Sony PCG-GR manual

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Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Sony C orporati on. All rights reserved. This man ual a nd th e s oftw are de scri bed h ere in, in whole or in part, may not be re prod uced , tra nsla ted, or r educed to a ny m achi n e- readable form without prior writt e n approval. Sony Cor porat ion pr ovi des [...]

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 ® marks are not specified. S pe cif icat i ons ar e subj ect to chan ge wit hout n otic e. All other trademar[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 3 nN Sa fety infor mati on Own er's r ec ord The serial number and m odel number are located o n the bottom of your Son y notebook. Record the serial num ber and the model number in the spaces provided here. Refer to the model number and se rial number if you call VAIO-Link. Ser ial nu mb er: __ __[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 4 nN Au dio/ vide o Aud io an d pi ctu re di sto rti on may oc cu r if thi s equ ipm e nt is pos ition ed in cl ose prox i m ity to an y equipm ent emi tti ng electrom agn etic radi ation . Conn ecti vity Neve r instal l mod em or tel e ph on e wirin g du ri ng a sev ere l ightn ing sto rm. Neve r insta[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 5 nN Reg ulatory informa tion This pro duct co nfor ms t o t he foll ow ing Eu rop ean Di rec tives: 73/ 23/ EEC ( L o w V ol tage D i rect i ve) 89/ 336 /EE C, 92/ 31/E EC (E MC Dir ect ive s) 93/ 68/ EEC ( C E Mar ki ng Di rect i v e) 1999/5/EC (radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipmen[...]

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 dam age d or le akin g lithiu m io n batte ries. Dispos e of pr ompt ly and pro per ly at en d-of-l ife. Dang er o f expl osion if the ba tte ry is in co rrectl y repl ace d. Rep la ce onl y wi th the sa me or equ ivale nt ty pe recom men ded [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu lation s on purc ha s in g a Sony VA I O no te b ook . Sony ha s com b ine d le adi ng -e dg e te ch nol og y in aud io , vid e o, com put in g and comm u nica t io ns to pr ov i de y ou w ith s tate -o f-t he -art pe rs ona l co m pu tin g. Here are just so m e of the feat ures your V A[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN Do cumenta tion pa ck Your Docu me nta tio n Pa c k con tai ns pa per and onl i ne use r gui de s on a Do cu m e nt a ti on CD -R OM . Prin ted do cume ntation A Ge tti ng St arte d bro ch ure, wh ere you fi nd a brief descr ip t io n of the item s in y ou r box , som e specif icati on s of your no teb oo k, a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN A bou t th e Sof tw are i s a short des cript ion of th e fe atur es of the softw are pr e-instal le d on y ou r sy ste m. Customizi ng your notebook ex pl a i ns ho w to set your sy ste m and po we r ma nag e m ent . Using t he Pr oduct Recov ery CD-R O Ms exp lains ho w to pe rform a system and a ppl icati o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y our noteb ook an d its ac cessor ies Foll owing hardw a re it ems ar e in th e box: * D epend ing on y our mod el . 1 mai n u nit 6 weig ht sa ver 2 pr oduct recov ery C D- ROM s 7 phone pl ug ( country sp ecific ) 3 doc umen tatio n p ack 8 phone cab le 4 AC ad ap ter 9 pow er cor d 5 r ech ar geab le ba t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg ono mic cons ider ati ons You w ill be usin g you r note book as a po rtab le de vice in a variet y of e nviro nme nts. Wh enever p oss ible, y ou should attem pt to take accou nt of the followi ng ergon omic consider ations to both statio nary and port able environ ments: Posit ion of your compute r – [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN V iewi ng a ngl e of the compute r ’ s display – Us e the d isplay ’ s tiltin g feature to find the bes t positi on. Y o u c an redu ce eye str ain and m uscl e fatig ue by adju sting the tilt o f th e displa y to t he prop er p osition . Adju s t the brig htness set t in g of the disp lay as well. Ligh[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g y o ur no te boo k This se c tio n des cribe s how to start using y ou r comp ute r an d ho w to use yo ur comp ute r ’ s inter nal and extern al de vic es. Locat i ng contro ls and connector s Rig ht 1 power button (p age 2 7) 2 ventilation slot (p age 1 6) 3 battery bay (p age 1 9)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left * D epend ing on y our mod el . 1 i.L INK ™ (IEE E1 39 4) S400 po rt (p age 8 1) 2 Memo ry Stick ™ slot (p age 4 8) 3 PC Card slots (p age 4 5) 4 multi-purpose ba y (for weight save r or second battery with w eight saver or removab le CD-RW/DVD -ROM co mbi d ri ve* or DV D-RO M dri ve *) [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front 1L C D s c r e e n (p ag e 34) 9 battery 1 and 2 indicators (p age 3 3) 2 sp eakers (p ag e 34) 10 har d dis k driv e in dic ator (p age 3 3) 3 key bo ard (p ag e 30) 11 Memo ry St ick ™ indi cator (p age 3 3) 4 tou chpa d (p ag e 35) 12 Num Lock ind i cator (p age 3 3) 5 left/right button[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bac k T her e is a vent ilatio n slot locat ed on the l eft si de of t he ba ck pa nel. Do not c ove r the venti lation slot w hen t he c omput er is on . Phone ca b le and modem con n ec t or are T N V (T elecommunication s Network V oltage) complia n t, acco rding to EN60950. 1 ventilati on slot[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Bott om 1 port replicator connec t o r cover (p ag e 63) 2 memo ry modul e cover (p ag e 97) 3 m ulti -purp ose ba y r elea se lev er (p ag e 39) 4 tilt stands (p ag e 11)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN C onnect ing a power s ource You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rechargeab le battery pac k as a power sou rc e. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , procee d as follows : 1 Plug the cabl e attac hed to the AC adapte r (1) into the DC In connec tor (2) on the comp ute r . 2 Plug on e e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Usi ng t he bat ter y p ack You ca n use on e or tw o bat ter i es as a sour ce of po w er. You can i nse r t the sec on d batt ery pa ck into the multi -pur pos e bay on the left side of th e comp ute r. Addi tio nal batt ery pack s are ava ila ble as a se para te optio n. T he bat tery pac k s u[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Cha rging the bat tery pac k To ch ar g e the ba t tery pa c k , pr oce ed a s fol l ow s: 1 Conne ct the AC adapt e r to the comp uter . 2 Insert the b atter y pa ck. The com pu ter au tom at ically char ges th e batte ry (1) (the bat tery in di cato r (2) light flash es in a doub le blink p atte[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN When t he ba tte ry is runni ng out of pow e r , both t he ba tte ry and po wer i nd icato rs b link. K ee p the batt ery pa ck in the co mp uter while it is dir ectl y conne ct ed to AC power . T h e batte ry pa ck co ntinu es to char ge wh ile yo u are usin g th e com puter . If the b at tery l [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pac k To remo v e the batt ery pac k , proce ed as follo w s: 1 T urn o ff th e comp ute r . 2 Ope n the cov er of th e batter y ba y . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pac k. 4 Close th e cover o f the batt ery bay . Y ou m ay lose data if you remo ve t he batte ry p ack wh ile the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Usi ng t he se co nd ba tt ery pack You ca n purch ase a seco nd rech arge able batte ry pack. With tw o battery packs, yo u can e xtend th e time you use your co m put er with b attery po we r. When using tw o bat tery pac ks, the batt ery pack you ins ert fi rst, charge s first. Th e battery pac[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN 3 Attac h the w eight save r (3) to the c omp ute r to stab ilize th e b attery pa ck. 4 Slide the ejec t lever on the bottom of the weigh t sav er tow ard the fro nt of the comp ut er to lo ck i t. If yo u atta ch t wo bat tery pa ck s , you ca n rem ove one of t hem witho ut s hutti ng down the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Cha rging the sec on d batte ry pack To charg e the second batt ery pack , procee d as follo ws : 1 Keep the b atte ry pa ck (1-3) in t he co mputer while it is connec ted to AC power . The ba ttery in di cat or (2) flash es wh ile the batter y is char gi ng. 2 When th e batter y indi c ator stops[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Remo vin g the sec ond bat tery pac k To rem ov e the sec ond b atte ry p ack, proceed as f ollo ws: 1 Slide the mu lti-pu rpo se bay rel ease le ve r on th e bott om of the comp uter in the dire ction of the arrow . 2 Remo ve the weigh t saver . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pac k 4 Reinse rt the w eig[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Sta rt i n g you r noteb ook To s t art you r c om p ute r, pr oce ed as fo ll ows : 1 Slide the L CD lock l ever (1) i n the d irection o f the arrow , and lift the cove r . 2 Press the pow er bu tto n ( 2) of the co m pu ter un til the gr een po we r indi cato r (3 ) lig ht tu rns on . 3 If nece[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 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 do wn y our compu ter, pro ceed as fo llows: 1 Click the St art bu tton on th e Windo w s ® taskbar . 2 Clic k Shu t Do wn. The Shut D o w n Wind [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Reg iste ring yo ur note book You can take advan tag e of Sony ’ s com m itmen t to qu al ity cu sto mer sup por t and rec ei ve the follo wi n g ben efi ts by regi ster in g your comp uter : V A IO-Link – If you are experiencin g any problems with your com puter , you ca n check the V A IO-Li[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Us in g the ke ybo ar d Your keyboar d is very simila r to a deskt op com pu ter ’ s, but ha s addi ti on al keys th at perfo rm spec i fic notebo ok-r elat ed task s. Keys Descri pt i ons Esc ape ke y (1) The <Esc> (Es ca pe) ke y is u sed to c a ncel c omm and s.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Function keys (2) The twelve functi on keys along the top o f the keyboard are use d to perform designated ta sks . For exam pl e, in ma ny ap pl icati on s, <F1> is the Help ke y . The t ask ass oc iat ed wi th ea ch function key may vary from one application to th e other . Print Screen ke[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons wi th th e Windo ws key Combinati ons Functio ns + F1 Displays Wind ows He lp. + T ab Switches the se lected button on the taskbar . + E Di splays Windows Explo rer . + F Display s the Search Re su lts win dow to fin d a fil e or f older . Th is is equ ival ent to se[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Ind icato rs Indic ator Functions Powe r Po wer o n : ligh ts green. Stan dby mode : fla shes umbe r . Battery 1 Indicates the status of the ba ttery inserted in the battery bay o n the left side of the co mputer . Battery 2 Indicates the status of the ba ttery inserted in the battery bay o n the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons wi th th e <Fn> key * Fi r st yo u need to co nn ect your external di splay , then you turn on yo u r n o teb o ok. When yo u connect your ext er nal d ispla y when the computer is alr eady on, you cann o t use t he key co mbinatio n <Fn> +<F 7> or [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The k eyboa rd c ont ains a cu rso r-po inting d ev ice, yo ur touc hp ad (1). You c an po int to , selec t, drag , an d scrol l objec ts on the screen us ing the bu ilt-i n tou ch pad . Action Descri pt ion poin t Slide one finge r on the touch pa d to plac e the poi nter (2[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN Us ing th e Cent er Jog D ial™ co ntr ol Your c omputer is equ ipped w ith a C e nter Jog D ial ™ con tr o l wi th Ba c k butto n on y ou r com p ut e r, n ea r the touc hpad. Yo u can tu rn and/ or pr ess the Jog Dia l ™ to scro ll th e wi ndow , sel ect a so ftware, adj ust th e intern al [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN The Center Jog Dial ™ win dow is alw ays di splayed on t he screen. This w indow has tw o m odes: L aunch er mo de or Gu id e mo de. The Center Jo g Dial ™ w in dow is i n La un che r mo de un ti l you start a n a pp li cat ion or the Cente r Jog D i al ™ w indow beco mes active. When a n ar[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN To use the Center Jog Dial ™ in Lau ncher mode, proc eed as follow s: 1 Click the Cent e r Jog Dial ™ window or pre ss the Ce nter Jog Dia l ™ w hi le pr essing the <Ctrl> key to sw itch t o Launc her mode. 2 T urn the Center Jo g Dial ™ to selec t an item, then press the Center Jog [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN So ftwar e sup porting Ce nter Jo g Dial ™ co ntrol If th e Son y so ftware suppo rting the Ce nter Jo g Di al ™ control is active, you can use Center Jog Dial ™ c ontrol funct io ns allo cate d to eac h soft war e . So ftwar e not supp orti ng Cen ter J og Di al ™ cont rol If th e soft wa[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN 3 Place a disc in the middle of the tray wit h the label sid e facing up until the disc click s into place. 4 Close th e t ray b y p ushin g it g ently . When the computer is in Standb y or Hi be rn at e m ode , you cannot insert or re move a disc. Be s ure to se at th e disc firm ly o ver th e di[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Us ing the C D-RW func tion Depe ndi ng o n you r mo de l, yo ur no tebook i s e quipp ed wit h a CD -RW /DVD -R OM com bi d rive . To bu rn CD s, you can use CD -RW and CD -R dis cs: The CD- RW (CD-ReW ritable) disc i s a data memo ry me dium tha t can b e used to wr ite, erase and rew rite a pro[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Using the DVD function To achieve optim um pe rform anc e wh en playin g DVD -ROM di sc s, you shou ld follo w th ese re comm enda tio ns. Y o u can play DV Ds usi ng the DV D- ROM drive a nd the Win DV D softw are . S e e the he lp file on the Wi nDVD softwar e f or detail s. Y o ur co m pu ter s[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN T o enjoy high er m usic quality , check if the Enable digita l CD a udio for this C D -R OM device che ck box is se lec t e d . If this is n ot th e ca s e , p l e a s e se l ec t th e ch e ck bo x . Y o u can find this op tion by righ t-clickin g the My Comput er icon on the d eskt op. Selec t P[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN Us ing th e wei ght save r The w eight sa ver p rotects the mul ti-purp ose b ay w hen i t is emp ty, an d secures the s eco nd b atter y or th e CD-RW /DVD-ROM co mbi dr ive or t he DVD-ROM d rive when they are ins talled in th e multi-p urpose b ay. To atta ch the weigh t sav er, p roceed as fol[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN Us ing PC Cards Your com puter inc ludes two PC Card slots (1- 2). PC C ards a llow yo u to conn ect port able e xte rnal 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 one of the PC Ca rd sl ots fro nt l abel faci ng up. 2 Gently pus h th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Y ou d o no t need to s hut down th e c omput er bef ore inse rtin g or re mov ing a PC Ca rd. Do no t for ce a P C Car d int o t he slot . It m ay damage the con necto r p ins . I f yo u hav e di fficul ty i nsert ing a PC C ard, c heck tha t you ar e in se rt in g t he P C Card in t h e correct [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN If you un pl ug the PC Card from th e comp uter when it is sti ll turne d on, y our sy ste m might crash a nd yo u might l ose d ata t hat yo u did not save be for e . Befo r e you remove the PC C ard, cli ck the PC Card icon i n the taskbar and close the card. Close any app l i cati o ns that use[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN Using Me mory St ick ™ Your VAI O note bo ok is de sig ned to supp ort the M emor y Sti ck ™ . T he M e mo ry Sti ck ™ is a compact , portable , and ve rsatile d evice esp ecially d esigned f or exc hanging and sh aring di gital da ta with c omp atible pro ducts. Becaus e it is remo vable, i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 49 nN The main advan tag es of the M emory Stick ™ are it s: Com p ac tne ss : with dim ensions of jus t 21.5 mm (W ) x 2.8 mm (H) x 50 mm (D), co mpatible p roducts can also be smal l, li ght we ight and attrac ti ve in the ir des ig n. Ca pac ity : Its data ca pac it y far exc eeds th at of a flo pp[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 50 nN Ge ner ic Memo ry S tic k ™ The original Memo ry Stick ™ , blue or pu rple in co lo ur, can be used to re c ord image da t a tak en wi th digital still c amera s, etc. or da ta f rom the PC . Wi th it, y ou c an rec ord , play bac k an d tran sfer variou s k inds of data at any given time . Be[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 51 nN MagicGat e Memory Stick ™ The MagicGate Memory Stick ™ , white in colou r , record s PC a nd im age data ju st like it s blu e coun t erpar t; the d ifferenc e is it u ses th e M agicGa te cop yright prote ction t ech nology. With this typ e o f Me mo ry Sti ck ™ , a ls o ca ll ed th e MG Me[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 52 nN MagicGate Mag icGate refers to th e copyri ght p ro tection t echno logy used by th e M agicGa te M emory Stic k ™ and oth er MagicGate Mem o ry Stick ™ compatib le device s . The Mem ory Stick ™ Walkma n and MagicGate Mem ory Stick ™ wo rk togethe r to che ck the data and ensure it compl [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 53 nN Sony off e rs the Magi cG at e M em ory S tic k ™ and Memory Stick ™ W alk man with a c opyri ght pro tectio n funct ion that comp lies wi th SDMI stand ard s, thereb y prov idi ng an environm e nt where i ndivid uals can record and enj oy th ird -part y mus ic data w ithou t worry in g abo ut[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 54 nN Othe r: V AIO n ote book s VAIO d esk t ops CLIE Han dhe ld E nter tainm en t Orga ni ser Sony m ob il e pho nes Digita l pri nt ers AIBO the Sony Entert ainm ent Robot To find out more abou t the pr odu ct s avail abl e in you r co unt ry , go to: http: //www .sonystyl e-europe.c om[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 55 nN Inse r ting a M emory Stick ™ There are 2 ways you ca n insert a Memo ry Stick ™ in yo ur not eboo k: Using th e M em ory S tic k ™ sl ot; Using one of the PC C ard sl ots. T o do t his, you n eed an opti onal PC Card ad apter . You ca n on ly in se rt 1 M em o ry Sti ck ™ at the t ime! To[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 56 nN Removing a Me m ory Stick ™ To remov e a Mem ory Stick ™ using the Memory Stic k ™ slot, pro ce ed as fol lo w s: 1 Che ck th at the access light is off. 2 Push t he Mem ory S tick ™ in to war d the noteb ook . The Memory Stick ™ ejec ts. 3 Pull the Mem ory S tick ™ ou t of the slot . [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 57 nN Fo rma ttin g a Memo ry St ick ™ Memo ry St ic ks ™ are fo rmatted for imm ediate use when yo u pu rch ase th em. If you need to refo rmat a Memory Stick ™ , use the Memor y St ick Fo rmat ter softw are p rovi ded w ith you r note boo k. For mo re det ail s abo ut us in g Me mor y Sti ck Fo [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 58 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 conn ect to a phone line to take a dvan tage of onlin e serv ices and the Intern et, but also to regist er yo ur co mpu ter an d soft war e onlin e, and to co nt act V AIO - Lin k. To co nnect a phon e line[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 59 nN Us ing po wer savin g modes When you use a batte ry as th e sou rce of pow er for you r co mput er, you can take a dvant age of p ower ma nag em ent set t in gs to co nse r ve ba tt er y li fe . In addi t ion to the nor mal ope r ati ng mo de , wh ic h all ows yo u to turn o ff speci fic devices, [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 60 nN If yo u pre ss th e po wer b utt on fo r more tha n four se con ds, the co mp uter will s witch of f aut omat ical ly . When the computer is in Standb y mode, you ca nnot i nser t a disk . Standby req uir es le ss ti me t han Hi bernate . Standby use s mo re pow er th an Hib ernate . If you do no [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 61 nN To retu rn to N ormal mo de, procee d as fol lows: Tur n on th e com pute r b y p ressi ng t he po wer b utt on. The compu ter ret urn s to its prev ious state. When the computer is in Hibernat e m ode, you ca nnot i nsert a disc. Hib e rn at e mode r equi res mo re ti me tha n St an d by mo de t [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN Connec ting periph eral d evices You ca n add func ti on a lity to yo ur comp uter by conn ect in g or us in g any of the se pe ri ph e ral s. Before you con nect p eriph erals, turn of f the com puter and a ll p eriph erals. Conn ect the pow e r co rd on ly afte r connec ting al l ca b[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Conn ect ing a port re plicat or Yo ur not ebo ok supp ort s t he u se of a n o pti on a l p ort re pl ica tor . A tta chi ng a po rt rep li cat or ena ble s yo u to conn ect addi tional periph erals to you r comp ute r, such as a printer or an exter nal displ ay . All con n ectors a r [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN Att ac hin g yo ur c ompu te r to t he port re plic at or To atta ch your co m put er to the port rep li c ator , procee d as fol lo ws : 1 T urn off th e c omp ute r and di scon nect a ll p eri pher als. 2 Plug the cabl e attac hed to the AC adapte r (1) into the DC In port (2) on th e[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN 5 Align the bo ttom co nn ect or of the not ebo ok with the conn ector on th e por t repl icato r (6) and push do wn unt il it cl icks in to pla c e. 6 T ur n on the no te bo ok. Whe n yo u use t he po rt repl icato r f or the fi rst ti me, th e ins tal lation of the n etwo rk dr ive rs[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN Discon n ect in g you r co m put er from the por t rep licator To disc on nec t yo ur co mpu ter fro m the po rt repl ic ato r, proc eed as fo llow s: 1 T urn o ff th e comp ute r a nd th e con nected p eriphe rals. 2 Pull the lev ers on e ach side of the po rt rep licat or to disc on n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN C onnect ing a n ext erna l dis play You ca n co nne ct an e x ter nal dis pl a y to your no teb ook . F or ex am pl e , yo u can use yo ur noteb oo k wi th th e fo llowing d evice s : Com put er di spl ay (mo ni tor ); Mult imedia c omputer d ispla y; TV ; Projector . T ur n off your c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN Con necting a comp uter dis play To co nnect a com puter disp lay, proc eed as follow s: 1 Plug the d ispla y ca ble (1) (no t s upplied ) into t he m onitor/ VGA con nector (2) on the not ebo ok. 2 If nec essary , pl ug on e en d o f the displa y ’ s pow er co rd (3) i nto th e disp [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN Con n ect ing a multim ed ia c om pu ter display You can co nne ct the note book to a mul time di a comp uter displ ay that in clud es buil t-in speake rs and a mic ropho ne. To c onnect a multime dia c o mputer disp lay, p r oceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the disp la y cabl e (1) into the m[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN Con necting a TV You ca n co nne ct a T V to the no tebo ok or to t he op tiona l po rt repl i cato r. To connect a TV to the noteb oo k, proce ed as foll ow s: 1 Plug one en d of the aud io/video cable (1) (optiona l) into the AV Out conn ector (2) (yello w) and the ot her end into the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 71 nN To connect a TV to the port rep licator, proceed as follo ws: 1 Attac h the port rep lica tor to you r no tebo ok. 2 Plug on e end of th e aud io/video c able (1) (optional) into the h eadphone con nector (2) (g reen) an d the othe r end i nto t he Aud io L eft a nd Au dio Ri ght c on n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 72 nN Conn e ctin g a proj ect or You ca n use a pro je cto r a s an e xte rn a l disp lay, such as the S ony L CD Pro jector . To co nnect a pr ojector, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the RG B signa l cable (1) into the mo ni tor /VGA co nne ctor (2) i den tif ied by the symb ol . 2 Plug the aud[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 73 nN Con nec ting exte rnal spea ke rs You ca n enh anc e the so und qual i t y of your co m pu t er by co nn ecti ng ext erna l spe akers. To co nnect ex ternal s peak ers, p roceed as follow s: 1 Plug the speaker cable (1) into the earp ho ne conn ecto r (2). 2 Plug the o ther en d of the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 74 nN Conn ect ing a n ext ernal mi crop hone Your VAIO note book does not co ntain an in tern al micro ph one. If you need to use a sound input de vice , for exampl e to chat on the Intern et, you need to plug in an ex tern al micro ph one . To co nnect an ext ernal micropho ne, p roceed a s[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 75 nN Conn ect ing an ex ter nal mo use or key boa rd You ca n conne ct an exter nal mo use or k ey boa rd to th e o ptio nal p ort re plica tor u sin g th e PS /2 mouse/ key bo ard conn ect or. There is o nl y one PS/ 2 connec tor , so you can only conn ect one ex tern al de vice at the same[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 76 nN Conn ect ing a U n ivers al Ser ial Bus (US B) devi ce You ca n co nne ct a U S B de v i ce ( e.g . m ou s e, flo ppy di sk dri v e, ke yb oa r d, printe r, … ) to your computer. Bef ore co nn ect ing or di sc onn ec ting a USB peri ph eral , you do no t ne ed to shut dow n the com p [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 77 nN Conn e ctin g a U SB f lop py d isk dr iv e As an optio nal ex tra, y ou can p urchas e a US B fl op py disk d riv e an d co nn ect it t o your com pute r. To connect a USB floppy disk drive, pro cee d as follows: 1 Choos e t he U S B co nne cto r you pre fe r to us e. 2 Plug the USB fl[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 78 nN Insert ing a diskette To in sert a diske tte, proc eed as fo llows: 1 Hold the diskette ( 1) with the label sid e facing up. 2 Gently push the disket te in to the drive (2) until it clicks into place. Re movi ng a di sket te To rem ov e a di ske tte, p roceed as fo llows: When y ou fin [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 79 nN Conn ect ing a print er You ca n co nne ct a Wi nd ow s- co mpa t ib le pr in ter to y ou r com put er to pri nt doc um en ts. Conn e ctin g a pri nt er us ing th e US B c onn ec tor You ca n co nne ct a U S B pri nte r com p a ti bl e wi th y ou r ver sio n of W in do ws to yo ur co m [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 80 nN Conn e ctin g a pr i nter us ing the p ri nte r co nne cto r To co nn e ct a pr in ter usi ng t he pri nt er con ne cto r, pr oc eed as fo llow s: 1 Plug the prin ter ca bl e (1) sup pl i ed wi th the pri nte r into the pr in ter co nn ecto r ( 2) identi fied by the symbo l. 2 Plug the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 81 nN C onnect ing a n i.LI NK ™ de vic e Your computer includ es an i.LINK ™ (IEEE1394) conne ctor, which you c an use to c onnect to an i.LINK ™ devi ce such as a di gi tal video camera rec order or to connec t two VAI O no tebo oks in or der to copy, del ete or ed it files. The i.LIN[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 82 nN Conn e ctin g a dig ita l vi deo c am era rec ord er To co nn e ct a digi ta l video cam era reco rder , pro cee d as fol lo ws : 1 Plug on e end of th e i.LINK ™ c able (1) into t he i.LINK ™ con nec tor (2) of the comp uter and the ot her end into the DV Out connec tor (3) on the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 83 nN Con nect ing tw o V AIO n otebo oks You c an c onnec t your not ebo ok to a nothe r VAI O note boo k us ing an i .LIN K ™ cab le (1 ) (n o t su pp li ed) . Wit h Sm art Co nne ct on your no tebo ok, yo u can cop y, edi t or de l ete fi les on ano ther VAI O not ebo ok tha t is also eq[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 84 nN Conn ect ing to a netw ork (LA N) You can c onnect your com puter to 10 BASE-T/ 100BASE-T X-type netwo rks via an Eth ernet net work cable. For the detai led s etting s a nd de vic es need ed to c onn ect to the net work, con sult your Net work Adm inistra tor. T he d efa ult s etting s[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 85 nN Getting help This sec tion de s cribes how to get he lp and sup po rt fro m Son y , and pro vi de s trou bl es h oot ing tip s for y ou r co mpu ter . So ny suppor t options Sony pro v id es sev e ral sup po rt opt ions for your co mpu ter. Pri nted docum entat ion su ppli ed wit h your not ebook A Ge tt[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 86 nN Othe r sou r ces o f information The onl ine he l p fi les that accom p any y our pre-i nsta lled so ftw are co ntai n i nstr uctio ns on usi ng the softwar e. V A IO-Link website : if you ha ve any prob lem w ith yo ur c ompu ter , you c an acc ess th e VAIO-Li nk web site. Go to : http:/ /ww w . vai o-[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 87 nN If you are using an exte rnal di splay , check that it is plugg ed into a powe r sour ce an d turned on . Chec k that you ha ve switc hed to th e external d isplay and th at the brigh tness and contra st contr ols are adjusted correc tly . Moistu re cond ensa tion may have oc curred . Do not use the com [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 88 nN 12 Press the arrow key s to sel ect Ex it (save changes) and th en press <Enter> . The Save configur ation c hanges an d exit now ? messag e app ears. 13 Make sure that Ye s is selected a nd th en pr ess <Enter> . My c omp ute r d oes n ot shut do wn It i s r ecom mend ed to shut d own your c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 89 nN My s oftwar e program lo cks u p or crashe s Conta c t the so ftw are pu blis her or de si gna ted pr ovid er for tech ni cal supp or t. My t ouchp ad inter prets a sing le ta p as a dou ble-cl ick Open the Mou se ic on in the Co ntrol Pa nel and change th e butto n assign ment s in the Mous e Pro pert i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 90 nN The sc reen i mage on my exter nal d isplay i s not cent ered or sized prop erly Use the cont rol s on your extern al disp lay to ad ju st the i m age. Th e wind ow I hav e ju st cl ose d conti nues t o app ear on my L CD Press th e <Wi ndows ® > key and <D> key twice to refr esh th e scree [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 91 nN I canno t pl ay a DVD -RO M If a region cod e war ning appear s wh en you ar e usin g the DVD pl ayer , it co uld be tha t the D VD -ROM you are tryi ng to pl ay is incompat ible with th e DVD-R O M drive in yo ur noteb ook. T he re gion co de is li sted on the packagi ng of the disc . If you hear so und[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 92 nN When I dou ble-cli ck a n a pplic ation i con a messag e such as 'Y o u mu st in sert the ap plicat ion C D into your CD-R OM drive' appea rs and th e softwar e d oes n ot star t. Some tit les require sp ecifi c files th at are lo cate d on th e appl i cation CD -RO M. Inse rt the di sc and try[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 93 nN The disc tray ejects ev en when it has been locked i nto place Ensure tha t the disc i s pla ced with the label sid e facing up. The disc may be sc ratc hed . Place an oth er disc to se e if that is the reas on . There may be cond ens ati on in the drive. Remove th e disc and leave the drive open for app[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 94 nN My mi crop ho ne doe s not w or k If y ou a re u si ng an ex te rnal mic ropho ne, che ck tha t the m icrop hone i s plu gg ed in to th e m ic ropho ne conn ecto r co rrec tly. Ab out t he modem My inte rn al mode m doe s not wor k Che ck th at the ph on e line is pl ug ge d in to y ou r comp uter . Che [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 95 nN If your prob lem is f ax-related, check that there are n o prob lems with the fax machin e you are c alling and tha t it is co m p a t ib le w ith fa x mo d e m s . If you are having a probl em con nec ting with your Inter net Serv ice Pro vide r , check that th e ISP is not experi en cing tec hnic al p [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 96 nN The de faul t setti ng for th e pri nter port mod e is correc t for mo st pri nte rs. If you can no t print, try chang in g the pr inter po rt m od e. In Sony Not eboo k Se tup , select the Pr inter tab. If the p rinter port mod e is set to ECP , c han ge i t to bi-di rec tional . If the print er port m [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 97 nN Pr ec aut io n s This se c tio n des cribe s sa fety gui de lines and pre cau tio ns to help you pro tec t yo ur co mpu ter fro m pot enti al dama ge. Your n oteboo k a nd mem o ry mo du les u se h igh pr ecisi on c ompo nen ts and e lec troni c co nn ecto rs tec hn ology. To avoid the inval idati on of [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 98 nN Electro stat ic Discharg e (ESD) ca n damag e mem ory mod ules and other comp on ents . Install th e me m ory modul e only a t an ESD w orkstati on. If such a station i s not available, d o not work in a carpe ted area, and do not han dl e m ateri al s that pr odu ce or hold stat ic electri city (cellop [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 99 nN 6 Ope n the co v er on the bot tom by un scre wi ng the scre w (tu rn co un ter cl oc kw ise). 7 T o remo ve th e me m ory m od ul e, pull the tab s in the direct ion of the arrow s 1. The memo ry modu le is released. 8 Pull the mem ory modu le in the dire ction of arrow 2. 9 Close th e cover . 10 Gently[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 100 nN In stal li ng a me mory mod ule To in stall a me mory mo dule, p roceed a s fol lows: 1 Shut d own your c omp uter and di sconn ect al l p eriphe ral de vices. 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 com p uter coo ls do wn . 4 T urn yo ur co mpu ter up sid e do[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 101 nN 8 Press th e mo dule into pla ce until it cl icks. 9 Close th e com pute r c over . 10 T igh ten th e screw on the bot tom of the not ebo ok. 11 T urn o n the comp uter . V iewing the amou nt of memory To vi ew th e amou nt of me m o ry , pr oce ed as f oll ows : 1 T urn o n the comp uter . 2 Click the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 102 nN Ot her pr eca ut io ns On ha ndling the hard d i s k The ha rd disk ha s a high storag e dens ity and reads or writes da ta in a shor t time. On the other hand , it may be easil y da m aged by mec han ical v ibra tio n, s hock or du st. Althou gh the har d di sk has th e safety dev i ce in itse lf to pr[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 103 nN The screen beco mes war m during oper ati on. This is norm al and does no t in dicate a malfunction . The LCD is man ufa ctu r ed us ing hi gh -pre c is io n tec hno lo gy . Y ou ma y , how ev er , see ti ny bla ck po in ts and / or b r ig ht p oi nt s (r ed , b lu e, o r gre en ) tha t con t in uo usl [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 104 nN H eat sou rce s, such as rad ia tors or air ducts , D irect sun ligh t, E xcessi v e du st, M oistu re or rain, M echani c al vibration or sho ck, Str on g magn ets or speakers that are not m agn eti cally shiel ded , A mbient temperatu re of mo re t han 35 ° C or l e ss t ha n 10 ° C, H ig h hum i d [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 105 nN On ha ndling diskett es Do not open the shu tter manual l y and tou ch the surf ace of the di skett e. Keep di skett es awa y fro m ma gne ts. Keep di skett es awa y fro m dire ct su nl ight an d oth er sou rce s of heat . On ha n dling CD-ROMs Do no t touc h th e surfa ce of th e dis c. Do not dr op or[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 106 nN On usin g the battery p ack Never leave the batte ry pack in tem pe ratu res abo v e 60 ° C , such as i n 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 vironm ent. This i s due to d ecreased b attery efficiency at lo w tempe ratures. Charge the b atte rie[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 107 nN Preven tin g h e aring da ma ge – A v o id using earpho nes at high volume. Hearing expert s advise against co nt i nu ou s , lo ud a nd e x t e n de d p la y . If y o u ex p er ie n c e a ri ng in g in yo ur e a rs , r e d uce th e vo lu m e o r disco nti nu e use. On ha n dling t he M emory Stick ?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 108 nN Specific ations Product name PCG-GR114 EK PCG-GR114M K PCG-GR114S K Model name PCG -873M P CG-8 72M PC G-87 1M Op er at ing sy ste m Mic rosof t ® Window s ® 20 00 Pr of ess i o na l Pro cessor M ob ile Inte l ® Pen tium ® III processor 866 MHz -M Mob ile In tel ® Pe ntiu m ® III processor 933 [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 109 nN CD-ROM drive DVD-ROM drive CD-RW drive DVD-ROM d riv e: up to 24x max . CD-R OM rea ding sp eed up to 8x m ax. DVD-ROM reading sp eed las er di ode pro pert ies: wa ve l eng th : 66 0 n m laser output: 11 µ W (ma x) CD-R W/DV D-RO M driv e: up to 24x max. CD-ROM reading speed up t o 8x max . CD- R w[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 110 nN ‡ See our special Gu arantee extension conditions. S pe cif icat i ons ar e subj ect to chan ge wit hout n otic e. Power requi rement DC 16 V / AC 1 00 - 240V Power manage m ent ACPI (Advanced Co n figuration & P o wer I n terface) Batter y Lith ium ion Dimensions W id th Heigh t D ep th 312 mm[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 111 nN Glossary This s ectio n re fers to terms us ed in this manu al. T hese term s an d d efiniti ons have be en comp iled to pr ovid e you w ith a better und e rstan di ng of yo ur V AIO comp ut er. T erm Defi niti on <F1> key The <F1> key g ives you access to the online help of most software. 10BAS[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 112 nN CD-ROM Ab brevia tio n for Com pac t Disc Rea d-Onl y Me mory. A high -cap acity op tical disc, usua lly 650 MB in size, capable of being re ad from but not w ritte n to. CD-RW Short for C ompact Disc-ReWriteable. C ompact Disc that can be used to write o r r e write d ata to it. A CD-RW can b e written to [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 113 nN i.L INK ™ i.L INK ™ is Sony ’ s ve rsio n of the IEEE 1394 standard for high-speed digital serial interface. The standard is regarded in the audio/video and IT industries a s the most suitable interface for con necti ng comp uter s and d igi tal audio/ video de vices ( su ch as digit al c ame ras et c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 114 nN ma xi mum RA M The max imum amou nt o f RA M tha t y our comp uter can conta in. O nce this amoun t is re ached, yo u can n o l ong er add addit iona l R AM to your co mpute r . Motherboar d The mo ther board i s t he m ain c ircuit boa rd i nside y ou r com pute r . It hol ds the CPU, the BIOS , the memory[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 115 nN PCMCIA PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Ca rd International Association) is the nam e of the group that pro duced the specification for the credit card-sized plug-in bo ards for laptop computers. The ca rds used to be called PCM CIA cards, but as this was rath e r u npro nou nc eab le, th ese car ds are no [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 116 nN Re sol u ti on The degr ee o f shar pn es s an d cl arit y of an imag e. Re solu tion is e xpres sed in pix el s. Fr equ e nt computer screen resolutions are 640 x 480 pixels (VGA resolution; appropriate for a 1 4-in ch screen), 8 00 x 600 ( appropriate for a 15-inch scre en), 1024 by 7 68 (appropriate for [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 117 nN UPS A UPS (U nint err upti ble Po wer S upply ) i s a device incl udi ng a b atte ry t hat pr otec ts yo ur computer from d ata loss in the event of a power fa ilur e. The battery takes over as soon as a po wer int erru ptio n is de tect ed. If yo u are usin g the com put er wh en the pow er failur e occu r[...]