Page 1 About the software on your Sony notebook P C G - G R X 5 1 6 M D...
Page 2: Read This First
Please read this EULA carefully before installing or using the software distributed together with this EULA (the SONY SOFTWARE). By installing or using the SONY SOFTWARE, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. You may use the SONY SOFTWARE only in connection with the use of the SONY HARDWARE.
Page 3 Except for the transfer of the SONY SOFTWARE together with the SONY HARDWARE and prior agreement of the recipient to be bound by the terms and conditions of this EULA, you may not sell or rent the SONY SOFTWARE and its copy to any third party.
Page 4: Energy Star
Read this first NERGY ® As an E Partner, Sony has determined that this product meets the E NERGY T AR International E NERGY of computers and their office equipment. The program backs the development and dissemination of products with functions that effectively reduce energy consumption.
Page 5 Read this first Trademarks Sony, DigitalPrint, Drag’n Drop CD, DVgate, HotKey Utility, i.LINK, Jog Dial Utility, Jog Dial Navigator, MovieShaker, Smart Capture, SonicStage, Sony Notebook Setup, Sony Style Imaging, UI Design Selector, VAIO Edit Components, Memory Stick, the Memory Stick logo, VAIO and the VAIO logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation.
Page 6 Registering your VAIO Registering your VAIO It only takes a few moments to register your Sony VAIO computer. By registering your computer, you can take advantage of Sony’s commitment to quality customer support and receive the following benefits: ❑ Club VAIO – Online support, tutorials, tips and tricks, news, news forums, competitions, free downloads and software updates.
Page 7: About The Software On Your Computer
About the software on your computer Your Sony computer is ready to help you work, play, learn, and communicate as soon as you turn it on. This section gives you an overview of what you can do with the software installed on your computer.
Page 8 About the software on your computer Software Drag’n Drop CD Symantec Norton AntiVirus VAIO WebPhone WinDVD * OS-dependent interface ® ® Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Professional...
Page 9: Sony Software
About the software on your computer Sony software DigitalPrint Available with: Windows Sony Electronics DigitalPrint is easy-to-use software designed to help you get the most enjoyment out of your photographs taken with a digital camera or taken from a CD, floppy disk or Memory Stick™. With DigitalPrint, you can easily load photos into your computer, create photo albums, labels and make prints.
Page 10: Isp Selector
The Jog Dial™ utility allows you to configure the Jog Dial™ on your computer. In this application, you can select the Sony applications, or others, that you want the Jog Dial™ to pilot; you can also configure the Jog Dial™ to start any application, establish a dial-up connection, or read an e-mail, simply by turning and pressing the Jog Dial™.
Page 11: Power Panel
About the software on your computer MovieShaker Available with: Windows Sony Electronics ® MovieShaker creates personal movies - complete with transitions, special effects, background music, and text. All you do is import your clips, pick the tune you want and MovieShaker choose to take control and produce your very own movie.
Page 12: Sony Notebook Setup
To use the CD-R functions, you will need to install the CD-R module from the supplied Application CD-ROM. Sony Notebook Setup Available with: Windows Sony Electronics Use Sony Notebook Setup to consult system information, specify preferences for system behaviour, and set up a power-on password for your Sony computer. ® 2000 Professional and Windows ®...
Page 13 Available with: Windows Sony Electronics Sony Style Imaging is an easy way to share your digital pictures and videos with family and friends. Use Sony Style Imaging with the Smart Capture and MovieShaker software to make the most of your images and movies.
Page 14 You can only use the Recovery CD-ROMs on the Sony computer you purchased, and not on any other Sony PC or other manufacturer's PC.
Page 15: Operating System And Other Pre-Installed Software
About the software on your computer Operating system and other pre-installed software Windows XP Professional* ® Microsoft Corporation Built on the proven Windows foundation you can count on to keep your computer up and running when you need it most. Not only is the operating system more reliable, it also offers features that make it much faster and easier to recover from system problems.
Page 16: Internet Explorer
About the software on your computer the same time, Windows technologies. For questions and technical assistance, go online to: http://support.microsoft.com/directory * The choice to install Windows you first turn your computer on. This is a one-time, irreversible operation. Internet Explorer 6.0 Available with: Windows Microsoft Corporation Internet Explorer is the Microsoft Internet browser allowing you to surf the World Wide Web.
Page 17 About the software on your computer ® Adobe Acrobat Available with: Windows Adobe Systems Incorporated ® Acrobat Reader software allows you to view, navigate, and print electronic documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), an open file format that is intended to preserve the conformity of documents created on all major computer platforms.
Page 18: Drag'n Drop Cd
CD from the original CD that you own. The operation is simple: select the files that you wish to write, and drag and drop them into an appropriate box that corresponds to the CD format. After dropping them, simply press the CD Create button. For questions and technical assistance, go online to: http://www.easy.co.jp/dde/sony QuickTime 5.0 Available with: Windows Apple QuickTime is the Apple technology that makes video, sound, music, 3D and virtual reality come alive for your Internet browser and Windows.
Page 19 About the software on your computer RealPlayer Available with: Windows RealNetworks - RealPlayer RealPlayer is the RealNetworks video and audio player, which lets you access 2,500 radio stations featuring music, news and sports. For further information, see the website at: http://www.real.com Norton AntiVirus (as setup on the hard drive) Available with: Windows...
Page 20 About the software on your computer VAIO Web Phone Available with: Windows CallServe Communications Ltd. Once you have purchased the USB telephone, this Internet Telephone enables you to make telephone calls from your PC via the Internet to any other phone. You can make international calls at significantly lower prices and make phone calls and surf the web at the same time - on just one phone line.
Page 21 Using Video software Using Video software DVgate, MovieShaker and Smart Capture are on both Windows Professional. ❑ Using DVgate ❑ Using MovieShaker ❑ Using Smart Capture (page 21) (page 37) (page 43) ® 2000 Professional and Windows ®...
Page 22: Using Dvgate
Using Video software Using DVgate DVgate is a software application that enables you to capture and then edit images taken with digital video devices (DV devices), such as digital video camera recorders, on your personal computer. It also gives you the ability to output the edited material for recording on a DV device.
Page 23: Capturing Videos
Using Video software Using DVgate Motion With DVgate Motion you can capture video and record edited videos on a DV device. ❑ Capturing video: You can automatically or manually capture any scene or portion of the images recorded on a DV device, such as a digital video camera recorder.
Page 24 Using Video software Press Play to start the video. The video begins to play in the Monitor window. Click Mark to mark the beginning of the first segment. The first frame of the segment to be captured, is displayed in the In/Out list window. Click Mark again to mark the end of the segment to capture.
Page 25 Using Video software Click OK in the DVgate Motion window to finish. Information about the capturing process is displayed in the Report window. Click OK. Exit DVgate Motion. The Dvmotion2 window appears on the screen. You can then save the In/Out list, which allows you to capture the same video sequences later on, or change the In/Out settings.
Page 26 Using Video software Select Adjust on Recording… from the Settings menu. The Adjust on Recording dialog box appears. Click the AutoAdjust button. DVgate Motion activates the connected DV device and automatically finds the adjustment values. Click OK. ✍ To manually adjust the recording correction values, refer to the DVgate online help file. Adding files to the Record List To add files to the Record List, proceed as follows: Launch DVgate Motion.
Page 27 Using Video software After adding the files to the Record List, you can still change the order of the files, add or delete files. To change the order of the files in the Record List, proceed as follows: Click the file you want to move while holding down the mouse button. Drag the file to the appropriate position and then release the mouse button.
Page 28 Using Video software Recording on the DV device You can automatically or manually export videos from your computer to a DV device. To automatically export videos from your computer to a DV device, proceed as follows: Connect the camera to the computer with the i.LINK™ cable and turn on the camera. Launch DVgate Motion.
Page 29 Using Video software ✍ Even if you specify not to add blank frames, several blank frames are always placed at the end of the recorded segment regardless of the settings. This is to prevent image noise from being recorded when recording stops. Do not quit or log off from Windows Disable the screen saver in Windows Do not start other applications or move any active window while recording.
Page 30: Capturing Pictures
Using Video software Capturing pictures There are two capture modes in DVgate Still: the Continuous Capture mode and the Single Frame Capture mode. ❑ Continuous Capture mode: If you capture pictures during Play mode, you can capture 30 frames of still pictures in total with respectively 15 frames in the forward and backward directions.
Page 31 Using Video software Set the DV device to the Play or Pause mode. The video image appears in the Monitor window. Click the Capture button. The video image in the Monitor window is being captured. ✍ Dragging the slider in the Capture window to the left or right lets you display the still picture before or after the current one. If you exit DVgate Still without saving the captured still picture, it is cleared.
Page 32 Using Video software Saving the captured pictures You can save the still pictures displayed in the DVgate Still - Still window in either one of the following formats: BMP, JPG, GIF or DVF. To save the captured pictures, proceed as follows: Launch DVgate Still and capture images.
Page 33 Using Video software Using DVgate Assemble DVgate Assemble enables you to edit video files and still image files captured with DVgate Motion and DVgate Still. Afterwards you can splice them together to form one single file. You can save the resulting spliced video sequences as AVI, MPEG1, or MPEG2* format files.
Page 34 Using Video software To add files to an Assemble List, proceed as follows: Launch DVgate Assemble. Click the Add button. The Add dialog box appears. Choose AVI file in the Files of type drop-down box. If you select Add all divided files saved with the same name, DVgate Assemble will add all serial numbered files with the same name to the list.
Page 35 Using Video software To edit the AVI files in the Assemble List for the exact scenes you want to use, proceed as follows: Launch DVgate Assemble. Select the AVI file you want to edit from the Assemble List. Choose Edit a clip... from the Edit menu. The DVgate Assemble - Clip dialog box appears.
Page 36 Using Video software Enter the insertion time in seconds or frames. Turn the Wide TV mode on or off. Select the screen size. Adjust the height and width of still images when they are output: ❑ Full size: Enlarges the screen size to the full monitor size. The aspect ratio may change with this selection.
Page 37 Using Video software Saving the edited video To save an edited video sequence, proceed as follows: Click the Output or the Output All button. The Save As dialog box appears. Information on the output file and the amount of free disk space is shown in the lower part of the Save As dialog box.
Page 38: Using Movieshaker
Using Video software Using MovieShaker MovieShaker can be used to create fun and innovative movies without any knowledge of film editing. In a few steps, motion pictures can be combined with special effects, still images (pictures), and music files and then saved in a format most computers can play.
Page 39 Using Video software Menu bar Monitor panel Tool panel Clip tray Product tray Shows MovieShaker menus. Contains the Shake, Capture, and Edit tray. Select a tray by clicking the Shake, Capture, or Edit tab. The Shake tray is for creating a scene of approximately 30 seconds long including background music, using clips on the Clip tray at random.
Page 40: Importing Images And Sound Clips
Using Video software Importing images and sound clips Before you can create a movie, you need to import the images and sound clips you want to use in your movie. To import images and sound clips, proceed as follows: Click the File import button The Import dialog box appears.
Page 41 Using Video software ✍ Scenes created with Shaker begin with a black frame. After processing, they are placed in the first available slot on the Product tray. Limit the number of scenes in the Product tray to 5 or less. MovieShaker may stop responding if there are too many scenes in the Product tray.
Page 42: Editing Clips And Scenes
Using Video software Editing clips and scenes You can edit your movie by adding effects and text, adjusting the colour and contrast, and modifying the length of the clip. Shake tab Capture tab Edit tab Speed control slider Volume control slider Effect palette Fade-in, fade-out Trash...
Page 43: Saving A Movie
Using Video software To edit clips and scenes, proceed as follows: Double-click the clip in the Clip tray to move it to the Monitor Panel. Select the Effect tab from the Tool Panel. Drag and drop the effect you want to add from the Effect tray to the Edit tray monitor. ✍...
Page 44: Using Smart Capture
Using Video software Using Smart Capture You can use Smart Capture to shoot still images and record video clips from a digital camera connected to your computer. Capturing still images You can capture still images from i.LINK™ compatible devices. To capture still images, proceed as follows: Connect an i.LINK™...
Page 45: Displaying Captured Images In Still Viewer
Using Video software Displaying captured images in Still Viewer To display captured images in Still Viewer, proceed as follows: From the Start menu, select Programs (Windows Professional) / Smart Capture and click Still Viewer. You can display, save or delete your images or send them by e-mail.
Page 46: Shooting Video Clips
Using Video software Shooting video clips With a video camera connected to your computer you can use Smart Capture to capture video clips, as well as play them or send them via e-mail. To capture video clips, proceed as follows: Launch Smart Capture.
Page 47 Using Video software Sending video clips via e-mail If you shoot a video clip in a low resolution format, its size will be small allowing you to send the video clip by e-mail. To send video clips via e-mail, proceed as follows: Launch Smart Capture.
Page 48 Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows Professional and Windows SonicStage lets you play and record audio CDs and import digital audio files while maintaining the copyright information of the contents.
Page 49 Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional...
Page 50 Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Recording button Source icons Import button Simple Mode button Close button Help button Operation area Menu button Volume control buttons Equalizer button Displays the Recording Assistant window. Select a source icon and a target icon.
Page 51 Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Sound Effect button Visualizer button Internet button ✍ ® The CDDB2 (Compact Disc Database) Music Recognition Service registration wizard enables you to register with CDDB. You need Internet access on your computer to register and use this service.
Page 52: Recording From A Cd
Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Recording from a CD You can, for example, record songs from audio CDs and import them to playlists in SonicStage. To record a CD, proceed as follows: Insert an audio CD into your system’s optical disc drive.
Page 53 Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Click the Jump to Record Window button (4). The RecordPanel window appears. If you only want to record a few songs, click the Show List The list of tracks on your audio CD appears. If necessary select the format and bit rate for recording by clicking the Change CD Recording Format button.
Page 54 Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional ✍ When you record from an audio CD on your optical disc drive for the first time, the CD Drive Optimization dialog box appears. Click Start to verify your optical disc drive. Once the verification is performed, recording begins. You can display the name of the CD and its songs by clicking the CD Info button and after registering with CDDB.
Page 55 Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Transferring songs (check in/out) You can transfer songs between the playlists on your SonicStage software and external devices or media (for example, Memory Stick™ Walkman, Network Walkman, CD-RW). For more information on using your external devices or media, see the documentation that came with the product.
Page 56 Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Checking in songs After checking out audio files, you can transfer those files back to the hard drive. This is what we call checking in. The songs that you transfer like this can only be checked in to the hard drive of the same computer from which the songs were checked out.
Page 57: Additional Features
Managing audio files with SonicStage : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Additional features ❑ SonicStage Backup Tool – You can back up and restore all the music, graphics and information data managed by SonicStage. You must be connected to the Internet to use the SonicStage Backup Tool. ❑...
Page 58 Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Using DigitalPrint : Windows ® Windows DigitalPrint is designed to help you get the most enjoyment out of your photographs taken with a digital camera. With DigitalPrint, you can easily load photos onto your computer, create photo albums, decorate your photos, print them and even make labels for your favourite storage media.
Page 59 Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional To launch DigitalPrint, proceed as follows: In the Start menu, select Programs (Windows Professional), DigitalPrint, and then DigitalPrint. DigitalPrint Launcher appears. Click Import to launch PhotoCapture or click Photo to launch PhotoCollection or click Edit to launch PhotoDecor or click Album to launch PhotoAlbum or click Label to launch LabelMaker.
Page 60: Importing Photos
Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Importing photos Use PhotoCapture to load images that are stored on a digital camera or a Memory Stick™ onto your computer. PhotoCapture can automatically recognise the digital camera or Memory Stick™ that is connected to the computer.
Page 61 Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Depending on the device connected to your computer, you can click a Photo folder icon or a camera icon. In either case, click the icon to load all the photos of the devices. Enter a name for your photo folder in the Enter Photo Name dialog box and click OK.
Page 62: Printing Photos
Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Printing photos With PhotoCollection, printing photos at home is just as easy as asking your local photo shop to develop your photos or make reprints. Photos stored in a folder can be printed as a group. Since you can also specify the number of prints to be made of each photo, you only need to run one printing job (instead of printing each photo separately, one at a time), even if you want to give copies to a lot of people.
Page 63 Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Click Register Folder to register a photo folder (load the photos into the computer) and follow the onscreen instructions or select a folder in which photos are stored and click the OK button. To print photos from the folder, simply click the PhotoPrint button.
Page 64 Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Decorating photos PhotoDecor allows you to decorate digital photos by adding lines, graphics, text, and stamps to digital photos. You can use stamps and a variety of pen patterns to decorate digital photos and create colourful and original works of art through simple operations.
Page 65 Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Select a photo folder that contains the images you wish to decorate and select one photo. Use the Pen, Auto Shape, Text, Clip Art or Stamp Tool Palette to edit your image. Print or save your edited picture by clicking the Print or Save icon.
Page 66: Creating A Photo Album
Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Creating a photo album With PhotoAlbum, you can create and print albums of photos taken with a digital camera or photos you have loaded on your computer. PhotoAlbum is very simple to use. It includes many useful design templates. Use these templates to easily create an attractive album even if you have little design experience.
Page 67 Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Click the Create New Album button and register a photo folder or select an existing one. You can select all or only some of the photos in the album. To select your images, click the List button in the photo folder and select the images in the Photo List dialog box.
Page 68: Creating Labels
Using DigitalPrint : Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows® XP Professional Creating labels LabelMaker is an easy-to-use label-making software. Use the design templates to make beautifully designed labels. To create labels, proceed as follows: Open LabelMaker from the DigitalPrint Launcher by clicking the Label icon. It is also possible to launch LabelMaker directly from the Start menu by selecting Programs (Windows 2000 Professional) or All Programs (Windows The LabelMaker window appears.
Page 69 Save or print your label by clicking the Save or Print button. ✍ For more information on the use of LabelMaker, refer to the online help. LabelMaker can be launched and used in conjunction with other Sony applications such as SonicStage.
Page 70: Customizing Your Computer
The following sections briefly describe how to change the main settings of your computer. Among other things, you will learn how to prepare your modem for use, how to use and customise the look of your Sony software and utilities, etc.
Page 71 Customizing your computer Setting up your language : Windows It is important that you select the correct keyboard settings for your machine during the Setup of Windows for your machine. At first boot, click Next in the Windows 2000 Professional Setup wizard window. In the Licence Agreement window, accept the Licence Agreement and click Next.
Page 72 Customizing your computer Click Apply to apply the changes. You are prompted to log off and log on again. Only then, the changes to the new language will take effect. Click Yes if the new language must be changed for all users. Click OK in the Regional Options window.
Page 73 Customizing your computer Setting up your language : Windows It is important that you select the correct keyboard settings for your machine during the Windows Setup. To select the correct keyboard settings during Windows Setup, proceed as follows: At first boot, click 2x Next in the Windows XP Setup Wizard window. The Select Your System Settings dialog box appears.
Page 74 Customizing your computer Click Apply to apply the changes. You are prompted to log off and log on again. Only then, the changes to the new language will take effect. Click Start, and select Log Off. Click Log Off in the Log Off Windows window. If necessary, enter your password to log on again.
Page 75 Customizing your computer Managing power : Windows The PowerPanel utility controls the power management of your notebook and provides key information about system activity and battery life. The automatic power management selects the most advantageous profiles, or lets you customise the profiles you choose, according to your own needs, with the goal of extended battery life.
Page 76 Customizing your computer Activating power management profiles PowerPanel provides several predefined power management profiles. Each profile consists of a group of power management settings that are designed to meet specific power management goals, ranging from maximum power management to no power management. Main preset profiles Icon Description...
Page 77 Customizing your computer Other preset profiles Icon Description Word Processing – Optimises power management with longer timeouts on the hard disk and display screen. You can also establish settings for LCD (Video) Standby, Hard Disk Standby, and Standby to optimise power management for your system.
Page 78: Displaying Detailed Battery Information
Customizing your computer Selecting automatic profiles A power profile is a set of timer values for a variety of system devices. PowerPanel automatically selects the profile associated with the application you are using and changes profiles as you switch between applications.
Page 79 Customizing your computer Editing a power profile To edit the power management settings of a power profile, proceed as follows: Right-click the CPU icon in the taskbar and select Edit/Create Profiles from the menu. The Profile Editor window appears. Click the profile you want to edit on the left of the screen. Double-click the power profile property (CPU Control, Standby or Hibernate timer ...) you want to modify on the right of the screen.
Page 80 Customizing your computer Creating a power profile To create a power profile, proceed as follows: Right-click the CPU icon in the taskbar and select Edit/Create Profiles from the menu. The Profile Editor window appears. Select New from the File menu. A New Power Management Profile appears.
Page 81 Customizing your computer Managing power: Windows The PowerPanel utility controls the power management of your notebook and provides key information about system activity and battery life. The automatic power management selects the most advantageous profiles, or lets you customise the profiles you choose, according to your own needs, with the goal of extended battery life.
Page 82 Customizing your computer To change profiles, proceed as follows: Right-click the PowerPanel icon in the taskbar and select Profiles. In the Profiles menu, select a profile. The appropriate power settings are activated. ✍ 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 automatically be selected the next time you use the battery pack to power your computer.
Page 83 Customizing your computer Running on batteries Icon Description Maximum Battery Life – Provides power saving features to give you maximum battery life and good performance. It reduces the brightness of the display and puts the system into Standby mode after a specified time period.
Page 84 Customizing your computer Camera – Optimises performance and power requirements for camera usage. Power Management Off (Running on batteries) – Turns off all power management features such as Standby and Hibernate modes. Automatic Profile Selection - Analyses the performance of each application you choose and matches the profiles to its needs.
Page 85 Customizing your computer Displaying detailed battery information You can display detailed information of your computer's battery. There are 3 ways in which you can display battery information: ❑ Right-click the CPU icon in the taskbar and select Battery Information from the menu. ❑...
Page 86 Customizing your computer Displaying CPU information You can also view the level of performance of your notebook with the CPU Controls. To do so, you just have to move your cursor over the CPU icon in your taskbar. Icon Performance: Battery Life: ✍...
Page 87 Customizing your computer Creating a power profile To create a power profile, proceed as follows: Right-click the CPU icon in the taskbar and select Edit/Create Profiles from the menu. The Profile Editor window appears. Select New from the File menu. In the Create New Profile dialog box, check the appropriate option button to specify the type of power management profile that you want to create and click OK.
Page 88 Customizing your computer ® ™ : Starting your favourite software with Jog Dial Windows 2000 Professional The VAIO Action Setup software enables you to start your favourite software with the Jog Dial™. This section briefly describes how to use VAIO Action Setup. You can also refer to the VAIO Action Setup Help for more detailed information.
Page 89 Customizing your computer Defining Jog Dial™ settings You can select the rotation direction, allocate functions to software that does not support the Jog Dial™, or select the sound effects while using the Jog Dial™, etc. Right-click the Jog Dial™ icon in the taskbar. Select Jog Dial Setup (VAIO Action Setup) from the menu.
Page 90 Customizing your computer Modifying the Jog Dial™ application list Click Jog Dial(J) in the left part of the dialog box, and then select a folder or application you want to modify in the Application List. For more information on how to add, modify or delete elements in the Jog Dial List, read the VAIO Action Setup online help.
Page 91 Customizing your computer Configuring Jog Dial Jog Dial™ is the convenient rotating thumb wheel on your notebook that provides instant access to your favourite applications. Jog Dial™ is the convenient rotating thumb wheel on your notebook that provides instant access to your favourite applications. Jog Dial Navigator is used to configure the general working of the Jog Dial™.
Page 92 Customizing your computer In the Activity mode tab, check the option button corresponding to the desired activity mode for Jog Dial™. In the Activity setting tab, drag the slider left or right to select the desired Jog Dial™ scrolling speed. Check the Control Menu Box with Jog Dial box if you want to be able to control pop-up menus with Jog Dial™.
Page 93: Setting Up Your Notebook With Sony Notebook Setup
Customizing your computer Setting up your notebook with Sony Notebook Setup The Sony Notebook Setup utility allows you to consult system information, specify preferences for system behaviour, and set up password protection for your VAIO notebook. To use Sony Notebook Setup, proceed as follows:...
Page 94 ® Windows XP Professional: If you open Sony Notebook Setup as a limited user, then only the About This Computer tab will be visible. Description Selects the drive and device order you wish to use for loading the operating system. You can specify the hard drive as well as other drives inserted into your computer.
Page 95: Selecting Display Modes
The Display Properties dialog box appears. Click the Settings tab. Click the Advanced button. The Sony Notebook LCD and Mobility Radeon 7500 Properties dialog box appears. Click the Displays tab. Select the Monitor, Panel or TV icon. Click Apply and then OK.
Page 96 Customizing your computer Click the Displays tab. Select the Monitor, Panel or TV icon. Click Apply and then OK. ✍ You cannot have a display on TV and on another display at the same time. You may not be able to display the notebook LCD screen and an external display or a projector at the same time, depending on the types of computer displays and projectors you are using.
Page 97: Configuring Your Modem
Customizing your computer Configuring your modem Before you can start using your internal modem, or each time you use your modem while travelling, make sure that the country of the active location defined in the Phone and Modem Options dialog box matches the country you are dialling from.
Page 98 Customizing your computer To configure your modem on a Windows Click Start, then Control Panel. Double-click Phone and Modem Options. The Phone and Modem Options dialog box appears. If you do not see the Phone and Modem Options dialog box, click Switch to Classic View on the left side.
Page 99 Customizing your computer Updating the modem driver : Windows If you need to update the modem driver for any reason, proceed as follows: Click the Start button and open Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears. Click the Printers and Other Hardware icon. The Printers and Other Hardware window appears.
Page 100: Changing Your Windows Design With The Ui Design Selector Program
To try another design, click << or >>. Click OK once you are satisfied with your choice. The UI Design Selector dialog box disappears and changes the window design of Sony software as you selected. To change the window design using UI Design Selector on a Windows as follows: Click Start, and then Control Panel.
Page 101 The UI Design Selector window design changes, to give you a preview of the design you chose for the Sony software. To try another design, click << or >>. Click OK once you are satisfied with your choice. The UI Design Selector dialog box disappears and changes the window design of Sony software as you selected.
Page 102: Setting A Sony Wallpaper
Customizing your computer Setting a Sony wallpaper Your Sony VAIO computer offers you, among many other features, a choice of wallpapers. You can change the wallpaper, the background of your desktop, as many times as you like. There are several VAIO-specific wallpapers to choose from.
Page 103 Customizing your computer Select a wallpaper in the Background list. You can see a preview of this wallpaper in the monitor above the Background list. Adjust the position of the wallpaper with the Position drop-down list. Click Apply when you have found the appropriate wallpaper. Click OK to close the Display Properties dialog box.
Page 104: Selecting A Screen Saver
Customizing your computer Selecting a screen saver A screen saver is an animated image that is activated on a computer display when no user activity has been sensed for a certain time. The original purpose of a screen saver was to prevent burn-in (the burning of an image into the phosphor inside the cathode ray tube after hours of the same image being rescanned).
Page 105: Installing And Updating Applications
Installing and updating applications Installing and updating applications This section explains how to install, run or uninstall a software. Furthermore, you will learn how to download the latest updates from our website. ❑ Installing software ❑ Changing or removing software ❑...
Page 106: Installing Software
Installing and updating applications Installing software Before installing the applications: ❑ Install and connect a hardware device, if necessary (see the Managing drivers ❑ Close all open applications. To install an application from the supplied CD-ROM, proceed as follows: Click Start, point to Settings (Windows The Control Panel window appears.
Page 107: Changing Or Removing Software
Installing and updating applications Click Finish. Installation is complete and your computer restarts. ✍ When using Add or Remove Programs, you can only install programs that were written for Windows Changing or removing software You can at all times remove or change a software application. To change or remove a software, proceed as follows: Click Start, point to Settings (Windows The Control Panel window appears.
Page 108: Uninstalling Software
Installing and updating applications Uninstalling software Before proceeding, close the application you want to uninstall. To uninstall software, proceed as follows: Click Start, point to Settings (Windows The Control Panel window appears. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. The Add/Remove Programs dialog box appears. Select the software you wish to uninstall from the list of currently installed programs, then click Change/ Remove Select Remove, and then click Next.
Page 109 Installing and updating applications Caution : Windows ® Windows File protection Installing a program might overwrite shared system files such as dynamic-link libraries (DLL files)* and executable files (EXE files). When system files are overwritten, system performance becomes unpredictable, programs behave erratically, and the operating system can fail. Never delete files with the following extensions: SYS, DLL, OCX, TTF, or FON.
Page 110: Downloading Software
Installing and updating applications Downloading software Please note it is possible to download the latest upgrades of software for your computer on our website. Just click the following link to access it: To download the latest upgrades, proceed as follows: Go to www.vaio-link.com Click the VAIO User button.
Page 111: Managing Drivers
Managing drivers Managing drivers A driver is software enabling you to use hardware devices. For example, in order for you to be able to use a printer, you must first install its driver. Many drivers, such as the mouse driver, come with the operating system.
Page 112: Installing A Driver
Managing drivers Installing a driver If the driver does not come with a specific installation procedure, please proceed as follows to install it: Insert the application CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (or the disk or the CD-ROM accompanying the device you want to configure). Connect the device that needs a driver, to your computer.
Page 113: Checking The Driver's Installation
Managing drivers Checking the driver's installation When the computer restarts, verify that the device is working properly. To verify the driver’s installation on a Windows From the Start menu, point to Settings and then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears. Double-click the System icon.
Page 114 Managing drivers Click OK. Close all the opened windows, your device is ready for use. The device is not working properly in the following cases: ❑ Your device is shown in Device Manager with a yellow question or exclamation mark. Right-click your device and click Uninstall.
Page 115: Updating A Driver
Managing drivers Updating a driver To update the driver on a Windows Click Start on the taskbar and point to Settings. Click Control Panel. Double-click the System icon. The System Properties dialog box appears. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. The Device Manager screen appears.
Page 116: Uninstalling A Driver
Managing drivers Click My computer from the menu. Click View system information on the left of the window. Click the Hardware tab, then click Device Manager. Double-click the option corresponding to the device you installed, then double-click your device. The Properties dialog box appears. Click the Driver tab.
Page 117 Managing drivers To uninstall the driver on a Windows Click Start on the taskbar. Click Control Panel. Click the Printers and Other Hardware icon. And then click the device you want to revert. On the Hardware tab, click Properties. On the Driver tab, click Uninstall. If you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.
Page 118 Managing drivers Restoring a driver : Windows System Restore is a feature of Microsoft problem occurs, without losing your personal data files. System Restore monitors changes to the system, and it automatically creates easily identified restore points. These restore points allow you to revert the system to a previous time. They are created daily and at the time of significant system events (such as when an application or driver is installed).
Page 119 Managing drivers Click the Driver tab. On the Driver tab, click Roll Back Driver. You have your previous driver back. ✍ You must be logged on to your computer with an owner account in order to complete this procedure. Restoring your computer does not affect or change your personal data files. For more information about System Restore, see Windows ®...
Page 120 Managing drivers Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) : Windows Professional ® The Windows 2000 backup utility helps you create a copy of the data on your hard disk. In the event that the original data on your hard disk is accidentally erased or overwritten, or becomes inaccessible because of a hard disk malfunction, you can use the copy to restore your settings.
Page 121: Downloading Drivers
Managing drivers Downloading drivers Please note it is possible to download the latest versions of drivers for your computer on our website. Just click the following link to access it: To download the latest drivers, proceed as follows: Go to www.vaio-link.com Click the VAIO User button.
Page 122: Using The Product Recovery Cd-Roms
❑ If you want to modify the size of the hard drive partitions. You can only use these product recovery CD-ROMs on the Sony computer they came with and not on any other Sony PC or other manufacturer's PC. ❑...
Page 123 Using the product recovery CD-ROMs Performing an application recovery The final CD in the set of product recovery CD-ROMs contains most of the applications that were installed on your computer and some that are not yet installed. Reinstalling a program from this application CD can fix the problems encountered if it does not run correctly anymore, or if Windows problem running a device.
Page 124: Reinstalling A Device Driver From The Application Cd
Using the product recovery CD-ROMs Reinstalling a device driver from the application CD Some applications or peripherals require specific drivers which are not found on the Windows system. The final CD in the set of product recovery CD-ROMs contains the drivers you need for the pre-installed hardware devices.
Page 125: Performing A System Recovery
Using the product recovery CD-ROMs Performing a system recovery The system recovery process allows you to: Reinstall an image of the hard disk as it was before you started using your computer. In the event that your system is seriously damaged, for example, if Windows or your PC behaves abnormally, the system recovery will completely reinstall the originally configured system on your C: drive.
Page 126: Notes On Performing A System Recovery
Using the product recovery CD-ROMs Notes on performing a system recovery ❑ The recovery process can last up to sixty minutes, and in this time you will be prompted to change CDs. ❑ You can recover only the software bundled to your computer. It does not work for the software you have installed subsequently or the data you have created.
Page 127: Using Partitioned Drives
Using partitioned drives Using partitioned drives In My Computer you may have noticed the availability of two drive partitions (C: and D:). Your hard disk drive comes from the factory with 2 logical partitions. This does not mean that your computer contains two physical hard disks.
Page 128: Recovering The System Without Changing Partition Sizes
Using partitioned drives Starting the system recovery procedure To start the system recovery, proceed as follows: Turn on your computer (using AC power only) and insert the first system recovery CD-ROM into the disc drive. If you are still able to access Windows Shut Down/Shut down/OK;...
Page 129 Using partitioned drives Click Yes to confirm. The recovery process starts. When asked to do so, remove the CD and insert the next one. When the process is finished, click OK. Click Next in the window that appears. Remove the CD from the drive and click Finish. Your system is restored to its initial settings and reboots automatically.
Page 130: Recovering The System With Modified Partition Sizes
Using partitioned drives Recovering the system with modified partition sizes To have the option of changing the partition sizes before completely restoring the original software, drivers and settings on your computer, choose Option Recovery. Changing the partition sizes of the two hard drives means that you will lose all the data stored on both your C: drive and your D: drive.
Page 131: Resetting The Default Partition Sizes
Your system's settings are changed and your computer reboots automatically. Resetting the default partition sizes If you changed the partition sizes since you bought your Sony computer, choosing Recovery To Originally Shipped State allows you to reset the hard drive to its original size. Meanwhile, the current partitions are deleted, the hard disk is reformatted, and all the original software is restored as with a standard system recovery.
Page 132: Aborting The System Recovery Process
Using partitioned drives Aborting the system recovery process Before the actual recovery process begins, the VAIO System Recovery Utility makes it easy to cancel any settings you may have made. Most screens remind you about the loss of data that will incur and you can either to go back to the previous screen (press Back), or abort the recovery setup altogether.

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