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...URLs beginning with http://, your VAIO computer. Explains features of your VAIO computer. It also includes information on your computer must be connected to the Internet. ❑ Specifications - To view the online specifications: 1 Connect to the Internet. 2 Go to the Sony online support web site at... the following URLs: http://esupport.sony.com/EN/VAIO/ for customers in USA http://www.sony.ca/support/ for customers in Canada http://esupport.sony.com/LA/ ...
...URLs beginning with http://, your VAIO computer. Explains features of your VAIO computer. It also includes information on your computer must be connected to the Internet. ❑ Specifications - To view the online specifications: 1 Connect to the Internet. 2 Go to the Sony online support web site at... the following URLs: http://esupport.sony.com/EN/VAIO/ for customers in USA http://www.sony.ca/support/ for customers in Canada http://esupport.sony.com/LA/ ...
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...models only. To access this on -screen guide: 1 Click Start and Help and Support. 2 Click Use my VAIO. 3 Click Other Documents. See the online specifications to find out whether your entire built-in storage device to the original factory settings. Provides information about using RAID systems.... To access this on -screen guide: 1 Click Start and Help and Support. 2 Click Use my VAIO. 3 Click VAIO Recovery Center User ...
...models only. To access this on -screen guide: 1 Click Start and Help and Support. 2 Click Use my VAIO. 3 Click Other Documents. See the online specifications to find out whether your entire built-in storage device to the original factory settings. Provides information about using RAID systems.... To access this on -screen guide: 1 Click Start and Help and Support. 2 Click Use my VAIO. 3 Click VAIO Recovery Center User ...
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... is easy to access and provides a single location for general information and technical assistance for your VAIO computer with VAIO Care, system restore, backup and recovery, and contact Sony support. To access Help and Support, click Start and Help and Support. ❑ Get started..., personalizing your VAIO computer, and creating recovery DVDs and more. ❑ Use my VAIO Access your VAIO user guide, interactive help in the form of VAIO tutorials, how-to find the answers you need. Choose from the following categories to articles, the VAIO technology page, specifications, and system and...
... is easy to access and provides a single location for general information and technical assistance for your VAIO computer with VAIO Care, system restore, backup and recovery, and contact Sony support. To access Help and Support, click Start and Help and Support. ❑ Get started..., personalizing your VAIO computer, and creating recovery DVDs and more. ❑ Use my VAIO Access your VAIO user guide, interactive help in the form of VAIO tutorials, how-to find the answers you need. Choose from the following categories to articles, the VAIO technology page, specifications, and system and...
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... manual due to identify the controls and ports shown on the following pages. ! n 13 N Getting Started Locating Controls and Ports Take a moment to variations in specifications. The appearance of your computer may also vary in speakers (stereo) H Keyboard (page 32) I Touch pad (page 34) J Fingerprint sensor (page 120)
... manual due to identify the controls and ports shown on the following pages. ! n 13 N Getting Started Locating Controls and Ports Take a moment to variations in specifications. The appearance of your computer may also vary in speakers (stereo) H Keyboard (page 32) I Touch pad (page 34) J Fingerprint sensor (page 120)
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See the online specifications to find out about your computer may include a built-in microphone (monaural) *1 The storage device configuration of your configuration. *2 Your computer supports both the standard-...
See the online specifications to find out about your computer may include a built-in microphone (monaural) *1 The storage device configuration of your configuration. *2 Your computer supports both the standard-...
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See the online specifications to find out about your computer may include a built-in flash memory storage drive depending on . * The storage device configuration of your configuration. n 20 N Getting Started Indicator Functions WIRELESS Illuminates when the WIRELESS switch is turned on the model you purchased.
See the online specifications to find out about your computer may include a built-in flash memory storage drive depending on . * The storage device configuration of your configuration. n 20 N Getting Started Indicator Functions WIRELESS Illuminates when the WIRELESS switch is turned on the model you purchased.
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Using the Battery Life Conserving Wallpaper You can conserve your battery life just by setting the specific wallpaper as your desktop background. To set the battery life conserving wallpaper 1 Click Start, All Programs, and VAIO Control Center. 2 Click Display and then Long Battery Life Wallpaper Setting. 3 Click Set Long Battery Life Wallpaper. At the confirmation prompt, click OK. n 28 N Getting Started
Using the Battery Life Conserving Wallpaper You can conserve your battery life just by setting the specific wallpaper as your desktop background. To set the battery life conserving wallpaper 1 Click Start, All Programs, and VAIO Control Center. 2 Click Display and then Long Battery Life Wallpaper Setting. 3 Click Set Long Battery Life Wallpaper. At the confirmation prompt, click OK. n 28 N Getting Started
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...Changes the size of your computer screen, an external display, and simultaneous output to a desktop computer keyboard, but has additional keys that perform model-specific tasks. To make the view look bigger and closer (zoom in speakers and the headphones. Changes the LCD brightness of an image or a document ... among your computer screen. To make the view look smaller and further away (zoom out), press the Fn+F9 keys. n 32 N Using Your VAIO Computer Using the Keyboard Your keyboard is finished launching. To increase the volume, press the Fn+F4 keys and then the M or , key, or...
...Changes the size of your computer screen, an external display, and simultaneous output to a desktop computer keyboard, but has additional keys that perform model-specific tasks. To make the view look bigger and closer (zoom in speakers and the headphones. Changes the LCD brightness of an image or a document ... among your computer screen. To make the view look smaller and further away (zoom out), press the Fn+F9 keys. n 32 N Using Your VAIO Computer Using the Keyboard Your keyboard is finished launching. To increase the volume, press the Fn+F4 keys and then the M or , key, or...
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... presentation under Windows Mobility Center, and change the S button assignments, press and hold either button or launch and navigate through the VAIO Control Center to display the setup window. See the help file included with special buttons to select the display method in the Presentation... from the above. Special-function button S1/S2 buttons Functions By default, the S1 button displays the VAIO Presentation Support window to help you can use specific functions of the external display simultaneously on the optical disc drive. Selecting any display method places your computer...
... presentation under Windows Mobility Center, and change the S button assignments, press and hold either button or launch and navigate through the VAIO Control Center to display the setup window. See the help file included with special buttons to select the display method in the Presentation... from the above. Special-function button S1/S2 buttons Functions By default, the S1 button displays the VAIO Presentation Support window to help you can use specific functions of the external display simultaneously on the optical disc drive. Selecting any display method places your computer...
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Check your specifications for the type of media your optical disc drive supports. Use the table below to see which types of optical disc drive installed on the model you purchased. n 41 N Using Your VAIO Computer Reading and Writing Optical Discs Your computer plays and records CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Disc™ media, depending on your model.
Check your specifications for the type of media your optical disc drive supports. Use the table below to see which types of optical disc drive installed on the model you purchased. n 41 N Using Your VAIO Computer Reading and Writing Optical Discs Your computer plays and records CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Disc™ media, depending on your model.
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...optical disc drive does not match the region coding on this product because it does not conform to the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard specifications (CD Standard). It is designed to play on the disc, playback is playing a disc or writing data to standard definition or ...supported. ! This may not support movie playback on the other optical media devices, circumstances may restrict video output to a disc. Sony does NOT guarantee the compatibility of VAIO optical disc drives with the official "CD," "DVD," or "Blu-ray Disc" standard. Note that are required for use memory...
...optical disc drive does not match the region coding on this product because it does not conform to the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard specifications (CD Standard). It is designed to play on the disc, playback is playing a disc or writing data to standard definition or ...supported. ! This may not support movie playback on the other optical media devices, circumstances may restrict video output to a disc. Sony does NOT guarantee the compatibility of VAIO optical disc drives with the official "CD," "DVD," or "Blu-ray Disc" standard. Note that are required for use memory...
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...label, you can play the disc on how to connect the computer to the Internet. n 45 N Using Your VAIO Computer Notes on playing discs To achieve optimum performance when playing discs, you can play the disc. To download and... and/or dropped frames during Blu-ray Disc playback. If the region code for the WinDVD BD using the VAIO Update. To play such contents normally, download and install the latest updates for your computer is available on selected... cannot play this disc in most regions of your computer. See the online specifications to find out the type of the world.
...label, you can play the disc on how to connect the computer to the Internet. n 45 N Using Your VAIO Computer Notes on playing discs To achieve optimum performance when playing discs, you can play the disc. To download and... and/or dropped frames during Blu-ray Disc playback. If the region code for the WinDVD BD using the VAIO Update. To play such contents normally, download and install the latest updates for your computer is available on selected... cannot play this disc in most regions of your computer. See the online specifications to find out the type of the world.
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n 48 N Using Your VAIO Computer Playing Blu-ray Disc Media ! Copying Files to the disc. The Blu-ray Disc playback function is available on selected models only. The Blu-... Disc software to use the software, see the help file included with your Blu-ray Disc burning software. To play the disc. See the online specifications to find out the type of your software. For instructions on the desktop, click Start, All Programs, and the desired Blu-ray Disc burning software...
n 48 N Using Your VAIO Computer Playing Blu-ray Disc Media ! Copying Files to the disc. The Blu-ray Disc playback function is available on selected models only. The Blu-... Disc software to use the software, see the help file included with your Blu-ray Disc burning software. To play the disc. See the online specifications to find out the type of your software. For instructions on the desktop, click Start, All Programs, and the desired Blu-ray Disc burning software...
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...copyright holders. Inserting a Memory Stick with the MagicGate logo to 16 GB that meet the same specifications as of compatibility. For the latest information about the Memory Stick, visit the Memory Stick web ...size adaptor or M2 Duo adaptor. Your computer has been tested and found compatible with Sony branded Memory Stick with such copyrighted data can be able to insert it is the...that are available as the compatible media are guaranteed of September 2008. n 53 N Using Your VAIO Computer Before You Use the Memory Stick The Memory Stick slot on your computer does not support...
...copyright holders. Inserting a Memory Stick with the MagicGate logo to 16 GB that meet the same specifications as of compatibility. For the latest information about the Memory Stick, visit the Memory Stick web ...size adaptor or M2 Duo adaptor. Your computer has been tested and found compatible with Sony branded Memory Stick with such copyrighted data can be able to insert it is the...that are available as the compatible media are guaranteed of September 2008. n 53 N Using Your VAIO Computer Before You Use the Memory Stick The Memory Stick slot on your computer does not support...
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... SD memory card and the SDHC memory card. Before You Use the SD Memory Card The SD memory card slot on compatible memory cards, see Sony Support Information (page 216) to visit the appropriate support web site. ! Use care when inserting or removing an SD memory card from the slot... card adaptor of a different type into the SD memory card slot. However, not all memory cards that meet the same specifications as of September 2008. n 58 N Using Your VAIO Computer Using the SD Memory Card Your computer is equipped with major memory cards available as the compatible media are guaranteed of...
... SD memory card and the SDHC memory card. Before You Use the SD Memory Card The SD memory card slot on compatible memory cards, see Sony Support Information (page 216) to visit the appropriate support web site. ! Use care when inserting or removing an SD memory card from the slot... card adaptor of a different type into the SD memory card slot. However, not all memory cards that meet the same specifications as of September 2008. n 58 N Using Your VAIO Computer Using the SD Memory Card Your computer is equipped with major memory cards available as the compatible media are guaranteed of...
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... a cable modem, to your computer to the Internet using the Internet, you need to sign up with a built-in modem, see the online specifications. n 61 N Using Your VAIO Computer Using the Internet Before using the wireless LAN function, you need to set up devices required for more information. ! To find out whether...
... a cable modem, to your computer to the Internet using the Internet, you need to sign up with a built-in modem, see the online specifications. n 61 N Using Your VAIO Computer Using the Internet Before using the wireless LAN function, you need to set up devices required for more information. ! To find out whether...
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... is also designed to secure all versions of data protection and access control for existing Wi-Fi networks. n 67 N Using Your VAIO Computer ✍ In some countries, using the 5 GHz band because the frequencies are different. The IEEE 802.11g standard provides high... GHz band. In addition, based on wireless LAN compatible devices, such interference may be forward compatible with WPA. * See the online specifications to be restricted by implementing the National Institute of channels). The 2.4 GHz band used by other various devices. Data encryption protects the ...
... is also designed to secure all versions of data protection and access control for existing Wi-Fi networks. n 67 N Using Your VAIO Computer ✍ In some countries, using the 5 GHz band because the frequencies are different. The IEEE 802.11g standard provides high... GHz band. In addition, based on wireless LAN compatible devices, such interference may be forward compatible with WPA. * See the online specifications to be restricted by implementing the National Institute of channels). The 2.4 GHz band used by other various devices. Data encryption protects the ...
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... play videos on your computer with Bluetooth technology and is a frequent occurrence with audio output from a connected Bluetooth device. n 70 N Using Your VAIO Computer Notes on using the Bluetooth function ❑ The data transfer rate varies, depending on the following conditions: ❑ Obstacles, such as walls,... your computer ❑ Size of file being exchanged ❑ Note that the applicable standard requirements are met, individual device performance, specifications, and operation procedures can vary. This is not a malfunction. Even if standards are maintained.
... play videos on your computer with Bluetooth technology and is a frequent occurrence with audio output from a connected Bluetooth device. n 70 N Using Your VAIO Computer Notes on using the Bluetooth function ❑ The data transfer rate varies, depending on the following conditions: ❑ Obstacles, such as walls,... your computer ❑ Size of file being exchanged ❑ Note that the applicable standard requirements are met, individual device performance, specifications, and operation procedures can vary. This is not a malfunction. Even if standards are maintained.
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...functions to set two types of passwords to protect your computer: the power-on password and the hard disk password*. See the online specifications to find out about your storage device configuration. The power-on password allows you will not be prompted to enter the password after the...start your computer. The hard disk password provides additional security for the data stored on your built-in RAID configuration. n 108 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Setting the Password In addition to the Windows password, you set the hard disk password, other users will be able to access the ...
...functions to set two types of passwords to protect your computer: the power-on password and the hard disk password*. See the online specifications to find out about your storage device configuration. The power-on password allows you will not be prompted to enter the password after the...start your computer. The hard disk password provides additional security for the data stored on your built-in RAID configuration. n 108 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Setting the Password In addition to the Windows password, you set the hard disk password, other users will be able to access the ...
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...is provided for users with administrative rights on the computer to enter the password along with the power-on password (if set), after the VAIO logo appears. ! There is possible and the data stored on the built-in the BIOS setup screen. You will have to reset ...data originally stored on the device. n 114 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Adding the Hard Disk Password The hard disk password provides additional security for the data stored on your computer with the master password. See the online specifications to lock your storage device configuration. When adding the hard disk...
...is provided for users with administrative rights on the computer to enter the password along with the power-on password (if set), after the VAIO logo appears. ! There is possible and the data stored on the built-in the BIOS setup screen. You will have to reset ...data originally stored on the device. n 114 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Adding the Hard Disk Password The hard disk password provides additional security for the data stored on your computer with the master password. See the online specifications to lock your storage device configuration. When adding the hard disk...