Sony PCG-C1MGP manual

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Buen manual de instrucciones

Las leyes obligan al vendedor a entregarle al comprador, junto con el producto, el manual de instrucciones Sony PCG-C1MGP. La falta del manual o facilitar información incorrecta al consumidor constituyen una base de reclamación por no estar de acuerdo el producto con el contrato. Según la ley, está permitido adjuntar un manual de otra forma que no sea en papel, lo cual últimamente es bastante común y los fabricantes nos facilitan un manual gráfico, su versión electrónica Sony PCG-C1MGP o vídeos de instrucciones para usuarios. La condición es que tenga una forma legible y entendible.

¿Qué es un manual de instrucciones?

El nombre proviene de la palabra latina “instructio”, es decir, ordenar. Por lo tanto, en un manual Sony PCG-C1MGP se puede encontrar la descripción de las etapas de actuación. El propósito de un manual es enseñar, facilitar el encendido o el uso de un dispositivo o la realización de acciones concretas. Un manual de instrucciones también es una fuente de información acerca de un objeto o un servicio, es una pista.

Desafortunadamente pocos usuarios destinan su tiempo a leer manuales Sony PCG-C1MGP, sin embargo, un buen manual nos permite, no solo conocer una cantidad de funcionalidades adicionales del dispositivo comprado, sino también evitar la mayoría de fallos.

Entonces, ¿qué debe contener el manual de instrucciones perfecto?

Sobre todo, un manual de instrucciones Sony PCG-C1MGP debe contener:
- información acerca de las especificaciones técnicas del dispositivo Sony PCG-C1MGP
- nombre de fabricante y año de fabricación del dispositivo Sony PCG-C1MGP
- condiciones de uso, configuración y mantenimiento del dispositivo Sony PCG-C1MGP
- marcas de seguridad y certificados que confirmen su concordancia con determinadas normativas

¿Por qué no leemos los manuales de instrucciones?

Normalmente es por la falta de tiempo y seguridad acerca de las funcionalidades determinadas de los dispositivos comprados. Desafortunadamente la conexión y el encendido de Sony PCG-C1MGP no es suficiente. El manual de instrucciones siempre contiene una serie de indicaciones acerca de determinadas funcionalidades, normas de seguridad, consejos de mantenimiento (incluso qué productos usar), fallos eventuales de Sony PCG-C1MGP y maneras de solucionar los problemas que puedan ocurrir durante su uso. Al final, en un manual se pueden encontrar los detalles de servicio técnico Sony en caso de que las soluciones propuestas no hayan funcionado. Actualmente gozan de éxito manuales de instrucciones en forma de animaciones interesantes o vídeo manuales que llegan al usuario mucho mejor que en forma de un folleto. Este tipo de manual ayuda a que el usuario vea el vídeo entero sin saltarse las especificaciones y las descripciones técnicas complicadas de Sony PCG-C1MGP, como se suele hacer teniendo una versión en papel.

¿Por qué vale la pena leer los manuales de instrucciones?

Sobre todo es en ellos donde encontraremos las respuestas acerca de la construcción, las posibilidades del dispositivo Sony PCG-C1MGP, el uso de determinados accesorios y una serie de informaciones que permiten aprovechar completamente sus funciones y comodidades.

Tras una compra exitosa de un equipo o un dispositivo, vale la pena dedicar un momento para familiarizarse con cada parte del manual Sony PCG-C1MGP. Actualmente se preparan y traducen con dedicación, para que no solo sean comprensibles para los usuarios, sino que también cumplan su función básica de información y ayuda.

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    N Sony Not ebo ok U ser Gu ide PC G-C1 MGP[...]

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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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 2 nN T rans meta, the T ransme ta logo, C rusoe , th e Cr uso e logo , Code M orph ing ™ Sof tware, LongRun ™ Pow er Mana geme nt a nd combinations thereof are trademarks of T ransmeta Co r p oration in the USA and o ther countries. Symantec Norton AntiVirus is a trademark of Sy mantec Corporation. [...]

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    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 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. Seri al number: _________ ____________ ___ M[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 4 nN Use your noteb ook o nly with the su pplied AC adapte r . T o d iscon nect your noteb ook com pletel y fro m mains voltage, unplug the AC adapter . Please make sure th at the so cket o utlet is ea sily a ccessibl e. Neve r touch u ninsu lated tel ephon e wire or termi nals un less the tel ephon e l[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 5 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 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 6 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN Do cumenta tion pa ck Your Docu menta tio n Pac k conta ins pa per and onli ne use r guides on your comp uter ’ s har d drive. 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, so me specif icati ons of yo ur noteb oo k, and how to se[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN 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 ent . Using t he Pr oduct Recov ery CD-R O Ms exp lains ho w to pe rform a system a nd ap plic ation reco ver[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN Y our noteb ook an d its a ccessor ies The followi ng hardwa re items are in the box : 1 mai n u nit 7 por t rep lica tor 2 rechargeable battery pack 8 A V ca ble 3 AC ad ap ter 9 po inti ng sti ck c ov er s 4 pow er co rd 10 phone p lug (c ount ry s pecifi c) 5 pr oduct recov ery C D-RO Ms 11 phone ca ble 6 d[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Erg ono mic cons ider ati ons Y ou wi ll be us in g yo ur n ote b oo k a s a p orta b le dev ic e in a v ari et y o f en vi ron m en t s. W hen e ve r po s 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: Posi[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN V iewi ng a ngl e of the compute r ’ s display – Us e the d isplay ’ s tiltin g feature to fin d the best 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 ?[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 12 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.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Locat i ng contro ls and connector s Rig ht 1 headp hon e conne ct or (p age 5 6) 2 mi cro phon e c on nect or (p age 5 7) 3 p ort repli cator co nnec tor (p age 5 0) 4 U SB conn ector (p age 5 8) 5D C I n (p age 1 7) 6 p ho ne line jack (p age 4 6)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left T here is a ven tilat ion slot locate d near t he PC Ca rd slot. D o not c ove r the v ent ilati on slot w hen t he not eboo k is in use. 1 S 400 i .LIN K ™ conne cto r (p age 6 4) 2 V AIO per iph er al or ig ina l DC conne ctor (p age 6 4) 3 PC Card slo t (p age 3 5) 4 RE L EASE button (p [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front 1 built -in came ra (M otio n Ey e) 2 mic roph one (page 57) 3 Bluet oot h ™ s wit ch (page 63) 4 point ing d evic e (page 29) 5 spe ak ers (page 56) 6 tou chpa d butt ons (page 29) 7 Magic Ga te Me mo ry Stic k ™ slot wi ndow (page 37) 8 Magic Ga te Me mo ry Stic k ™ indic ato r (page[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bott om 1 battery release lever (p age 1 8) 2 battery connector (p age 1 8) 3 battery lock lever (p age 1 8) 4 re set sw itch[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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 auto mati cally charges the b attery (the battery indic ator (1) l ight flashe s in a d oub le bli nk pattern as th e batter[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN If you c harg e the b at tery w hen t he no tebook is swi tch e d off , th e c harging pro cess wi ll take app roxim atel y two and a half ho urs. When t he ba tte ry is ru nni ng out of pow er , both t he ba tte ry and po wer i ndic ato rs bli nk. K ee p the batt ery pa ck in the co mpute r whi l[...]

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    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 Hold the botto m of the com puter firm ly and ope n the c over . 2 Press the pow er bu tton (1) o f the com puter un til the green po w er i ndi cator ligh t (2) turns on . 3 If necess ary , press <Fn>+<F5[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 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 T urn Off Co m put er but to n fr om th e Wi ndow s ® St art menu. The T urn o ff comp uter dial[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 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 A IO-Link – If you are experi encing any p roblems with you r computer , you ca n check the V AIO -Link web[...]

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    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. 1 2 3 4 56 * Enter 0 7 89 /[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Ke ys D esc ri pti ons Esc ape ke y (1) T h e <E sc> ( Escap e) ke y is used to ca ncel comma nds. Function keys (2) The twelve function key s along the top of the keyboard are used to perform des ignated ta sks. For ex ampl e, in many appl icat ions, <F1> is th e Help ke y . Th e task[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Com bin ation s and func tions with the W indo ws ® key Combinati ons Funct ions + F1 Di splays the Windows Help and Supp ort Center . + T a b Switches the selected button on the taskba r . + E Displ a ys My Comp uter . + F Di splays the Sea rch R esul ts win dow to f ind a file or fol der . T hi[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Ind icato rs Indic ator F unc tions pow er P ower on: lig hts g reen. Sta nd by mode : fla she s u mbe r . battery Indicates the status of the ba ttery in se rted in t he c ompu ter . hard disk T urns on when data is re ad from or written to the h ard drive. Blue tooth ™ T urns on when the Bluet[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons with the Fn key * T his function can only be used b y the first user to log in. It will not work if you have switched to an ot h er account. Som e func tion s are not availa ble un til Wi ndows ® is la unched. Combinati ons/ Feature Functi ons Fn + (E S C) Standby m[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us ing th e pointi ng dev ice The stick on the keybo ard is a c ursor- pointi ng device. Y ou can point to, sel ect, drag , and scroll objec ts o n t he screen us ing the sti ck. T he s c roll fun ction i s av aila b l e only wi th app lication s that s upport a scr o l l-point ing f eature . Acti[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Rep laci n g the po int ing dev ice co ver You can take of f t he cover (1) and replace it with an addition al stick cover suppl ied with your co mputer.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Us ing the Jo g Dial ™ Your co mputer i s equipp ed with a Jog D ial ™ (1 ). You can tu rn (2) a nd / o r pr ess (3) th e Jog D ial ™ to scrol l the windo w, select an applicati on, adjust the intern al speaker v olume , etc.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN If you prefe r, the Jo g Dial ™ w indo w can a lways be disp layed o n th e sc reen . This w indo w has tw o mo des: La un ch er m o de o r G u ide m od e. 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 arr[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN To use the Jog Dial ™ in Lau ncher mode , proceed as fo llows: 1 Clic k the J og Dial ™ win dow or pre ss th e Jog D ial ™ w hile pressin g the <Ctrl> k ey to swi tch to L aunc her mode. 2 Tu r n t h e Jog Di al ™ to sel ect an item, then p ress the Jog Dial . The Jog D ial ™ windo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN 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 Jog D ial , you can scr oll the w indo w or adjust th e windo w size as descri bed bel ow: Action Descri ption T urn the Jog Di al Scrolls the window vertically . Whe n several windows are displayed, the la[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 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 unsa ved da ta. 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 lows: 1 Double -cli ck the[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN While the card is insert ed , your comput er may not enter the Hiber nate po wer ma na gem ent mode . It m ay ent er St an dby mo de. It i s re comm en de d that y ou rem ove th e card when y our com pu ter ent ers th e Hibe rnate mod e by pres sin g the <F n> + <F12 > k eys or by u si[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN MagicGate Mag icGate refers to th e copyri ght p rotect ion t echno logy u sed by the M agi cGate M em ory Stick ™ an d other MagicGate Mem ory Stick ™ compat ible devic es. The Mem ory Stick ™ Walkman and MagicGate Mem ory St ick ™ work tog ethe r t o check the data and en sure it compl i[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Sony offers the Ma gicGat e M emory S tick ™ and Memory Stick ™ W alk man with a c opyri ght protec tion funct ion that comp lies with SDMI stand ards, th ereby provi ding an enviro nment wh ere individual s can record and enjoy th ird-part y mus ic data with out wo rrying abo ut c opyrig ht i[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Sony mob ile pho nes Digita l print ers AIBO , the Sony Ent ertainm ent Ro bot 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 Inse r ting a M emory Stick ™ To insert a Me mory Stick ™ , proc eed as follows: 1 Gentl y ins ert yo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN If y ou c ann ot fi nd t he Remo va ble Disk ico n in M y Co mpu ter, p ro ceed a s f ollo ws: 1 Go to Contr ol P anel . 2 Clic k Pe rform an ce and Ma inten ance . 3 Click the Sy stem ico n . 4 Clic k Ha rdw are , the n D evice Mana ger . 5 Se lec t the de vi ce . 6 Clic k Act i on and then Scan [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN W rite -pr otec ting a M emory Stic k ™ Memo ry St ic ks ™ are designed w ith an erasure preventio n switch to pro tect valuabl e data from ac cidental 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 is[...]

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    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 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN Y our com pu ter c annot b e con necte d to a co in-opera ted tele phone, a nd m ay not wo rk with mult iple ph one li nes or a pri vate bra nch exch ange (PBX). If y o u connect t he mod em to a par allel connected phon e l ine , the modem or t h e other co n nect ed dev ice m ay n o t func t i o[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN Altern a ti vely, 1 Clic k St art and then T urn Off Comput er . 2 In th e T ur n off co mpu te r screen , p res s St and by . The compu ter enters Stand by mode. To retu rn to No rmal mo de, press a ny k ey. Using Hibernate mode The sta te o f the system i s sa ved on th e hard d isk an d pow er [...]

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    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. Conn ecting a p ort rep lica tor (pag e 50) Con[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN Conn ect ing a port re plicat or Your noteboo k suppor ts the us e of a b undl ed port rep licat or. Attach ing a po rt replicato r enable s y ou to conn ect additional peripheral s to your comp uter, such as an external di splay. 1 A/V I N conn ector 4 Ether net c onne ctor (netw ork )[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN Att ac hin g yo ur c ompu ter t o t he po rt repl ica tor To atta ch your co mput er to the port rep licator , procee d as follo ws: 1 Ope n the port rep licator co nnect or (1). 2 Conne ct the port replica tor p lug into the port rep licator c onn ector . If yo u canno t us e the c onn[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN 2 Close th e port re plic ator c on nector cov er . 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; TV ; Projector . Con necting a comp ut[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 53 nN 3 If nece ssary , plug one en d of the d ispla y pow er cor d (3) into t he di splay , and the ot her en d (4 ) i nto a n AC outl et. Befor e y ou con nec t pe riphera ls, turn off t he com pu ter an d al l peri ph erals . Conn ect th e powe r cor d only aft er con nec ting all cabl es.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN Con necting a TV To connect a TV t o your noteboo k, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the supplied po rt rep licator i nto the not ebook ’ s port re plicator con nector . 2 Plug the supplied AV cabl e (1 ) into th e p ort re plicato r ’ s AV out con nector (yellow) . 3 Plug the th ree-pi[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN Conn e ctin g a pr oj ect or To co nnect a pr ojector, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the supplied po rt rep licator i nto the not ebook ’ s port re plicator con nector . 2 Plug the display sign al cabl e (1 ) into th e V GA Ou t conne ctor of the po rt replica tor . 3 Plug the sp eaker[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 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 (1) into the earpho ne connector (2). 2 Plug the o ther en d of the s peaker c[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN Conn ect ing a n ext ernal mi crop hone Your VAI O noteb ook cont ains an inte rnal m icro phone. If yo u need to use a soun d inp ut devi ce , for exa mpl e to ch at on th e In ternet, you c an also plug in an e xterna l mic ropho ne. To co nnect an ext ernal micropho ne, pro ceed a s [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Conn ect ing a U n ivers al Ser ial Bus (US B) devi ce 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN Usi ng a USB f l oppy di sk dr ive 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 t he flop py disk d rive cab le (1) i nto the USB co nnecto r[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Insert ing a diskette To in sert a diske tte, proc eed as follow s: 1 Hold the diskette ( 1) with the label side faci ng up. 2 Gently push the disket te into the drive (2) until it clicks into place. Re movi ng a di sk ett e To rem ov e a di skette, proc eed as fo llows: When y ou fin i[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN Remo vin g the flop py di sk driv e If the flop py d isk drive is n ot rem o ved p roper ly, your system m ay cr ash and y ou m ay l ose data t hat you did not s ave befo re. To r emove the fl op py di sk dri ve , proc ee d as fo llow s: 1 If you r c omp ute r is off, you ca n direc tly[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN To co nnect a prin ter using the U SB co nnecto r, p roce ed as fo llows: Plug an o ption al USB pr inter cab le (1) into the USB conn ector ( 2) identi fied by the symb ol on your c omput er an d pr int er. T ur n of f your com pute r and t he prin ter , unpl ug the AC ada pte r and t [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Conn ect ing a Bluetoo th ™ de vic e t o y our n ote bo ok 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 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 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 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 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN Con nect ing tw o V A IO not ebooks You c an co nnect y our not ebo ok to an oth er VA IO note boo k using an i.LIN K ™ cable (1) (not s upplied). I n this w a y , y ou c an c o py, e di t o r d ele te fi le s o n a not her VAI O no te book. You ca n als o print a do cu ment on a prin[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN Con necting an optional external i.LINK ™ drive You ca n co nne ct an opti on al extern al i .LIN K ™ d ri ve (C D -R W /DV D) t o yo ur c omp u ter . Ne xt t o you r co mpu ter ’ s S4 0 0 i.L INK ™ conne ctor is a VAIO pe ripheral orig inal connect or. The i.LINK ™ dr ive ’[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN Using the DVD function To achieve optim um perfor mance wh en playing DVD -ROM di scs, you s hou ld follo w these re comm enda tio ns. 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 o[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN The CD -R (CD-R ecordab le) di sc is a data mem ory medium that ca n be u sed to w rite a pro gram or other data , bu t onc e o nly . 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN Conn ect ing to a netw ork (LA N) Yo ur por t re pli cat or co nta ins an Et hern et conn ect or. You can th us c onn ect your no teb ook to 10BA SE-T/100 BASE- TX-ty pe netwo rks via an Ethernet net wo rk cable. For the detai led setting s and de vices needed to connec t to the netw or[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 71 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 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 St [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 72 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 A IO-Link Web site : if yo u have any p roblem w ith your c ompu ter , yo u can a ccess t he V AIO-Link Web site. Go to : http:/ /ww w . vai o-link .c[...]

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    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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 74 nN My c omp ute r doe s n ot shut do wn It is reco mm end ed th at you sh ut do wn yo ur com pute r using the Tu rn Off C omp ute r command on the Wind ows ® St art me nu . Us in g o t her m et h ods , i nc lu di ng th os e lis ted h er e, m ay res u lt in lo s s o f un s av ed da t a. If th e Turn Off com[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 75 nN Th e po in ter in th e di spl ay mov es on i ts own A « dri ft » has oc curred. T his is not a malfu n c tion. The point er will stab ilize if you do not touch th e st ick for a few secon ds. My mo use d oes n ot wo rk Che ck tha t t he m ouse is plugge d in to the US B c onne ctor . If you are using a[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 76 nN No Bl uetoo th ™ communi cation is ava ilabl e When the conne ction to oth er de vices i s establ ished, you have to chec k if you r devic e ro le is Ma ste r . I f t he role is Sla ve, it will n ot be possi ble to co mmun icate wi th othe r devic es. To check if y o ur device role is Ma ster, procee d[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 77 nN If the de vice with w hic h you w ant t o co mmun ica te is alrea dy c omm uni catin g with anot her B luetoo th ™ devi ce, it m ay not be found or i t may no t be abl e to com mun icate w ith yo ur note book . Che ck th at t he Bl uet ooth ™ fu nc tion of the dev ice with which y ou wan t to comm un[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN I canno t co nne ct to anoth er Bl uet ooth ™ dev ice u sing servi ces p rov ided b y an othe r Bl uet ooth dev ice You ca n co nne ct to an other Bl uet ooth ™ device onl y by usin g the servi ce s p rovi ded b y yo ur notebo ok. See the Blue Space he lp and t he oth er Blue too th ™ de vice ’ s[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN I canno t displ ay M OTION E YE m ovie s, DVD vide os or fi nder im age s simult aneo usly o n my n ote book L CD display and on an external d isplay You cann ot display tho se images on b oth displ ays. Please select just one display. Ab out C D-RO Ms and d isk ettes My CD -ROM drive tray does n ot op e[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN When I dou ble-cli ck a n a pplic ation i con, a messa ge such as ' Y o u must i n se rt t h e applic ation C D into your CD-R OM drive' appea rs and th e soft war e does not star t. Some tit les require sp ecific files th at are locate d on the a pplication CD-RO M. Inse rt the CD an d try sta[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN There are pictu re gaps a nd soun d gaps when import ing video images Gaps may oc cur b ased on the effect se ttings in Smar t Cap t ure Pr emiu m . The MOTI ON EYE does not show an y i mages Che ck th at oth er s oftwar e su ch a s Smar t Cap tur e P rem ium does not use th e M OTION EY E. Depen ding on[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN My mi crop ho ne doe s not wor k If y ou a re u sing an ext ernal microp ho ne, c he ck tha t t he microp ho ne is p lugg ed into the mic rop hone conn ector. An erro r messag e appears w hen using v oice-re lated sof twa re p ro grams Double -cli ck Y ama ha AC -X G in Co ntro l Panel . Op en the Ech o [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN Ab out p eri phera ls I canno t use DV dev ices. The me ssage D V equipm ent seems to be discon nected o r turn ed off appears 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 of the c onnected devices[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN About USB devices There i s no ise when I am li stening to m usic th rough USB sp eake rs/headph ones To stop the n oise, proc eed as follows: 1 Righ t-click the CPU i con in the task tray and c lick Ed it/ Create Pro files … fr om the menu . The Profile Editor wi ndow ap pear s. 2 Double -cli ck CPU C[...]

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    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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 86 nN Discon nect the sy stem fr om its power sou rce an d from an y telec ommu nica tion link s, netwo rks, or modems b ef o re you open the sy s te m. Failure to do so may result in pers onal inju r y or equip ment dama ge. Electro static Disc harge (E SD) can dama ge m emory mod ules and other comp on ents.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 87 nN 4 Unscrew the screw at th e bot tom of you r comp uter , as show n. Use a p recision P hillips s crewd river th at match es the size of the screw h ead s. 5 Befo re you rem ov e the mem or y modul e, touc h a me tal part of the comp ut er to disch arg e any s tati c electri city accum ulat ed on y our bo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 88 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 . The insi de of a no teb ook b eco mes ex tremel y [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 89 nN Slid e the memo ry modu le into th e slot. Sn ap th e con nector i nto p lace when th e board is corre ctly s eated. 9 Close the cover sec urely and repl ace the screw . Use a Phillip s (+ ) screwd riv er to tight en the screw.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 90 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 on the comp uter . 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 .[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 91 nN Pl aci ng a k ey to p If th e enter or t he space key comes o ff, r eplace the key to p as show n bel ow. I f ano ther key top come s off, put it w h er e it was and p ush unt il i t clic ks in to pl ace. To rep lace a key top, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Remo ve the wire (1 ) u nde r the key top if nec essa[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 92 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 temperat ure [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 93 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 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 94 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 95 nN On usin g the battery p ack Never leave the batte ry pack in tempe ratu res above 60 ° C , such as in a car park ed in the sun or un der direct su nlig ht. Battery life i s sho rter i n a cold en vironmen t. Th is is d ue to d ecreased batter y efficie ncy at low tempe ratures. Charge the b atte ries at[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 96 nN Preven tin g h eari ng da ma ge – A void using earp hones at high volume . Hearing expert s ad vise again st co nti nu ou s, lo ud a nd e xte n ded pla y . If you ex pe rie nc e a rin g ing in y o ur e ars , re d uce the vo lu me or disco ntinu e use. On ha n dling Mem o r y St ick ™ Do no t t ouc h [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1MGP specifi cations 97 nN PCG-C1MGP specifications Product name: PCG-C1MGP Model number PCG- 18 1M Op er at ing syst e m Micro soft ® Wind ow s ® X P Profe ssion al Pro cessor Cru soe ™ Processor TM 5800 73 3 MH z* Hard di sk drive 20 G B Standar d RAM 12 8 MB D D R-SDRA M** Maxi mum RAM 256 M B with µD IMM LCD [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1MGP specifi cations 98 nN Built - i n capabil ities Microp hon e, st ereo s pea kers , MO TION EYE c ame ra, poi ntin g d evice, Jog Dial ™ , Magi cGate Me mory S tick ™ Special buttons Jog Dia l ™ , Ca pt ure , Bl ue toot h ™ Connecti on capabilit ies on notebook Ma gicG at e Mem ory Stic k ™ o r Memo ry S[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1MGP specifi cations 99 nN Weight W it h ba tte ry 998 g Operati ng temperatur e +5 ° C t o +35 ° C (temperature g radient less than 10 ° C/hour ) Sto rage temp erature -20 ° C to +6 0 ° C (te m perature gradi en t less than 1 0 ° C/ho ur) Operati ng humidity 20% to 80% ( not c on densed ), p rovide d that humid[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1MGP specifi cations 100 nN * Depend ing on a series of cond ition s, the CPU cl ock speed ma y vary be t w een 333 and 733 MH z. ** Ou t o f the 12 8 MB DDR -SD RA M, 16 M B ar e use d by the em ul ato r sof tw ar e use d for t he Trans met a CPU . So only 112 M B ar e ava ila bl e for your system after booting. *** [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 101 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 102 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 103 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 EUL A ca n b e foun d in the Re ad th is fi rs t sect ion 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 104 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 105 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[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 106 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 th e RAM ca pacity , the faster you r current data can be[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 107 nN TF T Short for Thin F ilm T ra nsistor . T op-of-the-range notebook d ispl a y 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 t[...]