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VAIO 505 SuperSlim
Notebook User Guide
PCG-N505VE/PCG-N505VX
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Updates and additions to software may Notice to Users require an additional charge. Subscriptions © 1999 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights to online service providers may require a reserved. This manual and the software fee and credit card information. Financial described herein, in whole or in part, may services may require prior arrangements not be reproduced, translated, or reduced with participating financial institutions. to any machine-readable form without As an ENERGY STAR prio
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Owner’s Record ! For DVD-ROM: As the laser beam The model number and serial number are used in the DVD-ROM drive is ® located on the bottom of your Sony VAIO harmful to the eyes, do not 505 SuperSlim Notebook. Record the serial attempt to disassemble the drive number in the space provided here. Refer cabinet. Refer servicing to to the model and serial number when you qualified personnel only. call your Sony Service Center. Model Number: PCG-N505VE/ AVERTISSEMENT PCG-N505VX ❏ Pour préven
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This equipment has been tested and found FCC Part 68 to comply with the limits for a Class B This equipment complies with Part 68 of digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the the FCC rules. On the bottom of this Rules. These limits are designed to provide equipment is a label that contains, among reasonable protection against harmful other information, the FCC equivalence interference in a residential installation. number (REN) for this equipment. If This equipment generates, uses, a
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If trouble is experienced with this Telephone Consumer equipment, please contact 1-888-4SONYPC Guidelines (Canada) (1-888-476-6972), or write to the Sony Customer Information Center, One Sony Please refer to your telephone directory Drive, Park Ridge, NJ 07656 for repair and/or under ‘Privacy Issues’ and/or ‘Terms of warranty information. If the trouble is Service.’ For more detailed information, causing harm to the telephone network, the please contact: telephone company may request
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equipment will operate to the user’s ! Danger of explosion if battery is satisfaction. incorrectly replaced. Replace only Before installing this equipment, users with the same or equivalent type should ensure that it is permissible to be recommended by the connected to the facilities of the local manufacturer. Discard used telecommunications company. The batteries according to the equipment must also be installed using an manufacturer’s instructions. acceptable method of connection.
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AVIS: L’indice d’équivalence de la sonnerie AVIS DE L’INDUSTRIE (IES) assigné à chaque dispositif terminal CANADA indique le nombre maximal de terminaux qui peuvent être raccordés à une interface. AVIS: L’étiquette d’Industrie Canada identifie le matériel homologué. La terminaison d’une interface téléphonique peut consister en une Cette étiquette certifie que le matériel est combination de quelques dispositifs, à la conforme aux normes de protection, seule condition que la somme d’indi
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Contents Welcome............................................................................................ 1 Features ............................................................................................. 1 Unpacking Your Notebook Computer ......................................... 2 Manuals .................................................................................................2 Software CDs .......................................................................................
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x VAIO 505 SuperSlim Notebook User Guide Using Smart Connect .....................................................................29 Using Infrared Communication Devices ....................................30 Using Power Saving Modes..........................................................32 Normal Mode .....................................................................................32 System Idle Mode ..............................................................................32 System S
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Welcome ® Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony VAIO 505 SuperSlim Notebook. Sony has combined leading-edge technology in audio, video computing and communications to provide you with state-of-the-art personal computing. Features ✍ For a complete description of the specifications of your VAIO 505 SuperSlim Notebook, see page 77. ® ❑ Exceptional performance: Your notebook includes a fast Intel ™ ® ® * Celeron or Intel Pentium II processor and a V.90 compatible † modem. ❑ Portability:
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Unpacking Your Notebook Computer 3 Software CDs ® ❑ Microsoft Works Suite CDs Recovery CDs ❑ System Recovery CD(s) ❑ Application Recovery CD(s) ✍To use these recovery CDs, you need to purchase the PCGA-CD5 or PCGA-CD51 CD-ROM drive. Other ® ❑ Setting up your VAIO 505 SuperSlim™ Notebook (poster) ❑ Packet containing special product offers
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Locating Controls and Connectors 5 Locating Controls and Connectors This section describes how to start using your computer and how to use your computer’s internal and external devices, such as the touchpad and floppy disk drive. Front LCD screen (pages 21, 58) 8 1 Hard disk drive indicator (page 20) 2 External speaker connectors (page 21) 9 Num Lock indicator (page 20) Microphone 3 10 Caps Lock indicator (page 20) 4 Speaker (pages 21, 60) 11 Scroll Lock indicator (page 20) 5 Keyboard (pag
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6 VAIO 505 SuperSlim Notebook User Guide Back Battery connector (page 9) 1 Left 1 5 Phone line jack (page 36) USB connector (page 50) ® i.LINK port replicator connector 2 6 m Microphone connector (page 37) 7 3 i Headphone connector DC In connector (page 8) 4 S400 i.LINK (IEEE-1394) (page 48)
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Locating Controls and Connectors 7 Right 1 Infrared port (page 30) 4 PC card slot (page 26) Power Switch (page 12) * 2 5 Fan Programmable Power Key (see the online 3 ® document Customizing Your VAIO 505 SuperSlim™ Notebook) * Do not block air flow through the fan unit. Blocking this unit may result in a system malfunction. Bottom 1 Battery release lever (page 11) 3 Reset switch 2 Battery lock lever (pages 9, 11)
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8 VAIO 505 SuperSlim Notebook User Guide Connecting a Power Source You can use either AC power or a rechargeable battery pack as a power source. Using the AC Adapter 1 Plug the cable attached to the AC adapter into the DC In connector on the computer. 2 Plug one end of the power cord into the AC adapter. 3 Plug the other end of the power cord into an AC outlet. Notebook computer DC In AC adapter Power cord (supplied) (supplied)
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Connecting a Power Source 9 Using Battery Power PCG-N505VE comes with the PCGA-BP51 battery pack, and PCG- N505VX comes with the PCGA-BP52 battery pack. You can use a battery pack as a source of power. The battery pack that comes with your computer is not fully charged at the time of purchase. Follow the steps below to insert and charge the battery pack. ✍ You can also purchase the high-capacity PCGA-BP52 battery pack as a separate option. See “Using Power Saving Modes” on page 32 for power m
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