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2 About the Software o your otebook Computer OTICE This product cotais software owed by Soy ad licesed by third parties. Use of such software is subject to the terms ad coditios of licese agreemets eclosed with this product. Software specificatios are subject to chage without otice ad may ot ecessarily be idetical to curret retail versios. Updates ad additios to software may require a additioal charge. Subscriptios to olie service providers may require a fee ad credit card iformatio. Fiacial services may require prior arragemets with participatig fiacial istitutios. 2000 Soy Corporatio All rights reserved. Reproductio i whole or i part without permissio is prohibited. Macrovisio This product icorporates copyright protectio techology that is protected by method claims of certai U.S. patets ad other itellectual property rights owed by Macrovisio Corporatio ad other rights owers. Use of this copyright protectio techology must be authorized by Macrovisio Corporatio, ad is iteded for home ad other limited viewig uses oly uless otherwise autorized by Macrovisio Corporatio. Reverse egieerig or disassembly is prohibited. Ed User Software Licese Agreemet This Ed User Software Licese Agreemet (the "EULA") is a legal agreemet betwee you ad Soy Corporatio (hereiafter referred to as "SOY"), a corporatio orgaized uder Japaese Law, the maufacturer of your SOY computer system (the "SOY HARDWARE"). Please read this EULA carefully before istallig or usig the software distributed together with this EULA (the "SOY SOFTWARE"). By istallig or usig the SOY SOFTWARE, you agree to be boud by the terms of this EULA. You may use the SOY SOFTWARE oly i coectio with the use of the SOY HARDWARE. SOY SOFTWARE is licesed ot sold.
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6 About the Software o your otebook Computer Cotets About the Software o Your otebook Computer Soy software... 7 Operatig System ad other pre-istalled software... 12 Customizig Your otebook Computer Chagig the widow desig with UI Desig Selector... 14 Soy otebook Setup... 15 PowerPael... 17 Savig Battery Power... 23 Displayig Battery Iformatio... 25 Settig up the Jog Dial... 29 Selectig the Display mode... 35 Usig the Dual Display Fuctio... 42 Usig Smart Capture...45 About the Partitios of your Hard Disk Drive...52
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 7 Soy software About the Software o your otebook Computer About the Software o Your otebook Computer Your Soy otebook computer is ready to help you work, play, lear, ad commuicate as soo as you tur it o. This sectio gives you a overview of the activities you ca perform with your software titles. For geeral iformatio ad techical assistace, please refer to your Customer Service Guide. Soy software PictureGear Soy Electroics Create your ow eviromet with the Digital Image Library (photos, backgrouds, wallpapers, slide shows, etc). PictureGear is your assistat for creatig ad implemetig persoal scree savers... You ca eve aimate your preferred gifs with Gif Aimatio Tools or create labels for all your medias with PictureGear Label Maker. For details, please read the PictureGear Help file. Jog Dial Setup Soy Electroics Jog Dial Setup sets the allocatios of the Soy software or others to the Jog Dial. The settigs eable you to start ay applicatio you wat, to establish a dialup coectio or read a e-mail by simply turig ad pressig the Jog Dial. See Settig up the Jog Dial o page 29 ad the Jog Dial Setup Help file for details.
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 8 Soy software About the Software o your otebook Computer DVgate Still Soy Electroics Attachig a DV device to the i.lik TM coector eables you to trasfer the images you have captured to your hard drive. DVgate Still displays digital video images set from a digital video cassette recorder or a digital video camera recorder, ad captures them as still pictures o your otebook computer. For details, please read the DVgate Still Help file. DVgate Motio Soy Electroics DVgate Motio is a kit of 4 complemetary applicatios: DVgate Motio, DVgate Assemble, DVgate Sca ad DVgate Clip. Edit the rushes you have shot with your digital video camera recorder usig this video-capture applicatio, specially tued for high-quality umeric movies. Whe coected to your camera via i.lik TM, your computer operates as a editig desk that ca preview, cut ad assemble your selectio ad save the sequeces i AVI format. For details, please refer to the Help file of DVgate Motio. Media Bar (DVD Player / MD Player) Soy Electroics The Media Bar allows you to play audio ad video CDs ad DVD videos i the DVD-ROM drive or play audio or video files i various formats o your hard drive.video images are displayed i a separate Movie widow, which you ca move ad resize (to full scree). Whe you coect a Soy MD deck that icludes a COTROL A1 or Cotrol A1 II jack to your computer, you ca use MD Player to operate the MD deck from the computer. I additio to the ormal MD playback operatios, you ca edit MiiDiscs while viewig the computer's display ad iput disc ames ad track ames usig the computer's keyboard. If you coect a Soy CD Player that icludes a COTROL A1 or Cotrol A1 II jack to the MD deck, you ca also operate the CD player (playback) from the computer, via the mii-dockig statio, ad carry out drag-ad-drop recordig from a CD to a MD. For details, please read the Media Bar Help file.
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 9 Soy software About the Software o your otebook Computer Smart Capture Soy Electroics Coect a digital camera to your computer to shoot still images ad video clips, which you ca view or sed by e-mail. The Smart Capture Fider displays images from the camera ad allows you to adjust the settigs or create effects. Smart Capture eables you to capture images via i.lik compatible devices or create a paorama picture usig the paorama assist fuctio. See Usig Smart Capture o page 45 for more details or refer to the o-lie help files. Smart Coect Soy Electroics With Smart Coect you ca copy, edit or delete files o aother VAIO computer (equipped with Smart Coect) coected to your computer with a i.lik cable. You ca also prit a documet o a priter coected to aother VAIO computer. Smart Label Soy Electroics Record images ad souds with Smart Label ad place them o your desktop, to use them as memo otes. Use the Time Shift mode to view old labels you deleted or create a label you will use later. For details, please refer to the Smart Label o-lie help file. Smart Publisher Soy Electroics With Smart Publisher, you ca sed memos to the Iteret by e-mail ad upload files to your Web pages. For details, please read the Smart Publisher Help file.
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 10 Soy software About the Software o your otebook Computer Smart Write Soy Electroics As easy to use as a stadard word processor, Smart Write accepts had-writte iformatio (use your Poitig device as a pe). Whe sedig memos, isert a image created usig Smart Capture, or record a voice memo, ad sig it usig Smart Write. For details, please read the Smart Write Help file. BatteryScope Soy Electroics BatteryScope is a flexible battery maagemet system that gathers critical iformatio from the battery i your otebook computer, processes it, ad displays the iformatio o the scree i a way that is easy to uderstad. For details, please read the chapter Displayig Battery Iformatio o page 25 or the BatteryScope Help file. PowerPael Soy Electroics The PowerPael utility cotrols the power maagemet of your otebook computer ad provides key iformatio about system activity ad battery life. Automatic power maagemet selects the most appropriate profile, depedig o the applicatio you re workig with ad the coditios of use. See the chapter PowerPael o page 17 for more iformatio. PowerPael Help also provides further details. Soy otebook Setup Soy Electroics Use the Soy otebook Setup to cofirm system iformatio, specify prefereces for system behavior, ad chage hardware settigs for your Soy otebook computer. For more iformatio, refer to the chapter Soy otebook Setup o page 15 or click Help o the otebook Setup scree to display the help file.
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 11 Soy software About the Software o your otebook Computer! You ca oly use this Recovery CD-ROM o the Soy otebook you purchased ad ot o ay other Soy PC or other maufacturer's PC. UI Desig Selector Soy Electroics You ca chage the widow desig of the Soy Software compatible with UI Desig selector. See Chagig the widow desig with UI Desig Selector o page 14. Product Recovery CD-ROM Soy ITE The Product Recovery CD-ROM allows you to reistall idividual applicatios ad device drivers if they are corrupted or accidetally erased. It also allows you to restore the software titles that were shipped with your computer if they become corrupted or are erased accidetally. Reistallig a idividual device driver or software title may correct a problem you are experiecig with your computer, ad you may ot eed to recover the etire cotets of your hard drive.
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 12 Soy software About the Software o your otebook Computer Operatig System ad other pre-istalled software Widows 98 Secod Editio Microsoft Corporatio Microsoft Widows 98 Secod Editio makes your computer work better by itegratig tightly with the Iteret ad providig better system performace ad easier system diagostics ad maiteace. With Widows 98 Secod Editio, your system plays better as well with support for the latest graphics, soud, ad multimedia techologies, easy additio ad removal of peripheral devices, ad the covergece of the TV ad PC i your home. This excitig ew operatig system builds o the groudbreakig features itroduced with Widows 98. At the same time, Widows 98 Secod Editio maitais the best support for older Widows-based applicatios ad techologies. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: http://www.microsoft.com/support/ Iteret Explorer 5.0 Microsoft Corporatio Iteret Explorer is the Iteret browser of Microsoft.The Setup Wizard cofigures your computer to coect automatically to the service provider of your choice. A full e-mail package eables you to sed ad receive mail icludig attached files across the Iteret. etmeetig, Outlook Express ad Microsoft Chat are just some of the compoets budled with Iteret Explorer 5.0. A complete olie tutorial helps ew users become comfortable usig the Iteret. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: http://www.microsoft.com/support/ Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 Adobe Systems Icorporated Acrobat Reader software allows you to view, avigate, ad prit electroic documets i Adobe Portable Documet Format (PDF), a ope file format that is iteded to preserve the fidelity of documets created o all major computer platforms. Oce Acrobat Reader is
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 13 Soy software About the Software o your otebook Computer istalled, you ca ope ad view PDF files from withi your Web browser by clickig o a PDF file embedded i a HTML file. You quickly see the first page while the rest of the documet is beig dowloaded. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie at http://www.adobe.com QuickTime 4.0 Apple QuickTime is the Apple techology that makes video, soud, music, 3D ad virtual reality come alive for your Iteret browser ad Widows. With QuickTime VR, rotate objects, zoom i or out, look i ay directio ad avigate from oe scee to aother. For further iformatio, see the web site at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ VirusSca McAfee (etwork Associates) VirusSca is McAfee's powerful ad advaced ati-virus solutio. If a virus is detected, VirusSca ca attempt to remove it from the ifected file, move the file to a quaratie locatio, or delete the ifected file. VirusSca is a importat elemet of a comprehesive security program that icludes a variety of safety measures such as regular backups, meaigful password protectio, traiig, ad awareess. For details, please refer to the o-lie help files or for techical support, go to http://www.mcafee.com
Customizig Your otebook Computer 14 Chagig the widow desig with UI Desig Selector About the Software o your otebook Computer Customizig Your otebook Computer You ca customize the settigs of your otebook computer. The followig sectios briefly describe how to chage your computer s settigs. You ca also refer to the Help files of the software for more detailed iformatio. I additio, you ca select the display modes via eomagic ad ejoy the beefits of displayig your desktop o two screes. Chagig the widow desig with UI Desig Selector You ca chage the widow desig of Soy software compatible with UI Desig Selector. 1 Click Start, poit Settigs, the click Cotrol Pael. 2 Ope UI Desig Selector. 3 Click o << or >> ad select the desig you like. 4 Click Apply. 5 The UI Desig Selector widow desig chages, to give you a preview of the desig you chose for the Soy Software. 6 To try aother desig, click o << or >>. 7 Click OK. UI Desig Selector closes ad chages the widow desig of Soy software as you selected.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 15 Soy otebook Setup About the Software o your otebook Computer Soy otebook Setup To display the Soy otebook Setup scree: 1 Click the Start butto o the Widows 98 taskbar. 2 I Programs, select Soy otebook Setup. The Basic widow will appear; you ca the ehace the features by clickig the Basic / Advaced tab. 3 Select the tab for the item you wat to chage. 4 After you fiish, click OK.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 16 Soy otebook Setup About the Software o your otebook Computer For more iformatio about each optio, click Help o the otebook Setup scree to display the help file. otebook Setup Tabs Tab About This Computer Priter Iitial Settig Touchpad Power O Password Eable Ports Basic/Advaced Descriptio Display system iformatio, icludig memory capacity, serial umber, ad BIOS versio. Select priter port mode settigs. Select the drive ad device order you wish to use for loadig the operatig system. You ca specify the hard drive as well as other drives iserted ito your computer. You ca chage the volume of the souds while the operatig system is loadig. You ca disable your touchpad by coectig a optioal mouse to your computer s mouse port (PS/2 or USB). You ca also customize the settigs of your mouse usig the mouse utility. Set the password to secure your computer. Disablig ports releases resources to the system. To chage the serial, ifrared settigs, click Advaced o the Basic/ Advaced tab. Toggle betwee Advaced mode (additioal screes with advaced settigs) ad Basic mode of display. Advaced mode icludes Serial, Ifrared ad View Resources tabs.
Customizig Your otebook Computer PowerPael 17 About the Software o your otebook Computer Whe you use the battery pack as power source, your system selects the Maximum Battery Life power maagemet profile by default. If you select a differet power maagemet profile while usig battery power, the same profile will be automatically selected the ext time you use the battery pack to power your computer. PowerPael Cotrollig Power Maagemet The PowerPael utility cotrols the power maagemet of your otebook computer ad provides key iformatio about system activity ad battery life. I combiatio with BatteryScope, the automatic power maagemet selects the most advatageous profiles, or lets you customize the profiles you choose, accordig to your ow eeds, with the goal of exteded battery life. PowerPael mai features Automatic Profile Selectio (APS) based o the curretly active applicatio Ability to select special Power Profiles maually from the meu Ability to edit ad create ew profiles A toolbar shared with BatteryScope Works i harmoy with Widows settigs. To activate PowerPael Whe you start the computer, the PowerPael default. ico appears i the task tray by Whe poitig o the PowerPael ico, you will see a tooltip with the active Power Maagemet profile. You ca select a power profile from the meu or a Power Maagemet profile by right-clickig this ico. You ca use the PowerPael s toolbar as well: 1 Right click the taskbar at the bottom of the scree.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 18 PowerPael About the Software o your otebook Computer 2 Select Toolbars from the pop-up meu, the click PowerPael. The PowerPael will appear o the task bar ( you ca chage it ito a floatig widow by draggig ad droppig it o your desktop). 3 Click the butto you wat to set. The appropriate Power Maagemet commad will be activated. Power Maagemet Profiles PowerPael provides several predefied power maagemet profiles. Each profile cosists of a group of specific power maagemet settigs that are desiged to meet specific power maagemet goals, ragig from maximum power maagemet to o power maagemet. Mai preset profiles Ico Descriptio Maximum Battery Life Provides power savig features to give you maximum battery life ad good performace. It reduces the brightess of the display ad puts it ito System Susped mode after a specified time period. Maximum Performace Provides the best system performace while still coservig power. AC Profile The power maagemet state whe AC power is i use. PowerPael automatically loads the AC profile uless you disable this feature. Power Maagemet Off Turs off all power maagemet features such as System Idle, System Susped ad Hiberatio modes.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 19 PowerPael About the Software o your otebook Computer Other preset profiles Ico Descriptio Word Processig Optimizes power maagemet with loger timeouts o the hard disk ad display scree. You ca also establish settigs for LCD (Video) Stadby, Hard Disk Stadby, ad System Susped to optimize power maagemet for your system. Spreadsheet Reduces the LCD brightess to medium, as your software does t require higher performace. The sleep timer is activated. Presetatio Keeps the display o at all times while it coserves power. This optio is ideal for slide show presetatios. You ca establish settigs for LCD (Video) Stadby, Hard Disk Stadby, ad System Susped to optimize power maagemet for your system. Commuicatios Exteds battery life by iitiatig a quick display time-out. You ca also establish settigs for LCD (Video) Stadby, Hard Disk Stadby, ad System Susped to optimize power maagemet for your system. Games Disables the display ad the Hard Disk Spidle Dow timer. Camera Optimizes performace ad power requiremets for camera usage. DVD Optimizes performace ad power requiremets for DVD usage.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 20 PowerPael About the Software o your otebook Computer Power Maagemet Commads PowerPael provides power maagemet commads that you ca use to activate specific power maagemet fuctios ad to cotrol power for a specific device. You might use these commads whe you wat to override a profile settig or iitiate a immediate actio, such as puttig the system ito Video Stadby mode before the Video Stadby timer expires. Ico Descriptio System Idle - This mode is coveiet if you do t eed to use your computer for a short period. The hard disk ad the video display eter a low power state ad the CPU clock ad processor stop. To retur the system to the active state, press ay key or the power switch o your computer. System Susped Puts the system ito System Susped mode, a power maagemet state that saves the state of the system ad peripheral devices i memory (RAM). Power cosumptio reduces to a miimum, ad the system remais o. To retur the system to the active state, press ay key or the power switch o your computer. System Hiberatio Provides for the lowest level of power cosumptio. The system writes the state of the system ad peripheral devices to the hard disk ad turs off the system power. To retur the system to the origial state, use the powerswitchtoturopower.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 21 PowerPael About the Software o your otebook Computer LCD (Video) Stadby Turs off the LCD to save power. If you tur off the Video Stadby timer, the display remais active except whe the system eters System Susped mode. The video display system is oe of the largest cosumers of power i the system. Remove multi-purpose bay device - You ca remove the device iserted i the multi-purpose bay without turig off the power. Remove exteral FDD - You ca remove the exteral floppy disk drive without turig off the power.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 22 PowerPael About the Software o your otebook Computer Automatic Profiles Selectio (APS) A Power Profile is a set of timer values for a variety of system devices. PowerPael automatically selects the profile associated with the applicatio you re usig ad chages profiles as you switch betwee applicatios. The Power Maagemet lets your system eter eergy savig modes by levellig some eergy cosumig parameters, such as LCD brightess, or hard disk activity. Choosig Automatic Profiles By right-clickig the PowerPael ico o the task tray, you ca choose Automatic Profile Selectio : this automatically eables PowerPael set the power maagemet settigs. You ca also display the power maagemet settigs by clickig the first ico o the PowerPael taskbar:
Customizig Your otebook Computer 23 PowerPael About the Software o your otebook Computer Customizig PowerPael You ca customize the PowerPael toolbar to suit your portable computig eeds. You ca edit the pre-defied Power Maagemet settigs or create ew profiles. Please refer to PowerPael Help for more iformatio. Savig Battery Power Whe usig the otebook computer with a battery, the CPU ca be set to Battery Optimized Performace mode to save battery power. You ca cotrol these fuctios with Jog Dial.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 24 PowerPael About the Software o your otebook Computer Viewig the PowerPael ico The PowerPael ico (displayed i the toolbar) idicates the level of performace of the CPU. Displayed icos ad meaigs : PowerPael ico CPU performace Battery Optimized Performace- Used with a battery. The CPU operates at "Low Speed".* Maximum Performace- Used with the AC adapter. The CPU operates at "High Speed"* * For details, please refer to the Specificatios chapter.
Customizig Your otebook Computer Displayig Battery Iformatio 25 About the Software o your otebook Computer Displayig Battery Iformatio You ca display detailed iformatio for the batteries used i your computer. The followig sectios briefly describe how to display your computer s geeral battery iformatio. You ca also refer to the BatteryScope Help for more detailed iformatio. Activatig BatteryScope To activate BatteryScope Whe you start your computer, the BatteryScope default. ico appears i the tasktray by Whe poitig o the BatteryScope ico, you will see a ToolTip idicatig the total capacity remaiig i the battery ad the estimated time util the battery fully discharges. You ca display a detailed battery iformatio widow by double-clickig the ico. You ca use the BatteryScope toolbar as well: 1 Right click the taskbar at the bottom of the scree. 2 Select Toolbars from the pop-up meu, the click BatteryScope ( you ca chage it ito a floatig widow by draggig ad droppig it o your desktop). You ca also view battery gauges o the shared PowerPael ad BatteryScope toolbar. Percetage idicator Displays the percetage of the remaiig capacity. Time idicator Displays estimated time (hours/miutes) remaiig before the battery fully drais, alsoreferredtoasthetime-to-empty.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 26 Displayig Battery Iformatio About the Software o your otebook Computer Battery Ico Descriptios Battery ico Battery status Dischargig Fully charged Chargig ot i use o battery
Customizig Your otebook Computer 27 Displayig Battery Iformatio About the Software o your otebook Computer Displayig Detailed Battery Iformatio You ca obtai detailed iformatio about the batteries. Double-click the battery ico o the task tray to display the BatteryScope widow. The scree appears displayig the Geeral tab, which cotais iformatio such as the estimated time-to-empty ad chargig time. To display iformatio o idividual batteries 1 Click the Primary battery tab to display iformatio for the battery i the bay o the left side. 2 Click the Secodary battery tab to display iformatio for the battery i the bay o the right side.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 28 Displayig Battery Iformatio About the Software o your otebook Computer You ca display the iformatio about each battery, such as estimated time-toempty or product iformatio. To customize the BatteryScope applicatio bar ad alarm system You ca customize the BatteryScope toolbar to suit your portable computig eeds as well as to modify the alarm settigs. Please refer to the BatteryScope Help for more iformatio.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 29 Settig up the Jog Dial About the Software o your otebook Computer Settig up the Jog Dial Iformatio o Usig the Jog Dial The followig fuctios are preistalled i the Jog Dial laucher. ame Idle/Susped/Hiberatio Moitor TV / LCD Brightess Speaker Mute Ope Desktop folder Ope Start Meu folder EULA Descriptio Press the Jog Dial to select a power savig mode. Press the Jog Dial to toggle through the com puter display ad the LCD. Oly LCD g LCD ad exteral display g oly exteral Display g oly LCD... Press the Jog Dial to toggle through the exteral display coected to Video or S Video output o the mii-dockig statio ad the LCD. Oly LCD g LCD ad TV g oly LCD... Tur the Jog Dial to adjust the brightess of the LCD scree. Press the Jog Dial to cofirm the adjustmet. Tur the Jog Dial to adjust the volume of the iteral speakers. Press the Jog Dial to mute the volume of the iteral speakers. Press the Jog Dial to ope the Widows 98 Desktop folder. Press the Jog Dial to ope the Widows 98 Start Meu. Press the Jog Dial to ope ad read the Ed User Software Licece Agreemet.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 30 Settig up the Jog Dial About the Software o your otebook Computer Whe usig Soy software, be sure to activate the widow that supports the Jog Dial. For software that do ot support the Jog Dial, see "Software that do ot support the Jog Dial. Usig the Soy Software You ca use additioal fuctios usig the supplied Soy software. For more iformatio, see "Usig the Jog Dial" i your Hardware guide. Software DVgate Still DVgate Motio DVgate Clip DVgate Assemble DVgate Sca PictureGear Media Bar Descriptio Tur the Jog Dial to play/rewid image by image Tur the Jog Dial to play/rewid image by image while i pause. You ca move the Play slider. Tur the Jog Dial to forward / rewid image by image while i pause. Tur the Jog Dial to scroll the list. Tur the Jog Dial to scroll the list. Tur the Jog Dial to zoom i or out i the picture. Press the Jog Dial to optimize the size of the picture. Tur the Jog Dial to select a track. Press the Jog Dial to play. Press agai to pause. Whe playig a DVD movie: tur the Jog Dial to select a chapter or press the Jog Dial to play or pause.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 31 Settig up the Jog Dial About the Software o your otebook Computer Smart Capture Smart Label Smart Write Tur the Jog Dial to selct the capture mode. You ca exted the cotrols of Smart Capture with Jog Dial. Press the Shift key ad tur the Jog Dial to select "Full Meu", the press the Jog Dial to display a lot of meus to cotrol Smart Capture. For details, read the Smart Capture o-lie Help. Still Viewer widow : Tur the Jog Dial to toggle through the still images. Movie Player widow : Tur the Jog Dial to play the video images, image by image or rewid them image by image. Press the Jog Dial to play. Press agai to pause. Tur the Jog Dial to toggle through the labels. Press the Jog Dial to switch to the Time Shift mode. TimeShiftmode:TurtheJogDialtoseelabels with dates from the past or the future. Press shortly to chage the itervals whe scaig the time. Press loger to exit the Time Shift mode. Refer to the Smart Label Help for more iformatio. Tur the Jog Dial to move the cursor vertically. Press the Jog Dial to move the cursor to the top of the documet. Press agai to move the cursor to the bottom of the documet.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 32 Settig up the Jog Dial About the Software o your otebook Computer Allocatig Other Fuctios to the Jog Dial You ca allocate other fuctios to the Jog Dial or delete them with the Jog Dial setup software. 1 Click Setup i the Jog Dial widow to display the Jog Dial setup widow. If the Jog Dial widow is ot displayed, double-click or i the task tray. 2 Click oe of the "Isert" mode buttos. 3 You ca register a ew fuctio usig the followig modes:
Customizig Your otebook Computer 33 Settig up the Jog Dial About the Software o your otebook Computer You ca drag ad drop the software file to this butto to register it. Click this butto to display the same widow as whe clickig the butto. The ame of the software is displayed automatically. You ca register the software by eterig its ame. Click the butto to display the followig widow, the eter the ame of the software ad click ext. (Click Browse to search the ames of software.) You ca get your e-mails automatically or lauch the iteret. Click the butto to display the followig widow, the eter each iformatio requested i the form ad click ext. You ca register Soy software* which support the Jog Dial. Click the butto to display the setup widow. Select the fuctio you wat to register, the click ext. You ca register the cofiguratio system*. Click the butto to display the setup widow. Select the software you wat to register agai, the click ext. You ca Register other fuctios to the Jog Dial. Click the butto to display the setup widow, the select the fuctio you wat to register, ad click ext. *The preistalled Soy software ad your computer's cofiguratio systems are already registered. 4 Verify the Applicatio ame (to be displayed i the Jog Dial widow) ad details of the fuctio the click ext. 5 Whe registerig with the butto, eter the ame ad details, the click ext. 6 Check "Add this settig to Jog Dial Laucher List", the click Fiish.
Customizig Your otebook Computer Settig up the Jog Dial 34 About the Software o your otebook Computer 7 The widow i step 1 appears. Click Apply or OK to fiish the allocatio. 8 Software marked with o the left are ow available as Jog Dial fuctios. Deletig a Software from the Registered Files List Click the software you wat to delete from the list, the click the OK. butto ad click
Customizig Your otebook Computer 35 Selectig the Display mode About the Software o your otebook Computer You ca tur off the otebook s LCD display checkig the Exteral Display box i CRT/Projector ad removig the check from the LCD box i Iteral Display. With this settig, you ca adjust the vertical frequecy of the display with the refresh rate slider, but the resolutio slider will ot work. Selectig the Display mode This otebook computer uses the eomagic video cotroller. You ca select which display is used whe the computer is coected to a exteral display. 1 Click the Start butto, select Settigs ad the click Cotrol Pael. The Cotrol Pael appears. 2 Double click Display. The Display Properties appear. 3 Click the Settigs tab. 4 Click the Details tab. eomagic MagicMedia 256AV XL+ Properties appears. 5 Click the eomagic tab. The eomagic settigs appear. 6 Select the display type:
Customizig Your otebook Computer 36 Selectig the Display mode About the Software o your otebook Computer Importat It is ot possible to display screes simultaeously o both a exteral computer display coected to the Moitor coector ad a TV coected to the VIDEO or S VIDEO coector. Depedig o the type of computer projector beig used, it may ot be possible to display screes simultaeously o the iteral LCD ad a exteral projector. Screes caot be displayed o a TV coected to the VIDEO or S VIDEO coector while usig true color (24 bit). Settig LCD pael CRT/Projector TV Equipmet displayed The iteral LCD pael. A exteral computer display or a RGB projector coected to the Moitor coector. A video moitor or televisio coected to the VIDEO or S VIDEO coector. To set the width of the desktop ad the vertical frequecy of the display, check IdepedetDisplay/TimigiMoitorasshowistep2.Youcathechagethe settigs by movig the refresh rate slider ad the resolutio slider. Whe the exteral display type is set to TV: The iteral LCD display caot be tured off. The cotet of both the LCD ad thetvdisplayswillbethesame. The resolutio ca be set with the resolutio slider to either 640 480 or 800 600. 7 Click OK The Scree Properties reappear, ad the selected display is eabled. You ca switch betwee displays by movig the Jog Dial while pressig the F key. CRT Display If you selected CRT/Projector i step 6 of "Selectig a Display", you ca set the resolutio ad so forth as appropriate for the type of exteral computer display or projector.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 37 Selectig the Display mode About the Software o your otebook Computer You caot select Idepedet Display Timig whe the display is set to True Color (24 bit). 1 Click Details i step 6 of "Selectig a Display". The Advaced Settigs widow appears. 2 Select the display type. Exteral display device: Settig CRT Projector Fuctio Coectio to a exteral computer display. Coectio to a projector. Set the refresh rate/resolutio (for Idepedet display/timig)
Customizig Your otebook Computer 38 Selectig the Display mode About the Software o your otebook Computer Whe Idepedet display/timig is selected i Moitor settigs, you ca set separate values for the refresh rate ad resolutio of the iteral ad exteral displays. 1 Set the resolutio Select the resolutio for the projector that you are goig to use. 2 Click OK Televisio Display If you selected TV i step 6 of "Selectig a Display", you ca chage settigs such as the TV format ad the display positio. 1 Click Details i step 6 of "Selectig a Display". The Advaced Settigs scree appears. 2 Click the TV Optios tab.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 39 Selectig the Display mode About the Software o your otebook Computer Stadard TV output: Settig PAL TSC Output Selectio: Settig SVIDEO Composite Image Ehacemet: Fuctio Coectio to a PAL TV or video moitor. Coectio to a stadard US/Japaese TV or video moitor. Fuctio Coectio to a TV or video moitor that has a S VIDEO coector. Stadard video output. Settig Flicker suppressio Fuctio This helps prevet problems with TV flicker.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 40 Selectig the Display mode About the Software o your otebook Computer To adjust the widow positio Press the arrow to move the widow i the directio of the arrow or press the cetre butto to positio the widow i the cetre of the scree. Output Optio: Settig Cotrast Brightess Fuctio Adjusts the TV cotrast Adjusts the TV brightess Ruig TV Uder Sca Whe the display is bigger tha the TV scree, checkig this check box allows to adjust the display size to the size of the TV scree. Click OK
Customizig Your otebook Computer Selectig the Display mode 41 About the Software o your otebook Computer The PAL system i 640 x 480 does't allow you to chage the scree size. Display Specificatios LCD Display Mode Resolutio umber of colors 1024 x 768 16,777,216 (24 bits)* 800 x 600 16,777,216 (24 bits)* 640 x 480 16,777,216 (24 bits)* * Achieved by Graphic Accelerator's ditherig fuctio Exteral Display Mode(1) Resolutio umber of colors 1280 x 1024 256 1024 x 768 16,777,216 (24 bits) 800 x 600 16,777,216 (24 bits) 640 x 480 16,777,216 (24 bits) (1) Video modes supported by your otebook s built-i video chip, depedig o the actual performace of your exteral display.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 42 Usig the Dual Display Fuctio About the Software o your otebook Computer Usig the Dual Display Fuctio The dual display fuctio allows you to distribute portios of your desktop across separate displays. For example, if you have a exteral moitor attached to the moitor coector, your LCD display ad the moitor ca fuctio as a sigle desktop. You ca move the cursor off oe display ad oto the other. This allows you to drag objects, such as a ope applicatio widow or a toolbar, from oe display to the other. This cofiguratio of a sigle desktop distributed across separate displays is referred to as a virtual desktop. Exteral moitor Virtual desktop Your LCD display
Customizig Your otebook Computer 43 Usig the Dual Display Fuctio About the Software o your otebook Computer Selectig dual display mode You must restart Widows to use dual display mode. Save your work ad close ay ope applicatios before chagig to dual display mode, the follow these steps: 1 Click the Start butto o the Widows 98 taskbar. 2 Poit to Settigs ad click Cotrol Pael. 3 Click the Display ico. 4 Click the Settigs tab. 5 Click the Advaced butto. 6 Click the eomagic tab. 7 Check the Set Dual-Display optio ad click OK. The System Settigs Chage dialog box appears. 8 Click Yes to restart your system. 9 Repeat steps 1 to 3 to display the Display Properties scree. 10 Clickthedisplayicoumber2. 11 Click Yes. 12 Click OK. Settig the colors ad resolutio for each display You ca set the display colors ad resolutio for each display that is part of a virtual desktop.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 44 Usig the Dual Display Fuctio About the Software o your otebook Computer Follow steps 1 to 4 above to display the Display Properties scree. Select the display you wish to chage (1 or 2) by clickig o the ico of the display. You ca chage colors by selectig a optio from the Colors list. Use the slider i the Scree area to chage the resolutio. Click OK or Apply. Click OK to cofirm that you wat to make the chages. Customizig the virtual desktop You ca customize dual display mode by chagig the positio of the two desktops comprisig the virtual desktop. I the Display Properties scree, drag the icos of display 1 or display 2, movig them to a ew positio relative to each other. The two display icos must be coected to create a virtual desktop. Click OK to apply the chage. Deactivatig the dual display settig You must restart Widows to retur to sigle display mode. Save your work ad close ay ope applicatios before returig to sigle display mode. Follow the steps i the sectio above o Selectig dual display mode. I step 7, remove the check from the Set Dual-Display optio. You must restart Widows before the chage takes effect.
45 About the Software o your otebook Computer You ca capture still images from See the Smart Capture software i.lik compatible devices. o-lie help for more iformatio Refer to "Coectig a Digital o istallatio ad use. Video Camera Recorder" i your otebook You ca capture Computer the followig user guide still for images coectig sizes : 640 the device. x 480, 320 Also x cosult 240, 160 the x 120, Smart 80 Capture x 60, ad o-lie 40 x help 30 pixels. for iformatio o istallatio ad use. Whe capturig a small resolutio image (i.e. 80 x 60 or 40 x 30 pixels), the displayed image o the fider widow may appear blurred. A gap may appear whe a rapidmovig object is displayed. However this is ot a malfuctio. You ca create a paorama picture by usig PictureGear 2.5SE or higher. See the software o-lie help for iformatio o istallatio ad use. You ca capture still images ad video clips from a digital video camera usig Smart Capture. Usig Smart Capture YoucauseSmartCapturetoshootstillimagesadrecordvideoclipsfromadigital camera coected to your computer. Capturig a still image 1 Lauch Smart Capture from the Start meu, i "Programs / Smart Capture". 2 The fider widow will appear, displayig the image of the subject. 3 Adjust the focus o the subject you wat to shoot. 4 Click the CAPTURE butto o the Smart Capture widow. The Still Viewer widow will appear with the image you shot i the Still Image Display area. Captured still image 5 To ed Smart Capture click the butto i the top right corer of the widow.
46 About the Software o your otebook Computer Displayig the captured images i Still Viewer From the Start meu, select Programs, Smart Capture ad click Still Viewer. You ca display, save or delete your images or sed them by e-mail. To ed Still Viewer click the butto. To sed a still image via e-mail 1 Click the Start butto o the Widows 98 taskbar. 2 Poit to Programs ad click Smart Capture. 3 Click Still Viewer.
47 About the Software o your otebook Computer You eed to set up MAPI whe usig the e-mail software. See the maual supplied with the e- mail software for more iformatio o sedig e-mails. 4 Select the still image you wat to sed via e-mail, usig or. 5 Click MAIL. Your e-mail widow will appear with the selected file attached to your message. Still image selected 6 Sed the e-mail.
48 About the Software o your otebook Computer Shootig a video clip You ca use Smart Capture to shoot (capture) video clips with a Video Camera coected to your computer, as well as play them or sed them via e-mail. 1 Lauch Smart Capture. Select MOVIE usig the Switch Capture Mode Butto. Click here 2 Theimagewillappearithefider.Turthecameratowardsthesubject. 3 Adjust the image. 4 Click the CAPTURE butto to shoot a video clip (you ca shoot up to 60 secods, accordig to the settigs you chose i the Recordig optios sectio). 5 Click the CAPTURE butto whe fiished. The Movie Player widow will ope ad the captured video clip will appear i the Movie Player widow.
49 About the Software o your otebook Computer You ca shoot video clips i the followig formats : o-compressed : Video 160 x 120, 24 bits, max. 10 frames/sec. Audio PCM, 11.025 khz, 16 bits, moophoic Compressed : Video MPEG1 160 x 112, maximum of 30 frames/sec (effective maximum equivalet to 10 frames/sec). Audio MPEG1, 44.1 khz (effective maximum equivalet to 11.025 khz), moophoic. A gap may appear whe a rapidmovig object is displayed. However this is ot a malfuctio. Captured video clip 6 Click B to playback the images. Click X to pause, x to stop playback. 7 To ed Smart Capture, click. To playback captured video clips 1 Start the Movie Player software.
50 About the Software o your otebook Computer See the maual supplied with the e-mail software for more iformatio o sedig e-mails. 2 Click B to playback the images. Click X to pause, x to stop playback. 3 To ed Movie Player click. To sed a video clip via e-mail If you shoot a video clip i a low resolutio format, you ca sed it by e-mail. 1 Click the Start butto o the Widows 98 taskbar. 2 Poit to Program ad the Smart Capture. 3 Click Movie Player. 4 Click MAIL. 5 The Compressio Settigs widow will ope. Choose the compressio rate by movig the slider.
51 About the Software o your otebook Computer 6 Click Start Compressio. Whe compressio is completed, a widow message will ask you if you wat to attach the file to your e-mail. 7 Accept ad sed the e-mail.
52 About the Software o your otebook Computer About the Partitios of your Hard Disk Drive I the "My Computer" widow, you may have oticed the availability of two drives: C ad D (depedig o the model). Due to the high capacity of your hard disk drive, it may have bee partitioed at the factory to allow your system to reach some data more efficietly ad quickly, icreasig the speed of the operatios. This partitio is logical ad does't mea that your computer cotais a physical secod hard disk. Disk space allocatio Your C: drive cotais all the files required by Widows ad the other pre-istalled software. The D: drive is empty i order to allow you to store a big amout of data, like digital motio pictures captured by DVgate Motio or other disk space cosumig files.
53 About the Software o your otebook Computer How to use your partitioed drives. I order to avoid mishadlig or malfuctio of your software ad files, please take the followig precautios: Do't try to resize your partitio, the parameters have bee set at the factory for a optimal operability of the hardware ad software. If you wat to exploit the capacity of your D: drive, you ca desigate this partitio to store your documets. Use the C: to istall ew applicatios. Whe you perform a system ad applicatio recovery of your computer, your D: drive wo't be chaged.