Sony PCG-F640 User Manual
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- VAIO® Notebook User Guide
- Notice to Users
- Owner’s Record
- Safety Information
- Regulatory Information
- FCC Part 68
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (UnitedStates)
- Telephone Consumer Guidelines (Canada)
- DISPOSAL OF LITHIUM ION BATTERY
- Contents
- Welcome 13
- Setting Up Your VAIO® Notebook 21
- Using Your VAIO® Notebook 33
- Connecting Peripheral Devices 59
- Connecting an i.LINK® Device 60
- Connecting a Phone Line 62
- Using Ethernet to Connect to a Network 63
- Connecting a Printer 63
- Connecting an External Mouse or Keyboard 65
- Connecting an External Display 66
- AV Devices 69
- Connecting the Port Replicator 70
- Connecting External Speakers 74
- Connecting an External Microphone 75
- Connecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Device 76
- Power Saving Modes 77
- Adding Memory 81
- About the Software on Your Notebook 85
- About Your Software 89
- Troubleshooting 101
- Specifications 113
- Index 117
- Welcome
- Setting Up Your VAIO® Notebook
- This section describes how to start using your notebook and how to use your computer’s internal a...
- Locating Controls and Connectors
- Connecting a Power Source
- Starting Your Computer
- Shutting Down Your Computer
- 1 Click the Start button on the Windows® taskbar.
- 2 Click Shut Down at the bottom of the Start menu to display the Shut Down Windows dialog box.
- 3 Select Shut down.
- 4 Click OK.
- 5 Wait for your computer to turn off automatically—power indicator turns off.
- 6 Turn off any peripherals connected to your computer.
- If you are unable to shut down your computer:
- 1 Close or end all operations:
- 1 Click the Start button on the Windows® taskbar.
- This section describes how to start using your notebook and how to use your computer’s internal a...
- Using Your VAIO® Notebook
- Using the Keyboard
- Combinations and Functions with the Fn Key (Continued)
- Using the Touchpad
- Using the Floppy Disk Drive
- Using the DVD-ROM Drive
- Using PC Cards
- To insert a PC card
- To remove a PC card
- 1 Double-click in the system task tray.
- 2 The “Unplug or Eject hardware” dialog box appears.
- 3 In the Unplug or Eject Hardware dialog box, select the appropriate option, and then click Stop.
- 4 Confirm the device and click OK.
- 5 A message appears informing you that the device can now be safely removed from the system.
- 6 Press the PC card RELEASE button to remove the PC card.
- Notes on using PC cards
- 1 Double-click in the system task tray.
- Using Infrared Communication Devices
- To use infrared communication with another computer
- 1 Align the infrared ports on the two computers so that they are in a directline.
- 1 Click Wireless Link icon in the Windows Control Panel.
- 2 Select File Transfer Options Allow others to send files to your computer using infrared communi...
- 3 Click OK.
- 4 Infrared Monitor icon appears in the task tray, open the monitor to verify that your computer h...
- 5 Once another unit is detected, your computer is ready to send/receive data.
- Infrared range
- Notes on using the Infrared Port
- To use infrared communication with another computer
- Using a Second Battery Pack
- Using the Weight Saver
- Using Smart Connect
- Connecting Peripheral Devices
- You can add functionality to your computer by connecting any of these peripherals:
- Connecting an i.LINK® Device
- Connecting a Phone Line
- Using Ethernet to Connect to a Network
- Setting Up Your Ethernet Connection
- 1 Right-click Network Neighborhood and select Properties.
- 2 Click Add to add a client, adapter, protocol, or service.
- 3 Click File and Print Sharing to enable these functions.
- 4 Select a Primary Network Logon.
- 5 Click the Identification tab to set the computer name, workgroup, and computer description.
- 6 Click the Access Control tab to set the share level or user level access control.
- 1 Right-click Network Neighborhood and select Properties.
- Setting Up Your Ethernet Connection
- Connecting a Printer
- Connecting an External Mouse or Keyboard
- Connecting an External Display
- AV Devices
- Connecting the Port Replicator
- Port replicator
- To attach your computer to the port replicator
- 1 Turn off your computer and disconnect all peripheral devices.
- 1 Turn off your computer and the connected peripherals.
- Connecting External Speakers
- Connecting an External Microphone
- Connecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Device
- You can add functionality to your computer by connecting any of these peripherals:
- Power Saving Modes
- Adding Memory
- In the future you may want to install memory modules to expand the functionality of your computer...
- Before you start
- Typical expansion memory configuration
- To remove a memory module
- 1 Shut down your computer and disconnect all peripheral devices, such as your printer.
- 1 Follow steps 1 to 4 of “To remove a memory module.”
- 1 Restart the computer.
- In the future you may want to install memory modules to expand the functionality of your computer...
- About the Software on Your Notebook
- Adobe Acrobat Reader®
- Adobe PhotoDeluxe® Home Edition
- Adobe Premiere® LE
- America Online®
- ArcSoft® PhotoPrinter™ 2000 Pro
- CompuServe® 2000
- DVgate™
- EarthLink Network TotalAccess®
- McAfee® VirusScan®
- Media Bar™
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer
- Microsoft® Word 2000
- MovieShaker™
- Netscape Communicator®
- PictureGear™
- Prodigy Internet®
- Quicken® Basic 2000
- Smart Capture
- Sound Forge® XP
- About Your Software
- Main Window
- Importing Images and Sound Clips
- Create a Movie using Shaker
- 1 Click the Shake tab.
- Editing Clips and Scenes
- Saving a Movie
- PictureGear™
- Managing Your Pictures
- Creating a Photo Album
- 1 Select the pictures you want to use to make an album.
- 2 From the Utilities menu, select Album Maker.
- 3 Choose the type of Album you want and click Okay.
- 4 Now add more pictures, frames, text, and effects.
- 5 When you are finished, select Create Album in File menu or click the Create Album icon on the t...
- 6 Designate the folder you where want to save the Album.
- 7 Enter the Target Album name, select Thumbnails and click Okay.
- 8 The new album can be viewed using most internet browsers.
- 1 Select the pictures you want to use to make an album.
- Using Panorama Maker
- Making Still Images and Panoramic from MPEG
- About Your Recovery CDs
- For Answers to Your Software Questions
- Acrobat® Reader, Adobe PhotoDeluxe® Business Edition, Adobe Premiere® LE (Adobe Systems Incorpora...
- America Online® (America Online)
- CompuServe® 2000 (CompuServe, Inc.)
- EarthLink Network TotalAccess® (EarthLink Network, Inc.)
- McAfee® VirusScan® (Network Associates, Inc.)
- Netscape Communicator® (Netscape Communications Corporation)
- PhotoPrinter™ 2000 Pro (ArcSoft, Inc.)
- Prodigy Internet® (Prodigy Communications Corporation)
- Quicken® 2000 (Intuit Inc.)
- Windows Me Operating System, Internet Explorer (Microsoft Corporation)
- WinFax™ Basic Edition (Symantec Corporation)
- Sony Service Center
- Using the System and Application Recovery CDs
- Using the System Recovery CD(s)
- To use the System Recovery CD(s)
- 1 Insert the Sony System Recovery CD in the DVD-ROM drive.
- 2 Shut down your computer as described in “Shutting Down Your Computer” on page32.
- 3 Wait four seconds and turn on your computer.
- 4 Click OK to signify you have read and accept the Microsoft End-User License Agreement.
- 5 When the System Recovery menu appears, follow the on-screen instructions to complete the recove...
- If your computer does not start from the Recovery CD
- 1 Press the power button and hold it for more than four seconds to turn off the computer.
- 2 Turn on the computer. When the Sony logo is displayed, press the F2 key. The BIOS setup menu sc...
- 3 Press the arrow keys to select the Exit menu.
- 4 Press the arrow keys to select “Get Default Values” and then press the Enter key. The message “...
- 5 Check that “Yes” is selected, then press the Enter key.
- 6 Press the arrow keys to select “Exit” (Save Changes) and then press the Enter key. The message ...
- 7 Check that “Yes” is selected, then press the Enter key. The computer restarts from the Recovery...
- Using the Application Recovery CD(s)
- Using the System Recovery CD(s)
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting your notebook
- My notebook does not start.
- My notebook starts, but my system doesn’t start properly.
- 1 Press F2. The BIOS Setup menu appears.
- 2 Set the date (month/day/year). Press Enter.
- 3 Press to select System Time, then set the time (hour: minute: second). Press Enter.
- 4 Press to select Exit, then press to select Get Default Values. The message “Load default config...
- 5 Select Yes and press Enter.
- 6 Select Exit (Save Changes), and then press Enter. The message “Save Configuration changes and e...
- 7 Select Yes, and then press Enter. The notebook restarts.
- My notebook starts, but the message “Operating system not found” appears and Windows does not start.
- 1 Turn off the notebook, and then remove the diskette.
- 2 Restart the notebook and confirm that Windows starts properly.
- 1 Remove any diskette from the floppy disk drive.
- 2 Remove any peripheral devices connected to the notebook.
- 3 Turn off the notebook and then turn it on.
- 4 Press the F2 key when the Sony logo appears. The BIOS setup menu screen appears.
- 5 Press the directional arrow keys to select the Exit menu.
- 6 Press the arrow keys to select “Get Default Values” and then press Enter. The message “Load def...
- 7 Select Yes, then press Enter.
- 8 Use the directional arrow keys to select “Exit” (Save Changes), and then press Enter. The messa...
- 9 Select Yes, then press Enter. The notebook restarts.
- My notebook stops responding or does not shut down.
- My notebook does not enter the power saving mode I selected.
- My system enters System Idle mode when System Suspend mode has been selected.
- The Power Management setting is not responding.
- The sound of my notebook’s fan is too loud.
- Troubleshooting the LCD screen
- Troubleshooting the mouse and touchpad
- Troubleshooting drives, PC cards and peripheral devices
- I inserted a compatible device into the multipurpose drive bay, but the icon does not appear in t...
- My floppy disk drive can not write to a diskette.
- My floppy disk drive icon doesn’t appear even though it is connected.
- My CD, DVD, or CD-RW drive is not playing my CD or DVD properly.
- My CD, DVD, or CD-RW drive tray does not open.
- I cannot use digital video (DV) devices. The message “DV equipment seems to be disconnected or tu...
- The i.LINK-compatible devices connected to the Mini Docking Station do notwork.
- My PC card is not working.
- Troubleshooting software
- My software program stops responding or crashes.
- When I click an application icon, the message “You must insert the application CD into your CD-RO...
- I hear background “noise” while using Windows Media Player to play my music CDs.
- I can not use the DVgate software.
- My voice-related software does not work properly.
- Troubleshooting the modem
- Troubleshooting audio
- Troubleshooting the printer
- Troubleshooting your notebook
- Specifications
- 650 MHz* Intel® Pentium® III with Intel® SpeedStep™ Technology†
- 12 GB‡
- 40% and 60%
- 128 MB SDRAM, expandable to 256MB
- 13.3" XGA TFT
- 256KB (CPU Intergrated)
- MPEG1 and MPEG2 Digital Video; supports fullscreen playback
- 3-D graphic accelerator with 8 MB Video RAM
- ATI 3D RAGE™ Mobility-M1
- 16-bit CD-quality stereo sound
- Removable 3.5" 1.44 MB
- Reads CD data from 10.3X to 24X variable transfer rate.** Reads DVD data from 1.7X to 8X variable...
- DVD-ROM: Wavelength 770nm and 660 nm laser output 30.2 µW
- V.90/K56flex compatible modem‡‡
- Supports 4 Mbps, 1.1 Mbps, and 115 Kbps IrDA Standard
- Supports floppy disk drive (included)
- Supports second rechargeable battery (optional)
- Type II PC cards and Type III PC card Card Bus support
- Stereo speakers, Touch pad
- Data and fax send/receive‡‡
- 2 USB ports
- i.LINK†††
- Serial port
- Keyboard/mouse (USB and PS/2® style)
- VGA monitor
- Parallel (printer)
- Phone line (RJ-11)
- TV out
- Microphone
- Headphone
- Port replicator
- Infrared port
- Video cable
- Floppy disk drive
- Rechargeable battery
- AC adapter and power cord
- Weight saver
- 58.5 watts maximum (19.5V DC/AC
- 100-240V)
- Energy Star compliant
- Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
- Lithium-ion, supports dual battery operation
- 12.8"(w) x 1.9"(h)*** x 10.3"(d), (324 x 46.9 x 265.5mm)
- 6.7 lbs. (3.1 kg) (with battery and
- weight saver)
- 7.1 lbs. (3.2 kg) (with battery and floppy disk drive)
- 41º F to 95º F (+5º C to 35º C) temperature gradient less than 18º F (10ºC) per hour
- 20% to 80% (not condensed), provided that humidity is less than 65% at 95º F (35º C), hygrometer ...
- (29º C)
- -4º F to 140º F (-20º C to 60º C), temperature gradient less than 18º F (10ºC) per hour
- 10% to 90% (not condensed) provided that humidity is less than20% at 140º F (60º C), hygrometer ...
- Index