Manuel d'utilisation / d'entretien du produit PCV- E31M du fabricant Sony
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N User Guide VGC-V3 Series (PCV -E31M/PCV -F31M).
1 nN Read this first Read this first Notice © 2005 Sony Corporation. All rights reserved. This manual and the software described here in, in whole or in part, may not be reprod uced, translated, or reduced to any mach in e-readable form wi thout prior written approval.
2 nN Read this first E NERGY S TA R As an E NERGY S T AR Partner , Sony has determined that this product meets the E NERGY S T AR guid elines for ener gy effic iency . The International E NERGY S TA R Offic e Equipment Prog ram is an international pr ogram that pr omotes ener gy saving through the use of computers and their office equipment.
3 nN Read this first Safety information General ❑ Opening the unit, for wh atever reason, could lead to damag es that are not covered by the guarantee. ❑ T o avoid elec trical shoc k, do not open the c abinet. Refer servicing to qualified personn el only .
4 nN Read this first Connectivity ❑ Never install modem or te lephone wiring during a sever e lightning stor m. ❑ Never install telephone jack s in wet locations unless th e jack is specifically de signed for wet locations. ❑ T ake care when installing or modifying telephone lines.
5 nN Read this first Regulatory infor mation Sony hereby de clares that this product is in com pliance with the essential r equir ements and other r elevant pr ovisions of Eur ope an Directive 1999/5/EC (radio equipm ent and telecommu nications termina l equipment Directive).
6 nN Read this first Disposing of the internal memor y backup batter y ❑ Y our Sony V AIO desktop is equipped with an internal back-up memory batte ry (motherboar d batter y) that should not have to be replaced during the lifetime of the product. If you want to replace the batt ery , please co ntact V AIO-Link: www .
7 nN We l c o m e We l c o m e Congratulat ions on purchasing a Sony VAIO comput er. Sony has combined leading-edge technology in audio, video, compu ting and communications to provide you with state-o f-the-art per sonal computing.
8 nN We l c o m e Documentation pack Your documenta tion pack contain s printed informa tion and us er guides to rea d on your co mputer. Guides are provided in PDF format, w hich you can e asily browse thro ugh and print ou t.
9 nN We l c o m e Printed documentation The printed part of your documen tation pack inclu des the follo wing: ❑ A Specifications sheet, containing a table of specific ations, a list of bund led sof.
10 nN We l c o m e My Club V AIO In My Club VAIO , you can find: Documentation , which gives you: ❑ Access to the User Guide . This guide explains the featur es of your V AIO in detail, how t o use these featur es confidently and safely , connect peripheral devices an d more.
11 nN We l c o m e Ergonomic considerations Whenever po ssible, try and take into ac count the following e rgonomic cons iderations when using your new compute r, whether at home or in the office : ❑ Position of the keyboar d and mouse – Make sure the keyb oard is directly in fr ont of you.
12 nN Using your V AIO Using your V AIO Once you have read an d followed the information on the printed Specifications sheet, you can start using you r computer s afely and confidently.
13 nN Using your V AIO Shutting down your computer safely It is important t hat you shut do wn your compu ter properly so you do not lose unsaved dat a. To shut down your computer, proceed as follo ws: 1 T urn off any peripher als connected to your comput er .
14 nN Using your V AIO Using the keyboard Your VAIO is delive red with a wir eless keyboard. You can place the keyboard anywher e you find co mfortable within a range of 10 m* from the main unit. The keyboar d has a standar d key arrang ement and addition al keys that perform specif ic functions.
15 nN Using your V AIO KEY FUNCTION 1 Standby Press the button to pl ace the computer i n Standby mode. Press the power button or Standby key briefly to r esume normal operation. 2 Numeric keypad Use the numeric k eypad to type numbers or to perf orm basic maths calculations.
16 nN Using your V AIO 7 <Fn> key Used in com bination with other keys to exec ute commands. <Fn> + <F2> : T urn s off the speaker so und. <Fn> + <F3> : Decrea ses the volume of the sp eakers. <Fn> + <F4> : Increases the volume of the speakers.
17 nN Using your V AIO Before you use the keyboard Before attemptin g to use the wireless keyboar d, you must en able communicat ion between the computer and the keyboard. Four AA batteries, for use in t he wireless keyboard, are supp lied with your VAIO.
18 nN Using your V AIO Using the pointing device The keyboard f eatures a pointing device (1), wh ich controls the cursor on th e screen. You ca n point to, selec t and drag objects on the screen using the built-in pointing device. Action Description Point Sl ide one finger on the pointing device to place the po inter (2) on an ite m or object.
19 nN Using your V AIO Before using the pointing device Before attemp ting to use the pointin g device, you mus t activate it. To activate th e pointing device, pr oceed as follows: 1 Fold the ke yboard out. 2 T ur n o n the Pointing Device switch (1).
20 nN Using your V AIO Using the mouse Your computer is deliv ered with a wire less optical mo use, which h as no cables to plug in and us es a light-emitting diode (LED) inst ead of a ball. You can use t he mouse anywhere you f eel comfort able within a range of 10 m* of the main unit.
21 nN Using your V AIO Before using the mouse Before atte mpting to use th e wireless mo use, you mus t enable commun ication betwee n the comput er and the mous e. Two AA batteries, for u s e in the wireless mouse, are supplied with your VAIO. The y are identified by a s ticker "For mous e" on the packa ging.
22 nN Using your V AIO ✍ Steps 4 and 5 must be carried out within 10 seco nds of each other . If your wireless mouse does n ot operate prope rly , the ba tteries may need to be r eplaced with new ones. Al ways use the same type and br and of batteries.
23 nN Using your V AIO Using the TV function Your VAIO is equipped with a TV tune r board. In co mbination with Sony's VA IO Zone software, it allows you to: ❑ W atch, record and play back anal.
24 nN Using your V AIO Using the disc drive Your computer is equipped with a double la yer DVD±RW drive, which re ads data fr om a compatible CD or DVD and writes data to a DVD-RW, D VD+RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-RW, or CD-R. To insert a disc , proceed as follows: 1 T ur n o n the compu ter .
25 nN Using your V AIO Reading and writing CDs and DVDs To achieve optimum performa nce when writ ing data on t o disc (also calle d ’burning’), fo llow these recommendation s: ❑ T o make the data on a disc readable on an optical drive, you need to close the ses sion when you eject it.
26 nN Using your V AIO Playing DVDs To achieve optimum performa nce when pla ying DVDs, you should follow t hese recommen dations: ❑ Close all open applications before playing a DVD movie. ❑ Play DVDs with the softwar e VA I O Z o n e . ❑ Do not switch powe r saving mode s while playing a DVD.
27 nN Using your V AIO Using the modem Your VAIO desktop is equ ipped with an in ternal modem. As described on the printed Specifications sheet, use the single RJ-11 jack to connec t the supplied modem cable to the pho ne line.
28 nN Using your V AIO Using power modes The colou r of the po wer indicato r light behind the po wer button tells you which mode the comp uter is in. ✍ Please see the pr inted Specifications sheet for the exact location of the indicators.
29 nN Using your V AIO Using Hibernate mode If you are in terrupted and need t o leave yo ur computer suddenly, you can pu t it into Hibernate mode. This power sav ing mode saves you the time of shutting down in the no rmal way. When you put your computer into Hibernate mode: ❑ Everything in th e memory is save d to the hard disk.
30 nN Using your V AIO Using the Memory Stick Your VAIO computer is desig ned to support th e Memory Stick. The Memory Stick is a c ompact, portable, an d versatile device especially design ed for exchanging and shar ing digital data with co mpatible products, s u ch as digital came ras, mobile phones an d CLIÉ handheld dev ices.
31 nN Using your V AIO Inserting a Memory Stick To insert a Me mory Stick , proceed as follows: 1 Locate the Memory Stic k slot on the unit. 2 Hold the Memory Stick with the conn ectors poin ting towards the fr ont and push it in until it clicks .
32 nN Using your V AIO Write-protecting cards Some Memory Sticks a re designed with an erasu re prevention sw itch to protect va luable data from ac cidental erasure or overwriti ng. Move the tab horizont ally or vertically to set or release write-protection.
33 nN Using your V AIO Using PC Cards Your VAIO desktop h as a PC Card slot on the side p a nel that suppor ts Type I or Type II PC Cards. PC Cards allow you to intercon nect with portable ex ternal devices. Inserting a PC Card Insert the PC C ard gently int o the PC Card slot with the label and a rrow facing to wards you.
34 nN Using your V AIO Removing a PC Card Follow the steps below to remove the PC C ard while your computer is on. If it is no t removed in the correct way, your system ma y crash and unsaved data may be lost. If you want to remove a PC Card w hen your compu ter is off, skip steps 1 to 5.
35 nN Using your V AIO Using Wireless LAN (WLAN) Thanks to Sony’s Wireless LAN (WLAN)*, all your digital devices with built-in WLAN fu nctionality c ommunicate free ly with each o ther through a powerful ne twork. A WLAN is a network in which a mo bile user can connect to a local ar ea network (L AN) through a wireless (radio) connecti on.
36 nN Using your V AIO Communicating without an Acces s Point (computer -to-computer) A computer-to-com puter network is a ne twork in which a local netw ork is created only by the wireless devices themselves, with n o other central c ontroller o r Access Poin t.
37 nN Using your V AIO 12 Fill in exactly the same Network key again , for confirm ation. 13 Select the This is a computer (ad hoc ) network; wireless acce ss points are not used check bo x at the botto m of the screen. 14 Click OK . Yo u r Network name appears in the Prefer red networks list.
38 nN Using your V AIO Communicating with an A ccess Point (infrastructure) An infrastruc ture network is a network tha t extends an ex isting wired lo cal network to w ireless devices b y providing an Access Point, for example the Sony PCWA-A320 Access Point .
39 nN Using your V AIO How to select a Wireless LAN channel In an 802.11b/g co nfiguration, channels 1 to 13 can be used. (a) With an Access Poin t ("Infrastructure") ❑ The channel used will be the channe l selected by th e Access Point.
40 nN Using your V AIO Troubleshooting Wireless LAN if you cann ot use the Wir eless LAN funct ion, make sur e the wireless switch is t urned on befor e checking the following poin ts. The Wireless LAN Access Point and my comput er cannot communicate ❑ Check if the power of the Access Point is turned on.
41 nN Using your V AIO I cannot access the Internet ❑ Check the sett ings of the Access Point. Se e the manua l of the Acces s Point. ❑ Check if your computer and th e Access Point are comm unicating. ❑ Check your int ernet connec tion and chec k if your br owser and e- mail client are co rrectly config ured.
42 nN Connecting peripheral devices Connecting peripheral devices You can add fu nctionality to your computer by using the va rious ports on y our unit.
43 nN Connecting peripheral devices Connecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device You can co nnect a US B device such as a scanne r, a floppy dis k drive or a printer, to y our VAIO deskt op. To connect a USB device, simply plug in the USB cable of the de vice into one o f the ports on your system unit.
44 nN Connecting peripheral devices T roubleshooting printing If you have problems printing, check Help and Support Center ; the d ocumentation delivered with yo ur printer; and the VAIO-L ink website ( w ww.vaio-link.com ). Connecting an i.LINK device Your VAIO computer includes a 4-pin i.
45 nN Connecting peripheral devices T roubleshooting i.LINK devices If you have pro blems with your i.LINK device, check Help and Support Center , the documentation delivered with the de vice, and the VAIO-Link website ( www.vaio-link.com ). Connecting a microphone Your VAIO desktop do es not contain an internal mic rophone.
46 nN Connecting peripheral devices Connecting to a network Your computer co mes with a built-in Ethernet interfac e. To connect to a netwo rk, proceed as follows: 1 Connect your 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Eth erne t cable (not s upplied) to the Ethe rnet port on the comput er .
47 nN Upgrading your V AIO computer Upgrading your V AIO computer Sony recommend s contacting you r local dealer for upg rade or maintenanc e of your new co mputer.
48 nN Upgrading your V AIO computer Upgrading memory In the future, you may want to upgrade th e memory insta lled on your VAIO by r eplacing / addin g memory modules. However, we recommend that you do not install th em yourself unless you are familiar wi th upgrading memory on a computer.
49 nN Upgrading your V AIO computer Vi ewing the amount of memor y To view the amoun t of memory, proceed as follows: 1 T ur n o n the compu ter . 2 Click the Start button, po int to All Programs , Security & Utilities, then V AIO System Information , and click VA I O S y s t e m Information again.
50 nN Upgrading your V AIO computer 8 T o insert a new memory module, remove it from its anti-st atic package, ha ndling it only by the edges. 9 Locate the not ch on the bottom edge of the memory modu le. 10 Align the memory m odule over th e slot, making sure the module is facin g the correct way .
51 nN Upgrading your V AIO computer 12 Align the tabs on th e side cover t o the rim of the unit and press the side cover f irmly against the unit until it sn aps into pl ace. 13 Put the memory co ver and the back panel back into plac e. ✍ The illustrations he re may var y from the actu al configuration of your V AIO.
52 nN Getting help Getting help This section describes how to get help and supp ort if something goes wron g with your computer. Sony offers you many s upport opt ions for yo ur comput er.
53 nN Getting help e-Support What is e-Support? You have se arched our use r guides an d website ( www .vaio-link.com ) but have not f ound an an swer to y our questio n/issue? e-Support is the idea l.
54 nN Getting help Can I submit my questions at any time? Yes, you can submit you r questions 24/7, but ple ase keep in mind that our e -Support Team can only trea t your quer ies from Monda y till Friday between 8am and 6pm.
55 nN Precautions Precautions This section de scribes safety guideline s and precautions to help you prot ect your computer from potential dama ge. Please contac t VAIO-Link if you need assistan ce.
56 nN Precautions On handling the hard disk The hard disk has a high storage density and reads or writ es data in a short time. However, it can be easily damaged by mechani cal vibration, shock or dust.
57 nN Precautions On using the power source ❑ See the prin ted Specifications sheet to check th e power operation of you r V AIO. ❑ Do not share the AC o utlet with othe r high powe r -consuming e quipment, such as a photoc opier or shredder . ❑ Y ou can pur chase a power strip with a s ur ge protector .
58 nN Precautions On handling your computer ❑ Clean the unit with a soft cloth, which is either dry or lightly moistened with a mild deter gent solution. Do not use any type of abrasive pad, sc ouring powde r , or solvent such as alcoho l or benzene, as these m ay damage the finish of your computer .
59 nN Precautions ❑ If the computer is brought directly from a cold location to a warm one, mois ture may condense inside your computer . In this cas e, allow at least one hour bef ore turning o n your compute r . I f any problems occur , unplug you r computer and contact VAIO-Link.
60 nN Precautions On handling discs ❑ Do not touch the surfac e of the disc. ❑ Do not dr op or bend the disc. ❑ Fingerprints a nd dust o n the surfa ce of a disc may cause reading errors. Always hold the disc by its edge and centr al hole, as shown.
61 nN Precautions On handling Memor y Sticks ❑ Do not touch the Memory St ick connector with your fi nger or metallic objects. ❑ Use only the label supplied with the Memory Stick as a label. ❑ Do not bend, drop, or apply heavy shock to t he Memory Stick.
62 nN T rademarks T rademarks Sony , Batter y Checker , Click to DVD, DVgate Plus, H otKey Utility , Keyboa rd Utility , Memory Stick Formatter , PictureGear Studio, Pr epare your V AIO , SonicStage, .
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Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Sony PCV- E31M 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 PCV- E31M - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Sony PCV- E31M, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Sony PCV- E31M va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Sony PCV- E31M, 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 PCV- E31M.
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 PCV- E31M. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Sony PCV- E31M 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.
