Sony VAIO PCG-Z505HE Supplementary Manual
Sony vaio pcg-z505he: supplementary guide
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Customizing Your VAIO
SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook
You can customize the settings of your notebook computer. The following
sections briefly describe how to change your computer's default settings.
You can also refer to the Sony Notebook Setup Help for more detailed
information.
Displaying the Sony Notebook Setup Screen
To display the Sony Notebook Setup screen:
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Click the Start button on the Windows 98 taskbar.
2
Point to VAIO and click Sony Notebook Setup.
3
Select the tab for the item you want to change. See "Notebook Setup
Tabs" on page 2.
4
After you finish, click OK.
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Page 1: Displaying The Sony Notebook Setup Screen
You can customize the settings of your notebook computer. The following sections briefly describe how to change your computer’s default settings. You can also refer to the Sony Notebook Setup Help for more detailed information. Displaying the Sony Notebook Setup Screen To display the Sony Notebook Setup screen: Click the Start button on the Windows 98 taskbar. -
Page 2: Notebook Setup Tabs
Device Sequence Touchpad Power On Password Enable Ports Basic/Advanced For more information about each option, click Help on the Sony Notebook Setup screen to display the help file. Description Display system information, including memory capacity, serial number, and BIOS version. -
Page 3: Controlling Power Management
Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook Controlling Power Management The PowerPanel utility allows you to control the power management of your notebook computer and provides key information about system activity. The following sections briefly describe how to conserve your computer’s battery power. -
Page 4: Power Management Commands
Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook – Presentation power. This option is ideal for slide show presentations. You can establish settings for LCD (Video) Standby, Hard Disk Sleep, and System Suspend to optimize power management for your system. Word Processing timeouts on the hard disk and display screen. - Page 5 Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook To activate PowerPanel To activate the PowerPanel toolbar, right-click the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. Select Toolbars from the pop-up menu, then click PowerPanel. The PowerPanel toolbar appears on the taskbar. The Current Profile icon appears on the PowerPanel toolbar.
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Page 6: Displaying Battery Information
Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook Displaying Battery Information You can display detailed information about the battery in your computer. The following sections briefly describe how to display your computer’s general battery information. You can also refer to the BatteryScope Help for more detailed information. -
Page 7: Displaying Detailed Battery Information
Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook Displaying Detailed Battery Information Double-click the battery icon in the system tray to display the BatteryScope window. The screen appears displaying the Battery tab, which contains information such as the estimated time-to-empty and the charging time. -
Page 8: Starting Your Favorite Software With Programmable Power Key (Ppk) Setup
Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook Starting Your Favorite Software With Programmable Power Key (PPK) Setup The PPK Setup software enables you to start your favorite software by simply pressing the programmable power key. This section briefly describes how to use the programmable power key. You can also refer to the PPK Setup Help for more detailed information. - Page 9 Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook Using the internal timer: You can use the internal timer to start software at a specific time. You can use this feature when the computer is on or in System Suspend mode. It may take some time to actually start the software. It is advised that you confirm the time your selected software takes to start.
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Page 10: Selecting The Display Mode
Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook Selecting the Display Mode When you connect an external display, you can toggle the display mode between the LCD on your computer and an external display. Click the Start button on the Windows 98 taskbar. Point to Settings and click Control Panel. - Page 11 Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook Using a CRT or Projector When you select CRT/Projector as the display mode, you can choose additional settings as follows: After selecting CRT/Projector as the type of external display (step 6 on page 10), click Advanced Settings. Select the following options: External Display Device...
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Page 12: Using The Dual Display Function
Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook Using the Dual Display Function The dual display function allows you to distribute portions of your desktop across separate displays. For example, if you have an external monitor attached to the monitor connector, your LCD display and the monitor can function as a single desktop. -
Page 13: Setting The Colors And Resolution For Each Display
Customizing Your VAIO® Z505 SuperSlim Pro™ Notebook Check the Set Dual-Display option and click OK. The System Settings Change dialog box appears. Click Yes to restart your system. Setting the colors and resolution for each display You can set the display colors and resolution for each display that is part of a virtual desktop. - Page 14 © 1999 Sony Electronics Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Sony, VAIO, the VAIO logo, and Z505 SuperSlim Pro are trademarks of Sony. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.