User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EE34FX/BJ

[. . . ] Subscriptions to online service providers may require a fee and credit card information. Financial services may require prior arrangements with participating financial institutions. © 2000 Sony Corporation All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Macrovision This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. [. . . ] Select the still image you want to send via e-mail, using or . Click MAIL. Your e-mail window will appear with the selected file attached to your message. Still image selected 6 Send the e-mail. nN 17 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Shooting a video clip You can use Smart Capture to shoot (capture) video clips with a Video Camera connected to your computer, as well as play them or send them via e-mail. 1 Launch Smart Capture. Select MOVIE using the Switch Capture Mode Button. Click here 2 3 4 5 The image will appear in the finder. Click the CAPTURE button to shoot a video clip (you can shoot up to 60 seconds, according to the settings you chose in the Recording options section). The Movie Player window will open and the captured video clip will appear in the Movie Player window. nN 18 About the Software on your Notebook Computer You can shoot video clips in the following formats : Non-compressed : Video 160 x 120, 24 bits, max. Audio PCM, 11. 025 kHz, 16 bits, monophonic Compressed : Video MPEG1 160 x 112, maximum of 30 frames/sec (effective maximum equivalent to 10 frames/sec). Audio MPEG1, 44. 1 kHz (effective maximum equivalent to 11. 025 kHz), monophonic. A gap may appear when a rapidmoving object is displayed. However this is not a malfunction. Captured video clip 6 7 Click B to playback the images. To end Smart Capture, click . To playback captured video clips 1 Start the Movie Player software. nN 19 About the Software on your Notebook Computer 2 3 Click B to playback the images. To end Movie Player click . See the manual supplied with the e-mail software for more information on sending e-mails. To send a video clip via e-mail If you shoot a video clip in a low resolution format, you can send it by e-mail. 1 2 3 4 5 Click the Start button on the Windows® 98 taskbar. To change the serial, infrared settings, click Advanced on the Basic/ Advanced tab. Toggle between Advanced mode (additional screens with advanced settings) and Basic mode of display. Advanced mode includes Serial, Infrared and View Resources tabs. Touchpad Power On Password Enable Ports Basic/Advanced Customizing Your Notebook Computer PowerPanel About the Software on your Notebook Computer nN 24 When you use the battery pack as power source, your system selects the Maximum Battery Life power management profile by default. If you select a different power management profile while using battery power, the same profile will be automatically selected the next time you use the battery pack to power your computer. PowerPanel Controlling Power Management The PowerPanel utility controls the power management of your notebook computer and provides key information about system activity and battery life. In combination with BatteryScope, the automatic power management selects the most advantageous profiles, or lets you customize the profiles you choose, according to your own needs, with the goal of extended battery life. PowerPanel main features Automatic Profile Selection (APS) based on the currently active application Ability to select special Power Profiles manually from the menu Ability to edit and create new profiles A toolbar shared with BatteryScope Works in harmony with Windows settings. icon appears in the task tray by To activate PowerPanel When you start the computer, the PowerPanel default. When pointing on the PowerPanel icon, you will see a tooltip with the active Power Management profile. You can select a power profile from the menu or a Power Management profile by right-clicking this icon. You can use the PowerPanel's toolbar as well: Customizing Your Notebook Computer PowerPanel About the Software on your Notebook Computer nN 25 1 2 3 Right click the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. Select Toolbars from the pop-up menu, then click PowerPanel. The PowerPanel will appear on the task bar ( you can change it into a floating window by dragging and dropping it on your desktop). The appropriate Power Management command will be activated. Power Management Profiles PowerPanel provides several predefined power management profiles. [. . . ] You can move the cursor off one display and onto the other. This allows you to drag objects, such as an open application window or a toolbar, from one display to the other. This configuration of a single desktop distributed across separate displays is referred to as a virtual desktop. Virtual desktop Colors and resolution of Dual Display: The colors and resolution of your LCD and the external display are limited by the amount of the video RAM available on your notebook. If you allocate more colors and resolution to your LCD, the external display can use less colors and/or resolution. [. . . ]