Sony PCG-SR21K 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-SR21K. 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-SR21K 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-SR21K 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-SR21K, 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-SR21K debe contener:
- información acerca de las especificaciones técnicas del dispositivo Sony PCG-SR21K
- nombre de fabricante y año de fabricación del dispositivo Sony PCG-SR21K
- condiciones de uso, configuración y mantenimiento del dispositivo Sony PCG-SR21K
- 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-SR21K 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-SR21K 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-SR21K, 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-SR21K, 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-SR21K. 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 ebook User Guide PCG -SR21K[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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:____ ___ ___ ___ __ _____[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 ; [...]

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    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[...]

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    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 ?[...]

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    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 ?[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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) [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 -[...]

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    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 ([...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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,[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 ?[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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)[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 .[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 ([...]

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    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&[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 +[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]