Sony PCG-GRX Series manuel d'utilisation

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    N Son y note book user gui de PCG- G R X Series[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2002 Sony C o rporation. All rights re served. This manual and th e sof tware describe d here in, in whole or in part, m ay no t be re produc ed, tra nslated, or reduced to any machi n e- readable form without prior w ritten approval. Sony Corpora tion provide s no warran t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 2 nN RealPlayer and RealJukebox are t ra dem arks or regi stered trad e marks of R ealNetworks, Inc. in th e U.S. and o ther countries. Pow erPan el is a tr adema rk of Phoe nix T ech nol ogies Ltd . Symantec Norton AntiVirus is a trademark of Sy m antec Co rp oration. All other names of systems, pro du [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 3 nN Sa fety in forma tion Own er's r ecor d The serial number and m o del num b er are loc a ted on the b otto m of y our Son y n otebook. Record t h e serial number and the mod e l number in the spaces pro vided h ere. Refer to the model number and se ri al number i f you call V A I O-Link. Ser ia[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 4 nN ❑ TV s ets ❑ Speaker s ❑ Ma gn et s ❑ M agnetic bracelets. Au di o/ vid eo ❑ Aud io and pictu re disto rtion may occur if thi s equip ment i s position ed i n close p roxi mity to an y equipm ent emitting el ectrom ag n eti c radi ation. Conn ectiv i t y ❑ Neve r i nstal l modem or telep[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 5 nN Reg ulat ory inf ormati on This product conf orms to the f ollowing Eur opean Di rectiv e: 1999/5/EC (radio equipment and te lecomm u nications terminal eq u ipment Directive). This product complies w i th EN 55022 C la ss B and E N 55 0 24 for use in fol lowing a re as: re si dential, commercial a [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 6 nN Di sposi ng of l ithi um io n batt eries ❑ Do no t handl e dama ged or le aking lith i u m ion ba tteries. Dispos e of prom ptly and proper ly at en d-of-lif e. ❑ Dang er of e xplosi on if the bat tery is in correc tly re placed. Repla ce onl y with the sam e or equ ivalent type recom mended by [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu l ati ons on purc hasin g a So ny VAIO noteb ook. Sony has comb ined le ading - e dge tech nology in aud i o , vid eo, com put i n g and comm uni cations to pr ovi de you with s tate-o f-the-a rt persona l com puting. Here are just so me of the features yo ur VAIO noteb ook has to o ffer[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN Do cumenta tio n pack Your Do cum entatio n Pack con tains pa per and online use r guides o n y o ur comp uter ' s har d drive. Prin ted doc ument ati on Th e pr int ed par t o f yo ur docum ent at io n co ntain s: ❑ A Ge tting Star ted broch ure, whe re you wil l find a br ief descr iption of th e item[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN 2 Refe r to yo ur Sof tware Gu ide fo r i nformat i on on the bun dled software and the S ony applications . ❑ A bout the Sof tw are is a short des cript i on of th e fe atures of the softw are pre-in stalled on you r sy st em. ❑ Using V ideo s oftwar e explains how to use Sony vide o so ft w a re: DVga te[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y our noteb ook an d its a cces sori e s The followi ng h a rdware items are in the bo x: * D e pe nding on your model . See the S pecificat ions onlin e docum ent. 1 M ain un it 6 Weig ht s ave r 2 Produ ct r e cov ery C D-ROM s 7 Phon e plu g (count ry-spe cific) 3 Do c u m e ntation pack 8 Phon e cabl e 4 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg onomic cons ider ations ❑ Y o u wil l be u sin g yo ur n oteb oo k as a p orta bl e de vic e in a var iet y of envi ron m ent s. W hen ev er pos sib le , you sh ould att empt to ta ke a ccount of th e fo llowing er gonomi c cons i d eration s to both sta tionar y an d portabl e environ ments: ❑ Posit [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN ❑ V ie wi ng an gle o f th e co mput er’s dis play – Use t he display ’ s t i lti n g feature to fi nd the best pos ition. Y o u can redu ce eyestrain a nd muscle fa tigue by adju sting the tilt of th e disp l a y to th e proper posi tion. Adju st the bright ness sett ing of the disp lay as well. ❑ [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g yo ur n ot eb ook This se ction des cribes how t o start using y our comp uter an d how to us e y o ur comp uter’s i nternal an d extern al de v ic es. ❑ Loca tin g contr ols an d conn ectors (page 14) ❑ Conne cting a po wer sou rce (page 19) ❑ Starti ng you r no tebook (page 27) ?[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Locat ing controls an d connectors Rig ht ✍ Do not cover the ve ntilation slot when the computer is on. 1 Battery bay (p age 2 0) 2 Ha rd dis k drive / 3 V entilation slot / 4 He adpho ne conn ector (p age 6 8) 5 M icroph one con necto r ( pag e 69) 6U S B p o r t (p age 7 1)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Left * D ependin g on y our m odel. See the Specific ations onl ine docu ment. 1 Mem ory Sti ck™ sl ot (p age 4 1) 2U S B p o r t (p age 7 1) 3 i. LI NK™ (I EEE1 394) S4 00 port (p age 7 7) 4 PC Card slots (p age 3 8) 5 Mul ti-pu rpose b ay (for weigh t saver or se c ond battery with weight sa[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Front 1 Mem ory Sti ck™ in dicat or (p age 3 2) 2 Num Lock indicato r (p age 3 2) 3 Caps Lock indica t o r (p age 3 2) 4 Scro ll Lock indica tor (p age 3 2) 5 Pow er indi cator (p age 3 2) 6 Battery 1 indicator (p age 3 2) 7 Battery 2 indicator (p age 3 2) 8 Hard disk d rive i ndicat or (p age 3[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Bac k ✍ T her e is a vent ilatio n slot lo cated on the lef t side o f t he back pa nel. Do not cov er the v en tilation slot w hen the comput er is on . 1 V entilation slot / 5 Printer connector (p age 7 4) 2D C I n (p age 1 9) 6U S B p o r t (p age 7 1) 3 Ethernet connector (network ) (p age 7[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Bott om 1 P ort repli cator conne ctor cov er (p age 5 9) 2 M emory m odule cover (p age 9 5) 3 M ulti-pur pose ba y rele a se lev er (p age 5 7)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN C onnect ing a pow er sour ce You can use eithe r an AC adap ter o r a rec hargeable ba ttery pack as a power sourc e. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , procee d as fo llows : 1 Plug the c able attached t o the AC adapte r (1) into the DC In c onnector (2) on th e com pute r . 2 Plug on[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Usi ng t he bat tery pac k You c an use one or t wo ba tteries as a so urce o f powe r. You c an ins ert the se c on d batte ry pack i nto the multi- purpo se b ay on the left si de of t he c om puter. Addition al bat tery packs are availab l e as a separate op ti o n . The ba ttery pack sup plied[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN Cha rging t he batter y pack To ch arge t he batte ry pack , pr ocee d as follow s: 1 Conne ct the AC ad apter to the comp uter . 2 Insert the ba ttery p ack. The com p u ter automat ically charges th e b attery (1) (the bat tery indicato r (2) light flash es in a doub le blink p attern as the bat[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN ✍ When t he batt ery i s running out of power , bot h the batte r y an d powe r indica tors b link. K eep t he batt ery pa ck in the c omp uter whil e it is d i r ectly co nnected to AC po wer . The ba ttery pa ck conti nues to charge while y o u a re usin g th e com puter . If the b attery leve[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pack To remo ve th e battery pac k, proceed as fol l o ws: 1 T urn o f f th e comp uter . 2 Ope n the c o ver of the batter y ba y . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pac k. 4 Close th e cover o f th e battery bay . ✍ Y ou m a y l ose data if you r emove t he ba ttery pac k while th[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Insert i n g the second batt ery p ack To insert a secon d battery pack, pr oceed as fol low s: 1 If the weight s a ver o r th e optic al d isc d rive i s in th e mu lti-pur pose b ay ( 1), r emove it . 2 Insert th e b attery p ack (2) into the m u lti -purpo se bay . The ba ttery 2-indicat or lig[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Cha rging the secon d battery pa ck To charg e t he second batt ery p ac k , procee d as follows: 1 Keep th e batt ery p ack ( 1-3) in th e compu ter whil e it is c onnec ted to AC p ower . The ba ttery indicat or (2) flashes wh ile the batter y is c h ar ging. 2 When th e batter y indicator st op[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Remo ving the se cond ba ttery pack To rem ove th e sec ond b attery p ack, pro ceed a s follo w s : 1 Slide the mu l ti-pu rpose bay release lever on th e b ottom of the comp uter in the dire c tion of the arro w . 2 Remo v e th e weight sav er . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pac k. 4 Reinse rt the wei[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Sta rt ing y ou r noteb ook To st art y our c omp ute r, proc eed as fo ll ows : 1 Slide the LCD loc k lever (1) in the d i re ction o f the arrow , a nd l i ft the c o v e r . 2 Press the pow er butto n (2) of the compu ter until the gr een pow er ind icator (3 ) light tu rns on. 3 If necess ary [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Sh utt ing do wn you r note boo k I t i s imp orta nt t hat you s hut down your c om pute r p r ope rl y so you do no t lo se u nsa ved data . To sh ut down your computer, proceed as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t butto n. 2 Clic k T ur n Of f Comp uter . The T urn of f comp uter screen appe ars. 3 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us ing th e keybo ard Your keyb oard is very simi l a r t o a d esktop com puter’s, b ut has addi tional keys th at pe rform spec ific notebo ok-relat ed tasks.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Keys Descri ptions Esc ape ke y (1) The <E sc> (Esca pe) key is us e d to ca ncel com mand s. Fun ction keys (2) The twelve functi on ke y s a long the top of the keybo ard are used to per form de signat ed tasks. For example, i n many applications, <F1 > is the Help key . The ta sk a [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Com binat ions a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e <Win dows> key Combinati ons Functio ns + F1 Di sp la ys Help and Sup port Cen ter . + T ab Switches the sele cted b u tton on th e taskbar . + E Di s pl ays My Comp uter . + F Displays the Search Re sults wind ow to f ind a file or fo lder . This i[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN Ind icators Indic ator Functions Powe r Pow er on: lights gree n. St and by mod e: f las he s um be r . Hibern a te mode: tu rns off. Battery 1 Indicates the status of the battery inserted i n the battery bay on the right side of th e computer . Battery 2 Indicates the status of the battery insert[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Com binat ions a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e <Fn > key * Thi s fun c ti on can o nly b e used by th e first user t o log in. It w ill no t work if you have sw itche d to a nother u ser a ccoun t. Combinati ons/Fea ture Func tions <Fn> + (E SC ) : S tan dby Puts the system into Stand by m[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The k eyboa rd cont ains a cu rsor-po inting d evice, yo ur touc hpad (1) . You c an poi nt to, selec t, drag , an d scroll objec ts on the screen us ing the bu i lt-i n touchpad . Action Descri ption Po int Sli de o ne f inger on t he touchp ad to p lace t he point er (2 ) o[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Us ing th e Jog Dia l™ Your com puter is eq uippe d with a Jog Dia l ™ with Back butto n on your comp uter, near th e touc hpad. Yo u can t urn and/ or press the Jo g Dial™ to scro l l t he wind ow, se l ec t softwar e, adju st the i nternal s peaker volu me, etc.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN The Jog Dial ™ wi ndow is a l ways dis pl aye d on the s cree n. Thi s wi ndow has t wo mod es : La unc her m ode an d Guide mo de. The J og Dial ™ wi ndow i s in L a uncher mode until you sta rt an applica tion or the Jog Di al ™ window becom es active. When a n arro w appears next t o an i[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN To use the Jog Dial™ in Launch er mode, proceed as follow s: 1 Cl ic k th e Jog D ia l™ w ind ow or p ress the J og Dial™ while p ressing th e <Ctrl> key t o sw itc h to Launcher mode. 2 T urn th e Jo g Dial™ to selec t an i t em, then pre ss the Jog Dial™. The Jog D ial ™ w i n [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Us ing PC Cards Your comp uter i n c l u d es two PC Ca rd slots (1-2). PC C ards a l low you to co nnect p ortabl e exte rnal dev ices. In se rti ng a PC Card To in sert a PC Card, proceed a s follows : 1 Insert th e PC Card int o one of the PC Ca rd slots with the fro nt label faci ng up. 2 Gent[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Be sure to us e the most recent softwar e driver provided by the P C Ca rd manufacturer . If an “!” mark appears on the Dev i ce M ana ger ta b in th e S ystem P rop erties dia log box, remove the sof twa r e drive r and the n rei nstall it. Y ou d o not nee d to s hut dow n the c omput er bef[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN 9 Push the PC Ca rd release bu tton a second tim e so that the PC C ard pops ou t. 10 Gently t ake hold o f the Card and pull it o ut of th e slot. ✍ If you un plug t he PC Card from the comp uter whe n it is st ill turne d on, you r syste m might c rash a nd you m ight lose data t hat yo u di d[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Using Me mory Stic k™ Your VAIO co mputer i s designed to sup port the M emory S tick™. T he Mem o ry S tick™ i s a comp ac t, p ortabl e, and ve rsatile dev i ce esp ecially desi gned for exc hanging and sharing digital da ta with com patible pro ducts. Becaus e it is rem ovable, it can b e[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN The main advan tages of the Mem ory Stick™ are its: ❑ Com pa ctne ss: with dimen s ions of just 21.5 mm (W) x 2. 8 mm (H) x 50 mm (D), co mpatible products c an also be smal l, li ghtwe i g ht and attracti v e in the ir design. ❑ Ca pac ity: Its data c apacity far ex ceeds th at of a floppy [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Ge ne ri c Me mory St ic k™ The original Me mory Stick™, blue in colour , can be used to record image data taken wi th d igital s till came ras, etc. or data from the PC. With it, you c an record , play back a nd transfe r var ious kinds of data at any g iven t ime. Becaus e it is ea sy to rem[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN MagicGat e Mem ory Stick™ The Ma gicGate M emory Stick™, whi te in c o l our, r ecords PC and i ma ge data j ust like i ts blue counter part; the d ifference is it u ses th e MagicGa te cop yri g ht prote ction t echnology . With this ty pe of Mem ory Stick ™, also called th e M G M emory St[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN ✍ MagicGate is a copyright protecti on t ec h nol ogy that complies with the st andards set by SDMI (Secure Di g i t a l Music Initiativ e, a n orga nizatio n worki ng to d r a w up i ndustr y s tandard speci f ic ations i n ord er to pro tect co pyrigh ts of d igital music). Th e logo indic a t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Assoc iatio n of America (RI AA) took the init iativ e to organiz e a f orum called Secure Musi c Digita l Initia tive (SDM I) to study tec hnology for prote cting cop yrights d uring t he electr onic distr i buti on of musi c. Sony off ers the M agicGat e M emory S tick™ an d Memor y Stick™ W[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN ❑ Sony mobile phones ❑ Digita l printers ❑ AIBO the Sony En tertainment Robo t To find o ut more ab out the pr oduct s avai labl e i n you r count ry, go to: htt p:// ww w .sonystyl e-europ e.com Inse rting a Memory Stick™ To insert a Memo ry S t i ck™, p roceed as follows: 1 Once yo u h[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN ✍ Hold the Me mory St ick™ with t he arro w poin ting in the c orrect d irec tion w hen yo u insert it in to the sl ot. To avoi d dam aging t he computer or the Memory Stick™, do not force the Memory Stick™ into the slo t i f it does not insert smoothly . Remo ving a Mem ory S tick ™ To [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 49 nN W ri te- prot ectin g a Memo ry S tick ™ Memo ry St icks™ are desi gned with an era su re preven tion switch t o protect valu able data from acci d en tal erasure or over writing. Move t he tab to the right or left* to set or r elease wri te-protec ti on. When the erasure p reventio n switch i[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 50 nN Us ing th e modem Yo ur no te book is e q uipp e d wit h an in ter na l mo d em. You n e ed to c onn ect to a pho ne line to take a dvantage of o nli n e services and t he Intern et, as w ell as to regist er yo ur c o mputer an d softwar e o nline, an d to cont act VAIO-L i n k. To co n n ec t a p[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 51 nN Us ing po wer sa vin g modes When you u se a b attery as the s ource of power for you r com puter, you can tak e a d vant age of power ma nag em ent set ti ngs to co nser ve ba tte ry l ife . In a d di tion to the nor mal op er a t ing m ode , wh ich a ll ows yo u to turn off sp ecific devices, y [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 52 nN Using Hibernate mode The sta te of the sy stem i s saved on th e hard disk an d pow er is t urned off. The pow er ind i cato r ligh t is off in th is mode. To ac ti vat e Hibernate mode, p roceed a s follo w s: Press <Fn> + <F1 2> . The Hibernating scre en appears and the noteboo ks en[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 53 nN Using the CD-RW/DVD- R OM d r ive or DVD- ROM d rive Depe nding on y our mo del, yo ur compu ter is eq uippe d with a CD-R W/DV D-RO M driv e o r DVD- ROM d rive. To insert a disc, pr oceed as follow s: 1 T urn o n the comp uter . 2 Press th e eject button (1) to o pen the drive. The tray slid es [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 54 nN ✍ When the computer is in Stand by or Hibe rn ate mode , y o u ca n n ot insert o r remove a d isc. Be s ure to seat th e disc f i r mly o v er the di sc drive hub fi ngers. If y ou do not seat t he d i sc firml y , you could dama ge your disc dri ve a nd you m ay not be ab l e t o op en th e tr[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 55 nN ❑ Re gion cod es i nd ica to rs a re labe le d on the DVD di scs to i ndic ate in whi ch r egi on an d on wha t t ype of player you can pl ay the disc. Un less a '2' (Europe belon gs to reg i on '2 ' ) or 'all' (this means th at you can pl ay th is DVD eve ryw her e[...]

  • Page 57

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 56 nN Us ing th e CD -RW func tion Depe nding on your m ode l, yo ur no tebook is e quipp ed w ith a CD- RW/DVD -ROM dr i ve . To bu rn CDs, you ca n use CD-RW an d CD-R dis cs: ❑ The CD- RW (CD-ReWritable) d i sc i s a data memo ry medium that ca n b e used to w r i te, e rase and rew rite a prog ram[...]

  • Page 58

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 57 nN Us ing th e weight saver The w eight saver p rotects the m ulti-purp ose b ay when it is em pty, and secu res th e second batter y or the CD-RW/ DVD-ROM dri v e o r the DVD- R OM drive when th ey are i nstal l ed i n the m ulti-purpose bay. To atta ch th e weigh t sav er, proc eed as fo llows: 1 I[...]

  • Page 59

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 58 nN Connec ting peripheral d evices You ca n add fu ncti onality t o your com puter b y co nnect i n g or usin g any of thes e periph erals. Before you c onnect p eriph erals, tu rn of f the co mputer and a ll peri pherals. Conn ect the powe r c o rd only afte r c onnecti ng all cables. Tu[...]

  • Page 60

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 59 nN Conn ecti ng a por t repli cat or Yo ur not ebo ok su ppo rts t he u se of an o pti on al p ort r epl i cat or. A tta chi ng a port rep lic at or e n abl es yo u to conn ec t ad d itio n al peri pherals to you r c ompute r, such as a printer or an exter nal d i s p lay . ✍ T he p ort[...]

  • Page 61

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 60 nN Att achi ng yo ur com pute r to t he po rt re plica tor To atta c h y our com puter to the port rep licator , pro ceed as follo w s : 1 T urn o f f the c ompute r a nd disc onnec t all periph erals. 2 Plug the c ab le at tached to th e AC adapter (1) into the DC In p ort (2) o n the po[...]

  • Page 62

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 61 nN Discon necting your co mputer from the port rep licator To disc onnec t yo ur compu ter fro m th e port repl i ca tor, proc eed as fo l low s: 1 T urn o f f th e comp uter a nd th e con nected p eriphe rals. 2 Pull the lev ers on each sid e of the po rt replicat or to discon nect the c[...]

  • Page 63

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 62 nN C onnect ing a n ext ern al dis play You ca n conne ct an ex ternal d ispl ay to your no tebook . For exa mple, y ou can u se your n oteboo k with th e fo llowing devic es: ❑ Com puter di splay (mo nitor ); ❑ Mult imedia compu ter d ispla y; ❑ TV ; ❑ Projector . ✍ T ur n off [...]

  • Page 64

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 63 nN Con necting a comput er dis play You ca n conne ct a co mput er display (m onitor ) eithe r dir ectly t o your n oteboo k o r v ia the (opti onal) po rt replicat or. To co nnect a computer display, p roceed as follows: 1 Plug t he displ ay cabl e (1) (not s uppl i ed ) into the mon i t[...]

  • Page 65

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 64 nN Con necting a m ultimedia computer dis play You can co n ne c t th e n otebook to a m u ltime dia computer d isplay that incl u d es bu il t-i n speake rs and a mic ropho ne. To c o n nect a mult imedia compu ter dis play, proceed as f ollows : 1 Plug the disp l a y ca ble (1) in to th[...]

  • Page 66

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 65 nN Con necting a TV You ca n conne ct a TV to t he notebo ok or to t he opti onal po rt replicato r. To connect a TV to the noteb ook, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug one en d of the audio / video c ab l e (1 ) (optional) into th e A V Ou t connec to r (2) (yel l ow) an d the other end into t[...]

  • Page 67

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 66 nN To connect a TV to the port rep l icat o r, pro c eed a s f o llo w s: 1 Attac h the port replica tor to your no tebook. 2 Pl ug o ne end o f t he a udi o/v ide o cab le ( 1) ( opt ional ) into the righ t and left lin e-out and th e Vi deo out conne cto r ( 2) an d the other en d into [...]

  • Page 68

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 67 nN Conn ecti ng a proje ctor You ca n conne ct a pro j ec t (such as the Sony L CD proj ector) directly to your not ebook or via the por t replicat or. To co nnect a projector, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the RG B si g nal cable (1) in to the mo nitor/ VGA c onnec tor (2) identi fied by t[...]

  • Page 69

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 68 nN Con nectin g exte rnal s p eakers You ca n enh ance the so und qual ity of yo ur compu ter by co nne c ting exte rnal spe akers. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, proceed as fo l low s: 1 Plug the speaker cable ( 1 ) into t he head p h o n e connecto r (2). 2 Plug th e other en d of the[...]

  • Page 70

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 69 nN Conn ecti ng an ex t erna l micro phone Your VA I O note boo k d oes n ot conta in an intern al micro phon e. I f you ne ed to use a sou nd inpu t device , fo r exampl e to chat on the Intern et, you need to plug in an extern al microph o ne . To co nnect an external micropho n e, p ro[...]

  • Page 71

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 70 nN Conn ecti ng an ex ter nal mouse or key boa rd You can conne ct an exte rnal mouse or k eyboa rd to th e opt ional p ort re plic ator u sing the PS /2 m ouse/ keyboard connec tor. Ther e is on l y one PS/2 c onnecto r, so you c an o nly c o n n ec t one ex ternal d evi c e at the same [...]

  • Page 72

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 71 nN Conn ecti ng a Un ive rsal Ser ial Bus (U SB) d evice You ca n conn ect a US B device ( for examp le, a m ouse, flop py disk drive, key board , printe r) to your c omp uter. Bef ore conn ecting or di sconn ecting a USB p eriph eral, you d o not ne ed to shut d own the c omputer . You m[...]

  • Page 73

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 72 nN Conn ecti ng a USB f loppy disk dri ve As an op tional extra , yo u can purc hase a USB flop py di sk dri ve an d co nnect it t o your com puter . To connect a USB floppy disk drive, pro c ee d as follows: 1 Choos e the U SB conne ctor yo u prefe r to use. 2 Plug the US B floppy disk d[...]

  • Page 74

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 73 nN To remo ve a USB fl oppy dis k dri ve, procee d as follo ws: ❑ If yo ur co mputer is on , wai t until the fl oppy d rive L ED indi cator turns off and t hen un plug the US B cab le. If the flo ppy disk dri ve is not rem oved pro perly , y our system ma y crash a nd you ma y lose any [...]

  • Page 75

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 74 nN Re movi ng a flop py d isk To remo ve a flop py disk, p roceed as fo llows: When you have f inished using the floppy disk, wait u ntil th e LED indica tor (1) turns off an d th en pre ss the eject bu tton (2) to rem ove the d isk. ✍ B efo re p re ssi ng t he ej ect b utto n, mak e su[...]

  • Page 76

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 75 nN 2 Plug the prin ter power cor d i n to an AC outlet. ✍ Befor e usi ng the p rinter , y ou m ay need to ch ange th e Prin ter s e tting s in the Son y Notebook Setup software. T ur n off your comput er and t he prin ter , unplug t he AC ada pter a nd the po wer co rd be f o re conne c[...]

  • Page 77

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 76 nN Conn ecti ng a print er us ing the p rinte r conn ecto r The option al port rep licator and the noteb ook are equipp ed w i th a printer co nnector. To co nnect a printer usi ng the pri nter con necto r, proce ed as follow s: 1 Plug the prin ter c a ble (1) suppli ed with th e printe r[...]

  • Page 78

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 77 nN Conn ecti ng an i .LI NK™ d evi ce Your c o mpu ter includes an i.LINK™ (IEE E1394) connecto r , w hic h you can u se to connect to an i.LINK ™ device such as a di gital video cam era recorder or to con nect two V AIO no tebooks in or der to c opy, del ete or edit files. The i.LI[...]

  • Page 79

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 78 nN Conn ecti ng a digi tal v ideo c amer a re cord er To co nnect a digi tal video ca mera re co rder, proce ed as fol l o ws: 1 Plug one e nd of th e i.LIN K™ ca ble ( 1) into the i.LINK ™con nector (2) of the comp uter and the ot her end into the DV Out c o n nector (3) on the digi [...]

  • Page 80

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 79 nN Con necting two V AIO not ebo oks With Smart Conn ect yo u can c opy, edit or delete files o n ano ther V AIO c o mputer (equip ped wi th Sm art Conn ect) co nnecte d to your c omp uter with a n option al i.LIN K™ cabl e. You ca n also pri nt a docu ment on a p rinter co nnect ed to [...]

  • Page 81

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN Getting help This sec tion des cribes h ow to get he lp and sup port fro m Sony, and provide s troubl eshoot ing tips for y our co mpu ter. So ny sup por t opti ons Sony pro vid es several support opt ions for yo ur com puter. Pri nted doc ume ntat ion su pplied with yo ur n otebo ok Th e pr int ed par t[...]

  • Page 82

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN ❑ Prec auti o n s pro v ide s facts an d advice a bou t u sing y our not ebook. ❑ Glo s sar y refers to ter ms used in th is man ual. 2 Refe r to yo ur Sof tware Gu ide fo r i nformat i on on the bun dled software and the S ony applications . ❑ A bout the Sof tw are is a short des cript i on of th [...]

  • Page 83

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN Othe r sources o f information ❑ The Online help files tha t acco mpany yo ur pre-instal l ed s oftwar e con tain instru c tion s on using the softwar e. ❑ V AIO-Lin k web s ite: if y ou h av e a ny p ro ble m w it h y our com p uter , you c an acce ss the VAIO -L ink web site. Go to : ht tp://w ww .[...]

  • Page 84

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN ❑ If you are using an exte rnal di splay , check that it is plugg ed i nto a powe r sour ce and turned on. C h eck that you ha ve switched to th e external disp l a y and th at the brightnes s and contra st controls are ad justed correc tl y . ❑ Moistu re cond ensation ma y have occu rred. Do not use[...]

  • Page 85

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN My c omp uter d oes n ot sh ut do wn You ar e rec ommen ded to s hut dow n your c omp uter using the Turn Off com mand on the Wi ndo ws ® St art menu . Usin g other m etho ds, incl uding t hose li sted her e, ma y r esult in l oss of u nsaved data. If th e Turn Of f com mand does not work prope rly, p r[...]

  • Page 86

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 85 nN My t ouchpad inter prets a single tap as a d ouble-cl i ck Open the Mou se ic on in the Contr ol Pane l and chan ge the button assi gnment s in the Mo use Pr opert ies dialog bo x. One of the bu ttons is assig ned to the d ouble - cl i c k a ction . My mo use does not w o rk ❑ If you ar e u s i ng an e[...]

  • Page 87

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 86 nN Th e wi ndow I ha ve ju st cl ose d cont inu es t o app ear on my LCD Press th e <Windows ® > key and <D > key tw i ce to refr esh the scree n. I canno t switch fro m LC D d i sp l a y to TV and vice v ersa If a DVD disc is inser ted in the DVD- ROM drive , remo ve the disc. Ab out C D-RO Ms[...]

  • Page 88

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 87 nN I canno t play a DV D-RO M ❑ If a region c ode war ning a ppear s w hen you a re usin g the DVD pl ayer , i t coul d be that the D VD-RO M you ar e try ing to p lay is inc omp at ible wit h the DV D-R OM dri ve on your not eb ook . Th e r egi on c ode is list ed on the packagi ng o f th e disc . ❑ I [...]

  • Page 89

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 88 nN If you want to u se othe r medi a and are having diffic ulty fo rmatting n on-4x CD-RW discs, c h ange the writin g spe ed from 4x to a lowe r s etting. To chang e the writin g speed fro m the defau lt to a lower sp eed, p roceed as follo ws: 1 Go to My Co mput er from th e St art me nu. 2 Righ t-clic k [...]

  • Page 90

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 89 nN My floppy disk dr i ve canno t write to a disket te ❑ The diskette is writ e-p ro t ec ted . Disa ble the wr i te-prot ect feature or use a diskette th at is not write- prote cted. ❑ Che c k th at the di skette is prope rly inserte d i nto th e flo ppy disk dri ve. ❑ Y o ur diskette m ay be corrup [...]

  • Page 91

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 90 nN ❑ The spea ker volu me may b e turned t o the mi nimum. Pr ess <F n >+<F4> , and th en press or to increase the volume . ❑ If yo ur comp uter is p owered by bat tery , che ck tha t the bat tery is i n serted pr operly an d tha t it is cha rged. ❑ If you are using an appl i cati on th at[...]

  • Page 92

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 91 nN ❑ Che ck that the phon e n umb er the pr ogram is di aling, is co rrect. ❑ In the Phon e a n d M ode m Opti ons dial og bo x ( Contr ol Pane l / Phone and Mode m Optio ns ), c h ec k th at yo ur mode m is li st ed on t he Modems tab , and that th e l o c ation in forma ti o n i s c orrect on t he Dia[...]

  • Page 93

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 92 nN Ab ou t pe riph eral s I canno t use DV de vices. T he messa ge ' DV equip ment se ems t o be disconn ected or turne d off' app ears ❑ Check th at t he DV d evice is tur n ed o n and that the cables are pr o p erl y conn ected. ❑ If you ar e using mu ltiple i.LI NK™ d e vice s, th e combi[...]

  • Page 94

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 93 nN ❑ Che ck the cabl e to see if yo u do not have missin g of bend pin s. ❑ T ry a printer sel f test (i f avai l a ble) to see if the printer i tself is sti l l fun ctionin g prope rl y . For mo re informa tion, plea se consu lt th e manu al su pplied with y our printer . ❑ Some pr i nters h ave a sp[...]

  • Page 95

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 94 nN About i.LI NK™ de v ic e s I canno t establish an i.LIN K™ conne ction betw een two V AI O c o mputers ❑ Discon nect then reco nnect the i.LIN K™ cable . ❑ If you still have no co nnection after waiting for a wh i le, restart both comp uters. ❑ If either comp uter has ju st returned from a po[...]

  • Page 96

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 95 nN Pr ecau ti ons This se ction des cribes safe ty guide lines an d precau ti o ns to help yo u protec t y o ur compu ter from pot ential dama ge. Your noteb ook a nd memo ry mo dules use h igh precisi on c omponen ts a nd e l ec tronic conn ectors techn ology. To avoid the inval i dati on o f y our guaran [...]

  • Page 97

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 96 nN ❑ Discon nect the syste m from its pow er sourc e and fro m any telecom muni cation link s, networks, or modems before you o pen the system. Fa ilure t o do so may result in per sonal in jury o r equipment dama ge. ❑ Electro static Discharg e ( E S D) ca n damag e memory m odules and o ther comp onen[...]

  • Page 98

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 97 nN Remo ving a memo ry mo dule * To remove a me mory module, proc eed as foll ows: 1 Shut dow n your com puter and disco nnect all periphe ral devic es. 2 Un pl ug t he c omput er and r emo ve t he ba tte ry pac k. 3 Wait unti l the com puter c ools do wn. 4 T urn yo ur com puter up side do wn. 5 Ope n the [...]

  • Page 99

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 98 nN Add ing a me mory mo dul e To in stall a memo ry modu le, pro ceed a s follows: 1 Shut dow n your com puter and disco nnect all periphe ral devic es. 2 Un pl ug t he c omput er a nd re mo ve t he ba tte ry pac ks. 3 Wait unti l the com puter c ools do wn. 4 T urn yo ur com puter up side do wn. 5 Ope n th[...]

  • Page 100

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 99 nN 8 Press th e modu le into place until it clicks. 9 Close the c omp uter c over . 10 T i ghten th e s crew on th e bot tom of the not ebook . 11 T urn o n the comp uter . V iew ing th e amou nt of memo ry To vi ew t he amou nt of me mor y, pr oc ee d as f oll ows : 1 T urn o n the comp uter . 2 Go to Sony[...]

  • Page 101

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 100 nN Ot her pr ecaut ions On ha ndling the h ard disk The ha rd disk has a hi gh storag e d ensity and re ads or writ es data in a shor t t i me. O n the other ha nd, it may be easily dam aged b y mec hani cal vi bratio n, shoc k or dust. Althou gh the har d disk has the safety device in itself to prev ent l[...]

  • Page 102

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 101 nN ❑ The screen b ecomes war m d uring operati o n. This is norm al a nd d o es n o t i ndicate a m alfunction . ❑ The LCD i s man ufactu red usin g high -precisio n techno logy . Y ou ma y , how ever , see ti ny bla ck poin ts and/ or b rig ht p oi nts ( red , blu e, o r gr een ) t hat c ont inuo usl [...]

  • Page 103

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 102 nN ❑ H eat source s, such as rad i a tors or air ducts , ❑ D i rec t sunlight, ❑ E x ce ssive du st, ❑ M oisture or rain, ❑ Mec han ical vi brat ion or s h ock , ❑ Str ong magnets or sp eakers that are not m agnetically shiel ded, ❑ A mbient tem perature of mo re than 35 °C or less than 10°[...]

  • Page 104

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 103 nN On ha ndling disket tes ❑ Do not open the shu tter man u all y an d touch the surf ace of the diskett e. ❑ Keep di skettes awa y from ma gnets. ❑ Keep di skettes awa y from direct su nlight an d other heat sourc es. On ha ndling CD-ROMs ❑ Do no t touc h the surfa ce of th e dis c. ❑ Do n ot dr[...]

  • Page 105

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 104 nN On usin g the batte ry pack ❑ Never leave th e b attery p ack in temperatu res above 60°C, such as i n a car park ed in the sun or un der direct sunl ight . ❑ Battery life is shorter i n a c old environm ent. Th i s is due to decr eased b attery efficie n cy at low tempe ratures. ❑ Charge the b a[...]

  • Page 106

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 105 nN On usin g earp hones ❑ Roa d safe ty – Do not us e headp hones whil e drivi ng, cy cling, or op erating any motori z e d veh i c l e. It may create a tr af fic hazard and is illegal in som e areas. It ca n also be p otential ly dange rous to play loud music while wal king, esp ecially at pede strian[...]

  • Page 107

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 106 nN Glossary This s ection r efers to terms used i n this m anual. T hese terms and d efiniti ons ha v e been c ompiled to pr ovide you w i th a b etter und erstanding o f y our V AIO comp uter. T erm Defini tion <F1> key The <F1> key g ive s you a ccess to th e online he l p of m o st software. 10B[...]

  • Page 108

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 107 nN CD-ROM Ab brevia tion for C ompa ct Disc Rea d-Only Mem ory . A high-ca pacit y optical di s c, u s u ally 650 MB in size , capable of b e ing read from but not written to. CD-RW Short for C ompa ct Disc-ReWriteable . C ompact Disc tha t can be u se d to write or r ew ri te d ata to it. A C D-R W can be wri[...]

  • Page 109

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 108 nN i.L IN K™ i.LINK™ is Sony’s v e rsion of the IE EE 1394 standard for high-speed di g ital serial interface. The standard is regarded in the audio/video and IT industries as the mo st su ita ble interface fo r conn e ct ing com puters and digita l audio/v ideo device s (such as digi tal c ameras etc.).[...]

  • Page 110

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 109 nN ma xi mum RA M The maxim um am ount o f RAM that y our co m p uter c an conta in. O nce this amoun t is re a che d, yo u can n o long er add additi onal R AM to y our co mpute r . Motherboar d T he mo therboa rd is the m ain circ uit boa rd ins ide you r com puter . It holds t he CPU , the BIOS, the memory [...]

  • Page 111

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 110 nN PCMCIA PCMCIA (P ersonal Com p uter M e mory Card I n ternational Association) is the n am e of the group that pro du ced th e specification for the c redit c a rd-sized plug-in b oards fo r laptop computers. The ca rd s used to be ca l led PCMCIA c ards, but a s this was ra ther u npro nounc eabl e, the se[...]

  • Page 112

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 111 nN Re sol uti on The d e gree of s har pn ess and cl ari ty of an imag e. R e solu tion is e xpr esse d i n pi x els. Fre que nt computer screen resolutions are 640 x 480 pixels (VGA reso lutio n ; appropriate for a 1 4-inch screen), 800 x 600 (appro p riate for a 15-inch screen), 1,024 b y 768 (appropriate fo[...]

  • Page 113

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 112 nN VAI O Shor t for Vid eo Audi o Integ rated O perat ion. B r and name cove ring So ny's PC p rodu cts, peripherals, accessories and software. VAI O-branded items are a ll designed to make the best us e of Sony 's Au dio-Vide o (A V) and I nformati on T echn ology (IT ) skills . WAN WAN ( Wide Area [...]