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N Son y note book user gui de PCG- G R X Series.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 1 nN Read this first Notice © 2002 Sony C o rporation. All rights re served. 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 Guide Re ad t his fi rst 2 nN RealPlayer and RealJukebox are t ra dem arks or regi stered trad e marks of R ealNetworks, Inc. in th e U.S. and o ther countries. Pow erPan el is a tr adema rk of Phoe nix T ech nol ogies Ltd . Symantec Norton AntiVirus is a trademark of Sy m antec Co rp oration.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 3 nN Sa fety in forma tion Own er's r ecor d The serial number and m o del num b er are loc a ted on the b otto m of y our Son y n otebook. Record t h e serial number and the mod e l number in the spaces pro vided h ere.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 4 nN ❑ TV s ets ❑ Speaker s ❑ Ma gn et s ❑ M agnetic bracelets. Au di o/ vid eo ❑ Aud io and pictu re disto rtion may occur if thi s equip ment i s position ed i n close p roxi mity to an y equipm ent emitting el ectrom ag n eti c radi ation.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 5 nN Reg ulat ory inf ormati on This product conf orms to the f ollowing Eur opean Di rectiv e: 1999/5/EC (radio equipment and te lecomm u nications terminal eq u ipment Directive).
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rst 6 nN Di sposi ng of l ithi um io n batt eries ❑ Do no t handl e dama ged or le aking lith i u m ion ba tteries. Dispos e of prom ptly and proper ly at en d-of-lif e. ❑ Dang er of e xplosi on if the bat tery is in correc tly re placed.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 7 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu l ati ons on purc hasin g a So ny VAIO noteb ook. Sony has comb ined le ading - e dge tech nology in aud i o , vid eo, com put i n g and comm uni cations to pr ovi de you with s tate-o f-the-a rt persona l com puting.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN Do cumenta tio n pack Your Do cum entatio n Pack con tains pa per and online use r guides o n y o ur comp uter ' s har d drive.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN 2 Refe r to yo ur Sof tware Gu ide fo r i nformat i on on the bun dled software and the S ony applications . ❑ A bout the Sof tw are is a short des cript i on of th e fe atures of the softw are pre-in stalled on you r sy st em.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN Y our noteb ook an d its a cces sori e s The followi ng h a rdware items are in the bo x: * D e pe nding on your model .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg onomic cons ider ations ❑ Y o u wil l be u sin g yo ur n oteb oo k as a p orta bl e de vic e in a var iet y of envi ron m ent s.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN ❑ V ie wi ng an gle o f th e co mput er’s dis play – Use t he display ’ s t i lti n g feature to fi nd the best pos ition. Y o u can redu ce eyestrain a nd muscle fa tigue by adju sting the tilt of th e disp l a y to th e proper posi tion.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us in g yo ur n ot eb ook This se ction des cribes how t o start using y our comp uter an d how to us e y o ur comp uter’s i nternal an d extern al de v ic es.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Locat ing controls an d connectors Rig ht ✍ Do not cover the ve ntilation slot when the computer is on.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Left * D ependin g on y our m odel. See the Specific ations onl ine docu ment. 1 Mem ory Sti ck™ sl ot (p age 4 1) 2U S B p o r t (p age 7 1) 3 i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Front 1 Mem ory Sti ck™ in dicat or (p age 3 2) 2 Num Lock indicato r (p age 3 2) 3 Caps Lock indica t o r (p age 3 2) 4 Scro ll Lock indica tor (.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN Bac k ✍ T her e is a vent ilatio n slot lo cated on the lef t side o f t he back pa nel. Do not cov er the v en tilation slot w hen the comput er is on .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Bott om 1 P ort repli cator conne ctor cov er (p age 5 9) 2 M emory m odule cover (p age 9 5) 3 M ulti-pur pose ba y rele a se lev er (p age 5 7).
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN C onnect ing a pow er sour ce You can use eithe r an AC adap ter o r a rec hargeable ba ttery pack as a power sourc e. Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , procee d as fo llows : 1 Plug the c able attached t o the AC adapte r (1) into the DC In c onnector (2) on th e com pute r .
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. You c an ins ert the se c on d batte ry pack i nto the multi- purpo se b ay on the left si de of t he c om puter.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN Cha rging t he batter y pack To ch arge t he batte ry pack , pr ocee d as follow s: 1 Conne ct the AC ad apter to the comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN ✍ When t he batt ery i s running out of power , bot h the batte r y an d powe r indica tors b link. K eep t he batt ery pa ck in the c omp uter whil e it is d i r ectly co nnected to AC po wer . The ba ttery pa ck conti nues to charge while y o u a re usin g th e com puter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Remo ving the ba ttery pack To remo ve th e battery pac k, proceed as fol l o ws: 1 T urn o f f th e comp uter . 2 Ope n the c o ver of the batter y ba y . 3 Pull out the ba ttery pac k. 4 Close th e cover o f th e battery bay .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Insert i n g the second batt ery p ack To insert a secon d battery pack, pr oceed as fol low s: 1 If the weight s a ver o r th e optic al d isc d rive i s in th e mu lti-pur pose b ay ( 1), r emove it .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Cha rging the secon d battery pa ck To charg e t he second batt ery p ac k , procee d as follows: 1 Keep th e batt ery p ack ( 1-3) in th e compu ter whil e it is c onnec ted to AC p ower . The ba ttery indicat or (2) flashes wh ile the batter y is c h ar ging.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide 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 mu l ti-pu rpose bay release lever on th e b ottom of the comp uter in the dire c tion of the arro w .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Sta rt ing y ou r noteb ook To st art y our c omp ute r, proc eed as fo ll ows : 1 Slide the LCD loc k lever (1) in the d i re ction o f the arrow , a nd l i ft the c o v e r . 2 Press the pow er butto n (2) of the compu ter until the gr een pow er ind icator (3 ) light tu rns on.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Sh utt ing do wn you r note boo k I t i s imp orta nt t hat you s hut down your c om pute r p r ope rl y so you do no t lo se u nsa ved data . To sh ut down your computer, proceed as follo ws: 1 Click the Star t butto n.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us ing th e keybo ard Your keyb oard is very simi l a r t o a d esktop com puter’s, b ut has addi tional keys th at pe rform spec ific notebo ok-relat ed tasks.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Keys Descri ptions Esc ape ke y (1) The <E sc> (Esca pe) key is us e d to ca ncel com mand s. Fun ction keys (2) The twelve functi on ke y s a long the top of the keybo ard are used to per form de signat ed tasks.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Com binat ions a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e <Win dows> key Combinati ons Functio ns + F1 Di sp la ys Help and Sup port Cen ter . + T ab Switches the sele cted b u tton on th e taskbar . + E Di s pl ays My Comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN Ind icators Indic ator Functions Powe r Pow er on: lights gree n. St and by mod e: f las he s um be r . Hibern a te mode: tu rns off. Battery 1 Indicates the status of the battery inserted i n the battery bay on the right side of th e computer .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN Com binat ions a nd fu ncti ons wi th th e <Fn > key * Thi s fun c ti on can o nly b e used by th e first user t o log in. It w ill no t work if you have sw itche d to a nother u ser a ccoun t.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Us ing th e touchp ad The k eyboa rd cont ains a cu rsor-po inting d evice, yo ur touc hpad (1) . You c an poi nt to, selec t, drag , an d scroll objec ts on the screen us ing the bu i lt-i n touchpad .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Us ing th e Jog Dia l™ Your com puter is eq uippe d with a Jog Dia l ™ with Back butto n on your comp uter, near th e touc hpad. Yo u can t urn and/ or press the Jo g Dial™ to scro l l t he wind ow, se l ec t softwar e, adju st the i nternal s peaker volu me, etc.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN The Jog Dial ™ wi ndow is a l ways dis pl aye d on the s cree n. Thi s wi ndow has t wo mod es : La unc her m ode an d Guide mo de. The J og Dial ™ wi ndow i s in L a uncher mode until you sta rt an applica tion or the Jog Di al ™ window becom es active.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN To use the Jog Dial™ in Launch er mode, proceed as follow s: 1 Cl ic k th e Jog D ia l™ w ind ow or p ress the J og Dial™ while p ressing th e <Ctrl> key t o sw itc h to Launcher mode. 2 T urn th e Jo g Dial™ to selec t an i t em, then pre ss the Jog Dial™.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN Us ing PC Cards Your comp uter i n c l u d es two PC Ca rd slots (1-2). PC C ards a l low you to co nnect p ortabl e exte rnal dev ices. In se rti ng a PC Card To in sert a PC Card, proceed a s follows : 1 Insert th e PC Card int o one of the PC Ca rd slots with the fro nt label faci ng up.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Be sure to us e the most recent softwar e driver provided by the P C Ca rd manufacturer . If an “!” mark appears on the Dev i ce M ana ger ta b in th e S ystem P rop erties dia log box, remove the sof twa r e drive r and the n rei nstall it.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN 9 Push the PC Ca rd release bu tton a second tim e so that the PC C ard pops ou t. 10 Gently t ake hold o f the Card and pull it o ut of th e slot.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Using Me mory Stic k™ Your VAIO co mputer i s designed to sup port the M emory S tick™. T he Mem o ry S tick™ i s a comp ac t, p ortabl e, and ve rsatile dev i ce esp ecially desi gned for exc hanging and sharing digital da ta with com patible pro ducts.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 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 mm (H) x 50 mm (D), co mpatible products c an also be smal l, li ghtwe i g ht and attracti v e in the ir design.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN Ge ne ri c Me mory St ic k™ The original Me mory Stick™, blue in colour , can be used to record image data taken wi th d igital s till came ras, etc. or data from the PC. With it, you c an record , play back a nd transfe r var ious kinds of data at any g iven t ime.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN MagicGat e Mem ory Stick™ The Ma gicGate M emory Stick™, whi te in c o l our, r ecords PC and i ma ge data j ust like i ts blue counter part; the d ifference is it u ses th e MagicGa te cop yri g ht prote ction t echnology .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN ✍ MagicGate is a copyright protecti on t ec h nol ogy that complies with the st andards set by SDMI (Secure Di g i t a l Music Initiativ e, a n orga nizatio n worki ng to d r a w up i ndustr y s tandard speci f ic ations i n ord er to pro tect co pyrigh ts of d igital music).
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 46 nN Assoc iatio n of America (RI AA) took the init iativ e to organiz e a f orum called Secure Musi c Digita l Initia tive (SDM I) to study tec hnology for prote cting cop yrights d uring t he electr onic distr i buti on of musi c.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 47 nN ❑ Sony mobile phones ❑ Digita l printers ❑ AIBO the Sony En tertainment Robo t To find o ut more ab out the pr oduct s avai labl e i n you r count ry, go to: htt p:// ww w .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 48 nN ✍ Hold the Me mory St ick™ with t he arro w poin ting in the c orrect d irec tion w hen yo u insert it in to the sl ot. To avoi d dam aging t he computer or the Memory Stick™, do not force the Memory Stick™ into the slo t i f it does not insert smoothly .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 49 nN W ri te- prot ectin g a Memo ry S tick ™ Memo ry St icks™ are desi gned with an era su re preven tion switch t o protect valu able data from acci d en tal erasure or over writing. Move t he tab to the right or left* to set or r elease wri te-protec ti on.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 50 nN Us ing th e modem Yo ur no te book is e q uipp e d wit h an in ter na l mo d em. You n e ed to c onn ect to a pho ne line to take a dvantage of o nli n e services and t he Intern et, as w ell as to regist er yo ur c o mputer an d softwar e o nline, an d to cont act VAIO-L i n k.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 51 nN Us ing po wer sa vin 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 power ma nag em ent set ti ngs to co nser ve ba tte ry l ife .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 52 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 mode. To ac ti vat e Hibernate mode, p roceed a s follo w s: Press <Fn> + <F1 2> .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 53 nN Using the CD-RW/DVD- R OM d r ive or DVD- ROM d rive Depe nding on y our mo del, yo ur compu ter is eq uippe d with a CD-R W/DV D-RO M driv e o r DVD- ROM d rive. To insert a disc, pr oceed as follow s: 1 T urn o n the comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 54 nN ✍ When the computer is in Stand by or Hibe rn ate mode , y o u ca n n ot insert o r remove a d isc.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 55 nN ❑ Re gion cod es i nd ica to rs a re labe le d on the DVD di scs to i ndic ate in whi ch r egi on an d on wha t t ype of player you can pl ay the disc.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 56 nN Us ing th e CD -RW func tion Depe nding on your m ode l, yo ur no tebook is e quipp ed w ith a CD- RW/DVD -ROM dr i ve .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 57 nN Us ing th e weight saver The w eight saver p rotects the m ulti-purp ose b ay when it is em pty, and secu res th e second batter y or the CD-RW/ DVD-ROM dri v e o r the DVD- R OM drive when th ey are i nstal l ed i n the m ulti-purpose bay.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 58 nN Connec ting peripheral d evices You ca n add fu ncti onality t o your com puter b y co nnect i n g or usin g any of thes e periph erals. Before you c onnect p eriph erals, tu rn of f the co mputer and a ll peri pherals.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 59 nN Conn ecti ng a por t repli cat or Yo ur not ebo ok su ppo rts t he u se of an o pti on al p ort r epl i cat or. A tta chi ng a port rep lic at or e n abl es yo u to conn ec t ad d itio n al peri pherals to you r c ompute r, such as a printer or an exter nal d i s p lay .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 60 nN Att achi ng yo ur com pute r to t he po rt re plica tor To atta c h y our com puter to the port rep licator , pro ceed as follo w s : 1 T urn o f f the c ompute r a nd disc onnec t all periph erals.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 61 nN Discon necting your co mputer from the port rep licator To disc onnec t yo ur compu ter fro m th e port repl i ca tor, proc eed as fo l low s: 1 T urn o f f th e comp uter a nd th e con nected p eriphe rals.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 62 nN C onnect ing a n ext ern al dis play You ca n conne ct an ex ternal d ispl ay to your no tebook . For exa mple, y ou can u se your n oteboo k with th e fo llowing devic es: ❑ Com puter di splay (mo nitor ); ❑ Mult imedia compu ter d ispla y; ❑ TV ; ❑ Projector .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 63 nN Con necting a comput er dis play You ca n conne ct a co mput er display (m onitor ) eithe r dir ectly t o your n oteboo k o r v ia the (opti onal) po rt replicat or.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 64 nN Con necting a m ultimedia computer dis play You can co n ne c t th e n otebook to a m u ltime dia computer d isplay that incl u d es bu il t-i n speake rs and a mic ropho ne.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 65 nN Con necting a TV You ca n conne ct a TV to t he notebo ok or to t he opti onal po rt replicato r.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 66 nN To connect a TV to the port rep l icat o r, pro c eed a s f o llo w s: 1 Attac h the port replica tor to your no tebook.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 67 nN Conn ecti ng a proje ctor You ca n conne ct a pro j ec t (such as the Sony L CD proj ector) directly to your not ebook or via the por t replicat or.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 68 nN Con nectin g exte rnal s p eakers You ca n enh ance the so und qual ity of yo ur compu ter by co nne c ting exte rnal spe akers. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, proceed as fo l low s: 1 Plug the speaker cable ( 1 ) into t he head p h o n e connecto r (2).
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 69 nN Conn ecti ng an ex t erna l micro phone Your VA I O note boo k d oes n ot conta in an intern al micro phon e. I f you ne ed to use a sou nd inpu t device , fo r exampl e to chat on the Intern et, you need to plug in an extern al microph o ne .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 70 nN Conn ecti ng an ex ter nal mouse or key boa rd You can conne ct an exte rnal mouse or k eyboa rd to th e opt ional p ort re plic ator u sing the PS /2 m ouse/ keyboard connec tor.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 71 nN Conn ecti ng a Un ive rsal Ser ial Bus (U SB) d evice You ca n conn ect a US B device ( for examp le, a m ouse, flop py disk drive, key board , printe r) to your c omp uter. Bef ore conn ecting or di sconn ecting a USB p eriph eral, you d o not ne ed to shut d own the c omputer .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 72 nN Conn ecti ng a USB f loppy disk dri ve As an op tional extra , yo u can purc hase a USB flop py di sk dri ve an d co nnect it t o your com puter . To connect a USB floppy disk drive, pro c ee d as follows: 1 Choos e the U SB conne ctor yo u prefe r to use.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 73 nN To remo ve a USB fl oppy dis k dri ve, procee d as follo ws: ❑ If yo ur co mputer is on , wai t until the fl oppy d rive L ED indi cator turns off and t hen un plug the US B cab le.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 74 nN Re movi ng a flop py d isk To remo ve a flop py disk, p roceed as fo llows: When you have f inished using the floppy disk, wait u ntil th e LED indica tor (1) turns off an d th en pre ss the eject bu tton (2) to rem ove the d isk.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 75 nN 2 Plug the prin ter power cor d i n to an AC outlet. ✍ Befor e usi ng the p rinter , y ou m ay need to ch ange th e Prin ter s e tting s in the Son y Notebook Setup software.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 76 nN Conn ecti ng a print er us ing the p rinte r conn ecto r The option al port rep licator and the noteb ook are equipp ed w i th a printer co nnector.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 77 nN Conn ecti ng an i .LI NK™ d evi ce Your c o mpu ter includes an i.LINK™ (IEE E1394) connecto r , w hic h you can u se to connect to an i.LINK ™ device such as a di gital video cam era recorder or to con nect two V AIO no tebooks in or der to c opy, del ete or edit files.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 78 nN Conn ecti ng a digi tal v ideo c amer a re cord er To co nnect a digi tal video ca mera re co rder, proce ed as fol l o ws: 1 Plug one e nd of th e i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devic es 79 nN Con necting two V AIO not ebo oks With Smart Conn ect yo u can c opy, edit or delete files o n ano ther V AIO c o mputer (equip ped wi th Sm art Conn ect) co nnecte d to your c omp uter with a n option al i.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 80 nN Getting help This sec tion des cribes h ow to get he lp and sup port fro m Sony, and provide s troubl eshoot ing tips for y our co mpu ter. So ny sup por t opti ons Sony pro vid es several support opt ions for yo ur com puter.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 81 nN ❑ Prec auti o n s pro v ide s facts an d advice a bou t u sing y our not ebook. ❑ Glo s sar y refers to ter ms used in th is man ual. 2 Refe r to yo ur Sof tware Gu ide fo r i nformat i on on the bun dled software and the S ony applications .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 82 nN Othe r sources o f information ❑ The Online help files tha t acco mpany yo ur pre-instal l ed s oftwar e con tain instru c tion s on using the softwar e. ❑ V AIO-Lin k web s ite: if y ou h av e a ny p ro ble m w it h y our com p uter , you c an acce ss the VAIO -L ink web site.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 83 nN ❑ If you are using an exte rnal di splay , check that it is plugg ed i nto a powe r sour ce and turned on. C h eck that you ha ve switched to th e external disp l a y and th at the brightnes s and contra st controls are ad justed correc tl y .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 84 nN My c omp uter d oes n ot sh ut do wn You ar e rec ommen ded to s hut dow n your c omp uter using the Turn Off com mand on the Wi ndo ws ® St art menu . Usin g other m etho ds, incl uding t hose li sted her e, ma y r esult in l oss of u nsaved data.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 85 nN My t ouchpad inter prets a single tap as a d ouble-cl i ck Open the Mou se ic on in the Contr ol Pane l and chan ge the button assi gnment s in the Mo use Pr opert ies dialog bo x. One of the bu ttons is assig ned to the d ouble - cl i c k a ction .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 86 nN Th e wi ndow I ha ve ju st cl ose d cont inu es t o app ear on my LCD Press th e <Windows ® > key and <D > key tw i ce to refr esh the scree n. I canno t switch fro m LC D d i sp l a y to TV and vice v ersa If a DVD disc is inser ted in the DVD- ROM drive , remo ve the disc.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 87 nN I canno t play a DV D-RO M ❑ If a region c ode war ning a ppear s w hen you a re usin g the DVD pl ayer , i t coul d be that the D VD-RO M you ar e try ing to p lay is inc omp at ible wit h the DV D-R OM dri ve on your not eb ook .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 88 nN If you want to u se othe r medi a and are having diffic ulty fo rmatting n on-4x CD-RW discs, c h ange the writin g spe ed from 4x to a lowe r s etting. To chang e the writin g speed fro m the defau lt to a lower sp eed, p roceed as follo ws: 1 Go to My Co mput er from th e St art me nu.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 89 nN My floppy disk dr i ve canno t write to a disket te ❑ The diskette is writ e-p ro t ec ted . Disa ble the wr i te-prot ect feature or use a diskette th at is not write- prote cted. ❑ Che c k th at the di skette is prope rly inserte d i nto th e flo ppy disk dri ve.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 90 nN ❑ The spea ker volu me may b e turned t o the mi nimum. Pr ess <F n >+<F4> , and th en press or to increase the volume . ❑ If yo ur comp uter is p owered by bat tery , che ck tha t the bat tery is i n serted pr operly an d tha t it is cha rged.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 91 nN ❑ Che ck that the phon e n umb er the pr ogram is di aling, is co rrect. ❑ In the Phon e a n d M ode m Opti ons dial og bo x ( Contr ol Pane l / Phone .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 92 nN Ab ou t pe riph eral s I canno t use DV de vices. T he messa ge ' DV equip ment se ems t o be disconn ected or turne d off' app ears ❑ Check th at t he DV d evice is tur n ed o n and that the cables are pr o p erl y conn ected.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 93 nN ❑ Che ck the cabl e to see if yo u do not have missin g of bend pin s. ❑ T ry a printer sel f test (i f avai l a ble) to see if the printer i tself is sti l l fun ctionin g prope rl y . For mo re informa tion, plea se consu lt th e manu al su pplied with y our printer .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 94 nN About i.LI NK™ de v ic e s I canno t establish an i.LIN K™ conne ction betw een two V AI O c o mputers ❑ Discon nect then reco nnect the i.LIN K™ cable . ❑ If you still have no co nnection after waiting for a wh i le, restart both comp uters.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 95 nN Pr ecau ti ons This se ction des cribes safe ty guide lines an d precau ti o ns to help yo u protec t y o ur compu ter from pot ential 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 Guide Preca utions 96 nN ❑ Discon nect the syste m from its pow er sourc e and fro m any telecom muni cation link s, networks, or modems before you o pen the system. Fa ilure t o do so may result in per sonal in jury o r equipment dama ge.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 97 nN Remo ving a memo ry mo dule * To remove a me mory module, proc eed as foll ows: 1 Shut dow n your com puter and disco nnect all periphe ral devic es. 2 Un pl ug t he c omput er and r emo ve t he ba tte ry pac k.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 98 nN Add ing a me mory mo dul e 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 pl ug t he c omput er a nd re mo ve t he ba tte ry pac ks.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 99 nN 8 Press th e modu le into place until it clicks. 9 Close the c omp uter c over . 10 T i ghten th e s crew on th e bot tom of the not ebook . 11 T urn o n the comp uter . V iew ing th e amou nt of memo ry To vi ew t he amou nt of me mor y, pr oc ee d as f oll ows : 1 T urn o n the comp uter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 100 nN Ot her pr ecaut ions On ha ndling the h ard disk The ha rd disk has a hi gh storag e d ensity and re ads or writ es data in a shor t t i me. O n the other ha nd, it may be easily dam aged b y mec hani cal vi bratio n, shoc k or dust.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 101 nN ❑ The screen b ecomes war m d uring operati o n. This is norm al a nd d o es n o t i ndicate a m alfunction .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 102 nN ❑ H eat source s, such as rad i a tors or air ducts , ❑ D i rec t sunlight, ❑ E x ce ssive du st, ❑ M oisture or rain, ❑ Mec han ical vi brat io.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 103 nN On ha ndling disket tes ❑ Do not open the shu tter man u all y an d touch the surf ace of the diskett e. ❑ Keep di skettes awa y from ma gnets. ❑ Keep di skettes awa y from direct su nlight an d other heat sourc es.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 104 nN On usin g the batte ry pack ❑ Never leave th e b attery p ack in temperatu res above 60°C, such as i n a car park ed in the sun or un der direct sunl ight . ❑ Battery life is shorter i n a c old environm ent.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 105 nN On usin g earp hones ❑ Roa d safe ty – Do not us e headp hones whil e drivi ng, cy cling, or op erating any motori z e d veh i c l e.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 106 nN Glossary This s ection r efers to terms used i n this m anual. T hese terms and d efiniti ons ha v e been c ompiled to pr ovide you w i th a b etter und erstanding o f y our V AIO comp uter. T erm Defini tion <F1> key The <F1> key g ive s you a ccess to th e online he l p of m o st software.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 107 nN CD-ROM Ab brevia tion for C ompa ct Disc Rea d-Only Mem ory . A high-ca pacit y optical di s c, u s u ally 650 MB in size , capable of b e ing read from but not written to. CD-RW Short for C ompa ct Disc-ReWriteable .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 108 nN i.L IN K™ i.LINK™ is Sony’s v e rsion of the IE EE 1394 standard for high-speed di g ital serial interface. The standard is regarded in the audio/video and IT industries as the mo st su ita ble interface fo r conn e ct ing com puters and digita l audio/v ideo device s (such as digi tal c ameras etc.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 109 nN ma xi mum RA M The maxim um am ount o f RAM that y our co m p uter c an conta in. O nce 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 ain circ uit boa rd ins ide you r com puter .
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 110 nN PCMCIA PCMCIA (P ersonal Com p uter M e mory Card I n ternational Association) is the n am e of the group that pro du ced th e specification for the c redit c a rd-sized plug-in b oards fo r laptop computers.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 111 nN Re sol uti on The d e gree of s har pn ess and cl ari ty of an imag e. R e solu tion is e xpr esse d i n pi x els.
Sony Notebook Us er Guide Glossary 112 nN VAI O Shor t for Vid eo Audi o Integ rated O perat ion. B r and name cove ring So ny's PC p rodu cts, peripherals, accessories and software. VAI O-branded items are a ll designed to make the best us e of Sony 's Au dio-Vide o (A V) and I nformati on T echn ology (IT ) skills .
Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Sony PCG-GRX Series c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Sony PCG-GRX Series - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Sony PCG-GRX Series, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Sony PCG-GRX Series va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Sony PCG-GRX Series, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Sony PCG-GRX Series.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Sony PCG-GRX Series. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Sony PCG-GRX Series ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
