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Welcome.......................................................9
Using Your VAIO Notebook......................11
Using the Keyboard...................................................12
Combinations and functions with the Windows key .........14
Indicators ...........................................................................15
Indicator lights...................................................................16
Combinations and functions with the Fn key ....................17
Using the Touchpad ..................................................19
VAIO Action Setup...................................................21
Using the Center Jog Dial Control............................22
Using the center Jog Dial control ......................................22
Launcher mode ..................................................................23
Guide mode........................................................................24
Center Jog Dial back button...............................................24
Using the center Jog Dial control with Sony software ......25
Using the center Jog Dial control with other software ......25
Using the Removable Hard Disk Drive.....................26
Using the Optical Disc Drive ....................................27
To insert a disc...................................................................27
To eject a disc ....................................................................28
To play a DVD...................................................................29
To play an audio CD..........................................................30
Notes on CD and DVD discs.............................................31
To write data to a CD-RW or CD-R disc...........................31
Using PC Cards.........................................................33
To insert a PC Card............................................................33
To remove a PC Card.........................................................34
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Using Memory Stick Media ....................................36
Types of Memory Stick media.......................................... 36
Write-protecting Memory Stick media ............................. 38
Formatting Memory Stick media...................................... 38
Notes on using Memory Stick media................................ 39
Using a Second Battery Pack....................................41
To insert a second battery pack......................................... 41
To charge the second battery pack.................................... 42
To remove the second battery pack................................... 43
Using the Weight Saver............................................44
To attach the weight saver ................................................ 44
To remove the weight saver.............................................. 45
Using Power Saving Modes......................................46
Normal mode..................................................................... 46
Standby mode.................................................................... 46
Hibernate mode................................................................. 46
Connecting a Phone Line .........................................48
Connecting to a LAN................................................49
Setting up your Ethernet connection................................. 49
Connecting Peripheral Devices ...............51
Connecting an External Floppy Disk Drive..............52
To connect an external floppy disk drive.......................... 52
To insert a floppy disk ...................................................... 53
To remove a floppy disk ................................................... 53
Removing an external floppy disk drive when the notebook
is on................................................................................... 53
To carry an external floppy disk drive.............................. 54
Handling floppy disks....................................................... 54
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Connecting a Port Replicator ....................................55
To attach your notebook to the port replicator ..................55
To remove your notebook from the port replicator ...........57
Connecting a PS/2 External Mouse or Keyboard......59
To connect an external mouse or keyboard .......................59
Connecting an Audio Device ....................................60
Connecting a CD player, active speaker, or an amplifier..60
Connecting an AV Device.........................................62
Connecting a Parallel Port Printer.............................66
To connect a printer...........................................................66
Connecting a USB Printer.........................................67
To connect a USB printer ..................................................67
Connecting an External Display................................68
To connect a computer display..........................................68
To connect a multimedia computer display.......................70
To connect a projector .......................................................70
To select a display..............................................................70
Connecting a USB Device.........................................72
To connect a USB device...................................................72
Connecting an i.LINK Device...................................73
To connect a digital video camera recorder.......................74
Connecting with another VAIO computer ................76
Connecting External Speakers ..................................77
Before connecting external speakers .................................77
To connect external speakers.............................................77
Connecting an External Microphone.........................78
To connect an external microphone...................................78
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Expanding Your Notebook Capabilities...................79
Personal Digital Assistant................................................. 79
Wireless LAN Access Point.............................................. 79
Wireless LAN PC Card..................................................... 80
Customizing Your VAIO Notebook..........81
Displaying the Sony Notebook Setup Screen...........82
To display the Sony Notebook Setup screen: ................... 82
Sony Notebook Setup tabs................................................ 83
Controlling Power Management...............................84
Viewing the Power Management status icons .................. 84
Power Management profiles ............................................. 85
Power Management commands ........................................ 88
Conserving battery power................................................. 88
Displaying Battery Information................................89
Battery icon descriptions................................................... 89
Displaying detailed battery information ........................... 90
Selecting the Display Mode......................................92
Changing the window design of Sony software................ 94
Adding Memory.........................................95
Precautions and Procedures ......................................96
Typical expansion memory configuration................97
Models with 256 MB Memory.......................................... 97
Removing a memory module....................................98
Installing a memory module ...................................100
Viewing the amount of memory.............................101
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About the Software on Your Notebook.103
Software Overview..................................................104
Application, Driver, and System Recovery CDs.....110
Using Your Recovery CDs......................................111
To use the Application Recovery CD(s)..........................111
To use the Driver Recovery CD(s) ..................................112
To use the System Recovery CD(s).................................115
Troubleshooting......................................117
Troubleshooting Your Notebook ............................118
My notebook does not start..............................................118
My notebook starts but a BIOS error appears..................118
My notebook starts, but the message “Operating system not
found” appears and Windows does not start....................119
My notebook stops responding or does not shut down....120
The power management setting is not responding...........120
The sound of my notebook’s fan is too loud. ..................121
Why does the System Properties dialog box display a slower
CPU speed than advertised? ............................................121
Troubleshooting the LCD Screen............................122
My LCD screen is blank..................................................122
My LCD screen continues to show the previous screen..122
The image on my connected external display is not centered
or sized properly. .............................................................122
I want to change the video resolution of my display.......122
I cannot switch the LCD display to TV, and vice versa. .122
Troubleshooting the Mouse and Touchpad.............123
My mouse does not work.................................................123
My touchpad does not work properly..............................123
The pointer does not move while using the Touchpad or
Mouse...............................................................................124
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Troubleshooting Drives, PC Cards and Peripheral De-
vices ........................................................................125
My floppy disk drive (optional) cannot write to a floppy disk.
125
My optical disc drive is not playing my CD or DVD proper-
ly...................................................................................... 125
My optical drive tray does not open................................ 126
I cannot use Digital Video (DV) devices. The message “DV
equipment seems to be disconnected or turned off” appears.
126
My PC Card is not working. ........................................... 126
Troubleshooting Software.......................................127
My software program stops responding or crashes......... 127
When I click an application icon, the message “You must in-
sert the application CD into your optical drive” appears and
the software does not start............................................... 127
I cannot use the DVgate™ software. .............................. 127
My computer’s start-up time seems longer after I have in-
stalled AOL. What can I do?........................................... 127
Troubleshooting the Modem...................................128
My modem does not work. ............................................. 128
My modem connection is slow. ...................................... 128
Troubleshooting Audio...........................................129
My speakers make no sound........................................... 129
My microphone does not work. ...................................... 129
Troubleshooting the Printer ....................................130
I cannot print................................................................... 130
Troubleshooting i.LINK devices ............................131
I cannot establish a connection between two VAIO comput-
ers when using an i.LINK cable...................................... 131
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Getting Help.............................................133
Support Options.......................................................134
Software Support Information.................................136
Sony Service Center.........................................................137
Index.........................................................139
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Welcome
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welcome to the VAIO User Guide.
This User Guide provides detailed information on all aspects of using
your new VAIO computer, from keyboard functions to preinstalled
software applications.
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