Sony BX540-BTO User Manual

VGN-BX540B BTO Series

Flexibility, mobility, security, superior communications functionality and VAIO® Care full-service 

support.  The VAIO® BX Series Notebook makes productivity truly scalable, enabling you to 

empower your business with Sony technology.  With your choice of screen sizes featuring 

XBRITE-ECO™ LCD technology, swappable optional peripherals, leading-edge security 

components, and powerful communication options, the BX Notebook enables businesses to 

better manage resources, equip employees, and maximize value.

AdaptivePlus™ technologies combine fl exibilty, mobility, security and communications that are designed to 

help businesses compete, produce, and grow, giving businesses the necessary tools for success.

The VAIO® BX Series Notebook features the unique and powerful Multi-Function Bay, enabling simple 

swapping out of powerful peripherals such as a DVD±RW Double Layer Bay Unit

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, CD-RW/DVD-ROM 

Drive Bay Unit, 80GB

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 HDD Bay Unit (5400rpm SATA),  Weight Saver Bay Unit, and an HDD Adapter 

Bay Unit. Each of these optional peripherals is compatible with all three size confi gurations of the BX 

Series Notebook, making effi cient resource allocation across your team a logical and natural part of your 

technology management.

The VAIO® BX Series Notebooks are designed with mobility in mind.  Integrated Bluetooth® technology

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and optional Intel® Centrino™ Mobile Technology means all BX Series Notebooks feature integrated 

802.11b/g wireless LAN

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, and effi cient power and application management, which provide extended 

battery life

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 when you’re on the go. VAIO® BX Series Notebooks also offer communication technology 

to keep you wirelessly connected, networked and conferenced in. With Gigabit Ethernet, optional 

Bluetooth® headset, and an optional built-in camera for real-time video conferencing (video conferencing 

software needs to be obtained separately)

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, you can communicate in whatever style makes you the most 

productive.

The VGN-BX540B offers integrated Wireless Wide Area Network (WAN)

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 for access to the Cingular 

Wireless National EDGE Network using SmartWi™ technology.  Sony’s SmartWi™ technology (the 

mergence of wireless WAN

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, wireless LAN

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 and Bluetooth®

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 technologies) enables seamless, automatic 

toggling between connectivity modes. 

The Sony VAIO BX Series Notebook has been tested in accordance with criteria set by Cisco and is 

compatible with Cisco’s Aironet 1200AG Series Access Point platform and Cisco’s Access Control Server 

v3.3.

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Security is a top priority with the VAIO® BX Series Notebook.  All BX Series Notebooks feature an 

integrated biometrics fi ngerprint sensor, delivering personal security and the IT cost-savings and 

convenience of not having to remember your passwords.  The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip is

compliant with TCG v1.1b, enabling companies to set the level of security on a specifi c client/user basis.  

Data can be encrypted over the local network, within the system, and over the Internet, giving you the 

ability with a single platform to dial in the specifi c level of client security required.