User manual ELECTRO-VOICE LF215 DATASHEET

[. . . ] Subscriptions to online service providers may require a fee and credit card information. Financial services may require prior arrangements with participating financial institutions. © 2001 ELECTRO-VOICE Corporation. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Read this first About the software on your Sony notebook nN 2 End user software license agreement This End User Software License Agreement (the EULA) is a legal agreement between you and ELECTRO-VOICE Corporation (hereinafter referred to as ELECTRO-VOICE), a corporation organized under Japanese Law, the manufacturer of your ELECTRO-VOICE computer system (the ELECTRO-VOICE HARDWARE). Please read this EULA carefully before installing or using the software distributed together with this EULA (the ELECTRO-VOICE SOFTWARE). [. . . ] You can change the volume of the sounds while the operating system is loading. When you connect an optional mouse to your computer, you can disable your touchpad. You can also customize your mouse settings using the mouse utility. Sets the password to secure your computer. Disables port release resources to the system. To change the serial settings, click Advanced on the Basic/ Advanced tab. Toggles between Advanced mode (additional screens with advanced settings) and Basic mode of display. Advanced mode includes Serial and View Resources tabs. Tab About This Computer Printer Initial Setting Touchpad Power On Password Enable Ports Basic/Advanced For more information about each option, click Help on the Notebook Setup screen to display the help file. You have to be logged on as Administrator to be able to use Sony Notebook Setup. Customizing your notebook About the software on your Sony notebook nN 19 Managing power The PowerPanel utility controls the power management of your notebook and provides key information about system activity and battery life. The automatic power management selects the most advantageous profiles, or lets you customize the profiles you choose, according to your own needs, with the goal of extended battery life. PowerPanel has the following features: Automatic Profile Selection (APS) based on the currently active application; Ability to select special Power Profiles manually from the menu; Ability to edit and create new profiles; Ability to display detailed battery information; It works in harmony with your Windows settings. You have to be logged on as Administrator or Power User to be able to change PowerPanel settings. Customizing your notebook About the software on your Sony notebook nN 20 Activating PowerPanel When starting the computer, the PowerPanel icon appears in the system tray by default. Games ­ Disables the display and the Hard Disk Spindle Down timer. Camera ­ Optimizes performance and power requirements for camera usage. DVD ­ Optimizes performance and power requirements for DVD usage. Automatic Profile Selection - Analyses the performance of each application you choose and matches the profiles to its needs. Customizing your notebook About the software on your Sony notebook nN 23 Activating power management commands PowerPanel provides power management commands that you can use to activate specific power management functions and to control power for a specific device. You might use these commands when you want to override a profile setting or initiate an immediate action. Icon Description Standby ­ Puts the system into Standby mode, a power management state that saves the state of the system and peripheral devices in memory (RAM). Power consumption reduces to a minimum, and the system remains on. To return the system to the active state, press any key or the power switch on your computer. Hibernate ­ Provides for the lowest level of power consumption. The system writes the state of the system and peripheral devices to the hard disk and turns off the system power. To return the system to the original state, use the power switch to turn on power. Customizing your notebook About the software on your Sony notebook nN 24 Selecting automatic profiles A Power Profile is a set of timer values for a variety of system devices. PowerPanel automatically selects the profile associated with the application you are using and changes profiles as you switch between applications. Power Management lets your system enter energy saving modes by levelling some energy consuming parameters, such as LCD brightness, or hard disk activity. To select automatic profiles, proceed as follows: 1 2 3 Or, 1 2 3 Right-click the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. The Power Management toolbar appears in the taskbar. [. . . ] Please note that this option will delete all existing data both on the C: and D: drives before starting the recovery. Aborting the recovery process The recovery process always warns you when the decision you are asked to take cannot be undone. Whenever possible, the recovery screens allow you either to go back to the previous screen, or to abort the recovery process. Using the product recovery CD-ROMs About the software on your Sony notebook nN 37 Performing an application recovery The application recovery utility allows you to reinstall individual applications. Reinstalling a program can fix the problems encountered if it does not run correctly anymore. [. . . ]