Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PCG-GRT200Z Sony
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VA I O ® C o m p u t e r Quic k Star t PCG-GR T 200Z Series.
Shor t Cut Menu +F1 Displays the V AIO Help and S upport Center windo w . +T ab Switches the selected button on the taskbar . +D Displays the desktop. +E Displays the My Compu ter windo w . +F Displays the Search Results windo w , where you can find a file or folder .
3 Contents Notice to Users ................... .........................5 Setting Up ................................................ ..13 Unpacking Your Compu t er ............. .......................... 14 Getting St ar ted ........................
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5 Notice to Users © 2003 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights r eserved. This manual and the software desc r ibed herein, in wh ole or in part, may not be reproduced, translated, or re duced to any machine-readable form without prior written approval. SONY ELECTRONICS INC.
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 6 Photoshop Element s , and Premiere are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. PowerPanel is a trademark of Phoenix T ech nologies Ltd. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U.
Notice to Users 7 ❑ temperature higher than 95ºF (35ºC) or less than 40ºF (5ºC); and high humidity. ❑ For safety and/or optimum performance, Sony recommends using genuine Sony rechargeable battery pa cks.
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 8 Regulatory Information Declar ation of Conf ormity This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the l imits for a Clas s B dig ital device, pursua nt to Part 1 5 of the FCC Rules. These lim its are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Notice to Users 9 products approved aft e r July 23, 2001, the REN for this product is part of the product identifier that has the format US: AAAEQ##TXXXX. The digits represented by ## are the REN without a decimal point (e.g., 03 is a REN of 0.3). For earlier products, the REN is separately shown on the label.
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 10 T elephone Consumer Prot ection Act of 1991 (Uni ted Stat es) The T ele phone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 makes it unlawful for any person to use a com puter or .
Notice to Users 11 INDUSTR Y CANAD A NO TICE NOTICE: This equipment meets the applicable Industry Canada T erminal Equipment T echnical Specifications.
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13 Setting Up Congratul ation s on your pur chase of the Sony V AIO® computer . Son y has combined l eading-e dge technol ogy in audio, video, c omputing, and communicat ions to pr ovide stat e-of-the -art per sonal c omputing.
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 14 Unpacking Y our Com puter These hardware component s are included. If the computer you purchas ed features GigaPocket™ s oftware, the accessories listed on the follo wing page are also included in the carton.
Unpac king Y our Compu ter 15 For additional information about GigaPocket™ accessories and how to use them, refer to the V AIO® Computer User Guide. V AIO Computer Doc uments ❑ V AIO® Computer User Guid e — A s earchable on-screen h elp file that contains detailed inf ormation o n how to use y our new co mputer .
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 16 Locating Controls and P or ts Front (m odels wi th GigaPo cket) 1 LCD screen 10 TV button 2 Speakers 11 W ireles s LAN indicator * * W irele ss LAN fun ctionality av ailable on selec t ed mode ls only .
Locating Controls and P or ts 17 Front ( models with out GigaP ocket) 1 LCD screen 9 W ir eless LAN switch * 2 Speakers 10 V olume Up/Down buttons 3 Keyboar d 11 T ouch pad, Left / right bu t to ns 4 .
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 18 Back 1 Air vent 6 USB 2.0 ports 2 DC IN port 7 Netw ork (Ethernet) port 3 Printer port 8 Modem jack 4 Monitor ( VGA) por t 9 Microphone jack 5 V i d eo Out port 10 Headphone jack Only c onnec t 10BAS E-T or 100 BASE-T X cabl es to the Networ k (Eth ernet) port.
Locating Controls and P or ts 19 Left (models with GigaPocket) 1 Optical drive 6 A V In jack 2 Optical drive eject button 7 S V ideo In jack 3 PC Car d slot (one slot) 8 i.LINK® (IEEE 1394 ) S400 port 4 PC Card eject button 9 Memory S tick® media slot 5 VHF/UHF jack Do not plug headp hones or exte rnal spea kers into th e VHF/UHF ja ck.
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 20 Left (mod els without GigaPocket) 1 Memory S t i ck® media s lot 4 PC Card slots (T wo slots) 2 i.LINK® (IEEE 1 394) S400 port 5 Optical drive eject button 3 PC Ca.
Locating Controls and P or ts 21 Right 1 Battery bay 3 Air vent 2 Hard disk drive.
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 22 Bottom 1 Port replicator conn ector 3 Release switch 2 Reset button 4 Air vent.
23 Getting Star ted This sec t i on help s you get y our comput er runnin g and r egister ed, so you can tak e adva ntage of Sony’ s many s upport options. Y ou’ll also l earn how to locat e your on- scr een V AIO® Computer User Guide, which con tains step- by-step instru ctions f or oper ating you r comp uter .
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 24 2 Push the battery bay c over down to open it. The bat tery bay co ver swings o ut but does not detach from the comput er . 3 Slide the battery (with the logo facing u p ) into the battery bay . If the computer is on, it au tomatically detects the battery .
T urn ing On Y o ur Compute r 25 T o connect the A C adapt er 1 Plug the AC adapter cable into the DC IN por t. 2 Plug the power cor d into the AC adapter and an AC outlet. . Connecting the AC Adapter to the Computer ✍ Use only the suppl ied AC adapter with you r comput er .
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 26 T o open and turn on the compu ter 1 Slide the release latch to the right and lift the cover while holding the bottom of the compu ter firmly .
T urn ing On Y o ur Compute r 27 3 If necessary , adjust the brightness contr ols for the LCD display as follows: ❑ Y our computer is equippe d with a Brightnes s butto n, located n ext to the Power but ton. Pres sing it will adjus t the LCD scree n brightnes s.
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 28 Using the T ouch P a d The comput er contains a pointing device called a touch pad . Y ou can point to, select, drag, and scroll objects on th e s creen using the built-in touch pad.
Regis tering Y our Computer 29 Registering Y our Computer T ake advantage of Sony’ s commitment to quality customer sup port and receive these benefi ts by registering your com puter: ❑ Sony Customer Support — T alk to a support repres en tative to troub leshoot problem s you may h ave with y our comput er .
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 30 Locating Y o ur V AIO Computer User Gu ide The on-scr een V AIO® Computer User Guide is a searchable help f ile that contains detailed inf ormation on how to us e your new computer . T o open the u ser gui de 1 Click St a rt on the W indows® task bar , and then click Help and Su ppo rt .
Locat ing Y our V AIO Co mputer User Guid e 31 V AIO Us er Guide W indow 1 User guide table of cont ents List of computer h elp topics 2 Link to Electronic Fly er List of upd ates and supplemental inf.
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 32 Setting Up A Di a l-Up Connectio n This sectio n describe s the basi c steps for setting up your dial-up conn ection. T he Connectio n W izard guides y ou throu gh the pr ocess of cho osing an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or se tting up an existing accou nt, and connecting to the Internet.
T urning O ff Y our Compu ter 33 T urning Off Y our Com puter Using th e power bu tton to turn of f your computer may result i n loss of data. Follow the steps below to properly turn o ff your computer and avoid losing data. T o turn off y our computer 1 Close all operatio ns.
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35 V AIO Reco v er y Wizard Utility System an d Applic ation Reco very CDs/DVDs a re not suppli ed with yo ur V AIO® comput er . Y our V AIO computer is equipped wi th the V AIO Recovery W i za rd, a f ast and eas y - to-use sy stem r ecovery ut ility .
V AIO Comput er Quic k Star t 36 V isit the Sony Compu ting Support W eb site for the latest infor m ation about usin g the V AIO Recovery W izard or Recov ery Media Kit.
37 T roub leshooting What do I do if my compute r w on ’ t star t ? ❑ Make sure the computer is securely p lugged into a po wer source and turned on. Make su re the power indicator shows the power is on. ❑ Make sure the battery is inserted properly and charged.
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 38 1 Press the F2 key . The BIOS Se tup menu appears. 2 Set the date (month/day/ y ear). Press Enter . 3 Press the Down Arrow key to select Sy stem Ti me , and then set th e time (hour: minute: second).
T r oub lesho oting 39 6 Press the Right Arrow key to select the Exit menu . 7 Press the Down Arrow key to select Get Default V alues . The messag e Load default valu es for all SETUP items appears. 8 Press Enter . The Setup Conf irmation window appears .
V AIO® Compu ter Quic k Star t 40 When the HT T echnology is enabled, s ome software such as dr ivers and applications may n ot be compatible with HT T echnology . If your computer d oes not pro vide success ful operation s, you may disable the HT T echnology .
Suppor t Options If you h ave questi ons abou t your comput er or the preinstal led pro grams, refer to the following sources for answers in the sequence listed below . 1 V AIO® Computer User Guid e The on-screen V AIO® Comput er User Guide provides detailed information on h ow to maximize your c omputer capabilities and so lve common pr oblems.
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http://www .sony .com/v aio Printed in China © 2003 Sony E l ectron i cs Inc. 4-680-542-01 *468054 201*.
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