About the Software o your Soy otebook Computer PCG-F400 / PCG-F403 / PCG-F409
2 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.
3 otwithstadig the foregoig, software distributed together with separate Ed User Software Licese Agreemet (the "Third Party EULA"), icludig but ot limited to Widows operatig system provided by Microsoft Corporatio, shall be covered by the Third Party EULA. If you do ot agree to the terms of this EULA, please retur the SOY SOFTWARE together with the SOY HARDWARE to the place where you obtaied it. 1 Licese. This SOY SOFTWARE ad the related documetatio are licesed to you by SOY. This EULA allows you to use the SOY SOFTWARE for your persoal use for a sigle SOY HARDWARE outside a etwork ad oly to make oe copy of the SOY SOFTWARE i machie-readable form for back-up purposes oly. 2 Restrictios. The SOY SOFTWARE cotais copyrighted material ad other proprietary material. I order to protect them, ad except as permitted by applicable law, you may ot decompile, reverse egieer or disassemble the SOY SOFTWARE i whole or i part. Except for the trasfer of the SOY SOFTWARE together with the SOY HARDWARE ad prior agreemet of the recipiet to be boud by the terms ad coditios of this EULA, you may ot sell or ret the SOY SOFTWARE ad its copy to ay third party. 3 Limited Warraty. SOY warrats the media o which the SOY SOFTWARE is recorded to be free from physical defects for a period of iety (90) days from the date of purchase as evideced by a copy of the receipt. Durig the applicable warraty period, SOY will replace free of charge such media that proved to be defective; provided they are retured properly packaged to the place where you obtaied it, together with your ame, address, ad proof of date of purchase. SOY will have o resposibility to replace media damaged by accidet, abuse, or misapplicatio. The above limited warraty replaces all other represetatios, coditios ad
4 warraties, whether express or implied, by statute or otherwise ad SOY expressly disclaims all other warraties ad all coditios icludig, but ot limited to, the implied warraties ad/or coditios of satisfactory quality ad fitess for a particular purpose. The terms of this limited warraty do ot affect or prejudice your statutory rights as a ultimate cosumer, either do they limit or exclude ay liability for death or persoal ijury caused by the egligece of SOY. 4 Termiatio. This EULA is effective util termiated. You may termiate this EULA at ay time by destroyig the SOY SOFTWARE, related documetatio, ad all copies thereof. This EULA will termiate immediately without otice from SOY, if you fail to comply with ay provisio of this EULA. Upo termiatio you must destroy the SOY SOFTWARE, related documetatio, ad all copies thereof. 5 Goverig Law. This EULA shall be govered by ad costrued i accordace with the laws of Japa. Should you have ay questios cocerig this EULA or this limited warraty, please refer to the Customer Service Guide o how to cotact VAIO-Lik. Soy, DVgate, i.lik TM, Mavica, PictureGear, Memory Stick ad the Memory Stick logo, VAIO ad the VAIO logo are trademarks of Soy Corporatio. Widows ad the Widows 98 logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporatio. Itel, MMX, Celero ad Petium are trademarks of Itel Corporatio. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owers. Specificatios are subject to chage without otice.
5 As a EERGY STAR Parter, Soy has determied that this product meets the EERGY STAR guidelies for eergy efficiecy. The Iteratioal EERGY STAR Office Equipmet Program is a iteratioal program that promotes eergy savig through the use of computers ad their office equipmet. The program backs the developmet ad dissemiatio of products with fuctios that effectively reduce eergy cosumptio. It is a ope system i which busiess proprietors ca participate volutarily. The targeted products are office equipmet such as computers, displays, priters, facsimiles ad copiers. Their stadards ad logos are uiform amog participatig atios. EERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark.
6 Cotets About the Software o Your otebook Computer Soy software... 7 Operatig System ad other pre-istalled software... 12 Usig Smart Capture...14 Customizig Your otebook Computer Chagig the widow desig with UI Desig Selector... 21 Soy otebook Setup... 22 PowerPael... 24 Savig Battery Power... 29 Displayig Battery Iformatio... 31 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup... 35 Selectig the Display mode... 36 Selectig the Display Mode... 43 Usig the Dual Display Fuctio... 49 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 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. PPK Setup Soy Electroics PPK Setup sets the Programmable Power Keys. The settigs eable you to start ay applicatio you wat, to establish a dialup coectio or read a e-mail by simply pressig a Programmable Power Key i combiatio with other cotrol keys. See the chapter Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup o page 35 ad the PPK Setup Help file for details.
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 8 Soy software 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 / CD-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
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 9 Soy software deck, you ca also operate the CD player (playback) from the computer ad carry out dragad-drop recordig from a CD to a MD. For details, please read the Media Bar Help file. * Depedig o the model. 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 14 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 You ca record a voice memo ad shoot a image, the post the memo ad the image o the desktop. The recorded file will be easily recogized thaks to the label that appears o your desktop. For details, please refer to the Smart Label o-lie help file.
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 10 Soy software 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. 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 31 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 Cotrollig Power Maagemet o page 24 for more iformatio. PowerPael Help also provides further details.
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 11 Soy software 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 22 or click Help o the otebook Setup scree to display the help file. UI Desig Selector Soy Electroics You ca chage the widow desig of the Soy Software compatible with UI Desig selector. 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.! 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.
About the Software o Your otebook Computer 12 Operatig System ad other pre-istalled software 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 Operatig System ad other pre-istalled software 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
14 You ca capture still images from i.lik compatible devices. Refer to "Coectig a Digital Video Camera Recorder" i your otebook Computer user guide for coectig the device. Also cosult the Smart Capture o-lie help for iformatio o istallatio ad use. Usig Smart Capture You ca use Smart Capture to shoot still images ad record video clips from a digital 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
15 See the Smart Capture software o-lie help for more iformatio o istallatio ad use. You ca capture the followig still images sizes : 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120, 80 x 60, ad 40 x 30 pixels. 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. 5 To ed Smart Capture click the butto i the top right corer of the widow. 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. You ca capture still images ad video clips from a digital video camera usig Smart Capture. 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.
16 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. 3 Click Still Viewer. 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.
17 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 The image will appear i the fider. Tur the camera towards the subject. 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.
18 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.
19 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.
20 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.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 21 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 22 Soy otebook Setup 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 23 Soy otebook Setup For more iformatio about each optio, click Help o the otebook Setup scree to display the help file. otebook Setup Tabs Tab Descriptio About This Computer Display system iformatio, icludig memory capacity, serial umber, ad BIOS versio. Priter Select priter port mode settigs. Iitial Settig 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. Touchpad 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. Power O Password Set the password to secure your computer. Eable Ports Disablig ports releases resources to the system. To chage the serial, ifrared settigs, click Advaced o the Basic/ Advaced tab. Basic/Advaced 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 24 PowerPael 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 ico appears i the task tray by default. 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:
Customizig Your otebook Computer 25 PowerPael 1 Right click the taskbar at the bottom of the scree. 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 26 PowerPael 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 27 PowerPael 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 power switch to tur o power. 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.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 28 PowerPael 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 29 PowerPael 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. Oly for PCG-F409 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.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 30 PowerPael 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 31 Displayig Battery Iformatio 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 ico appears i the tasktray by default. 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.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 32 Displayig Battery Iformatio Time idicator Displays estimated time (hours/miutes) remaiig before the battery fully drais, also referred to as the time-to-empty. Battery Ico Descriptios Battery ico Battery status Dischargig Fully charged Chargig ot i use o battery
Customizig Your otebook Computer 33 Displayig Battery Iformatio 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 34 Displayig Battery Iformatio 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 35 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup The PPK Setup software eables you to start your favorite software by simply pressig a programmable power key. This sectio briefly describes how to use programmable power keys. You ca also refer to the PPK Setup Help for more detailed iformatio. To use the PPK Setup scree: 1 Double-click the PPK Setup ico o the task tray. The PPK Setup scree appears. 2 Select the software title you wat PPK to lauch automatically from the Registered Files list ad right-click. The Setup optios scree appears.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 36 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup 3 Click Set as PPK lauch file. The will appear ext to the software title selected. 4 Click OK. Usig a Programmable Power Key With Other Keys You ca also choose to start other applicatios by pressig a programmable power key i combiatio with the Alt, Ctrl, or Shift keys. To select the key combiatio, right-click the applicatio you wat to start ad select a item from the meu. Whe you select Set as PPK lauch file, you ca tur o the power ad start the selected applicatio by just pressig a programmable power key. Whe you select Set as Alt+PPK lauch file, Set as Ctrl+PPK lauch file, or Set as Shift+PPK lauch file, you eed to tur o the computer to use these fuctios. Usig the iteral timer: You ca use the iteral timer to start software at a specific time. You ca use this feature whe the computer is i ormal, system susped mode. Oly for PCG-F409 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.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 37 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup 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. 2 Double click Display. The Display Properties appear. 3 Click the Settigs tab. 4 Click the Details tab. eomagic MagicMedia 256 XL+ Properties appears. 5 Click the eomagic tab. The eomagic settigs appear. 6 Select the display type: Settig LCD pael CRT/Projector Equipmet displayed The iteral LCD pael. A exteral computer display or a RGB projector coected to the Moitor coector.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 38 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup 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 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 coector while usig true color (24 bit). TV A video moitor or televisio coected to the VIDEO coector. To set the width of the desktop ad the vertical frequecy of the display, check Idepedet Display/Timig i Moitor as show i step 2. You ca the chage the 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 the TV displays will be the same. 7 Click OK The Scree Properties reappear, ad the selected display is eabled. 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. 1 Click Details i step 6 of "Selectig a Display". The Advaced Settigs widow appears. 2 Select the display type.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 39 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup Exteral display device: Settig Fuctio CRT Coectio to a exteral computer display. Projector Coectio to a projector. Set the refresh rate/resolutio (for Idepedet display/timig) 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.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 40 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup You caot select Idepedet Display Timig whe the display is set to True Color (24 bit). 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 41 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup Stadard TV output: Settig PAL TSC Output Selectio: Settig Composite Image Ehacemet: Settig Flicker suppressio Fuctio Coectio to a PAL TV or video moitor. Coectio to a stadard US/Japaese TV or video moitor. Fuctio Stadard video output. Fuctio This helps prevet problems with TV flicker.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 42 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup 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 43 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup Oly for PCG-F400 ad PCG-F403 Selectig the Display Mode Whe you coect a exteral display, you ca toggle the display mode betwee the computer LCD ad exteral displays. 1 Click the Start butto o the Widows 98 taskbar. 2 Poit to Settigs ad click Cotrol Pael. 3 Click Display. 4 Click the Settigs tab. The click Advaced. T
Customizig Your otebook Computer 44 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup If you select CRT/Projector ad tur off the LCD, you ca use the Refresh Rate slider to chage the display's horizotal frequecy. This settig ca be made oly for CRT display. If you select Idepedet Display Timig, you ca chage both the resolutio ad the refresh rate.(see page ). Depedig o the types of computer displays ad projectors you are usig, you may ot be able to display the computer's LCD ad exteral display simultaeously. 5 Click the eomagic tab. 6 Select the type of display: Exteral (CRT/ Projector) Iteral (LCD) TV Displays a exteral computer display or RGB coected projector that is coected to the Moitor coector o your computer. Displays the LCD of your computer. Displays the image o your PAL TV set or video moitor.
Customizig Your otebook Computer 45 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup 7 Click OK. If you have made chages the System settigs chage dialog box appears. Select Yes to restart Widows. 8 If you have ot made chages, click OK to close the Display properties scree. TV Display To chage the TV display mode or adjust the widow positio, check "TV" i step 6 of "Selectig the Display Mode". 1 Click Details i step 6 of "Selectig the Display Mode". The Advaced Settigs scree appears. 2 Click the TV Optio tab. ormal TV output Mode PAL / SECAM TSC Fuctio Selects the PAL / SECAM system Selects the TSC system Output mode Mode S VIDEO Composite Fuctio Coect to a TV coector ormal video output
Customizig Your otebook Computer 46 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup Image ehacemet Mode Flickerig prevetio 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 Mode Cotrast Brightess Fuctio Improves the TV flickerig Fuctio Adjusts the TV cotrast Adjusts the TV brightess 3 Click OK. TV systems are coutry specific Select the appropriate colour system i the followig coutries:
Customizig Your otebook Computer 47 Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup You caot select Idepedet Display Timig whe the display is set to True Color (24 bit). System PAL TSC For PCG-F400, PCG-F403 ad PCG-F409 Display Specificatios LCD Display Mode Coutry Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chia, Czech Republic Demark, Filad, Germay, Great Britai, Hog Kog, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, the etherlads, ew Zealad, orway, Portugal, Sigapore, Slovak Republic, Spai, Swede, Switzerlad, Thailad Bahamas Islads, Bolivia, Caada, Cetral America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Japa, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Suriam, Taiwa, the Philippies, U.S.A., Veezuela Resolutio umber of colors 1024 x 768 ot applicable for f400 16,777,216 (24 bits) for F403 ad F409* 800 x 600 16,777,216 (24 bits) * 640 x 480 16,777,216 (24 bits)* * Achieved by Graphic Accelerator's ditherig fuctio
Customizig Your otebook Computer Startig Your Favorite Software With PPK Setup 48 Exteral Display Mode(1) Resolutio umber of colors 1280 x 1024 256 for F400 ad F403 65,536 (16 bits) for F409 1024 x 768 65,536 (16 bits) for F400 16,777,216 (24 bits) for F403 ad 409* 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 49 Usig the Dual Display Fuctio Some software are ot compatible with the Dual Display settig. Colors ad resolutio of Dual Display: The colors ad resolutio of your LCD ad the exteral display are limited by the amout of the video RAM available o your otebook. If you allocate more colors ad resolutio to your LCD, the exteral display ca use less colors ad/or resolutio. For example: If you use High Color (16 bit) for the both displays, the resolutios are: 1024x768 for your LCD ad 640x480 for your exteral display. If you use 256 colors for both displays, the resolutios are: 1024x768 for your LCD ad 1024x768 for your exteral display. 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 50 Usig the Dual Display Fuctio 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 Click the display ico umber 2. 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 51 Usig the Dual Display Fuctio 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.
About the Partitios of your Hard Disk Drive 52 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.
About the Partitios of your Hard Disk Drive 53 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.