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... 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://esupport.sony.com/CA for customers in Canada http://esupport.sony.com/ES/VAIO/ for customers in Spanish speaking Latin American countries or areas http://esupport...
... 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://esupport.sony.com/CA for customers in Canada http://esupport.sony.com/ES/VAIO/ for customers in Spanish speaking Latin American countries or areas http://esupport...
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n8 N Before Use ❑ VAIO Recovery Center User Guide - To access this on-screen guide: 1 Click Start and Help and Support. 2 Click Manuals & Specifications. 3 Click VAIO Recovery Center User Guide. Provides information about restoring individual software programs, software drivers, and drive partition(s) or your entire hard disk drive to the original factory installed settings.
n8 N Before Use ❑ VAIO Recovery Center User Guide - To access this on-screen guide: 1 Click Start and Help and Support. 2 Click Manuals & Specifications. 3 Click VAIO Recovery Center User Guide. Provides information about restoring individual software programs, software drivers, and drive partition(s) or your entire hard disk drive to the original factory installed settings.
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... with updates and maintenance programs from Microsoft and Sony. ❑ VAIO Sites Contains links to back up and restore your operating system, system software, and your VAIO computer. n9 N Before Use Help and Support Help and Support is easy to do it step by step.... Choose from the following categories to find interesting and useful. ❑ VAIO Tutorials Sony provides guided help in the form of VAIO tutorials, an escalation page containing support and contact information, and various links to VAIO online support Web sites. ❑ Backup & Recovery Find information on -screen User...
... with updates and maintenance programs from Microsoft and Sony. ❑ VAIO Sites Contains links to back up and restore your operating system, system software, and your VAIO computer. n9 N Before Use Help and Support Help and Support is easy to do it step by step.... Choose from the following categories to find interesting and useful. ❑ VAIO Tutorials Sony provides guided help in the form of VAIO tutorials, an escalation page containing support and contact information, and various links to VAIO online support Web sites. ❑ Backup & Recovery Find information on -screen User...
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Protect your VAIO computer to enjoy the following benefits: ❑ Your computer will be registered with Sony Product Support. ❑ You will receive an e-coupon good for purchase of eligible accessories at SonyStyle.com. ❑ Extended Service Plan Sony VAIO products come with a 1 year Limited Warranty. n 10 N Before Use ❑ VAIO Registration Please take a moment to register your investment further by purchasing an optional Extended Service Plan.
Protect your VAIO computer to enjoy the following benefits: ❑ Your computer will be registered with Sony Product Support. ❑ You will receive an e-coupon good for purchase of eligible accessories at SonyStyle.com. ❑ Extended Service Plan Sony VAIO products come with a 1 year Limited Warranty. n 10 N Before Use ❑ VAIO Registration Please take a moment to register your investment further by purchasing an optional Extended Service Plan.
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... You will be using the keyboard, touch pad, or external mouse. Keep your forearms horizontal (2), with your computer. Have breaks during sessions with good back support. Whenever possible, you should attempt to take account of the following ergonomic considerations for both stationary and portable environments: ❑ Position of environments. Place the...
... You will be using the keyboard, touch pad, or external mouse. Keep your forearms horizontal (2), with your computer. Have breaks during sessions with good back support. Whenever possible, you should attempt to take account of the following ergonomic considerations for both stationary and portable environments: ❑ Position of environments. Place the...
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and Duo-size Memory Stick media. Front A S1 button (page 30) B AV MODE button (page 30) C Num lock indicator (page 19) D Caps lock indicator (page 19) E Scroll ... 19) O Battery indicator (page 19) P Hard disk drive indicator (page 19) Q WIRELESS LAN (Wireless LAN) indicator (page 19) R WIRELESS LAN switch (page 55) * Your computer supports both standard- n 14 N Getting Started Locating Controls and Ports Take a moment to identify the controls and ports shown on the following pages.
and Duo-size Memory Stick media. Front A S1 button (page 30) B AV MODE button (page 30) C Num lock indicator (page 19) D Caps lock indicator (page 19) E Scroll ... 19) O Battery indicator (page 19) P Hard disk drive indicator (page 19) Q WIRELESS LAN (Wireless LAN) indicator (page 19) R WIRELESS LAN switch (page 55) * Your computer supports both standard- n 14 N Getting Started Locating Controls and Ports Take a moment to identify the controls and ports shown on the following pages.
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speeds. Right n 16 N Getting Started A ExpressCard/34 slot (page 40) B Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) ports* (page 71) C i.LINK (IEEE 1394) S400 port (page 75) D Headphones jack (page 63) E Microphone jack (page 70) F Monitor (VGA) port (page 64) G Air vent * Support high-/full-/low-
speeds. Right n 16 N Getting Started A ExpressCard/34 slot (page 40) B Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) ports* (page 71) C i.LINK (IEEE 1394) S400 port (page 75) D Headphones jack (page 63) E Microphone jack (page 70) F Monitor (VGA) port (page 64) G Air vent * Support high-/full-/low-
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speeds. Left n 17 N Getting Started A Security slot B Optical disc drive (page 31) C Optical disc drive indicator (page 19) D Drive eject button (page 31) E Manual eject hole (page 127) F Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) ports* (page 71) * Support high-/full-/low-
speeds. Left n 17 N Getting Started A Security slot B Optical disc drive (page 31) C Optical disc drive indicator (page 19) D Drive eject button (page 31) E Manual eject hole (page 127) F Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) ports* (page 71) * Support high-/full-/low-
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...the keyboard for the detailed instructions. ! Slide your finger along the right edge of the touch pad to scroll vertically. Be sure to launch VAIO Control Center. Slide your finger on the touch pad while pressing the left button. Press the right button (4) once. See Setting Up Your ...Computer with applications that support a touch pad scroll feature). ✍ You can point to, select, drag, and scroll objects on the screen using the mouse. Using the Touch...
...the keyboard for the detailed instructions. ! Slide your finger along the right edge of the touch pad to scroll vertically. Be sure to launch VAIO Control Center. Slide your finger on the touch pad while pressing the left button. Press the right button (4) once. See Setting Up Your ...Computer with applications that support a touch pad scroll feature). ✍ You can point to, select, drag, and scroll objects on the screen using the mouse. Using the Touch...
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n 33 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 optical disc drive supports. Check your specifications for the type of media your model. Use the table below to see which types of optical disc drive installed on the model you purchased.
n 33 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 optical disc drive supports. Check your specifications for the type of media your model. Use the table below to see which types of optical disc drive installed on the model you purchased.
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... 25 GB, dual-layer discs with the capacity of 50 GB). *8 Writing data to Ultra Speed CD-RW discs is not supported. CD CD Extra RW ROM DVD- n 34 N Using Your VAIO Computer PR: playable and recordable P: playable but not recordable -: not playable or recordable CDROM Video Music CD CD-R/ DVD- PR...
... 25 GB, dual-layer discs with the capacity of 50 GB). *8 Writing data to Ultra Speed CD-RW discs is not supported. CD CD Extra RW ROM DVD- n 34 N Using Your VAIO Computer PR: playable and recordable P: playable but not recordable -: not playable or recordable CDROM Video Music CD CD-R/ DVD- PR...
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...play copyright protected Blu-ray Disc media continuously, you cannot play on DVDs and BD-ROM Disc media. Some contents may not support movie playback on the other optical media devices, circumstances may not play or view the contents on the disc packaging carefully to ... protected Blu-ray Disc media. It is designed to check both playback and recording compatibility with a VAIO computer, be implemented for use with your external display is not supported. ! Sony does NOT guarantee the compatibility of the recordable disc. ✍ 8cm disc writing is compliant with the...
...play copyright protected Blu-ray Disc media continuously, you cannot play on DVDs and BD-ROM Disc media. Some contents may not support movie playback on the other optical media devices, circumstances may not play or view the contents on the disc packaging carefully to ... protected Blu-ray Disc media. It is designed to check both playback and recording compatibility with a VAIO computer, be implemented for use with your external display is not supported. ! Sony does NOT guarantee the compatibility of the recordable disc. ✍ 8cm disc writing is compliant with the...
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...capabilities. ✍ You can insert a Duo-size Memory Stick media directly into a Memory Stick Duo Adaptor. The Memory Stick slot on your computer does not support 8-bit parallel data transfer (high speed data...has been tested and found compatible with Sony branded Memory Stick media with such copyrighted data can be used only within the law. Before using a Memory Stick Duo Adaptor. ! Except for your personal... you insert the media directly into an M2 Standard-size or M2 Duo-size Adaptor. n 44 N Using Your VAIO Computer Before You Use the Memory Stick Media The Memory Stick slot on...
...capabilities. ✍ You can insert a Duo-size Memory Stick media directly into a Memory Stick Duo Adaptor. The Memory Stick slot on your computer does not support 8-bit parallel data transfer (high speed data...has been tested and found compatible with Sony branded Memory Stick media with such copyrighted data can be used only within the law. Before using a Memory Stick Duo Adaptor. ! Except for your personal... you insert the media directly into an M2 Standard-size or M2 Duo-size Adaptor. n 44 N Using Your VAIO Computer Before You Use the Memory Stick Media The Memory Stick slot on...
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Do not select NTFS from the slot while formatting the media. n 47 N Using Your VAIO Computer To format a Memory Stick media The Memory Stick media has been formatted in Format options. 5 Click Start. Be sure to reformat the media with ... the Memory Stick media from the File system drop-down list as it clicks into place. 2 Click Start and Computer to format the media and supports the Memory Stick media when formatting the media. Formatting the Memory Stick media erases the entire data on the media. This could cause a malfunction. 1 Carefully...
Do not select NTFS from the slot while formatting the media. n 47 N Using Your VAIO Computer To format a Memory Stick media The Memory Stick media has been formatted in Format options. 5 Click Start. Be sure to reformat the media with ... the Memory Stick media from the File system drop-down list as it clicks into place. 2 Click Start and Computer to format the media and supports the Memory Stick media when formatting the media. Formatting the Memory Stick media erases the entire data on the media. This could cause a malfunction. 1 Carefully...
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n 50 N Using Your VAIO Computer Using Other Memory Cards In addition to the Memory Stick slot and ExpressCard slot, your computer. Before You Use Memory Cards The SD memory card slot on your computer supports the following memory cards: ❑ SD memory card ❑ SDHC memory card ❑ ...card media that meet the same specifications as of compatibility. The SD memory card slot on compatible memory cards, see Sony Support Information (page 145) to visit the appropriate support Web site. ! Do not force the memory card in removing from the SD memory card slot. You can ...
n 50 N Using Your VAIO Computer Using Other Memory Cards In addition to the Memory Stick slot and ExpressCard slot, your computer. Before You Use Memory Cards The SD memory card slot on your computer supports the following memory cards: ❑ SD memory card ❑ SDHC memory card ❑ ...card media that meet the same specifications as of compatibility. The SD memory card slot on compatible memory cards, see Sony Support Information (page 145) to visit the appropriate support Web site. ! Do not force the memory card in removing from the SD memory card slot. You can ...
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The Sony WLAN supports all normal Ethernet connectivity, but with a limited number of Standards and Technology (NIST) FIPS 140-2 compliant AES encryption algorithm and 802.1X-based authentication. limited ... is also designed to be restricted by implementing the National Institute of computers (ad-hoc). n 55 N Using Your VAIO Computer Using Wireless LAN (WLAN) Using the Sony Wireless LAN (WLAN), all your model supports the IEEE 802.11a standard and/or the IEEE 802.11n draft standard. It utilizes the enhanced data encryption...
The Sony WLAN supports all normal Ethernet connectivity, but with a limited number of Standards and Technology (NIST) FIPS 140-2 compliant AES encryption algorithm and 802.1X-based authentication. limited ... is also designed to be restricted by implementing the National Institute of computers (ad-hoc). n 55 N Using Your VAIO Computer Using Wireless LAN (WLAN) Using the Sony Wireless LAN (WLAN), all your model supports the IEEE 802.11a standard and/or the IEEE 802.11n draft standard. It utilizes the enhanced data encryption...
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... speed, narrower communication range, or broken wireless connections. The 2.4 GHz bandwidth used by other various devices. Taking this into consideration, the IEEE 802.11g products are different. n 56 N Using Your VAIO Computer The IEEE 802.11b/g standard is also used by wireless LAN...depending on the actual distance between communication devices, existence of obstacles between such devices, the radio conditions, the ambient environment that support the IEEE 802.11n draft standard. Your computer may reduce the communication speed due to radio interference. The IEEE 802.11a ...
... speed, narrower communication range, or broken wireless connections. The 2.4 GHz bandwidth used by other various devices. Taking this into consideration, the IEEE 802.11g products are different. n 56 N Using Your VAIO Computer The IEEE 802.11b/g standard is also used by wireless LAN...depending on the actual distance between communication devices, existence of obstacles between such devices, the radio conditions, the ambient environment that support the IEEE 802.11n draft standard. Your computer may reduce the communication speed due to radio interference. The IEEE 802.11a ...
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...specify the ad-hoc network settings and click Next. 7 Follow the on-screen instructions. ✍ See the online specifications to or above your model supports the Bluetooth functionality, the IEEE 802.11a/b/g standard, and/or the IEEE 802.11n draft standard. The Set up . n 58 N Using Your... VAIO Computer To communicate without an access point (ad-hoc) ! The IEEE 802.11n draft standard, using the 2.4 or 5 GHz bandwidth, is not available on ad-hoc networks. 1 Turn on the software. 2 Click the button next...
...specify the ad-hoc network settings and click Next. 7 Follow the on-screen instructions. ✍ See the online specifications to or above your model supports the Bluetooth functionality, the IEEE 802.11a/b/g standard, and/or the IEEE 802.11n draft standard. The Set up . n 58 N Using Your... VAIO Computer To communicate without an access point (ad-hoc) ! The IEEE 802.11n draft standard, using the 2.4 or 5 GHz bandwidth, is not available on ad-hoc networks. 1 Turn on the software. 2 Click the button next...
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... the taskbar and select Connect to a wireless network 1 Make sure an access point is case sensitive and must enter a passphrase. n 60 N Using Your VAIO Computer To connect to a network. 5 Select the desired access point and click Connect. ✍ For WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK authentication, you must be ...3 Click the button next to or above your desired wireless option(s) in the VAIO Smart Network window. 4 Right-click or on the WIRELESS or WIRELESS LAN switch. See the manual that came with your model supports the Bluetooth functionality, the IEEE 802.11a/b/g standard, and/or the IEEE 802....
... the taskbar and select Connect to a wireless network 1 Make sure an access point is case sensitive and must enter a passphrase. n 60 N Using Your VAIO Computer To connect to a network. 5 Select the desired access point and click Connect. ✍ For WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK authentication, you must be ...3 Click the button next to or above your desired wireless option(s) in the VAIO Smart Network window. 4 Right-click or on the WIRELESS or WIRELESS LAN switch. See the manual that came with your model supports the Bluetooth functionality, the IEEE 802.11a/b/g standard, and/or the IEEE 802....
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... computer may not be compatible with Multiple Monitors settings. If you have an external display connected to the monitor (VGA) port, your software may not support the Multiple Monitors function. otherwise your computer screen and the external display can move the cursor from one display to the other . You can function...
... computer may not be compatible with Multiple Monitors settings. If you have an external display connected to the monitor (VGA) port, your software may not support the Multiple Monitors function. otherwise your computer screen and the external display can move the cursor from one display to the other . You can function...