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V AIO® User Guide.
V AIO® User Guide 2 Notice to Users © 2000 Sony E lectronics In c. Re production in whole or in part wit hou t written permi ssion is prohibit ed. All rights reserv ed.
Notice to Users 3 ❑ Never ins tall modem or telephone wiring d uring a ligh tn ing st or m. ❑ Never install telephone jacks in wet locations unless the jack is specifically designed for wet locations. ❑ Never t ouch uni nsulated telephone wir e or terminals unless the telepho ne line has been disconnected at the network interface.
V AIO® User Guide 4 ❑ N'utilisez pas le modem ni le télépho ne pour pré venir d'une fuite de gaz vous êtes p rès de la fuite. ❑ L ’appareil doit être le plus près possibl e d’un e prise mural e pour en faciliter l’accès.
Notice to Users 5 ❑ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. ❑ Increase the separ ation between the equipment an d the receiver . ❑ Connect the equipmen t into an outlet on a circuit dif ferent fr om that to which the receiver is connected. ❑ Consult the dealer or an experienced rad io/TV technician for help.
V AIO® User Guide 6 T elephone Consumer Pr otection Act of 1991 (United St ates) The T e lephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 makes it unlawful for any person to use a computer or other electronic.
Notice to Users 7 INDUSTRY CANADA NOTICE NOTICE: The Industry Canada label identifies certified eq uipment. This certif ication mea ns that the equipment meets c ertain telecommunications network protective, operational and sa fety requirements as prescribed in the appropriate T er- minal Equipment T echnic al Requirements docu- ment(s).
V AIO® User Guide 8 installat i ons él ec triques, ou à un él ectricie n, selon le cas . A VIS: L ’indic e d ’éq uivale nce de la sonnerie (IES) ass igné à chaqu e di sposi tif termin al indique le nom bre maximal de term inaux qui peuvent êt re ra ccordés à une interface.
9 Contents Notice to Users 2 Contents 9 Welcome 1 1 Choosin g an Ergonomi c Location 1 1 Front Pan el Overview 12 Back Panel Overvi ew 14 VAIO® Action Setup 17 Presetting i.
V AIO® User Guide 10 System and Application Recovery CD(s) 33 Using th e System Recover y CD(s) 33 Using the Applic ation R ecover y CD(s) 3 5 Troubleshooting 37 Topics 37 Notes on Use 47 For Answers.
11 We l c o m e Thank you for purchasin g your So ny V AIO® computer! Y our new computer is a superb b lend of hig h technolog y and easy- to-use funct ionality . This User Guid e contains information about the applications included with your system, contact informatio n for soft ware vend ors, and the specif ications for your co mputer .
V AIO® User Guide 12 ❑ Light ing — Choose a location where windows and lights do n ot create glare and r efle c tion o n the di spla y . Use i ndi re ct li ghtin g to av oid br i ght sp ots on the display . Y ou can also purch ase accessories fo r your display that help reduce glare.
Fr ont Panel Overview 13 1 Floppy disk drive Reads and writes d ata from and to a 3. 5 -inch floppy disk. 2 Floppy di sk drive access ind icator ligh t Lights in green whi le readin g/writing d ata from/t o a flop py disk. 3 Power s witch a nd indica tor light T urns t he c o mput er on /o f f.
V AIO® User Guide 14 Back Panel Overview The back panel of y our comput er contains the connecto rs for su pplied and optional accessories. The icons on the back pan el help locate and identify the connectors on y our computer .
Back Pa nel Over view 15 1 PS/2® mous e conn ector Connects a PS/2 mouse. 2 PS/2 Ke yboar d conn ector Connects a k eyboard. 3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors (2) Connects a USB dev ic e. 4 Serial conn ector Connects a compa tible serial device, such as a di gital still cam era.
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17 V AIO® Action Setup V AIO Action Setup manages the settin gs for you r compu ter ’ s Shortcut key s (S Keys) and i.LINK® interface. The programmable S Keys come with the following applications .
V AIO® User Guide 18 Pres etti ng i. LINK® devi ces Y ou can preset your i.LINK-equipped devices to perform des ired functions, such as automatically starting DVgate™ applications or conn ecting t wo V AIO computers.
Pr esetting i .LI NK® devi ce s 19 Changing the W indow Design of Sony So ftware T o change the wi ndow desi gn 1 Click the Start button > Settin gs > Control Pan e l. 2 Click UI D esign Sel ector . 3 Click << or >> and select th e desired des ign.
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21 Sony Digital Medi a Park Applications Y our V AIO® computer comes with a collection of applications that make it easy to use advanced multimedia formats. This section describes the Digital Media Park applications and the digital video capabili ties.
V AIO® User Guide 22 Movie Shaker This application can be u sed to create fun and innov ative movies without any knowledge of film editing. In a few simple steps , motion pictures can be combined with special effects, still images (pictures), and music files and then saved in a fo rmat most compu ters can play .
Movie Sh aker 23 1 Click the Shake tab. 2 Select a mood by clicking a f ace in the Shaker tr ay . 3 Click . A thirty second scene is automatically generated and save d t o th e Produc t tra y . 4 T o preview , switch the W ork Panel to Product tray mode and pres s play .
V AIO® User Guide 24 Adding e ffects to a scene or a cl ip 1 Double-click the clip or scene to move it to the W orking Panel. 2 Select the Effects tab from the Editing tray . 3 Drag and drop the Ef fect yo u want to add from the Ef fects tray to the Ef fects palette on the W orking Panel.
Pict ur eGea r™ 25 PictureGear™ PictureGear is a digital image m anagement application that allows you to see all the images sto red in any director y on your computer . Thumbnail views provide quick r eminders of y our pict ures. Brigh ten, contras t, enhance, r esize, crop, and color-correct y our pictures.
V AIO® User Guide 26 1 Gather the sour ce images into the s ame folder or collection. 2 Select the images you wan t to use. 3 From the Utilities men u sel ect Panoram a Maker . 4 Select the correct lens and click Okay . (If 35mm lens is selected the prompt, does not appear; to select a diff erent lens, click the lens icon.
Using a Digi tal V ide o Camera Reco rder 27 ❑ Y ou cannot use dif ferent audio modes on the same tape. Y ou should perform a separate captur e for each au dio mode you wish to use. ❑ DVgate does not su pport har d disk co mpressi on. Y ou should not us e disk comp ressi on if yo u are pl ann i ng to w ork w i th DV ga te.
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29 Configur ing your V AIO® Comp uter Hard Drive Part iti on In order t o improve t he perform ance of the DV gate softwar e, the hard disk dr ive on your computer has been formatted with two partitions, C and D. The DVgate software saves files to the D partition.
V AIO® User Guide 30 The following Sony i.LINK 400 Mbps cables are available and recommended fo r use with your compu t er: VMC -IL4 615 , VMC-IL4 63 5, VM C-I L661 5, and VMC - IL6635.
Enabli ng Et hern et 31 T o connect a n i.LIN K (IEEE139 4) device 1 Use the symbol to locate the i.LINK co nnector . 2 Plug the i.LINK cable into this connector . Enabl ing Ether net Y our computer comes with a prein stalled Ethernet interface. T o enable faster start u p, you r comp uter sh ips wi t h thi s f uncti on dis able d.
V AIO® User Guide 32 3 Select “Realt ek R TL8139 (A/B/C/8130 ) PCI Fast Ethernet NIC ” under the Network Adapters category . 4 Click Prope rti es. 5 Click Enable Device and then click OK. 6 Click Close. ! Warning: Y o ur compu ter ha s a protect ive stick er coveri ng the Ethe rnet port locat ed on the re ar pane l.
33 System and Application Rec overy CD(s) System Recovery CD(s) Sony Elect r onics The Syste m Recovery CD p rogram a llows you to re store the software title s that ship ped with your com pu ter if they become co rrupted or are erased. It can b e used only to rest ore the har d di sk of th e So ny comp ut er you p ur c h ased.
V AIO® User Guide 34 the computer will of fer you the option to reformat the drive into a s ingle partition. T o use the S ystem Recove ry CD(s) 1 Insert the Sony System Recovery CD in the CD-R W drive. 2 Shut dow n your com puter . 3 W ait 30 second s and tur n on your computer .
Using the Ap plication Recovery CD(s) 35 Using the Appli cation Recovery CD(s) The Application Recovery CDs allow you to reinstall individua l applications and device drivers if they become cor rupted or are accid entally erased.
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37 T r oubleshooting This sectio n des c ribes how t o so lve commo n pro blems you may encou nt er w hen using yo ur comput er . Many problems have simp le sol utions, s o try thes e suggestio ns before yo u call Sony C ustomer Suppo rt.
V AIO® User Guide 38 3 Select this application and click End T ask. W indows attempts to close the application. If the attemp t is unsuccessful, a s econd dialog bo x appears. 4 Select End T ask again. ❑ If you are u nable to “unlock” th e application, repeat the ab ove steps bu t select Shut Down when the Close Program dialog box appear s.
To p i c s 39 1 From the Start menu, select Shut Dow n. From the drop-down list, select Restart. 2 When the S ony screen d isplays, press th e F2 key on yo ur keyb oard. 3 Select the Advanced tab from the Setup Utility screen. 4 Select “I/O D evice Conf iguration” an d use the arrow keys to h ighlight Parallel Port Mode.
V AIO® User Guide 40 T opic: I want to pl ay a CD wi th Microsoft W indo ws Media Pla yer When you inser t a music CD, the Media B ar™ software automatically launch es to play y our CD. When the Media Bar i s running , the W indows Media Pl ayer does not have acces s to the CD.
To p i c s 41 T opic: Why is there no soun d in any application? There are indep endent cont rols for your sys tem volume. ❑ Check that the speakers are plugged into the HEADPHONES connector . ❑ If the speakers have a mute button, make sure it is off.
V AIO® User Guide 42 T opic: My mo dem does no t work ❑ Check that the phone line is plugg ed into the LINE jack. ❑ Check th at the phone line is working. Y ou can check t he line by plugging in an ordin ary phone an d listen ing for a di al tone.
To p i c s 43 T opic: My microphone is to o se nsit ive to background noise If you fi nd there i s too much b ackgroun d noise when y ou recor d sound, y ou should adjust the micro phone gain by following these st eps: 1 Right-cli ck the s peaker icon (V olume) in the lower -right W indows ® task tray .
V AIO® User Guide 44 T opic: My mouse needs to b e set up for left-hand use 1 Clic k the M y Co mp ute r icon on you r d eskto p. 2 Click Co ntrol P anel, and then click Mouse. The Mouse P roperti es dialog box app ears. 3 In the Quick Setup tab, click Device Setup.
To p i c s 45 T opic: My connected pr inter do esn't function after the co mputer resumes from a power sa ving mode When this occurs, f ollow the procedures b elow to reset the printer connection: 1 Right-cli ck the My C omputer ico n on the desk top, and then sel ect Properties.
V AIO® User Guide 46 5 Select the appropriate manu facturer and mo del and click Next. 6 Select LP T1 and click Next. 7 Click Y es to have W indows-based programs use this as the default printer . 8 Click Next. 9 Click No and then click Finish. T o Reach Sony For further assistance, call 1-888-4SONYPC (1-888-476-6972).
Notes on Use 47 Notes on Use On the Power S ource ❑ Y our computer operat es on 100 V–120V AC 50/60 Hz only . If you are operating this comp uter outside of North Ame rica or Japan, p lease verify that the local AC specifications match before plug ging in the comp uter .
V AIO® User Guide 48 ❑ Unplug your computer f rom t he wall outlet if you will not be using th e computer for a long time. ❑ Before touching anything inside the computer , turn the system of f and let it cool for ten minutes. This w ill ensure that the processor heat sink will not be hot.
Notes on Use 49 materials (such as curtains or draperies) that may block its ventilation slots. Leave a space of at leas t 8 inches from the back panel of your computer . ❑ Clean the cabinet with a soft, dr y cloth or a s of t cloth lightly moistened with a mild dete rgen t solut ion.
V AIO® User Guide 50 On Upgrading t he System ❑ The procedures described i n the onlin e manual, Upgrading and Maintaining Y ou r V AIO® Co mput er (P C V- J 120), assume familiarity with the gene.
Notes on Use 51 On Using the Hard Disk Drive ❑ Do not place the co mputer in a location that is subject to vibration or shock. ❑ Do not m ove the comp uter durin g operation . ❑ Do not sub ject the computer to sudden ch anges in temperatur e. ❑ Do not turn o ff the p ower while the computer is acces sing the hard disk driv e.
V AIO® User Guide 52 For Answ ers t o Y our Soft ware Que stions Sony Servi ce Center For the Sony Service Center nearest you, call 1-888-4SONYPC (1-888-476- 6972).
For Answers to Y our Softwar e Questions 53 McAfee V iru sScan ® (Net work Associates, Inc.) PhotoPrin ter ™ 2000 Pr o (ArcSoft , Inc.) Quicke n ® 2000 Bas ic (Int uit, In c.) Sony Appli cat ions (Sony Electronics, Inc.) StarOffice™ (Sun Micro systems, Inc.
V AIO® User Guide 54 Resources Sony pr ovides s everal support options for yo ur Sony co mputer . When yo u have questions about yo ur computer and the preins talled software, check these sources for answers , in the follo wing sequence: Quick Start Contai ns informat ion on how to set up your co mputer quickl y and easi ly.
Resour ces 55 Sony Fax-o n-Deman d This servic e provides you with answers to commonly asked q uestions. Y ou can use this au tomated service to request a list of av ailable top i cs and then select the topics that yo u want to rec eive. T o contac t the Sony fax-on- demand service , call 1-888-4S ONYP C (1-888-476-6972 ).
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Specifi cations 57 Specifications Mode l PCV -J120 Proc esso r 700 MHz In tel® Pentiu m® III Hard Disk Drive C/D Partitio n (Approximate) 20 GB * C = 8G / D = 12G Stan dard SDR AM 128 MB † PC-100 .
V AIO Digital Studio™ Comp uter User Gu ide 58 Spec if ic atio ns ar e s u bjec t to change with out no ti ce. Supplied A ccessories V AIO Sma rt™ Keyboa rd PS/2® Wheel Mous e Speakers Power cord Modem cabl e Service 90-day limited service. See W arranty Card.
59 Index A AC input connector 15 adding additio nal hardware precaution 48 adjusting voltage settings 47 air circulation 48 Application Recovery CD 33, 35 applications launching problems with 40 B bat.
V AIO® User Guide 60 European power settings 47 F floppy disk drive 13 Front Panel 12 G games/MIDI connector 15 glare 12 H handling diskettes 51 hard disk 50, 51 hardware adding additional precaution 48 troubleshooting 37, 44 headphones connector 15 help 54 I i.
Inde x 61 power indicator on system unit 13 power source, precautions 47– 48 power switch 13 printer connector 15 problem solving 37 R radio interference 49 reducing glare 12 removing computer cover.
V AIO® User Guide 62 Windows taskbar problems viewing 44 work surfaces 11.
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 VAIO 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 VAIO - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Sony VAIO, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Sony VAIO va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Sony VAIO, 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 VAIO.
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 VAIO. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Sony VAIO 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.
