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Sony PCG-FX manuale d’uso

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Un buon manuale d’uso

Le regole impongono al rivenditore l'obbligo di fornire all'acquirente, insieme alle merci, il manuale d’uso Sony PCG-FX. La mancanza del manuale d’uso o le informazioni errate fornite al consumatore sono la base di una denuncia in caso di inosservanza del dispositivo con il contratto. Secondo la legge, l’inclusione del manuale d’uso in una forma diversa da quella cartacea è permessa, che viene spesso utilizzato recentemente, includendo una forma grafica o elettronica Sony PCG-FX o video didattici per gli utenti. La condizione è il suo carattere leggibile e comprensibile.

Che cosa è il manuale d’uso?

La parola deriva dal latino "instructio", cioè organizzare. Così, il manuale d’uso Sony PCG-FX descrive le fasi del procedimento. Lo scopo del manuale d’uso è istruire, facilitare lo avviamento, l'uso di attrezzature o l’esecuzione di determinate azioni. Il manuale è una raccolta di informazioni sull'oggetto/servizio, un suggerimento.

Purtroppo, pochi utenti prendono il tempo di leggere il manuale d’uso, e un buono manuale non solo permette di conoscere una serie di funzionalità aggiuntive del dispositivo acquistato, ma anche evitare la maggioranza dei guasti.

Quindi cosa dovrebbe contenere il manuale perfetto?

Innanzitutto, il manuale d’uso Sony PCG-FX dovrebbe contenere:
- informazioni sui dati tecnici del dispositivo Sony PCG-FX
- nome del fabbricante e anno di fabbricazione Sony PCG-FX
- istruzioni per l'uso, la regolazione e la manutenzione delle attrezzature Sony PCG-FX
- segnaletica di sicurezza e certificati che confermano la conformità con le norme pertinenti

Perché non leggiamo i manuali d’uso?

Generalmente questo è dovuto alla mancanza di tempo e certezza per quanto riguarda la funzionalità specifica delle attrezzature acquistate. Purtroppo, la connessione e l’avvio Sony PCG-FX non sono sufficienti. Questo manuale contiene una serie di linee guida per funzionalità specifiche, la sicurezza, metodi di manutenzione (anche i mezzi che dovrebbero essere usati), eventuali difetti Sony PCG-FX e modi per risolvere i problemi più comuni durante l'uso. Infine, il manuale contiene le coordinate del servizio Sony in assenza dell'efficacia delle soluzioni proposte. Attualmente, i manuali d’uso sotto forma di animazioni interessanti e video didattici che sono migliori che la brochure suscitano un interesse considerevole. Questo tipo di manuale permette all'utente di visualizzare tutto il video didattico senza saltare le specifiche e complicate descrizioni tecniche Sony PCG-FX, come nel caso della versione cartacea.

Perché leggere il manuale d’uso?

Prima di tutto, contiene la risposta sulla struttura, le possibilità del dispositivo Sony PCG-FX, l'uso di vari accessori ed una serie di informazioni per sfruttare totalmente tutte le caratteristiche e servizi.

Dopo l'acquisto di successo di attrezzature/dispositivo, prendere un momento per familiarizzare con tutte le parti del manuale d'uso Sony PCG-FX. Attualmente, sono preparati con cura e tradotti per essere comprensibili non solo per gli utenti, ma per svolgere la loro funzione di base di informazioni e di aiuto.

Sommario del manuale d’uso

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    N Son y note book user gui de PCG-FX Series[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Son y Corporation. All ri ghts reserved. This manual and th e software desc ri bed herein, in who le or in part, may not be reproduced, translated, or red u ced to any m a ch i n e-r ead abl e fo rm without prior written app ro val. Sony Corpo ratio n prov ides no warr[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 2 nN All other names of sy ste ms, p r oducts and se r vices are trademarks of the i r respective own e rs. In the ma nu al, the ™ or ® marks a r e n o t specified. Speci ficatio ns a re subje ct to c h ange wi thout notic e . Ener gy Star As an E NERG Y S TAR ® P artner , Sony h a s determined tha t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 3 nN Sa fety i nfor ma t ion Ow ner 's rec ord The model number an d serial number are l o c ated on the b o ttom of your Sony notebook. Record the seria l number in the space p rovi de d her e. Ref er to t h e model and se rial number if y ou call V AIO- Link. Ser ial number : __ ______ ___ ______ [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 4 nN Conn ectiv ity ❑ Neve r i n stall modem or tel ephon e wiring duri ng a severe lightn ing sto rm. ❑ Neve r install telepho ne jac ks in w et loc ations unless the j ack is s pecific al ly design ed for wet l o c at ions. ❑ Be c autio us when i nstalli ng o r modi fyin g tel ephone lines . ❑ [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 5 nN Regu lato ry info rma tion This product conforms to the fo llowing E u ropean Directive: 1999/5/EC (radio equipm e nt and te l ecommunications termi n al equipment Dire ctive) This product complies with E N 5 5022 Class B a n d EN 5 5024 fo r use in fol l owing areas: residential, c o mmercial and l[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 6 nN Disp o sin g of lith ium ion b a tt eries Do not handl e damag ed or leaking lithium ion batt eries. Dispose of promp tl y and prop erly. Da nge r of e xpl osi on if bat te ry is in cor rec tly r epl aced. Repl ace onl y wi th t he s am e or equ iv al ent ty pe r e comm end ed by the m anufactu rer.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN Welc om e Cong ratu l at ions on purc hasin g a Sony VAI O noteb ook. Son y has com bined l eading -edge tech nolo gy in audi o, vi deo, com puting and commun ications to p rovide you w ith state-of-th e-art pe rson al comp uting . Here are j ust so me of the fe atures y our VAIO n oteboo k has to o ffer. ❑ [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN Docu menta tion pac k You r Do cum entati on Pack contains paper an d online us er guide s on a Doc umen tation C D-ROM . Pri nted d ocumen tatio n ❑ A Ge tti ng St ar ted br oc hur e, w here you f in d a bri ef des cri ptio n of th e i tems in y our box , so me s pec ifi ca tio ns o f you r note book, and h[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN 2 Ref er to your S oftw are G uide for in formatio n on the bundl ed software an d the Sony appl i cati ons. ❑ Abou t t he So ft war e is a short descrip ti on of th e features of th e software pre-in stalled on your system. ❑ Custo m i zing y our notebo ok ex plains how to set y our syst em a nd po wer ma[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y o ur note bo ok and its ac cessor ies Foll owing h ardware it ems a re in the box: 1 mai n unit 7 weig ht save r 2 pro duct r ec overy C D-ROMs 8 vide o cable 3 doc umenta tion p ack 9 phone plug (coun try sp e cif ic) 4 A C a da pte r 10 pho ne ca bl e 5 flo ppy dis k driv e 11 powe r cord 6 rechargeable b[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Er gonom ic co nsid er at ions You will be using you r n ot eb o ok as a p ortabl e device in a vari ety of environmen ts. Whenev er p o ssible, you should atte mpt to take acco unt of the follow ing ergon omic co nsiderati ons to both stat ionary and por table env ironment s: ❑ Posit ion of you r computer [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN ❑ View ing ang le of the comp uter ’ s display – Use the disp l ay ’ s tilting feature to f i n d the best position. Y ou c an reduc e eye str ai n and m uscle fatigue by adjusti ng the t i lt of the d i sp l a y to the pro per positi on. Adjust the brigh tness setting o f the display as w ell. ❑ Li[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Using your notebook Th i s sect ion desc ribes ho w to start usin g yo ur comput er and ho w to use your com puter ’ s i nternal and extern al de v ic es. Locati ng con tro ls and conn ec tors Rig ht * on th e PCG- FX40 1 ** o n th e PC G-FX 405 1 p ower but to n (p age 26) 2 DVD-ROM dri ve*/CD-[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left 1 TV O ut conne ctor (p age 67) 4i . L I N K ™ connector (p age 75) 2 mic rophon e conne ctor (p age 71) 5 PC Card slots (p age 44) 3 hea dphone connec tor (p age 70) 6 battery bay (p age 19)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front 1 LCD screen (p age 32) 7 battery 1 and 2 i n dicators (p age 31) 2 sp eaker s (p age 70) 8 har d disk drive ind icato r (p age 31) 3 key bo ard (p age 29) 9 Num Lock indicato r (p age 31) 4 tou chpad (p age 33) 10 Caps Lock indica tor (p age 31) 5 left/right buttons (p age 33) 11 Scro ll Lo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bac k ✍ T h ere is a ventilation slot loca ted near the USB connector . Do not cover the ventila tion slot when the computer is on. 1 pho ne li n e ja ck (p age 56) 5 moni tor/VGA c onnector (p age 64) 2U S B ( page 7 2) 6 E thern e t c onnec tor (p age 77) 3 se rial conn ector 7 USB p ort (p ag[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Bott om 1r e l e a s e l e v e r (p age 4 0) 2 tilt stands (p age 1 1)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Conn ectin g a powe r s ourc e You c an use either an AC adapter or a recha rg eab le batter y p a ck as a power so urce. Us ing the A C adap ter To use the AC adapte r, proce ed as follows: 1 Plug th e cabl e attached to the AC adapt er (1) into the DC In c onnecto r (2) on th e c o mputer . 2 Pl[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Usi ng t he bat tery pac k You can use o ne o r two b atterie s as a sour ce of pow er. Yo u can insert the s econd batter y pack into th e m u lti - p urpos e bay on the right side of the compu ter. Ad d iti onal battery packs are av ai lab l e as a sepa rate o p ti on. The batter y pack sup plie[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Charg ing the ba ttery pack To charg e the b a ttery pack, proc eed as follows: 1 Conn ect the AC adap ter to the comp uter . 2 Insert the battery p ack. The computer autom atically charges the ba ttery (1) (the battery i n dicator (2) lig ht flash es in a d ouble b link p attern as the ba ttery c[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN ✍ When the b a t tery is ru nning out of po wer , both the batte ry and p ower in dicators b link. K eep t he batt ery pa ck in th e comp uter whi le it is di r ectly co nnect ed to AC po wer . T he ba ttery pa ck cont inues to charge w hile y o u are using the computer . If the batter y level f[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Re moving th e batter y pack To remov e the bat tery pack, proceed as fo l low s: 1 T ur n of f th e co mpute r . 2 Open the c over of the b atte ry bay . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pa ck. 4 Close the co v er of t he ba ttery bay . ✍ Y ou may lose data i f you remove the battery pack while t he com[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Usi ng t he seco nd ba tte ry pac k You c an purchase a second rechargeab l e b attery pac k. With t wo battery packs, y o u c an extend th e time you use your com p u ter with batte ry pow er. When usi ng two battery packs, the battery pack yo u in sert first, charge s first . The ba ttery pack y[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN ✍ If y ou attach two ba ttery packs , y ou can remov e one o f th em witho ut shut ting d own the c omp uter . W hen r e m oving o ne batt ery pac k, ma k e su re t hat the oth er batt ery pa ck in dicato r is on. If the i ndica tor of th e ba ttery pa ck yo ur are g oing t o remo ve is on , rig[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Re moving th e seco nd battery pack To remo ve t he second batt ery pa c k , pro c e ed as follow s: 1 Slide the eject lever on the bo ttom of the weight save r , in t he d irec ti on of arr ow 1. 2 Slide the relea se l ever on the bo ttom of t he c om puter in the direction of arr ow 2. 3 Remo ve[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Sta rtin g your not ebook To start your com puter, procee d as fo llo w s : 1 Slid e the LCD lock leve r (1) in the direc tion of th e a rrow , and lift the c over . 2 Press the po wer butto n (2) of the compu ter unti l the green pow er indicat or (3) light turns o n. 3 If n ecessary , pres s <[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Shu tting dow n you r noteb ook It i s i mpo r tan t t hat you sh ut d own you r c omp ute r pr ope rl y s o y ou do no t los e uns av ed dat a. To shut do wn your c ompute r, procee d as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t butto n on the Wi ndow s ® taskbar . 2 Clic k T ur n O ff Co mp uter . The T urn[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Regi s ter ing you r noteb ook You can take advantag e of Son y ’ s comm itment to qual i t y custo mer suppo rt and receiv e the fol lowing ben efits by re gi ste r in g yo ur com pu ter : ❑ V AIO-Link – If you are exp eriencing any pro blems with your co mputer , you ca n c he c k the V A [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Usi ng the keyboa rd You r keyboar d is ve ry similar to a d esktop comput er ’ s, bu t has a dditional keys that perfor m sp ec ifi c not ebook-re l ate d task s. Keys Descrip tions Esca pe ke y (1) The <E sc> ( Esc ape) key i s use d to c ancel c omma nds . Function keys (2 ) The tw e lv[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Comb inat ion s and fu ncti ons wi th the Windo ws key Ap plicatio n key (6) The Appl ication key di sp lays a shortcut men u ; pressing this key is equ i valent to clicking the ri ght mouse butt on. Num eric ke ypad are a (7) Cont ai ns th e k ey s foun d on a typ ical cal cula to r . Use the n u[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Ind icators Indicator Functions Power Powe r o n : lights g reen. Sta nd by mode : fla s hes um ber . Battery 1 I n dicates the status of the battery inserted in th e ba tte ry bay on the left side of the computer . Battery 2 Indicates the status o f the battery ins erted in the battery bay on the[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN Comb inat ion s and fu ncti ons wi th the Fn key ✍ * T h i s f u n c t i o n c a n o n l y b e u s ed b y t h e f i r s t u s er t o l o g o n . I t w il l n o t w o r k i f y o u h a v e sw i t c h ed t o a n o t h e r u s er a c c o un t . * F i r s t y ou n ee d to c o n n e c t y our e x t e[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Usi ng the touchp a d Th e ke y b oard co ntains a cu rsor-po inting de vice, y o ur touchp ad (1) . You ca n point to , select , dr ag, and sc roll obje cts on the scree n using the buil t-in t ouchpad. Ac ti on De scr i pt i on poin t Sli de one finge r on the tou c h pad to place the poi nter ([...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Using th e CD-RW/ DVD-ROM drive or DVD- R O M Dep endin g on your model, yo ur compu ter is equi pped w ith a CD- RW/DV D-RO M drive or a D VD-R OM. To i nsert a disc, p roceed as fo l low s: 1 T ur n on the comp uter . 2 Press the eje c t butto n ( 1 ) to open the driv e. The tr ay slides out. 3 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN ✍ When the computer is in Standby or Hi bernate mo de , yo u canno t inser t or r emov e a d i sc. Be s ure to sea t the dis c fi rmly ov er the di sc drive hub fi ngers. I f yo u do not se at the di sc firml y , y ou coul d damage y our disc drive an d you ma y not b e abl e to ope n th e t ray[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN ❑ Before w riting to a new CD-RW , you m ust first form at the disc. I f you do no t form at the disc, y our com puter will not r eco gnize it. ❑ T o make a CD-R ’ s data reada ble o n a CD-ROM d riv e, you need to close the ses s ion w h en you eject it. T o compl ete this pro cess, follow [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN ❑ Do not switch power sa v ing mo des w hile p laying a DVD video. ❑ If th e virus c hecker is activ e, you n eed to disabl e it. ❑ Do no t use resident di sc u ti li ti es or resi dent utiliti es to speed up the acc ess of discs, becau se they may c au se the system to b ecome u nstabl e. ?[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Usin g th e weigh t s a ver The w eight s aver protect s the m u lti-pur pose bay when i t i s empty. To att ach t h e weight saver, pro ceed as f ollows: 1 If anoth er devi ce is in the m ult i -pu rpose ba y , rem ove the de vice. 2 Pull ou t the guide (1) o f the weig h t s aver and slide t he [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN To remov e the w ei g h t saver, p rocee d as fol l ows : 1 Slide th e eject lever of th e weight saver in the di rection of arrow 1 . 2 Slide the relea se l ever on the bo ttom of t he c om puter in the direction of arr ow 2.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Usi ng the flop py disk driv e You r comp ute r is sup plie d with a re mova ble f l o ppy di sk dri ve. W hen y ou do not use it, you can repl ace it with the bund led w eigh t save r. In sert ing the f lop py d isk dri ve To insert t he floppy disk drive , procee d as follows : 1 T ur n of f th [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Inser ti n g a d iskette To i nsert a d iskette, p roceed a s fol l ows: 1 Hold th e dis kette (1) w ith the labe l side fac i n g up. 2 Gent ly push the disk ette into the flo ppy disk drive ( 2) unti l it click s int o place.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Rem ovi n g a diskett e To rem ove a diskette, proceed as f oll o w s: 1 Wait until th e LED i ndicator (1) turns off. 2 Press the eje ct button (2 ) to rem ove the diske tte. ✍ Do no t pre ss the Ej ect b utton when t he LED indica tor is turned o n. Ot herw i se, data may be los t.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Re mov ing t he f loppy di sk dr ive To remov e the flop py dis k dri v e , procee d as follows : 1 T ur n of f th e co mpute r . 2 Slide th e relea se l ever ( 1) on th e bott om of the comp uter in the dire c tion of the arro w . 3 Slid e the driv e (2) out of the multi-p urpose bay . 4 Insert t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN Us ing P C Card s This com puter has a PC Card sl ot that suppo rts Type II PC Car d s. P C Card s al low y o u to c onnect port able extern al de v ice s. You do not n eed to shut dow n your comp uter whe n inserting a P C Ca rd. Ins ertin g a PC C ard To i nsert a PC Ca rd, pro ceed as follo ws:[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN ✍ Som e device s may n ot func tion pro perly i f y ou repe at Retu rning to Normal mode from St andby mo de or Hiber nate mode. T h e c ompu te r wil l re tur n to its orig in al st at e if y ou r esta rt it. T h e PC Card sl ots can accommodate two Ty pe II PC Cards (at the same ti me) or one [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Remo ving a PC Card Fol l o w the steps b elow to rem ove the PC c ard wh i l e your c omp uter is on. If i t is not remove d prop erly , yo ur sys tem ma y not work proper ly. If yo u wa nt to remo ve a PC Card when your compu ter is o ff, s kip steps 1 to 6. To rem ove a PC C ard, pro ceed as fo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN Usin g Me mory Stick ™ You r VAIO notebo ok i s desi gned to supp ort th e Me mory S tick ™ . The Memo ry St i ck ™ i s a compac t, portab l e , and versat ile dev ice esp ecial l y desi gned fo r e xchangi ng and sh aring di gital da ta with co mpati ble pro ducts. Bec ause it is remo vable[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN Why Memory Stick ™ ? Son y 's vision i s to ex pand the wo rl d of co mmuni cation, promo ting t he porta bility of digi tal data . The Me mory Stick ™ is the re sulting m edium, t hrough which di gital dev ices can be i n stantly co nnecte d. Wit h i t, y o u can dow nloa d data from any[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 49 nN Ge ne ri c Me mory S ti ck ™ The o riginal M emory Stick ™ , bl ue or purp l e in colo ur, can be use d to record imag e d ata taken w i th dig i ta l stil l came ras, etc. or data fro m the PC. Wit h it, you ca n record , play back and tran sfer variou s k inds of data at any given time . Be [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 50 nN Ma g icGa te Me mo ry St ic k ™ The Mag icGate Mem ory Stick ™ , white in c olour, records P C and ima g e d ata just like its blue co unterpa rt; the d ifferenc e is it uses th e Magic Gate co pyrigh t pr otect i o n techno logy. Wit h t h is type of Me mory Stic k ™ , a lso ca ll ed th e M[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 51 nN MagicGate Mag i cG ate refers to the cop y r i ght p rotect i on tec hnolog y used by th e Ma gicGate Me mory S ti ck ™ an d other Mag icGate Memory Stick ™ compat ible d evic es. The M emory Stick ™ Wa l km an and Magi cGa te Memo ry Sti ck ™ work toge ther to c heck the da ta and en sure[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 52 nN Compat ible dev ic e s There are near l y 80 Memor y Stick ™ -ena bled p roduc ts on the marke t o r anno unced for introdu ction wor ldwide , rangi ng from camc orders an d portable mus ic players to voic e rec o rders and man y o ther electro nic devices . You can cu rrently use M emory Sticks[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 53 nN Ins ertin g a Memory Sti ck ™ To i nsert a M emory Stick ™ , p roceed as follows: 1 Once y ou have store d your da ta from your di gital devic e, i nsert th e Memo ry Stick ™ ( 1) into the o ptional PC Ca rd adapter (2). 2 Push the Releas e but to n . Th e Rel ease b utto n po ps ou t. 3 Pus[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 54 nN Removing a Mem ory Stick ™ To remove a Memory Sti ck ™ , p roceed as follows: 1 Double -cli ck t he Safe ly Rem ove Ha rdw are i con in the t a skbar . The S afely R emo ve Ha rdwa re d i alog box ap p ears. 2 Sele ct the ha rdware de vice you wa nt to unpl ug. 3 Clic k Stop . 4 In th e St op [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 55 nN W rite-pr otectin g a Memo ry Stick ™ Memo ry S tick s ™ are de si g n ed with an erasure pr evention s witch to protec t valuable d ata from acciden tal erasur e or ove rwrit ing. Mov e the tab to the right or lef t to set or release wr i te - pro tec t i on. When the erasu re p reven tion sw[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 56 nN Usi ng the modem Yo ur no t eboo k is equi ppe d w it h an in tern al m ode m. You ne ed t o co nne ct a phon e li ne to tak e ad vant a ge of onl ine service s and the Int ernet, to reg i ster your comp uter and softw are on l ine, and to con tact VAI O-Link. To conne ct a phone line, pro c eed a[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 57 nN Usi ng pow er savi ng mod es When you u se a b att ery as th e sou rc e of pow er fo r your c om puter, yo u can t ake adva ntage o f power man ag emen t settin gs to conserv e battery life. In add ition to the norm al operati ng mode, wh i ch all o w s you to turn off spec ific de v ice s, your c[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 58 nN ✍ If y ou press the po wer b utton for m ore tha n fou r secon ds, the co mput er wi l l s witch off au toma tical ly . When the computer is in Standby mode, y ou cann ot ins ert a disc . Standby req uire s les s tim e th an Hib ernat e . Standby use s mo re po we r tha n Hib ern ate . Using Hib[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN Connec ting p eripheral de vices Yo u ca n a d d fu nc tio nal ity to yo ur co mpu ter by co nn ect i ng o r usi ng an y o f t hes e p eriph eral s . Be fore you connec t peripheral s, t urn off the compu ter and all periph erals. Conn ect the power c ord only aft er conne cting all cab[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Con ne cting a po rt re plic ator You r note book sup ports the use of an op tional po rt replicat or. At taching a po rt replicato r enables you to co nnect addi ti onal peripherals to you r comp uter, such as a printer or an extern al d i spla y . ✍ T he po rt re pl ica tor can b e [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN At tac hi ng y our c o mput er to th e por t re pl ica tor To attach yo u r com puter to the port repl i cato r, p r oc e ed as follows: 1 T ur n of f the comput er and discon nect al l pe riphe rals. 2 On the bot tom of the comp uter , lift the po rt replicato r port cover . 3 Attac h [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN 6 T ur n on the comp uter . ✍ Whe n you us e the p ort replic ator f or th e firs t time, the insta llation of th e netw ork d river s start s auto mati call y . Wh en atta chi ng you r c om puter t o th e p ort rep li cat o r , do n o t att emp t to in se rt o r rem ove the ba tt ery[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Disc onne ctin g your compu ter fro m the port replic ator To discon nect yo ur compu ter from t he po rt replicat or, procee d as follow s: 1 T urn off the comput er and the conne c ted peri pherals. 2 Pull the leve rs on each s i d e of the po rt repli c a tor (1) t o di sconnect the [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN Co nnec tin g a n exte rn al di sp lay You can conn ec t an external display to your noteb ook. For examp l e, you can use you r comp uter with the followi ng de v ice s: ❑ Com put er dis pl ay ( moni tor ); ❑ Mult imedia compute r dis play; ❑ TV ; ❑ Projector . ✍ T ur n off y[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN Conn ect ing a com pute r di spla y To co n nect a comp ut er di spl ay, proc ee d as f oll ow s: 1 Plug th e dis play cable (1) in the mon itor/V GA c o n nector (2) on th e comput er . 2 If nece ssary , plu g one end of th e d i s play ’ s po wer cord ( 3) into the di splay , and th[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN Connec ting a m ultimedia co mputer dis play You can co n n ec t the not ebook to a m u lti media comp uter dis play that includes built-in s peakers and a m icrophon e. To c onnect a multim edia com puter di sp lay , proceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the displ ay cable (1 ) in the moni tor c[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN Conn ect ing a TV To c onnect a TV, p roceed as follows: 1 Plug one end of the audio/vi d eo c ab l e (1) into the TV Out connec to r (2) (yellow ) and the other end into th e TV . 2 Plug one end of the sound c able (3) into the h ea dphone conne ct o r ( 4) and the other en d i nto th [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN ✍ See the manual sup plied with your periphera l for more inf orma t ion on installation and use . If you insert a DVD in your DVD-ROM drive to watch a movi e o n your TV , the <Fn> +<F 8> k e y com binati on m ight not a c t i va te the func tion to tog gle bet ween your [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN Conn ect ing a proj ector You can use a projecto r as an external display, such as the Son y LCD Projector. To c onnect a project o r, p roceed as follows: 1 Plug th e RG B signal cabl e (1) in to the mo nito r con nector (2) identi fied by th e s y mb ol. 2 Plug the audio c ab le (3) ([...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN Con necti ng ex ternal spe aker s You c an enhance the soun d q u al ity of your comp uter b y conn ec t i ng extern al speakers. To c onnect e x t ernal spea kers, pro ceed as f ollows: 1 Plug the speake r cab l e (1) into the earphone conn ector (2). 2 Plug the othe r end of the spea [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 71 nN Conn ectin g an ex tern al mi cro phone You r VA IO note book does not conta in an i nterna l mi crop hone. If yo u need to us e a so und in put devic e, for exa mple to chat on the Intern et, you need to plug in an external micr o phon e. To conn ect an ex ternal mic ropho ne, procee d[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 72 nN Conn ect ing a U nive rsal Seria l Bus ( USB) mo us e You ca n conn ect a USB dev ice (e. g. mouse, flopp y d i sk dr ive, ke yboard, p rinter , … ) to you r com puter. Be fore conn ecting or di sconne cting a U SB periph eral, you do no t need to shu t d own the com pute r. You may n[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 73 nN Conn ectin g a pri nter You can co nnect a Wi ndow s-comp atible printer to yo ur compu ter to prin t doc uments. Conn ect ing a prin ter usin g the USB c onnec tor You ca n conn ect a USB pri nter comp atibl e with you r version of W indo ws to y o ur compu ter. To conne ct a printer u[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 74 nN Conn ect ing a pri nter usi ng t he pr int er co nnec tor To c onnec t a p ri n ter usin g the printer conn ec to r, proc eed as follows: 1 Plug th e pri nter cable (1) su pplied with the pri nter into the p ri n ter c o nnector (2 ) ide ntified by the sy mbol . 2 Plug th e pri nter pow[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 75 nN Co nnect ing an i. LI NK ™ de vi ce Your com puter incl ude s an i. LINK ™ (IEEE1394) c onnector, which you can us e to con n ect to an i.LINK ™ de vi ce such as a digi tal vi deo c amera record er or to connec t two VAIO no tebook s in or der to copy, del ete or edit file s. The [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 76 nN Conn ect ing a di gital vid eo ca mera rec order To conn ect a dig ital vide o camer a reco rder, pr oceed a s follow s: 1 Plug on e end of th e optional i .LINK ™ cab le ( 1) in to the i.L INK ™ conn ec to r (2) of the com puter an d t h e o ther end into the DV Out c onnecto r (3)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 77 nN Conn ectin g to a ne twork (LAN ) You ca n conn ect your co mput er to 10B ASE-T /100BA SE-TX -type ne tworks via an E thernet ne two rk cable . For the de tai led se ttings and devi ces neede d to c o nnect to the net work, con sult your Netw ork Admi nistrator. ✍ For more i n forma [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN Getting help This sec tion descri bes how to get help and su pport fro m Sony, as well as troublesh ooting ti ps for your co mputer. Son y s upp ort opt ions Son y pr ovides severa l suppo rt options fo r yo ur c o mputer. Pri nted do cum entat ion supp lie d wit h yo ur no tebo ok ❑ A Ge tti ng St ar [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN Oth er sour ces o f infor matio n ❑ The online help files that accom pany your pre-inst al led so ftware conta i n i nstructi o ns o n using the softwa re. ❑ V AIO-Link website : if you h ave any p rob lem wi th your c omp ute r , you c an acce ss th e VAIO -L ink we b si te. G o t o: ht tp://ww w . [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN T ro uble sho otin g Th i s sec tion de scribe s how to solve co mmon pr oblem s you migh t encou nter whe n using you r notebo ok. Man y probl ems ha v e si mple sol u t i o ns. P l eas e, try the se s uggestio n s bef ore contacti ng VA IO-Li n k. Abo ut the c o mput er and soft ware My com pu t er doe[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN The m essage Pr ess <F1> to resum e, <F2> to setup appears at star tup If th e flo pp y dis k d rive is em pty , p roc eed a s fo llow s to init ial ize th e B IOS : 1 T ur n of f th e co mpute r . 2 Remo ve a n y p eriph eral dev i ce s conn ected to the comp uter . 3 T ur n on the comp uter[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN My co mput er doe s not sh ut dow n It is reco mmen ded th at you sh ut dow n your com puter us ing the Turn Off Comput er com man d on the Wi ndows ® Star t me nu. Usi ng o ther me thods, includi ng those l isted here, may result i n loss of u nsaved d ata. If t he Turn Off com mand does not work pro p[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN My soft ware pro gram lock s up or crash es Conta ct th e softw are p ublisher or d esignated provi der fo r techni cal sup port. My to uc hpa d inte r pre ts a si ngle ta p a s a doub le-c lick Open t he Mo us e i c o n i n t h e Contr ol Pane l and c hange the b utton assignm ents in the Mouse Pr opert[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN The sc reen im age on my exte rnal di sp lay is no t centered or sized properl y Use th e c ontro l s on yo ur external disp l a y to adju st the image. Ab out CD s and diske ttes My CD-RW /DV D- R OM d rive tra y or DVD -ROM drive tray d oes not op en ❑ Make sure the com puter is turn ed on . ❑ Pres[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 85 nN ❑ If you h ear so und but cann ot see vid eo, your com puter 's video reso lution may be set too hi gh. For bes t r esults, chang e the resolu tion in Wind ows Contr ol Pane l - Dis play - Sett i n gs t o 800 x 600 u si ng the mi n im um colo r settin gs. ❑ If you se e v ide o but cann ot hea r [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 86 nN Whe n I do uble-c lick an ap plicati on icon a m essage such a s Y ou mu st insert the applica tion CD into your CD-R OM dri ve appears and the so ftware does no t start . ❑ Some ti tl e s re quire specifi c files th at are l o c at ed on the app l icat ion CD-R OM. Insert the d i sc and try starting t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 87 nN The disc tray ejec ts even when it has been lock ed i nto plac e ❑ Ensure th at the disc is placed wi th the label si de facing up. ❑ Clean the disc and the CD-R OM drive lens. ❑ The disc ma y be scratche d. Pl ac e anoth er disc to s ee if tha t is the rea son. ❑ There m ay b e conden sation in [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 88 nN Ab out th e mode m My intern al modem does n ot work ❑ Che ck that the ph one li ne is plugg ed into you r c omput er . ❑ Che ck that th e phon e line is w orkin g. Y o u can ch eck the l ine by p luggi ng in an o rdinar y pho ne and l isteni ng for a dial tone. ❑ Che c k th at the phon e numb er t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 89 nN ❑ Have your phon e c o mpany check that you r phone line is free from any line noise. ❑ If your problem i s fax-r el at ed , che ck that there are no proble ms with the fax m ac h i ne yo u are ca l ling an d th a t it is compa tible wi th fax modems. ❑ If you are ha v ing a probl em connec ting w [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 90 nN I c annot prin t ❑ Check th at th e prin ter c ab l e s a re correctly conne cted. ❑ Check that yo u r printer i s correct l y confi g u r ed and that you have u p-t o -dat e drive rs. If needed, contac t y our de al er . ❑ The defau lt setting for the pri nter port mode is corre ct for most pri nt[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 91 nN ❑ Y o u r DV de vice will need t o h ave DV In/Out in order to be able t o t ransf er yo ur fi les t o the D V devic e. Ab out po wer ma nage ment The pow er mana gement setti ng is not respo nding Yo ur no t eboo k ’ s ope rating syst em may becom e u nstable i f a low er p ower state , suc h as Hib[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 92 nN Pr ecau ti ons Th i s sec tion de scribes sa fety guid elines a nd pr ecaution s to help you pr otect y our comp uter from potent ial d amag e. You r noteb ook a nd memory modu les u se hig h prec i s ion com pon ents an d elec troni c conne ctors t ech nology . To av oid the invalid ation of your guara[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 93 nN Chan ging t he memo ry In the fu ture you ma y want to c hange memo ry mo dules in ord er to expa nd the func tion ality of your com puter . You can in crease the mem ory by insta lling optio nal mem ory modul es. Be careful when c hanging memo ry. Mi stakes on insta llation or re moval o f the memo ry [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 94 nN - Strong magnets or speak ers that are n ot magnetically shielded, - Ambient temper ature of more than +35 ° C or less t han +5 ° C, - Hig h humidity. Rem ovin g a memo ry m odule To remove a memory modul e, proceed as foll ows: 1 Sh ut do wn yo ur com put er . 2 Dis conne ct all per iphera l devi ces[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 95 nN Installin g a memory m odule To i nstall a m emory m odule, proceed as follo w s : 1 Shu t dow n you r comp ute r and discon nect a ll p eriphe ral de vices. 2 Unplu g the comp uter and remo v e the battery p acks. 3 Wait u nti l th e c om put er coo ls do wn. 4 T ur n y o ur compu ter upsi de down . 5 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 96 nN 8 Close th e com puter cov er . 9 T igh ten th e screws o n the botto m o f the compu ter . 10 T ur n on the comp uter .[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 97 nN Othe r pr ecaut ions On handl ing th e ha rd dis k Th e hard disk has a high storag e den sity and r eads or wri tes dat a in a shor t t i me. On the ot her ha nd, it m ay be e asily da maged by m echan i c al vi bration, shoc k or dust. Altho ugh t he hard d isk ha s the s afety dev ice in i tself to p[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 98 nN ❑ The LCD i s ma nufa c t ured usi ng high- precisio n techn ology . Y o u may , ho wever , see ti ny black po ints an d/or brigh t points (red, bl u e, or green) that cont inuously appear on the LCD. This is a normal res ult of the man ufacturing proce ss and does not indi cate a ma lfunct ion. ❑ A[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 99 nN ❑ Dir ect sunlig ht, ❑ Excess i ve du st, ❑ Moistu re or rain, ❑ Me cha ni cal vibr at io n or s hoc k , ❑ Strong m agnets or speaker s that are n ot magneticall y sh i elde d, ❑ Ambient tem p erat u re o f more than 35 º C or l ess tha n 1 0 º C, ❑ Hi gh hum i dit y . ❑ Do not place e[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 100 nN On handli ng disket tes ❑ Do no t open the sh utter manua lly and tou c h the sur face of the disket te. ❑ Keep disket tes away from m ag n ets. ❑ Kee p disket tes away from direct sunl ight an d other hea t s ources. On handli ng CDs ❑ Do no t touch the surf ace of the disc. ❑ Do no t drop o[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca ution s 101 nN ❑ Do not expose the bat tery pac k to any mech an ical sho c k. ❑ If you ar e not usi ng the co mputer fo r an extend ed peri od of tim e, remo v e the batte ry pack fro m the comp uter to pre v e nt damage to th e batte ry . ❑ If, after f ully charg ing the b att ery pack, th e battery p ower is[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 102 nN Spec ifications Model Number PCG- FX401 PCG-FX405 Operat ing s yst em Mi cros oft ® Wind ows ® XP Ho me Editio n Process or Mobil e AMD Du ro n ™ processor 800MHz featuring Po werN ow! Mobile AMD Athlon ™ 4 proc e ssor 1GHz featuring Po werN ow! Hard di sk dri ve 15 GB 20 GB Standard RAM 128 MB[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 103 nN CD-ROM drive DVD-ROM drive CD- RW drive DVD-ROM d ri ve: up t o 24x m ax. CD -ROM r eading speed up t o 8x m ax. DV D-ROM readin g spee d las er di ode pro perties: wa ve l engt h: 66 0 nm laser output: 14.1 µ W (max) CD- R W/D VD -RO M dr i ve : up to 24x m ax. CD -ROM r eading s peed up to 8 x ma [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 104 nN ‡ See ou r spec ial Gu arant ee ex ten sion cond itio ns. Speci ficatio ns a re subje ct to c h ange wi thout notic e . Power management ACP I (Adv anced C onfigur atio n & Powe r Inte rface) Battery Li thiu m io n Dimensions Width Hei ght D ep th 324 mm 35.8 mm to 46.9 m m 265. 5 mm Weight wit[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 105 nN Glossary This section refers to terms u sed in th is man ual. The se term s and definition s have been c ompiled to pro vide you with a better und erstandin g of you r V AIO com p u ter. T erm Defin iti on <F1> key The <F1 > k ey g ives you access to the o nline help of most s oftw a re. 10BASE-[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 106 nN CD-ROM A bbrevi ation for Compac t Disc Read -Only M emory. A hi gh-ca pacity optic al di sc, us ually 6 50 MB in size, capa b le of b eing read fro m but not w ri tten to. CD-RW Sho rt fo r Com p act Disc-ReWriteable. Compact Dis c that can be used to write or re write data to it. A CD-RW can be written to[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 107 nN i.L IN K ™ i. LIN K ™ is S ony ’ s version of the IEEE 1 394 stan d ard for h igh-speed digital seria l interface. The standard is regarded in the audio/video and IT industries as th e mo st su itable interface for connectin g co m puters and di g ital audio/video d evices (su c h as d igital cameras [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 108 nN ma x imu m R AM The maxim um a mount o f RAM that y our c omputer can c ontain . Once this am ount is re a ch ed, you can no lon ger add addi tional RAM t o you r com puter . Motherb oard The mothe rboard is the main c ircuit board i nside y our c omputer . It holds th e CPU, the BIO S, the memory an d so o[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 109 nN PCMCIA PCM CIA (Per sonal Com puter Mem ory Card Inte rnationa l Assoc iation) is th e n ame of the group that p r odu c ed the spe cification fo r the c re dit card-sized p lug-in bo a rds for l a ptop computers. The c ards used to be c alled P CMCIA cards, bu t a s this wa s ra ther u npro nounc eabl e, t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 110 nN Resolut ion The de gree of sh arpne ss an d cl ari t y of an ima g e. Res o lut io n i s ex pr ess ed in pixe ls . Fr equ en t comp u ter screen resolutions a re 640 x 480 pixels (VGA re solution; appropriate for a 1 4-inc h screen), 8 0 0 x 600 (approp ri ate fo r a 15-inch sc reen), 10 24 by 768 (a pprop [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 111 nN UPS A UPS (Un inter ruptible Power Suppl y) is a devi c e in clud ing a battery that pr otect s your computer fr om data loss in th e event of a p ower fail u re . The battery takes o v er as so on as a p o wer interruption is de te cted. If y o u are using th e comp u ter when the p ower fa i lure occurs, [...]