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Getting Started
About the Indicator Lights
Your computer is equipped with the following indicator lights.
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Power 1 | Illuminates in green when the computer is turned on, blinks slowly in orange while the computer is in Sleep | |
| mode, and turns off when the computer is placed into Hibernate mode or turned off. | |
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Charge | Illuminates while the battery pack is charging. See Charging the Battery Pack (page 25) for more information. | |
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Illuminates while the | ||
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Media Access | Illuminates while data is being read from or written to a memory card. (Do not place the computer into Sleep | |
| mode or turn it off when this indicator is on.) When the indicator is off, the memory card is not in use. | |
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Optical disc drive | Illuminates while data is being read from or written to the optical disc media. When the indicator is off, the optical | |
| disc media is not in use. | |
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Hard disk drive/Optical disc drive | Illuminates while data is being read from or written to the hard disk drive or the optical disc media. Do not place | |
the computer into Sleep mode or turn it off when this indicator is on. | ||
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Num lock | Press the Num Lk key to activate the numeric keypad. Press it a second time to deactivate the numeric keypad. | |
The numeric keypad is not active when the indicator is off. | ||
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Caps lock | Press the Caps Lock key to type letters in uppercase. Letters appear in lowercase if you press the Shift key | |
while the indicator is on. Press the key a second time to turn off the indicator. Normal typing resumes when the | ||
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| Caps lock indicator is off. | |
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Scroll lock | Press the Scr Lk key to change how you scroll the display. Normal scrolling resumes when the Scroll lock | |
indicator is off. The Scr Lk key functions differently depending on the program you are using and does not work | ||
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WIRELESS | Illuminates when the WIRELESS switch is turned on, provided that one or more wireless options are enabled | |
| in the VAIO Smart Network window. | |
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