Sony PCG-Z505HS User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Contents

  9
• Welcome

  11
  • Features

    11
  • Unpacking Your Notebook

    12
    • Manuals

      12
    • Software CDs

      13
    • Recovery CDs

      13
    • Other

      13
• Setting Up Your VAIO® Notebook

  15
  • Locating Controls and Connectors

    15
    • Front

      15
    • Back

      16
    • Left

      16
    • Right

      17
    • Bottom

      17
  • Connecting a Power Source

    18
    • Using the AC Adapter

      18
    • Using Battery Power

      19
  • Starting Your Computer

    22
  • Shutting Down Your Computer

    23
  • Registering Your Computer

    24
  • Using the Keyboard

    25
    • Combinations and Functions with the Windows Key

      27
    • Indicators

      28
    • Combinations and Functions with the Fn Key

      29
  • VAIO® Action Setup

    31
    • The Jog Dial™ Control

      31
    • Using the Jog Dial™ Control

      33
    • Software that does not support the Jog Dial Control

      34
  • Using Memory Stick® Media

    36
  • i.LINK® Interface

    39
  • Using the Touchpad

    40
  • Using Smart Pad

    41
  • Using the Floppy Disk Drive

    42
  • Using PC Cards

    44
  • Using Smart Connect

    47
  • Using Infrared Communication Devices

    48
  • Using Power Saving Modes

    50
    • Normal Mode

      50
    • System Idle Mode

      50
    • System Suspend Mode

      51
    • System Hibernation Mode

      51
• Connecting Peripheral Devices

  53
  • Connecting a Phone Line

    54
  • Connecting to the Local Area Network (LAN)

    55
  • Connecting the i.LINK® Port Replicator

    56
    • Connecting a Printer

      58
    • Connecting an External Display

      59
  • Connecting the CD Drive

    61
  • Connecting an i.LINK device

    64
  • Connecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Device

    66
  • Connecting an External Display

    68
  • Adding Memory

    70
    • To install a memory module

      71
    • To remove a memory module

      72
• Troubleshooting

  73
  • Using the System and Application Recovery CDs

    79
    • Using the System Recovery CD(s)

      79
    • Using the Application Recovery CD(s)

      81
    • Hard Drive Partition

      82
  • Specifications

    83
• Index

  85