User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EB2MGX

[. . . ] reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice. The software described herein is governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement. This product contains software owned by Sony and licensed by third parties. Use of such software is subject to the terms and conditions of license agreements enclosed with this product. [. . . ] Do not use or store the media in a location that is subject to: t t t Extremely high temperatures, such as in a car parked in the sun Direct sunlight High humidity or places with corrosive substances To prolong the life of the media, use the supplied storage case. See the instructions that come with your media for more information on use. To create a slide show that launches automatically when you insert a Memory Stick media If you want to create a slide show that launches automatically when you insert a media, follow these steps to transfer images from your hard drive to a media. 1 2 3 Insert the media into the media slot. Double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop. Double-click the Removable Disk S: icon. 28 VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro Notebook User Guide 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Create a new folder and name it "DCIM. " Open the DCIM folder and create a new folder named "100MSDCF. " Click the Start button, select VAIO, then click PictureGear to launch the PictureGear application. Select the digital images you want to save in your slide show. From the PictureGear File menu, select Format Conversion. Select Memory Stick as the Output Format. Use the Browse button to select the DCIM/100MSDCF folder on the Removable Disk (S:) drive. Click OK to save the file. You can also add MPEG1 video files to your Slide Show by following the steps below. Note that the order in which digital still photos (DSC0xxxx files) and video clips (MOV0xxxx files) appear in your Slide Show is determined by the number (xxxx) in the file name. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Insert the media into the card slot. Gently push the diskette into the drive until it clicks into place. Diskette Floppy disk drive Using the Floppy Disk Drive To remove a diskette u When you finish using the diskette, wait until the LED indicator 33 turns off and then press the Eject button to remove the diskette. Eject button LED indicator To remove the floppy disk drive Wait until the LED indicator turns off, and then unplug the USB cable from the computer. To carry the floppy disk drive Fold the floppy disk cable into the compartment on the side of the floppy disk drive. 34 VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro Notebook User Guide Using PC Cards Your computer includes a PC card slot. PC cards allow you to connect portable external devices, such as a CD-ROM drive. The PC card slot can accommodate one Type I or Type II PC card. This slot is compatible with 16 bit card and Card Bus. ZV (Zoomed Video) port is not available. Some PC cards may require that you disable idle devices when using the PC card. You can use Sony Notebook Setup to disable devices. See Displaying the Sony Notebook Setup Screen in the online document Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro Notebook for details. Be sure to use the most recent software driver provided by the PC card manufacturer. mark appears on the Device Manager tab in the System Properties dialog box, remove the software driver and then reinstall it. To insert a PC card You do not need to shut down the computer before inserting or removing a PC card. 1 Pull the PC card release button up away from the computer and push it in towards the computer. Using PC Cards 35 2 Remove the PC card slot protector. 3 Insert the PC card into the PC card slot, front label facing up. Gently push the card into the slot until the card is fixed into the connector. [. . . ] The computer restarts from the Recovery CD. Using the Application Recovery CD(s) The Application Recovery CDs allow you to reinstall individual applications and device drivers if they are corrupted or accidentally erased. Reinstalling an individual device driver or software title may correct a problem you are experiencing with your computer, and you may not need to recover the entire contents of your hard drive. If you do need to reinstall all the software titles that shipped with your computer, use the System Recovery CD. See "Using the System Recovery CD(s)" on page 69. You must be in Windows to run the Application Recovery CDs. [. . . ]