Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PCG-NV200 Sony
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V AIO® Com puter Quic k St ar t PCG -NV200 S eries.
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3 Contents Noti ce t o Users .... .. .. .... ... .. .. .... .. .. .... .. ... .. .... ..5 Set ting Up .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..... .. ..15 Unp acki ng Your Comp ut er .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... .. .
V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 4 Tr oubl eshoo ting . .. .. .. .... .. ... .. .... .. .. .. .... .. ... .. . 4 3 Troubl eshooting Your Computer ............. ................. 44 Troubleshoo ting the LCD Screen ..... ........................ 47 Troubl eshooting the Mous e and T o uch Pa d .
5 No ti ce to U se rs © 2002 S ony Electr onics Inc. A ll ri ghts reserved. This manual and the software des c rib e d he re in , i n wh ol e or in par t, ma y not be re prod uced , trans lated, or r educ ed to any machine-re adable form without p rior written appr oval .
V AIO® Comput er Quic k Star t 6 Sony , DVgate, Handycam, i.LINK, M avica, Magi cGate™ Memory S tick , Memory St ick , Movi eShak er, V A IO, and t he V AI O logo are tr adema rks of Sony Corp oration. Micro soft, W indo ws Medi a, Wi ndow s, W indow s NT , and the Wi ndow s logo are reg i stered trad emarks of Micro soft Corp oration.
No tice t o U se rs 7 Safety I nform at ion W ARNING ❑ T o pre vent fire o r shock hazard, do not expos e your computer to rain or moi st ur e. ❑ T o avoid e lectrica l shock , d o not o pen th e ca binet . Refer s ervicin g to quali fied per so n ne l on ly.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 8 ❑ Soye z très pr udent l orsqu e vous ins tall ez ou m odifi ez les li gnes tél éphon iques. ❑ Évite z d ’util is er le mo dem dura nt u n ora ge électri que. ❑ N'u tili sez pa s le m ode m n i le télé pho ne pour préveni r d'une fuit e de gaz quan d vous êtes pr ès de la f uite .
No tice t o U se rs 9 will not occ ur in a p artic ula r in stalla ti on. If th is equi pment does cau se harmful in terf erence to ra di o or t el evi s io n rec e pt io n , whi ch can be det ermined.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 10 stat e and possibl e provinci al tari ffs. ( Contact the st ate or prov incial util ity serv i ce commission, public service co mmission, or corporation commissi on, f or information.
No tice t o U se rs 11 T elephone Consumer Guid eli nes (Can a da) Ple ase refer t o your tel ephone di recto r y und er ‘Privacy Issu es’ and/o r ‘T erms o f Serv ice.’ For mor e detai led inf ormati on, please co ntact: CR T C T err ass es de la Cha udière, T our centra le 1 pr o mena de du Portage, 5 étage Hull PQ K1 A 0N2.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 12 INDUSTR Y CANAD A NOTICE NOTICE : The In dustry Ca nada label id entifies ce rtif ied equ ipm ent. This ce rt ifica tion means that t he equi pment me ets ce rtain .
No tice t o U se rs 13 devi ces subj ect only t o the requi r ement that the su m of the RENs o f all t he device s d oes no t exceed 5. The R EN for t his equi pme nt is 0.2. AV I S D E L ’ INDUSTRIE CANAD A A VIS: L ’étiqu ette d’Indu stri e Canad a ident ifie le m atér iel hom ologu é.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 14 D VD-R W Drive Laser Diode Pr ope rties Lase r Output: 330 µ W (CD) 82.7 µ W (DVD) W ave Length: 785 nm (CD) 655 nm (DVD) The use of optical instrumen ts with this pr oduct will i ncr ease e ye haza rd.
15 Setting Up Congrat ulations o n your p ur chase of t he Sony V AIO® computer . Sony has combined le ading-edge technol ogy in audio, vi deo, computing, and communicati ons to pr ov ide you with state-o f-the-art personal c omputing.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 16 Unp ack ing Y ou r Comp uter Main Unit P owe r Cor d T en-Key Bay unit AC Adapter Co mpact W oofer Bay u nit Rech argea ble Batte ry 3.5 Flop py Disk Drive Bay unit W eight Save r * * Do not stor e anythi ng insid e the weigh t sa ver .
Unpac king Y our Comput e r 17 Documents ❑ V A IO® Comp uter User G uide — A se ar c hab le on l ine h el p f ile th a t cont ai n s detaile d information on how to us e your new compute r . See “Locat ing Y our V AIO Compute r User Gui de” on pa ge 31 for more informat i on.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 18 App ly ing Er gonomic s Y our co mputer is a portabl e devi c e an d c an be used in a variety of envir onm ent s . Wheneve r p ossible , you should apply the follo w ing er gonomic consi de rati ons for both st ation ary and porta ble environm ents.
Applyi ng Er gonom ics 19 Loca ti ng Cont rols an d P o r ts Front 1 Com pu t er scr e en (L C D) 8 Memory S tick® m edia ind icato r 2 Speakers 9 W irel ess LAN i ndicator 3 Keyboa rd 10 L eft a n d.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 20 Ba ck 1 DC IN port 4 Print er (paral lel) port 2 USB ports 5 Monitor (VGA) port 3 Serial por t 6 Air vent * * Do not cov er this ven t when you r c ompute r is on.
Applyi ng Er gonom ics 21 Left 1 PC Card slot 5 A/V OUT jack 2 Micro phone j ack * * Ther e is a pro t ru ding dot ne xt to the Micro phone jack t o distin guish it fro m oth er jacks and ports . Do not connect a micro phone to th e Headphon e jack. 6 Ethernet port 3 Headp hone j a ck 7 T ele phone l ine jack 4 V olume cont rol dial 8 i.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 22 Righ t 1 WIRELESS ON switch * * Wirele ss LA N func tion ality i s ava il able o n s ele cted mod els on ly . 5 OPEN button (optic al d rive) 2 HELP butt on 6 Multi.
Applyi ng Er gonom ics 23 Bo ttom 1 Re se t bu t ton 2 Re leas e s wit c h 3 T ilt stands.
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25 Getting St ar ted This sect ion helps you get your computer running and r egis ter ed, so you can take advantage of Sony’ s many suppor t options. Y ou’ll al so learn how to locat e your online V AIO® Computer User Guide , which contai ns s tep- by-ste p instructions for operating your computer .
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 26 T u rnin g On Y o ur Com pute r T o use y our comp ut er imm ediat ely , us e the sup pli ed AC ada pter as a po wer sourc e. Y our supplied batt ery is not cha rged when you unpac k it, howe ver , you can be gin char ging it when you us e your AC adapter .
T ur n ing On Y our Compute r 27 Once you c onnect the AC ada pter to the c omput er , the batte ry begins to char ge whethe r the compute r is o n o r o ff . The batte ry indi cator shows th e battery sta tus. The i ndica tor blinks as the batt e ry char ges.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 28 2 Pre ss the power but ton until the powe r indicator turns on. 3 If ne cessary , adjus t the brightnes s contr ols for t he compute r screen (L CD) a s follows : ❑ T o incr ease lig ht intensi ty , pres s and release the Fn + F5 ke ys.
T ur n ing On Y our Compute r 29 Us ing t he T ouch Pa d The keyboa rd contai ns a pointin g devi ce c alle d a t ouch pad. Y ou can p oint to, se lect, drag, and sc roll obje ct s on the s creen us ing the built- in touch pad.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 30 Re giste ring Y our C omput er T ake adva ntage of Sony ’ s c ommitm ent t o qualit y custome r supp ort an d receiv e these benefit s by re gis terin g your comput e r: ❑ Sony Customer Support — T alk to a S upport Re present ative to troubl eshoot proble m s you may hav e with your comput er .
T ur n ing On Y our Compute r 31 Loca ting Y our V AI O Co mpute r Use r Guide The V AI O ® Compu ter Use r Gui de i s a s earch able onl ine help fi le t hat co nt ai ns deta iled informat ion on how to use your new comput er . T o open the user guide 1 Clic k Sta r t on th e Win dows ® tas kba r, and t hen clic k Help and S upport .
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 32 Setting Up A Dia l-Up Con nection This s e cti on describes t he basic s teps f or setti ng up your di al-up co nnecti on. The Connec tion W izar d guides you t hrough t he proce s s of con necting to the Inte rnet and c hoosing a n Inte rne t S ervic e Pr ovider (ISP ) or sett ing up a n exi s tin g account .
T ur n ing On Y our Compute r 33 3 Clic k Ne xt . 4 If it is not al ready sele cted , clic k Connect to the Internet . 5 Clic k Ne xt . 6 Fol low the on-screen instruc tions . T urni ng Off Y ou r Comp uter Usin g the power butt on to turn off your compute r m ay resul t in loss of data.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 34 ❑ Clic k Tu r n O f f . 4 W ait f or yo ur co mp ut er to turn of f aut omat i ca lly . Th e com put er is o ff when the powe r indica tor tur ns off. 5 If you are una ble to turn off your compute r , then restart th e computer .
35 Expand ing Y our Computing Po w e r This sect ion helps you get started upgrading c omputer memory and locat ing info rmation abou t pr einstall e d softwar e p ro grams.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 36 Up gr adi ng Me mo r y Depend ing on the configur ation you purcha s ed, yo ur computer may ac cept addit ional memory m odules. For informati on about ins tall ation procedures, refer to th e on li n e V A IO ® Comput er User Guide and pri nt those relevant s teps.
37 Using the Reco v er y CDs ❑ Applic ation and Sy stem Recove ry CDs ❑ Usin g Y our Rec overy CDs.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 38 Ap pli catio n an d Sy st em R ecover y CDs Y our compute r comes wit h the fol lowing Applica tion Recovery and Sys tem Reco ve ry CDs . Y ou will ne e d an op tical dri ve to us e the s e recov ery CDs. If your com pu ter doe s no t com e wit h an o pti ca l dri ve, use an exte r nal opti ca l dr ive.
Using Y our Rec ov er y CDs 39 T o re instal l progr am s w ith t he Appli c ation Recovery CD (s) 1 T urn on your computer . If your computer is already on, clo s e all open pr ograms. 2 Logon to the Microsoft ® Win dows ® desktop. 3 Inse rt Sony Appl icat ion Recovery CD No.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 40 9 Clic k to ca ncel the Searc h r em ovable media (fl oppy , CD-ROM...) option . 10 Clic k to select the Incl ude thi s l oca tion in the se arc h che ck box. 11 Clic k Bro ws e . T he Br ows e Fo r Fold er dialog box ap pe ars .
Using Y our Rec ov er y CDs 41 Y ou can use the Syste m Recovery CD(s) to rei nstall the ope rating syste m and soft ware t itles that shi pped with your co mputer i f they be c ome c orrupted o r are erase d. Y ou may not need t o rei nstall the ent ire cont ents of your ha rd dri ve.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 42 5 Fo llo w the on -s cr ee n ins tr u ctio n s to c om pl et e th e rec o ver y proc es s. If your comp uter doe s not start f rom the R ecov er y CD 1 Pre ss the powe r button a nd hold it for more than four sec onds to turn of f the com pu ter.
43 T roub leshooting This sect ion describes how to solve some basic pr oble ms you may encounte r w hen using your compu ter . For mor e tr oubleshooti ng topic s refe r to th e on li n e V AI O ® Compute r User Guide. Many pr oblems have simple soluti ons, so r efer to these sour ces befor e you contac t S ony Computi ng Support (http://www .
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 44 T r oubl esh ooti ng Y our Com pute r Why doesn’t my computer s tart? ❑ Make sure the computer is secure ly plugged into a powe r source and is turne d on. Make sure the powe r in dicator sh ows the powe r is on.
T roubl eshooting Y our Compute r 45 4 Press the Right Arro w key t o select the Exit t ab, and then pre ss the Down Arro w key t o sele ct Ge t Default V alues . The messa ge Load default values for al l SETUP i tems appears. 5 Press Ent er . T h e Setup Confirmation window appe a rs.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 46 9 Select Ye s , and pr ess En te r . 10 Select E x it ( S ave Ch an ge s ) , and pre ss Ente r . Th e Setup C onfirmation window appe a r s again.
T roubl eshooting Y our Compute r 47 T o r esto re the comput e r to it s normal operat ing stabil ity 1 Clos e all ope n programs. 2 Res tart the comput er . Follo w thes e st eps: 1 Press the Windows ke y . 2 Press U . The T urn off comput e r window opens.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 48 T r oub le shoot ing the Mouse and T ouc h P ad Why does n ’ t the mouse wor k properly ? ❑ If you are using a Sony USB mo use, m ake sure the mouse i s secure ly plugge d into the USB port. ❑ If you are usin g an extern a l mouse, make sure the mous e is securel y plugged in to the mou se conn ector .
T roubl eshooting Y our Compute r 49 1 Press the Windows an d t he E keys. The M y Computer wind ow appe a rs. 2 Clic k the To o l s m enu, and s e lec t Fold er Op tions .
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 50 ❑ Y ou may need to use your su pplied Appl ication Re covery CD(s) to re install the touch pa d or mous e drive rs .
T roubl eshooting Y our Compute r 51 Suppo r t O pti ons If you have questi ons about your comput er or the preins tall e d programs , refer to the fol lowing sources fo r ans wers in th e sequence lis ted below .
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 52 Pr ogram Supp or t I nf orma tio n ❑ Sony Servic e Ce nter Adobe ® Acrobat ® Re ader ® , Pho tosh op ® E lem ent s, Pre miere ® LE (Adobe Systems Inc.) America Online ® (A meri ca Onl in e, In c.) A T&T W o rl dNet ® Se rvi ce (A T &T Co rp.
Progr am Suppor t I nformation 53 PC -c il li n ® (T re nd M icr o, In c.) Quick en ® 2002 New U ser Edi tion (Intuit Inc.) Quick Ti me ® (Apple Computer , Inc.) RealO ne ™ Play er ( Re alNe tworks , In c.) Sony Appl icati ons (Sony Ele c t ronic s Inc.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 54 Window s ® Operat ing S yst e m, W ord, XP Pr ofessi onal, XP S mall Busines s (M icro so ft Co rp. ) WinDV D ® (In terV ide o, Inc.
55 Car ing f or Y our Computer This sect ion pr ovides informat ion on how to safely u se your Sony comp ut er . ❑ S t or ing Y our Computer ❑ Usin g Cables and Connecti ons ❑ Clea ning Y our Co.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 56 Stor ing Y our C ompute r ❑ Do not plac e your comp uter in a locat ion subjec t to: ❑ Heat sources, such a s radiators or air ducts ❑ Dir ect sunli ght ❑ E.
Cleani ng Y our Com puter 57 tel e pho ne compa ny has the right to di sconnect yo ur servic e unti l you c orrect the prob lem. Clea n ing Y our Co m p uter ❑ Clea n the c omputer with a s oft, dry cloth o r a soft clo th li ghtly m oiste ned with a mild det erge nt soluti on.
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59 Inde x A AC ad apter 26 App licat ion Re covery CD 38 B batt ery indic ator 19 br ightness adju sting 28 br ightness c ontrol 28 bu ttons le ft 19 power 19 right 19 C cap s l o ck 19 comp u ter cab.
VA I O ® Computer Qui ck Star t 60 wire less LAN 19 input devices 9 inte rference 9 i nter nal spe ak er loc a tin g 19 Inter net conne c tion 32 J ja cks head phone 21 micr ophone 21 K keyboa rd loc.
I n dex 61 mouse and touch pad 48 startup 34 turni ng off compute r 33 turni ng on comput er 26 TV inte rference 9 U unpac king t he c om pute r 16 updat es 32 USB port 20 use r g uide 31 W wire less .
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