Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PCG-FX600 Sony
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N Son y note book user gui de P C G-FX 600 seri es.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2002 Sony C o rporation. All rights reserved. This manual and th e sof tware describe d here in, in whole or in part, m ay no t be re produc ed, tra nslated, or reduced to any machi n e- readable form without prior w ritten approval.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 2 nN RealPlayer is a trademark or re g istered trademark of R ealNetworks, inc. in the U.S. and o ther countries. Symantec Norton AntiVirus is a trademark of Sy m antec Corporation. All other names of systems, pro du cts and services are trad e marks of the i r respective owners.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 3 nN Sa fety infor mati o n Own er's r ecor d The model number and seria l number a re l ocated o n the bottom of your S o ny note book. R ecord th e seria l number i n the space p rovi ded here. Refer to the mo d el and se rial number if you contact V AIO-L i nk.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 4 nN ❑ TV s e ts ❑ Speaker s ❑ Ma g ne t s ❑ M agnetic bracelets. Au di o/vi de o ❑ Aud io and pictu re disto rtion m ay oc cur if this equ ipme nt is positi oned i n close prox imity to an y equipm ent emitting el ectromagn etic radiation .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 5 nN Reg ulat o ry inf ormation Sony hereby declares that this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of European Directive 1999/5/EC.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Re ad t his fi rst 6 nN Di sposi n g of li thiu m ion batt eries Do n ot ha ndle da maged or l eak in g li thi um ion bat teri es. Di sp ose o f p rom p tl y a nd pro per ly. Dang er of expl osion if ba ttery is inc orrectly r epla c e d.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 7 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu l ation s on purc hasin g a So ny VAI O noteb ook. S ony has com bine d l e ading-e dge tech nolog y in aud i o, v i de o, com putin g and comm unica tions to pr ovi de you with sta te-of- the-a rt persona l compu ting.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 8 nN Do cume ntati o n pack Your doc umen tation pack cont ains printe d inform atio n as well a s o nline user gui des on yo ur compu ter's har d drive.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 9 nN 2 Refe r to yo ur Sof tware Gu ide fo r i nformat i on on th e b undled so ftware and the Son y applications . ❑ A bout the Sof tw are is a sho rt descript ion of th e fe atures of the software pr e-installe d on your sy st em .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 10 nN Y our not ebook and its a ccessor ies The followi ng h a rd ware i tems are in the bo x: 1 main unit 6 weig ht save r 2 product recovery CD-ROMs 7 v ideo cabl.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 11 nN Erg onomi c cons ider at ions You w ill be us ing you r notebo ok a s a portab le devic e in a variet y of envi ronm ents.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Welcome 12 nN ❑ Furn i tur e an d po stu re – Si t in a c hair wi th go od back suppo rt. Ad j ust t he level of the chair so your f eet are flat on th e fl oor . A footr est may mak e yo u more comfo rtable. Sit in a relaxed , upright po sture and avoid slouchi ng fo rward o r leanin g far backw ards.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g yo ur n ot eb ook This se ction des cribes h ow to start using y our comp uter and ho w to use yo ur comp uter’s i nternal an d extern al devic es.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 14 nN Locat ing control s and connector s Rig ht * on th e PCG- FX60 1 ** o n t he PC G-FX60 2 and PC G- FX60 4 1 power button (p ag e 27) 2 DVD-R OM d .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 15 nN Left 1 TV O ut co nnector (page 68) 4 i.LINK ™ c onnector (p ag e 75) 2 mic rophone connec tor (page 71) 5 PC Card slots (p ag e 45) 3 head phon.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 16 nN Front 1 LCD screen (p age 3 3) 2s p e a k r s (p age 7 0) 3 k eyboard (p age 2 9) 4 tou chpa d (p age 3 4) 5 left/right buttons (p age 3 4) 6 powe.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 17 nN Bac k ✍ T here is a ventilation slo t located near the USB connect or . D o not cover the ventil ation slot when the computer is on.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 18 nN Bott om 1 rel eas e lev er (p a ge 4 1) 2 tilt st ands (p a ge 1 1).
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 19 nN C onnec t ing a power s ource You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rechar g eable ba ttery pack as a power sourc e. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , procee d as follows: 1 Plug the c able attached to the AC adapte r (1) into the D C I n connec tor (2) on the comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de 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. You c an ins ert the se c ond b atte ry pack into the m ulti- purpo se bay on th e righ t side o f the compu ter.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 21 nN Cha rging t he batter y pack To ch arge t he batte ry pack , pr oceed as follow s: 1 Conne ct the AC ad apter to the computer .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 22 nN If the b attery level falls be low 10% , you s hould either a t tac h the AC ada pter t o rech arge th e batter y or sh ut dow n your c ompute r a nd i ns ert a f ully charge d batte ry .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 23 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pack To remo ve the batt ery pac k, proce ed as follow s: 1 T urn o f f the c ompute r . 2 Ope n the c ov er of the batter y bay . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pac k. 4 Close th e c over of the batt ery bay .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 24 nN Usi ng t he seco nd ba tter y pack You ca n purch ase a second rech argeabl e batte ry pack. Wi th two ba ttery packs, y ou can e x tend the time you use y our com puter with b attery po wer. When usin g two battery packs, the batt ery pack y ou ins ert first, charge s firs t.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 25 nN Cha rging the secon d battery pack To charg e t he second batt ery pack , procee d as fo llows : 1 Keep th e bat te ry p ack ( 1-3 ) in t he co mp u te r whil e it is con nec ted t o AC power . The ba ttery indicat or (2) flashes wh ile the batter y is char ging.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 26 nN Remo ving the se cond ba ttery pack To rem ove th e sec ond b attery p ack, pro ceed a s follo w s : 1 Slide the ej ect lever on th e bottom of the weigh t saver , i n the direct i on of arro w 1. 2 Slide the releas e l ever on the bo ttom of the co mputer in th e directio n of arrow 2.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 27 nN Sta rtin g you r noteb oo k To s ta rt you r comp uter , proc eed as fo ll ows : 1 Slide the LCD loc k lever (1) in the d i re c tion of the arrow , a nd lift the co v e r . 2 Press the pow er butto n (2) of the compu ter until the gr een pow er indi cator (3) lig h t turns on .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 28 nN Sh utt ing do wn your no tebook I t is i mp or ta nt th a t you shut do wn yo ur c ompu ter p rop er ly so you do no t lo se u nsav ed data . To sh ut down your computer, proceed as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t button on th e Wi ndow s ® taskb ar .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 29 nN Us ing th e key bo ar d Your keyboar d is very simila r to a deskt op compu ter’s, but ha s a ddition al keys that perfo rm speci fi c notebo ok-relat ed tasks.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 30 nN Keys Descri ptions Esc ape key ( 1) The <E sc> (Esc ape ) key is u sed to canc el com mands . Fun ction keys (2) The tw elve f uncti on keys a long the top of the keybo ard are used to per form designated tasks.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 31 nN Com binat ion s a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e Win dows key Combinati ons F unction s + F1 Displays Window s Help a nd Supp ort Center . + T ab Switches the selected button on the ta sk bar . + E Displays My Com puter .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 32 nN Ind icators Indic ator Funct i on s Powe r Power on : li ghts gr een. Stand by mod e: fla shes um ber . Battery 1 Indicates the status of the b a ttery inserted in the battery bay on the l eft side of the co mp ute r .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 33 nN Com binat ion s a nd func tions wi th the <Fn > ke y ✍ T his fun ction can only be used by t he first user to log on. It will not work if you have swi t ched to another user account . Som e functi ons are not availab le unti l Wind ows ® is launch ed.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 34 nN Us i n g the to uchp ad The k eyboa rd cont ains a cu rsor-po inting d evice, yo ur touchp ad (1). You ca n point to , selec t, dra g, and sc roll objec ts on the screen us ing the bu i lt-i n touchpad .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 35 nN Using the CD-RW/DVD- R OM or DVD- ROM drive Depe nding on y our mode l, your co mpu ter is equi pped wi th a CD-R W/DV D-RO M drive or a D VD-R OM. To insert a disc, pr oceed as follow s: 1 T urn o n the comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 36 nN ✍ When the computer is in Stan dby or Hi be rnat e mod e , you c a nnot insert o r remove a di sc.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 37 nN ❑ Before w riting to a n ew CD-R W , you may h ave to fi rst for mat the d isc for your co mputer t o reco gnise it . This is not alw ays the case. ❑ T o m ake a CD -R’s data re ad able on a CD-ROM drive, you need to c l ose th e session w hen yo u eject it.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 38 nN ❑ Close all open appl ications be fore p l a y ing a D VD-RO M movie . ❑ When pl aying DV D mo vies on battery p ower , set the pow er managem ent pro fi le to DV D. With othe r profiles, the m o vies can be ch o ppy .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 39 nN Us i n g the we ight saver The w eight sa v er protects th e m u lti-purp ose b ay when i t is emp ty. To atta ch th e weigh t sav er, proc eed as fo llows: 1 I f a n ot h e r de v i c e i s i n the m u l t i - p u rp o se ba y , r e m o v e the d e v i c e (page 41) .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 40 nN To rem ove th e we ight saver, p roceed a s follo ws: 1 Slide the ej ect lever of th e w eight sav er i n the di rec t i on of arro w 1. 2 Slide the releas e l ever on the bo ttom of the co mputer in th e directio n of arrow 2.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 41 nN Us ing th e floppy disk drive Your com puter i s e quipp ed with a flop py disk driv e which i s rem ovable .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 42 nN Inse rting the f loppy dis k drive To i ns er t the fl oppy di sk dr i ve , pr oc ee d a s foll ows : 1 T urn o f f the c ompute r . 2 If the w e ight s a ver i s in the mu ltip urpose bay ( 1 ) , remove it.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 43 nN Inse rting a f loppy dis k To insert a flop py disk , proc eed as fo l low s: 1 Hold the disk (1) with the lab el side facing up . 2 Gently p ush the di sk i nto the flopp y disk drive (2 ) u ntil it clicks int o place .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 44 nN Remo ving a flop py d isk To remo ve a flop py disk, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Wait unti l the L ED indica tor (1) turn s off. 2 Press th e ejec t button (2) to remo ve t he flopp y dis k. ✍ Do not pres s the e j ect b utton when the L E D i ndica tor is turned o n.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 45 nN Us i n g PC Ca rds This co mpu ter has a PC Ca rd slot tha t supp orts Typ e II a nd Type I II P C Cards. PC C ards all ow you to co nnect portab le external dev i ces. You do not ne ed to shut dow n your c omputer w hen ins erting a PC C ard.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 46 nN Us e the lo we r sl ot fo r T ype II I PC C ard s . Some PC Cards may require you to disable idle devices when using th e PC Card. Be sure to us e the most recent soft ware driver pro vided by the PC Card manufactur er .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 47 nN Remo ving a PC Card Fo llo w the ste ps belo w to r em ove the PC car d whil e yo ur co mpu te r is on . If it i s not rem ove d cor rect ly , you r system m ay not w ork prop erl y. If you w ant to remov e a PC Card w hen your com puter is off, skip step s 1 to 6.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 48 nN Us ing th e Memory S tick ™ Your VAIO co mputer i s designed to sup port the M emory S tick™. T he Mem o ry Sti ck™ is a c ompact, p ortabl e, and ve rsatile dev i ce esp ecially desi g ned f or exchan g ing and shari n g di g ital da ta with c ompatible products.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 49 nN The main advan tages of the Mem ory Stick™ are its: ❑ Com pa ctne ss: with dimen s ions of just 21.5 mm (W) x 2.8 m m (H) x 50 mm (D), com patible products c an also be smal l, light weig ht and attrac tive in their des i gn.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 50 nN Ge n er ic Memo ry St ic k™ The original Me mory Stick™, blue in colour , can be used to record i mage data taken wi th digital still came ras, etc. or data from the PC. With it, you can rec ord, play bac k and tra nsfe r v arious kinds of data at any g iven t ime.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 51 nN MagicGat e Mem o ry Sti ck™ The Ma gicGate M emory Stick™, whi te in c olo u r, r ec ords PC and image data jus t like its blue c o unter part; the d ifference is it u ses th e MagicGa te cop yri ght prote ction t ec hno logy.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 52 nN ✍ MagicGate is a copyright protec tion technology that c omplies with the standards s et by SDMI (Secure Digi tal Music Initiativ e , a n or ganizat i o n working to d r a w up i ndustr y sta ndard specific ations i n ord er to pro tect co pyrigh ts o f dig ital m usic).
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 53 nN Assoc iat ion of Ameri ca (RIAA) took the initia tiv e to org aniz e a f orum calle d Secure Music Dig ital In itia tive (SDM I) to study tec hnology for prote cting cop yrights d uring the ele ctronic d istributi on of music.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 54 nN ❑ Sony mobile phones ❑ Digita l printers ❑ AIBO the Sony En tertainment R obot To find out m ore abou t t he produ cts avail able in y our co untry, go to: http: //ww w .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 55 nN Inse rting a Mem ory Stick™ To insert a Memo ry S tick™, p roceed as follow s: 1 Once y ou have store d your d ata from y our digi tal device, in sert the Mem o r y Stick™ ( 1) into the opt ional PC Card adapter (2).
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 56 nN Remo ving a Mem ory S tick ™ To remov e a Mem ory Stick™, p roceed as follows: 1 Double -c lick the Sa fely R emov e Ha r dwa re icon i n the taskba r . The Sa fely R emo ve Hardw are dial og b ox appe ars.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 57 nN Us ing th e mod em Your noteb ook is equi pped with an i nternal modem . You nee d to conne ct a phone line to tak e adva ntage of onl i ne ser vices an d the Intern et, to regi ster you r compu ter and s oftware on line, and to contac t VAIO-L i nk.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 58 nN Us ing po wer savin g modes When you u se a b attery as the s ource of power for you r com puter, you can tak e a d vant age of p ower ma nag ement sett ings to co nse r ve batt ery lif e.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Using your notebook 59 nN Using Hibernate mode The sta te of the sy stem i s saved on th e hard disk an d pow er is t urned off. The pow er ind i cato r ligh t is off in th is mo de. To ac ti vat e Hibernate mode, p roceed a s follows: 1 Go to Star t an d click T urn Of f Comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 60 nN Connec ting peripheral d evice s You ca n add fu ncti onality t o your c omp uter by co nnect i ng or us ing any of these pe ripher als. Before you c onnect p eriph erals, tu rn of f the co mputer and a ll peri pherals.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 61 nN Conn ecti ng a port re plicat or Yo u r no te book su ppo rts th e u se of an opt i on al p ort rep li cat or. At tac hi ng a port re pli cat or enabl es yo u to conn ec t addi ti onal peri p heral s to your compute r, such as a printer or an exter n al displ ay.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 62 nN Att achi ng yo ur com pute r to t he po rt re plica tor To atta c h you r c om puter to the port rep licator , procee d as follows : 1 T urn o f f th e com pute r and discon nect a ll p eriphe rals.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 63 nN 5 Plug the p ower co rd (4) int o the AC adapte r a nd an AC o utlet. The po wer i ndicato r ligh t turns g reen. 6 T urn o n the comp uter . ✍ Whe n you use the po rt re plica tor for the f irst ti me, the in stal lation of the n etwo rk dr i ve rs sta rts au toma tical ly .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 64 nN Discon necting you r computer from the p ort rep licator To disc onnec t yo ur compu ter from th e po rt replicato r, proce ed as follow s: 1 T urn o f f the c ompute r and the c onnected peri pherals.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 65 nN C onnec t ing a n exter nal dis play You ca n conne ct an ex ternal d ispl ay to your no tebook . For exa mple, y ou can use y our com puter wit h the fo llowi ng d evice s: ❑ Com puter di splay (mo nitor ); ❑ Mult imed ia c omputer dis pla y; ❑ TV ; ❑ Projector .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 66 nN Con nect ing a c omp uter d is play To co nnect a computer display, p roceed as follows: 1 Pl ug th e di s pl ay cab le ( 1) in th e moni tor /VG A co nn ec to r (2) on t he compu ter .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 67 nN Con necting a m ultim edia com puter disp lay You can co n nect th e n otebook to a m ulti me dia comp uter display th at i nclud es bu ilt-in sp eakers and a mic ropho ne.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 68 nN Con nect ing a TV To connect a TV , proceed as foll ows: 1 Plug one end of th e audio/video cable (1) into th e TV Out c onnector (2) (yellow) and t he other end into the TV . 2 Plug one end of the sou n d cable (3) into t he headphon e c onnector (4) and the other end i nto the TV .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 69 nN Conn ecti ng a proje ctor You ca n use a pro j e ctor as an ex ternal disp lay, such a s t he Sony LCD Pro j ec tor. To co nnect a projector, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the RGB sig nal cable (1) in to the moni tor connec tor (2) identi fied by the symbo l.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 70 nN Con nectin g exte rnal s pea kers You ca n enh ance the so und qual ity of yo ur compu ter by co nne c ting externa l spea kers. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, proceed as fo l lows: 1 Plug the speaker cable ( 1 ) into t he headph one con n ecto r (2).
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 71 nN Conn ecti ng an ext e r nal mic ro ph one Your VAIO note book d oes n ot contai n an intern al micro phon e. I f you ne ed to use a sound inpu t device , for exampl e to chat on th e I ntern et, you need to plug in an extern al microphone .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 72 nN Conn ecti ng a Uni vers a l Seria l Bus ( USB) m ous e You ca n conne ct a US B device (e.g. mou se, flo ppy disk dri ve, ke y boa rd, pr i nte r, …) to you r com pute r. Bef ore conn ecting or di sconn ecting a USB p eriphe ral, you do no t n eed to shut dow n the comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 73 nN Conn ecti ng a print er You ca n conne ct a Wind ows- compa tible pr inter to y our com pute r to print doc umen ts. Conn ec ting a pri nter using the U SB c onn e c tor You ca n conne ct a US B printe r c omp atible w ith you r ver sion of W indo ws to your co mpu ter.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 74 nN Conn ecti ng a print er us ing the p rinte r conn ecto r To co nnect a pr inter usi ng the pri nter con necto r, pr oceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the p rinter ca ble (1) sup plied wi th the pri nter into the pr inter conn ector (2) i dentified by the sym bol.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 75 nN Conn ecti ng an i.L IN K™ d evi ce Your c o mputer includes an i.LINK™ (IEEE1394) c onnecto r , w h ich you can use to connect to an i.LINK ™ device such as a di gital video cam era recorder or to con nect t wo VA IO note books i n order to cop y , del ete or edit files.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 76 nN Conn ecti ng a digi tal v ideo c amer a re cord er To co nnect a digital v ideo c amera re corder , procee d as follo ws: 1 Plug one end of t he optional i . L INK™ cable (1) into the i.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Connecting periphera l devic es 77 nN Conn ecti ng to a netw ork (LAN ) You can c o nnec t your comp uter to 10BAS E-T/100BASE-T X -type net works via an Eth ernet network ca ble. For the detailed setting s and devic es need ed to conn ect to the net work, c onsult your Netwo rk Adm inistra tor.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 78 nN Getting help This se ction des cribes h ow to get he lp and sup port fro m Sony , as we l l as trou blesho otin g ti ps for your co mpu ter. So ny sup port op tions Sony pro vid es several support opt ions for yo ur compu ter.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 79 nN ❑ Glo s sar y re fers to ter ms u sed in this m anual. 2 Refe r to yo ur Sof tware Gu ide fo r i nformat i on on th e b undled so ftware and the Son y applications . ❑ A bout the Sof tw are is a sho rt descript ion of th e fe atures of the software pr e-installe d on your sy st em .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 80 nN Othe r sources o f informat ion ❑ The onl ine help fi les that accomp any your p re-insta lled softw are contain instr uctions on usi ng the softwar e. ❑ V AIO-Link website : i f y ou have any probl em wi th your c ompute r , you c an access th e V A I O - Link w ebsite.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 81 nN T rou bl eshoo ting This se ction des cribes h ow to sol ve commo n probl ems you migh t e ncounte r when u sing you r note book. Man y prob lems hav e si mple solut ions. Plea se t ry these sugg estion s b efore con tacting VA I O- Link.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 82 nN ❑ If you are using an exte rnal displ ay , check th at it is p lugged into a powe r s ource and turn ed on. Chec k that you ha ve switched t o the extern al display and th at the brigh tn es s and co ntrast contr ols are adjusted correc tl y .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 83 nN 12 Press the arrow keys to select Exit (save changes) and then press <E nter> . The Save conf igur ation c ha n ge s and exit now? message app ears. 13 Make sure that Ye s is sel e c ted a nd th en pr ess <Enter> .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 84 nN My s oftware p rogram l ocks up or c rashe s Make s ure the softw are is compat i ble w ith your equi pment and op erating system and/or tr y r e-installing the sof tware. If i t still d oesn’t w ork, c onta ct the softw are pu blisher or d esignated prov ider fo r tech nical support.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 85 nN The sc reen image on my exter nal display is not centered or sized properl y Use the c ontrol s on your extern al disp lay to adjust the i mage. Ab out C Ds a nd flo ppy dis ks My CD -RW/D VD-ROM drive tray or DVD-RO M driv e tra y does no t open ❑ Make sure the co mputer is turned on .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 86 nN ❑ If you hear so und b ut can not se e video , yo ur com puter's v ideo reso lution may b e set to o hi gh. Fo r best results , c hang e the reso lution in Wind ows Co nt r ol Pa nel - Display - Se tting s to 800 x 600 using the mini mum colour settin gs.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 87 nN Wh en I do ubl e- clic k an ap pl ica tion ic on a me ssa ge suc h a s Y ou m ust inse rt the app li cat ion C D i nto yo ur CD - ROM drive ap pears and th e soft ware d oes not start. ❑ Some tit l es req uire speci fic fi les th at are lo c ate d on the appli cation CD-RO M.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 88 nN The disc tray ejects ev en when i t h as been locked in to p lace ❑ Ensure tha t the disc is pla c ed wit h the label side faci ng up. ❑ Clean the disc and the CD-RO M drive lens. ❑ The disc m ay be scratc hed.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 89 nN Ab out t he mo dem My in ter nal mode m do es no t work ❑ Che ck that the phon e l ine is plug ged in to you r c omp uter . ❑ Che ck that the phon e l ine is work ing. Y ou c an che ck the line by plug ging in an or dinary phon e a nd listenin g for a dial tone .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 90 nN ❑ Have yo ur phon e company check th at your phone l ine is free from an y line noi s e. ❑ If your prob l e m is fa x- relat ed, check that there are no p roblems with the fax m ac hine y ou are calling a nd tha t it is com pat ib le wit h fa x mo dem s.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 91 nN I canno t print ❑ Check that t h e p rint er cables are corr ec tly c onnected . ❑ Che c k that you r printer is correc tly confi gured and that y ou ha ve up-to-d ate dri vers. If n eeded, c ontac t your d eal er .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Getting help 92 nN Ab ou t di git al vi deo ca ptur es and D Vgat e While I am reco rding imag es to a digital v ideo dev i ce using DVga te, my system displays the message Rec ording to DV dev ice failed. Chec k the powe r an d ca ble c onnec tions to t he DV dev i ce a nd try th e operati o n a gain.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 93 nN Pr ecau ti ons This se ction des cribes sa fety gui deline s and pre cautions to h elp you pro tect yo ur compu ter from p ote ntial dama ge. Your noteb ook a nd memo ry mo dules use h igh precisi on c omponen ts a nd e l ec tronic conn ectors techn ology.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 94 nN Cha nging the memory In the fut ure you may wa nt to chan ge memor y mo dules in ord er to expand the func tiona l ity o f your com p uter. You can i ncrease th e m emory by instal l ing optio nal memo ry module s.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 95 nN ! Do not place the memory module in places su bject to: - H eat sou rces s uc h as rad iator s or air duct s , - D ire ct s unl ig ht, - Excessi v e dust.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 96 nN In st all i ng a me mory m odule To in stall a memo ry modu le, pro ceed a s follows: 1 Shut dow n your com puter and disco nnect all periphe ral devic es. 2 Un plug t he comp uter and r emo ve the batt ery pac ks.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 97 nN 8 Close the c omp uter c over . 9 T i ghten the screw s on the bo ttom of the compu ter . 10 T urn o n the comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 98 nN Ot her pr ecaut ions On ha ndling the h ar d disk The ha rd disk has a hi gh storag e dens ity and re ads or w rites data in a s hort time. O n the othe r hand , i t may be easily dam aged b y mec hani cal vi bratio n, shoc k or dust.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 99 nN ❑ The screen b ecomes war m duri n g oper ation. This is normal a nd does not indi c ate a m alfunction.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 100 nN ❑ H eat source s, such as rad i ators or a i r ducts , ❑ D i rect sun light, ❑ E x cessi ve dust, ❑ M oisture or rain, ❑ Mec ha ni cal vi br a.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 101 nN On ha ndling flopp y disks ❑ Do not open the shu tter manual ly and touch th e surface of th e floppy d isk. ❑ Keep floppy disks a way fro m mag nets. ❑ Keep floppy disks a way from d irect su nlight and o ther h eat so urces.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 102 nN ❑ Keep the b attery pack aw ay from al l sources o f heat. ❑ Keep the ba ttery pack dry . ❑ Do no t o pen or try to disasse mble the bat tery pack. ❑ Do not e x p ose th e batt ery pack to an y me c hani cal sho c k.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Preca utions 103 nN ❑ E x t remely h igh tem p e ratures, s u ch a s in a car p arked in the sun, ❑ D i rect sun light, ❑ H igh humi dity or ne ar cor rosive sub stan c es. ❑ Use the sto rage case suppl ied with th e Memo ry Stick™.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 104 nN Glossary This section refer s to terms us ed i n this ma nual and elsewh ere i n the VAIO w orld. These term s and def i n i tion s have been comp i led to p rovide you wi th a better underst andin g of your VAI O compu ter.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 105 nN CD-ROM Ab brevia tion for Compa ct Dis c Rea d-Only Memory. A high -cap a city optic al disc, usua lly 650 M B in size, capable o f being read from bu t n ot w ri tten to. CD-RW Short for C ompa ct Di sc-ReWriteable.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 106 nN i.L IN K™ i.LINK™ is Sony’s version of the IEE E 13 94 sta ndard for high-speed d igital serial interface. The standard is regarded in the audio/video and IT industries as the most suitable interface fo r conn e ctin g com puters and dig ital a udio/v ideo de vic es (suc h as d igital camera s etc.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 107 nN ma xi mum RAM The maxim um am ount o f RAM that y our co m p uter can conta in. Onc e this amoun t is re a che d, yo u can n o long er add additi onal R AM to y our co mpute r . Motherboar d T he mo therboa rd is the m a in circuit board i nside y our c ompute r .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 108 nN PCMCIA PCMCIA (P ersonal Computer M e mory Card I n ternational Association) is the nam e of the group that pro du ced th e specification for the c re dit card-sized plug-in bo a rds for laptop computers.
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 109 nN Re sol uti on The d e gree o f sh arpn ess and cl arity of an imag e. Re solut ion is e xpr ess ed in pi x els .
Sony Notebook Us er G ui de Glossary 110 nN VAI O Shor t for Vid eo Audi o Integ rated O perat ion. B r and name c over ing Sony 's PC p roduc ts, peripherals, accessories and software. VAI O-branded items are all designed to make the best us e of Sony 's Au dio-Vide o (A V) an d Inf ormati on T echn ology (IT) sk ills.
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