User manual SONY PCG-GRX590P QUICK START

[. . . ] VAIO® Notebook Quick Start PCG-GRX500 Series Contents Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Unpacking Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Registering Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting Up Your Dial-Up Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting Up Your VAIO® Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Locating Controls and Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting a Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Starting Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Shutting Down Your Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Adding Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Precautions and Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Typical expansion memory configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Removing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Installing a memory module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Viewing the amount of memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 About the Software on Your Notebook . . . 39 Software Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Application, Driver, and System Recovery CDs. . . . . . . 47 Using Your Recovery CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 3 VAIO® Notebook Quick Start Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Support Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Software Support Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 4 Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony VAIO® notebook. Sony has combined leading-edge technology in audio, video, computing, and communications to provide you with state-of-the-art personal computing. Features For a complete description of the specifications of your VAIO® notebook, see the Specifications flyer supplied with your notebook. [. . . ] You can play QuickTime files (referred to as "QuickTime movies") using QuickTime Player or any other application, such as a Web browser or word processor, that supports QuickTime software. RealJukebox software is a popular digital music system that gives you the ability to easily acquire, play and manage digital music files. You can locate and download your favorite music from the Internet and organize your own personal music collection. If you are using an external CD-ROM drive connected with a PC Card, be sure to connect your external CD-ROM drive before starting RealJukebox. Additionally, do not remove your CD-ROM drive while using RealJukebox. Either of these actions may cause RealJukebox to shut down improperly. RealPlayer® RealNetworks, Inc. RealPlayer software is a high-quality streaming media player that supports many digital media formats. The user-friendly interface has enhanced navigation capabilities, allowing you to access and enjoy audio and video programming over the Internet. RealPlayer software is your gateway to a superb Internet multimedia experience. 44 Software Overview Smart Capture Sony Electronics Inc. Smart Capture is a fun new way to send multimedia messages via e-mail. Smart Capture manages the i. LINK® connection between your notebook and a Sony Digital Handycam® Camcorder that supports the i. LINK interface. It allows you to capture compressed video or still images and save them to your hard disk drive or share via e-mail. A smart solution for computer, digital audio/video and network convergence. Smart Connect (On selected models) Sony Electronics Inc. Smart Connect enables you to use an i. LINK® cable to connect your VAIO® computer to another VAIO computer that supports Smart Connect. You can then use one computer to copy, delete, and edit files on the other computer. You can also print from a printer attached to either computer. This new jukebox application adds a host of new features to its predecessor, OpenMGTM Jukebox. Continuing to take advantage of Sony's copyrightprotected ATRAC3TM format for high-quality digital audio storage, SonicStage software sports a new music visualizer, a sleek new player skin design, audio CD burning capability, and a parametric equalizer for fine-tuning audio playback. Sony ScreenBlastTM ACID (On selected models) Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment With the powerful Sony ScreenBlast ACID software you can create royalty-free music by utilizing its loop-based production tool, including unlimited tracks and enhanced effects. Sony ScreenBlastTM Sound Forge (On selected models) Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment Sony ScreenBlast Sound Forge allows you to record, edit, and process mono or stereo audio files for your multimedia or Internet projects. Whether you want to use a number of professional effects, convert video into streaming media, or synchronize audio to video -- this software has everything you need to create rich, immersive multimedia and Internet content. 45 VAIO® Notebook Quick Start Sony on Yahoo!Personalize your own web portal with Sony on Yahoo! [. . . ] (Windows 2000) To access the User Guide, click Start on the Windows taskbar, select VAIO Help Center, and VAIO Documentation. The quick start is supplied with your notebook. Software Manuals and Online Help Files The software preinstalled on your notebook may come with an online manual. These manuals are stored on the hard disk drive as online Help files. [. . . ]