Sony Vaio PCG-631M manual

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Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2002 Sony C orporation. All rights reserved. This man ual and t he sof twar e de scri bed h ere in, in whole or in part, m ay no t be re prod uced , tr ansla ted, or redu c ed to a ny mac hin e- readable form without prior written approval. Sony Co rpora tion pro vide s no[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 2 nN Symantec Norton AntiVirus is a trademark of Sy mantec Corporation. All other names of systems, pro ducts and services are trademarks o f their respective owners. In the m anual, the ™ or ® m arks are not specified. S peci ficat ions are s ubjec t to c hange w itho ut no tice. All other trademark[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 3 nN Sa fety infor mati on Own er' s rec or d The seri a l number and model n umber are l o cated on the b ottom of you r S ony notebook. Record the seria l nu m ber in the spac e provi ded her e. Refe r t o the mode l n um ber and s er ial nu mb er i f y ou ca ll VAIO-L ink. Seri al number: ______[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 4 nN ❑ TV se ts ❑ Speaker s ❑ Ma gne t s ❑ M agneti c bracelets. Au dio/ vi deo ❑ Aud io and pi ctu re di storti on may oc cu r i f this e quip me nt i s pos ition ed in close prox im ity to an y equipm ent emitti ng electrom agn etic radiati on. Conn ecti vit y ❑ Neve r install mod em or te[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 5 nN Reg ulatory informa tion Sony her eby de clare s tha t t he pro duc t i s in com plia nce wit h th e ess ent ial r equi rem en ts an d o ther rele vant prov isi ons o f E urop ea n Dire cti ve 1 999/5 /EC ( ra dio e qui pm ent and t elec omm un icatio ns te rmi nal e quip ment D irect ive ). This p[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 6 nN Di sposin g of lit hium io n batt eries ❑ Do no t han dle da ma ged or le aking l ithiu m io n ba tterie s. D ispos e of pr ompt ly a nd pro per ly at e nd- of-lif e. ❑ Dang er o f ex plosi on if the bat te ry i s inco rrec tly r epl ace d. Rep la ce o nly with the s am e or equ ival ent type r[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu lati ons on purc has ing a S o ny VAI O note book . S ony has comb in ed le ading -edg e te chnol og y in aud io, vid eo, com put ing a nd com mu ni cat ions to pr ovi de y ou with state -o f-the -a rt pers ona l com pu ting. Here are just so me of the feat ures your V AIO noteb ook has [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN Do cumenta tion pa ck Your Docu m enta tio n Pac k cont ains pa per a nd onl ine use r guides on yo ur comp uter 's har d driv e. Prin ted do cume ntation ❑ A Ge tti ng St arte d bro chure, wh ere y ou find a brief descr ipt ion of the items in you r box , som e specif ica tion s of your no teb oo k, an[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN 2 Refe r to your So ftw are Gu id e for inform atio n on the bundl ed softw are and the Son y applicati ons. ❑ A bou t th e So ftw are i s a short des cript ion of th e featur es of the so ftw are pr e-instal led on you r sy ste m. ❑ Using V ide o soft w ar e ex plains how to use Sony video softwa re: DVga[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y our noteb ook an d its ac cessor ies The followi ng hardw are items are in t he box : 1 mai n u nit 6 pow er c ord 2 re charg eable b attery p ack 7 phon e p lug (cou ntr y s peci fic) 3 pr odu ct r ecovery C D-RO Ms 8 phon e c able 4 doc um ent ation p ac k 9 doc kin g sta tion (o nly bu ndl ed with P CG- [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg ono mic cons ider ati ons You w ill be us ing you r no tebo ok as a po rtab le d evic e in a variet y of env iro nm en ts. Wh enev er p ossib le, y ou should attem pt to take acc ount of the follow ing ergonomi c consider ations to both sta tionary and port able environ ment s. ❑ Posit ion of your compu[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN ❑ V ie w i ng an gle o f th e co mputer ’s dis play – Use t he d isplay ’s tilting feature to find the best p os ition. Y o u c an reduce eye str ain an d m uscl e fa tigue by ad justing the tilt o f th e disp lay to the p rop er posi tion . Adju st the brightn ess settin g of the disp lay as well. ?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us i ng y o ur n o t eb oo k This se ctio n des cribes how to start using y ou r c omp ute r and ho w to use yo ur com pute r ’s inter nal an d extern al devic es. ❑ Loca t ing co ntr ol s an d conn e ct ors (page 14) ❑ Conne cti ng a pow er sou rce (page 18) ❑ Starti ng you r note book (p[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Locat i ng contro ls and connectors Rig ht 1 USB c o nnec tor (p age 7 1) 2 He adpho ne conn ect or (p age 7 0) 3 Mic roph one con ne ctor (p age 7 0) 4 S40 0 i.LINK co nnec tor (p age 7 4) 5D C O u t / 6 Monitor connector (p age 6 5) 7 Ethernet ne two rk connec tor (p age 7 9) 8 Phon e line jack [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Left 1D C I n (p ag e 1 8) 4 Magic Gate ™ M em ory S tic k™ sl ot (p age 3 7) 2 USB co nne ctor (p ag e 7 1) 5 PC Card slo t (p age 3 4) 3 V entilation sl ot /[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Front ✍ T her e is a ve ntil atio n slot l ocate d nea r the po wer sw itch . Do no t cov er t he ven tilati o n slot w hen y o ur co mp uter is on. 1 Ha rd disk driv e indic ato r (p ag e 2 8) 2 Nu m Loc k in dic ator (p ag e 2 8) 3 Caps L o ck i ndicator (p ag e 2 8) 4 Scro ll Lock indic ator [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Bac k Bott om 1 battery connector (p ag e 1 9) 1 b attery lock lever (p ag e 1 9) 3 dock ing conn ector (p age 5 6) 2 b attery release lever (p ag e 1 9) 4r e s e t s w i t c h /[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN C onnect ing a power sour ce You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rec hargeab le battery pac k as a power sou rce. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , proceed as follows : 1 Plug the cable attac hed to the AC adapte r (1) into the D C In connec tor (2) on th e compute r . 2 Plug on e e [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN To use the AC adapter , proceed as follows : 1 Plug the cable attac hed to the AC adapte r (1) into the D C In connec tor (2) on th e compute r . 2 Plug on e e nd of the po wer cord (3) into th e AC a dapter . 3 Plug the other end of th e pow er cord into an AC out let. ✍ U se y our not ebo ok o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Insert ing the ba ttery pac k To insert th e batt ery, proc eed as follow s: 1 Move th e lock lever (1) on the bott om of th e computer to the Unlock p osition . 2 Align the groov es (2) and tabs o n the ba ttery (3) with th e tabs an d no tches on the ba ck of the com puter , and then sl ide the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN Cha rging the ba tt ery pa ck To ch arg e the ba t tery pack , proce e d as foll ow s: 1 Conne ct the AC adapt er to the comp uter . 2 Insert the b atter y p ack. The co mpu ter autom at ically c har ges th e b atte ry (th e b atte ry i ndica tor l ight flash es in a do uble bli nk pattern as th e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pack To remo ve the batt ery pac k, proce ed as fol low s: 1 T urn o f f th e com pute r a nd clo se t he co ver . 2 S lide the lock le ver (1) to the Unlock p ositi on . 3 Slide the releas e l ever (2) to t he Unlock posi tion and slide t he bat tery a way from the com pute[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Sta rt i n g your noteb ook To st art you r comp ute r, proc eed as foll ow s: 1 Slide the LCD loc k lev er (1) i n the d ire ction o f the arrow , and lift th e co ver . 2 Press th e p ower sw itch (2) of the c omp uter u ntil the g reen p ower indi cator ( 3) li ght t urn s on. 3 If necess ary ,[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Sh uttin g down you r note book I t is im por tant th at you s hut do wn y our co mpute r p rop er ly so y ou d o no t lo se uns ave d da ta. To sh ut down yo ur co mputer, pro ceed as fo llows: 1 Click the St ar t bu tto n. 2 Clic k T ur n Off Compute r . The T urn o ff compute r screen a ppe ars[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Us in g the ke ybo ar d Your keyboar d is very simi lar to a deskt op com puter’ s, but th e keyboa rd has additi ona l keys that p erfo rm spe cific n otebo ok-rel ated tasks.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Keys Descr iptions Esc ape ke y (1) Th e <Esc> (Esc ape) key i s us ed to can cel c ommand s. Function keys (2) The twelve function key s along the top of the keyb oard are used to perfo rm designated tasks. F or e xam ple, in m any app lica tion s, <F 1> is t he Help key . The ta sk a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons with the <W indo ws> key Combinati ons Functions + F1 Displays Hel p an d Su pp or t Cen te r . + T a b Switches the selected button o n the taskbar . + E Displays My Co mpute r . + F Displays the S ear ch Resu lts w ind ow to f ind a fi le or fold er . This is[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Ind icato rs Indic ator F uncti ons Powe r Pow er on: light s g ree n. St and by mo de: fla she s um ber . Hibern ate mode: turns off. Battery Indicates th e statu s of the b attery inse rt e d in t he computer . Mem ory St ick™ T urns o n when the Memo ry Stic k™ is in use. T urns off when th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons with the <F n> key * First y o u need to connect your external display , th e n you turn o n your notebook. When you connect your external display when the comp ute r is a lre ad y on, you c a nnot use the k ey com binat ion <Fn>+<F7> . * Thi s f un[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The key b oard conta ins a cu rso r-poi nt ing dev ice, your to uc hpa d. You can point to , sele ct, drag , an d scr oll objec ts on the scr een us ing the bu ilt-i n touch pad . Action Descri pt ion poin t Slid e one f inge r on the touch pa d (1) to plac e th e poin ter (4[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Us ing the Jo g Dial ™ Your c omputer is equipped with a Jog Dial™ (1) bet wee n the righ t and left touch pad but ton s of your com puter. You can turn (2) or / an d press (3) the Jog Dia l™ to scrol l the wi ndow , select a sof twa re, adjust the i nternal speak er vo lume , etc.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN The Jog D ial™ w indo w is alw ays displ ayed on the scre en. Thi s windo w h as two mode s: Laun ch er mod e or Guide mo de. The Jo g Dial™ w indow is in Laun cher mod e until you s tart an applicati on o r the Jo g Di al™ w indo w be co mes a ctiv e. W hen an a rrow appears n ext to a n it[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN To use the Jog Dial™ in Launch er mode, proc eed as follows: 1 Clic k the Jog D ial™ win dow o r pr ess the Jo g Di al™ wh ile p ressing the <Ctrl> ke y to swit ch to La unc her mode. 2 T urn the Jog Di al™ to select an item, t hen p ress th e J og Dial™ . The Jog Dial™ window sw[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Us ing PC Cards Your comp uter i nclu des a PC Card sl ot. PC Card s allow you to c onn ect port able ex ternal devi ces . In sert ing a PC Card To in sert a PC Card, pro ceed a s f ollows : 1 Insert th e PC Card int o the PC Card sl ot, fron t label facing up (1). 2 Gently push the ca rd into th [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN F o r so me P C C ards, i f yo u alt erna te b e twee n Normal pow e r op eration an d Stan dby or Hib e rn at e p ower ma nage me nt mo des wh ile th e card is inse rt ed, y ou ma y fi nd that a dev ice c on nec ted to yo ur s ys tem is not rec og nized . Reb oot y our syste m to c orre ct th e p[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN So me PC Car ds or thei r fu ncti on s may not b e comp ati ble w ith this comp ute r . ! D o no t selec t and sto p a USB d i sc driv e, a Sony i.L INK ™ CD-RW/ DVD-R OM driv e or a S ony i.L I NK ™ DVD-ROM d rive . ! If you sto pped a Sony i.LINK ™ C D-R W/D VD-R OM dri ve or a Sony i. LIN[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN Using Me mor y Stick™ Your VA IO co mput er is d esigned to suppo rt t he M emory S tick ™. The M em ory Sti ck™ is a c omp act, p ortabl e, and ve rsatile d evice esp ecial ly desi gned f or exchan ging and sh aring digital data w ith c ompatib le pro ducts . Becaus e it is remo vabl e, it [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN The main advan tages of the Memory S tick™ are its: ❑ Com p ac tn e ss: with dim ensions of just 21.5 m m (W) x 2.8 m m (H) x 50 mm (D), compat ible products c an also be smal l, light we ight and attrac tive i n the ir design. ❑ Ca pa ci ty : I ts data capacit y far exceeds that of a flopp [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Ge ner ic Memo ry S tic k™ The original Me mory Stick™, blue in colour, can be used to rec ord image d ata taken w ith digital still came ras, etc. o r data fro m the PC. Wi th it, you can record , play bac k and tra nsfe r var ious kinds of data at any g iven time. Becaus e it is easy to remo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN MagicGat e Memor y Stick™ The Ma gicGate M emory S tick™, whi te i n co lour, r ecords PC an d image data j ust l ike its blue c ounter part; the d ifferenc e is i t uses th e M agicGa te copyright p rotecti on t echno logy. With this type o f Mem o ry Stick ™, also ca lled the M G Mem ory S[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN So that you furth er disting ui sh a Mag icGate Mem o ry Stick ™ from a gen eri c one, look for: ❑ the lo g o p rinted on it ❑ a pr otr udi ng dot loca te d on the ba ck. ✍ MagicGate is a co pyright p r otecti o n technology th a t complies with t h e standards s et by SDMI (Secure Di g it[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Copy righ t p rot ection Peopl e w ho creat e artistic works suc h as music are enti tled to a "copyrigh t", meanin g that they have exclusiv e rights to dictate how thei r work is used. Whe n they are cr eated, artisti c work s are autom atically protec ted b y a copyri gh t with out ha[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Aud io: ❑ MS Wal kman ❑ MS Hi -fi sy stem ❑ Netw ork Walk mans ❑ V oice record ers Othe r: ❑ V A IO n ot ebo oks ❑ VAIO d es kt o ps ❑ CLIE Han dh eld E nte rta inm en t Orga ni ser ❑ Sony mob ile pho nes ❑ Digita l print ers ❑ AIBO the Sony En tert ainment R obot To find out m[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN Inse r ting a M emory Stick™ To insert a Memo ry Stick™, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Once yo u ha ve store d yo ur dat a from you r digit al devi ce, in sert th e Mem or y Stick™ with the arro w facing up an d toward th e Memo ry S tick™ slot . 2 Care fully slid e the Memo ry Stick™ into the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN W rite -pr otec ting a M emory Stic k™ Memo r y Sti cks™ are design ed wit h an erasure preventio n switch t o protec t valuabl e data from ac cidental erasure or over writing. Move t he t ab to the rig ht or l eft* to se t or re lease w rite-pro tec tion. W hen the erasu re p reventio n sw it[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Us ing the mod em Yo ur not ebook i s eq ui pped w it h a n in ter nal mod em. You ne ed to connect to a pho ne line to take advan tage of onlin e services and the Internet, but also to regist er your co mpu ter and soft war e online , and to cont act VA IO-L ink. To co nnect a ph one l ine, p roc[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN Us ing po wer savin g modes When you u se a b atte ry as th e sou rce of p ower for you r co mput er, you can tak e a dvant age of p ower ma nage ment set tin gs to cons er ve ba tte ry li fe. In ad dit ion to the n orma l ope rati ng mode , whic h al lows you to turn o ff sp ecifi c dev ices, y o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN Using Hibernate mode The sta te o f the system i s s aved on the h ard d isk an d power is t urn ed off. The pow er i ndica tor l igh t is off in th is mode. To ac tivate Hi bernate mo de, p roceed a s follo ws: Press <Fn> + <F1 2> . The S ave to Dis k M anag er scre en app ears an d t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 49 nN Using Wi reless LAN (WLAN) Thanks to Sony ’s Wire less LAN ( WLAN ), all you r digi tal devic es with built-i n WLAN fu nc tional ity comm unicate f reely w ith each other th ro ugh a powerf ul netwo rk. A W LAN is a net work in which a mob ile use r ca n co nn ect to a loc al are a n etw ork (L[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 50 nN Com munic atin g with out A cces s Point (ad- hoc) An ad-ho c netw ork is a n etw ork in which a local n etwor k is created on ly by the wirel ess devi ces the mselves , with no other ce ntra l contro ller or Acc ess Point. Each de vice co mm unic ates di rec tly with ot her dev ices i n th e ne t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 51 nN 10 F ill i n t he Networ k ke y* . The netwo rk key should be 5 digit s . Y ou can choo se whatever y ou wan t. 11 Clic k OK . Yo u r Netw ork n ame ap pears in th e Pr efer red ne twor ks box . 12 Clic k Adv an ced . The Adv anc ed dia log box appear s. 13 Se le c t th e Computer -to-com puter (a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 52 nN ✍ In Fr anc e and in t he Net herlan ds , o nly a f ew ch annels can be u sed: - France : only channels 10, 11 (indoor as well as outdoor). - the Ne therla nds : channels 9, 10, 11 (only outdoor). Indoor all c h annels ca n be used. T his means that you n eed to change channel s if you are in on[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 53 nN 5 Ty p e t h e Ne tw ork Ke y . The ne twork key has the sam e name as the ne tw ork ID , but witho ut th e f irst dig it. For example: - ID o f the netwo rk: 09 316a (6 digits) - Network key: 9316a (5 d i gits) 6 Clic k Connect . After 30 sec onds, the co nn ection is esta blish ed. ✍ In Fr anc[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 54 nN Selec t ing a c han n el When usi ng W ireless LA N, radi o frequen cies ar e us ed t o transm it d ata from on e com puter to an ot her. R adio frequen cies are di vided in to several cha nnels (1 to 14). B ut in Fra nc e , you have to use cha nnels 10 or 11 (i ndoo r a nd out door ). In t he Ne [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN Connec ting periph eral d evices You ca n add func tion ali ty to yo ur c omp uter by co nn ectin g or us ing a ny of the se pe riph eral s. Before you c onnec t pe riph erals, turn of f t he co mpu ter and a ll p eriph eral s. Conn ect th e power co rd only afte r con necti ng all ca b[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Conn ect ing a docki ng sta tion You ca n use th e P CGA- DSM 5 CD-R W/ DV D doc king sta tio n* or the PCGA -DS D5 D VD d oc king sta t ion (bo th optio nal) t o conn ect perip her al devi ces su ch a s a p rinter or an exte rnal di splay or to use d iskettes . Different por ts are ava[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN Left & Bott om 1 i .L INK™ net wor k swi tch (p ag e 7 4) 3 Ventilatio n slot / 2 Rele ase lev er (pag e 6 0) 4 Flopp y disk drive (p age 6 4)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Bac k 1D C I n (p ag e 1 8) 5 M onit or conn ect or (pag e 65) 2 Ethernet net wo rk con nector (p ag e 79) 6 Prin ter co nne ctor ( page 7 2) 3 USB co nne ctors (p ag e 7 1) 7 Seria l p ort / 4 S40 0 i. LIN K™ con n ect or (p ag e 7 4)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN At ta ching you r comp uter to the d ock ing s ta tio n To connect your com puter to the docking stat ion, p roceed as follows: 1 Plug the AC adapt er cable into the DC In con nector on the dock ing stati on an d th e other end to an AC out let. The DC In LE D turns on. 2 Close th e cov[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Dis con necti ng you r co mputer from the d ockin g sta tion To disc on nec t your co mpu te r from the do cki ng sta tion, proce e d as follo ws : 1 If the note book is off, simpl y follo w steps 3 to 5. 2 If th e no te bo o k is on , c li ck Star t , then Eje ct PC or pull the UNDO CK[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN ✍ Do n ot undoc k th e n oteb ook wh en t he doc king st atio n indi cat or i s o n. If y ou u ndo ck wh en the do cking s tati on i ndic ator o n the no te bo ok is on , you may l ose data or m a lf u nctio n may occur . Mak e s ure al l ca bles an d per ip herals a re r emove d be f[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN Whe n yo u f inish usi ng a d isc, w ait u nt il th e LE D in dic ato r t urn s of f an d th e n pre ss th e Ej ec t bu tt on to re m ove th e di sc. If th e d isc does not come out when you pres s the eject button, go to My Com pute r . Sel ect the dri v e , click the right bu t ton of[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Usi ng th e C D- RW f un ction To bu rn CD s, you can use CD-RW and CD -R discs: ❑ The CD- R W (CD-ReWritable) d isc is a data memo ry m edium that c an be u sed to write , erase and rew rite a prog ram or ot her d ata. ❑ The CD - R (CD -Re cordab le) disc is a d ata mem ory medium [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN ❑ Alway s use the AC ad apte r as th e p owe r sou rce for y our co mpu ter when you w rite d ata to a C D- RW o r CD-R. It is not po ssibl e to bu rn CDs when the CD- R W/DV D- ROM dock ing sta tio n is not co nn ect ed to AC powe r . Using th e floppy disk dr ive on the dock in g st[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN C onnect ing a n ext erna l dis play You ca n co nne ct an ex ter nal displ ay to yo ur note book . F or exam ple , yo u can u se yo ur comp uter wit h the fo llowing d evice s : ❑ Com put er di splay (mo nitor ) ❑ Projector ✍ T urn off your com put er a nd the per iphe rals, unpl[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN Con necting a comp uter dis play You ca n co nne ct a co m pute r displ ay e ith er di rec tly to you r not ebo ok or v ia the dock ing statio n. You m ay not b e a ble t o di spla y t he co mpu ter' s LC D a nd th e e xt erna l displ ay t og ethe r, dep en ding on t he type of com[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN To connect a computer di splay to th e docking stat ion, proc eed as follows: 1 Plug the moni tor p lug (1 ) into the do cking station m o nitor co nnect or (2) . 2 Plug the power co rd (3) into an AC ou tlet. ✍ If the m a in uni t is do c k ed , yo u ca n on ly us e the m on itor c o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN Conn e cti ng a pr oje ct or You ca n co nne ct a pro jec tor (su ch a s the Sony LCD proje cto r) dir ectly to your noteb oo k or via the dock ing statio n. To connect a projector to you r noteboo k, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the RGB signa l cab le (1) into the noteb ook m onito r con[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN To connect a projector to you r docking stat ion, p roceed as follows: 1 Plug the RGB signa l cab le (1) into the doc king stat io n monito r con necto r identi fied by the mon itor symbo l. 2 Plug the audio cab le (2) into the noteboo k earphon e conne ctor identifi ed by the sy mbo l.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN Con ne cting ext ern al spea ke rs You ca n enh anc e the sound qual it y of your co m pu ter by co nn ecti ng e xterna l spe ake rs. To co nnect exter nal s peakers, proceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the speaker cable into th e noteboo k earphon e conne ctor identi fied by the symbol . 2 T u[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 71 nN Conn ect ing a U ni vers al Ser ial Bus (US B) mous e You c an co nn ect a USB d evic e (e.g . mou se, f lo ppy di sk d rive, printe r…) to yo ur note boo k or to y ou r do cking statio n. If the mai n unit is doc ked, yo u can onl y use the USB conn ectors on the do ckin g station . [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 72 nN To connect a USB mouse to the dockin g station, p roceed as follows: Plug the USB cable (1) into one of th e docking station USB conn ectors (2) identifi ed by the sy mb ol. ✍ Y ou do no t nee d to s hut dow n th e c omput er be for e conn e cting o r di scon nec ting a US B pe ripher[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 73 nN Conn e cti ng a pr int er us ing th e p rin te r co nne cto r The d ock ing stati on ( opti on al) is e qui pp ed wit h a p rinter c onn ec tor. To co nne ct a pr inter usi ng the print er con ne cto r, proc eed as fo llow s: 1 Plug the printer ca ble (1) sup pli ed with the printe r in[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 74 nN Conn ect ing a n i.LI NK™ dev ice Your c omputer includes an i.LINK™ (IEEE1394) co nnector, w hich you c an use to connec t to an i.LINK™ d evice such as a di gital video camera rec ord er or to con nect two VAI O note book s in or der to copy, de lete or e dit files. The i.LI NK?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 75 nN Conn e cti ng a di gi tal vi de o cam er a reco rd er To conn ect a di gital vi deo c amera re co rder to yo ur no tebo ok , pro cee d as fol lows : 1 Plug one en d of th e i.LINK™ cable (1) i nto the i. LINK™ c onnector (2) o f the co mputer an d the ot her end into the DV Out conn[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 76 nN To conn ect a di gita l vi deo c ame ra re corde r to t he do cki ng sta tion, procee d a s fol lo ws: 1 Plug one end of the i.LINK™ cable (1) into the i.LINK™ connect or (2) o f the docking stati on and the other end into the DV Out co nn ector (3) on the dig ital vide o camer a re[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 77 nN Con nect ing tw o V A IO not ebooks With Sm art C onn ec t yo u can c opy , edi t or del ete file s o n ano th er VA IO com pu ter ( equip ped wi th Smart Conn ect) conn ecte d to y our c omp ute r wi th an op tion al i.L INK™ cabl e (1 ). You ca n als o pri nt a do cum ent on a prin [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 78 nN 5 T u rn on th e not ebo ok. 6 Conne ct y our com pute r to a no ther c omp uter w ith the i .LIN K™ ca ble. ✍ When y ou use Smart C onne ct to conn ect two VAIO com pu ters, you must assign each com put er a un ique na me by whi ch it ca n be ide nti fied when t he two co mput ers [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 79 nN Conn ect ing to a netw ork (LA N) You ca n co nne ct you r note bo ok or y ou r dock ing sta tio n to 10B AS E-T/1 00BA SE- TX- typ e netw ork s via a n Ethernet n etw ork cabl e. F or th e detail ed settin gs and d evic es nee ded to con nect to th e ne twork , co nsu lt your Net wo rk[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 80 nN To connect your docking st ation to a LAN, p roceed as fo llows: Conn ect th e ne twork cabl e to the Ethe rne t net work conne cto r (1) on the do cki ng stati on. ✍ If the m a in uni t is do c k ed , yo u ca n on ly us e the e the rne t net wor k conn ect or on t he doc king stati o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN Getting help This sec tio n des cribes how to get he lp and sup po rt fro m Sony , and provide s trou bl esh oot ing tips for you r co mpu te r. So ny suppor t op tions Sony pro v ides se veral sup port opt io ns for your co mpu ter. Pri nted docum entat ion su ppli ed wit h your not ebook ❑ A Ge tti n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN ❑ Getting help explai ns the s upp or t option s av ailab le to y ou, an d offers bas ic tr ou ble shooti n g tips. ❑ Prec aut ion s provide s fa cts a nd a dvi ce ab ou t using y ou r not ebo ok. ❑ Specifications p r ovides det ails on your compu ter , drive rs and acce ssories. ❑ Glo ss ar y re[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN Othe r sources of informat io n ❑ The Online help files tha t accompa ny yo ur pr e-installed softwar e con tain instru ction s on usin g the softwar e. ❑ V A IO-Link we bsite: if y ou h av e a n y p rob le m w it h you r c om p ut er , y ou c a n ac ce ss t h e VAIO - Lin k w eb site. Go to : ht tp:[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN T rou bl es hoo tin g This se ctio n des cribes how to solv e comm on pro bl ems y ou m igh t enc oun ter w hen usi ng you r not ebo ok. Man y prob lems have simp le solut ions. Plea se, try th ese suggest ions be fore cont actin g VAIO-Li nk. ❑ Abo ut the c omp uter an d sof twa re (p a ge 8 5 ) ❑ A[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 85 nN Ab out the comput er and s oftw are My c omp ute r does n ot star t ❑ Check th at the compu ter is plugg ed into a power source and that it is turned o n. ❑ Che ck that the po we r indica tor on th e fron t p ane l of th e c omp ute r indica tes that the p ow er is on. ❑ Check th at the battery pac[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 86 nN 5 Press <Enter> . 6 Press the arrow keys to sel ect Sy stem T ime . 7 Set t he tim e (h our:mi nute: sec ond). 8 Press <Enter> . 9 Press the arrow keys to sel ect the Exit me nu. 10 Press the arro w keys to selec t Ge t Defau lt V alues and then press <Enter> . The messa ge Lo ad defaul[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 87 nN My co mputer locks up ❑ If you susp ect on e applicat ion is loc kin g your system , you can try to stop it . T o do this, pr ess <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<D e lete> simult aneo usly . If you ha ve not cha nge d the defa ul t setting s, you w ill ente r the Ta s k M a n a g e r . Select the appli[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 88 nN Ab out t he dis pla y My LCD do es not di spl ay an ythi ng ❑ Check th at the compu ter is plugg ed into a power source and that it is turned o n. ❑ Che ck th at t he powe r i nd icato r on th e fr on t pane l of the c omp ute r i s on . ❑ Check th at the battery pac ks are inserte d proper ly and [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 89 nN I canno t pl ay a CD-R OM ❑ After inser ting the CD , wait for a fe w sec on ds for the sy stem to de tect i t befo re you try to ac ces s it. ❑ Make sure the la bel of the disc is facin g up. ❑ If the disc requir es softwar e, make su re the softw are is installed accordi ng to the instr uctio ns [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 90 nN ❑ A dirty or damag ed disc may cau se the compu ter to ' hang' wh ile it tries to read the disc . If n e cess ary , reboot th e comp ute r , rem ove the disc and the n check th at it is not dirty or dam aged . ❑ Check your P G (Par ental Guidance) in t he DV D softw are as th is mi ght b e [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 91 nN ❑ Make sure you pl ace the disc in the tray w ith the label si de faci ng up. The disc tray does not eject even when the eject butto n is pressed ❑ Che ck tha t t he note book i s t urn ed on. ❑ The CD- wri ting ap pl icati on softw are may be sto pping the disc from being ejec ted. The disc tray e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 92 nN 5 Se le c t th e H ard wa re tab , then cl ick D evic e M an a ger . 6 Se le c t Univ er s al Se rial Bu s co ntro lle rs , then Y - E Data USB Floppy . 7 Fr om t he Acti on men u , clic k Uninstall . 8 Keep clicking OK unti l th e Confirm ation of deleti on of device m essage appe ars. 9 Se le c t Scan [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 93 nN ❑ The spea ker vo lum e may b e tu rned t o th e mini mum. Pr ess <F n>+<F4> , and th en pres s or to increase the volume . ❑ If yo ur com pute r is p ow ered by bat tery , c he ck th at th e bat tery is in serte d pr ope rly an d th at it is cha rged . ❑ If you are using an appl icatio[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 94 nN 5 T u rn on yo ur no teb ook. Y o u can now ope rate th e CD -RW /DVD -R OM dr ive or th e DVD -RO M dri ve. ✍ Do not set t he i .LINK ™ net wor k swi tch w hen t he no tebo ok i s on . It ca uses m alf unc tion. Set th e i.L INK ™ ne twork sw itch af te r rem ovi ng al l ca bles c onn ecte d to th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 95 nN ❑ Che ck th at the ph on e num be r the pr og ram is di alin g, is co rrec t. ❑ In the Phon e and Modem Opti ons dial og box ( Cont rol P anel / Phone and Modem Opti ons ), c h eck th at yo ur mo dem is l ist ed on the Modems tab, and that the lo cation i n forma tion is c orre ct on the Dialing Rule[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 96 nN ❑ If you are us ing multip le i.LI NK™ devi ces, th e co m bina tion of the conne cted devic es may cause unst able ope ration . In thi s c ase, tu rn o ff the pow er of all co nn ect ed d evic es a nd disco nn ect un used de vice s. Che ck the connect ion and then turn on the powe r again. ❑ Use m[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 97 nN Ab out d igital video capt ures and DV gate While I am reco rd ing imag es to a digi tal video device usi ng DVga te, m y system displ ays the mess age 'Recordin g to DV device failed . Check the power and c ab le c o nnect ions to the DV device an d try the operati on a gain...' ❑ Close a ll[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 98 nN ❑ Ch e ck if t h e Ac cess P oint is disp layed in the Av ail a ble networ k s wind ow . ❑ T o ch e ck t h is, cl ic k Star t and then Co n t rol P a ne l . ❑ D oub le-c lic k t he Netw ork Co nnectio ns ic on . ❑ Ri ght- cli ck th e W ire less Networ k Conn e ct ion icon and se lec t Pr opert ie[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 99 nN The maximum c o mmuni cation speed is not r eached The maxi mum com mun ication sp eed is 11 Mbps, bu t t his can never be reached . The normal speed is 4 to 5 Mbps. Th e c ommu nicat ion spee d slows dow n when tr ansf erring M PEG2 dat a. The fi le tr ansf er is in terrupt ed Th is ca n happen when the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 100 nN Pr ec au ti o ns This se ctio n des cribes safety guide li nes a nd pre cau tio ns to help you pro tec t your co m pute r from pot ential dama ge . Your n oteb oo k a nd mem o ry mo du les u se h igh pr ecisi on com po nen ts a nd e lec tro nic co nn ectors tec hn ology . To avoid the inval idation of y[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 101 nN ❑ Discon nec t the syste m from its pow er sourc e and fro m any t elec ommu ni catio n link s, netwo rks, or modems b efor e you open the syste m. Failure to do so may result in per sonal inju ry or equipme n t dama ge . ❑ Electro static D isc harge (E SD) can dam age memory mod ules and other comp[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 102 nN 4 Unscrew the tw o screws at the bot tom of your co mput er . 5 S lide th e LC D lock lever a nd lift the cover . 6 Slide the keyboar d toward the LCD display , then lift it away sligh tly . 7 Lift th e k eyboa rd fro m th e LCD d i splay sid e. 8 Gentl y t urn i t over th e touc hp ad. B e care ful n o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 103 nN 11 Gently repla ce t he keyb oard, the n press i t int o you r comp uter . Be carefu l no t to deta ch the cab le wh en lifting the keybo ard. 12 Close th e comp ute r c over , then tighte n the sc rew s on the bott om of th e comp ute r . * O nly pos sib le on PC G-R6 00H FP and PCG- R600H FPKI T . Add[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 104 nN 7 Lift the ke yboa rd from the LCD di splay si d e, then gen tly turn it over the tou chpad . Be car eful not to d etac h th e c able (1) when li fting th e k eyboa rd. 8 Remov e the exi sting memory mo dule. 9 Remov e the new memor y module fro m its pac k ag ing. 10 Install th e memo ry modu le . Be c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 105 nN ❑ Sn ap the connec tors into place when the board is correct ly seated. 11 Gently r eplace the keybo ard, then p ress it into y our c omputer . Be careful not to detach th e cable when lift ing the keyb oard.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 106 nN 12 Close th e comp ute r c over , then tighte n the sc rew s on the bott om of th e comp ute r . V iewing the amou nt of memory To vi ew th e amou nt of mem or y, proc ee d as f ollow s: 1 T urn o n the c omp uter . 2 Go to Sony No tebook S etup vi a t he Star t me nu. The Sony N ote book S e tup dial o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 107 nN Althou gh the hard di sk has the sa fety devi ce in itself to prevent losing data du e to m echani cal vibrati on, sh ock or du st, yo u sho uld be car eful when ha ndl ing you r comp ute r. To avoi d da ma ging your ha rd di sk: ❑ Do not gi ve a sh ock to yo ur c omput er . ❑ Keep aw ay from magn e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 108 nN On us ing power s ource ❑ Y o ur com puter operat es on 100V-240V AC 5 0/60 Hz. ❑ Do n ot share th e AC o ut let with o the r po wer-consu m ing eq uipmen t, such as a pho to copi er or shred der . ❑ Y o u can purcha se a powe r strip w ith a surge prot ector . Thi s device prev en ts damag e to y[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 109 nN ❑ Str ong magn ets or speakers that are no t magn etically shiel ded, ❑ A mbient temp eratu re of mo re t han 35 ºC o r less th an 10º C, ❑ H igh hum id ity . ❑ Do not plac e electroni c equipme nt n ear your co mpu ter . The elec trom agnetic fiel d of your c omputer may cause a malfunction. [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 110 nN On ha n dling C D-ROMs ❑ Do no t touch th e surfa ce of the d is c. ❑ Do not dr op or b end th e dis c. ❑ Fingerp rints and d ust o n t he sur face of a disc may c au se read erro rs. Alw ays h old the di sc by its ed ge and its ce ntr al ho le , as sho w n : ❑ Proper car e of the di sc is essen[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 111 nN ❑ While the bat tery is in u se or being di schar ged, the battery pac k heats up. This is normal and is n o t cause for conc ern . ❑ Keep the battery pack aw ay from all s ources of heat. ❑ Keep the battery pack dry . ❑ Do no t o pen o r try to di sasse mble the bat tery pac k. ❑ Do not e xpo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 112 nN ❑ Do not d is assemb le or m odi fy M em or y Sti cks™ . ❑ Do no t l et Mem ory Stick s™ get w et. ❑ Do no t u se or sto re Memo ry S tick s™ in a loca tion sub ject to : ❑ E xtremely high tempe ratu res, s uch a s in a car p arked i n th e su n, ❑ D irect sun light, ❑ H igh hum id ity[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Notebook specificat i ons: PCG-R60 0M F / PCG-R600HFP / PCG-R600HFPKIT 113 nN Notebook spec ifications: PCG -R600MF / PCG-R600 HFP / PCG -R600 H FPKIT Model name PCG-R600MF PCG-R600HFP / PCG-R600HFPKIT Model number PC G-6 33 M PC G- 632M / PC G-6 31 M Op e rat in g syst e m M icr os oft ® Wind ows ® XP H ome E ditio n Mi[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Notebook specificat i ons: PCG-R60 0M F / PCG-R600HFP / PCG-R600HFPKIT 114 nN T elecommunic ation ca pab i litie s Ethernet network, PSTN d ata connectivity Expansi on capabi lities One PCMC IA t ype II Car d and Ca rdbu s s uppor t Built - in c apabil i ties Stereo speakers, to uchp ad, Jog Dial™, Memory S tick™ Speci[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Notebook specificat i ons: PCG-R60 0M F / PCG-R600HFP / PCG-R600HFPKIT 115 nN Weight W ith b att e ry W ith batter y & option al docking station 1.98 kg No t ava ila ble PCG - R6 00H FP: 1. 98kg /PCG -R600 HFP K IT :1. 98kg PCG-R600HFP: Not a vailable/ PC G-R6 00HF PKIT : 3.06 kg Operati ng temperatur e +5°C to +35°C[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Notebook specificat i ons: PCG-R60 0M F / PCG-R600HFP / PCG-R600HFPKIT 116 nN ‡ See our special Guarante e extension conditions. S peci ficat ions are s ubjec t to c hange w itho ut no tice. (1) The m axim um comm unic atio n sp eed of th e IEEE 802 .11b s ta ndar d ca n vary de pendi ng o n the ob stacle s or the dista [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide (optional) Docki ng station speci fications 117 nN (optional ) Docking s tati on specifications * PCG-DSM5 is bu ndled with PCG-R600HFPKIT . S peci ficat ions are s ubjec t to c hange w itho ut no tice. Model name CD-RW/DVD Docking stat i on (PCGA-DSM5)* DVD Doc king station (PCGA-DSD5) Op tic a l dr iv e up to 24x max. CD[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 118 nN Glossary This s ectio n r efers to terms us ed in th is manu al. T hese terms an d d efini tions ha ve be en c omp iled to prov ide you w ith a better unde rstandi ng of your V AIO comput er. T erm Defi niti on <F1> key The <F1> key g ives you access to th e online help of most so ftware. 10BASE[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 119 nN CD-ROM Ab brev iat ion f or Compa c t Disc R ead-O nly Me mory . A high -c apac ity opt ical disc, usua lly 650 M B in size, capable of being re ad from but not w ritten to. CD-RW Short for C ompact Disc-ReWriteable. C ompact Disc that ca n be u sed to write o r r e write d ata to it. A CD-RW ca n be writte[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 120 nN EULA EULA (En d-User License Agreement) is the name g iven to a license g overning the software on y ou r c omput er . The EUL A ca n b e fo un d in t he R e a d th i s fi rs t sec tio n at the begi nni ng of the software g uide or directly on the VAIO desktop. i.L INK ™ i .LINK™ is Sony’s version of [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 121 nN MAP I Short for Messaging Applicatio n Program Interface. A Microso ft Windows i nterface enabling you to send e-mail messages. It a llows e-mail access and distribution amo ng appl ic ati ons. M API- comp atib le a ppl icatio ns inc lu de a Se nd M ail or S en d in the F il e menu of th e a pp lic ati on .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 122 nN PC Card A PCMCI A card. T he t erm P C Ca rd is m ore wide ly us ed t h an PC MCI A. S ee P CM CIA. PCMCIA PCMCIA (Personal Computer Mem ory Card International Association) is the na me of the group that pro duced the specification for the credit card-sized plug-in boards for lapto p computers. The ca rds u[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 123 nN RAM Short for Ran dom Access Memory , the memory u sed to run programs and store data in current use. R AM is the fa stest kin d of me mory to re a d from a nd write to. Information stored in RAM is lo st when you turn of f the computer . The higher the R AM capacity , the faster y our current data can be p[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 124 nN UPS A UPS ( Un inte rrupti ble Po wer S up ply) i s a devic e incl udi ng a b atte ry that prot ec ts yo ur computer from d ata loss in the event of a po wer failure. The battery takes over as so on as a po we r i nterru ptio n is de tect ed. If you a re usin g the com pu ter w hen the pow er failur e occu [...]