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Vaio Notebook User Guide Page Safety Information Owner’s Record Regulatory Information Declaration of Conformity FCC Part This modem uses the Usoc RJ-11 telephone jack Telephone Consumer Protection Act United States Telephone Consumer Guidelines Canada Industry Canada Notice Lindice déquivalence de la sonnerie de ce matériel est de Contents Using the System Features Welcome Software CD Unpacking Your NotebookManuals Remove the following hardware items from the box Recovery CDs Other Ergonomic Considerations Recommended Position Setting Up Your Notebook Handling the LCD Screen Cleaning Your NotebookHandling Your Notebook On Moisture Condensation Vaio Notebook User Guide Locating Controls and Connectors Front Back Left Right Connecting AC Adapter Connecting a Power SourceUsing the AC Adapter Bottom Inserting Battery Pack Using Battery PowerTo Insert the Battery Pack Lock Lever Battery Indicator Light To Charge the Battery PackTo Remove the Battery Pack Removing Battery Pack AC Adapter Hardware Temperature Using Batteries Vaio Notebook User Guide Opening Power SwitchStarting Your Computer Shutting Down Your Computer If you are unable to shut down your computer Using the Keyboard Keyboard Escape key Combinations and Functions with the Windows Key + F Indicators Indicators Functions Power Fn+ / F7 Switch to the external display Functions Combinations and Functions with the Fn Key Using the Touchpad Touchpad Drag To Connect a Floppy Disk Drive Using a Floppy Disk Drive optionalConnecting a Floppy Disk Drive To Remove a Diskette Removing a Floppy Disk Drive When the Computer is OnTo Insert a Diskette Inserting a Diskette Carrying a Floppy Disk Drive To Carry a Floppy Disk DriveHandling Diskettes Connecting the CD/DVD Drive optional To Connect the CD Drive Removing the PC Card Inserting the PC Card Inserting a Disc Using the CD-ROM DriveTo Insert a Disc Handling CD or DVD Media Flashing Busy IndicatorTo Remove the Drive Removing the PC Card Slot Protector Using PC CardsTo Insert a PC Card Inserting a PC Card To Remove a PC Card When the Computer is on Removing a PC Card Windows Me Using Smart ConnectConnecting with an i.Link Cable Windows Link Interface Connecting an i.LINK deviceConnecting a Digital Video Camera Recorder To connect a Digital Video Camera Recorder DVgate Applications Digital Video Captures Adjusting Image Resolution Hard Drive Partition Jog Dial Control Vaio Action SetupUsing the Jog Dial Control Jog Dial Control Using Launcher Mode Launcher ModeGuide Mode Jog Guide Dialog Box Using Guide Mode Using the Jog Dial Control with Sony SoftwareUsing the Jog Dial Control with Other Software Types of Memory Stick Media Using Memory Stick MediaUsing a Dialog Box What is MagicGate? Handling and Storing Memory Stick Media Inserting a Memory Stick Media Inserting a Memory Stick MediaTo check the drive Removing a Memory Stick Media Using MG Memory Stick Media with Data from Another Device Removing a Memory Stick Media Write-Protecting a Memory Stick Media Using a Compatible DeviceUsing the Write-protect Tab Using Power Saving Modes Formatting a Memory Stick Media System Suspend Mode Normal ModeSystem Idle Mode System Hibernation Mode To activate System Hibernation mode Using Power Management Vaio Notebook User Guide Connecting Peripheral Devices Connecting a Phone Line Opening the Phone Line Jack Cover Connecting the Internal Modem to the Telephone Line Plugging the Phone Line into Phone Line Jack Opening the Modular Jack Cover Set the Dialing Mode for the ModemConnect to the Telephone Line Connecting Telephone Cord to Line Jack Telephone with Two Modular Jacks Connecting to LAN Connecting to the Local Area Network LANUsing Ethernet to Connect to a Network To connect to the network Windows Setting Up Your Ethernet ConnectionTo connect to the network Windows Me To set network components Windows Me To Connect a USB Device Connecting a Universal Serial Bus USB DeviceConnecting a USB Device To Connect a Monitor Connecting an External DisplayConnecting a Monitor To Connect a Projector To select a display Connecting a ProjectorTo remove the display adapter Recording from a Microphone or Audio Equipment Switching the connector functionalityAdjusting sound volume in the Recording Control window To increase the sound of the microphone Adjusting volume To make the microphone echo To effect the Midi sound Installing a Memory Module Adding Memory To install a Memory Module Location of Screws Opening the Display Panel Memory Module Installing a Memory Module Removing a Memory Module Aligning the Palm Rest Confirming Added Memory Capacity Removing a Memory Module Sony Notebook Setup Dialog Box About the Software on Your Computer DVgate Netscape Communicator About Your Recovery CDs Supplementary Information Recovering Microsoft Word Importing Images and Sound Clips Create a Movie using ShakerMovie Shaker Main Window Working Panel Editing Clips and ScenesShaker Tray Saving a Movie Adding effects to a scene or a clip Managing Your Pictures Using Panorama MakerPictureGear Creating a Photo Album Making Still Images and Panoramic from Mpeg Netscape Communicator Netscape Communications Corp For Answers to Your Software QuestionsMcAfee VirusScan Network Associates, Inc PhotoPrinter 2000 Pro ArcSoft, Inc Quicken 2000 Intuit Inc Sony Service CenterSound Forge Sonic Foundry Vaio Notebook User Guide Using the System and Application Recovery CDs Using the System Recovery CDs To use the System Recovery CDs 100 Using the Application Recovery CDs If your computer does not start from the Recovery CD To use the Application Recovery CDs Troubleshooting your notebook My notebook does not start My notebook starts, but my system doesn’t start properly My notebook stops responding or does not shut down Power Management setting is not responding Sound of my notebook’s fan is too loud Want to change the video resolution of my display Troubleshooting the LCD screenTroubleshooting the mouse and touchpad My LCD screen is blank My touchpad does not work properly Troubleshooting drives, PC cards and peripheral devicesPointer does not move while using the Touchpad or Mouse My floppy disk drive can not write to a diskette 109 My CD or DVD drive tray does not open My software program stops responding or crashes Troubleshooting softwareMy PC card is not working My voice-related software does not work properly Troubleshooting the modemCan not use the DVgate software My modem does not work My speakers have no sound Troubleshooting audioMy modem connection is slow Cannot print Troubleshooting the printerMy microphone does not work Getting Help Vaio Notebook User Guide 116 Specifications 118 Index 120 121 122 123 124