User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EC2KGX

[. . . ] Macrovision: This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. [. . . ] With other profiles, the movies can be choppy. Do not switch power saving modes while playing a DVD video. Do not use resident disc utilities or resident utilities to speed up the access of discs, because they may cause the system to become unstable. Make sure that the screensaver is deactivated. Depending on the display setup properties you selected, you may use the <Fn>+<F> command to expand the screen to full screen size. Region codes indicators are labeled on the DVD discs to indicate in which region and on what type of player you can play the disc. Unless a '2' (Europe belongs to region '2') or 'all' (this means that you can play this DVD everywhere in the world) is labeled on your DVD disc or on the packaging, you cannot play the disc on this player. Do not try to change the region code settings of the DVD-ROM drive. Any difficulties caused by changing the region code settings of DVD-ROM drive are out of warranty. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 67 Using the CD-RW function To burn CDs, you can use CD-RW and CD-R discs: The CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) disc is a data memory medium that can be used to write, erase and rewrite a program or other data. The CD-R (CD-Recordable) disc is a data memory medium that can be used to write a program or other data, but once only. To achieve optimum performance when writing data on a CD-RW disc, follow these recommendations : To make a CD-R's data readable on a CD-ROM drive, you need to close the session when you eject it. When you connect an external display to the monitor connector, you can press <Fn>+<F7> to toggle the output between the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), the external monitor or both devices. To connect a computer display to your notebook, proceed as follows: 1 2 Plug the monitor plug (1) into the notebook monitor connector (2). Plug the power cord (3) into an AC outlet. You cannot use the monitor connector on your notebook when the docking station is connected to the notebook. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 71 To connect a computer display to the docking station, proceed as follows: 1 2 Plug the monitor plug (1) into the docking station monitor connector (2). Plug the power cord (3) into an AC outlet. If the main unit is docked, you can only use the monitor connector on the docking station. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 72 Connecting a projector You can connect a projector (such as the Sony LCD projector) directly to your notebook or via the docking station. To connect a projector to your notebook, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the RGB signal cable (1) into the notebook monitor connector identified by the monitor symbol. 2 Plug the audio cable (2) into the earphone connector identified by the symbol. 3 Connect the power cord (3) of the projector into an AC outlet. You cannot use the monitor connector on your notebook when the docking station is connected to the notebook. i Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 73 To connect a projector to your docking station, proceed as follows: 1 2 3 Plug the RGB signal cable (1) into the docking station monitor connector identified by the monitor symbol. Plug the audio cable (2) into the notebook earphone connector identified by the symbol. Connect the power cord (3) of the projector into an AC outlet. If the main unit is docked, you can only use the monitor connector on the docking station. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 74 Connecting external speakers You can enhance the sound quality of your computer by connecting external speakers. To connect external speakers, proceed as follows: 1 2 Plug the speaker cable into the notebook earphone connector identified by the Turn down the volume of the speakers before you turn them on. Make sure your speakers are designed for computer use. Do not place diskettes on the speakers; their magnetic field may damage the data on the diskettes. symbol. Connecting an external microphone It is possible to plug in an external microphone to your VAIO notebook. [. . . ] The product recovery CD-ROMs include the application recovery CD-ROM and the system recovery CD-ROM(s) A type of mouse or keyboard port. PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) refers to the plain old telephone service, the national telecommunication networks implementing voice transmission by using analog signals. Pixel Port replicator Processor Product recovery CD-ROM PS/2 PSTN Glossary Sony Notebook User Guide nN 120 Term RAM Definition Short for Random Access Memory, the memory used to run programs and store data in current use. RAM is the fastest kind of memory to read from and write to. Information stored in RAM is lost when you turn off the computer. [. . . ]