Sony PCG-SR31K/PCG-SR31LK manual

N Sony Not ebo ok U ser Gu ide PC G-SR 31 K/P CG -SR 31LK[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 2 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 3 nN As an E NERGY S TAR Partner , Sony has d etermined that this product meets the E NERGY S TAR guidel ines for ener gy efficie ncy . Th e Inte rna tio nal E NERGY S TAR Offi ce Equipment Program is an international program that pro motes energy saving thro ugh the use of comp uter s and t heir offi c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 4 nN Sa fety infor mati on Own er's r ec ord The model number and se rial number a re located o n the b ottom of your S ony n ote b ook. Record the serial number in the space provi ded here. Refer to the mo del and serial number w hen you call VAIO-Link. Ser ial nu mber:_ ______ ______ _____ ______[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 5 nN W arni ngs General ❑ Openi ng the unit, for whatev er reason , could lead to da mages that are no t c over ed by the guaran tee. ❑ T o avoi d electric al shock , do not op en the cabine t. Re fer servici ng to quali fied pers onnel only . ❑ T o preven t fire or sho ck haza rd, do no t e xpos [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 6 nN CD-R OM ❑ The use of t he opt ical instr umen ts sup plied wi th you r noteb ook w ill caus e eye haza rd. As th e laser beam 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 . Hard disk drive Th e m[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 7 nN Reg ulatory informa tion This produc t co nfor ms t o the foll owing Eu ropea n Di rectiv es: 73/ 23/ EEC ( Low V olt age Di recti ve) 89/ 336 /EE C, 92/3 1/E EC (E MC Dire cti ve s) 93/ 68/ EEC ( CE Mar kin g Di rect i v e) 1999/5/EC (radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment Di re[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 8 nN Di sposin g of lit hium io n batt eries Do no t h an dle dam ag ed or leak ing lith ium i on batte rie s. Dispo se of pro mpt ly and p rope rly at en d-of -life. Dang er of explos ion if th e b atte ry is incorrec tly replaced. Replac e o nly wi th the sam e or equival ent ty pe recomm ended by th [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 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 10 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 find a brief descr iptio n of the items i n you r b ox and some specif ication s o f your no teboo k. This also[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 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[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN Y our noteb ook an d its acc essor ies Remo ve the foll owing har dware it ems from th e b ox: 1 main un it 6 docum entat ion pack 2 rechargeable battery pack 7 AC adapter 3 display a da pter 8 power co rd (country specific) 4 CD-R OM d riv e 9 phone plu g (co untry sp ecific) 5 pro duct re cov ery CD -RO Ms [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 13 nN Erg onomic consi derat ions ❑ Y o u wi l l be u s in g yo ur not eb oo k a s a p ort a bl e de vic e in a v ari e ty o f en vi ro nm e nt s. W he n ev er p os sib le , you sh ould att em pt to take a ccoun t of th e follo wing er go nomic c ons iderati ons to bo th sta tionar y and portabl e environ men ts:[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 14 nN ❑ V ie w i ng ang le o f the c omput er ’ s dis pla y – Use the d isplay ’ s t ilting feature to find the b est pos ition . Y ou c an reduce eye str ain an d mu scle fa tigue by adju sting the tilt o f the d ispla y to t he prop er posi tion . Adju st the brightn ess settin g of the disp lay as well. [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 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 head pho ne conn ect or (page 53) 5 PC Card slot (p age 3 7) 2 line-i n/m icrop hon e [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Left ✍ Phone ca b le and c o nnectors a r e TNV (T elecommunications Net w ork V o lta g e), according t o EN60950. AC a d a p ter mains connect o r and p ower cord: h azardous vol t age , a cc o rding to EN 60950. All othe r con nec to rs for this note b ook a re SE L V ( Safety Ext ra Lo w Vol[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Front * D epend ing on the mode l and y our co untry of resid ence. 1 pow er i ndica tor (p ag e 24) 9 int er nal m icr oph one (p ag e 54) 2 battery indicator (p ag e 20) 10 B lue tooth ™ but ton* (p ag e 62) 3 Me mory Sti ck ™ indicator 11 LCD screen (p ag e 31) 4 har d disk dri ve in dica t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Bac k Bott om 1 battery connector (pag e 2 0) 1 battery lock lever (p age 2 0) 2 battery release lever ( pag e 20) 3 ventilation a rea[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 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 20 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 21 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 compu ter automat ically char ges the batte ry (1) ( t he battery indi cator (2) light flash es i n a double blink p atte rn as the ba [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN ✍ When t he ba tte ry is ru nni ng out of pow er , bot h t he batt ery and po wer in dica tors b link . K ee p the batt ery pa ck in the co mpute r whi le it is dire ctly co nnec ted to AC po wer . T h e ba tter y pack c onti nue s to ch arge wh ile y o u ar e us ing the com puter . If the batt [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pac k To remo ve the batt ery pack , proceed as fol low s: 1 T urn o ff th e comp ute r and clo se the cov er . 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 24 nN Sta rt i n g you r noteb ook To s tart you r com put er, proc ee d a s foll ows : 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 Slide the power sw itch (2) o f the com puter un til the green po we r indicato r (3) light tu rns on. 3 If necess ary , pr[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Sh uttin g down you r note book It is impo rtant tha t you shu t down y our comp ut er properl y in order no t to lose un saved data. To sh ut do wn yo ur co mpu ter, pro ceed as follo ws: 1 Click the St art bu tton on th e W indo w s ® taskbar . 2 Clic k Shu t Down . The Shut D o w n dialog b ox[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Reg iste ring yo ur note book You can take advan tage of Sony ’ s com mitmen t to qual ity custo mer sup por t a nd rece ive the fol lowin g ben efits by re gister ing your comp uter : ❑ V AIO-Lin k – I f you are experienc ing any problems with your co mputer , yo u can check th e V AIO-Lin [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 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. Keys Descri ptions Esc ape ke y (1) The <E sc> (Esca pe ) key is us ed to c anc el c omma nds. Fun ction ke ys (2) [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons wi th th e Windo ws key Cor rectio n k eys (4 ) The <Ins ert>, < Back Sp ace> a nd < Delete > ke ys en able you t o ma k e corre ction s. Fn key (5) The <F n > key is u sed in co mbina tio n with othe r k eys t o ex ecu te com man ds. Navigati[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Ind icato rs + F Displays the Sea rch Re sults w indow to find a file or fold er . This is e qui vale nt to selec ting Search an d then F or fi les or Folders from the Sta rt menu . + Ctrl + F Displays the Sea rch Re sults - Comput er wind ow w her e you can locat e othe r computers. + M Mini mize[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN ✍ If yo u connec t an ex tern al keybo ard an d activa te th e Num L ock functi on, t he Num Lo ck fun cti on on yo ur note book ’s keyboa rd w ill als o be act iva ted. Light On Off hard disk Data is re ad from or written to the hard dri v e. Do no t en ter Syst em Sus pe nd mode or turn of f[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons wi th th e Fn key ✍ Som e functi on s are not availabl e un til Wi ndows i s la unched . Combinati ons/ Feature Functi ons Fn + (E S C) System Suspend Puts the system i nto Sys tem Suspen d mod e, a power manage m ent state. T o return the system to the a ctive sta[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The k eyboa rd c onta ins a cu rsor- poin ting d evic e, your to uc hpad ( 1). Yo u ca n poi nt to, se lect, d rag , and sc roll objec ts on the scr een usin g the built- in tou chpad. Action Descri pt ion poin t Slid e one fin ger on the touch pa d (1 ) to place th e pointer[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Us ing Jo g Dial Your co mput er i s eq uippe d wit h a Jog Dia l (1) on t he r ight si de of yo ur c omput er . Yo u ca n tu rn (2 ) o r / and press (3 ) th e Jog Dial to scroll the wind ow, sel ect a software, adjust th e internal sp eaker volume, etc. The Jo g Dia l wind ow is al ways displaye [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN The Jog Dial w indow switches to Guide mod e whe n you s tart an applica tion and its windo w bec omes ac tive. Depe nding on th e appli cation , the J og Di al windo w disp lays di ffer ent com man ds tha t you can selec t or execute by rota ting or pressi ng the Jog Dial. ✍ Y ou ca n adj ust t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN To use the Jog Dial in Launch er mode, proce ed as follow s: 1 Click the Jog D ial windo w or pr ess the Jog D ial while pre ssi ng the <Ctrl> key to sw itch t o Lau ncher mode. 2 T urn t he Jog Di al t o sele ct an item, then pr ess the Jo g D ial. The Jog Dial window s witches to Gu ide mo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN Sof twa re su pp orti ng Jo g Di al If the Sony softwar e supp ortin g the Jog D ial is active , you can use Jo g Dia l function s allocated to each sof tware. So ftwar e n ot su ppor ting Jog D ial If th e soft war e in use d oes not suppo rt the C enter Jog Co ntrol , you can scr oll th e wi ndo[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 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 38 nN ✍ Som e PC Ca rds ma y req uire y ou to d isabl e idl e devic es whe n using the P C Ca rd. Y o u can use So ny Not eboo k Setup to d isab le devi ce s. Be sure to us e t he most recen t soft ware driver provided by t he PC Card manufactur er . If an “ ! ” mark appears on the Device Ma n age[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Remo vi ng a PC Card If you unp lug this dev ice fro m the com puter wh en turne d on, yo ur syst em migh t crash and y ou m ight lose da ta t hat yo u did no t sa ve be for e. If your co mput er is turned o ff, yo u do not have to follow these ins truction s. To remov e a PC Card, proceed as fol [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN ✍ While t h e card is in ser ted , your computer may not enter the Syst em H i bernation power management mo d e . It ma y enter Syst em Suspe nd mo de . It i s recommended t o remove the ca r d when your computer en ter s the Sys t em Hiber n ation mode by pressi n g the <Fn > + <F12 &[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Using Me mory Stick™ This c ompact, port able, and v ersatile rec ordin g m edium h as a data capacity exceedi ng th at of a fl oppy dis k. The Mem ory Stick ™ is spec ially desig ned for exchan ging an d sh aring dig ital dat a with c ompatib le prod ucts. Becaus e it is remo vable, i t can b[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN T yp es of Memo ry St ick ™ Tw o types of Memor y St ick ™ are available. The fi rst type , Magi cGat e ™ Memo ry St ick (h ereafter referred as MG Memo ry S tic k ) , is prov ided with copyri ght pro tectio n. The secon d typ e, simpl y referr ed to as Me mor y Stic k ™ , does no t h ave [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Inse r ting a M emory Stick ™ To insert a Me mory Stick ™ , pr ocee d as foll ows: 1 Insert it int o the slot un til the Me mory Stick ™ is fix ed into the con necto r . 2 When th e Memory Stick ™ is con nected prop erly , you can s ee t he conte nts of th e card by c licking the Remo va b[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN Removing a Me m ory Stick ™ To remov e a Mem ory Stic k ™ , proc eed as fo llows: 1 Make sure that the M emor y Stick ™ ac cess i ndicato r (1) is o ff. 2 When th e Memory Stick ™ co mes ou t, pull it ou t. Push t he Mem ory S tick ™ m edia ej ect b utton (2). 3 When th e butt on comes o[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN W rite -pr otec ting a Memo ry S tick ™ Memo ry Sti ck s ™ are designed wit h an er asure pr evention sw itch to pr otect valua ble da ta from accid ental erasure or over writing. Move th e tab to the rig ht or left to set o r release wri te-p rotection . When th e erasure pre venti on swi tch[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Us ing the mod em Yo ur not ebook i s eq ui pped w ith an int ern al mo dem. You need to co nnect a phon e li ne to take adva ntage of onlin e se rvices and the Internet, to register y our compu ter and softw are onlin e, and to conta ct VAIO-Link. To co nnect a phon e line, p roceed as fo llows: [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 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 off spec ific device s, your c[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN Usin g Sy ste m Su sp end m ode The compu ter saves the current state of the system in R AM and switch es off power to the C PU. The umber power lig ht fl ashes in th is m ode. To ac tivate S ystem S uspe nd m ode, pro cee d as follo ws: Press <Fn>+<E s c>. Or, Slide th e p ower sw itc[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN Connec ting periph eral d evices You can ad d fun ctio nality to your c ompu ter by conne cti ng or u sing any o f t hese pe ripher als and e nj oy th e softwa re desc ribed i n the Ab out the sof twa re on your So ny Note book user guide. ✍ Befor e y ou con nec t pe riphera ls, turn [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 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 ur n off your co mput er a nd the pe rip herals, unp[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN Con necting a comp uter dis play Use the su pp lied di splay ada pter to con nect your exter nal dis play to t he com puter. When y ou con nect an extern al disp lay to the moni tor con nector , you can pre ss <Fn>+<F7> to toggle the outpu t betw een the Liq uid Crysta l Dis[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN Conn e ctin g a pr oj ect or You can use a p rojector a s an ex ternal di splay, suc h as th e Sony LCD Projecto r. You can conn ect a p rojector using t he suppl ied di splay adap ter. To co nnect a pr ojector, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the su pp lied disp lay adapter (1) into th e [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 53 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 sp eaker c able (1 ) into t he earp hone conn ector ( 2 ) iden tified b y the symbo l. 2 T u[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN Conn ecti ng an ext ern al micro phone Your VA IO no tebo ok contai ns an int erna l mi crop hon e. It is als o p ossibl e to p lu g in a n exter nal mi croph on e. To co nnect an ext ernal micropho ne, pro ceed a s fol lows: Plug the microph one cable (1) into the microph one connector[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN Conn ecti ng a Uni vers al Ser ial Bus ( USB) dev ice You ca n co nne ct a US B devi ce (e.g . mou se, flo ppy di sk driv e … ) to yo ur computer. You do not n eed to shut dow n the co mpu ter be fore c onn ectin g or disc onnec ting a USB peri phe ral. When you start yo ur noteboo k [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Conn e ctin g a U SB f lop py d isk dri ve You ca n co nne ct a flo pp y d isk d rive to th e U SB con nec tor o n your com pute r. Conn ecti ng t he flopp y d isk d rive To connect th e flopp y d i sk drive, proceed as follows: Plug the floppy disk driv e (1) cable into the USB connect[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN Insert ing a diskette To insert a disk, pro ceed as follows: 1 Hold the diskette ( 2) with the label side faci ng up. 2 Gently push the disket te into the drive (1) until it clicks into place. Re movi ng a di sket te To rem ov e a di skette, proc eed as fo llows: When y ou fin ish us in[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Remo vin g the flop py di sk driv e To r emove the fl oppy di sk dri ve , proc ee d as fol low s: ❑ If your com pute r is on, w ait until the LED indi cator tu rns off and t hen unpl ug the U SB cable from the com put er . If t he fl oppy disk driv e is not remov ed proper ly , your s[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN Us ing a C D-ROM drive You ca n use th e C D-RO M driv e supp lied w ith your noteb oo k t o rea d C D-ROM s, Au dio-CDs an d CD Extras . Conn e ctin g t he CD- R OM dri ve To connect th e CD-ROM driv e, p r oceed as follow s: 1 Insert th e C D-RO M card int o the PC Card sl ot with the[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Remo vi ng th e CD -RO M d rive I f yo u un pl ug th e CD -RO M dr ive fro m th e co mput er whe n tu rned on, your sys te m mi ght cras h a nd y ou might lose data that you d id not save bef ore. If you r compute r is turn ed off, you d o not hav e to follow these instru ctio ns. To re[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN Conn ecti ng a print e r 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 You ca n co nne ct a USB pri nte r c omp ati ble wi th you r versio n of W indo ws to yo ur com pu ter. To co nne[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN Conn ecti ng a Blue tooth ™ de vic e to yo ur not e book * Th e Bl uet oot h ™ w irele ss tech nolo gy enab le s y ou to esta bl ish a wir eles s c omm uni catio n bet wee n your note book a nd oth er Blue tooth ™ device s su ch as a no teb ook , a m obi le p hon e or a m ode m st[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 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 64 nN Conn e ctin g a di g ital vi deo ca m era reco rd er To co nnect a digita l video came ra re corder , pro cee d as follo ws: 1 Plug one en d of the i.LINK ™ cable ( 1) int o the i.L INK ™ conn ec tor (2) o f th e co mpu ter an d the ot her e nd into the DV Out con nector (3) on the [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN Con nect ing tw o V AIO n otebo oks 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 i.LI NK ™ cable (1) (n o t s upplied). You ca n als o print a do cu ment on a prin t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 66 nN Getting help This se ction de scri bes how to get he lp and sup po rt from S ony , as well a s t rou blesho ot ing tips for y our co mpu ter . So ny suppor t options 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 ❑ The Cust ome[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 67 nN Othe r sou r ces of information ❑ The onl ine he l p fi les that accom pany your pre- insta lled softw are contai n instruc tions on using th e softwar e. ❑ V AIO-Lin k website : i f y ou ha ve an y p roblem s w ith your c omp uter , y ou c an ac cess th e V A IO-L ink web site. Go to: http:/ /ww w .[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 68 nN T r oubl es hoo tin g This se ction de scri bes h ow to sol ve comm o n probl ems you migh t enc ounter w hen u sing y our not ebo ok. Man y prob lems hav e si mp le solutio ns. Please try th ese sugg estion s befo re contacti ng VAIO -LINK . About the c omputer and softw are (page 69) Abo ut Blue too th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 69 nN Ab out the comput er and s oftw are My c ompute r d oes n ot star t ❑ Check th at t he compu ter is plugg ed into a power so urce and t hat it is turned o n. ❑ Che ck that the po wer ind icato r o n the fron t pane l of the comp ute r i ndicates that the p ower is on . ❑ Check th at t he battery pa[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 70 nN The mess age Press <F1> to resume , <F2> to se tup ap pe ars at startup If the f l o ppy disk drive i s empty, proc e ed as fo llows to ini tiali ze the B I O S: 1 T urn o ff th e comp ute r . 2 Remo ve any pe riphe ral d ev ices conne cted t o the c ompu ter . 3 T urn o n the c omp uter an d[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 71 nN My co mputer locks up ❑ If you susp ect one app licat ion is lock ing your system, y ou can try to sto p it. T o do t his, pr ess <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<D e lete> o n c e, clic k T as k Ma nag er , select th e applicatio n or the proc ess that is locki ng your sy stem , and t hen c lick End T [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 72 nN Ab out B lue toot h ™ * * The Blue tooth ™ ava ilabil ity depen ds o n the m od el an d you r coun try of re side nce. I canno t use th e Blueto oth ™ functi on ❑ I f t he Bl uetoo th ™ LED is o f f , press t he Bluet oo th ™ pow er but ton for tw o second s to tur n the L ED on . ❑ Y ou c [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 73 nN I canno t comm unic ate with th e othe r device al though the distan ce betw een both devic es is within 1 00 metres ❑ Che ck th at t he Bl uet ooth ™ a ntenn a is no t cover ed. ❑ The data tran sfer dis tance c an be sh ort er than 1 00 metr es de pendi ng on existin g obsta cles b etween the two [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 74 nN Ab out t he dis pla y My LCD do es not d ispl ay an ythi ng ❑ Check th at t he compu ter is plugg ed into a power so urce and t hat it is turned o n. ❑ Che ck th at t he po we r indic ator o n the fr on t pane l of th e com pute r is on . ❑ Check th at t he battery packs are inserte d proper ly and[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 75 nN Ab out C D-RO Ms and d isk ettes 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 t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 76 nN When I doub le-cli ck an app licatio n ico n, a messag e su ch as 'Y ou must insert th e applic ation C D into y our CD - ROM driv e' appears and the so ftware do es not start ❑ Some tit les require specific fil es that are located on t he applica tions ’ C D-RO M di sc. I nsert the di sc a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 77 nN About sound My spea ke rs are no t p ro ducing so und ❑ The built- in spea kers may be turn ed off. Press <Fn>+<F3> to tu rn on the speakers . ❑ The spea ker vo lume m ay be tu rne d to th e minim um. Pr ess <F n>+<F4> , and th en pres s or to incr ease the volume . ❑ If yo [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN Ab out t he modem My inte rn al mode m doe s not wor k ❑ Che ck tha t t he ph on e l ine is pl ugge d in to you r c omp uter . ❑ Che ck tha t t he ph on e l ine is w ork ing. Y ou c an ch eck th e line by plug ging in an or dinary phon e and listenin g for a dial tone . ❑ Che ck tha t t he ph on e [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN Ab out p eri phera ls I canno t use DV devic es. The m essa ge 'DV equ ipm ent se em s t o be disc onn ected or turne d off' appe ars ❑ Check th at t he DV device is turned o n and that the cables are pr operly conn ected. ❑ If you are usin g multiple i.LI NK ™ d evices, the com bination [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN Ab out d igital video captur es and DVgat e While I am reco rdin g images to a di gital video device u sing DV ga te, my system display s the mess age 'Recordin g to DV device failed. Check th e p ower and c able connect ions to the DV device and try t he operati on a gain' Close all open a ppl[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 81 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 82 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 83 nN ! Do not place the memory module in places su b ject to : - H eat so urces s uch as rad iator s or air duct s, - D ire ct su nli ght , - Excessi ve dust, - Me ch ani ca l v ibr atio n o r s ho ck, - Str o ng magnets or speak er s that are not magnetica l ly shielded, - Ambient temper a tu r e of more tha[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 84 nN Remo vi ng a memo ry mo dul e To remove a memory modul e, pr o ce ed a s foll ows: 1 Shut d own your com p uter a nd disco nn ect all peri phe ral d evic es. 2 Un plug the com put er a nd r emo ve t he ba tt ery pac k. 3 Wait unti l the comp uter c oo ls down . The i nside of a no tebook b ecom es ex tre[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 85 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 the com put er and rem ove the ba tt ery pac ks. 3 Wait unti l the comp uter c oo ls down . The insi de of a no teb ook b eco mes ex tremel y hot d[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 86 nN 7 Before y ou remo ve the mod el from its pa ckage, to uch a m etal part of th e c omp uter to disch arg e an y static elect ricity accu mulated on your body . 8 Remo ve th e mod ule fr om its prot ectiv e packa ge. 9 I nst all the mem ory mo dul e by h old ing t he mo dule edge conn ect or p oint i ng d[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 87 nN 11 Close th e d isplay p anel and re place the six scre ws on the botto m o f the compu ter . Use a Phillip s (+ ) screwd riv er t o tight en all six screw s at the locatio ns show n below.[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 88 nN V iewing the amou nt of memory To vi ew t he am ount of memo ry, proc eed as foll ows : 1 T urn o n the c omp uter . 2 Click the St art bu tton, p oint to VA I O , and clic k Sony No teb ook Setu p . The Sony N o tebook S etup dialog box ap pears. 3 Click the Ab ou t th is Co m put er t ab to vie w the a[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 89 nN Ot her pr eca ut io ns On ha n dling t he LC D screen ❑ Do not leav e t he LCD facing t he sun as it can d amag e the LCD. Be caref ul w hen us ing the comput er near a w indo w . ❑ Do no t s cratch th e LCD or ex ert pressur e on it. This co uld cau se malf unction . ❑ Using the comp uter in low t[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 90 nN On us ing power s ource ❑ Y our computer operat es on 100V-240V AC 5 0/60 Hz. ❑ Do n ot share th e AC out let wi th othe r po wer-consu ming eq uipm ent, such as a pho toco pier or s hredder . ❑ Y ou can purcha se a power stri p with a surge p rot ector . Th is dev ice preven ts damag e to you r c [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 91 nN ❑ Str ong magn ets or speakers th at are not m agnetical ly shielded , ❑ A mbient temperatu re of mo re than 35 º C or le ss tha n 10 º C, ❑ H igh hum id ity . ❑ Do not plac e electronic eq uipme nt near you r compu ter . The e lectro magneti c field of your c omputer may cause a malfunction. ?[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 92 nN On ha n dling CD-ROM discs ❑ Do no t t ouc h the surfa ce of th e dis c. ❑ Do not dr op or b end th e dis c. ❑ Fingerp rints and dust on the surfac e of a disc may c ause read err ors. Prop er care o f the disc i s essenti al to maint ain its rel iabili ty . Do n ot use so lvent s suc h a s ben zin[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 93 nN ❑ If you are not us ing the c omputer fo r an extend ed pe riod of time , remov e the battery pack from the com puter to pre vent dam age to th e batte ry . ❑ If, after fu lly ch arging the battery pack, t he ba ttery powe r is still lo w , t he ba ttery pack m ay be reac hing the end of its l ife a [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-SR31K Spec ifications 94 nN PCG-SR3 1K Specification s Model Number PCG-SR31K Op er at ing syst e m Micro soft ® Wind ow s ® 200 0 Pro fes sio nal Pro cessor Low V o ltag e Mob ile Intel ® Pe ntiu m ® III processor 750MHz Hard di sk drive 15 GB Standar d RAM 128 MB SDR AM micro D IMM Maxi mum RAM 256 MB LCD sc reen[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-SR31K Spec ifications 95 nN Expansi on capabi lities On e PCM CIA typ e I/II Card a nd Cardbu s s uppor t Built - i n capabil ities Mic roph one, stereo spe akers , tou chpa d, Jog Di al, M agi cGate Memo ry Stic k ™ Special buttons Jog Dia l, Bluet ooth Connecti on capabilit ies on n otebook Ex tern al spea kers /he[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-SR31K Spec ifications 96 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. Sto rage temp erature -20 ° C to +60 ° C (temperature gra dient less than 10 ° C /hour) Operati ng humidity 20% to 80% (not conden sed), provided that hum idity is less than[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-SR31LK S pecificati ons 97 nN PCG -S R 31LK Sp eci fi c atio n s Model Number PCG-SR31LK Op er at ing syst e m Micro soft ® Wind ow s ® 200 0 Pro fes sio nal Pro cessor Low V o ltag e Mob ile Intel ® Pe ntiu m ® III processor 750MHz Hard di sk drive 15 GB Standar d RAM 128 MB SDR AM micro D IMM Maxi mum RAM 256 MB [...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-SR31LK S pecificati ons 98 nN Expansi on capabi lities On e PCM CIA typ e I/II Card a nd Cardbu s s uppor t Built - i n capabil ities Micr ophon e, s tere o spea ker s, to uchpa d, Jog Dia l, Magi cGat e Memo ry S tick ™ Special buttons Jog Dia l Connecti on capabilit ies on n otebook External speakers/headphone, m i[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-SR31LK S pecificati ons 99 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. Sto rage temp erature -20 ° C to +60 ° C (temperature gra dient less than 10 ° C /hour) Operati ng humidity 20% to 80% (not cond ensed), provided that h umidity is less th[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 100 nN INDEX A AC ad apter 5 , 19 air circulatio n 91 Alt key 28 application key 28 B Bass Boos t 31 battery charging the 21 inserting the 20 removing the 23 battery charging status 21 battery connec tor 18 battery indicator 17 , 21 , 29 battery lock lever 18 battery rel ease lever 18 Bluetooth™ button 17 Bluetooth™ in[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 101 nN G guarantee 5 , 26 H hard disk drive indicator 17 , 30 headphon e connector 15 help 66 I i.LINK c onnector 15 i.LIN K ™ de vice 63 i.LIN K ™ cable 64 indicator battery 17 , 21 , 29 Bluetooth ™ 17 Ca p s Lo ck 17 , 30 ha rd dis k dr iv e 17 , 30 Nu m Lo ck 17 , 30 power 17 , 29 Scrol l L ock 17 , 30 Insert k ey[...]

Sony Notebook Us er Guide 102 nN O operator keys 28 P PC Card inserting a 37 removing a 39 PC Card slot 15 , 37 peripherals 49 phone cable 46 phone line jack 46 power indicator 17 , 29 power savi ng modes 47 power sw itch 17 , 24 precau tions 81 Print Scre en key 27 printer 61 printer cable 61 projector 52 R registrati on 26 regulatory i nformation[...]