Sony P C V- 7 7 6 7 manual

N S o ny V A IO De sk top Use r G ui de PC V -R X4 se ri es / PC V -7767[...]

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 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 s l ate d, o r r educed t o any ma ch in e- re adab le for m w i t hou t pr ior w ritt en approv a[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 2 nN Syma nte c No rton Ant ivi rus i s a tra dema rk o f Syman tec. Click t o D VD is a t r a demar k of Sony El ect ron i c s. Th e USB 2.0 H i- Sp e ed lo g o is a regis tere d tra dema rk of Univ ersal Se rial Bus Imp lem e n ter s Fo rum. EverQ uest i s a r e gi s ter ed t r ad em a r k of Sony Com[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 3 nN E n vi ronmenta l informa tion H al og enat ed f lame re t ar da nt i s not use d in cabi nets . Cu s h ion s f orme d b y c orr ugated bo ar d ar e used in packag ing . Sa fety i nformati on W arni ngs Gen er al ❑ Op ening the un it, for what ever re as o n, coul d l ead t o damages th at ar e n[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Read this first 4 nN ❑ Magnet s ❑ Magnet ic bracel ets . Au di o /video ❑ Au di o and pi ctur e dis tor t i on m ay o c c u r if t hi s equipm ent i s po sit i o ned in close prox im i ty to any equi pment em i t ting el ectro m ag net i c r adia t i on. Con nect i vi t y ❑ Neve r i n stal l modem or te lephon [...]

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 dec l ar es t hat t his pr oduct is i n compli ance w ith the e s s ent i al requi rem ent s a nd other re levan t pr ovi sion s of E ur ope an D irective 1999/ 5/ EC (radi o eq ui p m en t a nd t elec omm unicat ions terminal eq ui p ment D i rec tive).[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 6 nN We l c o m e Con gratu l ati ons o n purch asing a S ony V A I O deskt op. S on y has c ombin ed leadi ng-edg e t echno log y i n au di o , 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 r s on al c omput i n g. Here ar e the mai n feat ures you wi l l b e ab le [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 7 nN ❑ Excellen t customer su p po rt - I f y ou ar e exper i en cing any probl ems w i t h your comput er , plea s e ch eck the V A IO-Li nk w e bs i te fo r a pos sible so l uti on: http://www .vaio-link.com Befor e con t a c ti ng V A IO-Link e i ther b y e-mail or by t e leph one, pleas e try to sol ve t [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 8 nN On lin e doc um e nt atio n The onl i n e d ocum entation cont ains the f ollowi ng gui des: 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 part o f t he m an ual you wil l al s o f ind o u[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 9 nN ❑ U sing pa rtiti o n ed d ri v es te l l s you what you c an do with par titio ned drives. 3 In t he V A IO - Lin k C u s t om er Se rv ic e Gu id e yo u w ill f i nd al l the VAI O -L i n k i nfor mation you need , in cluding spec ific con t a c t num bers a nd addres s e s for each coun t r y . 4 Con [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 10 nN Y o u r Son y V AIO deskt o p and its ac cessorie s Th e fol lowi ng h ar dw are i tems a r e in the bo x: ✍ * T he pho ne c abl e and ada pte r ar e us e d to co nne ct the int er nal m odem. 1 mai n u ni t 6 V A I O w h eel m ouse 2 V AIO keyb oard w i th p almres t 7 s p eakers w i th DC cabl e 3 po [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Welcome 11 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 er gon omic cons i der ati ons when us ing y our ne w com puter, w h et her at home 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 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 neu tral, co mfortab l e po si t ion ( 2) whil e us i n g the key bo ard or mous e – no t at an an gle. Let your upper arms hang[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 13 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 t o us e your co m p ut er’s i nter nal 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 [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 14 nN Starting your c om puter On ce you have al l the compone nts set up as descr i be d i n the G e tt ing Starte d g u ide , you c an beg i n to us e your comput er. To sta rt up y ou r comp ute r, p r oc e e d as fol lows: 1 Pres s t he power bu t ton on y o u r moni t o r to t u r n the d[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 15 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 Sta r t but ton. 2 Cl i c k T u rn Of f Computer . The T urn of f co m pu te r scr een[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 16 nN Usi ng the k e yboa rd Thi s sec tion de s c ribe s 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 in a n u pw ar d pos i ti on on i ts b ack side to sa ve s pac e o n you r desk . MAIL INTERNET MUSIC PICTURE VIDEO H[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 17 nN Keys Descriptions Esc ape key ( 1) Th e <Esc> (Es c a pe) key is used t o cancel c o m m an d s . Fun c ti on keys ( 2) Th e twel ve fun ct i on keys alo ng the top of t he keyb oard are used to p er form desig nated task s . Fo r example , i n m a ny app l i cation s , <F1 >[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 18 nN Co m b ina tio ns a nd fu nct io ns wit h t h e Wind ows ® ke y <F n > c ombi natio n ke ys (14) Th ese keys ar e u s ed in c o m b i na t i o n w i th t he <F n > key t o execute t he comm ands depic t e d w i t h in the box on t h e ke y . <F n > key (15 ) Th e <F[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 19 nN Co m b ina tio ns a nd f u 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 t o the beg i nn ing of [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 20 nN Usi ng the short c ut k e ys Pres s a sh ort cu t key ( <S> Key) t o s tar t your fav ourite s oft w are wit hout havin g t o clic k the shor tc ut 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 chang [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 21 nN Setting up the monit or If your V A I O d es k 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' ' LCD ( X G A 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. Fo r more i n[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 22 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, se lec t, drag, an d scr o l l o b j ects o n the scr e en u s ing th e bu tton s an d the wh ee l. ✍ Y ou c an se t th e m ous e up for l e ft -han d us [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 23 nN Usi ng the CD and DV D dri ve s Dep endi ng on your m od el*, your com pu t er is equi pped w i t h one of t h e f ollow ing com binati ons: DV D - ROM and CD-R W dr iv e DV D - RW and CD-RO M dr i ve ❑ The DV D - RW drive reads da ta from a DV D and wri t e s to a D VD - R or D VD-RW [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 24 nN Wr itin g C D/ DVD s D epending on t he mod el, y o ur c omputer is eq ui p ped wit h eit h er a D V D-RW o r a C D - RW d r i ve, on which you can pl ay audi o CD s/DVD vi deos and CD /DVD -ROMs , as well as cr eate your own CD /DVD- RWs and C D/ D VD - R s. To burn DV D/CDs , you c an [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 25 nN Pl ayi ng DVD s You r VA I O d es kt o p i ncl udes a D VD drive , on w h ich you c an p lay audio CDs , CD - RO Ms and DVD- RO Ms . To achi eve o pt i m um p erfor mance w hen pl a ying DV D- RO M s, you s hould f ol l ow t hese r ecommen datio ns: ❑ Y ou can pl ay D VDs in the DV D-R[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 26 nN 5 Cl i c k the nV ie w tab . 6 Se lec t th e Cl one mode chec k box. 7 Go t o th e G eFo r ce4 MX 46 0 tab. 8 Cl i c k Ad di tio nal Pr ope r t i es , th e n Vi de o M ir r or C ontr ols . The Fu l l Scr een Vid eo Mi rr o r Con t r ol dialog box app ear s . 9 Make your r eq ui r ed set [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 27 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 egi ster y ou r compu ter and soft ware onl ine , and t o co ntact VA IO-Li nk . To connec [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 28 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 A I O com puter, as fol lows : ❑ CN R sl ot c on t ai ning t h e m od em c ard ❑ AG P sl ot con ta i ni ng the g r a phi c s car d ❑ Empt y sl ot ❑ Empt y sl ot The empt y s lot s al lo w[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 29 nN Th ere are curre ntly two diffe ren t ty pe s of Memo ry St ick™: ❑ The gene r i c M emory St i ck™ , colo ured blu e. ❑ The Magi cGate Me m or y Stick™, col oured wh i te. ✍ Y o u c an pu rch ase M em o ry Stic ks ™ f rom th e Sony S tyle w eb si te ( http://ww w.s o nysty[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 30 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 data taken w i th d igi tal stil l came ras , et c. or da ta fr o m th e P C . Wi th it , you can reco rd, p l ay b ack an d t rans fer var iou s ki n ds o f da ta a t any [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 31 nN Ma gi cGat e M emor y St ic k ™ A s th e Ma gicG a te Memory Stick™ i s n ot s up p o rted o n y o u r R X 4 mo d el, t h e fo l lowing i s fo r yo ur 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 [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 32 nN ❑ the log o p r i nted on it ❑ a nd a pr otrudi ng dot locat ed on the bac k. ✍ MagicG ate is a c o p y ri g h t p ro te c tion technology th at com p l i es with th e standards s et by S DM I ( 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 i[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 33 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 t he y have exclu s i ve r i ghts t o di cta t e how t h eir wo r k i s used. Whe n t hey are created , artis t i c w orks are aut o ma tic[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 34 nN Au di o: ❑ MS Walkm a n ❑ M S H i- f i s yst em ❑ N etwo rk W alkman s ❑ V o i c e re c o rd e rs Ot h er : ❑ V A I O noteboo ks ❑ V A IO des ktops ❑ CLI E H andh eld Enter tain m e nt O r g aniser ❑ Sony m obile phon es ❑ Digi ta l print ers ❑ AIBO t he Sony Ent erta[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 35 nN In s e r ti ng a Memo ry St ick™ To in s er t a M emory S t i ck™ , pr oceed as fol lo w s : O n ce yo u ha ve st o r ed your da ta from your d igit al d e vi ce, i n sert the M e m ory St ick™ into the Memory Sti ck™ sl ot i n the fr ont pa n e l . Th e Me mory Stic k™ i s au [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 36 nN Re m ov in g a M e mo ry Sti ck ™ To re m o ve a Me mory Stic k ™ , p ush the Me mory Stick™ in to re l e a s e it , a nd t h e n pul l it out. ✍ Al way s re move th e Memor y S ti ck™ g en tly , or it m ay pop ou t un exp ec ted l y. Y ou are re com m e n d ed to remo ve th e [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 37 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 el l s y ou whi ch 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 for a s hort per iod of t i me (no t over night ), you c an put i t i nt[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 38 nN 3 Select Stan d By . The com puter g oes int o St and b y mode, i ndic at e d b y t he umber l i ght. 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 yboard. ❑ Pres s t he Stand b y but ton agai n. ❑ Pres s one of t h e <S > Ke y[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Using your V AIO deskto p 39 nN To act i v ate Hi bern ate mod e m anu ally, use one of thes e two met hods: Use the Wi ndo ws ® ta skb ar: 1 Save you r w ork. 2 From the Sta rt me n u on t he Wi ndows ® ta skb ar , select T ur n Off Comp ute r . Alt ernativel y , pr es s <Al t >+<F4 > u n t il the T u r [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 40 nN Connecting peripheral devices You can add func tio nality t o your comput er by conn ecting any of thes e perip herals. Befor e you connec t a peri pheral , turn o f f both the com pu t e r and the perip heral. Con nect the pow er cor d only a f t er c o nnect i n g al l c ables . T[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 41 nN Conne c t ing an externa l d i spl ay You can conne c t mul t i pl e disp l ays to you r d es k to p, ea ch using a different 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 s cr e en u sing t he V GA co nnect or , ❑ a[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 42 nN If you r eboot af t er changi ng the s ett i ngs as above, th e de fau l t s ett ing r eturns and the i mage is sh own on the VGA s c reen aga in. To av oi d t his , y ou can dow nload a dr i v e r f rom the w ebsite http : //w ww. va io -l ink . c o m . On c e t he d r ive r is d o[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 43 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 mp uter. To connec t a pr ojec tor to y our VAIO des ktop , proceed as fol lows : 1 Pl ug one end of t he V G A c a ble i n t o the VG A c o nnect or o n the[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 44 nN Co nnect in g a TV You can conne c t a T V d i r ect l y to yo ur comput er. In or der to be abl e t o use a TV sc reen, you als o ha ve to enab le TV -Ou t . To connec t a TV t o your VAI O des ktop, proc eed as f ollows : 1 Pl ug one end of t he S-Video con nec tor i nto t he TV -[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 45 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 n al mi crop hone. If yo u n eed to use a so und i np ut de vice, for exam ple t o chat o n t he Inte r n et , y ou need to p lug i n an e xt erna l m i crophon e. To connec t an e x t er n[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 46 nN Conne c t ing a Un i ve rsal Seria l Bus (U S B ) devic e 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 te chnology , havi ng been upgraded to U SB Speci f i catio n ver s i[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 47 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 pri nter cabl e into the pr i nter c o nnec tor o n yo ur comput er . 2 Plu g t h e printe r pow er co rd into an A C o utlet . To connec t a U SB p ri n t er, simpl y p lug the pr i n t e r&apos[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 48 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 ™ port on the fr o nt o f the system and a 6 -pin i . LINK™ po rt on the ba ck o f the s yste m. Use th ese connec tors to c onne ct an i.L INK™ dev ice such as a d igital vi d e o c[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN C o n nec ti n g a d i g i ta l vi de o c ame ra re c o rder To connec t a di gi tal vi d eo c amer a recor der, proceed as f ollo w s: 1 Pl ug one end of t he i.LI N K™ c abl e ( not su pplied) i nt o the i.L I N K™ con nec tor of t he co mp ut e r and the oth er en d i nto the[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN Co nnect in g two V A I O c om pu t e rs You can co nnec t your VA I O d e s k to p t o an other VA I O com pu t er usi ng an i.LI NK ™ c able (n ot sup pli ed). Wi th the so f t war e on y o u r V A I O d es k t o p, you can co py, edi t or del e t e f i l es o n an other V AIO c[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN Conne c t ing to a net w ork Y our comp uter co m es w ith a preinsta lled Ethe rne t i n terface . To connec t t o a net wor k, pr oceed as fol l o ws: 1 Go t o Sta rt , righ t - cli ck on My C o mp ute r and s el ect Pr o perti es . 2 Cl i c k the H a rdwa re tab an d se lect Devi[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 52 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 t roub lesho ot i ng tip s f or you r com puter. Sony pr ovi des s ever al supp or t opti ons fo r your c o mp uter . Sony's s u pport op t i ons P ri nt ed do cu m e nta t i on su ppl ied w i th y[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 53 nN ❑ Co nnect i ng peri ph er al de v i ces expl ai n s how you can a dd f un ctional i t y by connec ti ng va rious peri pheral s. ❑ G e tt ing h elp expl ai ns t he support optio ns avai l a ble to y o u, and of fer s bas ic tro ublesh ootin g ti ps. ❑ Prec au ti on s prov ides f ac ts a nd advi[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 54 nN 6 Go t o ht t p: // www .cl ub- va io .s ony -e u ro pe .co m t o f i nd onl ine t utor ials about your favo urite V A I O soft ware . O ther so u rc e s of i nfo rma ti o n ❑ V A IO - L in k w e b s ite , whi ch y o u can ac cess if you ha ve an y probl ems with your comput er: h ttp : //w ww .va [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 55 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 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 tur ned 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. [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 56 nN 7 Pres s <F1 0 > to exi t, or u se th e a rrow k ey s to se lect Exit Sa vi n g C h ang es . The mes s ag e S ave c o n fi gurati on chan g es an d ex it n ow? appears . 8 Make sure that Ye s i s sel ected an d the n p ress <En t e r> . My compu ter does not s hu t dow n It is r e co m m [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 57 nN My comp u t er l o c k s up ❑ I f yo u s u sp ec t an ap plic a t ion i s l oc k i n g yo u r sys te m, yo u ca n t r y t o s to p it . T o d o th i s, pr ess <C trl> + <Alt> + <Delet e> once. If yo u h ave n ot chan ged th e d ef a ult s e tti ngs, you wil l ent er the T ask Man [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 58 nN I f thi s s till fail s, p r o c e e d as fol l o w s: 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 ear s . 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 [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 59 nN 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 th e m o use mech an i 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 o use u ps i de dow n. 2[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 60 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 tur ned 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 [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 61 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 pl ay, proc eed as f ollow s: 1 From the Sta rt m e n u, s e lec t th e Co nt r o l P anel . 2 Cl i c k Ap peara nce an d Th emes , the n th e Display ic on. The D i spl ay Pr o pert ies dial og box appe ar[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 62 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 de t ect i t be fore you try to access it . ❑ Make su r e t he l ab el of t he dis c i s f acing ou t w ards . ❑ If the d isc req uires so f t ware , m ake s ur e the s o f t war e i s i nstall ed ac[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 63 nN ✍ O n your com put er , the d efa ult DVD r egi on co de is 2, w h ich i s th e re gi on cod e f or Eu r opea n DV Ds . Do no t c h ange thi s s etti ng usi n g th e Re gion Co de Ch a n ge fu nc t io n i n W i nd o ws ® , or an y o the r so ftw a r e a p pl i ca tio n. Sy ste m mal f unct ions or[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 64 nN 4 Se lec t th e Recor ding s ta b. 5 Un de r D esk top CD / D V D r e cord ing , cha nge th e cur rent w r iting s peed to 4x or 2x ( fo r t h e DV D- RW ). 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 readi ng s p eed of CD - R Ws/DV D-RWs * i s s low Gen era[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 65 nN 4 Un de r V oi c e re c ord i n g , cli ck Vo l u m e . The Reco rd i n g Co nt rol di al og box appears . 5 In t he Op t io ns men u , se le ct Propert ies . The Prope rti es dialog bo x app ears. 6 Chan ge the se t t ing i n t he A d j u st volu me for di al og box f rom Pl a yb a ck to Recor d i n[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 66 nN My m ode m c anno t es tablis h a con nec tion ❑ The modem di al ling m ode may b e i ncompat ible w i th your t el epho ne l i ne. ❑ The modem m a y not wo r k pr ope r l y i f yo u ar e behind a P ri vate A ut o m a ti c B r a nc h e x c h an g e ( P A B X) . ❑ Make su r e that t h e mode m i[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 67 nN Ho w do I in st al l a pr int er ? A lways che ck t he p r inte r man u f a c ture r’s web si t e for the l atest dr ivers fo r Window s ® X P H om e E dit i on befor e proc eeding. Som e prin t e rs do not f un c t ion pr operl y w i tho ut up dat ed drivers . If the p r i nter h as a USB conne c[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 68 nN When I rem ove a Mem ory St i ck™, an erro r m ess ag e ap pears I n s e r t t h e Memo ry St ick™ into t h e slot ag a i n a nd p ress <En ter> . Wait unt il t h e act i ve ap plicat i o n f inishes , the n re m o ve the Me mory Stic k ™ . If th e me ss a ge co n firms the ej ectio n o f[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Getting help 69 nN I canno t est abl i s h an i . LINK™ con nect i on bet ween t w o VAI O com puters ❑ Dis connect t he n rec on n ect the i. LI N K™ c a bl e. ❑ I f you st i l l hav e n o c o n ne cti o n a fter waiti ng for a whil e, resta rt both comp ute rs. ❑ If ei ther c omputer has j ust r et urne d f[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 70 nN Upgrading your V AIO computer Th e fol lowi ng p r o c e d ures a ssume f amil iari ty w i th the ge neral ter minolo gy ass oc iated w ith PC s and wit h th e reg u latory comp li ance req u i red for mo difyi ng e lectr o n i c equ i p men t. Ob s e rve prope r saf et y pr ecaut i[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 71 nN 5 Posi t i on the main uni t s o t h e ba ck pan el i s fac i ng you . 6 Loca te t h e t ab on the upper ri ght s i de of t he rear p anel , and pul l i t back until t h e s ide co v er r el e as e s. 7 Li ft t h e si d e cover awa y fro m the unit and s e t i t asi de . ✍ Always [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 72 nN Ins e r ting a PCI add-on bo ard You r c omputer has op en PCI exp ansion slots . Thes e sl ots enabl e you to i nstall add-on boar ds t o exp and t he func tio nal i ty of y our s ys tem . 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 boar d, pr ocee d as[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 73 nN Adding m e m ory I n the futu re, you may wa nt to in stall m emo ry m o d u l e s t o e xp and th e f uncti on a l i ty of y our co mpute r. Yo u can i ncre as e t he m emor y by i nst a lling opt i on al m emory modul es, alt hough w e r ecomm end that you do not in s t all them y[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 74 nN ✍ Do not place the m em ory mo dule i n p l ac e s s ubje ct t o : - He at s ou rc es s u c h 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 ar e not ma gnet ical [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 75 nN 5 Locat e t h e no tch on the bot tom ed ge o f the m e mory modul e ( 1). 6 A li g n the memo ry mod u l e o ver t h e sl o t, 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 ev enly agai nst the memory modul e' s upper c o r n er s. The end l at [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 76 nN ✍ T here i s only o n e c o rrect w ay to i n s ert the m e mory m odule. M ak e s ure th e rivet o f the module i s lined up wi th th e c o n nec tor . ! Us e only PC 2 1 00 DD R S DRA M DIMM mo dule s . V i ewi ng th e am o u nt of m emo ry To view th e amou nt of me m o ry, p r[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Upgrading your V AIO c omputer 77 nN Closi ng t he si d e cover To repla c e t he side cover , pr oceed as f o ll ows: 1 A li g n th e tab s on t h e sid e co ver to th e ri m of th e u nit. 2 Pre ss the s ide cover firm ly a g ai n s t th e u n it u nti l i t sna p s into pla ce. RX460)[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 78 nN Precautions Thi s se ction de s cr i b es s afet y gu ide l i nes an d p r e ca ution s t o h el p you pr otect yo ur c omputer f rom potent ial damage. Pl ease con t act VA IO -Link if yo u n eed as s i sta nce. On handli ng the har d dis k The hard di s k has a h igh st orage densit y and reads o r [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 79 nN ❑ Y ou can pur chase a pow er st r i p wit h a s urge prot ector . This devic e p r e vent s dam age t o your com pu t e r caus ed by s u dden power sur ges, i n an el ec trical s torm , for exam ple. ❑ Do no t pl ace h eavy object s o n t h e pow er c o r d . ❑ T o d isconnec t t h e c ord, pul[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 80 nN ❑ Do not p lace e lectr onic equipm ent ne ar your c omputer . The el e c t romagn etic fie l d of your com pu t e r m ay caus e a mal f u nct i on . ❑ Prov ide adeq uat e ai r ci r c ulat i o n to pr event i nter nal h eat from bu i l di n g up. Do not pla c e y our com puter on porou s sur f a c[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 81 nN ❑ The LCD i s m anufac ture d using high- prec ision t echnol ogy . Y o u ma y , however , see t i ny bl ack po ints and/ or br ight point s ( r ed , b lue, or g r ee n) t h at c o ntinu ously appear o n t he LCD. This i s a no r m al r esult o f the manuf act urin g proc ess and does not i ndic ate[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Precautions 82 nN ❑ If t h e di sc i s bad ly so i l ed, moi s t en a sof t cl oth wit h wat er , wring i t out wel l, and us e i t t o wipe t he s u rface of th e disc from th e ce ntre out . Wi pe off a ny rema i nin g mo istu re w ith a dry s o f t cl oth . On h a nd ling Memo ry St icks™ ❑ D o n o t tou ch t [...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 83 nN Glossary Th i s se cti o n re fers to t e r ms u s ed in t h i s man u al and elsew h e r e in th e V A I O wo rl d . T he s e term 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 V A I O co m p u ter . T erm Definition <F1> key The <F 1&g[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 84 nN CPU The CPU ( Cen tral Pr ocess ing Un i t) i s the b r a i ns of the c o mputer ; i t proces ses t h e instruc tio ns of y our sys tem ’s progra ms . The CP U is also k no w n as the pr oces s o r or micr oproces sor and can be found on the m othe rboar d of y o ur c ompu ter . DC In The D i rect Cu r[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 85 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 light polar isati on) t o provi de s h arp, f l i cker -free imag es on a s cr een compri 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 tec hniques . Pas s i[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 86 nN PC Card A PC MC IA ca rd . Th e te rm P C Ca rd is mo re wid el y us ed th an PC M CIA . S ee PC MCI A. PCMCIA PC MCIA (Pe rs o n al Com p ute r Memo ry C ard Intern ati o na l A s so ciati o n ) is th e n ame of the group t hat produce d the spe cifi cat ion for the cr edit card- sized pl ug- in bo ards[...]

Sony V AIO Desktop User Guide Glossary 87 nN Standard RAM The amoun t of R A M t h at i s av ailab l e on your comput er w hen you pu r c ha s e it. System recovery A r ecover y pro cess th a t enab les yo u to reco ver th e h ard d isk i mage i niti ally ava ila ble o n t he co mpute r . Perfo rm ing a sy stem reco ve r y is us e f ul in t h e eve[...]