Sony Vaio Pcg Serie Pcg Fsr27 Manual

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Notes on Using Power Management
❑If you find that an application exhibits unexpected behavior (such as reduced 
video quality) after returning from a power saving mode, you should close 
that application before your notebook enters a power saving mode.
❑For maximum audio and video performance, use PowerPanel to select either 
the AC Power Profile or the Power Management Off profile.
❑If your battery level falls to less than 10 percent, you should either attach the 
AC adapter to recharge the battery or shut down your notebook and insert a 
fully charged battery.
❑When the internal backup battery is low on power, it may not be able to boot 
your system properly. You can correct this condition as follows: 
❑Plug in the AC adapter and allow the notebook to charge for one hour 
while the power is on. Do not use the notebook during this time.
❑After one hour, turn the power off and then on again. To charge the 
internal backup battery fully, keep the AC adapter connected for more 
than 24 hours after turning the power on. You can use your notebook 
while charging the battery.
❑The operating system may become unstable if a lower power state such as 
Hibernate is initiated and then changed before the operating system 
completely enters the lower power state. To restore the notebook to its 
normal operating stability, close all open applications, and slide the power 
switch forward and hold it there for four seconds or more to completely shut 
down the notebook. 
						

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About the Software on 
Your Notebook
Your VAIO notebook is ready to help you work, play, learn, and 
communicate as soon as you turn it on. This section provides you the 
following:
❑An overview of the various software that come with your notebook and the 
activities you can perform with your software
❑Details on your Sony application, driver, and system recovery CDs
❑Software support information
Overview
Adobe Acrobat Reader®
Adobe Systems, Inc.
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 fidelity of documents created on all major computer platforms.
America Online®
America Online, Inc.
America Online is a popular Internet online service. Stay in touch with family and friends 
with easy-to-use e-mail, manage your personal finances, get the latest news and sports 
scores, and chat with thousands of others who share your interests.
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements (Windows Me only)
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Adobe Photoshop Elements offers unique features designed specifically for amateur
photographers, hobbyists, and business users who want an easy-to-use, yet powerful
digital imaging solution
✍When you start Adobe Photoshop Elements for the first time, you will be prompted to 
enter a product code for the application to work correctly. This code is found in the 
printed Adobe information that is included with your notebook. 
						

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28 ArcSoft
® PhotoPrinter™ 2000 Pro (Windows Me only)
ArcSoft, Inc.
ArcSoft PhotoPrinter 2000 Pro is an easy-to-use, advanced printing program that lets you 
quickly lay out multiple images in multiple sizes on a single sheet of paper. PhotoPrinter 
Pro offers a wide selection of templates including landscape, portrait, free style, mixed 
sizes, custom templates and more. The application includes enhancement tools and special 
effects for improving photos while giving you the ability to add text to any image.
CompuServe® 2000
CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc.
CompuServe is the most comprehensive source of organized business and educational 
information online today. CompuServe allows you to access the vastness of the Internet, 
without wasting time wading through it. Maximize your time online with CompuServe.
DVgate™
Sony Electronics Inc.
Connect a digital video camera recorder to the i.LINK® connector and capture your own 
video clips and still images. You can edit the clips from your video, add others, and 
combine clips into new movie segments. You can also save your images in a variety of 
popular file formats.
✍If your VAIO® Notebook does not come with Adobe Premiere® pre-installed and you 
subsequently purchase that software, you must install a plug-in to enable DVgate™ 2.3.
To install the plug-in for Adobe Premiere
® 5.1 and 5.1LE, proceed as follows:
1 Click Start in the Windows® taskbar and select Run. 
2 Click Browse and, from your C: drive, select Program 
Files>Sony>Dvgate>Premiere Plug-in>5.1. 
3 Select “Setup.exe” and click Open. Then click OK to install the plug-in.
To install the plug-in for Adobe Premiere® 6.0, proceed as follows:
1 Click Start in the Windows® taskbar and select Run. 
2 Click Browse and, from your C: drive, select Program 
Files>Sony>Dvgate>Premiere Plug-in>6.0. 
3 Select “Setup.exe” and click Open. Then click OK to install the plug-in. 
						

							Overview
29 Media Bar
™ DVD Player
Sony Electronics Inc.
Media Bar DVD Player is your ideal, high quality solution for DVD video playback. You 
can rewind or fast-forward scenes from the DVD Player monitor as you would with any 
ordinary DVD player, to easily find the scene you want to view. Typical DVD playback 
features are available such as multiple angles, audio language tracks and sub-titles. This 
software is used in conjunction with the optional VAIO DVD Player and software 
installation CD, which are sold separately.
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 
Microsoft Corporation
Internet Explorer delivers the web the way you want it. It is safe, easy to use, and you can 
personalize how you access the web. Outlook Express and other tools in Internet Explorer 
also help you have a great experience when you are on the web.
Microsoft® Word 2002
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Word 2002 makes it easy to create common Web, e-mail, and print documents 
for use around the world. It embraces HTML as a first-class file format and extends this 
software’s ease-of-use to the Web and e-mail. Word 2002 also extends that ease-of-use to 
international users, making it simple to create multilingual documents.
MovieShaker™
Sony Electronics Inc.
Sony’s original MovieShaker software creates personal movies that have transitions, 
background music and text. Just import your video clips and “shake” with the click of a 
mouse. Your personal movies are easy to create and fun to share with family and friends.
Netscape Communicator®
Netscape Corporation
Netscape Communicator is an all-in-one Internet tool that makes it easy to browse the 
web, send Internet e-mail, chat, read newsgroups and compose great web documents.
Norton AntiVirus™
Symantec Corporation
Norton Antivirus provides security for your Internet and email communications. This 
powerful antivirus software works in the background to continuously protect your PC, by 
scanning the files you download from the web and receive as e-mail attachments. Each 
time you connect to the Internet, Norton Antivirus updates its virus definitions to deliver 
automatic protection today and in the future. 
						

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30 OpenMG™ Jukebox
Sony Electronics Inc.
OpenMG Jukebox software enables you to import digital audio files by downloading 
audio files from Electronic Music Distribution (EMD) services over digital networks, such 
as the Internet. You can record audio CDs onto your hard drive in a variety of formats.
PictureGear™
Sony Electronics Inc.
This image management software displays images from your hard drive, a Sony Digital 
Still Camera, or a Sony Mavica
® Camera. The images appear in a convenient light-table 
format, so that you can easily view the contents of an entire folder.
Quicken® 2001
Intuit, Inc.
Quicken is a fast, easy way to organize your finances. Quicken works just like your 
checkbook, so it is easy to learn and use. Quicken manages all your finances, bank 
accounts, credit cards, investments, and loans. You can even pay your bills online.
RealJukebox 2 Basic
RealNetworks, Inc.
RealJukebox is one of the worlds most widely used personal music management systems. 
Using RealJukebox, you can capture the contents of a music CD, manage and playback your 
music and view various music related information via the Internet. This Custom RealJukebox 
for Sony allows seamless check-out capabilities to a wide range of Sony personal audio 
devices and offers convenient links to Sony product and music service homepages.
Smart Capture
Sony Electronics Inc.
Smart Capture is a fun new way to send multimedia messages via e-mail. Smart Capture 
manages the i.LINK connection between your computer and a Sony Digital Handycam
® 
camcorder that supports the i.LINK interface. It allows you to capture compressed video 
or still images that you can save or share via e-mail. A smart solution to computer, digital 
audio/video and network convergence.
✍If you are using an external CD-ROM drive connected with a PC Card, be sure to 
connect your external CD-ROM drive before starting RealJukebox. Additionally, do not 
disconnect your CD-ROM drive while using RealJukebox. Either of these actions may 
cause RealJukebox to shut down improperly. 
						

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31 Smart Connect (Windows 2000 only)
Sony Electronics Inc.
Smart Connect allows you to use an i.LINK® cable (optional) to connect your VAIO 
computer to another VAIO computer that supports Smart Connect. You can then use one 
computer to copy, delete, and edit files on the other computer. You can also print from a 
printer attached to either computer.
VAIO Action Setup
Sony Electronics Inc.
VAIO Action Setup manages the settings for your notebooks Jog Dial functions and 
i.LINK interface.
VAIO Support Agent
Sony Electronics Inc.
VAIO Support Agent provides immediate, interactive, on-line support.
VisualFlow™
Sony Electronics Inc.
VisualFlow is a state-of-the-art Sony multimedia browser designed specifically for Memory 
Stick media. It displays any still picture, movie or sound files stored in a Memory Stick media 
in a visually pleasing, artistic manner. VisualFlow not only plays a selected movie or sound 
file, but also enables playback of files by other applications like PictureGear, Memory Stick 
Slideshow and Windows Explorer. 
						

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Application, Driver, and System Recovery CDs
Your notebook comes with the following application, driver, and system recovery 
CDs. (To use your recovery CDs, see “Using the Application Recovery CD(s)” .)
Application Recovery CD(s)
Sony Electronics Inc.
This CD enables you to reinstall individual applications. Use it to restore corrupted or 
accidentally erased files.
Driver Recovery CD(s)
Sony Electronics Inc.
This CD enables you to reinstall individual device drivers. Use it to restore corrupted or 
accidentally erased files.
System Recovery CD(s)
Sony Electronics Inc.
This CD enables you to format the hard disk drive, then reinstall the operating system and 
software titles that shipped with your notebook if they become corrupted or are erased. 
Use it to restore the hard disk of the VAIO
® Notebook you purchased. This CD restores 
your notebook to its original state, so user data and applications will be lost.
Using Your Recovery CDs
Using the Application Recovery CD(s)
The Application Recovery CD(s) allows you to reinstall individual applications if 
they become corrupted or are accidentally erased. Reinstalling an individual 
software title may correct a problem you are experiencing with your notebook or 
software application; you may not need to reinstall the entire contents of your 
hard drive. If you need to reinstall all the software titles that shipped with your 
notebook, use the System Recovery CD(s). See “Using the System Recovery 
CD(s)”  for more information. 
You can also use the Application Recovery CD to install Windows 2000 drivers 
on your notebook.
✍You must be in Windows to run the Application Recovery CD. If you have any 
questions on using the Application Recovery CD, contact Sony Customer Support. 
						

							Application, Driver, and System Recovery CDs
33 To use the Application Recovery CD(s)
1Turn on your notebook. If your notebook is already on, close all 
applications.
2When the Windows desktop appears, insert the Sony Application Recovery 
CD in the optical drive. The Application Recovery utility loads 
automatically.
3When the Application Recovery menu appears, select the icon for the 
application you want to restore then follow the on-screen instructions to 
complete the recovery process.
Using the Driver Recovery CD(s)
The Driver Recovery CD utility enables you to reinstall individual drivers if they 
become corrupted or are accidentally erased. You can reinstall an individual 
driver to correct a problem that you are experiencing with your notebook, 
hardware, or software application. VAIO Support Agent uses a vault feature on 
the Driver Recovery CD(s) to repair software applications.
To Use the Driver Recovery CD(s)
1Turn on your notebook. If your notebook is already on, close all 
applications.
2When the Windows desktop appears, insert the Driver Recovery CD in the 
optical drive. Use My Computer or Windows Explorer to view the contents 
of the Driver Recovery CD. Select the appropriate driver.
To repair software applications using VAIO Support Agent
The Driver Recovery CD utility has an information vault that contains the 
original characteristics for the preinstalled software applications that are 
protected by VAIO Support Agent.
✍Your system may include one or two Application Recovery CDs. If you have two 
Application Recovery CDs, insert the first CD to run the Application Recovery 
program. You may be prompted to insert the second CD, depending on the application 
you wish to restore.
✍You must be in Windows to run the Driver Recovery CD utility. 
						

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Using the System Recovery CD(s)
You can use the System Recovery CD(s) to reinstall the operating system and 
software titles that shipped with your notebook if they become corrupted or 
erased. You may not need to reinstall the entire contents of your hard drive. If you 
experience a problem with your notebook, reinstalling an individual device driver 
or software title may correct the problem. Use the Application Recovery CD(s) to 
reinstall individual applications or use the Driver Recovery CD to reinstall device 
drivers. See “Using the Application Recovery CD(s)”  for more information.
The System Recovery CD contains a backup copy of all the software originally 
installed on your hard disk drive. It can be used only to recover the hard disk 
of the notebook you purchased.
The System Recovery utility gives you Full Restore with Format, that is it 
formats the hard disk drive then restores all the original software.
To use the System Recovery CD(s)
1Insert the Sony System Recovery CD in the optical drive.
2Shut down your notebook as described in “Shutting Down Your Notebook” .
3Wait four seconds then turn on your notebook.
4Click OK to signify you have read and accept the Microsoft End-User 
License Agreement.
5When the System Recovery menu appears, follow the on-screen instructions 
to complete the recovery process.
Full Restore with Format removes all the information on the hard disk drive. 
You will lose any software you have installed and any other files you have 
created since you started to use your notebook. This means you will have to 
reinstall any applications that were not included with the notebook when you 
purchased it. If you have any questions on using the System Recovery CD, 
contact Sony Customer Support.