Using Your VAIO Computer
Using Special-function Buttons
Your computer is equipped with special buttons to help you use specific functions of the computer.
The AV MODE, Play/Pause, Stop, Previous track, and Next track buttons support Instant Mode*. To activate Instant Mode, the computer must be off or in Hibernate mode. See the printed Instant Mode booklet for more information on the Instant Mode.
*On models with the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator only.
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S button | By default, the S button launches Internet Explorer. You can change this button assignment on the window |
for changing the S button assignment. To display this window, press and hold the button or launch and | |
| navigate through VAIO Central. |
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AV MODE button | When the computer is off or in Hibernate mode: |
Activates Instant Mode to enable you immediately to play music and view the image data stored on the hard | |
| disk without launching Windows. See the printed Instant Mode booklet for more information. |
| When the computer is on or in Sleep mode: |
| Launches VAIO AV Mode Launcher. Select the desired software to launch. |
| You can change the software, displayed on your computer screen, in the setup window for VAIO AV Mode |
| Launcher. To display this window, press and hold the AV MODE button. |
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Stop button | Stops CD, DVD, or |
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Play/Pause button u | Starts or pauses CD, DVD, |
Previous track button . | Plays the previous chapter/movie in the DVD or |
| the CD or previous music file on the hard disk during playback. |
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Next track button > | Plays the next chapter/movie in the DVD or |
| next music file on the hard disk during playback. |
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