Sony PCG - Z600LEK/HEK manual

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    N Sony Not ebook User Guide PCG- Z600LEK/H EK[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 2 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Sony C o rporation. All rights re served. This manual and t he s oftware des c ri bed h erein, in wh ole or in par t, m ay no t be re produc ed, tr ansla ted, or redu ced to a ny m achin e- readable form without prior w ritten ap pro val. Sony Corpor ation provi des no[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 3 nN As an E NERGY S TAR Partner , S o n y has d etermi ned that this product meets the E NE RGY S TAR guidel ines for ener gy efficienc y . Th e Inte rna t i onal E NERGY S TAR Office Equipment Program is an international program that pro m o te s e nergy sav in g thro ug h the u se of comp uters and th[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 4 nN W ar nings General Openi ng the u nit, fo r whatever reason , c o uld l e ad to damages that are no t cover ed by the guaran tee. T o avoid ele ctrical sh ock, do not op en the cabi net. Re fer servicing to qual ified pers onnel onl y . T o preven t fi r e or sho ck haza rd, do not exp ose your VAIO[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 5 nN Reg ulat ory inf o rma tion This produc t co nforms to the foll owing Europ ean Di rectiv es: 73/ 23/EE C (Low V ol tag e Dir ecti v e) 89/ 336 /EEC, 92 /31/E EC ( EMC Dir ecti ves ) 93/ 68/EE C (CE Ma rki ng Di rect ive) 1999/5/EC (radio equipment and te l e comm u nications terminal eq ui pment Di[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad this fi rs t 6 nN Di sposi ng of l ithi um io n batt eries Do no t ha ndle dam age d or l e aking L ithium ion bat teries. Di spose of pr omp tly and prop erly at en d-of- life. Dang er of expl osio n i f ba ttery is inc orrectly r eplace d. Repla ce only w i th t he same or eq uivale nt type recomm ended b y the man[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu lations on purchas ing a S ony V AIO no teb ook. Sony has com bine d l e ading -edg e te chnol ogy in aud io, vide o, com putin g and com muni cat i o ns to prov ide you w ith state -of- the-a rt persona l com putin g. Here are just so me of the feat ures your VA IO noteboo k has to o ff[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN Do cumenta tio n pack Your Do cum enta tion Pac k c ontai ns paper a nd onli ne use r g uides on a D ocu ment ation CD -ROM . Prin ted doc ument ati on A Se tting Up poster i n c o lour and a Gett ing St ar ted br och ure ; A Cust omer Gu ide , where you wi ll find all t he basic inform ation to start using yo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN 3 Consu lt the Online Help file s o f the softw are you are usin g for detaile d i n forma ti o n on featur es and troubl eshoo ting. 4 Refe r t o the Micr osoft Qu ick Star t manu al fo r mo re inform ation on Wi ndow s.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y our noteb ook and i ts ac ces sori es Remo ve the follow ing hardw are items from th e b ox: 1 main unit 5 prod uct re covery CD-R OMs 9 USB c onve rsion ad apt er 2 recha rgeab le ba t te ry pa ck 6 docu menta tion pa ck 10 phone plug (countr y sp ecific) 3 USB f loppy disk drive 7 AC a dapte r 11 phone ca[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg onomi c cons ider ations You w ill be us ing you r no tebook a s a porta ble de vice in a v a riety o f envi ronm ents. W h enever p ossib l e, you should attem pt to take accou nt o f th e follow ing ergonom ic consider ati o ns to b oth stationar y and port able environ ments: Posit ion of yo u r comput[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN V iewi ng angl e of the compute r ’ s display – Use the d isplay ’ s til ti n g feature to find the bes t posi tion. Y o u can reduce eye str ai n and mu scle fa tigue by adjusti ng the tilt of th e displa y to the p roper p osition . Adju st the bright ness sett ing of the disp lay as well. Lighting ?[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g yo ur n ot eb ook This se ction des cribes how to sta rt using y our comp ute r an d how to use y o ur comp uter ’ s internal and extern al de vices. Locat ing controls an d connectors Rig ht Phone ca ble and connectors are TNV (T elecommunicatio ns Network V oltage), according to EN6095[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left AC a dapter mains connector and power c ord: hazardous voltage , ac c ording to EN 60950. All ot her connectors fo r this notebook are SEL V (Safety Extra Low Vo ltage), accordin g to EN 60950. 1D C I n (p age 1 7) 6 mini U SB co nnecto r (p age 5 0) 2 i.LINK TM p ort replicator conn ector (p[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front T her e is a ve ntilatio n slot lo cated ne ar the power s witc h. Do not c over the venti lation sl ot when your c o mput er is on. 1 powe r indic ator (p age 2 6) 8 LCD screen (p age 2 7) 2 ba tte ry indicator (p age 2 6) 9 sp eak er (p age 2 7) 3 info rmation indic ator (p age 2 6) 10 key[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bac k Bott om 1 ba tte ry connector (pag e 18) 1 ba tte ry release lever (p age 1 8) 2 ba tte ry lock lev e r (p age 1 8) 3 rese t swit ch[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN C onnect ing a pow er sour ce You can use eithe r an AC adap ter or a rechargeable ba ttery pack as a power sou rce. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , p rocee d as follows: 1 Plug the cabl e attached to the AC adapter (1) into th e DC In c onnector (2) on th e com pute r . 2 Plug on e e[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Usi ng t he ba tte ry pac k You ca n use a bat tery pack as a so urce of po wer. The ba ttery pack sup plied with y our comp uter is not ful ly charge d at the time of pu rchase. Insert ing the ba ttery pack To insert th e battery , proc eed as follows: 1 Move th e loc k l eve r (1) o n the bottom[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Cha rging t he bat tery pa ck To ch arge the batte ry pac k, proce ed as fol lows : 1 Conne ct the A C adapt er to the comp uter . 2 Insert the b attery p ack. The compu ter automat ically charges th e b attery (1) (the battery i ndi cator (2) light flashes in a doub l e blink p atte rn as the ba [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN When t he ba ttery i s runni ng out of pow er , both t he batt ery an d power i ndica tors b link. K eep t he ba ttery pa ck in the co mputer while it is dire ctly co nnect e d to AC po wer . The ba ttery pack co ntinu es to ch arge wh ile yo u are usi ng the com puter . If the batte ry le vel fa [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN Sta rt ing y ou r noteb ook To st art y our co mput er, proc eed as fol l ows : 1 Slide the LCD loc k lever (1) i n the dire c tion of the arro w , a nd l ift the cove r . 2 Slide the pow er switch ( 2) o n the right sid e toward th e front of th e c ompute r u ntil the green pow er indi cator (3)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Sh utt ing do wn you r note boo k It is impo rtant tha t yo u shut dow n your comp uter pro perly in or der not to lose un saved d ata. To sh ut do wn your compu ter, pro ceed as follows: 1 Click the Star t button on th e Windo ws ® taskb ar . 2 Clic k Sh ut Dow n. The Shut Down dial og box appea[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Reg i s ter ing yo ur noteboo k You can take advan tage o f S ony ’ s com mitmen t to qual ity custo mer suppor t and rece ive the follo wing ben efits by regi sterin g your com puter : V AIO-Lin k – If you are experienc i n g any problems wi th your computer , you ca n c h eck the V A I O -Li[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Us ing th e keybo ard Your key board is very simi l a r to a deskt op computer ’ s, but th e k eyboa rd has additi onal keys that pe rform spe c ific notebo ok-related tasks. Keys Descr iptions Esc a p e key ( 1) Th e <Esc> ( Esc ape) key i s used to canc el co mmands. Function keys (2 ) T[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Com binat ions a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e Win dows key Ap plicat ion k ey (7) The Applic ation key di spla ys a sh ortc ut men u; pre ssing this k ey is equiva lent t o clic king th e ri ght mo use butto n. Nu mer ic ke ypad area (8) Contains the keys found on a typic al ca lcu lator . Use the nu[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Ind icato rs Indic ator Funct ions pow er Powe r on: li ghts green. System Idle mode: l ight s ambe r . Syst em Suspend mod e: f la she s am ber . battery Indicates the status of the battery inserted in the computer . information T urns on when th e Ti mer fun c ti on of Jog Dial Setup is se t. T [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Com binat ions a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e Fn key Som e functi ons are not availa ble un til Wind ows is l aunched . Combinati ons/ Feat ure Functi ons Fn + (ESC) Sy stem Suspend Puts the sy ste m in to Sy stem Sus pe n d mode, a p o wer ma na gement state. T o retu rn the system to the active sta[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The k eyboa rd cont ains a cu rsor- pointi ng dev ice, yo ur touc hpad (1 ). You c an poi nt to, se lect, dra g, an d scroll objec ts on the scr een using the bu ilt-in tou chpad . Action Descr iption poin t Slide one fi nger on the touc hpad ( 1) to pl ace the poi nter (4) o[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us ing Jo g Dial Your com pute r is eq uippe d wit h a Jog Dial ( 1) on t he ri ght si de of y our comp uter . Yo u can t urn (2 ) o r / and press (3 ) the Jog Dial to scro ll the wind ow, selec t a software, adjust the intern al sp eaker volume, etc.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN The Jo g Dial window is al ways display ed on the sc reen. This wind ow has two modes: Launch er mo de or Gu ide mod e. The Jog D i al wind ow is in Launch er mode until you start an app lication or the Jog Di al wi nd o w beco mes activ e. When an arrow app ears n ext to an item i n th e Jog Di a[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN To use the Jog Dial in Launch er mode, proce ed as follows: 1 Click the Jog D ial w i n dow or pr ess the Jog Dia l while pre ssing the <Ctrl> key t o swit ch t o Lau ncher mode. 2 T urn t he Jog Dial t o sele ct an item, th en pr ess the Jo g Dia l . The Jog Dial window switc hes to Guide m[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN Sof twa re supp or ting Jo g Dia l If the Sony softwar e s uppor ting the Jog D ial is active, you c an use Jog D ial function s allocated to each sof tware. So ftwa re n ot su ppor ting Jog D ial If th e softw are in u se does not s uppor t the Jo g D i a l, you can scroll the wind ow o r adjust [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Us ing PC Cards Your com puter inc l u des a PC Card slot. P C Cards allow yo u to connec t port able ex ternal devices . In se rti ng a PC Card To in sert a PC Card, proceed as f ollows: 1 Pull th e PC C ard Relea se b utton up a way fro m th e co mputer and p ush i t in to ward the c ompute r . [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN 3 Insert the PC Ca rd into the PC Ca rd slot , front label facing up ( 1). Ge ntly push the ca rd in to the slot until the card is fixed i n to the con necto r . The relea se button w ill the n come o ut. Pull the release b utton, then knock it dow n towar ds the slot . Som e PC Cards may re quire[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Remo vi ng a PC Card Foll ow the s teps belo w to remo ve the PC c ard while yo ur comp uter is on. If it is not removed p roper ly, you r system may not work properl y. Wh en y our com pute r is off, ski p step s 1 to 5. To remov e a PC Card, pro ceed as f ollows: 1 Clic k St art on the Wi ndow s[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN Using Me mory Stick This new comp act, p ortabl e, an d ve rsatile recor ding mediu m ha s a data c apacit y exce edi ng th at of a flop py disk. Th e Memo ry Stick ™ is specia lly designe d for exchang ing an d sharin g digital data wi th comp atible produ cts. Bec ause i t is rem ovabl e, it c[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN Inse rting a Memory Stick To insert a Memo ry Stick, proceed as foll ows: 1 Insert it int o the slot unti l the Mem ory Stick ™ (1) is fi xed into t he c onnec tor . 2 When th e M emory Stick ™ is c onnected properl y , you can s ee the c o ntents of the card b y clickin g the Remo vabl e Di s[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Us ing th e modem Yo ur note bo ok is eq ui pped wi th an i nt ern al mo dem. You need to co nnect a phone line to tak e adv antage of onlin e serv ices and the Intern et, to r egister your compu ter and software online, and to conta ct VAIO-Link. To co nnect a phone l ine, proceed as fo llows: 1 [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Us ing po wer sa vin g modes When you u se a b attery as th e source of p ower for your comput er, you can tak e a dvantage of p ower ma nag em ent set ti ngs to co nser ve ba tte ry l ife . In a ddi tion to the nor mal ope rat i ng mo de, whi ch a ll ows yo u to turn off specific de vices, you r [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Usin g Sy stem S usp end m ode The compu ter saves the current state of th e sys tem in R AM and switches off pow er to th e CPU. Th e am ber power lig ht flash es in this m ode. To ac ti va te System Suspe nd mode , proce ed as follo ws: Press <Fn>+<E s c> Or, Slide th e pow er switch[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 41 nN Connec ting peripheral d evices You can add functi onal i ty to your c ompu ter by con necti ng or usin g any of t hese perip hera ls an d enj oy the softwa re descri bed in the A bou t the sof tware user guide: Conn ecting a n i.LINK port repl icato r (page 42) Conn ecting a n extern [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 42 nN Conn ecti ng an i .LIN K port re pli ca tor You can us e the PCG A-UPR5 i.LINK p ort replicator (supp l ied) to con nect peripheral devices such as a printe r or an external d isplay. Th e port repl icato r fe atur es f ive po rts, incl udin g an i.LINK ™ port. All con nectors are SE[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 43 nN Att achi ng yo ur c ompu ter t o the port repli cat or To atta ch you r comput er to the port rep licator , procee d as follows : 1 T urn o f f the com pute r . 2 Ope n the port replicat or conn ector cove r ( 1) on the le ft s ide of the c omputer . 3 Plug the port rep licator c able [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 44 nN Discon necting your co mputer from the port rep licator To disc onnec t yo ur com puter fro m the po rt replic ator, p roce ed as follow s: 1 T urn o f f the com pute r . 2 Press both side s of the po rt replicator cab le con nector and un plug the cable from the co mputer . 3 Fold the[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 45 nN C onnect ing a n ext ern al dis play You ca n co nnect an ex terna l displ ay to your no teb ook com puter . For exam ple, yo u can use y o ur com puter with th e follow i n g devices: Com pute r display (mo nitor ) Projector T ur n off your com puter a nd the pe riphe rals , unp lug t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 46 nN Con necting a comput er dis play The supp lied i.LINK ™ p ort replica tor al low s you to conne ct an externa l display elimina ting the need for the displ ay adapter. You may not be a ble to display the co mpute r's LC D a nd th e e xterna l di splay t oge ther, depen ding on t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 47 nN Conn ec ting a proj ect or You ca n use a pro jecto r a s a n extern al display , su ch as the Sony LCD Projec tor. To co nnect a projecto r, proceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the RGB s i g nal cable (1) into the mo nitor connec tor identifi ed by the I/O symb ol (if needed, use an opt i o n[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 48 nN Con nectin g ext ernal spea kers You ca n enh ance the sound qua lity of yo ur com puter by conn ecting externa l spea kers. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, p roceed as follows: 1 Plug the speaker cable (1) into the earp hone connector (2) iden ti f i ed by th e sym bol. 2 T urn down [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 49 nN Conn ecti ng an ex t erna l micro phone Yo ur VA IO not ebo ok co nta in s a n int ern al m icro ph one . It is als o p oss ible to p lug in a n ext ern al on e. To co nnect an external microp hone, pro ceed a s follows: Plug the microph one cable (1) int o the microphon e connec tor ([...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 50 nN Conn ecti ng a Un ive rsal Ser ial Bus (U SB) d e v ice You ca n co nnect a U SB devi ce (e.g . mous e, floppy disk dri ve … ) to yo u r compu t er. You do n ot need to sh ut dow n the com puter be fore conn ectin g or disc onnec ting a US B periph eral. When you start your no tebook[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 51 nN Conn ec ting a USB f lop py d isk dr iv e You ca n co nnect a flo ppy disk drive to the U SB c onnec tor o n y our c omp uter. Conn ecting the flopp y d isk d rive To connect the flo ppy disk drive, proceed as follow s: Plug t he flop py disk drive (1) cabl e into the USB conn ector (2[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 52 nN Insert ing a d i s kette To insert a disk, pro c eed as follo ws: 1 Hold the diskette (2) wit h the label sid e facing up. 2 Gently push the disket te into the drive (1) u ntil it clicks into plac e. T he s upplie d flopp y disk drive s hould be used onl y with this com pute r . Y ou c[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 53 nN ! Do not press th e Eje ct butt on wh ile the LED indi cator i s on. It may da mage t he diskett e . Remo ving the floppy disk driv e To re move t he fl op py di sk dr i ve , proc eed as fol l ows : If your com pute r is on , wait unti l the LED indi cator tu rns off and then unpl ug t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 54 nN C onnect ing a CD -R OM dri ve You can use the C D-RO M drive su pplie d w i t h your n oteboo k to read CD- ROMs, Audi o-CDs and CD Extras . Conn ec ting t he CD -R O M drive To connect the CD-RO M drive, proceed as follow s: 1 Insert the C D-ROM card i nto the PC Card slot. The VAIO [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 55 nN Conn ecti ng a pri nt er You ca n co nnect a Wi ndow s-com pat i b le prin ter to you r comput er to pri nt doc umen ts. Conn ec tin g a pr inter us ing th e US B con nec tor You ca n co nnect a U SB printe r comp atibl e wi th you r ver sion of W indo ws to yo ur com puter. To co nnec[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 56 nN Conn ec ting a pri nter usi ng th e pri nte r conn ecto r To co nnect a pr inter using t he print er conne ctor, pr oceed a s follow s: 1 Plug the prin ter cable (2) sup plied wi th the printe r into the po rt replicat or printer co nnecto r ( 1 ) identifi ed by the sym bol. 2 Plug the[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 57 nN Conn ecti ng an i . L INK dev ice Your comp uter includes an i.LINK (I EEE 1394) connector, wh i ch y o u c an us e to co n n ec t to an i.LINK ™ device such as a di gital video cam era recorder or to connec t t wo VAI O notebo oks in order to c opy, d elete or ed i t files. The i.LI[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 58 nN Conn ec ting a dig ital vide o cam era reco rder To co nnect a di gital vide o came ra reco rder , procee d as follo ws: 1 Plug one en d o f the i.LINK ™ cab le (1) into t he i.L INK ™ c onnec tor (2) o f the compu ter an d the ot her e nd into the DV Out connec tor (3) on the dig [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 59 nN Conn ec ting t wo VAIO- note boo ks With Smart Conn ect yo u can cop y, edi t or delete files o n ano ther V AIO compu ter (e quipped with Sm art Conn ect) co nnecte d to you r c ompute r with an i .LINK TM cable (1) (not supplied). You ca n als o print a do cume nt on a prin ter conn [...]

  • Page 60

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 60 nN Conn ecti ng to a ne twork (L AN) You can connect your compu ter to 10BAS E-T and 100BASE-TX-typ e networks via an Et hernet netw ork cable. For the d etailed s etting s and devic es need ed to conn ect t o the netwo rk, c onsult your Netwo rk Admi nistra tor. T he d ef ault settings m[...]

  • Page 61

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 61 nN Getting help This se ction des cribes h ow to get he lp and sup port fro m Sony , as well as trou blesho ot i n g tips for you r co mpu ter. So ny sup por t opti ons Sony pro vid es several suppo rt optio ns for your co mpu ter. Pri nted doc ume ntat ion su pplied with yo ur n otebo ok The Cust om e r Gu[...]

  • Page 62

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 62 nN V AIO-Lin k web s ite : if y ou have an y p roblem w ith your c ompu ter , you can a ccess th e VAIO- L ink web site. Go to : h ttp ://ww w .va io-l ink.co m V AIO-Link Response Centre : Befo re con tacting V A IO-Link Respon se Cen tre, t ry to solve th e pro blem by r eading t he U ser Gu ides a nd h e[...]

  • Page 63

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 63 nN Confi rm that the p ower cord and al l cables ar e con nected fi rmly . If you hav e plugg ed th e com pute r into a UPS, ma ke sure the U PS is t urned on a nd work s. If you are using an exte rnal di splay , check that it is plugged in to a p o wer source an d tu rn ed o n . C heck that you ha ve switc[...]

  • Page 64

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 64 nN My c omp uter d oes not shut down It i s reco mm ended to sh ut dow n your com puter us i n g the Sh ut Dow n c omma nd on t he Wi ndow s ® St ar t menu . Usi ng othe r met hods, inclu ding t hose l isted h ere, m ay resu lt i n loss of un saved data. I f the Shu t Down co mm and does no t work proper l[...]

  • Page 65

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 65 nN My t ouchp ad inter prets a sing le ta p as a dou ble-clic k Open the Mou se ic on in the Contr ol Pane l and chan ge the button assi gnm ents in the Mou se Pro perti es dialog bo x. One of the bu ttons i s assig ned to the doub le-cl i c k a ction. My mo use d oes not work Che ck that t he mous e is plu[...]

  • Page 66

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 66 nN Ab out C D-RO Ms an d disk ettes My CD -ROM driv e tray d oes not open Make sure the co mputer is turn ed on. Press th e Eje ct b utton on t he op tical devic e dri ve. If th e Eje ct bu tto n does not wor k, you ca n open th e t ray by inser ting a shar p, poi nted obj ect int o the hole to th e rig ht [...]

  • Page 67

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 67 nN About sound My spea kers a re not pro ducing so und The built- in speakers m ay b e turned off. Press <Fn>+<F3> to tu rn on the sp eakers. The spea ker vo l um e may b e turne d to the m inimum. Press <Fn>+<F4> , and then press or to in crease the volume . If yo ur comp uter is p [...]

  • Page 68

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 68 nN My m ode m c annot esta blish a con nectio n The m odem dialin g mode may be inco mpa tible w ith your tel ephon e line. My m ode m c onnec tion i s slow Ma ny fa ctor s i nfl uen ce mo dem conne ct ion spee d, inc lud ing te l epho ne li ne nois e o r co mpa ti bilit y wi th tele phon e equip ment (such[...]

  • Page 69

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 69 nN I canno t print Check th at all the cab l e s of the pr i n ter are correctly conn ected. Che ck that your pr inter is correc tl y c onfigu red and that y ou hav e up-to- date drivers. I f needed , contac t your d eal e r . The de fault setting for th e p rinter port m ode is correc t for most pri nters.[...]

  • Page 70

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 70 nN Pr ec auti on s This se ction des cribes sa fety gui delines and pre cautio ns to help yo u protec t your co mpute r from pot ential dama ge. Your note boo k and mem ory m odu les u se h i g h pr ecisi on com ponen ts a nd e lectro nic conn ectors techn ology. To avoid the inval i dati on of your guaran [...]

  • Page 71

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 71 nN Electro static Discharg e (ESD) ca n damage m emory mod ules and other com pon ents. Install th e m em ory Module o nly at an ES D workstati on. If such a s tation is not available, d o not wo rk in a carpeted area, an d do not han dle materi als that produ ce or hold stat ic elec tricity (cellop hane wr[...]

  • Page 72

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 72 nN Remo ving a me mory mo dul e To remove a memory module, proc eed as follow s: 1 Shut dow n y our c omp uter an d di sconn ect all p eriphe ral devic es. 2 Un pl ug t he c omput er a nd r emo ve t he ba tte ry pac k. 3 Wait unti l the comp uter coo ls down. 4 Unscrew the six sc rews a t the botto m of yo [...]

  • Page 73

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 73 nN Add ing a m emo ry modu le To add a memo ry module , procee d as follows: 1 Shut dow n y our c omp uter an d di sconn ect all p eriphe ral devic es. 2 Un pl ug t he c omput er a nd re mo ve the ba tt ery pac ks. 3 Wait unti l the comp uter coo ls down. 4 Unscrew the six sc rews a t the botto m of yo ur c[...]

  • Page 74

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 74 nN 7 Lift the ke y b oard fro m th e L C D d isplay sid e, then gen tl y tu rn it over the tou chpad. Be car eful not to detac h th e cabl e (1) when l ifting the k eyboa rd. 8 Remov e t he exis ting memo ry mo dule. 9 Remov e the new memory module from its pac kaging. 10 Install th e mem ory m odule. Be ca[...]

  • Page 75

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 75 nN 11 Gently replace th e keyboard (1), then pre ss i t into your com puter (2). Be careful not to detac h the cable when l i ft i n g th e keyb oard. 12 Close th e com pute r cov er , the n ti g hten the sc rews on the bott om of th e com pute r . V iew ing th e amou nt of memo ry To vi ew th e a mou nt of[...]

  • Page 76

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 76 nN Ot her pr eca utio ns On ha ndling the LC D screen Do not leav e t he LCD facing the su n as it can damage the LC D. Be careful wh en u s i n g the com puter near a w indow . Do no t s cratch the LC D o r exert pressur e on it. This co uld cause m al f unction . Using the comp uter in l ow temp erature c[...]

  • Page 77

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 77 nN On h andl ing y our note book Clean t he cabi net with a soft , d ry c loth or a s oft clo th light ly mo i ste ned wi th a mild d etergent soluti on. Do not use any type of abrasi ve p ad, scouring pow der , or solve nt such as alcohol or benz ine, as these may da mage the fin ish of your comp uter . S [...]

  • Page 78

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 78 nN Do not use cut or da ma ged con necti on c ables . Y o ur co mpute r canno t be co nnect ed to a coin -ope rated te lep hone, a nd may no t w ork wi th a priva te branch e x chan ge (PBX). If th e comp uter i s bro ught directl y from a col d locati on to a w arm one, m oisture may cond ense i nside your[...]

  • Page 79

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 79 nN On usin g the batte ry pack Never leave the batte ry pack in tempe ratures abov e 60 ° C, suc h as i n a car parked in the sun or und er direct su nlight . Battery life is shorter in a cold en vironmen t. This is due to d ecreased b attery effi c i e ncy at l o w tempe ratures. Charge the b atteries at [...]

  • Page 80

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 80 nN Preven tin g he aring da mag e – Avoid using earp hones at h igh volume. Hearin g experts advise again st co nti nuo us , loud an d ex ten ded pla y . If you exp erie nc e a ri ng ing in yo ur e ars , re duce th e vo lum e or disco ntinu e use. On ha ndling Memory Stick Do no t t ouch the con nector w [...]

  • Page 81

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 81 nN Specific ations Model Numb er: PCG- Z600LEK PCG-Z600HE K Pro cessor M ob ile Intel ® P entium ® III processor 700 MHz fe aturi ng Int e l ® Spee dSt ep ™ tech nolog y Mob ile Int el ® P entium ® III processor 800 MHz fe aturi ng Int e l ® Spee dSt ep ™ tec hnolog y Hard di sk dr ive 15 G B 2[...]

  • Page 82

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations 82 nN ‡ See our special Gu a rantee ex te nsion conditions. S peci fic atio ns ar e subj ect to chan ge w itho ut n otic e. Connecti on capabil ities on port r eplica tor P ri n ter , VGA monitor , seri al, USB, i . LINK ™ (I EEE1 394) S4 00 Suppli ed a ccesso ries USB f lopp y disk drive , USB conver s[...]

  • Page 83

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide 83 nN INDEX A AC ad apter 17 air circulatio n 77 Alt key 25 application key 25 B Bass Boos t 27 battery charging the 19 inserting the 18 removing the 20 battery charging status 19 battery connec tor 16 battery indicator 15 , 19 , 26 battery rel ease l ever 16 br ig ht ne ss co nt ro l 27 C cab le i.LIN K 58 microph one 49 [...]

  • Page 84

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide 84 nN headphon e c o nnector 14 help 61 I i.LIN K 14 , 42 i.LIN K c able 58 i.LIN K d ev ice 57 indicator battery 15 , 19 , 26 Ca ps Loc k 15 , 26 ha rd di sk dr iv e 15 , 26 informat ion 15 , 26 Memory Stick 14 Nu m Lock 15 , 26 power 15 , 26 Scrol l Lock 15 , 26 information indicator 15 , 26 Insert k ey 24 J Jog Dial 13 [...]

  • Page 85

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide 85 nN phone cable 38 phone line jack 13 , 38 port replicator 42 connecting a 43 disconnec ting a 44 power indicator 15 , 26 power savi ng modes 39 power sw itch 13 , 21 precau tions 70 Print Scre en key 24 printer 55 printer cable 55 printer connec tor 56 projector 47 R registrati on 23 regulatory i nformation 5 release l [...]