Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PCG-FX301 Sony
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N Sony not eb ook us er gu ide PC G-F X301.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 2 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Sony C orp o ration. All rights reserved. This man ual a nd th e sof tware de scribe d h erein, in whole or in part, m ay no t be r eprod uc ed, tr ansla ted, or reduc ed to a ny m achi n e- readable form without prior writt e n approval.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 3 nN V i rusScan is a trademark of Network Associates Corporation. All other names of systems, pro ducts and services are trademarks o f their respective owners. In the m anual, the ™ or ® m arks are not specified.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 4 nN Sa fety infor mati on Own er's r ec ord The model number and se rial number a re located o n the b ottom of your S ony n ote b ook. Record the serial number in the space provi ded here. Refer to the mo del and serial number if you call V AIO-Lin k.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 5 nN Au dio/ vide o Aud io and pi cture disto rtion may oc cur if thi s equip ment is pos ition ed in cl ose prox im ity to an y equipm ent emitting electrom agnetic radi ation. Conn ecti vity Neve r install mod em or tel ephon e wiring du ring a sev ere storm .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 6 nN Reg ulatory informa tion This produc t co nfor ms t o the foll owing Eu ropea n Di rectiv es: 73/ 23/ EEC ( Low V ol tage D irect iv e) 89/ 336 /EE C.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad th is fi rs t 7 nN Di sposin g of lithi um io n batt eries Do no t handl e dam age d or le aking l ithiu m ion ba tteri es. D ispos e of pr ompt ly and proper ly at en d-of- life . Dang er of ex plos ion if ba ttery is inc orre ctly re placed .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu lation s on p urcha sin g a Sony V AIO no teb ook . Sony has comb ine d leadi ng-e dge te ch nolog y in aud io, vid eo, com put ing a nd com mu nicat ions to pr ov ide y ou with s tate- of- the -art pers ona l com putin g.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN Do cumenta tion pa ck Your Docu me ntatio n Pac k con tains pa per and onli ne use r guide s on a Do cum ent ation CD -R OM .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN 3 Consu lt the Online He lp files of the so ftware you are using fo r d etaile d informa tio n on featur es and troubl esh ootin g. 4 Refe r t o the Micr osoft Qu ick St art m anual fo r m ore in form ation o n Wind ows.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Y our noteb ook an d its acc essor ies Foll owing hardwa r e it ems are in the box: 1 main un it 7 wei ght saver 2 product recovery CD-ROMs 8 video cable 3 d oc.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN Erg ono mic cons ider ati ons You w ill be usin g you r notebo ok as a po rtab le dev ice in a variet y of envi ro nmen ts.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 13 nN V iewi ng a ngl e of the compute r ’ s display – Us e the d isplay ’ s tiltin g feature to find the bes t positi on. Y o u ca n redu ce ey e strain and m uscle fa tigue by ad justi ng the tilt o f the d isplay to the p roper p ositi on.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Us in g y o ur n o te b ook This se ctio n descri bes h ow to sta rt usin g you r c omp ute r and ho w to use yo ur com pute r ’ s inter nal and extern al device s.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Left AC a d a p ter mains connect o r and power c o rd: hazar d ous voltage , a cc o rding to E N 60950. All ot h er co n nectors for this notebook are SEL V (Safety Ex tr a Low Volt age), according to EN 60950.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Front 1 LCD screen (page 35) 7 battery 1 and 2 indicators (p ag e 34) 2 spe ak ers (page 35) 8 har d d isk driv e indic ator (p ag e 34) 3 key board.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Bac k T here is a ventila t ion slo t located n ea r the U SB connector . D o no t co v er the v en til a tion slot w hen the computer is o n.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Bott om 1 rel ea se l ever (p age 1 2) 2 tilt st ands (p age 1 2).
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN C onnect ing a power sour ce You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rechar geable battery pac k as a power sourc e. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , proceed as follows : 1 Plug the c able attac hed to the AC adapte r (1) into the D C I n connec tor (2) on th e c omp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Usi ng t he bat tery pac k You c an use one or t wo ba tteries as a so urce o f powe r. Yo u can i nse rt the se cond b atte ry pac k into the m ulti - purpo se bay o n th e righ t sid e of the compu ter.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN Cha rging the bat tery pack To ch arg e the bat tery pac k, proce ed a s foll ows: 1 Conne ct the AC adapt er to the c omp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN When t he ba tte ry is ru nni ng out of pow er , both t he ba ttery and po wer i ndica to rs blink . K e ep the batt ery pa ck in the co mpute r whi le it is dir ectly co nnec ted to AC po wer . T h e ba tter y pack c onti nue s to ch arge wh ile y o u ar e usi ng the com puter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pac k To remo ve the batt ery pack , proceed as fol low s: 1 T urn o ff th e comp ute r . 2 Ope n the cover of th e batter y bay . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pack. 4 Close th e c over o f th e batt ery bay .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Usi ng t he se co nd ba tt ery p ack You ca n purch ase a second rech argeabl e batte ry pack. Wi th two ba ttery pac ks, yo u can ext end the time you use y our co mput er with b attery po wer. W hen usin g two bat tery pac ks, the batt ery pack y ou ins ert first, charge s first.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN 4 Slide the eject lever on th e bo ttom of th e weigh t saver tow ard the fro nt of the comp ut er t o lock it. If yo u atta ch t wo bat tery pa cks, you c an rem ove one o f them witho ut s hutti ng d own the c ompu ter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Cha rging the sec ond ba tte ry pack To charg e t he second batt ery pack , proceed as follows : 1 Keep the b at tery p ack (1- 3) in the compute r while it is connec t ed to AC power . The ba ttery indi cator (2) fl ashes wh ile the batter y is c hargi ng.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Remo vin g the sec ond bat tery pack To rem ov e the second b attery pack, pro ceed a s f ollows : 1 S lide th e ejec t l eve r o n the b ottom of the wei ght sa ve r , in the di recti on o f ar row 1.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Sta rtin g you r noteb ook To s tart you r comp ute r, pr oc eed as foll ows : 1 Slide the L CD lock l ever (1) i n the d irection of the arrow , a nd lift th e co ver . 2 Press the pow er butto n (2) o f the com puter un til the green po w er i ndi cator (3) lig ht turns on .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Sh uttin g down you r note book I t is im por tant th at you s hut do wn yo ur c om puter pr ope rly so you do not los e u nsa ved data . To sh ut do wn yo ur co mpu ter, pro ceed as follo ws: 1 Click the St art bu tton on th e W indo w s ® tas kbar .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Reg iste ring yo ur note book You can take advan tage of Sony ’ s com mitmen t to qual ity custo mer sup por t a nd rece ive the fol lowin g ben e.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Us in g the ke ybo ard Your keyb oard is very simi lar to a desktop com puter ’ s, but ha s additi onal keys th at perfo rm speci fic notebo ok-r elated task s. Keys Descri pt i ons Esc ape ke y (1) The <E sc> (Esca pe ) key is us ed to c anc el c omma nds .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN Print Screen key (3) T he <P rint Scree n > key takes an electronic sna pshot of the screen and move s it to the Windows Clipboard . Y o u can then pa ste the screenshot into a d ocument and print it.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Com binat ion s a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e Win dows key Combinati ons Functions + F1 Displays Wi nd ows He lp. + T ab Switches the selected button on the taskbar . + E Displays Windo ws Ex plorer . + F Displays the Sear ch Resu lts wind ow t o find a file or f older .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Ind icato rs Indic ator Functions Powe r Power on : li ghts gree n. Stand by mode: flashe s umbe r . Battery 1 Indicates the status of the ba ttery inserte d in the bat tery bay on the left side of the c ompute r .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Com binat ion s a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e Fn key * Fi r st yo u need to co nn ect your external di sp l a y , then you turn on your n o teb o ok.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The k eyboa rd c onta ins a cu rsor- poin ting d evic e, your to uc hpad ( 1). Yo u ca n poi nt to, se lect, d rag , and sc roll objec ts on the scr een usin g the built- in tou chpad.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN Using the DVD-ROM drive Your c omputer is equ ipped w ith a DVD-R OM drive. To insert a disc , proce ed as fol low s: 1 T urn on the c omp uter . 2 Press the eject bu tton (1) to open the DVD-ROM drive.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN 4 Close th e t ray b y p ushin g it gentl y . When the computer is in Standb y or Hi be rn at e m ode , you cannot insert or remo ve a disc. Be s ure to seat th e disc f irm ly over th e disc drive hub f inger s.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN To achieve optim um perfor mance wh en playing DVD-ROM d iscs, do the fol lowing: Y o u ca n pla y DVDs u sing a D VD -ROM d rive and th e WinD VD sof tw are. See th e hel p file o n the W inDV D softwar e f or details.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Us ing th e weight saver The weight saver protects the second batter y as well as the multi -purpose bay w hen it is empty. To atta ch the weigh t sav er, p roceed as fo llows: 1 If anoth er device is i n the mu lti-pu rpose bay , rem ove the de vice.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN To rem ov e the we ight saver, p ro ceed a s fol lows: 1 Slide the ej ect lever of th e weigh t s aver in th e direct ion of arro w 1. 2 Slide the release lever on the bottom of the co mput er in the direct ion of arro w 2.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Us ing th e floppy disk dri ve The c omputer is e quipped with a rem ovable floppy d isk d rive. Insert ing a diskette To in sert a diske tte, proc eed as follow s: 1 Hold the diskette ( 1) with the label side faci ng up.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Remo vi ng th e fl oppy di sk dr iv e To r emove the fl oppy dis k dri ve, proc eed as foll ows : 1 T urn o ff th e comp ute r . 2 Slide the rel ease lever ( 1) on the botto m of the com puter in the di rection of t he arrow .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN Re -inse rting the f loppy dis k drive To i nse rt the f lop py di sk dri ve, pr oce ed as fo ll ows : 1 T urn o ff th e comp ute r . 2 If anoth er device is i n the mu lti-purpo se bay (1) , remove th e device.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN Us ing PC Cards This co mputer has a Car d Bus PC Card slot that suppo rts Type I, Type II or Type I II P C Card s. PC Cards a llow you to c onnec t p or table extern al device s. Y ou d o no t need to s hut dow n you r com pute r when i nser ting a PC C ard.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN 3 Insert th e PC Card int o the PC Card sl ot front l abel facing u p. 4 Gently p us h the PC Card slot i nto the con necto r . The PC Card i s au to matically dete cted by your system . The Unpl ug or Eject Hardw a r e icon appears in the system tray .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN Remo vi ng a PC Card Fo llo w t h e s te ps be lo w t o re m ov e th e PC C ar d wh ile yo ur c omp u ter is o n. If it is n o t rem o ve d p ro p erl y , yo ur system m ay not work pr op erly. If you want to remov e a PC Card w hen your co mput er is off, skip steps 1 to 7.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN The M em ory Stic k™ In trod ucti on Your VA IO com puter i s de signed to sup port th e Memo ry S tick ™ . Th e Memory Stick ™ is a c ompact, p orta ble, and ve rsatile d evice esp ecially d esigned f or exchan ging an d shari ng digi tal data w ith com patible produ cts.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 49 nN Why Memory Stick ™ ? Sony' s vision is to expa nd th e wor ld of comm uni catio n, prom oti ng the portabi lity of di gital data. T he Memory Stick ™ i s t he resu lt ing me dium, throug h wh ich di gital d evic es ca n be insta ntl y conn ecte d.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 50 nN The futu re of Memo ry Sti ck ™ Memory Stick's ™ p o te n ti al i s virtu ally u nlimited , with the nu mb er of com patible pr oducts incr eas ing rapid ly in both pe rsonal and p rofessio nal sphe res.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 51 nN Ge ner ic Memo ry S tic k ™ The original Me mory Stick ™ , blue o r purpl e in colour, can b e used to r ecord im age da ta taken wit h digital still c amera s, etc . or da ta from the PC . Wi th i t, you can rec ord, pl ay b ack an d transfer vari ous k in ds of da ta at any given time .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 52 nN MagicGat e Memory Stick ™ The Mag icGate M emory St ick ™ , white in colo ur, re cords PC and imag e data j ust like i ts bl ue cou nterpar t; the di ff eren ce is i t u ses the Ma gicGa te copy righ t p rot ect ion te chno logy .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 53 nN MagicGat e Mag icGate ref ers to the c opyr ight prote ction techno logy used b y the Mag icGate M em ory Stick ™ an d o ther MagicGate Mem ory Stick ™ compat ible devi ces.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 54 nN Compat ible devices There a re nearl y 8 0 Mem ory S tick ™ -en abled pr odu cts on the mar ket or ann ou nced fo r introd uc tion w orld- wide , ran ging from cam cord ers and p ortabl e music players to voic e reco rde rs and man y o ther electron ic devi ces .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 55 nN Using the M emory Stick ™ The Memory Stick ™ is sp ecially d esi gned fo r exc hangi ng and shar ing d igital d ata wi th comp atibl e pr oduct s. Becaus e it is remo vable, i t can be u sed fo r ex ternal da ta s torage.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 56 nN Inse r ting a M emory Stick ™ To insert a Me mory Stick ™ , proc eed as follows: 1 Once y ou ha ve store d your data fro m yo ur digita l devi ce, in sert th e M em ory St ick ™ (1) into the optional PC Card adapter (2).
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 57 nN Removing a Me m ory Stick ™ To remov e a Mem ory St ick ™ , proc eed as fo llows: 1 Double -cli ck the Unplug or Ejec t Har dware ico n in t he t ask b ar . The Un plug o r Eje ct ha rdware d ialog b ox appears.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 58 nN Us ing the mod em Your noteb ook is equippe d with an internal m odem. You n eed to connec t t o a phone line to take advan tage of online serv ices and the In ternet, b ut also to reg ister your computer and sof tware onl ine, a nd to contact VAI O - Link.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 59 nN Us ing po wer savin g modes When you use a batte ry as th e sou rce of pow er for your com puter, y ou c an tak e a dvantage of p ower ma nage ment set tin gs to cons er ve batt er y lif e.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 60 nN If yo u pre ss the pow er b utton f o r more t ha n four sec onds, the c omp uter wi ll swi tch off aut om atica lly . When the computer is in Standb y mode, you ca nnot i nser t a disc . Standby req uir es le ss ti me t h a n Hiber n ate .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN Connec ting periph eral devi ces You ca n add functi on ality to yo ur com puter by conn ect ing or us ing a ny of the se peri phera ls.Be fore y ou conn ect perip herals , turn off the com pute r and all per iphera ls.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN C onnect ing a n ext erna l di spl ay You ca n co nne ct an exter nal displ ay to yo ur noteb ook . For ex ampl e, yo u can us e your comp uter w ith the fo llowing d evices: Com put er displ ay (mo nitor ); Mult imedia c omputer d ispla y; TV ; Projector .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Con necting a comp uter dis p lay To co nnect a com puter display, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the d ispla y c a bl e (1) in the mon itor conn ector (2) on t he com puter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN Con n ect in g a multimedia c om pu ter display You can co nnect the note book to a multime dia comp uter display th at includes buil t-in sp eake rs and a mic ropho ne.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN Con necting a TV To connect a TV , p r oceed as foll ows: 1 S hut down th e not ebo ok. 2 Plug one end of th e audio/video c able (1) into the TV Out connec tor (2) (yellow) and the ot her end into the TV .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN See t he man ual s upp lied wi th y our peri ph eral for m or e info rmat ion o n insta llati on and us e .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN Conn e ctin g a pr oj ect or You ca n use a pro je ctor as a n extern al disp lay, such as the Sony L CD Pro jector . To co nnect a pr ojector, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the RGB signa l cable (1) into the monitor conn ector (2) i denti fied by the sym bol.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN Con nec ting exte rnal spea kers You ca n enh anc e the so und qua lity of your co mpu ter by conn ecting ext erna l spea kers. To co nnect ex ternal s peak ers, proc eed as follow s: 1 Plug the speaker cable (1) into the earpho ne connector (2).
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN Conn ect ing a n exter nal mi croph one Your VAIO n ote book d oes n ot co ntain an in tern al micro ph one. If you need to use a sound input dev ice, fo r exampl e to chat on the Intern et, you need to plug in an ex ternal micro phone.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN Conn ect ing a U n ivers al Ser ial Bus (USB ) mous e You ca n co nne ct a US B devi ce (e.g ., m ouse , keyb oard … ) to your co m puter . To connect a USB m ouse, proceed as fo llows: 1 Y o u can fin d 2 USB c onnec tor s (1) at the b ack of y o ur no tebo ok.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 71 nN Conn ect ing a printer You ca n co nne ct a Wind ows- com pat ible pr inter to y our com pute r to print d oc umen ts. Conn e ctin g a pri nter us ing th e USB con n ector You ca n co nne ct a USB pri nte r c omp ati ble wi th you r vers ion of W indo ws to yo ur com pu ter.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 72 nN Conn e ctin g a pr i nter usi ng the p rin ter c onn e ctor To co nnect a prin ter using t he pri nte r conne ctor, pr oc eed as fo llows: 1 Plug the printer ca ble (1) suppl ied with the printe r into the pr inter co nnecto r (2) identi fied by the symbo l.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 73 nN C onnect ing a n i.LI NK ™ de vic e Your computer includ es an i . LINK ™ (IEE E1394) co nnector, w hich you c an use to c onnect to an i .LINK ™ devi ce such as a di gital video camera rec order or to connec t t wo VAI O notebo oks i n order to c opy, del ete or edit files.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 74 nN Conn e ctin g a di g ital vi deo ca m era reco rd er To co nnect a digita l video came ra re corder , pro cee d as follo ws: 1 Plug one en d of the i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 75 nN Con nect ing tw o V AIO n otebo oks You c an c onnec t your not ebook to ano the r VAIO n ote boo k usin g an i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 76 nN Conn ect ing to a network (LAN ) You can c onnect your c omput er to 10BAS E-T/100BASE - T X-type net works via a n Ethern et netwo rk cable. For the detai led s etting s and de vice s need ed to c onnec t to the netwo rk, c onsul t y our Ne two rk A dmini strator.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 77 nN Getting help This sec tion de scri bes how to get he lp and sup po rt from S ony , and pro vide s t rou blesh oot ing tips for y our co mpu ter . So ny suppor t opti ons Sony pro vid es sev eral sup po rt optio ns for yo ur com pute r.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN Othe r sou r ces o f information The onl ine he l p fi les that acc ompany your p re-insta lled so ftware co ntain instr uctio ns on using the softwar e. V A IO-Link website : if you ha ve a ny p rob lem wit h your c ompu ter , you c an acce ss the VAIO- Link we b site.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN If you are using an exte rnal display , check that it is plugged in to a power sour ce and turned on . Check that you ha ve switc hed to the ex ternal disp lay and th at the brigh tness and contrast co ntrols are ad justed correc tly .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN 12 Press the arrow keys to sel ect Ex it (save ch anges) and th en p ress <Enter> . The mess age Save c on figu ratio n ch ange s and exi t now ? appears. 13 Make sure that Ye s is sele cted a nd then press <Enter> .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN My s oftwar e program locks up or cr ashes Conta ct the so ftw are pu blishe r or desi gna ted pr ovide r for tech ni cal supp or t.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN About CD /DV D-ROMs an d di s ke t tes My D VD-R OM dr ive tray do es not open Make sure the co mputer is turn ed on.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN When I dou ble-click an appl ication icon a mess age such a s ’ Y ou m ust inser t the ap plication CD into y our DVD - RO M dr ive ’ appears and the so ftware do es not start. Some tit les require sp ecific files th at are locate d on th e a ppli cation CD -ROM .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN If you use extern al speakers, check th at the speakers ar e properly c onnected an d the volume is t urned up. If the speake rs have a mute butto n, mak e s ure it is of f . If batteries p ower the speakers , check th at the batteri es are inserted pr operly and that th ey are charged .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 85 nN My m ode m cann ot establ ish a c onnec tion The m odem diali ng m ode m ay be i ncom pa tible w ith yo ur telep hon e line.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 86 nN I canno t pri nt Check th at a ll the cable s o f the printer are co rrectly conn ected. Che ck that you r prin ter is correctly c onfi gured and that you h ave up -to-d ate dri vers. I f needed , co ntact your d ealer .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 87 nN Ab out p owe r man age ment Th e Pow er Man age ment sett in g is no t resp ondi ng Yo ur no tebo ok ’ s oper ating system m ay become un stable if a lowe r po we r state, suc h as Hibernate is initiate d, an d then chang ed before th e note book com pletely enters th e lower p ower state .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 88 nN Pr ec aut io ns This se ction de scri bes sa fety gui deline s and pre cau tions to help yo u prote ct your co mpu ter fro m pot enti al dama ge. Your n oteboo k a nd mem ory mo dules u se hig h preci sion com pone nts and e lectro nic conn ecto rs te chn ology .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 89 nN Ad ding memo ry In the fut ure you m ay wa nt to inst all mem ory mod ules to expan d the functi onality of your com puter. You ca n increa s e the memo r y by i n st alling option al memor y modules . Be carefu l when ad ding memo ry.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 90 nN - Excessi ve dust, - Me ch ani ca l v ibr atio n o r s ho ck, - Str o ng magnets or speak ers that are not magnetically shielded, - Ambient temper a tu r e of more than +35 ° C or less than +5 ° C, - High hum idi ty .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 91 nN Remo vi ng a memo ry mo dul e To remove a memory module , proc eed as follows : 1 Shut d own your com p uter . 2 Discon nec t all peri phe ral dev ices. 3 Un plug th e c omp uter and re mov e the ba tt ery pac k.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 92 nN 3 Wait unti l the comp uter c oo ls down . 4 T urn y our co m puter upsid e down . 5 Ope n the cover on the bot tom by un scre wing t he scr ew (tu rn coun ter clockw ise ) . 6 Remov e the memo ry module from it s pack aging.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 93 nN 8 Close th e com pute r c over . 9 T igh ten th e s crews on t he botto m o f the com puter . 10 T urn on the c omp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 94 nN Ot her pr eca ut io ns On ha n d lin g th e hard disk The ha rd disk ha s a high storag e d ens ity and re ads or write s data i n a shor t t ime. O n the other ha nd , it may be easil y da ma ged b y m echa ni cal vi bra tion, shoc k or du st.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 95 nN The screen b ecom es warm during operati on. This is normal and do es not indicate a malfunction . The LCD is man ufactu red using hi gh- precis ion tec hnolo gy .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 96 nN H eat source s, such as rad iators o r air ducts , D irect sunli ght, E xcessiv e dust, M oisture or rai n, M echanical vibrati on or shock, Str ong magn ets or speakers th at are not m agneti cally shielded , A mbient temperatu re of mo re than 35 º C or le ss tha n 10 º C, H igh hum id ity .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 97 nN On ha n d lin g dis kettes Do not open the shutter manual ly and tou ch the surf ace of the diskett e. Keep di skettes awa y fro m magne ts. Keep di skettes awa y from direct su nlight an d othe r heat sourc es.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 98 nN Keep the b attery pac k away from all s ources o f h eat. Keep the battery pac k dry . Do no t o pen or try to di sassem ble the bat tery pack .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 99 nN Do no t u se or store M emo ry Sticks ™ in a lo catio n subject to : E x t remel y high tempe ratures, such a s in a car pa rked in the su n, D irect sunli ght, H igh humi d ity or nea r c or rosive sub stan ces.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations PCG-FX301 100 nN Spec ification s PCG-FX301 Model Number PCG-FX301 Op er at ing syst e m Mic rosoft ® Windo ws ® Mi llenni um Ed itio n Pro cessor 800 MHz Mob ile AMD Duron ™ processor Hard di sk drive 10 G B Standar d RAM 128 MB S DRAM (in slot) Maxi mum RAM 256 M B LCD sc reen 14.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations PCG-FX301 101 nN I nte rna l m od em built -in m ode m V .9 0/K 56flex (56k bps ) data/ fax mode m T elecomm uni c ation capabil ities Et he rnet netw o rk, P.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Specifi cations PCG-FX301 102 nN ‡ See our special Gu arantee extension conditions. S peci ficat ions are s u b ject to chan ge wit hout n otic e.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 103 nN Glossary This s ectio n re fers to terms us ed in this m anu al. These terms an d defi nitions ha ve be en c ompiled to prov ide you w ith a better u nde rstanding of your VA IO comp uter. T erm Defi niti on <F1> key The <F1> key g ives you access to the online help of most software.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 104 nN CD-ROM Ab brevia tio n for Com pact Disc R ea d-Onl y Me mory . A high -cap acity opt ical disc, usua lly 650 M B in size, capable of being read from but not written to. CD-RW Short for C ompact Disc-ReWriteable.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 105 nN EULA EULA (En d-User License Agreement) is the name given to a li cense governing the software on your computer . The EULA can be found in the R e ad this first se ctio n at th e beginning of the software guide or directly on th e V AIO deskto p.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 106 nN MAP I S hort for Messaging Application Program Interface. A Microsoft Windows i nterface enabling you to send e-mail messages. It allows e-mail access and distribution among appl icati ons. M API- comp atib le appl icatio ns inc lude a Send M ail or S end in t he Fil e menu o f th e a pp licat io n.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 107 nN PCMCIA PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card I nternational Association) is the nam e of the group that pro duced the specification for the credit card-sized plu g -in boards for lapto p computers.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 108 nN Re sol u tio n The deg ree o f shar pn ess an d cl arit y of an image. Re solu tion is e xpres sed in p i xels .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 109 nN UPS A UPS (U nint err uptible Po wer S upply ) is a dev ice in cludi ng a batt ery that prote cts your computer from d ata loss in the event of a power fa ilur e . The battery takes over as so on as a po wer inter rupt ion is de tected .
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