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Getting Started

About the Indicator Lights

Your computer is equipped with the following indicator lights.

Indicator

Functions

 

 

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.

 

 

Charge

Illuminates while the battery pack is charging. See Charging the Battery Pack (page 25) for more information.

 

 

Built-in MOTION EYE camera

Illuminates while the built-in MOTION EYE camera is in use.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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

 

 

Caps lock indicator is off.

 

 

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

 

 

with all programs.

 

 

WIRELESS

Illuminates when the WIRELESS switch is turned on, provided that one or more wireless options are enabled

 

in the VAIO Smart Network window.