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About the Software on your Notebook Computer n N Contents About the Software on Your Notebook Computer Sony software.......................................................................................... 7 Operating System and other pre-installed software ...................... 12 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Changing the window design with UI Design Selector ................. 14 Sony Notebook Setup .......................................................................... 15 PowerPanel .......
About the Software on Your Notebook Computer n N 7 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Sony software About the Software on Your Notebook Computer Your Sony notebook 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 the activities you can perform with your software titles. For general information and technical assistance, please refer to your Customer Service Guide.
About the Software on Your Notebook Computer n N 8 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Sony software DVgate Still Sony Electronics Attaching a DV device to the i.LINKTM connector enables you to transfer the images you have captured to your hard drive. DVgate Still displays digital video images sent from a digital video cassette recorder or a digital video camera recorder, and captures them as still pictures on your notebook computer. For details, please read the DVgate Still Help file.
About the Software on Your Notebook Computer n N 9 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Sony software Smart Capture Sony Electronics Connect a digital camera to your computer to shoot still images and video clips, which you can view or send by e-mail. The Smart Capture Finder displays images from the camera and allows you to adjust the settings or create effects. Smart Capture enables you to capture images via i.
About the Software on Your Notebook Computer n N 10 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Sony software Smart Write Sony Electronics As easy to use as a standard word processor, Smart Write accepts hand-written information (use your Pointing device as a pen). When sending memos, insert an image created using Smart Capture, or record a voice memo, and sign it using Smart Write. For details, please read the Smart Write Help file.
About the Software on Your Notebook Computer n N 11 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Sony software UI Design Selector Sony Electronics You can change the window design of the Sony Software compatible with UI Design selector. See “Changing the window design with UI Design Selector” on page 14. Product Recovery CD-ROM Sony ITE ! You can only use this Recovery CD-ROM on the Sony notebook you purchased and not on any other Sony PC or other manufacturer's PC.
About the Software on Your Notebook Computer n N 12 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Sony software Operating System and other pre-installed software Windows® 98 Second Edition Microsoft Corporation Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition makes your computer work better by integrating tightly with the Internet and providing better system performance and easier system diagnostics and maintenance.
About the Software on Your Notebook Computer n N 13 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Sony software installed, you can open and view PDF files from within your Web browser by clicking on a PDF file embedded in a HTML file. You quickly see the first page while the rest of the document is being downloaded. For questions and technical assistance, go online at http://www.adobe.com QuickTime 4.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 14 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Changing the window design with UI Design Selector Customizing Your Notebook Computer You can customize the settings of your notebook computer. The following sections briefly describe how to change your computer’s settings. You can also refer to the Help files of the software for more detailed information.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 15 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Sony Notebook Setup Sony Notebook Setup To display the Sony Notebook Setup screen: 1 2 Click the Start button on the Windows® 98 taskbar. 3 4 Select the tab for the item you want to change. In Programs, select Sony Notebook Setup. The “Basic” window will appear; you can then enhance the features by clicking the “Basic / Advanced” tab. After you finish, click OK.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N About the Software on your Notebook Computer Sony Notebook Setup For more information about each option, click Help on the Notebook Setup screen to display the help file. Notebook Setup Tabs Tab Description About This Computer Display system information, including memory capacity, serial number, and BIOS version. Printer Select printer port mode settings. Initial Setting Select the drive and device order you wish to use for loading the operating system.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 17 About the Software on your Notebook Computer PowerPanel 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 be automatically selected the next time you use the battery pack to power your computer.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 18 About the Software on your Notebook Computer PowerPanel 2 Select Toolbars from the pop-up menu, then click PowerPanel. The PowerPanel will appear on the task bar ( you can change it into a floating window by dragging and dropping it on your desktop). 3 Click the button you want to set. The appropriate Power Management command will be activated. Power Management Profiles PowerPanel provides several predefined power management profiles.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 19 About the Software on your Notebook Computer PowerPanel Other preset profiles Icon Description Word Processing – Optimizes 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 System Suspend to optimize power management for your system. Spreadsheet – Reduces the LCD brightness to “medium”, as your software doesn’t require higher performance.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 20 About the Software on your Notebook Computer PowerPanel Power Management Commands PowerPanel provides power management commands that you can use to activate specific power management functions and to control power for a specific device. You might use these commands when you want to override a profile setting or initiate an immediate action, such as putting the system into Video Standby mode before the Video Standby timer expires.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 21 About the Software on your Notebook Computer PowerPanel LCD (Video) Standby – Turns off the LCD to save power. If you turn off the Video Standby timer, the display remains active except when the system enters System Suspend mode. The video display system is one of the largest consumers of power in the system. Remove multi-purpose bay device - You can remove the device inserted in the multi-purpose bay without turning off the power.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 22 About the Software on your Notebook Computer PowerPanel Automatic Profiles Selection (APS) 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’re using and changes profiles as you switch between applications.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 23 About the Software on your Notebook Computer PowerPanel Customizing PowerPanel You can customize the PowerPanel toolbar to suit your portable computing needs. You can edit the pre-defined Power Management settings or create new profiles. Please refer to PowerPanel Help for more information. Saving Battery Power When using the notebook computer with a battery, the CPU can be set to Battery Optimized Performance mode to save battery power.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 24 About the Software on your Notebook Computer PowerPanel Viewing the PowerPanel icon The PowerPanel icon (displayed in the toolbar) indicates the level of performance of the CPU. Displayed icons and meanings : PowerPanel icon CPU performance Battery Optimized Performance- Used with a battery. The CPU operates at "Low Speed".* Maximum Performance- Used with the AC adapter.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 25 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Displaying Battery Information Displaying Battery Information You can display detailed information for the batteries used 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.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer About the Software on your Notebook Computer Displaying Battery Information Battery Icon Descriptions Battery icon Battery status Discharging Fully charged Charging Not in use No battery n N 26
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 27 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Displaying Battery Information Displaying Detailed Battery Information You can obtain detailed information about the batteries. Double-click the battery icon on the task tray to display the BatteryScope window. The screen appears displaying the General tab, which contains information such as the estimated time-to-empty and charging time.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 28 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Displaying Battery Information You can display the information about each battery, such as estimated time-toempty or product information. To customize the BatteryScope application bar and alarm system You can customize the BatteryScope toolbar to suit your portable computing needs as well as to modify the alarm settings. Please refer to the BatteryScope Help for more information.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N About the Software on your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial Setting up the Jog Dial Information on Using the Jog Dial The following functions are preinstalled in the Jog Dial launcher. Name Idle/Suspend/Hibernation Description Press the Jog Dial to select a power saving mode. Monitor Press the Jog Dial to toggle through the com puter display and the LCD. Only LCD g LCD and external display g only external Display g only LCD...
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N About the Software on your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial When using Sony software, be sure to activate the window that supports the Jog Dial. For software that do not support the Jog Dial, see "Software that do not support the Jog Dial”. Using the Sony Software You can use additional functions using the supplied Sony software. For more information, see "Using the Jog Dial" in your Hardware guide.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N About the Software on your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial Smart Capture Turn the Jog Dial to selct the capture mode. You can extend the controls of Smart Capture with Jog Dial. Press the Shift key and turn the Jog Dial to select "Full Menu", then press the Jog Dial to display a lot of menus to control Smart Capture. For details, read the Smart Capture on-line Help. Still Viewer window : Turn the Jog Dial to toggle through the still images.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 32 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial Allocating Other Functions to the Jog Dial You can allocate other functions to the Jog Dial or delete them with the Jog Dial setup software. 1 Click Setup in the Jog Dial window to display the Jog Dial setup window. If the Jog Dial window is not displayed, double-click or in the task tray. 2 3 Click one of the "Insert" mode buttons.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 33 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial You can drag and drop the software file to this button to register it. Click this button to display the same window as when clicking the button. The name of the software is displayed automatically. You can register the software by entering its name. Click the button to display the following window, then enter the name of the software and click Next.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 34 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial 7 8 The window in step 1 appears. Click Apply or OK to finish the allocation. Software marked with on the left are now available as Jog Dial functions. Deleting a Software from the Registered Files List Click the software you want to delete from the list, then click the OK.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 35 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Selecting the Display mode You can turn off the notebook’s LCD display checking the External Display box in CRT/Projector and removing the check from the LCD box in Internal Display. With this setting, you can adjust the vertical frequency of the display with the refresh rate slider, but the resolution slider will not work. Selecting the Display mode This notebook computer uses the NeoMagic video controller.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 36 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Selecting the Display mode Important It is not possible to display screens simultaneously on both an external computer display connected to the Monitor connector and a TV connected to the VIDEO or S VIDEO connector. Depending on the type of computer projector being used, it may not be possible to display screens simultaneously on the internal LCD and an external projector.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N About the Software on your Notebook Computer Selecting the Display mode 1 Click Details in step 6 of "Selecting a Display". The Advanced Settings window appears. 2 Select the display type. You cannot select Independent Display Timing when the display is set to True Color (24 bit). External display device: Setting Function CRT Connection to an external computer display. Projector Connection to a projector.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 38 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Selecting the Display mode When Independent display/Timing is selected in Monitor settings, you can set separate values for the refresh rate and resolution of the internal and external displays. 1 Set the resolution Select the resolution for the projector that you are going to use.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N About the Software on your Notebook Computer Selecting the Display mode Standard TV output: Setting Function PAL Connection to a PAL TV or video monitor. NTSC Connection to a standard US/Japanese TV or video monitor. Output Selection: Setting Function S VIDEO Connection to a TV or video monitor that has an S VIDEO connector. Composite Standard video output.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 40 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Selecting the Display mode To adjust the window position Press the arrow to move the window in the direction of the arrow or press the centre button to position the window in the centre of the screen.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 41 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Selecting the Display mode Display Specifications LCD Display Mode The PAL system in 640 x 480 doesn't allow you to change the screen size.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 42 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Using the Dual Display Function 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. You can move the cursor off one display and onto the other.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 43 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Using the Dual Display Function Selecting dual display mode You must restart Windows to use dual display mode. Save your work and close any open applications before changing to dual display mode, then follow these steps: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Click the Start button on the Windows® 98 taskbar. 8 9 10 11 12 Click Yes to restart your system. Point to Settings and click Control Panel. Click the Display icon.
Customizing Your Notebook Computer n N 44 About the Software on your Notebook Computer Using the Dual Display Function Follow steps 1 to 4 above to display the Display Properties screen. Select the display you wish to change (1 or 2) by clicking on the icon of the display. You can change colors by selecting an option from the Colors list. Use the slider in the Screen area to change the resolution. Click OK or Apply. Click OK to confirm that you want to make the changes.
About the Software on your Notebook Computer n N You can capture still images from See the Smart Capture software i.LINK™ compatible devices. on-line help for more information Refer to "Connecting a Digital on installation and use. Video Camera Recorder" in your Notebook Computer user guidestill You can capture the following for connecting the device. Alsox images sizes : 640 x 480, 320 consult Smart80Capture on-line 240, 160thex 120, x 60, and 40 x helppixels.
About the Software on your Notebook Computer n N 46 Displaying the captured images in Still Viewer From the Start menu, select Programs, Smart Capture and click Still Viewer. You can display, save or delete your images or send them by e-mail. To end Still Viewer click the button. To send a still image via e-mail 1 2 3 Click the Start button on the Windows® 98 taskbar. Point to Programs and click Smart Capture. Click Still Viewer.
About the Software on your Notebook Computer n N You need to set up MAPI when using the e-mail software. See the manual supplied with the email software for more information on sending e-mails. 4 5 Select the still image you want to send via e-mail, using or . Click MAIL. Your e-mail window will appear with the selected file attached to your message. Still image selected 6 47 Send the e-mail.
About the Software on your Notebook Computer n N 48 Shooting a video clip You can use Smart Capture to shoot (capture) video clips with a Video Camera connected to your computer, as well as play them or send them via e-mail. 1 Launch Smart Capture. Select MOVIE using the Switch Capture Mode Button. Click here 2 3 4 The image will appear in the finder. Turn the camera towards the subject. 5 Click the CAPTURE button when finished.
About the Software on your Notebook Computer n N You can shoot video clips in the following formats : Non-compressed : Captured video clip Video 160 x 120, 24 bits, max. 10 frames/sec. Audio PCM, 11.025 kHz, 16 bits, monophonic Compressed : Video MPEG1 160 x 112, maximum of 30 frames/sec (effective maximum equivalent to 10 frames/sec). Audio MPEG1, 44.1 kHz (effective maximum equivalent to 11.025 kHz), monophonic. A gap may appear when a rapidmoving object is displayed.
About the Software on your Notebook Computer n N 2 3 See the manual supplied with the e-mail software for more information on sending e-mails. Click B to playback the images. Click X to pause, x to stop playback. To end Movie Player click . To send a video clip via e-mail If you shoot a video clip in a low resolution format, you can send it by e-mail. 1 2 3 4 5 Click the Start button on the Windows® 98 taskbar. Point to Program and then Smart Capture. Click Movie Player. Click MAIL.
About the Software on your Notebook Computer n N 51 6 Click Start Compression. When compression is completed, a window message will ask you if you want to attach the file to your e-mail. 7 Accept and send the e-mail.
About the Software on your Notebook Computer n N 52 About the Partitions of your Hard Disk Drive In the "My Computer" window, you may have noticed the availability of two drives: C and D (depending on the model). Due to the high capacity of your hard disk drive, it may have been partitioned at the factory to allow your system to reach some data more efficiently and quickly, increasing the speed of the operations.
About the Software on your Notebook Computer n N 53 How to use your partitioned drives. In order to avoid mishandling or malfunction of your software and files, please take the following precautions: Don't try to resize your partition, the parameters have been set at the factory for an optimal operability of the hardware and software. If you want to exploit the capacity of your D: drive, you can designate this partition to store your documents. Use the C: to install new applications.
