User manual SONY PCV-RX580 QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] VAIO Digital StudioTM Computer QuickStart Contents Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Unpacking Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 To Choose an Ergonomic Location for your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting Up Your VAIO Digital Studio Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 To Set Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] When the Sony screen displays, press the F2 key on your keyboard. Select the Advanced tab from the Setup Utility screen. Select "I/O Device Configuration" and press Enter. Use the arrow keys to highlight Parallel Port Mode and press Enter. You can toggle between the Normal (bi-directional), EPP, ECP, and ECP+EPP options using the directional arrow keys. 6 7 Select the desired setting displays, and press Enter. 31 VAIO Digital Studio Computer QuickStart Topic: My optical drive tray does not open. Use the Eject button 1 2 Make sure the computer is turned on. Press the Eject button on the drive. Use the My Computer icon 1 2 3 Click Start in the Windows taskbar, then select My Computer. Right-click the appropriate optical drive icon. Select Eject from the shortcut menu. Avoid using adhesive labels to identify your CD media. Adhesive labels may come off while the CD media is in use in your optical drive(s) and may cause damage to the unit. Topic: I cannot play a DVD or CD. After inserting your optical disc, wait a few seconds for it to be detected before trying to access it. Verify that the disc is in the tray with the label side facing up. Install your CD or DVD software according to the manufacturer's instructions. If your drive reads some DVDs or CDs, but not others, check the shiny side of the disc for dirt or scratches. You may also need to clean the disc drive lens with an appropriate cleaner. To recover the CD or DVD software applications that are preinstalled on your Topic: I cannot play a DVD. computer, see "To Use the Application Recovery CD(s)" for more information. If a region code warning appears when you are using the DVD player application, it may be that the region code of the DVD you are trying to play is incompatible with the region code setting of your optical drive. A region code is listed on the disc packaging. Region code indicators such as "1" or "ALL" are labeled on some DVDs to indicate the type of player that can play the disc. Unless a "1" or "ALL" appears on the DVD or on its packaging, you cannot play the disc on this system. 32 Topics If you hear audio but cannot see video, your computer's video resolution may be set too high. To improve video resolution, verify that your screen area is set to 1024 x 768, using 32-bit color (preset factory default). To check your video resolution, see the Troubleshooting topic, "How do I change the video resolution of my display?" If your computer's video memory (RAM) is 11 MB shared system memory, you may improve video resolution by changing your screen area to 800 x 600, using 16-bit color. See your Specifications sheet for details about your computer's video RAM. If you see video but cannot hear audio, check all of the following: Verify that your DVD player's mute feature is turned off. Check the master volume setting in the Audio Mixer. [. . . ] Wipe off any remaining moisture with a dry soft cloth. 44 For Answers to Your Software Questions For Answers to Your Software Questions This section provides support information for your computer's preinstalled software applications. Check this software support listing to locate information from the Internet, by e-mail, or by telephone. Your computer may not be supplied with all of the software applications listed, depending on the system configuration you purchased. Adobe® Acrobat ReaderTM, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements, Adobe® Premiere® LE (on selected models) (Adobe Systems Inc. ) Web site phone fax e-mail hours http://www. adobe. com 206-675-6126 (fee-based support) 206-628-5737 techdocs@adobe. com M - F, 6:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST ArcSoft PhotoPrinter® 2000 Pro (ArcSoft Inc. ) Web site phone fax e-mail hours http://www. arcsoft. com 510-440-9901 510-440-1270 support@arcsoft. com M - F, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM PST America Online® (America Online Inc. ) Web site phone hours http://www. aol. com 800-827-6364 7 days a week, 24 hours a day EarthLinkTM Network Total Access (EarthLink Network Inc. ) Web site phone e-mail hours http://help. earthlink. net/techsupport 800-395-8410 support@earthlink. net 7 days a week, 24 hours a day 45 VAIO Digital Studio Computer QuickStart Microsoft® Windows XPTM operating system, Internet Explorer, Outlook® Express, Word (on selected models), Office XP Professional (on selected models) Office XP Small Business Edition (on selected models) (Microsoft Corporation) Web site phone hours http://www. sony. com/pcsupport 888-4-SONY-PC (888-476-6972)* 7 days a week, 24 hours a day * Support from 888-4-SONY-PC is free of charge for 90 days after the original date of purchase. PC-Cillin® 2000 (Trend Micro, Inc. ) Web site phone e-mail hours http://www. antivirus. com/pc-cillin 949-387-7800 support@trendmicro. com M - F, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST Quicken® 2002 (Intuit Inc. ) Web site phone hours http://www. intuit. com/support 900-555-4932; 800-644-3193* M- F, 5:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST * Support from 900-555-4932 is fee-based. Support from 800-644-3193 is automated and free of charge. RealJukebox®, RealPlayer® (Real Networks, Inc. ) Web site e-mail http://www. real. com http://service. real. com/help/call. html (online e-mail form) Sony Applications (Sony Electronics Inc. ) Web site phone hours http://www. sony. com/pcsupport 888-4-SONY-PC (888-476-6972)* 7 days a week, 24 hours a day * Support from 1-888-4-SONY-PC is free of charge for 90 days after the original date of purchase. Sony Style ConnectTM (E-Solutions) Web site phone http://www. sonystyleconnect. com 888-584-4467 46 For Answers to Your Software Questions WordPerfect® (on selected models) (Corel Corp. ) Web site phone hours http://www. corel. com/support/product_specific/wp9. htm 716-871-2325 M- F, 8:30 AM - 7:30 PM ET Sony Service Center For the Sony Service Center nearest you, call 1-888-4-SONY-PC (1-888-476-6972), or visit the Sony Computing Support Web site at http://www. sony. com/pcsupport. This service is free of charge for 90 days after the original date of purchase. 47 VAIO Digital Studio Computer QuickStart Resources Sony provides several support options for your Sony computer. [. . . ]