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Sony VAIO PCG-C1XD Software Manual

Sony VAIO PCG-C1XD Software Manual

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  • Page 1 About the Software on your Sony Notebook Computer PCG-C1XD...
  • Page 2 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 License. This SONY SOFTWARE and the related documentation are licensed to you by SONY. This EULA allows you to use the SONY SOFTWARE for your personal use for a single SONY HARDWARE outside a network and only to make one copy of the SONY SOFTWARE in machine-readable form for back-up purposes only.
  • Page 4 EULA at any time by destroying the SONY SOFTWARE, related documentation, and all copies thereof. This EULA will terminate immediately without notice from SONY, if you fail to comply with any provision of this EULA. Upon termination you must destroy the SONY SOFTWARE, related documentation, and all copies thereof.
  • Page 5 As an E Partner, Sony has determined that this product meets the E NERGY NERGY guidelines for energy efficiency. The International E Office Equipment Program is an international NERGY program that promotes energy saving through the use of computers and their office equipment.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Using Smart Utilities Using Smart Capture ... 14 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial ... 18 Sony Notebook Setup ... 27 PowerPanel... 29 Displaying Battery Information ... 34 Selecting the Display Mode ... 37 Using the Dual Display Function... 40...

  • Page 7: About The Software On Your Notebook Computer Sony Software

    Jog Dial Setup Sony Electronics Jog Dial Setup sets the allocations of the Sony software or others to the Jog Dial. The settings enable you to start any application you want, to establish a dialup connection or read an e-mail and the by simply turning and pressing the Jog Dial.

  • Page 8: Sony Software

    About the Software on Your Notebook Computer Sony software DVgate Still Sony Electronics Attaching a DV device to the i.LINK 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.
  • Page 9 The CyberCode Finder is Sony’s new interface that provides you with task-relevant information in a clear and attractive manner. The CyberCodes, 2D bar codes developed by Sony, act as indexes and allow you to bring up the corresponding information on your computer, start registered software and documents as well as print your own CyberCodes.
  • Page 10 About the Software on Your Notebook Computer Sony software Smart Publisher Sony Electronics With Smart Publisher, you can send memos to the Internet by e-mail and upload files to your Web pages. For details, please read the Smart Publisher Help file.
  • Page 11 Notebook Setup screen to display the help file. UI Design Selector Sony Electronics You can change the window design of the Sony Software compatible with UI Design selector. Product Recovery CD-ROM Sony ITE The Product Recovery CD-ROM allows you to reinstall individual applications and device drivers if they are corrupted or accidentally erased.

  • Page 12: Operating System And Other Pre-Installed Software

    About the Software on Your Notebook Computer Operating System and other pre-installed 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.
  • Page 13 About the Software on Your Notebook Computer Operating System and other pre-installed software ® ® Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 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 fidelity of documents created on all major computer platforms.

  • Page 14: Using Smart Utilities Using Smart Capture

    Using Smart Utilities Using Smart Capture See the Smart Capture software on-line help for more information on installation and use. You can capture the following still images sizes : 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120, 80 x 60, and 40 x 30 pixels.

  • Page 15: Using Smart Capture

    Using Smart Utilities Using Smart Capture You can create a panorama picture by using PictureGear 2.5SE or higher. See the software on-line help for information on installation and use. You can capture still images and video clips from a digital video camera using Smart Capture.
  • Page 16 Using Smart Utilities Capture modes You can adjust the refresh rate when you select Monitor as the display mode. Some displays do not support using both the computer’s LCD and an external display simultaneously. To use the Monitor and Monitor/LCD display modes, an external display must be connected to the monitor connector on the port...
  • Page 17 Using Smart Utilities To send a video clip via e-mail See the manual supplied with the e-mail software for more information on sending e- mails. To playback captured video clips Start the Movie Player software. 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 by e-mail.

  • Page 18: Customizing Your Notebook Computer Setting Up The Jog Dial

    Customizing Your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial 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. In addition, you can select the display modes via NeoMagic®...
  • Page 19 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial Press the Jog Dial to select a power Idle/Suspend/Hibernation saving mode. See "Controlling Power Management" for more information. Monitor Press the Jog Dial to toggle through the computer display and the LCD. Only LCD g LCD and external display g only external Display g only LCD...
  • Page 20 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" on page. Software Description DVgate Still Press the Jog Dial to lauch DVgate Still.
  • Page 21 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial Press the Jog Dial to launch Media Media Bar Bar. Turn the Jog Dial to select a track. Press the Jog Dial to play. Press again to pause. Smart Capture Press the Jog Dial to launch Smart Capture.
  • Page 22 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial Press the Jog Dial to launch Smart Smart Label Label. Turn the Jog Dial to toggle through the labels. Press the Jog Dial to switch tothe Time View mode. Time View mode : Turn the Jog Dial to see labels with dates from the past or the future.
  • Page 23 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial CyberCode Finder * Simple mode: turn the Jog Dial to choose the CyberCode recognition mode (normal, multi-search and pick-up). * Advanced mode: you can operate the basic function of CyberCode Finder from hierarchical menu.
  • Page 24 Customizing 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. Click Setup in the Jog Dial window to display the Jog Dial setup window. If the Jog Dial window is not displayed, double-click Select the allocation mode from the allocation menu, then click the button.
  • Page 25 Next. *The preinstalled Sony software and your computer's configuration systems are already allocated. Verify the name (to be displayed in the Jog Dial window) and details of the function then click Next.
  • Page 26 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial If you select "Start up by pressing the Jog Dial while in power off/power saving mode", you can start up the software by pressing the Jog Dial while the power is off or the computer is in power saving mode (PPK function).

  • Page 27: Sony Notebook Setup

    To display the Sony Notebook Setup screen: Click the Start button on the Windows In Programs, select Sony Notebook Setup. The “Basic” window will appear; you can then enhance the features by clicking the “Basic / Advanced” tab. Select the tab for the item you want to change.

  • Page 28: Sony Notebook Setup

    Customizing 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 Description Display system information, including memory About This Computer capacity, serial number, and BIOS version.

  • Page 29: Powerpanel

    Customizing 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...
  • Page 30 Customizing Your Notebook Computer PowerPanel 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). Click the button you want to set. The appropriate Power Management command will be activated.
  • Page 31 Customizing Your Notebook Computer PowerPanel Other preset profiles Icon Description Automatic Profile Selection – Analyses the performance of each application you choose and matches the profiles to its needs. Word Processing – Optimizes power management with longer timeouts on the hard disk and display screen.
  • Page 32 Customizing 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.
  • Page 33 Customizing 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. The Power Management lets your system enter energy saving modes by levelling some energy consuming parameters, such as LCD brightness, or hard disk activity.

  • Page 34: Displaying Battery Information

    Customizing Your Notebook Computer Displaying Battery Information Displaying Battery Information You can display detailed information for the battery 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.

  • Page 35: Displaying Battery Information

    Customizing Your Notebook Computer Displaying Battery Information Battery Icon Descriptions Battery icon Battery status Discharging Fully charged Charging No battery...
  • Page 36 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Displaying Battery Information Displaying Detailed Battery Information You can obtain detailed information about the battery. Double-click the battery icon on the task tray to display the BatteryScope window. The screen appears displaying the Battery Tab, which contains information such as the estimated time-to-empty and charging time.

  • Page 37: Selecting The Display Mode

    Customizing Your Notebook Computer Selecting the Display Mode Depending on the types of computer displays and projectors you are using, you may not be able to display the computer's LCD and external display simultaneously. Selecting the Display Mode When you connect an external display, you can toggle the display mode between the computer LCD and external displays.
  • Page 38 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Selecting the Display Mode If you select CRT/Projector and turn off the LCD, you can use the Refresh Rate slider to change the display's horizontal frequency. This setting can be made only for CRT display. If you select Independent Display Timing, you can change both the resolution and the refresh...
  • Page 39 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Selecting the Display Mode Projector Settings: Select the projector's resolution from the Type drop-down box. Click OK.

  • Page 40: Using The Dual Display Function

    Customizing 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.

  • Page 41: Using The Dual Display Function

    Customizing Your Notebook Computer Using the Dual Display Function Click the Display icon. Click the Settings tab. Click the Advanced button. Click the NeoMagic® tab. Check the Set Dual-Display option and click OK. The System Settings Change dialog box appears. Click Yes to restart your system.
  • Page 42 Customizing Your Notebook Computer Using the Dual Display Function Customizing the virtual desktop You can customize dual display mode by changing the position of the two desktops comprising the virtual desktop. In the Display Properties screen, drag the icons of display 1 or display 2, moving them to a new position relative to each other.

  • Page 43: About The Partitions Of Your Hard Disk Drive

    About the Partitions of your Hard Disk Drive 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.

  • Page 44: About The Partitions Of Your Hard Disk Drive

    About the Partitions of your Hard Disk Drive When you perform a system and application recovery of your computer, your D: drive won't be changed.

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