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N Sony Noteb ook User Guid e PCG -R600 H EK.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 2 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Sony C o rporation. All rights reserved. This manual and th e s oftware descri bed h erein, in wh ole or in part, may not be reprod uced , trans lated, or redu ced to any m achi n e- readable form without prior w ritten approval.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 3 nN V irusScan is a tra demark of Ne twork Associates Corporation. All other names of systems, pro du cts and service s are trademarks of their re sp ective owners. In the m a nual, the ™ or ® marks are not specified.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 4 nN Sa fety infor mati on Own er's r ecor d The model number and seria l numbe r are located on the bottom of your Sony n ote book. R ecord th e se ri al n umber i n th e space provi ded here. Refer to the mo d el and se rial number w hen you call V AIO-Link.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 5 nN Conn ectiv i t y Neve r i nstal l modem or tel ephon e wi ri ng du ring a sto rm. Neve r i nstal l telephon e jac ks i n w et loca ti ons un less the j ack i s spec ifically designe d for wet lo cations.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 6 nN Reg ulat ory i nforma tion This produc t conf orms t o the follow ing Eu ropea n Direc tives: 73/ 23/EE C ( Lo w V o lt age D ir ect iv e) 89/ 336 /EE.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 7 nN Di sposi n g of li thiu m io n batt eri es Do no t han dle dam aged or le aking l i th i um ion batte ries. Di spose of pro mpt ly and prop erly at en d-of - life . Dang er of expl osion if ba ttery is incorr ectly r epla c e d.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu l ation s on purc has i ng a S ony V AIO no teb ook. Sony ha s comb ined le ading - e dge tech nolog y in aud i o , vid eo, com putin g and com muni catio ns to prov ide you w ith state -of- the-a rt persona l com puting.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN Do cume ntati on pa ck Your Do cum entatio n Pack con tains pa per and online user gui des on your comp uter ’ s har d drive .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN 3 Consu lt the Online Help fi les of the softw are you are using fo r detai l e d i nform ation on featur es and troubl eshoo ting. 4 Refe r t o the Micr osoft Qui c k St art ma nual for more in formati on on Wind ows.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg onomic cons i derat ions You w ill be us ing you r notebo ok as a po rtab l e d evice in a variet y of e nviro nments.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN V ie wing angl e of th e compute r ’ s displa y – Use the d isplay ’ s tiltin g feature to find the bes t posi tion. Y o u can reduce eye strain an d mu scle fatig ue by ad justing the tilt o f the d i spla y to t he proper p osition .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g yo ur no te boo k This se ction des cribes how t o start using y our comp ute r and ho w to use yo ur comp uter ’ s inter nal and extern al de v ic es.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left AC a dapter mains connector and power cord: hazardous volta ge , according to EN 60950. All ot her connectors fo r this noteboo k are SEL V (Safety Extr a Low V oltage), a ccording to EN 60950.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front T here i s a ve ntilatio n slot lo cated ne ar the power s witch. D o not co ver the ventil ation sl ot when y o ur com puter is on.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bac k Bott om 1 battery connector (p a ge 1 8) 1 battery lock lever (p a ge 1 8) 2 battery release lever (p a ge 1 8) 3 d ocki ng con n ect or 4 re .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN C onnec t ing a pow er s ource You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rechar geable battery pack as a p ower sourc e. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , procee d as fo llows : 1 Plug the cable attac hed to the AC adapte r (1) into the D C I n con nector (2) on th e c ompute r .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Usi ng t he bat tery pac k You ca n use a bat tery pa ck as a sourc e of po wer. The ba ttery pack sup plied with y our comp uter is not ful l y charge d at the tim e of pu rchase.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Cha rging t he bat tery pac k To ch arge t he bat tery pa ck, pr oceed a s follow s: 1 Conne ct the A C adapt er to the comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pack To remo ve the battery pac k, proceed as fol lows: 1 T urn off th e comp uter a nd clo se the cover . 2 S lide th e lock leve r (1) to the Un loc k p osition . 3 Slide the releas e lever (2) to the Unlock positi on and slide t he battery away from t he com puter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN Sta rt in g you r noteb oo k To st art y our c omp ut er , pr oc e ed as fo ll ows : 1 Slide the LCD loc k lever (1) in the d irection of the arro w , and lift th e cove r . 2 Press th e pow er sw i t c h ( 2) of the c omputer unti l th e green pow er indi cator (3) ligh t turn s on.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Sh utt ing do wn your no te book It is impo rtant tha t you shu t down you r comp uter properl y in order no t to lose unsav ed data. To sh ut do w n y our co mputer, p roceed as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t button on th e Wi ndows ® taskb ar .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Reg is teri ng yo ur noteboo k You can take advan tage of Sony ’ s com mitmen t to qual i ty cu stomer sup port and rec eive th e followi ng ben e.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Us ing th e ke yb o ar d Your key board is very simi l ar to a deskt op c om puter ’ s, but the k ey boa rd has addi tiona l keys that perfo rm spe c ific n otebo ok-related tasks. Ke ys D escri pti ons Esc ap e key ( 1) The <E s c> (Es cape) ke y is use d to can c e l co mman ds.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Appl ic ati on ke y ( 7) The Application key displays a shortc ut menu; pressing this key is equivalent to clicki ng the righ t mouse butt on. Numeric k e ypad area (8 ) Contains the keys fo u nd on a ty pical calculator .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Com b i nat ion s a nd func ti ons wi th the W in dows key Combinati ons Functi ons + F1 Displays Windo ws Hel p. + T ab Switches the selected bu tto n on th e taskbar . + E Displays Windo ws Ex plorer .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Ind icators Indic ator Functions pow e r Pow er on: light s gree n. St an db y mo d e: fla shes um be r . Hibern a te mode: turns of f. battery Indicates the status o f the battery inse rt e d in the computer .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Com b i nat ion s a nd func ti ons wi th the F n key Som e functi ons are not availabl e un til Wind ows is la unched . Combinati ons/ Feat ure Functi ons Fn+ (F3): speaker sw itch T oggl e s the built-in sp eaker on a n d off.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us in g the to uchpad The k eyboa rd cont ains a cu rsor-po inti ng devic e, your to uchp ad (1). Y o u can po int to, se lect, dra g, and sc roll objec ts on the screen us ing the bu i lt- in touch pad.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Us ing Ce nte r J og Cont rol Your com puter is eq uippe d w i th a Cente r Jo g Control ( 1) be tween the right and th e left bu ttons of y our compu ter.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN The C enter Jog Co ntrol wi ndow is alwa ys displ ayed on the screen . This wind ow has tw o mod es: Launc her mo de or Gu id e mo de. Th e Cent er Jog Con trol wind ow is in Lau ncher mo de until y ou sta rt an ap plicati on or t he Cente r Jo g Cont rol win dow b ecom es acti v e .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN To us e the Center Jog Con trol in L auncher mode, proceed as follow s: 1 Clic k the Cen ter Jog Con trol win dow or pr ess the Cen ter Jog C ontrol while p ressing the <C trl> key to sw itch to Lau ncher mo de.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Us in g PC Ca rds Your comp uter inclu des a PC Card slot. PC Card s allow you to conn ect port able extern al devices . In se rt ing a P C Ca rd To in sert a PC Card, proceed a s fol l ows : 1 Insert th e PC Card into the PC Ca rd slot, fron t l abel faci ng up (1).
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Remo ving a PC Card If you unp lug this devi ce from the co mputer wh en turne d on, your syst em mi ght crash and yo u might lose da ta tha t you di d not sa ve be fo re . If your co mputer is tu rned off, yo u do not have to follow these ins truction s.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Whi l e th e card is i nserte d, you r comp uter ma y not e nter the H ibe rnate power ma nagem ent mode.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN Using Me mory Stick This new c omp act, por table , an d versa tile rec ordi ng me dium has a dat a capac ity ex ceedi ng th at of a flop py disk. Th e Memo ry Stick ™ is specia lly designe d for exchang ing and shar ing di gital data with com patibl e produ cts.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN T ype s of Memo ry S ti ck me di a Tw o types of Me mor y Stic k TM media are avai l a b le. The fir st type, Mag icGat e TM Memo ry S tic k (h ereafter referred as M G Memo ry St ick medi a), is prov ided wi th copy right pro tec ti on.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Inse rting a Memor y Stick To insert a Memo ry Stick TM , proce ed as foll ows: 1 Insert it int o the slot unti l the Mem ory S t i ck ™ (1) is fi xed into t he connec tor .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Removing a Me mory Stick To remov e a Memory S tick TM , proceed as foll ows: 1 Make sure the ac cess light is of f and pu sh the Memory St i ck ™ in t oward th e com pute r . 2 When it comes out , pull it out.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Fo rm at tin g a M emo ry S ti ck Memo ry St icks TM are f ormat ted for imm ediate u se when you p urchase t hem. If you ne ed to reformat a Memo ry Stick , u se the Me mor y S tic k Fo rmat te r softw are pro vide d with y our notebo ok.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Us ing th e mod em Yo u r no t ebo ok i s e q ui pp ed w it h an int ern al mo d em. You need to co nnect a phone line to tak e advanta ge of online serv i ces and the Intern et, to regi ster your compu ter and software onl i ne, an d to conta ct VAIO-Link.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Us ing po wer savin g mod e s When you u se a b attery as the s ource o f power for you r com puter, you can take a dvantage of pow er ma nag e me nt se t ti ngs to cons erv e ba tt er y l if e.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Using Hibernate mode The sta te o f the system is sav ed on the ha rd disk and power is turn ed off . The power i ndicato r ligh t is off in th is mo de. To ac ti vat e Hibernate mode, p roceed a s fol l ows: Press <Fn>+<F1 2 > .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 44 nN Connec ting periph eral d evice s You can a dd functio nality to y our c ompu ter by con necting or u sing any o f thes e pe ripher als a.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 45 nN Loca ti ng the dock ing s tati on co ntro ls a nd con nect ors Righ t & Front All con nectors are SEL V (Safety Extr a Low V oltage) ac cording to EN60950.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 46 nN Left & Bott om All con nectors are SEL V (Safety Extr a Low V oltage) ac cording to EN60950.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 47 nN Bac k All con nectors are SEL V (Safety Extr a Low V oltage) ac cording to EN60950. 1 DC In 5 mon itor c onnec t o r ( pag e 55) 2 Ethernet ne twork conne ctor (p age 69) 6 p rinte r connec tor (p age 6 3) 3 USB c onne ctors ( page 6 1) 7s e r i a l p o r t 4 S40 0 i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 48 nN At ta ching you r co mput er to th e d oc kin g sta tion To connect your co mputer to the dockin g station, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the AC adapt er cable into the DC In c onnector on the dock ing station and th e othe r end to an AC out l et .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN Y ou ca nnot c onnec t the do cking station when the not e b ook is in a powe r savin g mode. Retur n to no rmal mode b efore do cking . Do not con nect the docking stat ion when the battery is r emoved.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN 5 Release th e note book from th e docking station. 6 Clic k OK to th e Windows 2 000 h as fini shed undocki ng the syste m. If y ou need to r emove the sys tem from th e Dock ing St ation , ple ase do s o n ow mess a ge if y ou r not e book wa s on be f ore undoc king.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN Usi ng t he opti cal disk dri ve o n the dock ing sta ti on The dock i ng station is equip ped with an optica l d isk driv e*.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN To achieve optim um perfor mance when playing DVD -ROM di sks, you sh ould follow the foll owing re co mme nd at io ns. Y ou c an play DV Ds u si n g th e Win DVD soft ware. See the he lp files in the WinD VD sof tware for de tails.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 53 nN To achieve optim um perform ance when writin g d ata on a CD-RW / CD -R , follow the se recommend ations. A CD-RW (C D-ReWritable) disk is a dat a memo ry medium that c an b e used to write, erase and rewrite a pr ogra m or ot h er da t a.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN Using th e floppy d isk drive o n the dock ing station The dock i ng station is equip p ed wi th an inte rnal flo ppy d isk dr i ve. You ca n also use an exter nal USB flo ppy disk dri ve on the und ocked m ain un i t.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN C onnec t ing a n ext erna l dis play You ca n conne ct an ex ternal dis play to your no tebook .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Con nect ing a c omp uter d isplay You ca n conne ct a co mput er displa y e ither di rectly to y our not ebook or v ia the doc king sta ti o n.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN To connect a compu ter display to th e d ocking stat i on, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the mo nitor plu g ( 1) into the do cking st ation mo nitor co nnector ( 2). 2 Plug the pow er cord (3) int o an AC outle t.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Conn ec ting a proj ect or You ca n conne ct a pro jecto r (such a s the S ony LCD projecto r) dire ctly to yo ur noteb ook or via the doc king statio n.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN To connect a projecto r to your docking stat ion, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the RG B si gna l cable ( 1) into the doc king statio n monito r con nector ide ntified by the I /O symb ol. 2 Plug the audio cab l e (2) into the note book earphon e c onne ctor identified by the sy mbol .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Con nectin g exte rnal speake rs You ca n enh ance the so und qua lity o f your co mpu ter by co nnecti ng exte rnal spe akers. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, proc eed as fo llows: 1 Plug the speaker cabl e i nto th e noteboo k earphon e c onne ctor ide ntified by the symbol.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN Conn ecti ng a Unive rs al S er ial Bus ( US B) m ouse You c an conn ect a US B dev i ce ( e.g . mouse , f loppy di sk drive, printe r … ) t o you r not e book or to your d ock in g statio n.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN To connect a USB mouse to th e dockin g statio n, proceed as follow s: Plug the USB cable (1) into one of th e docking statio n USB conn ec tors (2) identi fied by the symb ol. Y ou d o not nee d to s hut dow n the comput er befor e conn ecting o r discon necti ng a U SB peri pheral.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Conn ecti ng a print er You ca n conne ct a Wi ndow s-com patib l e pr inter to you r com pute r to print doc umen ts.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 64 nN Conn ecti ng a n i.LI NK dev ic e Your computer includ es an i .LINK ™ (IEE E1394) conne ct or, which you can use to connec t to an i . LINK ™ de vi ce such as a di gital video c amera rec order or to con nect two VAI O notebo oks in order to cop y , dele te or edit files.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 65 nN Conn ec ting a dig ital vide o cam era re co rder To conn ect a digita l vide o c amera reco rder to yo ur no tebook , pro cee d as follows : 1 Plug one en d of th e i .LINK ™ cable ( 1) in to th e i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 66 nN To conn ect a digi tal vi deo c amera reco rder to t he do cking sta tion, procee d a s follo ws: 1 Pl ug one end of th e i .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 67 nN Con necting tw o V AIO n otebo oks With Smart Conn ect yo u can copy , edit or delete files o n ano ther V AIO compu ter (equ ipped with Smart Conn ect) co nnecte d to you r comp ute r wi th an option al i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 68 nN When y ou use Sma rt Connec t to conn ect two VAIO compu ters, you must assign each com puter a un ique na m e by whi ch it can be i denti fied when the two co mpute rs are net work ed. D o no t s et the i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 69 nN Conn ecti ng to a netw ork (LA N) You ca n conne ct you r n otebo ok or you r doc king sta tion to 10B ASE- T/100BA SE-TX -typ e n etwork s vi a an Ethernet netw ork c able.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 70 nN To connect your docki n g stati on to a LAN, proceed as fo l lows: Conn ect th e netw ork ca ble to the ethe rnet net work conne ctor (1) on the docking stati on. If the m ain unit is do ck ed , you ca n only us e the et hern et netw ork conn ector on the do cking station .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 71 nN Getting help This se ction des cribes how to ge t help an d suppo rt from Sony , as well as t roublesho ot i ng tip s for you r co mpu ter. So ny sup por t op tions Sony pro vid es several suppo rt options for your co mput er.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 72 nN V A IO-Link Response Centre : B efore con tacting V AIO-Lin k Resp onse Centre, t ry to solve th e pro blem by r eading t he User Gu i des a nd h elp f iles for the p eriph erals or softwa re.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 73 nN The mess age Press <F1> to resum e, <F2> to se tup appe ars at startup If the f l oppy dis k dri ve i s e mpty, proc eed as fo llows t o ini tia lize the BI OS: 1 T urn off th e comp uter . 2 Remo ve an y p eriphe ral d evices conne cted to the c ompu ter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 74 nN My co mput er lo cks up If you susp ect one app l icat ion is lockin g your syst em, you can try to stop it. T o do thi s, press <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<D elete> once , clic k T ask Man ager , s el ect th e application or the pr ocess that is locki ng your sy stem, an d t hen c l ick En d T ask .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 75 nN Ab ou t the displa y My LCD do es not dis pl a y an yt hi ng Check th at the com puter is plugg ed i nto a po wer source and that it i s turned on. Che ck th at the powe r indica tor on the fr ont p ane l of th e comp uter is on.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 76 nN I canno t play a CD-R OM disk Make sure the la bel of the disk is facing up. If the disk requ ires software, make sure th e softwa re is instal led accor ding to the instru ctions of the program . Check th e volum e of your sp eakers.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 77 nN 4 Se lec t Settin gs fro m th e Star t menu , then cl ic k Contro l Panel . 5 Double -c lick Sy ste m . 6 Se lec t th e Hard wa re tab , the n clic k D evice Mana ger . 7 Se lec t Univ ersal Serial Bus co ntro llers , t h en Y -E Dat a USB Floppy .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 78 nN About sound My spea kers are not pro ducing so und The built- in speakers m ay be turn ed off. Press <Fn>+<F3> to turn on the sp eakers. The spea ker volu me may b e turne d to the m inimum. Press <Fn>+<F4> , and th en pres s or to i ncr ease the volume .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 79 nN 3 Set the i. LINK net work swi tch on the bot tom of the doc king sta ti on to the unma rked side w ith a thin pen tip. 4 Conne ct the doc king stat ion to your note book. 5 T ur n on your no teb o ok. Y o u can now opera te the CD- RW/DV D-RO M drive or th e DVD-RO M dri ve.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN Ab ou t t he mo dem My in ter n al m o dem do es not wor k Che ck that the phon e lin e is plugge d into y our comp uter . Che ck that the phon e lin e is work ing. Y ou c an ch eck the li ne by plug ging in an or dinary ph on e and listenin g for a dial tone .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN Ab ou t p eri ph era ls I canno t use DV devices. The m essage DV equi pment seem s to be disconnec ted or turn ed off appears Check th at t he DV device is turned o n and that the cables are pr operly connect ed.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 82 nN Pr ecau ti on s This se ction des cribes sa fety guide lines a nd pre cautio ns to help yo u protec t y o ur compu ter from pot ential dama ge. Your noteb ook and memo ry mo dules use high pre cision compo nents and elec tronic conn ectors techn ology .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 83 nN Discon nect the syste m from its pow er sourc e and fro m any telec ommuni cation link s, netwo rks, or modems before y ou open the system. Fa ilur e to do so ma y result in person al inju ry or equip ment dama ge.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 84 nN Remo ving a me mory mo dule To remove a me mory module , procee d as follows : 1 Shut dow n y our c omputer an d disco nne ct al l pe riphe ral de v ic es. 2 Un pl ug t he c omp uter a nd r emo ve the bat tery pa c k .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 85 nN 10 Remov e t he memor y modu le: P ull the tabs in the di rection of th e arrow s. The m emory module is released. P ull the memo ry modu le i n the direction of t he arro w . 11 Gently replace t he keyboar d, the n press it i nto you r comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 86 nN Add ing a me mory modul e To add a memo ry module, procee d as follows: 1 Shut dow n y our c omputer an d disco nne ct al l pe riphe ral de v ic es. 2 Un pl ug t he c omp uter a nd re mo ve t he batt ery pac ks.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 87 nN 7 Lift the ke y boa rd from the LCD d ispla y sid e, then gently tu rn it over the tou chpad. Be car eful not to detac h th e cable (1) w hen li fting th e key board. 8 Remov e t he exi sti ng memo ry mo dule.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 88 nN 11 Gently r eplace th e keybo ard, then p ress it into y our comp uter . Be careful not to detac h the cabl e w hen l i ftin g th e keyb oard. 12 Close th e comp uter cov er , then tig hten the screw s on the bott om of the com pute r .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 89 nN Ot her pr eca utio ns On ha ndling the LC D screen Do not leav e t he LCD facing the sun as i t c an damag e the LCD. Be caref ul wh en using th e comp uter near a w indow . Do no t s cratch the LCD o r exert pre ssure on it.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 90 nN When th e AC adap ter i s not used , unplug it fro m the AC outle t. Use only the supplied AC adapter . Do not use any other AC adapter . On h andli ng y our note book Clean t he cabi net with a s oft, dry c loth or a soft clo th light ly mo i ste ned with a mild d etergent solution .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 91 nN The compu ter uses high-fr eq ue n cy ra dio signals and ma y cause inter ference to radi o o r TV recep tion. Shou l d t his occ ur , rel ocate the compu ter a suitab l e d istanc e away from th e set. Use only specif i ed peri pheral equipmen t and interface cab l es; oth erwise, problems m ay result.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 92 nN If the d i s k i s bad ly soi l ed , mo i s ten a soft c loth wi th wate r , wring i t out wel l, and us e it to wi pe the s urface of the d i sk from the ce nter o ut. Wi pe off any remaining mo i sture with a d ry soft cloth.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 93 nN On usi ng ea rpho nes R oad sa fe ty – Do not u se ea rphon es while drivin g, cyc ling, or ope rating a ny m otorize d veh i cle.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-R600HEK s pecific ations 94 nN PCG -R 600 HEK spec i fic atio ns Product name PCG-R600HE K Op er atin g sy ste m Mic ro soft ® W indow s ® 2000 Pr ofess iona l Pro cess.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-R600HEK s pecific ations 95 nN Expansi on c apabil ities One PCMCI A type II Card and C ardbus supp ort Built -in c apabil ities Ste reo sp eak ers , t ouc hpad , Ce nte .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-R600HEK s pecific ations 96 nN ‡ See our special Gu a rantee extension conditions. S peci ficat io ns ar e subj ect to ch ange wit ho ut no tice. Weight W it h ba tte ry W i th batter y & opt ion al docking stat ion 1.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Docking station (optional ) specifi cations 97 nN Docki ng station (optiona l) spe cifications S peci ficat io ns ar e subj ect to ch ange wit ho ut no tice. CD-RW/DVD Doc king s tation (PCGA-DSM5) DVD Docking stati on (PCGA- DSD5) Op tica l dr ive up t o 24x m ax.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide 98 nN INDEX A AC ad apter 5 , 17 air circulatio n 90 Alt key 25 application key 25 B battery charging the 19 inserting the 18 removing the 20 battery charging status 19 battery connec tor 16 battery indicator 15 , 19 , 27 battery rel ease lever 16 br i ght ne ss co n tr ol 28 C cab le i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide 99 nN G guarantee 4 , 23 H hard disk drive indicator 15 , 27 headphon e conne c tor 13 help 71 Hibernate mode 28 , 43 I i.LIN K c able 65 , 66 i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide 100 nN P PC Card inserting a 33 removing a 34 PC Card slot 13 , 33 peripherals 44 phone cable 41 phone line jack 13 , 41 port seria l 47 power indicator 15 , 27 power savi ng.
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