Sony VAIO Laptop User Manual


 
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Fr
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Locatin
g
Audio
/
Vide
o
VHF/UHF
p
or
t
(
on com
p
ute
r
back
p
anel
)
C
able service acces
s
(
wall outlet
)
TV coaxial cable
(
su
pp
lied
)
Hard Disk Drive Recover
y
Su
pp
ort O
p
tion
s
S
tartin
g
Media
C
enter
Y
our VAI
O
®
computer is enhanced with the Microsoft
®
®
Win
d
ow
s
®
®
XP
®
Media Center Edition* operatin
g
system.
U
se the Media Center setup wizard to activate and confi
g
ure your
audio/visual settin
g
s.
U
sin
g
the remote contro
l
1
Point the remote control at the remote sensor and press .
2
U
se the arrow buttons on the remote control to locate and
s
elect menu o
p
tions. Press
O
K to activate
y
our selection
.
U
sin
g
the mouse
1
C
lick
S
tart
>
Media
C
enter
.
2
U
se the mouse to locate and select menu o
p
tions.
C
lick to activate
y
our selection.
*Th
e
Mi
c
ro
s
of
t
®
Win
d
ow
s
®
®
XP Media Center Edition operating system is available on certain
®
V
AI
O
®
computers. See your online specifications sheet for more information about your
®
com
p
uter
s operatin
g
system
.
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s
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ettin
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u
p
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p
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ettin
g
u
p
C
able acces
s
Sy
stem uni
t
VHF
/U
H
F
IN
VHF
/U
H
F
OUT
VHF/UHF
p
or
t
(
television
)
VHF/UHF
p
or
t
(
com
p
uter
)
Set-to
p
box
(
back
p
anel detail
)
C
able service
access
(
wall outlet
)
S
p
litte
r
(
o
p
tional
)
TV
c
o
a
xi
a
l
cab
l
e
(
su
pp
lied
)
TV
c
o
a
xi
a
l
cab
l
e
(
o
p
tional
)
TV
c
o
a
xi
a
l
cab
l
e
(
o
p
tional
)
TV
coa
xi
a
l
cab
l
e
(
o
p
tional
)
*Not available with all VAI
O
®
computer models.
®
AC in
p
ut
p
or
t
Ke
y
board por
t
Mouse
p
or
t
P
r
i
nter
p
or
t
Monitor port*
I.LINK 6-
p
in S40
0
p
ort
(
IEEE 1394
)
U
niversal
S
erial Bu
s
(
USB 2.0
p
orts
)
Audio
j
ack
s
Monitor port*
Audio / Video*
ports & jacks
M
ode
m lin
e
j
ac
k
VHF
/U
H
F
port
*
TV Out (S-Video)
j
ack
*
Monitor
(
DVI-D
)
p
ort
*
Ethernet
p
or
t
E
j
ect butto
n
Eject button
O
p
tical drive
1
O
p
tical drive
2
P
ower
b
utto
n
Standb
y
indicato
r
Media card reader
s
a
n
d
access
in
d
i
ca
to
r
i. LINK 4-
p
in S40
0
(
IEEE 1394
)
p
or
t
U
niversal
S
erial Bu
s
(
U
S
B 2.0
)
p
ort
s
H
a
r
d
d
i
s
k
d
riv
e
access
i
n
di
cato
r
P
ow
e
r
i
n
dica
to
r
(VAIO
)
*Not su
pp
lied with all VAI
O
®
computer models. For details on the accessories supplied with your computer, see the online Specifications sheet.
®
Your computer is equipped with the VAIO Recovery Wizard, a utility pro
g
ram
that recovers your computer's operatin
g
system and preinstalled software to
original
f
actory-installed settings
.
For onl
i
ne
i
n
f
ormat
i
on about hard d
i
sk recovery
:
1
Clic
k
Star
t
>
Hel
p
and Su
pp
or
t
.
2
F
rom t
h
e VAIO Help And Support Center menu,
c
li
c
k
VAIO Recover
y
Options
.
To access the VAIO Recover
y
Wizard utilit
y
from Windows XP
:
1
C
lic
k
S
tar
t
>
C
ontrol Panel > Performance and Maintenance.
2
F
rom t
he
Per
f
ormance and Maintenance w
i
n
d
ow,
c
li
c
k
VAIO Recovery Wizar
d
.
V
AI
O
®
Com
p
uter User Guide
T
he VAI
O
®
Computer User Guide provides detailed information on how to
®
m
ax
i
m
i
ze your computer capa
bili
t
i
es an
d
so
l
ve common pro
bl
ems.
1
C
lick
S
tart >
H
elp and Support
.
2
From th
e
VAIO Help And Support Cente
r
men
u,
c
li
c
k VAI
O
U
ser
G
uide.
V
AI
O
®
C
om
p
uter
Sp
ec
ifi
cat
i
ons sheet
T
he online s
p
ecification sheet describes the hardware and software
confi
g
uration of your VAIO computer model.
1
C
onnect to the Internet.
2
Go to http://www.son
y
.com/pcsupport*
.
3
C
lick the D
ocu
m
e
nt
a
ti
on
link
a
n
d
follow th
e
on-
sc
r
ee
n in
s
tr
uc
tion
s
to
l
ocate
y
our model
s
s
p
ecification sheet.
*The
S
on
y
online
S
upport Web site provides technical support and links to helpful information
a
bout
y
our VAIO computer
.
Remote sensor controls
(
2
)*
Composite audio R In jack
Composite audio L In
j
ac
k
Composite video In jack
S-video In jack
VHF/UHF port
Your VAIO
®
O
O
computer is not supplied with System or
®
Application Recover
y
CDs. Use the VAIO Recover
y
Wizar
d
u
tility pro
g
ram to recover your compute
r
s operating system
a
nd
p
reinstalled software
.
This feature is not available with all VAI
O
®
computer models.
®
This feature is not available with all VAI
O
®
computer models.
®
This feature is not available with all VAI
O
®
computer models.
®
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