Sony PCG - R600 MX manual

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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 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 ® m arks are not specified. S peci ficat ions are s ubjec t to c hange w itho ut no tic e. All other trademar[...]

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 seri a l number a n d model n umber are l o cated o n the b ottom of you r Son y note b ook. Record th e se rial number i n the space provi ded her e. Refe r to the mo del n umber an d se rial nu mb er i f you c all VAIO-L ink. Seri al number: ______[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 4 nN The mag netic prop erties of some o bjects can ha ve serious cons equenc es for your hard disk drive. They can er ase the da ta on the h ard d isk d ri v e an d cau se the compu ter to malfu nction. Do not plac e your comp uter ne ar or on any o bjects which emit mag netic f ields, mainly: TV se ts[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 5 nN Optic al d isc dri ve Misuse of the o ptic al instru ment s su pplied wit h your no tebook c an cau se eye h azard. A s th e lase r b eam used in th is produ ct is h armfu l to eyes , do not attemp t any disassem bl ing process . For servi cing, refe r to qua lified pe rson nel o nly . There ar e v[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 6 nN Di sposin g of lit hium io n batt eries Do no t handl e dam age d or le aking l ithiu m ion ba tteri es. D ispos e of pr ompt ly and proper ly at en d-of- life . Dang er o f expl osion if the bat tery is in corre ctl y repl aced. Rep lace o nly with the s ame or equ ival ent type recom men ded by t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 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 8 nN Do cumenta tion pa ck Your Docu me ntatio n Pac k con tains pa per and onli ne use r guide s on a Do cum ent ation CD -R OM . Prin ted do cume ntation A Ge tti ng St arte d bro chure, wher e you w ill find a br ief descr iptio n of the item s in y our box , some specif icati ons of your note boo k, an d how to[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN 2 Refe r to your Sof tw are Guid e for informat ion on th e b undl ed softw are and the Son y applications . 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 [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y our noteb ook an d its a ccessor ies Remo ve the foll owing har dware it ems from th e b ox: 1 mai n u nit 5 AC ad ap ter 2 rechargeable battery pack 6 power cord 3 pr oduct recov ery C D-RO Ms 7 phon e p lug (c ount ry s pecif ic) 4 doc umen tatio n pac k 8 phon e ca ble[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg ono mic cons ider ati ons You w ill be usin g you r notebo ok as a po rtab le dev ice in a variet y of envi ro nmen ts. Wh eneve r poss ible, you should attem pt to take accou nt of the followi ng ergonom ic consider ations to b oth 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 – Use the d isplay ’ s tiltin g feature to find the bes t 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 13 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. Locat i ng contro ls and connector s Rig ht 1 USB co nnec tor (p ag e 63) 2 hea dph one con ne ctor ( p age 6 2) 3 mic rop hone c on[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left 1D C I n (p ag e 17) 4 m oni tor c on nect or (p age 5 8) 2 U SB conne ct or (p ag e 63) 5M a g i c G a t e ™ Mem ory S tick ™ slot (p age 3 5) 3 ven tilatio n slot[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front T here is a ve n t ilati o n s lot located n ear t h e p ower switch. Do not cover th e v ent ilation s lot when your computer is o n. 1 powe r ind icato r (page 21) 2 bat tery ind icato r (page 27) 3 Memo ry St ick ™ indic ator (page 27) 4 dock ing s tati on ind icator (page 27) 5 har d d[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bac k Bott om 1 battery connector (p age 1 8) 1 battery lock le v er (p age 1 8) 2 battery release le v e r (p age 1 8) 3 d ocki ng conne ctor (p age 4 8) 4 re set s witc h[...]

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 au tomat ically char ges th e batte ry (the b atte ry ind icator light flash es in a doub le bl ink pattern as th e battery [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pac k To remo ve the batt ery pack , proceed as fol low s: 1 T urn o f f the c omp uter a nd clo se the cove r . 2 S lide the lock le ver (1) to the Unlock p osition . 3 Slide the releas e lever (2) to the Unlock posi tion an d sl ide the bat tery away fro m t he co mputer .[...]

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 Slide the L CD lock l ever (1) i n the d irection of the arrow , a nd lift th e co ver . 2 Press th e p ower swit ch (2) of the comp uter until the g reen pow er in dicator (3) ligh t turn s o n. 3 If necess ary , [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 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 yo ur co mpu ter, pro ceed as follo ws: 1 Click the St art butto n. 2 Clic k T urn Of f Comp uter . The T urn of f compute r screen a ppears.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Reg iste ring yo ur note book By registe ring your comp uter, you can take ad vantage of Sony ’ s co mmitme nt to qu ality cu stome r suppo rt and r eceiv e the fo llowing ben efits: V A IO-Link – If you are experie ncing any problem s with your com puter , you can check the V A IO-Link websi [...]

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.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Keys Descri pt i ons Esc ape ke y (1) The <Esc> (Esc a pe) key is us ed to c anc el com ma nds. Function keys (2) The twelve functi o n keys along the to p of the keyboard are used to perform designated ta sks. For exam ple, in ma ny appl icatio ns, <F1> is the Help ke y . Th e tas k a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons with the <W indo ws> key Combinati ons Functio ns + F1 Displays Help and Suppor t Cen ter . + T ab Switches the se lected button on the taskbar . + E Displays My Comp uter . + F Displays the Search Resu lts window to find a file or fold er . This is equ iv alen[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Ind icato rs I ndi ca t or F un ct io n s Powe r Pow er o n: ligh ts gr een . Stan dby mo de: f lashe s um ber . Hibernate m ode: turns off. Battery Indicates the status of the ba ttery inserted in the com puter . Mem ory Stic k ™ T urn s on when the Me mory Stick ™ is in use . T urns off when[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons with the <F n> key * First y o u need to connect your external displa y, then you turn on your notebook. When you connect your external display when the comp uter is alr ead y on, you c anno t use the key com binati on <Fn>+<F7> . * Thi s fun cti on[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The key boa rd con tains a curso r-poi ntin g devi ce, yo ur touc hpa d. You ca n poi nt to, sel ect, drag , an d scrol l objec ts on the scr een usin g the built- in tou chpad. Action Descri pt ion poin t Sli de one fin ger on t he tou chpa d (1 ) to plac e the pointer (4) o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Us ing the Jo g Dial ™ Your c omputer i s equipped with a Jog Dial ™ (1) locat ed bet wee n the righ t and th e left to uchp ad bu tto ns of you r c omp ute r. You c an turn ( 2) or / and p ress (3) t he Jo g Dial ™ to sc roll the wi ndow , select an applica tion, adjust th e interna l speak[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN The Jog Dial ™ wind ow ca n al ways be d isp lay ed on t he sc r een. T his wi ndow has t wo m odes: La unch er mode or Guide mo de. 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 arrow app ears next to a n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN To use the Jog Dial ™ in Lau ncher mode , proceed as fo llows: 1 Clic k the J og Dial ™ w indo w or pr ess the Jo g Di al ™ while p ressing the <Ctrl> ke y to swit ch to Lau ncher mode. 2 T urn the Jog Dial ™ to select an item, then press the J og Dial ™ . The Jog Dial ™ window s[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 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 34 nN Remo vi ng a PC Card Fo llo w t h e s te ps be lo w t o re m ov e th e PC C ar d wh ile yo ur c omp u ter is o n. If it is n o t rem o ve d p ro p erl y , yo ur system m ay n ot wor k proper ly. If yo u want t o remo ve a PC C ard wh en you r compu ter is o ff, skip step s 1 to 7. To remov e a PC [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Using Me mory Stic k ™ Your VA IO com puter i s desig ned to suppo rt t he Me mory Sti ck ™ . T h e M e mor y S ti c k ™ is a c omp act, porta ble, and ve rsatile d evice esp ecially d esigned f or exchan ging an d shari ng digi tal data w ith com patible produ cts. Becaus e it is remo vable[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 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 37 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 38 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 39 nN MagicGate is a co pyr i ght protec tion technology that complies with t h e standards set by SDM I (Secure Di g i t al Music I n iti a tiv e, a n orga niz ation wo rki ng to d r a w up i ndu stry s tanda rd speci fica tions in o rd er to prote ct co pyri ghts o f dig ital musi c). Th e logo indi c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Assoc iation of Ameri ca ( RIAA) took the init iativ e to org a niz e a foru m calle d Sec ure Music Dig ital Init iative (SDM I) to study techno logy for prote cting c opy rights d uring the electr onic d istrib ution of m usic. Sony offers the Ma gicGat e M emory S tick ™ and Memory Stick ™ [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Othe r: V A IO n ote book s VAIO d esk t ops CLIE Han dhe ld E nter tainm ent O rga niser Sony mob ile pho nes Digita l print ers AIBO the Sony En tertainm ent Robot 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[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Inse r ting a M emory Stick ™ To insert a Me mory Stick ™ , proc eed as follows: 1 Once yo u ha ve stored your dat a from you r digit al device , inse rt the M emor y Stick ™ w ith the arro w facing u p and tow ard th e Memo ry Stick ™ sl ot. 2 Care fully slide the M emory S tick ™ in to[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Removing a Me m ory Stick ™ To remov e a Mem ory Stic k ™ us ing t he Memory Stick ™ slot , proce ed as fol low s: 1 Che ck that the access light is off. 2 Push t he Mem ory S tick ™ in to ward the n oteboo k. The Memory Sti ck ™ ejects. 3 Pull the Mem ory Stick ™ ou t of the sl ot. A [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 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 45 nN Us ing po wer savin g modes When you use a batte ry as th e sou rce of pow er for your com puter, y ou c an tak e a dvantage of p ower ma nage ment set tin gs to cons er ve ba tte ry li fe. In ad dit ion to the n orma l ope rat ing mo de, wh ich a ll ows yo u to turn o ff speci fic devices, you r [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Using Hibernate mode The sta te o f the system i s sa ved on th e hard d isk an d pow er i s turn ed off. The po we r indic ator l igh t is off in th is mode. T o activate Hi bernate m ode, press <Fn>+<F12> . Altern a ti vely: 1 Go to the St art menu and cl ick T urn Of f Comp uter . 2[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 47 nN Connec ting periph eral d evices You ca n add functi on ality to yo ur com pute r by co nnect in g or usin g any of the se peri phe rals. Before you con nect p eriph erals, tu rn off t he compu ter and a ll pe ripheral s. Conn ect the pow er cord on ly afte r c onnec ting al l c a bles.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 48 nN Conn ect ing a docki ng sta tion You ca n use th e PCGA -DS M5 CD- RW/ DVD d ock ing sta tion or the PCG A-DS D5 DV D doc king stat io n (bot h optio nal) t o co nnect pe ripher al devi ces su ch a s a prin ter or an exte rnal displ ay o r to use flop py disks. Different por ts are avai[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN Left & Bott om 1 i.L INK ™ network sw itch (pag e 6 5) 2 r elea se le ver (p ag e 52) 3 ven tilatio n slot / 4 f lopp y d isk dr ive (p ag e 56)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN Bac k 1D C I n (p age 1 7) 2 E thernet n e t wo rk con nect o r (p age 6 9) 3 U SB conne ct ors (p age 63) 4 S 400 i.L INK ™ co nn e ct or (p age 6 5) 5 m on itor c onne ctor (p age 5 8) 6 p rint er c onnec tor (page 6 4) 7s e r i a l p o r t /[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN At ta ching you r comp uter to the d ock ing s ta tio n To connect your comput er to the doc king statio n, proceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the A C adapt er cable into the DC In connec tor on the do ckin g station an d the othe r end to an A C out let. The DC In LE D tu rn s o n. 2 Close th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN Dis con necti ng you r co mputer from the d ockin g sta tion To disc on nect yo ur com pute r from th e do cking stati on, pro cee d as follo ws : 1 If the note book is off, simply follow ste ps 3 to 5. 2 If th e n ot e boo k is on , c li ck St art , then Eje ct PC or p ull the UNDOCK s[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 53 nN Usi ng t he op tic al di s k dri ve o n th e do cki ng sta t ion The dock ing station is equip ped with an o ptical disk driv e*. From the docki ng station , you can listen to audio CDs or use the rec overy CDs , play DVD s and bu rn CDs* *. * PC GA- DSM5 do c king sta tion: CD-RW/DVD-R[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN 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 op en appl icati ons befor e p la ying a DV D-RO M m ovie. When pl aying D VD mov ies on batt ery power , set the pow er manag emen t p [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN 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 t form at th e di sc. If you do not form at th e d isc, you r com put er will not re cogni ze it. T o ma ke a CD-R ’ s data readabl[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Using th e floppy disk dr ive on the dock in g stat ion The dock ing station is equipped with an inte rnal floppy disk dr ive. You ca n als o use an ex ter nal U SB floppy disk dri ve on th e und ocked m ain un it. It is n ot possi ble to us e any USB floppy d isk drive when the not ebo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN 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 (mo nitor ) Projector T urn off your com puter a nd th e per ipheral s , unp lu g the AC ad[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Con necting a comp uter dis play You ca n co nne ct a com put er displ ay eith er di rectly to you r n ot ebo ok or via th e doc king statio n. You ma y not b e a ble to displ ay t he co mpu ter's L CD a nd th e e xte rnal displ ay t og ethe r, dep en ding on the type of comp uter [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN To connect a c o mpu ter display to th e d ocking stat ion, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the monitor plug (1 ) into the do cking st ation m oni tor conn ector (2) . 2 Plug the power co rd (3) int o an AC outle t. If the m a in unit i s do ck ed , yo u ca n only us e the mon itor c onne ct[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Conn e ctin g a pr oj ect or You ca n co nne ct a projec to r (s uch a s the S ony L CD pro jecto r) dire ctly to yo ur note boo k or via the doc king statio n. To connect a p r ojector to y our noteboo k, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the RGB signa l cable ( 1) into the noteboo k moni tor[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN To connect a p r ojector to y our docking stat ion, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the RGB signa l cable (1) into the d ock ing stat ion moni tor con necto r i denti fied by the I /O symb ol. 2 Plug the audio cab le (2) i n to the note book earphon e connecto r identified by the sym bol. 3 [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 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 into th e n oteboo k earphon e connecto r i dentifi ed by the sy mbol . 2 T ur[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Conn ect ing a U n ivers al Ser ial Bus (US B) mous e You c an co nnect a USB d evic e (e.g . mou se, flo ppy di sk driv e, pri nter … ) t o y our not ebo ok or to yo ur d ock ing statio n. If t he mai n unit is doc ked, you can only use the USB conn ect ors on the do cking stati on. [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN Conn ect ing a print er You ca n co nne ct a Wind ows- com pat ible pr inter to y our com pute r to print d oc umen ts. Conn e ctin g a pri nter us ing th e USB con n ector To co nnect a prin ter using the U SB co nne ctor, p roc eed as fo llow s 1 Plug a n opti onal US B print er cab l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 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 66 nN Conn e ctin g a di g ital vi deo ca m era reco rd er To conn ect a digita l vi deo cam era reco rder to yo ur no tebo ok , pro cee d as fol lows : 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 [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN To conn ect a digita l vi deo cam era re corder to t he do cki ng st ati on, pro ceed as f ol lows : 1 Pl ug one end of the i .LI NK ™ cable (1) i nto the i.LINK ™ co nnect or (2) o f the do cking stati on and th e othe r end into t he DV O ut conn ector (3 ) o n the d igital vide o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN Con nect ing tw o V A IO not ebooks With Smart C onnec t yo u can cop y, edit or del ete files o n anoth er VA IO compu ter (equ ipped with Sm art Conn ect) co nn ecte d to you r c omp ute r w ith a n opti onal i.L INK ™ cable (1). You ca n als o print a do cu ment on a prin ter conn [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN When y ou use Sm art C onnec t to conn ect t wo VAIO compu ters, you must assign each com pute r a unique name by which it ca n be ident i fied wh en the two co mput ers are ne two rk ed . D o not s et the i. LIN K ™ network s witch on the dockin g statio n when the notebook is on. It[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN To connect y our docking st ation to a LAN, proceed as fo llows: Conn ect th e netw ork c able to the Et herne t net work co nne cto r (1 ) on t he do cking stati on. If the m ain unit i s do ck ed , yo u can on ly us e the e the rne t networ k c onne ctor on t he do ck ing sta tion . F[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 71 nN Getting help This sec tion de scri bes how to get he lp and sup po rt from S ony , and pro vide s t rou blesh oot 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 [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 72 nN Othe r sou r ces of information The Online help files tha t ac com pany yo ur pre-in stalled softw are con tain instru ction s on using the softwar e. V A IO-Link web site: if y ou h av e a ny p rob le m w it h y our c om p ute r , y ou c an ac ces s th e VAIO -L in k w eb site. Go to : http:/ /ww w .vai[...]

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 You ar e rec omm en ded to s hut down your c omp ute r using the Turn Off comm and on the Win dows ® Sta rt menu . Us ing ot her me tho ds, i nclud ing t hos e listed here , ma y resul t in loss of u nsaved dat a. If th e Turn Of f com mand d oes not work pr ope rly,[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 75 nN My t ouchp ad i nterpret s a sing le ta p as a d ou ble-click Open the Mou se ic on in t he Contr ol Panel and change th e button assi gnm ents in the Mou se Pr ope rties dialog bo x. On e o f the butto ns is assig ned to the doub le-clic k a ction . My mo use d oes n ot wo rk Che ck th at t he U SB mou [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 76 nN Ab out C D-RO Ms and f lop py dis ks My CD -ROM drive tray does n ot op en Make sure the co mputer is turn ed on. Press th e eje ct butto n on t he optic al d evic e dr ive. If th e ejec t butto n doe s not wor k, you can ope n the tr ay by inser ting a sharp, pointe d obje ct int o the hole to th e r ig[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 77 nN M ake sure the mute se tting is off on y our DVD playe r . Che ck the m aster vo lume setti ng of the A udio Mixer . If you h ave conne cted speak ers externally , che ck the volum e se ttings of yo ur compu ter sp eakers an d ch eck th e con nection s betw een y our speak ers and the com puter . In t he[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN When I d ouble-cl ick an application icon a messag e such as 'Y ou must insert th e application CD into your CD - ROM driv e' appears and the so ftware do es not start. Some tit les require sp ecific files th at are locate d on th e a ppli cation CD -ROM . Insert the di sc and try startin g the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN The o ptional PC GA-UFD5 (USB) floppy d isk drive i s not rec ognised as drive A To set th e UFD5 to A, proceed a s follo ws : 1 T urn the system powe r off and remo ve the dock ing sta tion. 2 T urn the system powe r on. 3 Conne ct the UFD5 4 Se lec t Co ntro l P ane l from the Sta rt menu. 5 Double -cl[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN 8 Keep clicking OK unti l the Confirmat ion of deleti on of devi ce m essage appea rs. 9 Perform the Sca n to ch ang e ha rdwa re fro m Op erat ion . The do cking station flo ppy disk dri ve is rec og nized a s drive A. About sound My spea ke rs are no t p ro ducing so und The built- in spea kers may be [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN Ab out t he do c k ing st ation I ca nnot op erat e t he C D-RW /DV D-R OM dr iv e or t he DV D-RO M d rive of th e do cki ng s ta tio n co nne cted to the note book To swit ch on the i.LIN K ™ n etwork swit ch, pro cee d as follo ws : 1 Discon nec t y our n oteb ook from th e d ockin g sta tio n. 2 Di[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN When I d isconnec t the dockin g station, a warni ng message appears Close all ope n appl icati ons a nd disc onnec t the per ip hera l devices , the n disco nne ct the doc ki ng statio n by fo llo wing th e pr oce dur e i n Dis connecting y our co mputer from the dock ing sta tion (pa ge 52) . Ab out t [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN If your prob lem is f ax-related, ch eck that there are n o problems with the fax m achine you are calling a nd tha t i t is co m pa tib le w ith f a x mo de ms . If you are having a probl em connecti ng with your Inter net Servi ce Provider , chec k t hat the ISP is not experi en cing tec hnic al p rob [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN T ry a pr inter sel f test (if availa ble) to see if the prin ter itself is still fun ction ning p roperl y . Fo r more informa tio n, p lease consu lt th e m anu al su ppli ed wi th y our print er . Some pr inters hav e a spec ific installation procedu re. Please ch eck the m anual s upplied with your p[...]

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 Ad ding and r emoving me mory In the fut ure you m ay wa nt to inst all m e mory mod ules to ex pand the func tiona lity of your c ompu ter. You ca n increa se the me mory b y inst alling o ption al memor y modules . Be carefu l when ad ding memo ry. Mistak es on insta llation o r remov al of the mem ory[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 87 nN - Me ch ani ca l v ibr atio n o r s ho ck, - Str o ng magnets or speak ers that are not magnetically shielded, - Ambient temper a tu r e of more than +35 ° C or less than +5 ° C, - High hum idi ty . ! Be careful when adding mem ory . Mistakes o n installation or remov a l of the memory mo dule m a y ca[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 88 nN 10 Remov e the memo ry module : P ull the tabs in the direc tion of the a rrows. The m emory mo dule i s rel eased. P ull the mem ory modu le i n the d irection of t he arro w . 11 Gently repla ce the ke yboar d, the n press i t into y our c omputer . Be c areful not to detach the cable wh en lifting the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 89 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 . 4 Unscrew the tw o screws at the bottom of you r c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 90 nN 7 Lift the ke yboa rd from the LC D displa y side, the n gently tu rn it over the tou chpad . Be car eful not to d etac h th e cabl e (1) w hen li fting the k ey board. 8 Remov e the exi sting memory mo dule. 9 Remov e the ne w memory module f ro m its pac kaging. 10 Install th e m emo ry modu le. Be ca [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 91 nN 11 Gently r eplace th e keyboard, then p ress i t in to your comp uter . Be careful not to d etach th e cable when lift ing the keyboard . 12 Close th e compute r cover , then tighte n the sc rews on th e b ott om of th e c omp uter .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 92 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 o n the com puter . 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 93 nN 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 conditio ns may produce[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 94 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 95 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 96 nN Proper car e of the disc is essentia l to its continu ous reli ability . Do not us e s olve nts such as benz ine, thinnin g agents, comm ercial ly available clean ers or anti-stati c spray , as they may cause dam age to the disc. For no rmal cleanin g, hold th e disc by its ed ge and use a soft cloth to [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 97 nN Y o u do not nee d to disc harge the ba ttery before rec hargi ng. If you hav e not used the b atter y pa ck for a co nsiderab le am ount o f t ime, rech arge t he battery . On usin g earp hones R oad s afety – Do not u se ea rph ones w hile driv ing, c ycl ing, or op erating an y m otori zed ve hicle.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Notebook specificat ions 98 nN Notebook spec ifications Product name: PCG-R600MX Model number : PCG-623M Op er at ing syst e m Micro soft ® Window s ® X P H ome E diti on Pro cessor Mobi le Inte l ® Celero n processor 800 MHz Hard di sk drive 20 G B Standar d RAM 128 MB SDR AM (on boa rd) Maxi mum RAM 256 M B LCD sc ree[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Notebook specificat ions 99 nN T el e communication ca pab ilit ies Ethernet network, P STN data co n nectivity Expansi on capabi lities One PCMC IA ty pe II Ca rd and Ca rdbus sup port Built - i n capabil ities stereo speakers, touch pa d , Jog Dial ™ , M emor y St ic k ™ Special button Jog Dial ™ Connecti on capabi[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Notebook specificat ions 100 nN ‡ See our special Gu arantee extension conditions. S peci ficat ions are s ubjec t to c hange w itho ut no tic e. Dimensions W id th Heigh t D ep th 279. 5 mm 23 m m t o 29.3 mm 239 mm Weight W it h ba tte ry W ith bat tery & opt i on al docking st ation 1. 7 kg 2. 7 kg Operati ng temp[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Docking station speci fications (not supp l ied) 101 nN Docki ng station specifications (n ot supplied) S peci ficat ions are s ubjec t to c hange w itho ut no tic e. Product name: CD-RW / DVD Docki ng station (PCGA- DSM 5) DVD Docki ng statio n (PCGA-DSD5) Op tic al d riv e up to 24x max. CD-ROM reading sp eed up t o 8x m[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 102 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 103 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 104 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 EU LA c an b e fo und in the Re a d th is fir st sec tion 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 105 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 106 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 107 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 the RAM ca paci ty, the faster y our current data can be [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 108 nN TF T Short for Thin F ilm T r ansistor . T op-of-the-range n otebook display 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 tha[...]