User manual SONY PCG-GRV550

[. . . ] Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Powering Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using AC Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Connecting the AC adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Turning on the computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Inserting a battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Removing a battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Using a second battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Displaying battery information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Charging a battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Notes on batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using power saving modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using PowerPanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Internet and Network Connections. . . . . . . . . . 29 Internet Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Setting up a dial-up Internet connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Setting up an Ethernet Internet connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Customizing your Internet connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Using Ethernet and dial-up connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Using wireless LAN connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Checking your network connection status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 1 VAIO Computer Quick Start Connecting Another VAIO Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Connecting VAIO computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Disconnecting VAIO computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You can either use a floppy disk that is not writeprotected or disable the write-protect feature. 100 Using PC Cards Using PC Cards Your computer includes one or more PC Card slots. A PC Card enables you to connect portable external devices such as another hard disk drive or a PC Network Interface Card (NIC) to connect to a network. See your VAIO® Computer Specifications for the type of PC Card that is compatible with your computer. These slots are compatible with CardBus. If your computer has more than one PC Card slot, use the lower slot for Type III PC Cards. You do not need to turn off your computer to insert or remove a PC Card. Inserting PC Cards Removing PC Cards Connecting and disconnecting PC Card drives Frequently asked questions Inserting PC Cards Your computer may contain PC Card slot protectors. Remove these protectors before you insert a PC Card into the slot. See "To remove slot protectors. " Some PC Cards may require you to disable idle devices when using the PC Card. You can use Sony Notebook Setup to disable devices. To open Sony Notebook Setup 1 2 Click Start on the Windows taskbar, and then click All Programs. Point to Sony Notebook Setup, and click Sony Notebook Setup. The Sony Notebook Setup dialog box appears. To insert a PC Card 1 2 Make sure the front label of the PC Card is facing up. The PC Card is automatically detected by your system. The Safely Remove Hardware icon appears on the taskbar, indicating your system detected the PC Card. 101 VAIO Computer Quick Start Do not force a PC Card into the slot. When a PC Card is inserted, do not place your computer in a bag or case. Pressure or shock to a PC Card may damage your computer. Touching the head of the PC Card will not damage the connector pins, but damage may occur if the head of the PC Card is sticking out of the PC Card slot while the computer is being transported. Inserting a PC Card Removing PC Cards You can remove PC Cards while the computer is on or off. PC Cards draw power from the computer when they are inserted into the PC Card slot, whether or not you use the card. If you are not using your PC Card and you are using a battery as a power source, remove the PC Card from the PC Card slot to conserve battery power. To remove a PC Card while your computer is on 1 2 3 Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon Safely Remove Hardware dialog box appears. The Click to select the PC Card in the Hardware devices window, if it is not already selected. The Stop a Hardware device window appears. 102 d raC CP tols eht gnic af worrA Using PC Cards 4 5 6 7 Make sure the PC Card is selected, and click OK. [. . . ] When a PC Card is inserted into a computer that is connected to the docking station, it may change the drive letters of the docking station disk drives or PC Card disk drives. If this occurs, the program you are using may not find certain files. Do one of the following: Remove the PC Card, and restart your computer. Do not insert the PC Card while using that program. [. . . ]