Sony PCG-NV200 manual

V AIO® Com puter Quic k St ar t PCG -NV200 S eries[...]

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3 Contents Noti ce t o Users .... .. .. .... ... .. .. .... .. .. .... .. ... .. .... ..5 Set ting Up .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..... .. ..15 Unp acki ng Your Comp ut er .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... .. ..16 Applying Er gonomics .............. ................... .............. 18 Loc atin g C ont rols[...]

V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 4 Tr oubl eshoo ting . .. .. .. .... .. ... .. .... .. .. .. .... .. ... .. . 4 3 Troubl eshooting Your Computer ............. ................. 44 Troubleshoo ting the LCD Screen ..... ........................ 47 Troubl eshooting the Mous e and T o uch Pa d ............. 48 Su ppor t Optio ns .... ... .... ... .. ..[...]

5 No ti ce to U se rs © 2002 S ony Electr onics Inc. A ll ri ghts reserved. This manual and the software des c rib e d he re in , i n wh ol e or in par t, ma y not be re prod uced , trans lated, or r educ ed to any machine-re adable form without p rior written appr oval . SONY ELECTRONICS INC. PROVIDES NO W ARRANTY WIT H REGARD TO THIS MANUAL, THE[...]

V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 6 Sony , DVgate, Handycam, i.LINK, M avica, Magi cGate™ Memory S tick , Memory St ick , Movi eShak er, V A IO, and t he V AI O logo are tr adema rks of Sony Corp oration. Micro soft, W indo ws Medi a, Wi ndow s, W indow s NT , and the Wi ndow s logo are reg i stered trad emarks of Micro soft Corp oration. Inte l, S[...]

No tice t o U se rs 7 Safety I nform at ion W ARNING ❑ T o pre vent fire o r shock hazard, do not expos e your computer to rain or moi st ur e. ❑ T o avoid e lectrica l shock , d o not o pen th e ca binet . Refer s ervicin g to quali fied per so n ne l on ly. ❑ Neve r ins tal l mo dem or tele pho ne w irin g dur ing a light ning stor m. ❑ N[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 8 ❑ Soye z très pr udent l orsqu e vous ins tall ez ou m odifi ez les li gnes tél éphon iques. ❑ Évite z d ’util is er le mo dem dura nt u n ora ge électri que. ❑ N'u tili sez pa s le m ode m n i le télé pho ne pour préveni r d'une fuit e de gaz quan d vous êtes pr ès de la f uite . ❑ L[...]

No tice t o U se rs 9 will not occ ur in a p artic ula r in stalla ti on. If th is equi pment does cau se harmful in terf erence to ra di o or t el evi s io n rec e pt io n , whi ch can be det ermined by turn i ng t he equipment of f and on, th e user is enco ura ged to tr y to correc t the interfere nce by one or mo re o f the foll owing meas ures[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 10 stat e and possibl e provinci al tari ffs. ( Contact the st ate or prov incial util ity serv i ce commission, public service co mmission, or corporation commissi on, f or information.) FCC Radio Fr e quency Exposure (United St a tes) Thi s equip ment complies with FC C radiati on expos ur e l imi ts se t fort h f[...]

No tice t o U se rs 11 T elephone Consumer Guid eli nes (Can a da) Ple ase refer t o your tel ephone di recto r y und er ‘Privacy Issu es’ and/o r ‘T erms o f Serv ice.’ For mor e detai led inf ormati on, please co ntact: CR T C T err ass es de la Cha udière, T our centra le 1 pr o mena de du Portage, 5 étage Hull PQ K1 A 0N2. This C la s[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 12 INDUSTR Y CANAD A NOTICE NOTICE : The In dustry Ca nada label id entifies ce rtif ied equ ipm ent. This ce rt ifica tion means that t he equi pment me ets ce rtain tele communicat ions networ k pr otect ive, op erat iona l an d sa fe ty re quire men ts a s p re s cr ib ed i n th e a pp r o pri at e T e r m in al [...]

No tice t o U se rs 13 devi ces subj ect only t o the requi r ement that the su m of the RENs o f all t he device s d oes no t exceed 5. The R EN for t his equi pme nt is 0.2. AV I S D E L ’ INDUSTRIE CANAD A A VIS: L ’étiqu ette d’Indu stri e Canad a ident ifie le m atér iel hom ologu é. Cett e étiquett e certifi e que le mat ériel est [...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 14 D VD-R W Drive Laser Diode Pr ope rties Lase r Output: 330 µ W (CD) 82.7 µ W (DVD) W ave Length: 785 nm (CD) 655 nm (DVD) The use of optical instrumen ts with this pr oduct will i ncr ease e ye haza rd. As t he laser be am use d in th is pr odu ct is ha rm fu l to th e ey es, do n ot a tte mp t to di s as se m [...]

15 Setting Up Congrat ulations o n your p ur chase of t he Sony V AIO® computer . Sony has combined le ading-edge technol ogy in audio, vi deo, computing, and communicati ons to pr ov ide you with state-o f-the-art personal c omputing. ❑ Un pa c ki n g Y o ur C om p ut er ❑ Applyi ng Er gonomi cs ❑ Locati ng Control s and Ports[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 16 Unp ack ing Y ou r Comp uter Main Unit P owe r Cor d T en-Key Bay unit AC Adapter Co mpact W oofer Bay u nit Rech argea ble Batte ry 3.5 Flop py Disk Drive Bay unit W eight Save r * * Do not stor e anythi ng insid e the weigh t sa ver . Items st ored i n the wei g h t saver may break o r ma ke it di fficult to re[...]

Unpac king Y our Comput e r 17 Documents ❑ V A IO® Comp uter User G uide — A se ar c hab le on l ine h el p f ile th a t cont ai n s detaile d information on how to us e your new compute r . See “Locat ing Y our V AIO Compute r User Gui de” on pa ge 31 for more informat i on. ❑ V A IO® Com puter Quick S tart — Cont a ins informati on [...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 18 App ly ing Er gonomic s Y our co mputer is a portabl e devi c e an d c an be used in a variety of envir onm ent s . Wheneve r p ossible , you should apply the follo w ing er gonomic consi de rati ons for both st ation ary and porta ble environm ents. ❑ Position of your co mpute r — Pl ace the comput e r direc[...]

Applyi ng Er gonom ics 19 Loca ti ng Cont rols an d P o r ts Front 1 Com pu t er scr e en (L C D) 8 Memory S tick® m edia ind icato r 2 Speakers 9 W irel ess LAN i ndicator 3 Keyboa rd 10 L eft a n d right butt ons 4 T ouch p a d 11 Power button 5 Power indi cator 12 Num lock in dicator 6 Batt ery i ndica tor 13 Cap s lock in dicat or 7 Hard dis k[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 20 Ba ck 1 DC IN port 4 Print er (paral lel) port 2 USB ports 5 Monitor (VGA) port 3 Serial por t 6 Air vent * * Do not cov er this ven t when you r c ompute r is on.[...]

Applyi ng Er gonom ics 21 Left 1 PC Card slot 5 A/V OUT jack 2 Micro phone j ack * * Ther e is a pro t ru ding dot ne xt to the Micro phone jack t o distin guish it fro m oth er jacks and ports . Do not connect a micro phone to th e Headphon e jack. 6 Ethernet port 3 Headp hone j a ck 7 T ele phone l ine jack 4 V olume cont rol dial 8 i.LINK® (IEE[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 22 Righ t 1 WIRELESS ON switch * * Wirele ss LA N func tion ality i s ava il able o n s ele cted mod els on ly . 5 OPEN button (optic al d rive) 2 HELP butt on 6 Multi purpose ba y † † T he m ultip urpose bay ca n house ei t her t he r emova ble Flop py Disk Dr ive Bay un it, C ompact W o of er Ba y un it , o r [...]

Applyi ng Er gonom ics 23 Bo ttom 1 Re se t bu t ton 2 Re leas e s wit c h 3 T ilt stands[...]

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25 Getting St ar ted This sect ion helps you get your computer running and r egis ter ed, so you can take advantage of Sony’ s many suppor t options. Y ou’ll al so learn how to locat e your online V AIO® Computer User Guide , which contai ns s tep- by-ste p instructions for operating your computer . ❑ T urning On Y our Computer ❑ Usin g th[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 26 T u rnin g On Y o ur Com pute r T o use y our comp ut er imm ediat ely , us e the sup pli ed AC ada pter as a po wer sourc e. Y our supplied batt ery is not cha rged when you unpac k it, howe ver , you can be gin char ging it when you us e your AC adapter . See “Powerin g Y our Comput er” in your online V AIO[...]

T ur n ing On Y our Compute r 27 Once you c onnect the AC ada pter to the c omput er , the batte ry begins to char ge whethe r the compute r is o n o r o ff . The batte ry indi cator shows th e battery sta tus. The i ndica tor blinks as the batt e ry char ges. See “ Power ing Y our Co mpute r ” in your onlin e V AIO ® Computer User Guide for m[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 28 2 Pre ss the power but ton until the powe r indicator turns on. 3 If ne cessary , adjus t the brightnes s contr ols for t he compute r screen (L CD) a s follows : ❑ T o incr ease lig ht intensi ty , pres s and release the Fn + F5 ke ys. Pre ss the Up A rro w key or Right Arr ow k ey . ❑ T o d ecreas e light i[...]

T ur n ing On Y our Compute r 29 Us ing t he T ouch Pa d The keyboa rd contai ns a pointin g devi ce c alle d a t ouch pad. Y ou can p oint to, se lect, drag, and sc roll obje ct s on the s creen us ing the built- in touch pad. Describi ng the touch pad T ouc h pad Ac tion D escri ption Poi nt Sl ide one fin ge r on th e touch pad t o plac e th e p[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 30 Re giste ring Y our C omput er T ake adva ntage of Sony ’ s c ommitm ent t o qualit y custome r supp ort an d receiv e these benefit s by re gis terin g your comput e r: ❑ Sony Customer Support — T alk to a S upport Re present ative to troubl eshoot proble m s you may hav e with your comput er . ❑ Li mi t[...]

T ur n ing On Y our Compute r 31 Loca ting Y our V AI O Co mpute r Use r Guide The V AI O ® Compu ter Use r Gui de i s a s earch able onl ine help fi le t hat co nt ai ns deta iled informat ion on how to use your new comput er . T o open the user guide 1 Clic k Sta r t on th e Win dows ® tas kba r, and t hen clic k Help and S upport . The Help an[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 32 Setting Up A Dia l-Up Con nection This s e cti on describes t he basic s teps f or setti ng up your di al-up co nnecti on. The Connec tion W izar d guides you t hrough t he proce s s of con necting to the Inte rnet and c hoosing a n Inte rne t S ervic e Pr ovider (ISP ) or sett ing up a n exi s tin g account . T [...]

T ur n ing On Y our Compute r 33 3 Clic k Ne xt . 4 If it is not al ready sele cted , clic k Connect to the Internet . 5 Clic k Ne xt . 6 Fol low the on-screen instruc tions . T urni ng Off Y ou r Comp uter Usin g the power butt on to turn off your compute r m ay resul t in loss of data. Fol low the steps bel ow to properly turn of f your c o mpute[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 34 ❑ Clic k Tu r n O f f . 4 W ait f or yo ur co mp ut er to turn of f aut omat i ca lly . Th e com put er is o ff when the powe r indica tor tur ns off. 5 If you are una ble to turn off your compute r , then restart th e computer . ❑ Pre ss the key co mbina tion Ctrl + Alt + Delete . The Windows T ask Manager d[...]

35 Expand ing Y our Computing Po w e r This sect ion helps you get started upgrading c omputer memory and locat ing info rmation abou t pr einstall e d softwar e p ro grams. ❑ Upgr ading Memory ❑ Loca ting P reins talle d Programs[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 36 Up gr adi ng Me mo r y Depend ing on the configur ation you purcha s ed, yo ur computer may ac cept addit ional memory m odules. For informati on about ins tall ation procedures, refer to th e on li n e V A IO ® Comput er User Guide and pri nt those relevant s teps. See “ Loc ating Y our V AIO Co mpu ter User [...]

37 Using the Reco v er y CDs ❑ Applic ation and Sy stem Recove ry CDs ❑ Usin g Y our Rec overy CDs[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 38 Ap pli catio n an d Sy st em R ecover y CDs Y our compute r comes wit h the fol lowing Applica tion Recovery and Sys tem Reco ve ry CDs . Y ou will ne e d an op tical dri ve to us e the s e recov ery CDs. If your com pu ter doe s no t com e wit h an o pti ca l dri ve, use an exte r nal opti ca l dr ive. Applicati[...]

Using Y our Rec ov er y CDs 39 T o re instal l progr am s w ith t he Appli c ation Recovery CD (s) 1 T urn on your computer . If your computer is already on, clo s e all open pr ograms. 2 Logon to the Microsoft ® Win dows ® desktop. 3 Inse rt Sony Appl icat ion Recovery CD No. 1 int o your comput e r ’ s optical dr ive. Th e Applicati on Recove[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 40 9 Clic k to ca ncel the Searc h r em ovable media (fl oppy , CD-ROM...) option . 10 Clic k to select the Incl ude thi s l oca tion in the se arc h che ck box. 11 Clic k Bro ws e . T he Br ows e Fo r Fold er dialog box ap pe ars . 12 Naviga te to the op tical drive, and cli c k to s elect the Applicati on Recove r[...]

Using Y our Rec ov er y CDs 41 Y ou can use the Syste m Recovery CD(s) to rei nstall the ope rating syste m and soft ware t itles that shi pped with your co mputer i f they be c ome c orrupted o r are erase d. Y ou may not need t o rei nstall the ent ire cont ents of your ha rd dri ve. If you expe rience a problem with you r compute r , reinsta lli[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 42 5 Fo llo w the on -s cr ee n ins tr u ctio n s to c om pl et e th e rec o ver y proc es s. If your comp uter doe s not start f rom the R ecov er y CD 1 Pre ss the powe r button a nd hold it for more than four sec onds to turn of f the com pu ter. 2 T urn on the computer . When the Sony log o is displa yed, press [...]

43 T roub leshooting This sect ion describes how to solve some basic pr oble ms you may encounte r w hen using your compu ter . For mor e tr oubleshooti ng topic s refe r to th e on li n e V AI O ® Compute r User Guide. Many pr oblems have simple soluti ons, so r efer to these sour ces befor e you contac t S ony Computi ng Support (http://www .son[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 44 T r oubl esh ooti ng Y our Com pute r Why doesn’t my computer s tart? ❑ Make sure the computer is secure ly plugged into a powe r source and is turne d on. Make sure the powe r in dicator sh ows the powe r is on. See “ T urning O n Y our C om pute r ” on page 26 for m o re informati on. ❑ Make sure the [...]

T roubl eshooting Y our Compute r 45 4 Press the Right Arro w key t o select the Exit t ab, and then pre ss the Down Arro w key t o sele ct Ge t Default V alues . The messa ge Load default values for al l SETUP i tems appears. 5 Press Ent er . T h e Setup Confirmation window appe a rs. 6 Select Ye s , and press Enter . 7 Select Exit (S ave Changes)[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 46 9 Select Ye s , and pr ess En te r . 10 Select E x it ( S ave Ch an ge s ) , and pre ss Ente r . Th e Setup C onfirmation window appe a r s again. 11 Select Ye s , and pr ess En te r . T he co mpute r re sta rts. If your computer con tinues to displa y the message “ Opera ting sys tem not found, ” and W indow[...]

T roubl eshooting Y our Compute r 47 T o r esto re the comput e r to it s normal operat ing stabil ity 1 Clos e all ope n programs. 2 Res tart the comput er . Follo w thes e st eps: 1 Press the Windows ke y . 2 Press U . The T urn off comput e r window opens. 3 Press R t o sele ct r esta rt. 3 If th e compu t er doe s not res tart , 1 Press Ctrl + [...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 48 T r oub le shoot ing the Mouse and T ouc h P ad Why does n ’ t the mouse wor k properly ? ❑ If you are using a Sony USB mo use, m ake sure the mouse i s secure ly plugge d into the USB port. ❑ If you are usin g an extern a l mouse, make sure the mous e is securel y plugged in to the mou se conn ector . ❑ [...]

T roubl eshooting Y our Compute r 49 1 Press the Windows an d t he E keys. The M y Computer wind ow appe a rs. 2 Clic k the To o l s m enu, and s e lec t Fold er Op tions . Th e Folder O p tion s dial og box a p pears with the Gen eral tab open. 3 In t he Clic k it em s a s f oll o ws box, cli c k to sel ect Single-click to o p en an item (point to[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 50 ❑ Y ou may need to use your su pplied Appl ication Re covery CD(s) to re install the touch pa d or mous e drive rs . S ee “ Using the Appli cation R e cover y CD(s ) ” o n page 38 fo r more i nforma tio n.[...]

T roubl eshooting Y our Compute r 51 Suppo r t O pti ons If you have questi ons about your comput er or the preins tall e d programs , refer to the fol lowing sources fo r ans wers in th e sequence lis ted below . 1V A I O ® Computer User G uide The onlin e V AI O ® Comp ut er Us er Guid e and the pr i nted V AIO ® Comp uter Qui ck S tart provid[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 52 Pr ogram Supp or t I nf orma tio n ❑ Sony Servic e Ce nter Adobe ® Acrobat ® Re ader ® , Pho tosh op ® E lem ent s, Pre miere ® LE (Adobe Systems Inc.) America Online ® (A meri ca Onl in e, In c.) A T&T W o rl dNet ® Se rvi ce (A T &T Co rp. ) Drag ’ n Drop CD/DVD (Di giOn, Inc., and Easy Sy st[...]

Progr am Suppor t I nformation 53 PC -c il li n ® (T re nd M icr o, In c.) Quick en ® 2002 New U ser Edi tion (Intuit Inc.) Quick Ti me ® (Apple Computer , Inc.) RealO ne ™ Play er ( Re alNe tworks , In c.) Sony Appl icati ons (Sony Ele c t ronic s Inc.) W eb site http ://www .anti virus.co m/pc-cil lin/suppo rt/ tel e phone 510-859 -0308; 9 0[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 54 Window s ® Operat ing S yst e m, W ord, XP Pr ofessi onal, XP S mall Busines s (M icro so ft Co rp. ) WinDV D ® (In terV ide o, Inc. ) Y ahoo! (Y ahoo! Inc.) Sony Se r vice Cen te r For the So ny Service Cent er ne are s t you, call 1-888- 4-SONY -PC (1- 888-476-6972 ) or find Sony Cus tomer Service on th e W e[...]

55 Car ing f or Y our Computer This sect ion pr ovides informat ion on how to safely u se your Sony comp ut er . ❑ S t or ing Y our Computer ❑ Usin g Cables and Connecti ons ❑ Clea ning Y our Compute r ❑ Handli ng the LCD Screen[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 56 Stor ing Y our C ompute r ❑ Do not plac e your comp uter in a locat ion subjec t to: ❑ Heat sources, such a s radiators or air ducts ❑ Dir ect sunli ght ❑ Exc ess ive dus t ❑ Mois ture o r rain ❑ Mecha nical v ibrati on or shock ❑ S t ron g magnet s or s peake rs t hat a re no t magnet ical ly s hie[...]

Cleani ng Y our Com puter 57 tel e pho ne compa ny has the right to di sconnect yo ur servic e unti l you c orrect the prob lem. Clea n ing Y our Co m p uter ❑ Clea n the c omputer with a s oft, dry cloth o r a soft clo th li ghtly m oiste ned with a mild det erge nt soluti on. Do not use any t ype of abra sive pad, s couring powder , or solvent [...]

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59 Inde x A AC ad apter 26 App licat ion Re covery CD 38 B batt ery indic ator 19 br ightness adju sting 28 br ightness c ontrol 28 bu ttons le ft 19 power 19 right 19 C cap s l o ck 19 comp u ter cab le s 56 car e 55 clea n ing 57 cont rols and connect ors 19 LCD s cre en 57 onlin e support 51 spe cific ations 17 spe cific a tions (online) 32 stor[...]

VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 60 wire less LAN 19 input devices 9 inte rference 9 i nter nal spe ak er loc a tin g 19 Inter net conne c tion 32 J ja cks head phone 21 micr ophone 21 K keyboa rd loc a tin g 19 L LCD scre en handl ing 57 tr oubleshoot ing 47 M maint enance 57 man ual 31 Memor y Sti ck medi a indic ator 19 mic rophone ja c k 21 mod[...]

I n dex 61 mouse and touch pad 48 startup 34 turni ng off compute r 33 turni ng on comput er 26 TV inte rference 9 U unpac king t he c om pute r 16 updat es 32 USB port 20 use r g uide 31 W wire less LAN indic ator 19[...]

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