User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Before Use
- Getting Started
- Using Your VAIO Computer
- Using Peripheral Devices
- Connecting a Docking Station
- Connecting External Speakers
- Connecting an External Display
- Selecting Display Modes
- Using the Multiple Monitors Function
- Connecting an External Microphone
- Connecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Device
- Connecting a Printer
- Connecting an i.LINK Device
- Connecting to a Network (LAN)
- Customizing Your VAIO Computer
- Setting the Password
- Using Fingerprint Authentication
- Using Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
- Setting Up Your Computer with VAIO Control Center
- Setting Up Your Computer with VAIO Central
- Using the VAIO Status Monitor
- Using the Power Saving Modes
- Managing Power with VAIO Power Management
- Changing the Performance Setting
- Protecting Data from Unauthorized Use
- Configuring Your Modem
- Protecting the Hard Disk
- Upgrading Your VAIO Computer
- Precautions
- Troubleshooting
- Support Options
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Before Use
❑ Specifications — The online Specifications describe the hardware and software configuration of your VAIO computer.
To view the online Specifications:
1 Connect to the Internet.
2 Go to the Sony online support Web site at:
http://esupport.sony.com/EN/VAIO/
for customers in USA,
http://www.sony.ca/support
for customers in Canada,
http://esupport.sony.com/ES/VAIO/
for customers in Spanish speaking Latin American countries or areas, or
http://esupport.sony.com/ES/VAIO/BR/
for customers in Brazil.
❑ VAIO Recovery Center User Guide — Provides information about restoring individual software programs, software
drivers, and drive partition(s) or your entire hard disk drive to the original factory installed settings.
To access this on-screen guide:
1 Click Start and Help and Support.
2 Click Manuals & Specifications.
3 Click VAIO Recovery Center User Guide.
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❑ SmartWi
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Connection Utility Help (Selected models only) — Provides information about setting up Bluetooth, wireless
LAN, and wireless WAN functionalities.
To access this on-screen guide:
1 Click Start, All Programs, and SmartWi Connection Utility.
2 Click SmartWi Connection Utility Help.
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