Sony PCG-SR21K manual

N Sony Not ebook User Guide PCG -SR21K[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 2 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Sony C o rp oration. Al l rights re ser ved. This manual and t he s oftware des c ribe d here in, in whole or in part, may no t be r eprod uced, t ransla ted, or redu ced to any machi n e- readable form without prior w ritten ap pro val. Sony Corpor ation provi des no [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 3 nN As an E NERGY S TAR Partner , Sony has determined that this product m eets the E NERGY S TAR guideline s for energy efficie nc y . Th e Inte rna t i onal E NERGY S TAR Office Equipment Program is an international program that pro m otes e nergy saving thro ug h the u se of comp uters and th eir offi[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 4 nN Sa fety in forma tion Own er's r ecor d The model number and se ri al n umber are lo c ated o n the bottom of your Sony notebook. Record th e se rial number in the space pro v i ded here. Refer to the mo del and serial number whe n you call V AIO-Link. Ser ial nu mbe r:____ ___ ___ ___ __ _____[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 5 nN Conn ectiv ity Neve r instal l mod em or tel eph on e wiring du ri ng a sto rm. Neve r instal l tele ph on e ja c ks in wet loca tions un le ss the j ack is spec ifica lly designe d for wet lo cati on s. Use cau tion w hen inst all i ng or mo dify in g tel e ph on e lines. Use y our noteb ook o nly [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 6 nN Reg ulat ory inf ormati on This produc t co nforms to the foll owing Europ ean Di rectiv es: 73/ 23/EE C ( Low V ol tag e D ir ecti v e) 89/ 336 /EEC, 92 /31/E EC ( EMC Dir ecti ves ) 93/ 68/EE C ( CE Ma rki n g D i rect ive) 1999/5/EC (radio equipment and te lecommunications terminal equipment Dire[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 7 nN Di sp osing of l ithi um io n batt erie s Do no t han dle dam a g e d or le ak i ng l ith iu m ion ba tte ries. Di spo se of pro m pt ly a nd prop erly at en d-of -li fe . Dang e r of ex pl os ion if ba ttery is inc orr ectly repl ace d. Repl a ce onl y w ith the sam e or eq ui v ale nt ty pe recomm[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu lati on s on purcha s in g a Sony VA I O no te b ook . Sony ha s c om b in e d le adi ng -edg e tech nolog y in aud io , vid e o, com put in g a nd com m u nicat ions to pr ovi de y ou w ith s tate -o f-the -art pers ona l co m pu ting. Here are just so m e of the feat ures yo ur V AIO n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN Do cumenta tio n pac k Your Do cum e nta tion Pa c k con ta i ns pa per and onl i ne use r guides on a Docu ment ati on CD -ROM . Prin ted doc ument ation A Ge tt i n g St arte d broch ure, wh ere y ou fi nd a br ief de scr ip tio n of the items in you r box and so m e sp eci fic at io ns of y our not ebook ; [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y our noteb ook an d its acc essor ies Remo v e the foll ow in g har dw are it em s from th e box: 1 mai n unit 6 doc umen tation p ack 2 rechargeable battery pack 7 AC adapter 3 display adapter 8 power cord 4 CD -ROM drive 9 phon e plug (cou ntry speci fic) 5 pr oduct recovery CD -ROMs 10 phon e ca ble[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg onomic cons ider at ions You w ill be us ing you r no tebook as a po rtable d evice i n a va riety of env iro nmen ts. Wh enever p ossib l e, you should attem pt to take accou nt o f the following ergonomi c c onsider ati ons to both statio nary and portabl e environ ments: Posit ion of you r compute r ?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN V iewi ng angl e of the compute r ’ s display – Use th e display ’ s tilting featu re to find the best posi tion. Y ou c an redu ce eye str ain an d muscl e fatigue by ad justing the tilt o f the d isplay to the prop er posi tion. Adju s t the brig htne ss set t in g of the displa y as well. Lighting ?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g yo ur n ot e b ook This se c tio n des cribes how to sta rt usin g y ou r comp ute r and ho w to u se yo ur comp uter ’ s inter nal and extern al de vic es. Locat in g con tro ls and conne c tor s Rig ht Phone ca ble and connectors are TNV (T elecommunications Net w ork V oltage), accord[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left AC a dapter mains connector and power c ord: hazardous voltage , a c cording to EN 60950. All ot her connectors fo r this notebook are SEL V (Sa fety Extra Low Volt age), according to EN 60950. 1D C I n (p age 1 7) 4 USB co nne c tor (p age 5 0) 2 ven tilat ion slo t 5 Mem ory S tick ™ slot[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front T her e is a vent ilatio n slot lo cated ne ar the power s witch. Do not c over the ventil ation sl ot when your c o mpute r is on. 1 pow er indi cator ( pag e 27) 9 LCD screen (p age 2 8) 2 battery indicator (p age 2 7) 10 ID labe l 3 Me mo ry Sti ck TM indi cator (p age 2 7) 11 keyb oar d [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bac k Bott om 1 battery connector (p age 1 8) 1 b attery lock lever (p age 1 8) 2 b attery release lever (p age 1 8) 3 v e ntilatio n slot[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN C onn ecti ng a pow er s ource You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rechar geable battery pack as a pow er 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 D C In con nec tor (2) on th e comp ute r . 2 Plug o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Usi ng t he ba t te r y pac k You ca n use a bat tery pac k as a so urc e of po we r . The ba ttery pac k sup pl ied wi th you r c omp uter is no t ful ly ch arge d at the time of pu rch ase. Insert in g the ba ttery pac k To insert the batt ery, pr oceed as fol low s: 1 Move th e lock lev er (1) [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Cha rgi ng t he bat tery pac k To ch ar g e the ba t tery pac k , pr oce ed as fol low s: 1 Conne ct the AC adapt er to the comp uter . 2 Insert the b attery p ack. The compu ter au toma t ically char ges th e batte ry (1) ( t he bat tery in dicato r (2) light flashe s in a double blink p atte rn [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN When t he ba tt ery i s runni ng out of pow er , both t he ba tt ery an d powe r i ndica tors b link. K eep t he ba tt ery pa ck in the comp uter whi le it is direc tly conne cted to AC po wer . The ba ttery pack co ntinu es to ch arge wh ile yo u are usi ng the com puter . If the batte ry le vel [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN Sta rt ing y ou r not eboo k To st art your comp ut e r, pr ocee d as fo llow s: 1 Slide the LCD loc k lever (1) i n the dire c tion o f the arrow , a nd lift the cover . 2 Slide the pow e r sw itch ( 2) of the co m pu ter unti l the g reen po w e r indi cato r (3) light tu rns on . 3 If necess ar[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Sh utt in g do wn y our no tebook It is impo rtan t tha t you shu t dow n y ou r com p ut er properl y in or der no t to lo se un saved data. To sh ut do wn your compu ter, pro ceed as follows: 1 Click the Star t button on th e Wi ndo ws ® taskb ar . 2 Clic k Sh ut Dow n. The Shut Down dial og bo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Reg ist e ring y our no tebook You can take advan tag e of Sony ’ s com m itmen t to qual ity cu stom er sup por t and rec ei ve the fol lowi n g ben efi ts by regi ster ing y our c omp uter : V AIO-Lin k – If you are experi encing any problems wi th your comput er , yo u can check the VAI O -[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Us ing th e ke ybo ar d Your keyboar d is very simila r to a deskt op com pu ter ’ s, but th e keyb oa rd has addi ti ona l keys that perfo rm spe c ific not ebook-rel ated tasks. Keys Descri ptions Esc ape ke y (1) The <E sc> (Esca pe) ke y is u sed to c ancel com mands . Fun ction keys ([...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Fn key ( 5 ) The <F n > key is u sed in co mbina tion w ith ot her k eys to execu te com man ds. Navigation key s (6) These keys e nable you to move the cursor on the screen. Appl ic atio n key ( 7) The Appl ication k ey disp lays a sh ortc ut men u; press ing this key is e quiva lent t o cl[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Com bin ati ons a nd func tions with the W indo ws key Combinati ons Functi ons + F1 Displays Windo ws Hel p. + T ab Switches the selected button on the taskba r . + E Di sp l ays Windo ws Ex plorer . + F Displays the Search Resul ts win dow to find a file or fold er . This is e quiva lent to sele[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Ind icato rs Indic ator Functions pow er Pow er on: light s gr een. Sys tem Idle mode : light s am ber . Sys t em Su sp en d mode : flas hes a mber . battery Indicates the status of the battery i nserted in t he computer . Mem ory S tick TM T u rns on when the Mem ory Stic k is in use . T u rns of[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Com bin ati ons a nd func tions with the F n key Som e functi on s are not availabl e un ti l Wind ows is la unched . Combinati ons/ Feat ure Functi ons Fn + (ESC) System Suspend Puts the system i nto Syst em Suspen d mode , a po we r ma na ge ment st a te. T o retu rn the system to the active sta[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The k eyboa rd cont ains a cu rsor- pointi ng dev ice, yo ur touc hpad (1 ). You c an poi nt to, se lect, dra g, an d scroll objec ts on th e scr een us ing the bu ilt-i n tou chpad . Action Descri ption point Slide on e finge r on the touchpad (1) to place the po inter (4) o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Us ing Jo g Dial Your com pute r is eq uippe d wit h a Jog Dial ( 1) on t he ri ght s id e of yo ur com put e r. Y ou c a n tu rn (2 ) o r / and press (3 ) the Jog Dial to scro ll the wind ow , select a softw are, adj ust the intern al sp eaker v olume , etc. The Jo g D ia l wi nd ow is alway s di[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN The Jog Dial w i ndo w switches to Guide mode w hen yo u start an applica ti o n and its w indow become s active. Depe nding on th e appl i cati on , th e Jog D i al w in do w di sp lays diffe r ent com m an ds tha t yo u can select or execute by rota ting or pr essi ng the Jog Di al . Y ou ca n a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN To use the Jog Dial in Launch er m od e, proce ed as follo w s: 1 Click the Jog D ial w indo w or press the Jog Dia l wh ile pre ssing th e <Ctrl> key t o sw itch t o La uncher mode. 2 T urn t he Jog Dial to sel ect an item, then press the Jo g D i al. The Jog Dial window switc hes to Guide [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Sof twa re supp or ting Jo g Dia l If the Sony soft ware supp or ting the Jog Dial is active , you c a n use Jo g D ia l fun ction s allocated t o eac h sof tware. So ftwa re n ot su ppor ti ng Jog D ial If th e softw are in u se does not s uppor t the Jo g D i a l, you c an scro ll the wind ow o [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Us ing PC Cards Your com p uter inc lu des a PC Ca rd slot. P C Card s allow you to connec t port abl e ex tern al devices . In se rti ng a PC Card To in sert a PC Card, proceed as f ollows: 1 Insert th e PC Card int o the PC Card sl ot, fron t lab el faci ng up (1). 2 Gently pus h the ca rd into [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Som e PC Cards may re quire you to d isable i dle de vi ces wh en using the PC C ard. Y o u can use Sony Noteboo k Setup to dis able dev ice s. Be sure to us e the most recent softwar e driver provided by the P C Ca rd manufacturer . If an “!” mark a ppe ars on the D evice Man age r ta b in t [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN Remo vi ng a PC Card If you unp lu g thi s dev ice fro m the com pu ter when turne d on, yo ur syst em migh t cras h and yo u mig ht lo se da ta tha t yo u di d not sav e befo re. If your co m put er is turned off, you do n ot have to follow these ins truc ti on s. To remov e a PC Card, proceed as[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN While t he card i s inserted , your co mputer may no t enter t he System H ibernation power m anagement mode . It may enter Syst em Suspe nd m od e . I t is recom mende d to r emov e the card when your com pute r enters the Sy stem Hiber nation mode by pressi ng <Fn > + <F12 > keys o r[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Using Me mory Stick TM This new comp act, p ortabl e, an d ve rsatile recor ding mediu m ha s a data c apacit y exce edi ng th at of a flop py disk. Th e Memo ry Stick ™ is specia ll y desig ne d for exchang ing an d shar ing di gi tal da ta with comp ati ble produ cts. Bec ause i t is rem ovabl[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Inse rting a Memory Stick TM To insert a Memo ry Stick TM , proce ed as fol l ow s: 1 Insert it int o the sl ot un ti l the Me mory St ick ™ (1) is fi xed in to th e c onnector . 2 T o confirm that th e Mem o ry Stick TM me dia i s ins erted properly , ch eck the Remova ble Dis k ( S:) dr ive: O[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Removing a Me mory Stick TM To remov e a Mem ory Stick ™ , proceed as fo llows: 1 Make sure that the Mem or y Stick ™ m ed ia ac cess indica to r (1) is off. 2 When th e M em ory S tick TM comes ou t, pul l it out. Push t he Memo ry Stick ™ me dia eject b utton (2). 3 When th e b utt on co m[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Us ing th e modem Yo ur no te book is e q uipp e d w it h a n i nt ern al mo d em. You ne ed to conn ect a phone line to tak e adv anta ge of onl in e serv ices and the Intern et, to register your compu ter and softw are online, and to conta ct VAIO-Link. To co nnect a phone l ine, proceed as fo l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Us ing po wer sa vin g modes When you u se a b attery as th e source of p ower for your comput er, you can tak e a dvantage 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 m ode , whic h al l ows y ou to turn off specific de vices, yo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Usin g Sy s tem S usp end m ode The compu ter saves the current state of th e system in RAM and switch es off power to the CPU. The am ber power lig ht flash es in this m ode. To ac tivat e System S us pen d m ode , proce ed a s fol lo w s: Press <Fn>+<E s c> Or, Slide th e power sw it[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 44 nN Connec ting peripheral d evices You can add functi onal i ty to your com puter by connec ting or u sing any o f these pe ripher als a nd e njoy th e softwa re desc ribed in the Abou t the softw are on you r So ny N ote book user g ui de: Conn ecting a n ex tern al disp lay (pag e 45) Co[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 45 nN C onn ecti ng an ex t erna l dis play You ca n co nne ct an exte r nal dis pl a y to your no teb ook comp ute r . For exa m pl e, yo u ca n use yo ur com p uter with the fol lo w in g dev i ces: Com put er di spl ay (mo nitor ) Projector T ur n off your com puter a nd the pe riphe rals,[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 46 nN Con necting a comput er dis play Use the su pplied display ada pter to connec t your exter nal displ ay to t he co mputer. When y ou con nec t an ex tern al disp lay to th e moni to r con nector , you c an pre ss <Fn>+<F7> to togg le th e outpu t b etw een the Liqui d Crysta[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 47 nN Conn ec ting a proj ect or You c an use a p rojector a s an extern al display, such as th e Sony LCD Pr ojector. You can co nnect a p rojector using the sup pl ie d di spl ay adap ter. To co nnect a projecto r, proceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the di splay adap ter (1) into th e compu ter ?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 48 nN Con nectin g ext ernal spea kers You ca n enh anc e the so und quali ty of your co mpu ter by co nne cti ng e xt erna l spe ake rs. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, p roceed as follows: 1 Plug the speaker cable (1) into the earp hone connector (2) iden ti fied b y the symbo l. 2 T urn d[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN Conn ecti ng an ex t er nal micro phone Your VA I O notebo ok contai ns an i nterna l mi crop hone. It is also p ossible t o p l u g in a n exter nal m icro phon e. To co nnect an external microp hone, pro ceed a s follows: Plug the microph on e cab le (1) int o the mi croph on e connec[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN Conn ecti ng a Un iver s al Ser ial Bus (U SB) d evi ce You ca n co nne ct a US B dev i ce (e.g . m ou s e, flo ppy di sk dri v e … ) to yo ur computer. You do not need to shut do wn the co m pu ter be fore conn ec tin g or d iscon nec ting a U S B peri ph eral . When you start your n[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN Conn ec ting a USB f lop py d isk dr iv e You ca n co nnect a flo ppy disk drive to the U SB c onnec tor o n y our c omp uter. Conn ecting the flopp y d isk d rive To connect the flopp y disk dr ive, proc eed as follows: Plug t he flop py disk drive (1) cable into the USB conn ector (2)[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN Insert in g a diskette To insert a disk, pro ceed as follo ws : 1 Hold the diskette (2) with the label side faci ng up. 2 Gently push the disket te in to the drive (1) until it clicks into place. Re mov i ng a di sket te To rem ove a diske tte, p roceed as follow s: When y ou fini sh us[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 53 nN Remo ving the fl op py di sk dri ve To rem ov e t he fl op py dis k dr i v e , pr oc e ed as fol l ows : If your com p ute r is on, w ait un ti l the LED in di ca tor tu rns off and then u npl u g the U S B cab le from the com puter . If t he flop py disk driv e is not removed pro perly[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN C onn ecti ng a CD -ROM d rive You can use the C D-RO M drive su pplie d w i th your n oteb ook t o rea d C D-ROM s, Au dio-CD s an d CD Extra s. Conn ec ti ng t he CD - ROM driv e To connect the CD-ROM drive, proc eed as foll ows: 1 Insert the C D-ROM card i nto the PC Card slot. The V[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN 3 Confi rm the dev i ce to stop and cl ic k OK . A Safe t o Re mo ve H ardw are w i ndow app ears, confi rming the de vice can be safely re moved fro m the system. 4 Clic k OK . 5 Clic k Cl ose to close the Unplug or Ejec t Hardwar e dia l o g box. 6 Remo ve the devi ce safe ly .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Conn ecti ng a pri nt er You ca n co nne ct a Wind ows- co m pa t ible pr in te r to y ou r com put er to print doc um en ts. Conn ec tin g a pri nter usi ng th e USB con nec tor You ca n co nne ct a US B pri nte r comp a ti bl e wi th y ou r vers io n of W in do ws to yo ur co m pu ter[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN Conn ecti ng an i .LI N K de v ic e Your comp uter includes an i.LINK (IEEE1394) conn ector, which you c an use to conn ec t to an i.LINK ™ de vice such as a di gi tal video camera rec ord er or to c on nec t two VAI O no tebo oks in or der to cop y, del ete or ed it files. The i.LINK[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Conn ec ting a dig ital vide o cam era reco rder To co nn e ct a digi ta l video came ra re co rder , pro cee d as fol lo ws : 1 Plug one en d o f the i.LINK ™ cab le (1 ) int o the i.LINK ™ connec tor (2) o f th e compu ter an d the other e nd into the DV Out c on nec tor (3) on th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN Conn ec ti ng t wo V AI O- no tebo oks With Smart Conn ect yo u can cop y, edi t or delete files o n ano ther V AIO compu ter (e quipped with Sm art Conn ect) co nn ecte d to y ou r comp ute r wi th an i .LI N K TM cable (1) (n ot supplied). You ca n als o pri nt a do cum e nt on a prin[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 60 nN Getting help This se c tio n des cribes h ow t o get he lp and sup port fro m Sony , as w e ll as tr ou bl e sho ot ing tip s for y ou r co mpu ter. So ny sup por t op tions Sony pro vid es se v eral sup port opt ions for your co m pu ter. Pri nted doc ume ntat ion su pplied with yo ur n ot ebook The Cus[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 61 nN Othe r sources o f information The onl ine hel p files th at accom p any y our pre- i nsta lled so ftware co ntai n i nstr uc tio ns on usi ng the softwar e. V AIO-Lin k web site : if y ou ha ve any prob lem w it h yo ur c om pu t er , you c a n acc e ss th e VAIO- Link web site. Go to : http:/ /www .v a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 62 nN Ab out t he comp uter and s oftw are My c ompute r does not start Check th at the com pu ter is plugg ed in to a power so urce and that it is turned o n. Che ck th at the po we r indica to r on th e fron t p ane l of the comp uter ind ica tes that the p ower is on . Check th at the bat tery pac k s are i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 63 nN 4 Press the arrow key s to sel ect the Exit menu. 5 Press the arro w keys to selec t Get Defaul t V alues and then press <Enter> . The messa ge Load default c onfi gurat ion n ow? ap pears. 6 Make sure that [Y es] is selec ted and then press <Enter>. 7 Press the arrow key s to sel ect Ex it ([...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 64 nN If the above m eth od does not wo rk, slide th e p ow er sw itch and hol d i t for at le ast fou r seco nd s. This turns off the po wer . I f your com pu t er l o cks up wh ile pl ay ing a CD- R OM, st op th e CD- ROM, an d sh u t down the com pu t e r by pres si n g <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Dele te&[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 65 nN The disp lay mod e may be set to ext e rna l display m ode . Pres s and ho ld the Fn key whi le pressi ng F7 several t imes. The sc reen im age on my exter nal d i splay i s not c entered or sized properl y Use the cont rol s on you r ex tern al di sp lay to ad just the im age. Th e wi nd ow I hav e ju s[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 66 nN My floppy disk dr ive canno t write to a disket te The diskette is writ e-protec ted. Disa ble the wr ite-prot ect fea ture or use a diskette that is not write - prote cted. Che ck th at the di sket te is pro pe rly inserte d in to th e flo ppy di sk dri ve. When I doub le-click a n applic ation ico n, a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 67 nN If you use extern al speakers , check that the speakers ar e properl y connec ted an d the volum e is turned up. If the speake rs have a m ute bu tto n, mak e sure it is off. I f batter ies p ow er the sp eakers , check th at the batteri es are insert ed prope rly and that th ey are charged . If you have[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 68 nN My m ode m c onnec tion i s slow Ma ny fa ctor s i nfl uen ce m od em conn ec ti on spe ed , i nc lud ing t el epho n e li ne no ise o r co mpat ibi lit y wi th tele ph on e equipm e nt (suc h a s fax m ach ines or oth er mod ems) . If you thi nk your m od e m is no t con nec ting proper ly to other PC-b[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 69 nN I canno t print Check th at all the cable s of the pr inter are co rrec tl y connect e d. Che ck that your pr inter is correc tl y con figured and th at you h ave up -to-da te driv ers. If n eeded, co ntact your d eal er . The de faul t setti ng for th e pri nter p ort mod e is correct for most pri nte r[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 70 nN Pr ec auti on s This se c tio n des cribes sa fe ty gui de lines and pre cau tio ns to help yo u pro t ec t yo ur co mpu ter fro m pot ential dama ge. Your note boo k and mem ory m odu les u se h i g h pr ecisi on com ponen ts a nd e lectro nic conn ectors techn ology. To avoid the inval idati on of yo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 71 nN Discon nec t the syste m from its pow er sou rc e and from any telec omm u nica tio n link s, netwo rks, or modems bef or e y ou open the syste m. Fa il u r e to do so may result in pers onal in ju ry or equip me nt dama ge. Electro stat ic Discharg e (ESD) ca n dam ag e mem ory m od ule s and other co[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 72 nN 4 Unscrew the six sc rews a t the botto m of yo ur co mputer . Use a precision Phi l lips screwdri ver th at matc hes th e size of th e screw head s. 5 S lide t he LC D lock lever and lift the cover . 6 Raise the p almre st toward s you, turn it over , and then set it gen tly on the key bo ard. 7 Befor[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 73 nN 2 Un pl ug t he c omput er and r em ov e t he batt ery pa c ks. 3 Wait unti l the com p uter cools do wn . The insi de of a no teb ook beco mes ex trem e l y hot du ring ope ra tion. Wait at lea st one hou r for the com put er to cool dow n be fore you re mov e the screws. 4 Unscrew the six sc rews a t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 74 nN 7 Before y ou rem o v e the m od el fro m its pa ckage, touc h a m etal part of th e c omp uter to di sch arg e an y static elect ricit y accu m ul ated on your body . 8 Remo ve th e m odul e from its p rot ective pack age. 9 I nst a ll the me mor y mo du le by h o ld in g the mo du le e dg e co nn ect[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 75 nN 11 Close th e dis play panel and re place the six s crews on the botto m of t he com puter . Use the Ph illips (+ ) screwd river to t i ghten a ll six s crews at th e locati ons s hown below . V iew ing th e amou nt of memo ry To vie w th e a m ou nt of me m o r y , pr oc e ed as fol l ows : 1 T urn o [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 76 nN Ot he r pr ec a ut io ns On ha ndling the LC D screen Do not leav e the LCD fa cing the sun as it can dama ge the LCD. Be caref ul wh en using the comp uter near a w indow . Do no t scrat ch the LCD or exert pre ssur e on it. Thi s co uld cau se malf un ction . Using the comp uter in low temperat ure c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 77 nN When th e AC adap ter is not used , unplug it from the A C ou tle t. Use only the supplied AC adapter . Do not use any other AC adapter . On h andl i ng y our note book Clean t he cabi net with a soft , dry cloth or a s oft cloth li ghtly m oiste ned with a mild d etergent solution . Do not use any typ[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 78 nN The compu ter us es hi gh-fr equ enc y radi o signal s and may ca use inter feren ce to radi o or TV recep tion. Shou l d thi s occur , rel ocate the c omputer a suitab le d istance a way from th e set. Use only specif ied peri ph eral equipmen t and int erfac e cab les; oth erw ise, pr oblems m ay res[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 79 nN If the d i s k is bad l y s oiled, mo isten a soft c l o th with w ater , wring i t out we ll, and us e it to wipe the surf ace of the d i sk fr om the ce nter o ut. Wi pe off any remaining mo i sture with a dry soft cloth. On usin g the batte ry pack Never leave the batte ry pack in tempe ratu res abo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca uti on s 80 nN On usin g earp hones R oad safe ty – Do not u se earph one s while drivin g, cyc ling, or op erating any motori zed ve hicle. I t may create a tr af fic hazard and is ille gal in so me areas . It c an also be pote ntially da ngerou s to pl ay loud music while wal ki ng , especial ly at ped estri an c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cat ions PCG-SR21K 81 nN Spec ific ation s PCG-S R21K Model Number PCG-SR21K Pro cessor Mob ile In tel ® Pe nti um ® III processor 650MHz feat uring In tel ® Spee dSt ep ™ t echnol ogy Hard di sk dr ive 10 GB Standar d RAM 6 4 MB SDRA M mi cr o DIMM Maxi mum RAM 256 MB LCD sc reen 10. 4 ” XGA TF T L2 c ac he[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cat ions PCG-SR21K 82 nN I ntern al mod em Built -in mo de m V .90/K5 6F le x (56kbps ) data /f a x modem T elecom m unic ation capa bili ti es PST N data conne ctivit y Expansi on capabi lit ies On e PCM CIA t y pe I/II Car d and Cardbu s sup port Built -in capabi lit ies Mic rophon e, s tereo s peake rs, tou chpa[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cat ions PCG-SR21K 83 nN ‡ See our special Gu a rantee ex te n sion c onditions. S pe ci fic ati ons ar e subj ect to c han ge wit hout n o tic e. Dimensions W id th Heigh t D ep th 259 mm 23.7 mm to 32.1 mm 209 mm Weight W ithout AC adapter W it h AC ad apte r 1.36 kg 1.62 kg Operati ng tempera ture +5 ° C to +[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 84 nN INDEX A AC ad apter 5 , 17 air circulatio n 77 Alt key 25 application key 25 B Bass Boos t 28 battery charging the 19 inserting the 18 removing the 20 battery charging status 19 battery connec tor 16 battery indicator 15 , 19 , 27 battery lock lever 16 battery rel ease lev er 16 br i ght ne ss c o n t ro l 28 C cab l[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 85 nN I i.LIN K de vice 57 i.LIN K c able 58 i.LINK c onnector 13 indicator battery 15 , 19 , 27 Ca ps Lo ck 15 , 27 ha r d di s k dr ive 15 , 27 Memory Stick 15 , 27 Nu m Lo ck 15 , 27 power 15 , 27 Scrol l Lock 15 , 27 Insert k ey 24 internal microphone 15 J Jog Dial 13 , 30 K key Alt 25 app licat ion 25 Ct rl 25 Esc ape[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 86 nN power sw itch 15 , 21 precau tions 70 Print Scre en key 24 printer 56 printer cable 56 projector 47 R registrati on 23 regulatory i nformation 6 release l ever battery 16 S safety i nformation 4 Scr oll Lock ind ica tor 15 , 27 Shift key 25 slo t Mem o ry Sti ck 14 PC Car d 13 , 34 vent ilati on 14 , 16 Smart C onnec[...]