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    P ersonal Computer V GN-T300 Ser ies Smar tWi C onnection Utility Guide[...]

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    V AI O® Computer Wirel ess Info r mat io n 2 T ab le of Content s About y our Co mpute r ......... ......... ..... .......... ......... . 3 Cont ent s ... ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... .. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .. .... .... .... 3 About Wireless Connectivity .................................................... 4 About t[...]

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    About y our Computer 3 About y ou r Computer Thank y ou for pur chasin g a V AI O® VGN-T300 S eries c omputer! Y our new machine combi ne s st ate - o f-the-art har dwar e and softwar e to bring you unparallele d wir ele ss connectivit y . Contents The s e ha rd w ar e com pon e nt s ar e in c lu d e d. * A Cingula r SIM ca rd is preinsta lled in [...]

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    V AI O® Computer Wirel ess Info r mat io n 4 Abo ut W ir ele ss Conn ecti vity W ith built -in W ireless W AN capabi lities , your compute r i s e quipp ed t o connect wir el e s sly to y our e-mail, the In ter net, and any intra net networks w i th whic h yo u may be asso c i ated. T o begi n making use of wireles s c onnectivi ty , yo u will ne [...]

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    About the Cingul ar SI M Card 5 1 Unles s pr ei nstalle d, y our S I M card is co ntained withi n a lar ger ca rd, a bou t the s iz e of a cre di t card. Remove the smal ler SI M c ard by pushing it out fr om the larg er car d . 2 Next, orient your c om pute r so you ar e fac ing i ts rea r p ortion. 3 Locate the SIM card slot i n the ba c k of the[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 6 If your co mputer came with a preinsta ll ed Cingul ar SIM c ard, verify tha t the card is in deed in the SIM ca r d s lot. ✍ T o acti vate y our Cingul ar account , call Son y custo mer suppo rt a t 888-6 04-V AIO (8246 ). When ca lling cu stomer s upport, yo u may be aske d for the S IM# (IMS I #)[...]

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    About the Cingul ar SI M Card 7 Remo v ing the SIM Ca r d T o remove the SIM car d, a g ain orient your co m pu ter so you are facing its r ea r porti on. Make sure the comput er is turned of f. 1 Loca te the SIM ca rd slot. 2 Gentl y p us h in the SIM ca rd unt il you hear it cli c k, then release the card allo wi ng the S IM ca rd to ej ect. Af t[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 8 About Smar tWi Connect ion Uti lity The Sm artW i Conn ectio n Util ity fu nctions lar ge ly a s a swi tch man a ger betwee n the various forms of wi reless c onnect ivity: B l uetoot h®, W LAN, and WW AN usi ng Cingula r W i reless software. By clic king on each of the thre e wireless opt ions, the [...]

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    Starting Smar t Wi Connect ion Utility 9 1 Fi rst make sure you r com pute r is t urned on. 2 Make s ure the wire less sw it ch is turn ed on. If it is n ot, l ocate the sw it ch on the fron t le f t portion of your comp uter a nd slide the swi tch t o the ri ght . 3 Y ou may also c lic k the Smar tWi Connect io n Utilit y ic o n in th e task b a r[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 10 4 Alt ern at el y , pr ess St a r t , s elec t All Pr ogr a ms , sele ct t he VA I O S m a r t W i Connection Utilit y fol d er, an d cl ic k V AIO SmartWi Connection Utility . The Smar tWi Connect io n Utilit y dialog box dis pl ays. Smar tW i Con n ec tion Utili ty icons ✍ No te th at WW AN and W[...]

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    About the Wirel ess Swit ching W indo w 11 About the Wirel ess Swit ching Wi n dow The W ireless S wi tc hing W indow is another uti lity tha t ena bles switc hing betwe e n wir eless m odes. It promotes ease of use by allowing you t o switch betwe e n Bl uetooth®, WLAN, and WW AN s i mp ly by pressing keyb oard bu tto ns ins tead of using t he to[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 12 Using Wireless Connect i on Uti lity T o use the wirel ess c o nnectivit y feature s a nd begin u si ng e -mail or connecti ng to the Int e rne t, simply clic k t he de sired button: Ci ngular W ireless (f or W AN conne c t ivity), WLAN, or Blu e to oth®. W i reless Co nnection Utility ma in scre en[...]

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    Using t he Cingul ar Wirel ess W AN connec tion 13 Us ing the Ci ngul a r Wir el ess W AN co nnecti on T o use Cingula r W AN conne c tivi ty , do the fol lowing: 1 Clic k the Ci ngul ar button on the S m art Wi Con nect ion Utili ty ma in s cr e en . A Cingular Conn e c t i on Manager laun ch area displa y appe ars be low the bu tton. Cingular C o[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 14 3 By defau lt, your connec ti on to Cingul a r s e rvi ce initia tes. 4 Fol low any addition al direc t ions on the Cingular Conne ctio n Manager window dis plays. Usi ng the Wir ele ss LAN conn ec tio n T o use W irele s s L AN (WLAN) co nnectivit y , do the following : 1 Clic k the WLAN butto n on [...]

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    Using t he Wire less LAN c onnection 15 T o d eactivate WLAN connecti vity , select Disab le for th e S t atus field drop-d own box on the WLAN Setting s di alog. By de fault, W LAN uses theI EEE802.1 1b/g standard technol ogy for WLAN conne c tivi t y . Th e stand ard i nclud es t he W ire d Equiva lent Priv acy (WEP) encr yption method , which is[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 16 Configuri ng the WLAN c onnection Y ou can config ure you r com pute r to connect to a WLAN in one of two of the followi ng ways: ❑ without a n ac ce ss point devic e (ad -hoc) ❑ wit h an acce s poin t d evice An ad -hoc network is a network i n whic h a loca l ne twork i s cr eated only by the w[...]

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    Using t he Wire less LAN c onnection 17 7 Desele ct the T he key i s pro v ided for m e automatic ally o ption button. The Network ke y , Confirm network key , and Key index (ad vanced) fiel dss activate . 8 Ente r the Network key . The network ke y sh ould be 5 or 13 alpha numeric chara ct ers long. Y ou can c hoos e wha tever you want. If you wan[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 18 Configuri ng Pro xy and I P Settings f or WLAN connections Y ou can config ure Proxy a nd IP Set ti ngs f or u s e in con necting to your WLAN network . T o do this : 1 From the WLAN Settings dia log box , clic k Advanced Sett ings . The Advance d Settin gs window d is pla ys. 2 Selec t a ne twork pr[...]

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    Using t he Bl ue tooth® connec ti on 19 Us ing the Bl uetoot h® con nect i o n T o use Bluetoo th® technol ogy connecti vity , do the follo wing: 1 Clic k the Bl ue toot h bu t to n on the Wire less Con nec tio n U tilit y dialog bo x. This ac tivates Blue tooth® tec hnology , and a status dis play appea r s below the but ton. 2 Next, cli ck th[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 20 4 From the Bl ue tooth Devices dialog bo x, sel e c t a nd s ea r c h fo r any Bluet ooth® devic es in the v ici nity of your comput er . Clic k Add to invoke th e A dd Bl uet o o t h De vic e W iz a rd and fo llo w the on- screen inst r uct ions. Whe n comple ted, cl ick OK . Blu et ooth Devices di[...]

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    General Funct ional Inf orm a tion 21 Gener al Functional Inf or mation Smart Wi Connetion Utility suppor ts the followi ng W ireless W AN -rel ated funti onality: ❑ Network Systems GSM 850, 1800, and 1900 ❑ Network Services GPRS/EDGE and SMS Note: S peech servic es are not supported ❑ SIM Card Smal l plug -in card, XX-type with S I M lock No[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 22 F A Q and T r oub leshooti ng This sectio n provid e s ans we rs to freque ntly as ked qu estions (F AQ ) and possibl e opera ting work arou nd informat ion for the Sm a rtW i Connect ion Uti lit y (SWCU). In addit ion, this inform at ion can help to clari fy issue s en coun tered when using the Sma [...]

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    Ans wers to F requent l y Asked Quest i ons 23 ❑ SWCU O pe r a tion Question : Why do I get a V AIO W ireless Help Uti lity prompte d when laun c hi ng W LAN? Answer : If t he re is not any WLAN pro file confi gured previou s l y (th is is t he fi r s t time using WLAN), th e V AIO W irele ss Help Utilit y will be la unch ed auto matical ly , or [...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 24 Questi o n : I cli c ked on the S mart Wi mini m ize op tion a nd notic ed the mini mi z e d icon wa s no t in the taskb a r . Where i s the mi nim iz ed applica tion and how do I bring ba ck the appl ication to t he de s ktop? Answer : T he S ma rtWi applicat ion wa s m ini mized into the T ask-tr a[...]

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    Ans wers to F requent l y Asked Quest i ons 25 ❑ Cingular Connecti on Manager (CMM) Question : What does it mean to “Rest ore” from the tool hel p bubble? Answer : Cli ck ing the “mini bar” optio n o nce, reduces the ful l de t ails to a “mi n i ba r”. Cli ck the “Restore ” option to re tur n to full deta ils view . Question : W h[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 26 ❑ SMS Questi o n : What doe s “Load” do and why does it not pr om pt for opt ions or input ? Answer : T he S MS hel p file indica tes this is u sef ul i n cas e o f acc idental dele tion of m essages. The “Load” fe a ture would be a way to r e cover t he dele ted message s, however , thi s [...]

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    Ans wers to F requent l y Asked Quest i ons 27 Question : Why I am not alerted of tr ansf e rring the conte nt s of phone book to t he addre s s book ? Answer : This i s a fe a ture t hat is still un der de velopment . A request for furthe r s t udy to be conducte d wit h t his option has been ap plied. Question : When I s ele ct a messa ge from a [...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 28 ❑ GPRS Network Questi o n : Why do I see a ne twork conne ction s peed ra te of 214.4 Kbs, but when I try to a ccess a websit e that requir es a minim um of 128 Kbs, I am told that I do not have the re quir ed inimum rate. Answer : T he net work s p eed i ndicator prov ides the capacit y of the wi [...]

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    Ans wers to F requent l y Asked Quest i ons 29 3 If you are sti ll having troubl e, c ontact your ne twork a dm i nis trator to as si s t in obtaining th e proxy settings . Question : I am seeing a messag e in W indows ta s kb ar statin g; “GP RS a Network Ca ble is Unp lugged”. What does thi s mean? Answer : T ypicall y , this mess a ge a p pe[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 30 S t ore using Sonic St age. Questi o n : S o nic s t age appe ars to lock up inde finite ly (dis plays a spi nning ‘LOADING’ l ogo) when a ttempting selectin g “Radio Connect” (streami ng) from Sony Conne ct™ site. Answer : This i s rela ted to t he issue of st reaming audio over low b andw[...]

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    Ans wers to F requent l y Asked Quest i ons 31 4 Unins t all Sony Utiliti es 5.3.0. 11 30 5 Un inst all V A IO Wir ele ss U ti lity 6 Unins tall Cingul ar Connecti on M ana ger 7 Un inst all Sm ar tW i c onne ct ion Util ity Question : I do not see a repai r opti on for the SmartW i from th e con trol pane l. How do I repair th e SmartW i and its a[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 32 No tic e to Us ers © 2005 Sony Electron ics Inc. Reproductio n in whole o r in part with out written p er mission is p rohibited. All rights reserved . This manual and the software descri bed herein, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced, translated, or reduced to a ny machine-r ea d able form [...]

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    No tice t o U sers 33 R egu la to r y I nfo r ma ti on Declar ation of Confor mity FCC in fo rm atio n This equipm en t has been tes ted and found to compl y with the limits for a C lass B digital dev ice, pursuant to Par t 1 5 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provid e reasonabl e prot ect ion agai nst harmful inter feren ce i n a res[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 34 be connected to the line, as determi ned by the total RENs, contact the telephone compan y . F o r pr oducts appr oved after July 2 3, 2001, the REN for t h is product is part of the product ide n tifier that has the format US:AAAEQ##TXXXX. The digits re p resen ted b y # # ar e the REN without a d e[...]

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    No tice t o U sers 35 The PCG-4E1L n o tebook computer c o ntains a W ir eless LAN or Wireless W AN tran smitter which is co-l o cated and ope r at ing sim u l t ane o us ly w i th a 0.09 mW Blu e t oo t h mo d ul e. This device and its antenna( s) must not be co-located or operating with any other antenn a or transmitter except Grant conditio n. U[...]

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    V AIO® Comput er Wir eless Inf or m at i o n 36 IC Exp osure of Hu m ans t o RF Fi elds The installer o f this radio equip ment must ensure that th e antenna is located o r pointed such th at it does not emit RF field in excess of Health Canada limits for the general popula tion; consult Sa fety Code 6, o btainable from Health Canada’ s website:[...]

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