User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EB2TFX/W

[. . . ] Keep your forearms horizontal, with your wrists in a neutral, comfortable position while using the keyboard, touch pad, or external mouse. Let your upper arms hang naturally at your sides. Take breaks during sessions with your computer. Excessive use of the computer may strain muscles or tendons. [. . . ] The drive tray slides out. 2. Ejecting the Driv e Tray 3. Place a disc on the drive tray with the label facing up. You can play some DVDs on both sides. Insert this type of DVD with the side you want to play facing up. Inserting a Disc 4. Press the disc onto the hub until the disc clicks securely into place. If you do not seat the disc firmly over the hub, the disc may come loose while it is in the drive. A loose disc may damage the optical drive and make opening the drive tray difficult. The Busy indicator on the drive cover blinks while your computer is reading data from the drive. To eject a disc 1. Turn on the computer or exit a power saving mode (Standby or Hibernate) if one is active. For more information, see Using power saving modes. Close all programs that access the optical drive, and wait for the Busy indicator on the drive cover to turn off. Press the Eject button on the drive cover to open the drive tray. 3. If the Eject button does not work, turn off the computer and insert a thin, straight object (such as a paper clip) Page 78 into the manual eject hole next to the Eject button. 4. Push the drive tray gently to close it. Page 79 Copying and Playing CDs and DVDs Your computer plays and records CDs and DVDs, depending on the model you purchased. For more information, see Inserting and Ejecting CDs or DVDs. If the CD Drive window appears, click Take no action. CD Driv e 2. 4. Open My Computer window by pressing the Windows key and the E key simultaneously. In the Folders panel on the left, locate the file(s) or folder(s) you want to copy and either: Right-click the file(s) or folder(s), point to Send To, and click the optical drive1 name. A taskbar pop-up message appears, stating your files are waiting to be written to a CD. The CD Drive window appears with the file(s) or folder(s) you want to copy listed under Files Ready to Be Written to the CD. In the CD Writing Tasks box, click Write these files to CD. Follow the instructions on the CD Writing Wizard. 5. 6. 7. CD Writing Wizard Page 83 Do not strike or shake the computer while writing data to a disc. 1 T he read/write drive letter des ignation may vary, depending on your s ys tem's hardware c onfiguration. Page 84 Playing DVDs You can play DVDs in your computer's optical drive and view the video on a TV or the computer screen. The type of optical drive installed in or connected to your computer varies, depending on the model you purchased. Page 85 Connecting your computer to a TV Your computer is equipped with an A/V OUT jack, which enables you to connect your computer to a TV. To locate the A/V OUT jack on your computer, see "Locating Controls and Ports" in the "Setting Up" chapter of your printed VAIO® Computer Quick Start. To connect a TV to your computer 1. Locate the A/V OUT jack on the computer. Plug one end of an audio-video (AV) cable (not supplied) into the A/V OUT jack. [. . . ] Why won't my computer enter Standby or Hibernate mode?Your computer may become unstable if the operating mode is changed before the computer completely enters Standby or Hibernate. To restore the computer to normal operating stability: 1. . If the computer does not restart, follow these steps: 1. [. . . ]