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Sony PCG-GR 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-GR. 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-GR 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-GR 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-GR dovrebbe contenere:
- informazioni sui dati tecnici del dispositivo Sony PCG-GR
- nome del fabbricante e anno di fabbricazione Sony PCG-GR
- istruzioni per l'uso, la regolazione e la manutenzione delle attrezzature Sony PCG-GR
- 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-GR 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-GR 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-GR, 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-GR, 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-GR. 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 Sony Not ebo ok U ser Gu ide PCG-GR se ries[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re a d t his fi rs t 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Sony C orporation. All rights reserved. This man ual and t he sof tw are de scri be d her ein, in wh ole or in part , m ay no t be r eprod uc ed, t ra nsla ted, or redu ced to a ny m achi n e- readable form without prior written approval. Sony Co rpora tion pro vi de[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re a d t his fi rs t 2 nN RealPlayer and RealJukebox are t ra demarks or registered trad emarks of RealNetworks, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Pow erP anel is a tr adema rk of Phoen ix T e chno log ies C orpo rati on. Symantec Norton AntiVirus is a trademark of Sy mantec Corporation. All other names of systems, pro[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re a d t his fi rs t 3 nN Sa fety infor mati on Own er' s r ecor d The serial number and m odel number are loc ated on the bottom of your Sony notebook. Rec ord the serial number and th e model number in the spaces provided here. Refer to the model number and serial numb er if you call V A IO-Link. Ser ial nu mber: __[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re a d t his fi rs t 4 nN Speaker s Ma gne t s M agneti c bracelets. Au dio/ vi deo Aud io an d pictu re di storti on may oc cu r if this equ ip ment is pos ition ed in close prox im ity to an y equipm ent emitti ng electrom agn etic radiati on. Conn ecti vit y Neve r install mod em or teleph on e wiring du ri ng a severe [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re a d t his fi rs t 5 nN Reg ulatory informa tion This pro duct c o nform s to t he f ollow ing Eur op ean Di rec tiv e: 1999/5/EC (radio equipment and telecommunications terminal eq uipment Directive). This product complies w ith EN 55022 Class B and EN 55024 fo r use in following a reas: residential, commercial and ligh[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re a d t his fi rs t 6 nN Y our not ebo ok is e qui ppe d wi th an i nt ern al bac kup m emor y ba tt ery . F or c han ging th is b at ter y , p lea se co nta c t VAIO -L in k : htt p://www .vaio- link.c om In some ar eas the disposa l of lithiu m ion b atterie s in househol d or bu siness w as te may be prohib ited. Use t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu lati ons on purc has ing a Sony V AI O no teb ook . Sony has com bin ed le adi ng-e dg e tech nolog y i n aud io, vid eo, com put ing a nd com mu ni cat ions to pr ov ide y ou w ith sta te-o f-the -a rt pers ona l co mpu tin g. Here are just so me of the feat ures your V AIO noteb ook ha[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN Do cumenta tion pa ck Your Docu m enta tio n Pac k con tains pr in ted info rm ati on an d onli ne u ser guid es on a D ocum en tati on CD-R OM. Prin ted do cume ntation Th e pr int ed part of yo ur do cum enta tio n co nta ins : A Ge tti ng St arte d bro chure, wh ere y ou wil l find a brief descr iptio n of [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN Glo ss ar y refers to ter ms u sed i n this man ual. 2 Refe r to your So f tware Gu id e for inf ormat ion on the bundl ed softw are and the S ony appl ications . A bou t th e So f tw are i s a short des cript ion of th e featur es of the software pr e-in stalle d on you r sy ste m. Customizi ng your notebook [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y our noteb ook an d its ac cessor ies The followi ng hardw are items are in the box: * D epend ing on your m od el . See the Sp ecific ations chapter . ** Optional accessory 1 mai n u nit 7 phon e p lug (cou nt ry-s peci fic ) 2 pr odu ct r ecover y C D-RO M s 8 phon e c able 3 doc um ent atio n pac k 9 pow [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg ono mic cons ider ati ons You w ill be us ing y our no tebo ok as a porta ble d ev ice in a variet y of e nvi ronm en ts. Wh enev er p oss ible, you should attem pt to take acc ount of the follow ing ergonomi c consider ations to b oth stationar y and portable environ ment s: Posit ion of your compute r ?[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN V iewi ng a ngl e of the compute r ’ s display – Us e the d isplay ’ s tiltin g featu re to find the bes t position. Y o u c an reduce eye str ain and m uscl e fa tigue by ad justi ng the tilt o f th e d isplay to t he prop er p ositi on. Adju st the brightn ess settin g of the disp lay as well. Lightin[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us i ng y o ur no te b oo k This se ctio n des cribes how to start usin g you r comp ute r and ho w to use your comp uter ’ s i nternal and extern al devic es. Locat i ng contro ls and connectors Rig ht 1 pow er butt o n (page 26) 2 ventilation slot (page 11) 3 battery ba y (page 19)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left * D epend ing on your m od el . 1 i.LINK ™ ( IEE E1 394) S40 0 p or t (p age 7 7) 2 Me mory Sti ck ™ slot (p age 4 6) 3 PC Ca rd slot s (p age 4 3) 4 mul ti-pu rpos e b ay (for we ight sa ver or second battery with weight saver o r r emo vabl e CD -R W/DV D- ROM driv e* o r DVD-ROM drive*[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front 1 LCD screen (p ag e 9 9) 9 battery 1 and 2 indicators (p ag e 3 3) 2 spe akers (p ag e 6 9) 10 h ard disk dri ve in dica tor (p ag e 3 3) 3 key bo ar d (p ag e 2 9) 11 M emory S tick ™ ind icat or (p ag e 3 3) 4 to uchpa d (p ag e 3 4) 12 Nu m Lo ck indic at or (p ag e 3 3) 5 left/right b[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bac k T he re is a ven tila t i o n slo t locate d on th e left sid e of the back pa nel . D o not c ove r th e vent ila tion sl ot whe n the computer is on. 1 ve ntila tio n slo t (p age 1 1) 2 D C In (pa ge 1 8) 3 printer connector (p age 7 5) 4 mon itor / VGA co nne ctor (p age 6 2) 5 A V Out c[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Bott om 1 port replicator connec t o r cover (p ag e 5 9) 2 memo ry modul e cover (p ag e 9 4) 3 m ulti -purp ose ba y rele a se l ever (p ag e 1 9) 4 tilt stands (p ag e 1 1)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN C onnect ing a power sour ce You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rec hargeab le battery pack as a power sou rce. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , proceed as follows : 1 Plug the cable attac hed to the AC adapte r (1) into the D C In connec tor (2) on th e comp uter . 2 Plug on e e n[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Usi ng t he ba t tery p ac k You c an use one or t wo ba tteries as a so urc e of po we r. Yo u c an ins ert th e se cond b atte ry pack i nto the m ulti - purpo se bay on the left side of t he com puter. Additi onal bat tery packs are av ailable as a separate op tion. The ba ttery pack suppl ied [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Cha rging the ba t tery pa ck To ch arg e the bat tery pac k, proce ed as fol low s: 1 Conne ct the AC adapt er to the comp uter . 2 Insert the b atter y p ack. The com puter au tomat ically charges th e batte ry (1) (the bat tery in dicato r (2) light fl ashes in a double blink p atte rn as the b[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN When t he ba tt ery i s ru nning out of pow er , both t he ba tte ry an d po wer ind ica to rs b link. K ee p t he batt e ry pac k in the co mp uter whil e it is dir ectl y conne ct ed to AC po wer . T he batte ry pack c onti nu es to char ge wh ile yo u ar e usin g th e com pute r . If the b at t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pack To remo ve the batt ery pac k, proce ed as fol low s: 1 T urn off th e c omp ute r . 2 Ope n the cover of th e batter y ba y . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pack . 4 Close th e cover o f th e batt ery bay . Y ou may l ose da ta if y ou remo ve t he ba tter y pack whil e the c[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Usi ng t he sec ond ba tt ery p ack You ca n pu rchase a seco nd recharge abl e batte ry pack. With two ba ttery pac ks, y ou can ext end the time y ou use your com put er with b attery po we r. W hen usin g two bat tery pac ks, the battery pack you insert fi rst, charge s first. Th e batt ery pac[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Cha rging the se con d batt er y pack To charg e the second batt ery pack , proceed as follo ws: 1 Keep the b att ery p ack (1- 3) in the compute r w hil e it is c onnected to AC power . The ba ttery indi cat or (2) flashe s while the batter y is char ging. 2 When th e batter y indic ator stops fl[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Remo v ing the sec on d bat tery pac k To rem o ve th e second b atte ry p ack, pro ceed a s f ollo ws: 1 Slide the multi-pu rpo se bay rel ease leve r o n th e bottom of the c omp uter in the dire ction of the arro w . 2 Remo ve the weigh t saver . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pack . 4 Reinse rt the w[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Sta rt i n g your noteb ook To st art you r comp ute r, pr oc eed as foll ow s: 1 Slide the LCD loc k le ver (1) i n the d ire ction of the arro w , a nd l ift th e cove r . 2 Press the pow er bu tton ( 2) of the com pu ter until the gr een po w er indicato r (3) lig ht turns on . 3 If necess ary [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Sh uttin g down you r note book I t is im por tant th at you s hut do wn y our co mpute r p rop er ly so y ou d o no t lo se uns ave d da ta. To sh ut down yo ur co mputer, pro ceed as fo llo ws: 1 Click the St ar t bu tto n. 2 Clic k T ur n O ff Computer . The T urn of f c ompute r screen a ppe a[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN V AIO-Link – If you are experienc ing any problem s with your com puter , yo u can check the V AIO-L ink websi te for a po ssible sol ution : http:/ /ww w .v aio- link .com Guar an tee – Prot ect your in vestmen t. S ee the Gu a rantee sheet f or t he t erms a nd co nditi ons an d r efer to yo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us in g the ke ybo ar d Your key boar d is very simila r t o a deskt op compu ter ’ s, but ha s additi onal keys th at perfo rm spec ific notebo ok-r elat ed tasks. T he illustr ation shows the 84-k ey k eyboard for 14" screen model s (PCG-GR214EP/MP) only . 15" screen m odels (P C G-G[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Function keys (2) The twelve function keys along the top of the keybo ard are used to perform designated tasks. For example, in many application s, <F1> is the Help key . Th e t ask as soci ated wit h eac h function key may vary from one application to the other . Print Screen key (3) The &l[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Com bin ation s and func tions with the W indo ws ® key Com binat ion s and functi ons with the <F n> key Combinati ons Functio ns + F1 Displ ays Windows He lp a nd S upport. + T ab Switches the se lected button on the taskbar . + E D ispla ys Windows E xplorer . + F Displays the Sear ch Re[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN * Fi r st you n eed to conn ect your external d ispl a y , then yo u turn on yo u r noteb o ok. When you co nnect y o ur ex ternal d ispla y wh en the c o mputer is alr eady on, you cann o t use t he key co mbination <Fn> +<F 7> or <F n> +<F 8> . Som e func tion s ar e not [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Ind icato rs Indic ator Function s Powe r Power on : light s g ree n. Stand by m od e: fla shes um be r . Battery 1 Indicates the status of the ba tt e ry inserted in the ba ttery bay on the left sid e of the co mp u te r . Battery 2 Indicates the status of the battery in serted in the battery bay[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The k eyb oa rd cont ain s a cu rso r-po inti ng d evice , yo ur touc hp ad (1) . Yo u ca n poi nt to , selec t, d rag , an d scrol l objec ts on th e scr een us ing the bu ilt-in tou ch pad. Acti on Desc ripti on poin t Sli de one f inger on t he t ou chpa d to plac e th e p[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Us ing the Jo g Dial ™ Your comp ut er is equi pp ed w ith a Jog Di al ™ with Back b ut ton on yo ur c ompu ter , nea r the touc hp ad. You can t urn and/ or press th e Jo g D ial ™ to scroll the wind ow, se lect softwar e, adju st the inter nal speaker volu me, etc.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN The Jog Dial ™ wind ow is alw ays di spl ayed o n the scree n. This w i ndow has tw o m ode s: L aun che r mod e and Guide mo de. The Jo g Dial ™ wi ndow is in L au nche r mo de u ntil you sta rt a n a ppli catio n or the Jog Dia l ™ windo w becom es acti ve. W hen an arro w a ppe ars ne xt [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN To use the Jog Dial ™ in Lau ncher mod e, proceed as fo llows: 1 Clic k the Jog D ial ™ windo w or pr ess th e Jo g Dial ™ wh ile p ressing the <Ctrl> key t o switch to Lau ncher mode. 2 T u rn t he Jog Di al ™ to select an item , t hen p ress the J og Dial ™ . The Jog Dial ™ win[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Sof tw are su ppor ti ng Jo g D ia l ™ If th e So ny soft war e s upp or ting the Jo g D ial ™ con t ro l is ac tive, you ca n us e Jog Dial ™ contro l fu nctio ns allocated to eac h softwar e. So ftwar e n ot su ppor ting Jog D ial ™ If th e s oftwar e i n us e d oes n ot sup po rt the Jo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN 4 Close th e t ray by p ushin g it g entl y . When the computer is in Standb y or Hi b e rn at e m ode , y ou cannot insert or remove a disc . Be s ure to seat th e disc f irm ly o ver the disc driv e hu b fi nger s. If you do not se at t he d isc firm ly, you c ould dama ge y o ur dis c dri ve an[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Memo ry-r esiden t disc ut ilities may cause un stab le ope rati on or dat a loss. Dea ctiv ate t hese utiliti es befo re wr iting d at a to a disc. When us ing a softw are ap plication to bur n CDs, b e sure to e xit and c lose all other app licatio ns. Exit anti-vi rus so ftware bef ore writ ing[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Re gi on c ode s in dica to rs are labe le d on the D VD di scs to ind ic ate in whi ch r egi on a nd on wh at typ e of player you can pl ay the disc. Unless a '2' (Europe bel ongs to reg ion '2') or 'all' (this means that y ou can pl ay t his DVD eve rywhe re in th e[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN To rem o ve th e we ight saver, pro ceed as fo l lows: 1 Slide the multi-pu rpo se bay rel ease leve r o n th e bottom of the c omp uter in the dire ction of the arro w . 2 Remo ve the weigh t saver .[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Us ing PC Cards Your c omp uter i nclu des two PC C ard slots (1-2 ). PC C ard s a llow y ou to co nnect p ortabl e e xterna l devi ces. In sert ing a PC Card To in sert a PC Card, pro ceed a s f ollows : 1 Insert th e PC Card int o one o f the PC Ca rd slots w ith the fro nt la bel facing up. 2 G[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN Do no t for ce a P C Car d int o t he slot . It m a y da mage the con nec tor p ins. If yo u ha ve diffi cul ty i nsert ing a PC Car d, c heck tha t y ou ar e in se rt in g t h e P C Card in t h e correct d i rection. See t h e manual suppli ed w ith your P C Card for more infor ma tion on u s e .[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN If you un pl ug th e PC Ca rd from th e comp uter when it is st ill turne d on, you r syst em mi ght crash and yo u mig ht lose dat a tha t yo u did not sa ve befor e . Befo r e you remove the PC Card, click the PC Card icon i n the taskbar and close the card. Close a ny applicati o ns that use th[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Us i ng th e Memory Sti ck ™ Your VAI O n ote book is des ig ned to s upport the M emor y Sti ck ™ . T he Me m ory S ti ck ™ is a compact , port able, and ve rsatile d evice esp ecial ly desi gned f or exc hanging and sh aring digital da ta with c omp atible pro ducts . Becaus e it is remo v[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN Com p ac tn e ss : with dim ensions of jus t 21.5 mm (W ) x 2.8 mm (H) x 50 m m (D), com patible prod ucts can also be smal l, light we ight and attrac tive in their des ign. Ca pa ci ty : Its data capac ity far exc eeds that of a flo ppy disk. Secu rit y : its lock opti on m eans y ou ca n prote [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN Ge ner ic Memo ry S tic k ™ The original Me mory Stick ™ , b lue i n c olour , can be used to rec ord im age d ata taken wi th di gital s till came ras, etc. o r data fro m the PC. With it, you can rec ord, play back and tra nsfe r var ious kinds of data at any g iven time. Beca us e it is eas[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 49 nN MagicGat e Memor y Stick ™ The MagicGate Mem ory Stick ™ , white in colour , record s PC and i ma ge da t a just like its blue coun terpar t; the d ifferenc e is i t uses th e M agicGa te copyrig ht p rote ction t ech nology . With th is typ e o f Mem ory Sti ck ™ , a l so ca ll ed t h e M G[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 50 nN MagicGate is a co pyright p r otecti o n technology th a t complies with t h e standards set by SDM I (Secure Di g ital Music I n itiativ e, a n orga niz atio n work ing to d r a w u p indu str y s tanda rd speci fica ti ons in o rd er to pro tect c o pyri ghts o f d igit al m usic ). Th e logo in[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 51 nN particul arly on the Inter net, have rec ently been on the increase. That is why the Reco rding I ndus try Assoc iation of Ameri ca ( R IAA) took the init iativ e to organiz e a foru m called Secur e Musi c Digital In itiative (SDM I) to study tec hnolo gy for prote cting copy rights during the el[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 52 nN V A IO n ot ebo oks VAIO d es kt o ps CLIE Han dh eld E nte rt ainm en t O rga niser Sony mob ile pho nes Digita l print ers AIBO the Sony En tert ainment Robot To find out m ore abou t t he pr odu ct s avai labl e in y ou r count ry , go to: http: //www .s onystyle- europe.com Inse r ting a M emo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 53 nN Ho ld th e M e m or y S t ic k ™ wi th th e ar row poi nt ing i n th e c orr ect di rec t ion wh en you i nse rt i t in to th e slot. To avo id da ma ging th e co mp uter or the Mem or y Sti ck ™ , d o not forc e t he Memory St i ck ™ into the slot i f it d oes no t i nser t sm oo thly. Remo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 54 nN W rite -pr otec ting a M emory Stic k ™ Memo r y Sti cks ™ are desi gned w ith an erasure preven tion swit ch to protect va luable data from ac cidental erasure or over writing. Move th e tab to th e right or left to set or relea se write-p rot ection . When the erasure pre ven tion switch is [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 55 nN Us ing the mod em Yo ur not ebook i s eq ui pped w it h a n in ter nal mod em. You need to conn ect to a pho ne line to ta ke a dvan tage of onl ine s ervices and the Intern et, a s w ell as to regist er your co mpu ter and soft war e onlin e, and to cont act V AIO- Link. To co nnect a ph one l in[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 56 nN Us ing po wer savin g modes When you u se a b atte ry as th e s ource of p ower for you r comput er, y ou c an tak e a dva ntage of p ow er ma nage ment set tin gs to cons er ve ba tte ry li fe. In ad dit ion to the nor ma l ope rati ng mode , whic h all ows you to turn o ff sp ecifi c dev ices, y[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 57 nN If yo u pre ss t he po we r b utt on fo r m ore t ha n four sec on ds, the co mp uter wi ll sw itc h of f aut om at ical ly . When the computer is in Standb y mode, you ca nno t inse rt a disc . Standby req uir es le ss ti me t han Hi bernate . Standby use s mo re pow er th an Hib ernate . If you [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Connec ting periph eral d evices You ca n add func tion ali ty to yo ur comp uter by conn ect in g or us ing any of the se peri ph eral s. Conn ecti ng a p ort rep lica tor (page 59) Conn ecti ng a n ex tern al disp lay (page 62 ) Conn ecting e xte rnal spea kers (page 69) Conn ecti ng [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN Conn ect ing a port re plicat or Yo ur not ebo ok supp ort s t he u se of a n o pti on a l por t r ep li cat or. At tac hing a port re pli ca tor ena bl es y ou to conn ect additional periph erals to you r c omp uter, su ch as a printer or an exter nal display . T he p or t re p licat o[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Att ac hin g y our com pu te r t o t he po rt repl i cat or To atta ch your co mput er to the port rep licator , pro ceed as fol lows : 1 T urn off the c om pute r a nd di scon nec t a ll p eri phe rals. 2 Plug the cable attac hed to the AC adapte r (1) into the DC In port (2) on th e p[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN 6 T ur n on th e not ebo ok. Whe n yo u use the po rt repl icato r f or the f irst ti me, th e in sta lla tion of the n etw o rk dr ive rs start s au to ma tic all y . Wh en att ach ing you r co mput er to th e port rep lic ator , do no t att empt to ins ert or re move th e batt ery p a[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN C onnect ing a n ext erna l dis play You ca n co nne ct an e xter nal displ ay to yo ur note b ook . For exa mpl e, yo u can use your note boo k wi th th e fo llowing d evice s : Com put er di splay (mo nitor ); Mult imedia c omputer d ispla y; TV ; Projector . T urn off your com put er[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Con necting a comp uter dis play To co nnect a co mpu ter di splay, proc eed as fo llows: 1 Plug the disp lay cabl e (1) (no t s uppli ed) i nto the mon itor/ VGA con nec tor ( 2) on t he not e b ook. 2 If nec essary , pl ug on e en d of the di spla y ’ s power co rd (3) i nto th e di[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN Con n ecting a multimedia computer dis play You can co nnect the note book to a m ultime dia computer display th at includes buil t-in speake rs and a mic ropho ne. To c onnect a multime dia c o mpu ter dis play, proceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the displa y cable (1) into the moni tor/V GA [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN Con necting a TV You ca n co nne ct a TV to the no tebo ok or to the opti ona l port re pli cato r. To connect a TV t o the noteb ook, proce ed as follow s: 1 Plug one en d of the audio/video cable (1) (optional) int o the A V Out c onnec tor (2) (yellow) an d the ot her end into t he T[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN 2. O nce th e DVD is e je cte d, tog gle betw een your LC D a nd your TV w ith the c om b inat ion <F n> +< F8> . Y our ima ge di spla ys now on b oth LCD a nd TV . Re-i nsert your DVD to laun ch y our D VD sof tware. If t he disp la y reso lution of your computer is more th[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN To connect a TV t o the port rep licator, pro ceed as follows: 1 Attac h the port rep lica tor to your no tebook. 2 Plug on e e nd of the audio /video c able (1) (option al) into the h ead phone con nector (2) (g reen ) and the othe r e nd i nto t he Aud io L ef t a nd Au dio Ri ght con[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN Conn e cti ng a pr oj ect or You ca n use a proje cto r as an ex tern al disp lay, such as the S ony LCD Pro jector . To co nnect a projecto r, p roceed as follow s: 1 Plug the RGB signa l cab le (1) into the mo nitor /VGA conne cto r (2) iden tified b y the symb ol. 2 Plug the audio ca[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN Con ne cting ext ern al spea ke rs You ca n enh anc e the sound qual i ty of yo ur com pu ter by conn ecti ng exte rna l spea kers. To co nnect exter nal s peakers, proc eed as fo llows: 1 Plug the sp eaker c able (1) into t he head phon e con necto r (2). 2 Plug the o ther end of th e [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN Conn ect ing a n ext ernal mi crop hone Your VAIO note boo k does not co ntain an in tern al micro phon e. If you need to use a sou nd inpu t dev ice, for exampl e to chat on the Intern et, you need to plug in an extern al microph one. To co nnect an ex ternal m icropho ne, p roceed a s[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 71 nN Conn ect ing an ex ter nal mo use or key boa rd You ca n co nne ct an exter na l m ouse o r k e yboa rd to th e o ptio nal p ort re pl ica tor usin g th e PS/ 2 m ouse / keyboard c onnector. There is on ly one PS/ 2 con necto r, so you can onl y conn ect o ne extern al d evice at the sa[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 72 nN Conn ect ing a U ni vers al Ser ial Bus (US B) devi ce You ca n co nn ect a U SB dev ice ( for examp le , a mous e, fl oppy disk driv e, keyb oard , pr inte r) to you r com pute r . Bef ore co nne ctin g or disc onn ec ting a U SB peri ph eral, y ou do no t need to shut dow n the comp u[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 73 nN Conn e cti ng a US B f lop py di sk dr i ve As an op tional extra , y ou can p urc has e a US B flop py di sk d riv e an d co nn ect it t o your c omp uter . To connect a USB floppy disk drive, pro ceed as follows: 1 Choos e the US B co nne ctor y o u pre fer to us e. 2 Plug the USB flo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 74 nN Insert ing a flo ppy di sk To insert a flop py di sk, pr ocee d as foll ows: 1 Hold the disk (1) wi th th e label side fac ing up . 2 Gent ly push t he d isk int o t he drive (2) u ntil i t clic ks in to pla ce. Re movi ng a fl op py d is k To remo v e a floppy disk, p roc eed as fo llo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 75 nN Conn ect ing a print er You ca n co nne ct a Wi nd ow s ® -c omp atibl e printer to your co mpu ter to p rint doc ume nts. Conn e cti n g a pr i nt er us i ng the U SB con n ec tor You ca n co nne ct a U SB pri nte r comp ati ble w i th you r ver sion of W in do ws ® to yo ur com p ut[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 76 nN Conn e cti ng a pr int er us ing th e p rin te r co nn ec tor To co nne ct a pr inter usi ng t he pri nt er con ne ctor, pr oc eed as fo llow s: 1 Plug the printer ca ble (1) sup pli ed with the printe r into the pr inter co nn ector (2 ) identified by the symbo l. 2 Plug the printer po[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 77 nN C onnect ing a n i.LI NK ™ de vic e Your computer includ es an i.LINK ™ (IEEE1394) co nnector, w hich y ou can use to c onnect to an i.LINK ™ devi ce such as a di gital video came ra record er or to c on nect two VAIO no tebo oks in or der to cop y, delete or ed it files. The i.LI[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 78 nN Conn e cti n g a di gi ta l v ide o ca m era rec o rder To co nne ct a digi tal video came ra reco rder , procee d a s follo ws : 1 Plug on e end of th e i.LINK ™ cab le (1) into t he i.LINK ™ con nec tor ( 2) of the comp uter and the ot her end into the DV Out connec tor (3) on the[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 79 nN Con nect ing tw o V A IO not ebooks You c an co nn ect you r not ebo ok to anoth er V AIO n ote boo k usi ng a n i. LINK ™ cable (1) (not s upplied). I n this w a y , y ou c an c opy , e dit or del ete fi le s o n a not her V AI O no tebo ok. You ca n als o pri nt a do cum ent on a pr[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 80 nN Conn ect ing to a netw ork (LA N) You can c onnect y our comput er to 10 BASE-T/100B ASE-TX-typ e netwo rks via an Eth ernet net work ca ble. For the detai led s etti ngs a nd de vic es n eeded to c onnec t to the net wo rk, c on sult your Ne two rk Admi nistra tor. T he d efa ult s e t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN Getting help This sec tio n des cribes how to get he lp an d suppo rt fro m Son y, and provi de s t rou bl esh ootin g tips for y ou r co mpu t er. So ny suppor t op tions Sony pro v ides se veral sup po rt optio ns for your co mpu ter . Pri nted docum entat ion su ppli ed wit h your not ebook A Ge tti n[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN Othe r sources of informat io n The onl ine he l p fil e s th at accom p any your pre-i nstall ed softw are contai n instr uc tions on u si ng the softwar e. V AIO-Link website : if y ou ha ve any prob lem w ith yo ur com pu ter , y ou ca n acce ss the VAIO -Link web site. Go to : http:/ /ww w .v aio- li[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN If you are using an exte rnal display , check that it is plugg ed into a powe r source an d turned on. C heck that you ha ve switc hed to th e extern al displa y and th at the brigh tnes s and contra st co ntrols are ad justed correc tly . Moistu re c onden sation may have occur red. L eave the com puter[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN 12 Press the arrow keys to sel ect Ex it (save change s) and then p ress <Enter> . The Save configur ation c hanges an d exit now ? messag e app ears. 13 Make sure that Ye s is sele cted a nd th en pr ess <Enter> . My c omp ute r d oes n ot sh ut do wn You ar e re com men ded to s hut dow n y[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 85 nN I f your compu ter lock s up whi le pl ayin g a CD-R OM, st op th e CD- ROM, an d shu t down the compu te r by pres sing <Alt >+<F4> and clicking Tu r n O f f in th e T ur n off c omp u te r screen . My s oftwar e prog ram locks up or crashe s Conta ct the softw are pu bl ishe r or de signa t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 86 nN The displ ay mode may be set to exter nal displ ay mod e. Press an d hol d the <Fn> key while p ressing <F7> several t imes . The sc reen i mage o n m y exter nal d isplay is not c entered or si zed prop erly Use the control s on y our ex ternal disp lay to ad just the i mage. Th e wind ow I [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 87 nN Clean th e d isc with an ap propr iate c leaner . Moistu re cond ensation m ay have occur red. Do not use the compu ter for at least 1 ho ur before turning it on . I canno t pl ay a DV D- RO M If a region cod e war ni ng a ppe ar s whe n you are usin g the DVD pl ay er , it co ul d be tha t the DVD -R OM[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 88 nN My US B fl opp y d isk dr ive c ann ot writ e t o a fl oppy di sk The flopp y disk i s wri te-prote cted. Dis able th e write-pro tect fe atur e or us e a flo ppy di sk that i s not write - prote cted. Che ck that the disk is prop erly inser ted into the flopp y disk drive. Y o ur di sk may be corrup t. [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 89 nN The disc tray does not eject even when the eject butto n is pressed Che ck th at t he no teb ook is t urn ed on . The CD- wri ting ap pl icati on so ftw are m ay be sto ppi ng t he disk fro m b ein g eje cted. The disc tray ejects ev en when i t h as bee n locked into place Ensure tha t the di sc is plac[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 90 nN The so un d of my note boo k' s fan is too loud Use the Powe rPane l uti lity to chan ge the The rm al Cont rol Strat egy settin g t o Qu iet . Th is setti ng slow s down the CPU sp eed. See Pow erPanel Help for m ore inform atio n. My mi crop ho ne do es not wor k If y ou a r e u sing an ex te rnal[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 91 nN My m o de m c onn ectio n is sl ow Ma ny f act ors i nf lue nce mod em co nne cti on s peed , i nclu di ng t el e pho ne li ne nois e or com pati bi lity wi th tele phon e equi pme nt (suc h as fax m ach ine s or othe r mod em s). If yo u think you r mod em i s no t connec ti ng proper ly to other PC-bas[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 92 nN Y o u are stron gl y adv ised to use onl y Sony i.LI NK ™ ca ble s, a s us ing oth er brand s m ay c aus e pro bl ems w ith the i.LIN K ™ de vice s. My P C Card is no t wo rki ng Make sure the PC Card is compati ble with you r version of W indows ® . Use the Sony Notebook Setup utility to di sable d[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 93 nN Ab out d igital video capt ures and DV gate While I am reco rd ing imag es to a digi tal video device usi ng DVga te, my system di splay s the message 'Recordin g to DV device failed . Check the power and cable connect ions to the DV device an d try the operati on a gain...' Close a ll op en ap[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 94 nN Pr ec au ti o ns This se ctio n des cribes safe ty guide li nes and pre cau tions to help you pro tec t your co mpu ter fro m p ot enti al dama ge . Your n oteb oo k a nd mem o ry m odu les u se h igh pr eci sion c ompo nen ts and e lectro ni c conn ecto rs tec hnol ogy. To avoid the inval idation of you[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 95 nN Electro static D isc harge (E SD) can dam ag e mem ory mod ules and other compon ents . Install th e m e mory modul e only a t an ES D wor kstation . If suc h a sta tio n is not avai lable, do n ot wo rk in a carpe ted area, an d do not han dle m aterial s that produ ce or hold stat ic electrici ty (cell[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 96 nN 6 Ope n the cov er on the bot tom by un scre wing the scr ew (tu rn coun ter cloc kw ise). 7 T o rem ove th e mem ory mod ule, pu ll the tabs in the d irect ion of the arrow s 1. The memo ry modu le is released. 8 Pull the mem ory modu le in the directi on of arro w 2. 9 Close th e cove r . 10 Gently t i[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 97 nN In stal li ng a me mory mod ule To in stall a m emo ry m odu le, p ro ceed a s fo llows: 1 Shut d ow n y our com p uter an d disco nn ect al l p eri phe ral de vice s. 2 Un plug th e c omp ute r a nd r emo ve t he bat tery pa ck s. 3 Wait unti l the com puter coo ls down . 4 T urn your co m pute r up sid[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 98 nN 9 Close th e c omp ute r c over . 10 T igh ten th e screw on the bot tom of the not ebo ok. 11 T urn on the c omp uter . V iewing the amou nt of memory To vi ew th e amou nt of mem or y, proc ee d as f ollow s: 1 T urn on the c omp uter . 2 Go to Sony No tebook S etup vi a t he Star t me nu. The Sony N o[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 99 nN Ot he r prec a ut io ns On ha ndling the hard d isk The ha rd disk has a hi gh storag e de nsity and re a ds or wri tes data in a shor t time. On the other hand , it may be easi ly da maged b y mec han ical vi bra tion, s hoc k or du st. Althou gh the hard di sk has th e sa fety device in itself to prev [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 100 nN The screen becomes war m during operati on. This is normal and does no t indicate a malfunction . The LCD is man ufa ctu red using hi gh -prec isio n techno lo gy . Y ou ma y , how ever , see tiny b la ck po ints and / or b r ig ht p oi nts (r ed , b lu e, o r gre en ) t hat con t in uo us l y a pp e ar[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 101 nN H eat source s, su ch as radia tors or air du cts, D irect sun light, E xcessiv e du st, M oistu re or rain, M echanic al vibration or sho ck, Str ong magn ets or sp eakers that are no t magn etically shiel ded, A mbient temp eratu re of mo re t han 35 ° C or l ess t han 10 ° C, H igh hum id ity . Do [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 102 nN On ha n dling f loppy di sks Do no t open the shu tter manual ly or to uc h the surface of the flop py di sk. Keep flopp y d isk s away fro m mag nets. K eep fl op py di sks aw ay fr om di rec t sun li ght an d oth er sour c es of he at . On ha n dling C D-ROMs Do no t touch th e s urfa ce of th e disc.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 103 nN On usin g the battery p ack Never leave the batte ry p ack in tempe ratu res above 60 ° C , such as in a car park ed in the sun or un der direct su nl ight . Battery life i s shorter in a cold en viro nmen t. Th is is d ue to d ecr eased b atter y efficie ncy at lo w tempe ratures. Charge th e batte ri[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 104 nN Preven tin g hear ing dam ag e – A v oid u sin g head phon es at high vol ume . H eari ng exp ert s a dvis e against co ntinuou s, loud and ex tended play . If you exp erienc e a ring ing in your ears, red uce th e volume or disc ont inue use . On ha n dling t he Mem o ry St ic k ™ Do no t touch th [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 105 nN Specific ations Product name PCG-GR214EP PCG-GR214MP PCG-GR215MP PCG-GR215SP Model number PCG -884M P CG-8 83M PC G-882 M PCG -881M Op e rat in g syst e m Micro sof t ® Wind ows ® X P Prof es sion al Pro cessor Mobile I nte l ® Pent ium ® III processor 866 M Hz-M Mobi le In tel ® Penti um ® III[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 106 nN Floppy di sk drive (opti onal) 3.5 ” 1.44 MB CD-ROM drive DVD-ROM drive CD-RW drive Remov able DVD -R OM drive: up to 24 x ma x. CD - ROM readi ng spee d / up to 8x m ax. DVD-ROM readin g s pee d / lase r diode prop ert ies : / wa ve leng th: D V D 7 80nm , CD- RO M 650nm/ lase r out put : D VD 11 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 107 nN Suppli ed acce ssori es recha rge ab le batt er y , AC a da pter , AC pow er cord, pho ne cab le, phon e p lug , wei ght sav er Servi ce 1 year f ree VAIO-L ink Servic e Power requi rement DC 16 V / A C 100- 2 40V Power manage m ent ACPI (Advanced Co n figuration & Power Interface) Batter y L ith[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 108 nN S peci ficat ions are s ubjec t to c hange w itho ut no tice. Storage humidit y 10% to 90 % (n ot co nde nse d), pr ovid ed tha t humid it y is l ess t han 20 % at + 60 ° C (hygrometer readin g of less than 35 ° C) Product name PCG-GR214EP PCG-GR214MP PCG-GR215MP PCG-GR215SP[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 109 nN Glossary This sec tion refers to ter ms use d in th is man ual or else where i n the V AIO worl d. These term s and d efi nitions have bee n co mpi led to pro v ide yo u with a bet ter un ders tand in g of y ou r VAIO c om put er. T erm Defini tion <F1> key The <F1> key g ives you access to th e[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 110 nN CardBus CardBus is the commercial name fo r an advanced PC C ard. The CardBus technology a llows computer users to enjoy h igher performances a s far as d a ta transfer a n d operating sp e ed are con c er ne d. Se e PC M CI A. CD-ROM Ab brev iat ion fo r Com pact D isc Rea d-On ly Memor y . A high-c a paci[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 111 nN Eth ernet E thernet is the most wide l y implemented local area network (LAN) technology . The E thernet system ca lled 10BASE-T provides data tran sfer rates of 10 Mbps (megabits per seco nd). A more recent ve rsion of Ethernet, called 100BASE-T , provides data transfer rates of 100 Mbps. Gigabit Ethernet [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 112 nN Lithi um-ion battery A lithi um- ion ba tt ery us es lit hium c ob alt oxide a nd ca rbo n as elec trod es a nd ion s mo ve from one electrode to the other during charge a nd discharge. Lithium-ion batteries are t h e first cho ice for not ebook s be cau se o f t heir ligh t w eig ht, hig h ene rgy de nsity[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 113 nN PBX A PBX (Private Branch Exchange) is a private telephone ne twork within a n enterprise. Und e r this system, the calls between th e enterprise members are local and the phone numbers are made up of 3 or 4 d igits. Companies generally choose this phone system for internal com muni ca tio n bec aus e it is[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 114 nN PSTN PSTN (Pub lic Switched T elephone Network) refers to the plain old telephone service, the nat iona l te leco mm uni catio n n etwor ks imple m enti ng voic e tra nsm issio n b y us ing a na log signals. RAM Short for Ran dom Access Memory , the memory u sed to run programs and store data in current use[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 115 nN System recover y CD-ROM CD -ROM tha t is s u pplied w ith your com pu ter a nd tha t enab les a VAIO com pute r use r t o recover the hard disk image that w as available when the com puter was purchased. TF T Short for Thin F ilm T ransistor . T op-of-the-range n otebook display for excellent picture qualit[...]