User manual SONY PCG-R505DL

[. . . ] Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using Your VAIO Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using the Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Functions of the keyboard keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Combinations and functions with the Windows key . . . . . . . . . 13 Combinations and functions with the Fn key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Using the Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 VAIO Action Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using the Center Jog Dial Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Using the center Jog Dial control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Launcher mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using Guide Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Using the center Jog Dial control with Sony software . . . . . . 22 Using the center Jog Dial control with other software . . . . . . 23 Using a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 To insert a PC Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 To remove a PC Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Using Memory Stick Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Types of Memory Stick media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Write-protecting a Memory Stick media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Formatting a Memory Stick media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Notes on Memory Stick media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using Power Saving Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Normal mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Hibernate mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Notes on power saving modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Connecting a Phone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 1 Change text in this variable definition to document title. Connecting to a LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Setting up your Ethernet connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Connecting to a Wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Turning On Wireless LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You can change the settings for any of the predefined profiles (except for the Disable Power Management profile), or you can create your own profile to suit your portable computing needs. The predefined profiles are: Icon Description Maximum Performance Provides the best system performance while still conserving power. Maximum Battery Life Provides power saving features to give you maximum battery life and good performance. It slows the notebook and puts it into Standby mode after a specified time period. Disable Power Management Turns off all power management features such as Standby and Hibernate modes. You can not change the settings of this profile. AC Power The power management state when AC power is in use. Similar to the Power Management Off setting. Power Management automatically loads the AC profile unless you disable this feature. 83 Change text in this variable definition to document title. Icon Description Games Disables the display and the Hard Disk Standby timer. Presentation Keeps the display on at all times while it conserves power. This option is ideal for slide show presentations. You can establish settings for LCD (Video) Standby, Hard Disk Standby, and Standby to optimize power management for your system. Camera Optimizes performance and power requirements for camera usage. DVD Optimizes performance and power requirements for DVD usage. Word Processing Optimizes power management with longer timeouts on the hard disk and display screen. You can also establish settings for LCD (Video) Standby, Hard Disk Standby, and Standby to optimize power management for your system. Spreadsheet Optimizes performance and power requirements for spreadsheet applications. Communications Extends battery life by initiating a quick display timeout. You can also establish settings for LCD (Video) Standby, Hard Disk Standby, and Standby to optimize power management for your system. Automatic Profile Selection Automatically switches to a profile suitable for active applications. 84 Controlling Power Management Power Management commands PowerPanelTM also provides power management commands that you can use to activate specific power management functions and to control power for a specific device. You can use these commands 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). [. . . ] Double-click Ports (COM&LPT), and then ECP Printer Port (LPT1). Select the Port Settings tab, and choose a different LPT Port Number. Your connected printer may not function after the notebook resumes from a power saving mode. To reset the printer connection: 1 2 3 4 Click Start on the Windows taskbar, and select Control Panel. Click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Printers and Faxes. [. . . ]