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Sony PCG-F420, PCG-F480, PCG-F490 Using Your Notebook

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Using Your Notebook

This section describes how to start using your computer and how to use

your computer’s internal and external devices such as the touchpad,

floppy disk drive, and CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.

Locating Controls and Connectors

Front

LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen (page20) Battery 1 and 2 indicators (pages 11, 19)

Speakers (pages 20, 54) Hard disk drive indicator (page19)

Keyboard (page16) Num Lock indicator (page19)

Touchpad (page23) Caps Lock indicator (page19)

Left/right buttons (page23) Scroll Lock indicator (page19)

Power indicator (page11)

Contents

Main Notice to Users S E NERGY S Safety Information WARNING ! AVERTISSEMENT Regulatory Information FCC Part 68 Declaration of Conformit y Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (United States) Telephone Consumer Guidelines (Canada) DISPOSAL OF LITHIUM ION BATTERY INDUSTRY CANADA NOTICE ! AVIS DE LINDUSTRIE CANADA Page Contents Welcome...............................................................................1 Using Your Notebook.......................................................... 5 Connecting Peripheral Devices .........................................43 Troubleshooting ................................................................ 59 Index................................................................................... 79 Adding Memory................................................................. 71 Welcome Features Unpacking Your Notebook Manuals Recovery CDs Page Page # Using Your Notebook Locating Controls and Connectors Front Page Page Page Connecting a Power Source Using Battery Power 1 2 3 1 2 Page Starting Your Computer 1 2 3 Shutting Down Your Computer Registering Your Computer 1 2 3 4 $ Using the Keyboard Page & Combinations and Functions with the Windows Key Indicators Combinati ons and Func tions with t he Fn Key Page VAIO Action Setup Programmable Power Keys Internal Timer Using the Touchpad " Using the Floppy Disk Drive 1 2 Page $ Using the DVD-ROM/CD-ROM 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 ! Page ! Using PC Cards 1 2 3 Page Using Smart Connect !" Using Infrared Communication Devices Page !$ Using Power Saving Modes Normal Mode System Idle Mode System Suspend Mode System Hibernation Mode Using a Second Battery Pack 1 2 3 Page " 1 2 3 Using the Weight Saver Page "! Connecting Peripheral Devices "" Connect ing a Phone L ine 1 2 Connecting the Port Replicator Page 4 5 Page Connecting a Printer # Connecting an External Display 1 2 3 # Connecting an External Mouse or Keyboard #" Connecting External Speakers Page #$ Connect ing a Digita l Video Came ra Recorder Page Page #' Troubleshooting Page 5 6 7 8 $ Page $" Page $$ 1 2 3 Power Management Using the System and Application Recovery CDs Using the System Recovery CD(s) ! Page Using the Application Recovery CD(s) 1 2 3 Page % Adding Memory ! % 1 2 Page Page Specifications %# Specifications VAIO Notebook User Guide %$ Specifications %% Page %' Index A B C & D E F H I K L M & N O P R T U V W