sc r e en u s i ng the DVI co nnec tor , ❑ a CRT o r LCD sc r e en u s i ng the VGA co nnec tor[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 48 nN If you r eboot af t er changi ng the s et ti ngs as above, t h e de fau l t sett ing ret urns and the i mage is sh own on the VGA s c reen aga in. To av oi d t his , you ca n downl oad a drive r fr om the w ebsite htt p : //w ww. vaio -l in k .c o m . On c e t h e dr iv e r is do w [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN Co nnect in g a proje ctor 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 mp uter . To connec t a pr ojec tor t o your VAI O deskt op , proc eed as fol lows: 1 Pl ug one end of t he VGA c a ble int o the VG A c o nnec tor o n t he [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN Co nnect in g a T V You can co nnect a TV dir ectly to your comput er. In order to b e ab le to u s e a TV s c reen , you al so hav e to enab le the T V- O ut f u nc t i on. To connec t a TV to your VA I O deskt op, proceed as fol lows : 1 Pl ug one end of t he S-Video c onnec tor i[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN 4 Cl i ck t h e S etti n g s ta b . 5 Select Advan c ed . The ...NVIDIA GeFor ce MX 460 dia log bo x app ears. 6 Cl i ck t h e nV ie w ta b . 7 Se lec t th e D evic e S etti n g s butt on. 8 Cl i ck Selec t O u tpu t Device.. . and sele ct the de si red disp l a y . Conne c ting an [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN Conne c ting a Un i ve rsal Se ri al Bus (U S B ) devic e You can c onne c t a U SB devi c e , f o r exampl e, a s c an ner or a p r i nter , to your V AIO deskt op. Y our com pu t e r feat ures the l ates t U SB t echnol ogy, having been upgr aded t o U SB Speci f i catio n ver s i[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 53 nN Conne c ting a pri nter To connec t a pr int er, proc eed as f ollo w s: 1 Pl ug t h e pri nter c able into t he printer co nnector o n y o ur c omputer ( 1) . 2 Plu g t h e printe r po w er co rd i n to a n A C o u tlet ( 2 ) . To connec t a U SB p r i nter , simpl y p lug t he pri[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN Conne c ting an i .LINK ™ de vi c e Y our V AIO co m put e r i nclu d e s a 4- p i n i. LIN K ™ po rt o n the fr o n t of th e syste m an d a 6-p in i.L INK™ port o n the ba ck o f the s ystem. Use the se con n ecto rs to c o n n ect an i.L INK™ device such as a digital vi d[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN C o n nec ti n g a d i gita l vi de o c ame ra re c o rder To connec t a di gi tal vide o c amer a rec order, 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 the i. LINK™ con nec tor of the c o m p ute r and t he oth er e n d i nto the[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Co nnect in g t w o V A I O c ompu ter s You ca n co nnec t your VA I O d es k to p t o an other VA I O com pu t er usi ng an i . LI N K™ c able (n ot sup pli ed). Wi th the so f t war e on you r VA I O d es k top, you c an c o py, edi t or dele t e f i l es o n an other V AIO com[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN Conne c ting t o a net w ork Y our comp uter co m es w i th a preinsta l led Eth ern et interfa ce. To connec t t o a net wor k, proc eed as f ollo w s : 1 Go t o Sta rt , righ t -c l i ck on My C o mp uter and select Pr o pert ies . 2 Cl i ck t h e H ard ware ta b a nd select De v [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 58 nN Getting help Thi s s ect i on de scr i b e s ho w to g et hel p and suppor t f rom Sony, as wel l as tr oub l es ho ot i ng tip s f or you r com puter. Sony pr ovi des s ever al s upp ort opt ions f o r your co m p uter . Sony's s u pport op t ions P ri nt ed do cu ment ati on su ppl ie d wi th [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 59 nN On lin e user g uid es The foll owin g o nl i ne docum ents ca n b e foun d o n y o ur hard dr iv e: 1 The So n y V A I O Des kto p Use r Gu i d e : ❑ Using your V A I O d esk to p show s you how t o use th e s tanda rd com pon ents of y o ur sy ste m . In this part o f t he m an ual y ou w ill als[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 60 nN 3 In t h e Cu st o mer Ser vice G uide , yo u w il l f ind all t h e i n formati on yo u need relati ng to V AIO- Link , i n cl udin g con tact numb ers fo r e a ch co u n tr y . 4 Con s u lt t he On li n e H el p fi les of the s oftwar e you a re usi ng f o r detai led i nfor m a tion on f eatur es [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 61 nN T roub les hooting Thi s s ect i o n d es c ri bes how t o sol ve c ommon pr ob lems y o u m i ght encoun t e r w hen usin g your V AIO desk top. Many prob lems hav e si m p le sol utio ns. Pl ease tr y t h es e su ggestion s befor e cont acting VA I O-Li nk or you r loc al Sony deal er. Y ou are re [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 62 nN A bou t th e co mp ut er a nd s of twa r e My comp u t er d oe s n ot 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 nd i cato r o n the fron t p a ne l of th e co mput e r i n di cates t h a t the p ower is o [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 63 nN 7 Pres s <F10> to ex i t, or u se th e a rro w key s to se lect Exit Sa vi n g Chang es . The mes s ag e S ave co nfi gurati on c hanges and ex it n ow? appear s. 8 Make sure t h at Ye s i s sel ected an d the n p ress <En t e r> . My c ompu ter does not s hu t dow n It is r e co m m en d[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 64 nN My comp u t er l oc k s up ❑ I f yo u s u sp e ct an a p p lic at io n i s l o c k i n g yo u r sys tem , yo u ca n t r y to s to p it . T o d o t h i s, pr ess <C trl> + <Alt> + <Delet e> once. If y o u h av e n ot chan ged th e d ef a ult se t t i ngs, you wil l ent er the T ask[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 65 nN I f th i s s ti l l fail s, p r o c e e d as fol lows: 1 If poss i b le, sav e any unsaved w ork. 2 Pres s <Alt> + <F4 >. The T ur n o ff comp u ter bo x app ear s . 3 Select Re sta r t . Make su r e t he softwar e you a re usi ng i s co mp at i bl e w ith y ou r equi pment and operat ing[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 66 nN My m ouse does not w ork Check t hat t he m ouse is plu gged i n t o t he mous e c o nnec tor o n t he back of t he uni t. Th ere may be dus t or d irt insi d e th e m o u se me cha nism. To clean the m ouse, proceed as f o ll ows : 1 T ur n o f f the c omputer a nd t u r n the mo use u pside dow n. [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 67 nN A bou t G iga P oc ket There ar e int erfere nce l i n es on t he TV screen These li nes appear wh en yo u u s e Cl on e m od e w ith Giga Pocket . To avo id the inter fere nce li nes, mini mise the G iga P o cke t wi n d ow of th e deskt o p mo n i tor th e n ma ximi ze i t ag ain . Giga Poc ket doe[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 68 nN T h e wi n dow I h av e ju st cl os ed is st i ll o n t h e s cre e n Pres s t he Win dows ® key an d <D > k ey twi ce to refre sh t he scree n . I canno t f i n d t he Wi n dow s ® task ba r ❑ Ch eck th at th e ta skb ar i s n o t hid de n or mi nimi sed. ❑ Mov e t h e curso r to ea ch e[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 69 nN A bou t CD s a nd f l opp y di s k s M y CD /D V D t ra y do es no t o pe n To open t he disc drive, p r o ceed as fol l ow s: Wi th th e e j ect b utton : 1 Make su r e t he power is turned on. 2 Pres s the eject button on th e ap propr i at e disc drive . Usi ng My Computer : 1 Cl i ck S tart , and[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 70 nN I canno t pl ay a D VD - ROM ❑ If a r eg ion cod e wa rni ng appears w h en y ou are us i n g t he D VD pl ayer , it coul d be tha t the DVD - R OM you are t r yi ng to pl ay i s incom patible w ith the DV D dri ve on your VAI O deskt op. The r egion c ode is l i s t ed o n the pac kaging of the di[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 71 nN When I do ubl e- cl i ck an appl icati on icon , a m ess age such as 'Y ou mus t i nser t the appl icati on CD i n t o you r drive ' appears and t h e sof twa r e doe s not star t ❑ Som e t i tles re quire speci fic fi les th at ar e l ocat ed on the appl i cat ion CD- R O M. In s e rt th[...]

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 applicati on that has i ts o wn vol ume co ntr o l, check t hat t he vol ume is tur ne d up . ❑ Check t he volu m e cont rol s i n W indo ws ® an d i n Win dows ® Medi a Pl ayer . ❑ Check t hat the s peake[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 73 nN 9 D ese lect the Micr ophone Boost c h eck b ox, and t h en cli ck Cl ose . 10 Cl ose the Re cord in g C ontrol di alog box. The unw anted noi se s ho ul d no w be cleared. A bou t th e m odem My inte rna l mod em d o es n ot wo rk ❑ Check t hat t he ph one li ne i s p lug ged i n to you r comput e[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 74 nN ❑ Have y ou r pho ne com pa ny che ck t hat your ph one li ne i s free f rom any l ine nois e. ❑ If your probl em i s fax - r el ated, check tha t th ere ar e no pr ob l em s with th e fax m achi ne yo u are cal l i ng and tha t it is compa tibl e wi th fa x mo dem s. ❑ If you ar e h av i ng a [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 75 nN 4 Cl i ck Finis h . Th e p rin te r is no w i ns t all e d. ✍ T his p roce d u re app l i es for m ost, b u t n o t for al l printers. 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 hat you r printer is c orr ectly c o nfigu r e d and th[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 76 nN A bou t dig ita l vi deo c ap tu res and D Vg a t e Wh en I reco rd im ag e s t o a d i g i tal vi d e o d ev ice u si n g D Vgate , my sy stem d i splays t h e mes sage ' Re c o r din g t o DV de vice fa i l ed. Ch ec k t he power an d c ab l e conne cti ons t o the devi c e s and tr y aga in&a[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 77 nN Upgrading your V AIO computer Th e fo llo wi n g p r o c e d u res assu me f amilia ri ty w ith the g eneral ter minolo gy ass o c i a ted with PC s and wi t h th e reg ula tory comp li ance req u i red for mo difyi ng electr o n i c eq uipmen t. Ob s e rve prope r saf et y precaut [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 78 nN 5 Posi t i on the main uni t so th e ba c k pan e l i s facing you . 6 Loca te t h e t ab on the upper r i ght side of t he rear p anel , and pul l i t bac k until th e si de c o ver re l e as e s. 7 Li ft t h e side co v er away from th e u nit and s et i t asi de. ✍ Always w ai [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 79 nN Ins e r ting a PCI a dd- on bo ard You r com puter has op en PCI ex p ansion slots. 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 r y. To in s er t an a dd- on board, proc ee d as[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 80 nN Adding m e m ory I n the fu tu re, yo u ma y wan t to i nsta ll m emory m odul e s t o ex pa nd the f u n cti onal i ty of y our comp uter. Yo u can i ncre as e t he m emor y by i nsta l l i ng option al mem ory m odules , al though we rec omm end that y ou do not in s t all them yo[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 81 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 rce s s u ch as rad iators 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 a re not magne ti cal ly[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 82 nN 5 Locat e t h e no tch on the bot tom ed ge o f t h e me m o ry modul e ( 1). 6 A li g n the memory modul e o ve r t h e slot, m a k i ng su re t h e modul e is faci ng the co rr e c t w a y (2). 7 Pres s evenl y agains t the memory modul e' s upper corner s. The end l atc hes [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 83 nN ✍ T here i s only o n e c o rrect w ay to i n s ert the mem ory mo d ule. M ak e s ure th e rivet o f the mo d u le i s lined up wi th the con n ecto r . ! Us e only PC 2 1 00 D DR S DR AM DI MM mo dule s . 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 r y[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 84 nN Closi ng t he si d e c ove r To repla c e t he side cover , proc eed as fo l l ows: 1 A li g n the tab s on t h e sid e co ver to th e ri m of th e u n it. 2 Pre ss the s ide cov er firm ly a ga i ns t the u n i t un ti l i t sn a p s in t o pl ace. RX460)[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 85 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 t o h el p you pr otect yo ur c omputer f rom 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 and li ng the h a rd di sk ( p age 85) ❑ O n u sing th e p o wer sour ce ( p[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 86 nN ❑ Do no t us e your c ompu t er in a pl ace subj ect t o extr em 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 the pow e r sour ce ❑ Y ou r comput er operat es on 220 -240 V AC50/ 60H z . ❑ Do no t shar e the A C ou t l et w ith[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 87 nN ❑ Exce ssi ve du st ❑ Mois ture or rain ❑ Mec hanic al vi bration or s ho ck ❑ St r o ng ma gnets or s peakers that are n ot magneti call y shi el ded ❑ An ambi ent tem perat ure of mor e than 35ºC or l ess than 10ºC ❑ High hum i di ty. ❑ Do not p lace e lectr oni c equipm ent ne ar yo[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 88 nN On handling t he LCD sc reen (if a ppli c a bl e ) ❑ Do no t l eave the LCD fac i ng t he sun as it c an damage t he LCD . Be c a reful w h en using the c omputer near a window. ❑ Do no t s cr atc h the L C D or exer t pr es s ure on it. Th is c o uld caus e malfunc ti on. ❑ Usi ng t h e com pu [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 89 nN ❑ Fin gerpr i n ts and d us t on th e sur fac e of a di s c may c ause r eading er rors. Al w a ys hol d t h e d isc b y its edge and c entra l hole, as s h own. ❑ Proper care of th e d i s c i s es sent ial to i ts cont inuous reliabi lit y . D o n ot us e solve nts such as ben z i ne, thi nni ng[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 90 nN Glossary Th is secti on refers to t e r ms u s ed in t h i s man u al an d e lsew h er e in the VAI O w orld . Th ese te rm s and defi niti ons h a ve b een c o m p iled to pr ovide y ou w i th a be tter unde rsta n ding of y o u r V A I O co m p ute r . T erm Definition <F1> key The <F 1> ke[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 91 nN CD-ROM Ab breviati on for Compact Dis c R ead-Only Mem ory . A high-c apacity op t ic al d isc, usu ally 650 MB in size, c a pabl e o f bei ng read from but not w ritt en to. CD-RW Sh ort fo r C o mpa ct Disc- ReWri tea ble. C ompa ct Disc th a t ca n b e u sed to w rit e o r rewri te d at a to it . A CD[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 92 nN ISP An IS P (I n t ernet Servi ce Provi der) i s a company which p r ovi des yo u w i th a u s er n ame, pas sw ord an d tel epho ne num ber in order t o conn ect to th e I nter net. L2 cache memory Ca che memory i s RAM- l i k e m e mory th at en ab l es q uick acc es s to da ta th at ha s al rea dy bee[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 93 nN Operating system The op e r a ti ng sys te m is so ftware th at ma nag es al l the oth er p rogra ms in a c omput er . I t de fines how th e co mpute r reads an d wr ites info rmat io n to i ts d isks (an d o the r hard ware) . Wi ndows 200 0, Win dows Mi l l ennium Ed iti on, Wi ndows X P Prof es sio na[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 94 nN PSTN PSTN (P ubl i c Sw itche d T el eph one Netw ork ) r efer s to t h e plai n o ld t ele phone se rv ice, the nat i onal te l ecom muni cati on netw ork s i mpleme n t i ng voi ce t r ans miss i o n b y usi ng anal og si g na ls. RAM Shor t fo r Rand om A ccess M em ory , t he memor y us ed to run pr [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 95 nN USB USB ( U ni v e r s al Seria l Bus) i s a h ar d w a r e i nter fa c e for att achin g devi ce s ( such as a keyboar d, mouse, joyst ick, s canne r or printer ). Y ou can co nnect u p to 127 devic es t o a US B port. The USB st andar d i s Ho t Pl ug and Pla y . VA I O Shor t fo r V i deo A udi o I nt[...]