Sony PCG-NV105 manuel d'utilisation

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    N Son y note book user gui de PCG-NV105 / PCG-NV109M[...]

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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 reserved. 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 r educed to any machi n e- readable form without prior w ritten approval. Sony Corpora tion provide s no warran t[...]

  • Page 3

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 2 nN Pow er P anel is a tr ad ema rk o f Phoe n ix T ec hnol ogies Lt d. Symantec Norton AntiVirus is a trademark of Sy m a n te c Corporation. All other names of systems, pro du cts a nd services are trademarks of their re sp ective o w n e rs. In the manual, the ™ o r ® m a rk s a re n ot specified.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 3 nN Sa fety infor mation Own er's r ecor d The serial number and m od e l number are lo cated on the bottom of your Son y notebook. Record the serial number an d th e model number in the spac e s provid e d here. Refer to the mo d e l n u mber and serial numb e r i f y ou ca l l VAIO-Link. Seri a l[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 4 nN ❑ TV se ts ❑ Speaker s ❑ Ma g net s ❑ M agnetic bracelets. Au dio/ vid eo ❑ Aud io and pictu re disto rtion ma y occu r i f this equ i pm ent is pos itione d in close p roxim ity to any equipm ent emitting elec tromagn eti c radiation. Conn ectiv i t y ❑ Neve r i n stall mode m or teleph[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 5 nN Reg ulatory i nformati on Sony h ereby d eclares t hat this pr oduct is in com plian ce w ith th e e s sentia l requir ements and othe r re levant provisio ns of the Eu ropean Dire ctive 1 999/5/E C (radio equi pment and te lecomm unic a t ion te rmina l equi pment Directiv e). This product complies[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 6 nN Di sposi ng of l ithi um ion ba tteri es ❑ Do no t handl e dama ged or le aking lith i um ion ba tteries. D i spos e of pr omptly a nd prope rly at en d-of-l i f e. ❑ Dang er of e xplosi on if the bat tery is in correc tly re placed. Repla ce onl y with the sa me or e quival ent ty pe recom mend[...]

  • Page 8

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu l a tions on p urchas ing a Sony V AIO no tebook . Sony has c omb i n ed lea ding-e dge tech nolog y i n aud i o , video, com puting a nd comm unicat ions to pr ovide you with s tate-o f-the - a rt pers onal co mputin g. Here are just so me of the features y our VA I O n otebook h as to [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN Do cumentati on pa ck Your D ocu menta tion Pac k c ontai ns paper a nd onli ne user gui des on yo ur comp uter's har d driv e. Prin ted do cument ation Th e pr int ed pa rt o f y our do cume ntat io n co nta ins : ❑ A Ge tti ng Star ted bro chure, where y ou will find a brief d escrip ti o n of the i t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN 2 Refe r to yo ur Sof tware Gu ide fo r inf ormation on th e b undled softw are and the Son y ap plications. ❑ A bout the Sof tw are is a short des criptio n of the featur es of the softw are pre-instal l e d on your sy ste m. ❑ Using V ideo s oftwar e ex p lains ho w to u se S o ny video softwa re: DV gat[...]

  • Page 11

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y our noteb ook and i ts acces sori es The follow ing h a rd w are items* are in the bo x: * See th e Specific ations onl ine docume nt. ** O nly f or PCG- NV10 9M. 1 Main unit 7 Pho ne c a ble 2 Pr oduct r ecove r y CD-RO Ms 8 Pow er c ord 3 Do c u menta tion pack 9 Rem ovab le flop py dis k drive 4 AC adap [...]

  • Page 12

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg onomi c cons ider ations ❑ Y o u wil l be u sin g yo ur n ote bo ok a s a p orta bl e d evic e in a va rie ty of env iron m ent s. W hen ev er pos sib le , you sh ould att empt to ta ke a ccoun t of the fol l o wing er gonomi c cons i d eration s to both sta tionar y and portabl e environ ments: ❑ Pos[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN ❑ V iewing angl e of the compute r’ s display – Use th e displa y’ s tiltin g feature to fin d the best posi tion. Y o u can redu ce eyestrain a nd muscle f atigue b y ad justing th e ti l t of the displa y to th e proper p osition. Adju st the brightne s s s et ting of the disp lay as we ll. ❑ Ligh[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g yo ur n ote boo k This se ction des cribes h ow to start u sing you r c omp uter and ho w to use yo ur comp uter’s inte rnal an d extern al de vices. ❑ Loca tin g contr ols an d conn ectors (page 14) ❑ Conne cting a pow er source (pag e 19) ❑ Starti ng you r no tebook (page 23) ❑[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Locat ing contro ls and connector s Rig ht * With the i ntroductio n o f Net MD™ Hig h S p e ed Digital Music R e c o rders, it is easier than eve r for digital m u sic e n th usiasts to take their digital music with them… anytime, a nyw h e re . The breakthrough w ith Ne t M D prod u c ts i s[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Left 1 A V Out connecto r connector (p age 64) 5 PC Card slot (page 34) 2 Ethernet connector (network) (p age 73) 6 Microph one c onnecto r (page 67) 3 Mon itor connec tor (p age 73) 7 Headpho ne conn ector (page 66) 4 i .LI NK™ (IE EE139 4) S400 port (p age 71) 8 Volume c ontro l /[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Front * W hen y ou clic k this H elp button, the VAIO Help and S uppor t Center is laun c h ed. H ere you can a s k for a s sistance, a cc e ss V AIO-Link a nd fi n d out how to tro ublesh oot. 1 Pow er ind icato r (p age 2 8) 2 Battery indicator (p age 2 8) 3 Ha rd disk drive indicato r (p age 2 [...]

  • Page 18

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Bac k ✍ T her e is a v entilat i o n slot l oc ated on the lef t side of t he back panel. D o not c over th e venti l a tion sl ot whe n the com puter i s on. 1D C I n (p age 1 9) 4 Print e r conne ctor (p age 6 9) 2 3x US B p orts (p age 6 8) 5 Monitor / VGA co nnector (p age 6 2) 3 Se rial po [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Bott om 1 Hard reset h ol e / 2 M emory m odule cover (pag e 90) 3 M ultipurp ose bay rele ase le v er (p age 53) / (page 55) / (p age 5 7) / (p age 5 8) / (page 59) 4 Til t sta nd s + tilt stands release buttons (pag e 11)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN C onnec ti ng a power s ourc e You can use eithe r an AC ad apter or a rec h argeab l e battery p ack as a powe r so u rce. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , pro c ee d as fol l o ws: 1 Plug the c able attached t o the AC adapte r (1) in to the DC In connec tor (2) on the comp uter . 2 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Usi ng t he bat tery pac k You can use a ba ttery as a sourc e of po wer. A ddition al batt ery pa cks a re avai l a ble a s a separ ate o ption. The bat tery pa ck s upplied with your comp uter i s not fully char ged at the time o f purc hase. Insert i ng the ba ttery pac k To insert th e battery[...]

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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 oceed as fol low s: 1 Conne ct the AC ad apter to the c omputer . 2 Insert the ba ttery p ack. The com p u ter autom atically char ges the batte ry (1) (the battery i n dicato r (2) l i g ht flash es in a do uble blink p attern as the[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN F o r some s oftware appl ications and so m e perip hera l devi c es, you r compu ter may not ent e r Hibe rnate mo de wh en batt er y lif e is lo w . To a vo id lo ss of da ta when using bat tery power , yo u shoul d save yo ur data freq uent l y and ma nually a ctivate a p ower mana geme nt mode[...]

  • Page 24

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Sta rtin g you r noteb ook To s ta rt you r comp ute r, pr oce ed 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 cover . 2 Press the pow er butto n (2) of the compu ter until the gr een pow er i ndicato r ( 3 ) light turns on . 3 If necess ary , [...]

  • Page 25

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Sh uttin g down you r note book It is impo rtant tha t yo u shut dow n your comp uter pro perly so you do n ot lose unsav ed data. To sh ut down your computer, proceed as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t butto n. 2 Clic k T ur n Off Computer . The T urn of f co mpute r sc reen a ppears. 3 Clic k Tu r [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Us ing t he ke ybo ard Your key board is very si m ilar to a deskt op compu ter’s, but ha s a ddition al key s that perfo rm specific notebo ok-relat ed tasks.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Keys Descri pt i ons Esc ape ke y (1) The <E sc> (Esc ape) ke y is u sed to c ancel comma nds. Fun ction keys (2) T he twelv e fun ction keys alo ng the top of the k eyboard are us ed to perfor m designated tasks. For example, in many applications, <F 1 > is the Help ke y . Th e task a[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Com binat ions a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e <Win dows > key Combinati ons Functions + F1 Di sp la y s H elp and S upport C enter . + T ab Switches the selected button o n th e taskbar . + E Displays My Co mputer . + F Di sp la y s the Search Resu lts wi ndow to fi nd a f ile o r fo lde r . Th[...]

  • Page 29

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Ind icators Indic ator Functions Powe r Pow er on: lights green . Stan dby mo de: fla shes um ber . Hibernat e m od e : turns off. Battery Indicates th e sta tu s o f the battery inserted in the battery bay . Mem ory S tick™ T urns on when the Memo ry Stic k™ is in use . T urn s off when the M[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Com binat ions a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e <Fn> key * Thi s fun c t ion c a n only be used by t he fi rs t user t o log in. It will not work if you have sw itched t o a nother u ser ac count . Combinati ons/Featur e Functions <Fn>+ (ESC): St andby Puts the system into Stan db y mode, a[...]

  • Page 31

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The k eyboa rd cont ains a cu rsor-po inting d evice, y our to uchpa d (1). Yo u can po int to, se lect, drag , and sc roll objec ts on the screen us ing the bu i l t-in touch pad. Ac tio n Desc rip tio n Point Slide one fing e r o n the touchpad to p l ace th e pointer (2) o[...]

  • Page 32

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Us i n g the Jo g Dial™ Your com puter is eq uippe d with a Jog Dia l ™ w i th Ba ck bu tton on you r com puter , near the to uchp ad. Y ou can t urn and/ or press the Jo g Dial™ to scro l l t he window , se l ec t softwar e, ad j u st the internal s peaker volu me, e t c.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN The Jog Dia l ™ wi ndow is a lwa ys d ispl aye d on the s cre en. Thi s wi ndow has t wo mod es : Lau nche r mo de an d Guide mo d e . The J og Dial ™ window is in Launc her m ode u ntil y ou start an app lica ti o n or the Jog Di al ™ w i n dow be comes active. W hen a n arrow appears next [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN To use the Jog Dial™ in Launch er mode, proceed as follow s: 1 Clic k the Jog Di a l ™ w i n dow o r press th e Jog Dial™ while p ressing the <Ctrl> k e y t o s w it c h to L a u n c he r mode. 2 T urn the Jo g Dial™ to select an item, t hen p r ess th e Jog Dial ™ . The Jog D ial [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Us ing PC Cards Your c omputer i ncludes two PC C ard slots . PC Ca rds allow y ou to connec t portable extern al devices. In sert ing a PC Card To in sert a PC Card, proceed a s follows : 1 Insert th e PC Card into one o f t he PC Card sl ots with the fro nt label facing u p. 2 Gently p ush the P[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Y ou do no t need to shut down th e com puter be fore i n sert i n g or re movin g a PC Ca rd. Do no t force a PC C a rd i nto t he slot . It may damage the con necto r pins. If yo u hav e diffic ulty i nserti ng a PC Card, che ck tha t you ar e in sert in g th e PC Card in t h e cor r ect directi[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN ✍ 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 ra sh and yo u mig ht lose d a t a that y o u did not save befor e . Befo r e you remove the PC Card, click the PC Ca r d ico n in the taskbar and close the card. Close a n y a p p l ic a tions [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN Using Me mory St ick™ Your VAIO co mputer i s designed to sup port the M emory S tick™. T he Mem o ry Stick™ is a comp act, porta ble, and ve rsatile dev i c e especially d esigned f or exchangi n g an d sharing digital da ta with comp atible pro d u cts. Becaus e it is rem ovable, it can b [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN The main advan tages of the Mem ory Stick™ are its: ❑ Com pa ctne ss: with dimensions of just 21. 5 mm (W) x 2.8 mm (H) x 50 mm (D), compat i b le produc ts can also be smal l, l ightwe ight and a ttractive in the ir design. ❑ Ca pac ity: Its data c apacity far exceeds th at of a flopp y d i[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Ge ner ic Me mo ry St ick ™ The original Me mory Stick™, blue in colour , can be used t o record image data taken w ith digital still came ras, etc. or data from t he PC. With i t, y o u can rec ord, play bac k a nd transfe r various ki nds of data at any g iven time. Becaus e i t is easy to r[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN MagicGat e Me mory Stick ™ The Ma gicGate M emory Stick™, whi te in c o lour, reco rds PC an d ima ge data j u st l i k e its blue cou nterpart; the d ifference is it u ses th e MagicGa te cop yri ght prote c ti on t ec h nology. With th i s typ e o f Memo ry S tick™, also ca lled the M G M [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN ✍ MagicGate is a co pyr igh t protection technology that c o mpl i es with the standards s et by SDMI (Secure Digi t a l Mus i c I n i t i ative, a n organi zation wo rking to d r aw u p indu stry s tandard speci f i cati ons in ord er to protect c opyri ghts o f dig ital m usic). Th e logo indi[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Assoc iation of Ameri ca ( RIAA) took the init iative to org a n ize a f o r um c alled Secur e Mu s i c Digital In itiative (SDM I) to study tec hnology for prote cting cop yrights d uring the ele c troni c distrib ution of m usic. Sony off ers the M agicG ate Me mory Stic k™ and M emory S tick[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN ❑ Sony mobile phones ❑ Digita l printers ❑ AIBO the Sony Entert ainment Robot To find o ut more ab out the produ cts avail able in you r count ry, go to: http: //www .sonys tyle-europ e.com W rite- prot ecti ng a Memo ry S tick™ Memo ry St icks™ ar e designed wit h an era sure preven ti [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN Inse rting a Mem o r y Stick™ To insert a Memo ry S t ick™, proceed as fo l l o w s: 1 Once yo u have st ored yo ur data from your dig i t al devi ce, insert th e M emor y Stick™ with the arro w facing up an d tow ard th e Mem ory Sti ck™ slot . 2 Care fully slide the Mem ory Stick™ into[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN Remo ving a Mem ory S tick ™ To remov e a Mem ory Stick™ proceed as follows : 1 Che c k that the acc ess light is off. 2 Push t he Mem ory S tick™ i n to wards th e note book. The Memory Stic k™ ejects. 3 Pull the M emory Stick™ out of the slot . ✍ Alwa ys re m o v e t h e M em o r y S[...]

  • Page 47

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Us i n g the mod em Yo ur no te book is equi pped wit h a n in ter na l mo dem. You n e ed to co nnect to a p h one line to take a dvantage o f onlin e services and t he Intern et, as w ell as to regist er yo ur compu ter and soft ware onlin e, an d to cont act VAIO-L i n k. To co n nect a phon e [...]

  • Page 48

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN Us ing powe r savin g modes Whe n you us e a bat ter y as the sour ce of po wer f or yo ur comp ute r, yo u can t ake a d van tag e o f powe r mana gement s ettings t o conserv e battery life. I n additio n to the normal opera ti n g mod e, which allows y ou to turn off sp ecific devices, y our c [...]

  • Page 49

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN To retu rn to Norm al mode, pro ceed as follows : Press an y key. 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 c ator li ght is off in th is mode. To ac ti v ate Hiber nate mo de, proceed as fo ll ows: Press <Fn> + &l[...]

  • Page 50

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 49 nN Using the CD-RW/DVD- R O M drive Your c o m puter is eq u ipped with a CD-RW/D V D-R OM. To insert a disc, pr oceed as follow s: 1 T urn on the c omputer . 2 Press th e eject button (1) to o pen the drive. The tray slid es out. 3 Place a disc in the middle of the tr ay w ith the label side facing [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 50 nN 4 Close the t ray b y p ushing it ge ntly . ✍ When the computer i s i n St andby or Hi be rnat e m o d e , you can no t i n sert or remove a disc. Be s ure to seat th e disc f i rm ly over the di sc driv e hub fi ngers. If y ou do not sea t the disc f i rmly, you c ould dam age yo ur dis c driv [...]

  • Page 52

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 51 nN ❑ Regio n codes indic ators are lab eled on the DVD discs to indi cate in whic h region and o n what type o f player you c an play the disc. Unles s a 2 ( Eur ope bel ongs to r eg ion ' 2' ) or All (this me ans that you c an play this D VD eve rywhere in the world ) is l abeled on yo u[...]

  • Page 53

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 52 nN ❑ Memo ry-residen t disc ut ilities may ca use unstab le ope rati on or data loss. Dea ctivate t hese uti lities befo re wr iting da ta t o a d isc. ❑ For be st results , u se the CD-Rs that ar e compa ti b le with 16x speed , as the so ftware pr e -installed on your com puter is pr eset to th[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 53 nN Us ing the fl oppy di sk driv e The compu ter is e quipped wit h an in ternal removabl e fl o ppy disk drive. Inse r t in g t h e floppy dis k d r ive To i nse rt t he f lop py di sk dri ve , proc ee d as fo ll ows : 1 T urn off th e comp uter . 2 If the weig ht saver is i n the mu ltipurpos e bay[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 54 nN Re movi ng a fl oppy di sk To remo ve a flop py disk, p roceed as fo llows: When you have f inished usin g the floppy disk, wait u ntil th e LED ind i c ator (1) tu rns off and th en press the eject b utton (2) t o remo v e the d isk. ✍ B efore pr essi ng t he ej ect b utt on, m ak e su re th at[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 55 nN Re -inse rting the fl oppy d isk dr ive To re-i nsert the fl oppy dis k d rive, pro ceed as fol l o ws: 1 T urn off th e comp uter . 2 If another device is in the mul tipurp ose b ay , r e move th e d e vice. 3 Insert th e f l oppy disk drive in to the multipu rpose ba y with t he metallic p art u[...]

  • Page 57

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 56 nN To remo ve the N et MD Mini Disc, proc eed as follows: 1 Slide the mu ltipurpo se bay release lev er on the bott om of the comp uter in the dire c ti on of the arrow . 2 Remo v e the N et MD MiniD i sc . ! W a rning: T he recordi ng and playb ack of c opyri ght mater ial ma y be un l a wful i f do[...]

  • Page 58

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 57 nN Us i n g the Co mpact W oofer Bay uni t With a Co mpac t Woofe r B ay (subw oofer) , y ou get a be tter sou nd and a be tter repr oduct ion of th e b ass frequen cies. To atta c h th e subwo ofer, pr oc e ed as foll ows: 1 If another device is in the mul tipurp ose b ay , r e move th e d e vice. 2[...]

  • Page 59

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 58 nN Us ing the T en - Ke y Bay u nit The Ten-Ke y ba y un i t i s designed to work a s an e xternal num eric keypad. The external n u meric keypad funct i o ns l i ke the numeric key pad on the built-in k eyboard. It is ideal for anyone us i ng spr eadsheet, accounti n g or financ ial applications . S[...]

  • Page 60

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 59 nN Us ing th e weight save r The w eig ht sa ver pr ot ects th e mul tip urp os e b ay w he n it i s empty. To atta ch th e weigh t sav er, proc eed as fo llows: 1 If another d evice i s in t he mult ipurpose bay , remove t he devi ce. 2 Slide th e weight saver in the d irection of the arrow unti l i[...]

  • Page 61

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 60 nN Connec ting periph eral devi c e s You ca n add fu nction ality to yo ur comp uter b y co nnect ing or us ing any of the se peri pheral s. 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 onnec ting all cabl es[...]

  • Page 62

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 61 nN C onn ect ing a n ext erna l dis play You ca n conne ct an ex ternal d isplay to y our no tebook . For exam ple, yo u can use yo ur noteb ook wi th the fo llowing d evices: ❑ Com puter di splay (mo nitor ); ❑ Mult imedia c o mp uter d isplay; ❑ TV ; ❑ Projector . ✍ T urn of [...]

  • Page 63

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 62 nN Con necting a comput er display You ca n conne ct a co mput er display (m oni tor) direc tly to yo ur noteb ook. To co nnect a computer display, p roceed as follows: 1 Plug the d i sp lay ca ble (1) (not s upplied ) into t he m onitor/VGA con nector ( 2) on t he noteb ook . 2 If nec e[...]

  • Page 64

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 63 nN Con necting a multim edia computer d is play You can co n nect th e n o teboo k to a multimedi a com puter displ ay th at i n cludes built-in sp eakers and a mic ropho ne. To c onnect a multimed ia compu t e r disp lay, p r o ceed as follows : 1 Plug the d i spla y cabl e (1) i n to t[...]

  • Page 65

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 64 nN Con necting a TV You ca n conne ct a TV to y our no tebook . To connect a TV to the no tebook, proce ed as follow s: 1 Plug o ne end o f the audio/ v ide o out c able (1) (opti onal) into the A V Ou t connec tor (2 ) ( yellow ) and the other end into the TV . 2 Plug one e nd of th e a[...]

  • Page 66

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 65 nN Conn ecti ng a proje ctor You ca n conne ct a pro ject (suc h as the Son y LCD pr ojector) directly to your not ebo ok. To co nnect a projector, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the R GB signa l cab le (1) into the m onitor /VGA co nnecto r (2) i dentified b y th e symbol . 2 Plug the audi[...]

  • Page 67

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 66 nN Con nectin g exte rnal s p eake rs You ca n enh ance the so und qual ity of yo ur compu ter by co nne c ti ng ext ernal spe akers. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, proceed as fo l l ows: 1 Plug the speaker cable ( 1 ) into t he headph o n e connec tor (2). 2 Plug th e other end o f th[...]

  • Page 68

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 67 nN Conn ect ing an ex ter nal micr oph one Yo ur V AI O no teb ook doe s no t c onta in a n i nte rnal mic rop hone . I f yo u n eed to u se a so und inp ut d evic e, for exampl e to ch at on the Internet, you n eed to plu g in a n external micro p h one. To co nnect an external micropho[...]

  • Page 69

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 68 nN Conn ect ing a Un ivers al Ser ial Bus ( USB) 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 ompute r. Bef ore conn ecting or di sconn ecting a USB pe riphera l, you do no t n eed to s hut dow n the comp uter. You [...]

  • Page 70

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 69 nN Conn ect ing a pri nter You ca n conne ct a Wi ndow s ® -compa tible print er to your c omp uter to pri nt docu ments . Conn ec ting a pri nter using the U SB c onn e c tor You ca n conne ct a US B printe r c ompat ible wi th your ver sion of W indo w s ® to y our comp uter. To co n[...]

  • Page 71

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 70 nN Conn ecti ng a print er us ing the p rinte r conn ecto r Th e no tebo ok is e qui pp ed wit h a pr inte r conn ect or. To co nnect a pr inter using t he print er conne ctor, pr oceed as follow s: 1 Plug the p ri nter ca ble (1) suppl ied with th e printer int o the printer co nnector [...]

  • Page 72

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 71 nN C onnec ti ng an i.LI NK™ d evice Your c o mputer i nclud es an i.LINK™ (I EEE1394) connector, w hich you c an use to connect to an i.LINK™ d evi ce such as a di gital video cam era recorder or to c onnect two V AIO no tebooks i n order to c opy, del ete or edit files. The i.LI [...]

  • Page 73

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 72 nN Conn ecti ng a digi tal v ideo c amer a re cord er To co nnect a di gital vide o came ra reco rder, pro ceed a s follows : 1 Plug one en d of the i.LINK™ cabl e (1) into the i.LINK ™ connector (2) o f the compu ter and the other e nd into the DV Out connec tor (3) on the dig ital [...]

  • Page 74

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devi c es 73 nN Con nect ing tw o V AIO n otebo oks You ca n copy , edit or d elete file s on anoth er VAIO c ompute r to your co mpu ter with a n optio nal i.LINK ™ cab l e . If the se cond c omputer has the W indow s ® X P operatin g system, yo u j u st need the i . L INK™ ca ble. If the secon[...]

  • Page 75

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 74 nN Getting help This sec tion des cribes h ow to get he lp and sup port from S ony, and provide s t roubl eshoot ing tips for y our co mpu ter. So ny suppor t opti ons Sony pro vid es several support opt ions for y our co mputer. Pri nted do cum ent ati on supp lied with yo ur n otebo ok Th e pr int ed pa r[...]

  • Page 76

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 75 nN ❑ Prec auti o n s provide s f acts an d advi ce abou t u sing you r not ebook. ❑ Glo ss ary re fers to terms u sed in this m anual. 2 Refe r to yo ur Sof tware Gu ide fo r inf ormation on th e b undled softw are and the Son y ap plications. ❑ A bout the Sof tw are is a short des criptio n of the fe[...]

  • Page 77

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 76 nN Othe r s o u r c es of informat io n ❑ The Online help files tha t ac c o mpa ny y our pre- i n stalled softw are contai n i n struction s on using the softwar e. ❑ V AIO-Link web s ite: if you ha ve a ny pr oble m wit h your c omp ute r , you c an a cce ss the VAIO -L ink w eb site. Go to : http:/ /[...]

  • Page 78

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 77 nN T rou bl eshoo ting This se ction des cribes h ow to solv e c ommo n probl ems you mi ght enc ounter w hen usi ng your not ebook . Man y pr oblems h ave simp l e solutions. Pl ea se, try these sug gestions be fore cont acting VAI O-Link. ❑ Abo ut the comp uter an d sof tware (pa ge 7 8) ❑ Abo ut the [...]

  • Page 79

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN Ab out the c o mputer and s oftw are My c ompute r does not star t ❑ Check th at t he c o mputer is p l u gged into a power so urce and that it is turned o n. ❑ Che c k that the powe r ind i c ator on th e fr ont pane l of the comp uter indica tes that the pow er is on. ❑ Check th at t he battery p[...]

  • Page 80

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN 5 Press Ente r . 6 Press the arrow keys to select Sys tem T ime . 7 Set t he tim e (hour :minute: second ). 8 Press Ente r . 9 Press the arrow keys to select th e Exit menu. 10 Press the arrow keys to select Ge t Default V alu es an d then pr ess <E nter > . The messa ge Load d efault c onfigur ati[...]

  • Page 81

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN My co mputer lo cks up ❑ If you susp ect one app l i cation is loc king your syst em, you c an try to stop it . T o do t his, press <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<D elete> simu l t aneo usly . I f y ou have not cha nge d t he defaul t se tting s, y ou will ente r th e Ta s k M a n a g e r . Sele ct th[...]

  • Page 82

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN Ab out t he dis play My LCD do es no t dis pla y a nyt hing ❑ Check t hat the comp uter and di sp lay are b oth plug g e d i nto a powe r source and that they are turned on . ❑ Che c k that the powe r ind i c ator o n th e fron t pane l of the com pute r is on . ❑ Check th at t he battery packs are[...]

  • Page 83

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN I canno t play a CD- ROM ❑ After inser ting the C D, wait for a few sec onds for th e system to de tect it before y ou try to acces s it. ❑ Make sure the la b el of the disc is facin g u p. ❑ If the disc requir es software, make su re the softw are i s i nstalled acco rd i ng to the instr u c tions[...]

  • Page 84

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN ❑ Check your PG (Par ental Gui d an ce) in t he DVD s oftware as this mi ght be preventing you from playing certain DVDs when i t is acti v a ted. ✍ On y our com puter , the defau lt DVD regi on co de is 2. Do not ch ange t his s e t ting using t he Reg ion C ode C hange functio n in Windows ® , or [...]

  • Page 85

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN The disc tray does n ot eject even when the eject butto n i s pressed ❑ Che ck th at the note book is t urned on. ❑ The CD- writi ng applic ation softw are may be stoppi ng the disc fr om bei ng ejecte d. The disc tray ejects ev en when it has bee n l o cked in to p l ace ❑ Ensure tha t the disc is[...]

  • Page 86

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 85 nN ❑ If you use extern al sp eakers, check that the sp eakers are properly con nected and the volume is t urned up. If the speake rs have a mute butto n, m ake sure it is of f . I f b atteries pow er the speakers , ch ec k that the batteri es are i n serted prope rly and that they are char ged. ❑ If you[...]

  • Page 87

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 86 nN My m ode m cann ot e stablish a c onnec ti on The mo d em-diali n g mode may be inco mpatib le w it h your t e lephone line. My m ode m conn ectio n is sl ow Man y factors in fluenc e mode m c onnec tion spe ed, incl uding tele phone lin e n oise or c ompatib ility wit h tele phone eq uipme nt (suc h as [...]

  • Page 88

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 87 nN My P C Card is not wo rking ❑ Make sure the PC C ard i s c ompatibl e w ith your version of W i n dows ® . ❑ Use the Sony N o tebook Setup utility to disable device s y ou are no t curr ently usi ng. ❑ If you ar e using two PC Cards, use th e So ny Note boo k Set up utili ty to disabl e the device[...]

  • Page 89

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 88 nN Ab out p ower m an agemen t Th e po wer m ana geme nt se tt ing is n ot resp ondi ng Your noteb ook’s o perating system may become unstab le if a lower powe r state, such as Hib e r na te is initiate d, an d the n chang ed bef ore th e note book co mpletely enters the low er p ower state . To restore t[...]

  • Page 90

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 89 nN Pr ecau ti ons This se ction des cribes sa fety guide lines an d pre c a utions to h elp yo u protec t y o ur com puter fro m p ote ntial dama ge. Your noteb ook a nd memo ry mo dules use h igh precisi on c omponen ts a nd e l ectro nic conn ectors techn ology. To avoid the inval i d ation of your guaran[...]

  • Page 91

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 90 nN Ad ding and r emoving me mory* In the fut ure you may wa nt to inst al l me mory m odules to ex pand the fu nctiona lity of your no tebook . 256 MB of mem o ry i s pr ei n stalled in one of the two availabl e memory module bay s (256 MB x 1). When o nly 256 MB o f memory is preins tal led , y o u can add[...]

  • Page 92

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 91 nN - Me ch anic al v i b ratio n or sho ck, - Str o ng magnets or speak ers that are not magnetically s hiel ded, - Ambient temperat ure of more than +35°C or less than +5°C , - High hum idity . ! Be careful when adding mem o ry . Mistakes on installation or removal of the memory module may cau s e a m a [...]

  • Page 93

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 92 nN Add ing a m emo ry modu le To in stall a memo ry modu le, pro ceed a s follows: 1 Shut dow n y our c omputer an d disco nne ct al l periph eral devices. 2 Unplu g the c o mputer an d remove th e b attery pack s. 3 Wait unti l the c omputer c ools down . 4 T urn your co mpu ter upsid e down . 5 Ope n t he[...]

  • Page 94

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 93 nN V iewing the amou nt of m emory To v i ew the a mount of memo ry , pr ocee d as f ollow s: 1 T urn on the c omputer . 2 Go to Sony No tebook S e t up vi a t he St art menu. The Sony N o tebook S etup dialog bo x ap pears. 3 In th e Abo ut th is Com pute r t ab you can v iew t he am ount of system mem ory[...]

  • Page 95

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 94 nN On ha n d lin g t h e LCD screen ❑ Do not leav e the L C D fa cing the sun as i t can damag e the LCD. Be careful wh en u sin g th e c omputer near a w indow . ❑ Do no t s c ratch th e L CD or exert pre ssure on it . Thi s could cau se malfun c tion . ❑ Using the comp uter i n l o w temperat ur e c[...]

  • Page 96

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 95 nN On h andli ng yo ur notebo ok ❑ Clean with a soft, dry clot h or a soft cloth l ightly m oistene d wi th a mi ld deter gent s olution . Do not use any ty pe o f abrasi ve pa d, scou ring pow der , or solv ent suc h as al coho l or be nzine , a s th ese m ay dama ge the fini sh of your com puter . ❑ S[...]

  • Page 97

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 96 nN ❑ Do not use cut or dam aged con necti on cabl es. ❑ Y o ur com puter ca nno t be conn ected to a co in-ope rated te lepho ne, and may not wor k w ith a pri vate branch e x c h an ge (PBX). ❑ If th e comp uter i s broug ht di rectly fro m a cold l ocati on to a war m o ne, mo i s ture m ay co ndens[...]

  • Page 98

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 97 nN ❑ Proper car e o f the disc is essen tial to its conti nuous reli ability . D o not use sol v e nts such as b enzine, thinnin g ag e nts, comme rcially availab l e cl eaners or anti-stati c sp ra y , as they m ay c ause damage to t he disc. ❑ For no rmal cleaning, hold the dis c by i ts edge and u se[...]

  • Page 99

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 98 nN ❑ Y o u do not nee d to disc harge the ba ttery bef ore rechargi ng. ❑ If you have n ot u s ed th e batter y pack for a c o nsiderab l e amount o f time, r echarg e the batt ery . 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 [...]

  • Page 100

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 99 nN Glossary This s ection r efers to terms used i n this manual. T hese term s an d defini tions ha ve be en comp iled to provid e you w i th a b etter und erstanding o f your VAIO c omput er. T erm Defini tion <F1> key The <F1> key g iv e s you access to the online help of m ost sof tw are. 10BASE-[...]

  • Page 101

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 100 nN CD-ROM Ab brevia tion for Compa ct Dis c Rea d-Only M emory. A high -capac ity op tical disc, us ually 650 MB in si z e , cap a ble of being read from bu t not written to. CD-RW Short fo r Co m p act Di sc-ReWriteable. Compact Disc tha t can b e u se d to write or rewrite data to it. A C D-R W can be writte[...]

  • Page 102

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 101 nN i.L INK™ i . L INK™ is S o ny’ s version of the IEEE 1394 sta n da rd for high-speed digital serial interface. The standard is regarded in the audio/video and IT industrie s a s the m o st suitable interface for conn e cting com puters a nd dig ital au dio/v ideo dev ices (such as digi tal cam eras et[...]

  • Page 103

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 102 nN ma xi mum RA M T he max imum am ount of RAM that y our co mputer can c o ntain. Once this am ount is re a che d, you c an n o long er add a ddit iona l RAM to your comput er . Motherboar d The mo th e rb oard is the main circuit board inside your c o m p uter . It holds the CPU, the B I OS , the memory a n [...]

  • Page 104

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 103 nN PCMCIA PCMC IA (P ersona l Com puter Me mory Card I nternat ional A ssoci ation) i s the name o f the gro up tha t prod uced the spec ificat ion for th e cre dit ca rd-size d plug -in boa rds fo r laptop computers. The ca r ds use d to be called PCMCIA cards, b ut as this was rather unp rono unce abl e, th [...]

  • Page 105

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 104 nN Re sol uti on The de gree of s harpne ss a nd cla rity of an ima ge. Res olutio n is expre ssed in pixe ls. Frequ ent computer screen resolutions a re 6 40 x 480 pixels (VGA resolution; a p propria te for a 14-inch screen), 800 x 600 (appro p riate for a 15-inch screen), 1,024 by 768 (ap pro p ria te for a [...]

  • Page 106

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 105 nN VAI O Short for Vide o Audi o Integ rated O pera tion. Bra nd na me cov e r ing S o ny's P C pr oducts, peripherals, accessories and software. V AI O-branded i te ms are all d esigned to make the best use of So ny's Au dio-Vide o (A V) and In form ation T e chnolog y (IT ) skills. WAN WAN ( Wide A[...]