User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EB3SGX

[. . . ] 32 Types of Memory Stick media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Write-protecting Memory Stick media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Formatting Memory Stick media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Notes on using Memory Stick media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] With the Access Point, you can build a wireless LAN between computers that are equipped with the Wireless LAN PC Card and gain access to the Internet. Without the Access Point, you can achieve direct communication (Peer to Peer mode) between computers. For more information on Sony Wireless LAN, go to http://www. sonystyle. com/vaio. 82 Customizing Your VAIO Notebook The following sections briefly describe how to change your notebook's default settings. Displaying the Sony Notebook Setup Screen Controlling Power Management Displaying Battery Information Selecting the Display Mode Using the Multilingual User Interface Language Option 83 Change text in this variable definition to document title. Displaying the Sony Notebook Setup Screen To display the Sony Notebook Setup screen: 1 2 Click Start on the Windows® taskbar, and then Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, and then Sony Notebook Setup. Sony Notebook Setup Screen 3 4 Select the tab for the item you want to change. See "Sony Notebook Setup tabs" for more information. After you finish making your changes, click OK. 84 Displaying the Sony Notebook Setup Screen Sony Notebook Setup tabs Tab About This Computer Printer Initial Setting Description Display system information, including memory capacity, serial number, and BIOS version. Change the volume of the sounds that play while the operating system is loading. Select the order of drives and devices from which you want to load the operating system. You can specify the hard drive as well as other drives inserted into your computer. When you connect an optional mouse to your notebook, you can make your touchpad inactive. You can also customize the settings of your mouse using the mouse utility. Set the password to secure your computer. 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. 87 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 mode to optimize power management for your system. Camera Optimizes performance and power requirements for camera usage. [. . . ] Refer to the instructions supplied with the access point. The communication speed is interrupted or slowed down when MPEG2 data is transferred. The typical effective data transfer speed via an access point is 4-5 Mbps when adhering to the IEEE 802. 11b standard. High-rate stream transfers with MPEG2 data may lower this rate. Data transfers are interrupted. Data transfer interruptions may occur with large files. Check if the access point connection is intact, see "Checking your connection status" and then do the following: 1 2 3 Right-click the Wireless Network Connection icon in the taskbar and select Status. The Wireless Network Connection Status dialog box appears. [. . . ]