[. . . ] Macrovision: This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Sony Corporation reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice. [. . . ] If the disc does not come out when you press the eject button, go to Windows Explorer or My Computer. Select the drive, click the right button of your mouse and select Eject. If it still does not work, turn off the computer and insert a thin, pointed object (e. g. a paper clip) into the manual eject hole. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 66 Using the DVD function To achieve optimum performance when playing DVD-ROM discs, you should follow these recommendations. You can play DVDs using the DVD-ROM drive and the WinDVD software. When playing DVD movies on battery power, set the power management profile to DVD. Do not use resident disc utilities or resident utilities to speed up the access of discs, because they may cause the system to become unstable. Depending on the display setup properties you selected, you may use the <Fn>+<F> command to expand the screen to full screen size. Region codes indicators are labeled on the DVD discs to indicate in which region and on what type of player you can play the disc. Unless a '2' (Europe belongs to region '2') or 'all' (this means that you can play this DVD everywhere in the world) is labeled on your DVD disc or on the packaging, you cannot play the disc on this player. Any difficulties caused by changing the region code settings of DVD-ROM drive are out of warranty. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 67 Using the CD-RW function To burn CDs, you can use CD-RW and CD-R discs: The CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) disc is a data memory medium that can be used to write, erase and rewrite a program or other data. The CD-R (CD-Recordable) disc is a data memory medium that can be used to write a program or other data, but once only. Plug the power cord (3) into an AC outlet. If the main unit is docked, you can only use the monitor connector on the docking station. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 72 Connecting a projector You can connect a projector (such as the Sony LCD projector) directly to your notebook or via the docking station. To connect a projector to your notebook, proceed as follows: 1 Plug the RGB signal cable (1) into the notebook monitor connector identified by the monitor symbol. 2 Plug the audio cable (2) into the earphone connector identified by the symbol. 3 Connect the power cord (3) of the projector into an AC outlet. You cannot use the monitor connector on your notebook when the docking station is connected to the notebook. i Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 73 To connect a projector to your docking station, proceed as follows: 1 2 3 Plug the RGB signal cable (1) into the docking station monitor connector identified by the monitor symbol. Plug the audio cable (2) into the notebook earphone connector identified by the symbol. Connect the power cord (3) of the projector into an AC outlet. If the main unit is docked, you can only use the monitor connector on the docking station. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 74 Connecting external speakers You can enhance the sound quality of your computer by connecting external speakers. To connect external speakers, proceed as follows: 1 2 Plug the speaker cable into the notebook earphone connector identified by the Turn down the volume of the speakers before you turn them on. Make sure your speakers are designed for computer use. Do not place diskettes on the speakers; their magnetic field may damage the data on the diskettes. symbol. Connecting an external microphone It is possible to plug in an external microphone to your VAIO notebook. To connect an external microphone, proceed as follows: Plug the microphone cable into the microphone connector identified by the symbol. Make sure your microphone is designed for computer use. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 75 Connecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) mouse You can connect a USB device (e. g. mouse, floppy disk drive, printer. . . ) to your notebook or to your docking station. If the main unit is docked, you can only use the USB connectors on the docking station. [. . . ] The users can still share a number of outside lines for making calls external to the PBX. maximum RAM Motherboard MPEG Operating system Partition PBX Glossary Sony Notebook User Guide nN 119 Term PC Card PCMCIA Definition A PCMCIA card. PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) is the name of the group that produced the specification for the credit card-sized plug-in boards for laptop computers. The cards used to be called PCMCIA cards, but as this was rather unpronounceable, these cards are now termed PC cards. Your screen is made up of thousands of pixels, enabling you to see colours and pictures on it. [. . . ]