User manual SONY VAIO VGN-TZ170N/N

[. . . ] To access this on-screen guide: 1 2 3 Click Start and Help and Support. Click Manuals & Specifications. Click VAIO Recovery Center User Guide. SmartWiTM Connection Utility Help (Selected models only) -- Provides information about setting up Bluetooth, wireless LAN, and wireless WAN functionalities. To access this on-screen guide: 1 2 Click Start, All Programs, and SmartWi Connection Utility. Click SmartWi Connection Utility Help. n8N Before Use Help and Support Help and Support is easy to access and provides a single location for information and technical assistance for your VAIO computer. [. . . ] The green power indicator light is on in this mode. To save power while not working, you can turn off a specific device such as the LCD screen or the hard disk drive. You can change the memory configuration during Normal mode. See Changing the Performance Setting (page 140). n 133 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Using Sleep Mode Sleep mode turns off the LCD screen and places the storage device(s) and the CPU into a low power consumption mode. The umber power light flashes during this mode. !If you do not use your computer for a long period of time while it is disconnected from AC power, place the computer into Hibernate mode or turn it off. To activate Sleep mode Click Start, the arrow next to the Lock button, and Sleep. To return to Normal mode Press any key. !If you press and hold the power button for more than four seconds, your computer will turn off automatically. You will lose any unsaved data. When your computer is in Sleep mode, you cannot insert a disc. Your computer comes out of Sleep mode quicker than out of Hibernate mode. Sleep mode uses more power than Hibernate mode. You can use VAIO Central to configure your computer to return to Normal mode when you open the LCD screen lid. This power resuming preference will be lost if you remove both the AC adapter and the battery pack. See Setting Up Your Computer with VAIO Central (page 130). !If the battery runs down while your computer is in Sleep mode, you will lose any unsaved data. Going back to the previous work state is impossible. To avoid loss of data, you should save your data frequently. n 134 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer If the computer is not used for a certain period of time, it will enter Sleep mode. To modify this, you can change the Sleep mode settings. To change the Sleep mode settings 1 2 3 Right-click the power status icon on the taskbar and select Power Options. Click Change plan settings under the current power plan. Change the time to put the computer to sleep and click Save Changes. n 135 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Using Hibernate Mode In Hibernate mode, the state of the system is saved on the primary storage device* and power is turned off. Even when the battery runs down, no data will be lost. The power indicator light is off in this mode. * Your computer is equipped with either the built-in flash memory storage or hard disk drive as the primary storage device, depending on the model you purchased. See the online Specifications to find about your storage device configuration. To activate Hibernate mode Press the Fn+F12 keys. Alternatively, you can click Start, the arrow next to the Lock button, and Hibernate to place the computer to Hibernate mode. To return to Normal mode Press the power button. [. . . ] VAIO® LAN Setting Utility Sony Electronics Inc. For contacts about the software, see Program Support Information (page 214). VAIO MediaTM software Sony Electronics Inc. VAIO MediaTM software brings multimedia to your network, enabling you to share music, video, and still image files between your VAIO® computers. [. . . ]