Sony PCG-C1MGP manual

N Sony Not ebo ok U ser Gu ide PC G-C1 MGP[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Sony C orp o ration. All rights reserved. This man ual a nd th e sof tware de scribe d h erein, in whole or in part, m ay no t be r eprod uc ed, tr ansla ted, or reduc ed to a ny m achi n e- readable form without prior writt e n approval. Sony Cor porat ion pro vi des[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 2 nN T rans meta, the T ransme ta logo, C rusoe , th e Cr uso e logo , Code M orph ing ™ Sof tware, LongRun ™ Pow er Mana geme nt a nd combinations thereof are trademarks of T ransmeta Co r p oration in the USA and o ther countries. Symantec Norton AntiVirus is a trademark of Sy mantec Corporation. [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 3 nN Sa fety infor mati on Own er's r ec ord The model number and se rial number a re located o n the b ottom of your S ony n ote b ook. Record the serial number in the space provi ded here. Refer to the mo del and serial number w hen you call VAIO-Link. Seri al number: _________ ____________ ___ M[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 4 nN Use your noteb ook o nly with the su pplied AC adapte r . T o d iscon nect your noteb ook com pletel y fro m mains voltage, unplug the AC adapter . Please make sure th at the so cket o utlet is ea sily a ccessibl e. Neve r touch u ninsu lated tel ephon e wire or termi nals un less the tel ephon e l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 5 nN Di sposin g of lit hium io n batt eries Do no t h an dle dam ag ed or leak ing lith ium i on batte rie s. Dispo se of pro mpt ly and p rope rly at en d-of -life. Dang er of explos ion if th e b atte ry is incorrec tly replaced. Replac e o nly wi th the sam e or equival ent ty pe recomm ended by th [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 6 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu lation s on p urcha sin g a Sony VA IO no teb ook. Sony has c omb ined le adi ng-e dge te chnol ogy i n aud io, vid eo, com put ing a nd com mu nicat ions to pr ov ide y ou with s tate- of- the -art pers ona l com putin g. Here are just so me of the feat ures yo ur VAIO n oteboo k has to[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN Do cumenta tion pa ck Your Docu menta tio n Pac k conta ins pa per and onli ne use r guides on your comp uter ’ s har d drive. Prin ted do cume ntation A Ge tti ng St arte d bro chure, wher e you find a brief descr iptio n of the items i n you r b ox, so me specif icati ons of yo ur noteb oo k, and how to se[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN A bout th e Sof tw are is a sho rt des cript ion of the featur es of the software pr e-in stalled on y our sy ste m. Customizi ng your notebook ex plai ns how to set your sy ste m and po we r m ana gem ent . Using t he Pr oduct Recov ery CD-R O Ms exp lains ho w to pe rform a system a nd ap plic ation reco ver[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN Y our noteb ook an d its a ccessor ies The followi ng hardwa re items are in the box : 1 mai n u nit 7 por t rep lica tor 2 rechargeable battery pack 8 A V ca ble 3 AC ad ap ter 9 po inti ng sti ck c ov er s 4 pow er co rd 10 phone p lug (c ount ry s pecifi c) 5 pr oduct recov ery C D-RO Ms 11 phone ca ble 6 d[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Erg ono mic cons ider ati ons Y ou wi ll be us in g yo ur n ote b oo k a s a p orta b le dev ic e in a v ari et y o f en vi ron m en t s. W hen e ve r po s sib le , you sh ould att em pt to take a ccoun t of th e follo wing er go nomic c ons iderati ons to bo th sta tionar y and portabl e environ men ts: Posi[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN V iewi ng a ngl e of the compute r ’ s display – Us e the d isplay ’ s tiltin g feature to fin d the best positi on. Y o u can redu ce ey e strain an d mu scle fa tigue by ad justing the tilt of th e d isplay to the p roper p ositi on. Adju st the brightn ess settin g of the disp lay as well. Lighting ?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 12 nN Us in g y o ur n o te b ook This se ctio n descri bes h ow to sta rt usin g you r c omp ute r and ho w to use yo ur com puter ’ s inter nal and extern al device s.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Locat i ng contro ls and connector s Rig ht 1 headp hon e conne ct or (p age 5 6) 2 mi cro phon e c on nect or (p age 5 7) 3 p ort repli cator co nnec tor (p age 5 0) 4 U SB conn ector (p age 5 8) 5D C I n (p age 1 7) 6 p ho ne line jack (p age 4 6)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left T here is a ven tilat ion slot locate d near t he PC Ca rd slot. D o not c ove r the v ent ilati on slot w hen t he not eboo k is in use. 1 S 400 i .LIN K ™ conne cto r (p age 6 4) 2 V AIO per iph er al or ig ina l DC conne ctor (p age 6 4) 3 PC Card slo t (p age 3 5) 4 RE L EASE button (p [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front 1 built -in came ra (M otio n Ey e) 2 mic roph one (page 57) 3 Bluet oot h ™ s wit ch (page 63) 4 point ing d evic e (page 29) 5 spe ak ers (page 56) 6 tou chpa d butt ons (page 29) 7 Magic Ga te Me mo ry Stic k ™ slot wi ndow (page 37) 8 Magic Ga te Me mo ry Stic k ™ indic ato r (page[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bott om 1 battery release lever (p age 1 8) 2 battery connector (p age 1 8) 3 battery lock lever (p age 1 8) 4 re set sw itch[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN C onnect ing a power s ource You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rechar geable battery pac k as a power sourc e. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , proceed as follows : 1 Plug the c able attac hed to the AC adapter (1) into the DC In con nector (2) on the comp ute r . 2 Plug on e end [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Usi ng t he bat tery pac k You ca n use a ba tte ry pac k as a sourc e of po wer . The ba ttery pack sup plied with you r comp uter is not ful ly charge d at the tim e of purch ase. Insert ing the ba ttery pac k To insert th e battery , p r oceed as foll ows: 1 Move th e lock lever (1) on th e bot[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Cha rging the bat tery pack To ch arg e the bat tery pac k, proce ed a s foll ows: 1 Conne ct the AC adapt er to the c omp uter . 2 Insert the b atter y pack. The co mpu ter auto mati cally charges the b attery (the battery indic ator (1) l ight flashe s in a d oub le bli nk pattern as th e batter[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN If you c harg e the b at tery w hen t he no tebook is swi tch e d off , th e c harging pro cess wi ll take app roxim atel y two and a half ho urs. When t he ba tte ry is ru nni ng out of pow er , both t he ba tte ry and po wer i ndic ato rs bli nk. K ee p the batt ery pa ck in the co mpute r whi l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN Sta rt i n g you r noteb ook To s tart you r com put er, proc ee d a s foll ow s: 1 Hold the botto m of the com puter firm ly and ope n the c over . 2 Press the pow er bu tton (1) o f the com puter un til the green po w er i ndi cator ligh t (2) turns on . 3 If necess ary , press <Fn>+<F5[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Sh uttin g down you r note book It is impo rtant tha t you shu t down y our comp ut er properl y in order no t to lose un saved data. To sh ut do wn yo ur co mpu ter, pro ceed as follo ws: 1 Click the T urn Off Co m put er but to n fr om th e Wi ndow s ® St art menu. The T urn o ff comp uter dial[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Reg iste ring yo ur note book You can take advan tage of Sony ’ s com mitmen t to qual ity custo mer sup por t a nd rece ive the fol lowin g ben efits by re gister ing your comp uter : V A IO-Link – If you are experi encing any p roblems with you r computer , you ca n check the V AIO -Link web[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Us in g the ke ybo ar d Your keyb oard is very simi lar to a desktop com puter ’ s, but th e keyboa rd has ad diti onal keys that perfo rm spe cific not ebo ok-related tasks. 1 2 3 4 56 * Enter 0 7 89 /[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Ke ys D esc ri pti ons Esc ape ke y (1) T h e <E sc> ( Escap e) ke y is used to ca ncel comma nds. Function keys (2) The twelve function key s along the top of the keyboard are used to perform des ignated ta sks. For ex ampl e, in many appl icat ions, <F1> is th e Help ke y . Th e task[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Com bin ation s and func tions with the W indo ws ® key Combinati ons Funct ions + F1 Di splays the Windows Help and Supp ort Center . + T a b Switches the selected button on the taskba r . + E Displ a ys My Comp uter . + F Di splays the Sea rch R esul ts win dow to f ind a file or fol der . T hi[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Ind icato rs Indic ator F unc tions pow er P ower on: lig hts g reen. Sta nd by mode : fla she s u mbe r . battery Indicates the status of the ba ttery in se rted in t he c ompu ter . hard disk T urns on when data is re ad from or written to the h ard drive. Blue tooth ™ T urns on when the Bluet[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons with the Fn key * T his function can only be used b y the first user to log in. It will not work if you have switched to an ot h er account. Som e func tion s are not availa ble un til Wi ndows ® is la unched. Combinati ons/ Feature Functi ons Fn + (E S C) Standby m[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us ing th e pointi ng dev ice The stick on the keybo ard is a c ursor- pointi ng device. Y ou can point to, sel ect, drag , and scroll objec ts o n t he screen us ing the sti ck. T he s c roll fun ction i s av aila b l e only wi th app lication s that s upport a scr o l l-point ing f eature . Acti[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Rep laci n g the po int ing dev ice co ver You can take of f t he cover (1) and replace it with an addition al stick cover suppl ied with your co mputer.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Us ing the Jo g Dial ™ Your co mputer i s equipp ed with a Jog D ial ™ (1 ). You can tu rn (2) a nd / o r pr ess (3) th e Jog D ial ™ to scrol l the windo w, select an applicati on, adjust the intern al speaker v olume , etc.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN If you prefe r, the Jo g Dial ™ w indo w can a lways be disp layed o n th e sc reen . This w indo w has tw o mo des: La un ch er m o de o r G u ide m od e. The Jo g Di al ™ window is in Launc her mo d e unt il you start an appli cation or the Jo g Dial ™ win dow beco mes a ctive. When an arr[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN To use the Jog Dial ™ in Lau ncher mode , proceed as fo llows: 1 Clic k the J og Dial ™ win dow or pre ss th e Jog D ial ™ w hile pressin g the <Ctrl> k ey to swi tch to L aunc her mode. 2 Tu r n t h e Jog Di al ™ to sel ect an item, then p ress the Jog Dial . The Jog D ial ™ windo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN So ftwar e n ot su ppor ting Jog D ial ™ If th e soft war e in use d oes not suppo rt the Jog D ial , you can scr oll the w indo w or adjust th e windo w size as descri bed bel ow: Action Descri ption T urn the Jog Di al Scrolls the window vertically . Whe n several windows are displayed, the la[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Us ing PC Cards Your comp uter inclu des a PC Card sl ot. PC Card s allow you to connec t p ort able extern al devices . In sert ing a PC Card To in sert a PC C ard, proceed a s f ollows: 1 Insert th e PC Card int o the PC Card sl ot, fron t label faci ng up (1). 2 Gently p us h the card into th e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN Remo vi ng a PC Card If you unp lug this dev ice fro m the com puter wh en turne d on, yo ur syst em migh t crash and y ou m ight lose unsa ved da ta. If your co mput er is turned o ff, yo u do not have to follow these ins truction s. To remov e a PC Card, proceed as fol lows: 1 Double -cli ck the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN While the card is insert ed , your comput er may not enter the Hiber nate po wer ma na gem ent mode . It m ay ent er St an dby mo de. It i s re comm en de d that y ou rem ove th e card when y our com pu ter ent ers th e Hibe rnate mod e by pres sin g the <F n> + <F12 > k eys or by u si[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Why Memory Stick ™ ? Sony' s vision is to expa nd th e wor ld of comm uni catio n, prom oti ng the portabi lity of di gital data. T he Me mo r y S tic k ™ i s the resul ting medi um, throu gh whic h dig ital d evice s can be i nstant ly c onne cted. With it, you c an do wnlo ad da ta f ro[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Ge ner ic Memo ry S tic k ™ The original Me mory Stick ™ , b lue in col our, can be used t o rec ord i mage d ata taken w ith digital s till came ras, etc. or data fro m the PC. Wi th it, you c an record , play bac k and tra nsfer var ious kinds of data at any g iven time. Beca use it is e asy[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN MagicGat e Memory Stick ™ The MagicGate Memory S tick ™ , whit e in col our, rec ords PC and image data ju st like it s b lue counte r p art; the d ifferenc e is it u ses th e M agicGa te copy right p rote ction t echno logy. With this typ e of Mem ory Stick ™ , al so ca lled th e M G M em o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN MagicGate Mag icGate refers to th e copyri ght p rotect ion t echno logy u sed by the M agi cGate M em ory Stick ™ an d other MagicGate Mem ory Stick ™ compat ible devic es. The Mem ory Stick ™ Walkman and MagicGate Mem ory St ick ™ work tog ethe r t o check the data and en sure it compl i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Sony offers the Ma gicGat e M emory S tick ™ and Memory Stick ™ W alk man with a c opyri ght protec tion funct ion that comp lies with SDMI stand ards, th ereby provi ding an enviro nment wh ere individual s can record and enjoy th ird-part y mus ic data with out wo rrying abo ut c opyrig ht i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Sony mob ile pho nes Digita l print ers AIBO , the Sony Ent ertainm ent Ro bot To find out more abou t the pr odu cts avai labl e in you r count ry, go to: http: //www . s onystyle- europe.com Inse r ting a M emory Stick ™ To insert a Me mory Stick ™ , proc eed as follows: 1 Gentl y ins ert yo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN If y ou c ann ot fi nd t he Remo va ble Disk ico n in M y Co mpu ter, p ro ceed a s f ollo ws: 1 Go to Contr ol P anel . 2 Clic k Pe rform an ce and Ma inten ance . 3 Click the Sy stem ico n . 4 Clic k Ha rdw are , the n D evice Mana ger . 5 Se lec t the de vi ce . 6 Clic k Act i on and then Scan [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN W rite -pr otec ting a M emory Stic k ™ Memo ry St ic ks ™ are designed w ith an erasure preventio n switch to pro tect valuabl e data from ac cidental erasure or over writing. Move th e tab to the rig ht or left to set o r release wri te-p rotection . When th e erasure pre venti on swi tch is[...]

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 c o nnect to a phone line to ta ke advan tage of online serv ices and the Intern et, but also to regist er y our co mputer an d soft ware onl ine, and to co ntact V AIO-L ink. To co nnect a phon e line, p r[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN Y our com pu ter c annot b e con necte d to a co in-opera ted tele phone, a nd m ay not wo rk with mult iple ph one li nes or a pri vate bra nch exch ange (PBX). If y o u connect t he mod em to a par allel connected phon e l ine , the modem or t h e other co n nect ed dev ice m ay n o t func t i o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN Altern a ti vely, 1 Clic k St art and then T urn Off Comput er . 2 In th e T ur n off co mpu te r screen , p res s St and by . The compu ter enters Stand by mode. To retu rn to No rmal mo de, press a ny k ey. Using Hibernate mode The sta te o f the system i s sa ved on th e hard d isk an d pow er [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN Connec ting periph eral d evices You can ad d fun ctio nality to your c ompu ter by conne cti ng or u sing any o f t hese pe ripher als and e nj oy th e softwa re desc ribed i n the Ab out the sof twa re on your So ny Note book user guide. Conn ecting a p ort rep lica tor (pag e 50) Con[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN Conn ect ing a port re plicat or Your noteboo k suppor ts the us e of a b undl ed port rep licat or. Attach ing a po rt replicato r enable s y ou to conn ect additional peripheral s to your comp uter, such as an external di splay. 1 A/V I N conn ector 4 Ether net c onne ctor (netw ork )[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN Att ac hin g yo ur c ompu ter t o t he po rt repl ica tor To atta ch your co mput er to the port rep licator , procee d as follo ws: 1 Ope n the port rep licator co nnect or (1). 2 Conne ct the port replica tor p lug into the port rep licator c onn ector . If yo u canno t us e the c onn[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN 2 Close th e port re plic ator c on nector cov er . C onnect ing a n ext erna l dis play You ca n co nne ct an exter nal displ ay to yo ur noteb ook . For ex ampl e, yo u can us e your comp uter w ith the fo llowing d evice s : Com put er displ ay; TV ; Projector . Con necting a comp ut[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 53 nN 3 If nece ssary , plug one en d of the d ispla y pow er cor d (3) into t he di splay , and the ot her en d (4 ) i nto a n AC outl et. Befor e y ou con nec t pe riphera ls, turn off t he com pu ter an d al l peri ph erals . Conn ect th e powe r cor d only aft er con nec ting all cabl es.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN Con necting a TV To connect a TV t o your noteboo k, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the supplied po rt rep licator i nto the not ebook ’ s port re plicator con nector . 2 Plug the supplied AV cabl e (1 ) into th e p ort re plicato r ’ s AV out con nector (yellow) . 3 Plug the th ree-pi[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN Conn e ctin g a pr oj ect or To co nnect a pr ojector, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the supplied po rt rep licator i nto the not ebook ’ s port re plicator con nector . 2 Plug the display sign al cabl e (1 ) into th e V GA Ou t conne ctor of the po rt replica tor . 3 Plug the sp eaker[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Con nec ting exte rnal spea kers You ca n enh anc e the so und qua lity of your co mpu ter by conn ecting ext erna l spea kers. To co nnect ex ternal s peak ers, proc eed as follow s: 1 Plug the speaker cable (1) into the earpho ne connector (2). 2 Plug the o ther en d of the s peaker c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN Conn ect ing a n ext ernal mi crop hone Your VAI O noteb ook cont ains an inte rnal m icro phone. If yo u need to use a soun d inp ut devi ce , for exa mpl e to ch at on th e In ternet, you c an also plug in an e xterna l mic ropho ne. To co nnect an ext ernal micropho ne, pro ceed a s [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Conn ect ing a U n ivers al Ser ial Bus (US B) devi ce You ca n co nne ct a US B devi ce (e.g . mou se, flo ppy di sk driv e … ) to yo ur computer. You do not n eed to shut dow n the co mpu ter be fore c onn ectin g or disc onnec ting a USB peri phe ral. When you start yo ur noteboo k[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN Usi ng a USB f l oppy di sk dr ive You ca n co nne ct a flo pp y d isk d rive to th e U SB con nec tor o n your com pute r. Conn ecti ng t he flopp y d isk d rive To connect th e flopp y d i sk drive, proceed as follows: Plug t he flop py disk d rive cab le (1) i nto the USB co nnecto r[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Insert ing a diskette To in sert a diske tte, proc eed as follow s: 1 Hold the diskette ( 1) with the label side faci ng up. 2 Gently push the disket te into the drive (2) until it clicks into place. Re movi ng a di sk ett e To rem ov e a di skette, proc eed as fo llows: When y ou fin i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN Remo vin g the flop py di sk driv e If the flop py d isk drive is n ot rem o ved p roper ly, your system m ay cr ash and y ou m ay l ose data t hat you did not s ave befo re. To r emove the fl op py di sk dri ve , proc ee d as fo llow s: 1 If you r c omp ute r is off, you ca n direc tly[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN To co nnect a prin ter using the U SB co nnecto r, p roce ed as fo llows: Plug an o ption al USB pr inter cab le (1) into the USB conn ector ( 2) identi fied by the symb ol on your c omput er an d pr int er. T ur n of f your com pute r and t he prin ter , unpl ug the AC ada pte r and t [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Conn ect ing a Bluetoo th ™ de vic e t o y our n ote bo ok Th e Bl uet oot h ™ w irele ss tech nolo gy enab le s y ou to esta bl ish a wir eles s c omm uni catio n bet wee n your note book a nd oth er Blue tooth ™ device s su ch as a no teb ook , a m obi le p hon e or a m ode m st[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN C onnect ing a n i.LI NK ™ de vic e Your computer includ es an i . LINK ™ (IEE E1394) conne ctor, w hich you c an use to c onnect to an i.LI NK ™ devi ce such as a di gital video camera rec order or to connec t t wo VAI O notebo oks in or der to cop y, d elete or ed it files. The [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN Conn e ctin g a di g ital vi deo ca m era reco rd er To co nnect a digita l video came ra re corder , pro cee d as follo ws: 1 Plug one en d of the i.LINK ™ cable ( 1) int o the i.L INK ™ conn ec tor (2) o f th e co mpu ter an d the ot her e nd into the DV Out con nector (3) on the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN Con nect ing tw o V A IO not ebooks You c an co nnect y our not ebo ok to an oth er VA IO note boo k using an i.LIN K ™ cable (1) (not s upplied). I n this w a y , y ou c an c o py, e di t o r d ele te fi le s o n a not her VAI O no te book. You ca n als o print a do cu ment on a prin[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN Con necting an optional external i.LINK ™ drive You ca n co nne ct an opti on al extern al i .LIN K ™ d ri ve (C D -R W /DV D) t o yo ur c omp u ter . Ne xt t o you r co mpu ter ’ s S4 0 0 i.L INK ™ conne ctor is a VAIO pe ripheral orig inal connect or. The i.LINK ™ dr ive ’[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN Using the DVD function To achieve optim um perfor mance wh en playing DVD -ROM di scs, you s hou ld follo w these re comm enda tio ns. Y o u can p lay D VDs usi ng the DV D-RO M dri ve and th e Win DVD s oftw are . S e e the he lp file on the WinD VD softwar e f or details. Close al l o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN The CD -R (CD-R ecordab le) di sc is a data mem ory medium that ca n be u sed to w rite a pro gram or other data , bu t onc e o nly . To achieve optim um perfor mance wh en writing data o n a C D-RW disc, follow these recom mendati ons : Before wr iting t o a new CD -RW , you mus t firs[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN Conn ect ing to a netw ork (LA N) Yo ur por t re pli cat or co nta ins an Et hern et conn ect or. You can th us c onn ect your no teb ook to 10BA SE-T/100 BASE- TX-ty pe netwo rks via an Ethernet net wo rk cable. For the detai led setting s and de vices needed to connec t to the netw or[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 71 nN Getting help This se ction de scri bes how to get he lp and sup po rt from S ony , as well a s t rou blesho ot ing tips for y our co mpu ter . So ny suppor t op tions Sony pro vid es sev eral sup po rt optio ns for yo ur com pute r. Pri nted docum entat ion su ppli ed wit h your not ebook A Ge tti ng St [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 72 nN Othe r sou r ces of information The onl ine he l p fi les that accom pany your pre- insta lled softw are contai n instruc tions on using th e softwar e. V A IO-Link Web site : if yo u have any p roblem w ith your c ompu ter , yo u can a ccess t he V AIO-Link Web site. Go to : http:/ /ww w . vai o-link .c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 73 nN If you are using an exte rnal display , check that it is plugged in to a power sour ce and turned on . Check that you ha ve switc hed to the ex ternal disp lay and th at the brigh tness and contrast co ntrols are ad justed correc tly . Moistu re cond ensa tion may have occu rred . Do not use th e com put[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 74 nN My c omp ute r doe s n ot shut do wn It is reco mm end ed th at you sh ut do wn yo ur com pute r using the Tu rn Off C omp ute r command on the Wind ows ® St art me nu . Us in g o t her m et h ods , i nc lu di ng th os e lis ted h er e, m ay res u lt in lo s s o f un s av ed da t a. If th e Turn Off com[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 75 nN Th e po in ter in th e di spl ay mov es on i ts own A « dri ft » has oc curred. T his is not a malfu n c tion. The point er will stab ilize if you do not touch th e st ick for a few secon ds. My mo use d oes n ot wo rk Che ck tha t t he m ouse is plugge d in to the US B c onne ctor . If you are using a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 76 nN No Bl uetoo th ™ communi cation is ava ilabl e When the conne ction to oth er de vices i s establ ished, you have to chec k if you r devic e ro le is Ma ste r . I f t he role is Sla ve, it will n ot be possi ble to co mmun icate wi th othe r devic es. To check if y o ur device role is Ma ster, procee d[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 77 nN If the de vice with w hic h you w ant t o co mmun ica te is alrea dy c omm uni catin g with anot her B luetoo th ™ devi ce, it m ay not be found or i t may no t be abl e to com mun icate w ith yo ur note book . Che ck th at t he Bl uet ooth ™ fu nc tion of the dev ice with which y ou wan t to comm un[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN I canno t co nne ct to anoth er Bl uet ooth ™ dev ice u sing servi ces p rov ided b y an othe r Bl uet ooth dev ice You ca n co nne ct to an other Bl uet ooth ™ device onl y by usin g the servi ce s p rovi ded b y yo ur notebo ok. See the Blue Space he lp and t he oth er Blue too th ™ de vice ’ s[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN I canno t displ ay M OTION E YE m ovie s, DVD vide os or fi nder im age s simult aneo usly o n my n ote book L CD display and on an external d isplay You cann ot display tho se images on b oth displ ays. Please select just one display. Ab out C D-RO Ms and d isk ettes My CD -ROM drive tray does n ot op e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN When I dou ble-cli ck a n a pplic ation i con, a messa ge such as ' Y o u must i n se rt t h e applic ation C D into your CD-R OM drive' appea rs and th e soft war e does not star t. Some tit les require sp ecific files th at are locate d on the a pplication CD-RO M. Inse rt the CD an d try sta[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN There are pictu re gaps a nd soun d gaps when import ing video images Gaps may oc cur b ased on the effect se ttings in Smar t Cap t ure Pr emiu m . The MOTI ON EYE does not show an y i mages Che ck th at oth er s oftwar e su ch a s Smar t Cap tur e P rem ium does not use th e M OTION EY E. Depen ding on[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN My mi crop ho ne doe s not wor k If y ou a re u sing an ext ernal microp ho ne, c he ck tha t t he microp ho ne is p lugg ed into the mic rop hone conn ector. An erro r messag e appears w hen using v oice-re lated sof twa re p ro grams Double -cli ck Y ama ha AC -X G in Co ntro l Panel . Op en the Ech o [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN Ab out p eri phera ls I canno t use DV dev ices. The me ssage D V equipm ent seems to be discon nected o r turn ed off appears Check th at t he DV device is turned o n and that the cables are pr operly conn ected. If you are usin g multiple i.LI NK ™ d evices, the com bination of the c onnected devices[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN About USB devices There i s no ise when I am li stening to m usic th rough USB sp eake rs/headph ones To stop the n oise, proc eed as follows: 1 Righ t-click the CPU i con in the task tray and c lick Ed it/ Create Pro files … fr om the menu . The Profile Editor wi ndow ap pear s. 2 Double -cli ck CPU C[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 85 nN Pr ec aut io ns This se ction de scri bes sa fety gui deline s and pre cau tions to help yo u prote ct your co mpu ter fro m pot enti al dama ge. Your n oteboo k a nd mem ory mo dules u se hig h preci sion com pone nts and e lectro nic conn ecto rs te chn ology . To avoid the inval idation of your gu ara[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 86 nN Discon nect the sy stem fr om its power sou rce an d from an y telec ommu nica tion link s, netwo rks, or modems b ef o re you open the sy s te m. Failure to do so may result in pers onal inju r y or equip ment dama ge. Electro static Disc harge (E SD) can dama ge m emory mod ules and other comp on ents.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 87 nN 4 Unscrew the screw at th e bot tom of you r comp uter , as show n. Use a p recision P hillips s crewd river th at match es the size of the screw h ead s. 5 Befo re you rem ov e the mem or y modul e, touc h a me tal part of the comp ut er to disch arg e any s tati c electri city accum ulat ed on y our bo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 88 nN Add ing a me mory modu le To add a memo ry module , proceed as follo ws: 1 Shut d own your com p uter a nd disco nn ect all peri phe ral d evic es. 2 Un plug th e c omp ute r a nd r emo ve t he bat tery pa ck s. 3 Wait unti l the comp uter c oo ls down . The insi de of a no teb ook b eco mes ex tremel y [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 89 nN Slid e the memo ry modu le into th e slot. Sn ap th e con nector i nto p lace when th e board is corre ctly s eated. 9 Close the cover sec urely and repl ace the screw . Use a Phillip s (+ ) screwd riv er to tight en the screw.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 90 nN V iewing the amou nt of memory To vi ew th e amou nt of me mor y, pr oce ed as f oll ows : 1 T urn on the comp uter . 2 Go to Sony No tebook S etup vi a th e Star t menu. The Sony N o tebook S etup dialog box ap pears. 3 In th e A bo ut th is C om pu ter t ab you can view the am ount of system m e mory .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 91 nN Pl aci ng a k ey to p If th e enter or t he space key comes o ff, r eplace the key to p as show n bel ow. I f ano ther key top come s off, put it w h er e it was and p ush unt il i t clic ks in to pl ace. To rep lace a key top, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Remo ve the wire (1 ) u nde r the key top if nec essa[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 92 nN Ot her pr eca ut io ns On ha n dling t he LC D screen Do not leav e t he LCD facing t he sun as it can d amag e the LCD. Be caref ul w hen us ing the comput er near a w indo w . Do no t s cratch th e LCD or ex ert pressur e on it. This co uld cau se malf unction . Using the comp uter in low temperat ure [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 93 nN On h andl in g yo ur note book Clean t he cabi net with a s oft , dry cl oth or a s oft clo th light ly mo iste ned wi th a m ild deterg ent solution . Do not use any type of ab rasive pad, scouring p owde r , o r s olvent suc h as alcohol or ben zine, as these may d ama ge the finish of y our com puter [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 94 nN Do not us e c ut or d amage d co nne cti on c abl es. Y o ur co mpu ter ca nnot be conn ect ed to a co in- opera ted te lepho ne, a nd may no t wor k with a privat e branch e xchange (PB X). If th e com pute r is bro ught direc tly fro m a col d lo catio n to a war m o ne, m ois ture m ay cond ense insid[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 95 nN On usin g the battery p ack Never leave the batte ry pack in tempe ratu res above 60 ° C , such as in a car park ed in the sun or un der direct su nlig ht. Battery life i s sho rter i n a cold en vironmen t. Th is is d ue to d ecreased batter y efficie ncy at low tempe ratures. Charge the b atte ries at[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 96 nN Preven tin g h eari ng da ma ge – A void using earp hones at high volume . Hearing expert s ad vise again st co nti nu ou s, lo ud a nd e xte n ded pla y . If you ex pe rie nc e a rin g ing in y o ur e ars , re d uce the vo lu me or disco ntinu e use. On ha n dling Mem o r y St ick ™ Do no t t ouc h [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1MGP specifi cations 97 nN PCG-C1MGP specifications Product name: PCG-C1MGP Model number PCG- 18 1M Op er at ing syst e m Micro soft ® Wind ow s ® X P Profe ssion al Pro cessor Cru soe ™ Processor TM 5800 73 3 MH z* Hard di sk drive 20 G B Standar d RAM 12 8 MB D D R-SDRA M** Maxi mum RAM 256 M B with µD IMM LCD [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1MGP specifi cations 98 nN Built - i n capabil ities Microp hon e, st ereo s pea kers , MO TION EYE c ame ra, poi ntin g d evice, Jog Dial ™ , Magi cGate Me mory S tick ™ Special buttons Jog Dia l ™ , Ca pt ure , Bl ue toot h ™ Connecti on capabilit ies on notebook Ma gicG at e Mem ory Stic k ™ o r Memo ry S[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1MGP specifi cations 99 nN Weight W it h ba tte ry 998 g Operati ng temperatur e +5 ° C t o +35 ° C (temperature g radient less than 10 ° C/hour ) Sto rage temp erature -20 ° C to +6 0 ° C (te m perature gradi en t less than 1 0 ° C/ho ur) Operati ng humidity 20% to 80% ( not c on densed ), p rovide d that humid[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1MGP specifi cations 100 nN * Depend ing on a series of cond ition s, the CPU cl ock speed ma y vary be t w een 333 and 733 MH z. ** Ou t o f the 12 8 MB DDR -SD RA M, 16 M B ar e use d by the em ul ato r sof tw ar e use d for t he Trans met a CPU . So only 112 M B ar e ava ila bl e for your system after booting. *** [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 101 nN Glossary This s ectio n re fers to terms us ed in this m anu al. These terms an d defi nitions ha ve be en c ompiled to prov ide you w ith a better u nderstan ding of your VA IO comp uter. T erm Definit ion <F1> key The <F1> key g ives you access to the online help of most software. 10BASE-T/ 10[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 102 nN CD-ROM Ab brevia tio n for Com pact Disc R ea d-Onl y Me mory . A h igh -cap acity opt ical disc, usua lly 650 M B in size, capable of being read from but not written to. CD-RW Short for C ompact Disc-ReWriteable. C ompact Disc that can be used to write o r rewrite d ata to it. A CD-RW can b e written to se[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 103 nN EULA EULA (En d-User License Agreement) is the name given to a li cense governing the software on y ou r com pute r . T he EUL A ca n b e foun d in the Re ad th is fi rs t sect ion a t the b eginni ng of the software g uide or directly on the VAIO desktop. i.L INK ™ i.L INK ™ is Sony ’ s version of th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 104 nN MAP I Short for Messaging Applicatio n Program Interface. A Microsoft Win dows interface enabling you to send e-mail messages. It allows e-mail access and distribution among appl icati ons. M API- comp atib le appl icatio ns inc lude a Send M ail or S end in the Fil e menu o f th e a pp licat io n. ma xi mu[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 105 nN PC Card A PCMCI A c ard. T he t erm P C Car d is more wide ly us ed th an PCMCI A. S ee P CMCIA. PCMCIA PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card I nternational Association) is the nam e of the group that pro duced the specification for the credit card-sized plu g -in boards for lapto p computers. The ca rds us[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 106 nN RAM Short for Ran dom Access Memory , the memory u sed to run programs an d store data in current use. R AM is the fastest kind of m emory to re a d from and write to. I n formation store d in RAM is lo st when you turn of f the computer . The higher th e RAM ca pacity , the faster you r current data can be[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 107 nN TF T Short for Thin F ilm T ra nsistor . T op-of-the-range notebook d ispl a y for excellent picture quality . The TF T technology of fers the sh arpest resolution for flat displays; each pixel is supported by on e to four transistors. TNV Short for T elecommunications Network Voltage. A secondary circuit t[...]