[. . . ] 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. [. . . ] To change channels, proceed as follows: 1 Click Start and then Control Panel. 5 Right-click ORINOCO Wireless LAN Mini PCI Card and select Properties. The correct channel has been set. When you change the channel number on one computer, you need to change the channel number manually on all other devices intended for wireless connection. If you are using a non-Sony Access Point, read the manual of the Access Point to be sure which channel to use. For more information on Wireless LAN, read the Wireless LAN Regulations flyer. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 58 Connecting peripheral devices You can add functionality to your computer by connecting or using any of these peripherals. Before you connect peripherals, turn off the computer and all peripherals. Turn on the computer only after turning on all peripherals. Connecting an external display (page 59) Connecting external speakers (page 62) Connecting an external microphone (page 63) Connecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device (page 64) Connecting an i. LINKTM device (page 68) Connecting to a network (LAN) (page 71) Hot plug and play devices should be plugged when the computer is switched on. USB devices are hot plug and play devices. You do not need to shutdown your computer prior to connecting these devices unless the manual supplied with the device states differently. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 59 Connecting an external display You can connect an external display to your notebook. For example, you can use your computer with the following devices: Computer display (monitor) Projector Turn off your computer and the peripherals, unplug the AC adapter and the power cord before connecting the external display. Turn on the peripherals, then turn on your computer. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 60 Connecting a computer display You can connect a computer display directly to your notebook. You may not be able to display the computer's LCD and the external display together, depending on the type of computer display and projector used. The i. LINKTM connector supports transfer rates up to 400 Mbps; however, the actual transfer rate depends on the transfer rate of the external device. The i. LINKTM features available may vary depending on the software applications you use. Refer to the documentation that came with your software for more information. i. LINKTM cables compatible with your VAIO notebook include cables with the following part numbers: VMCIL4415A (a 1. 5 meter cable with a 4-pin connector at each end), VMC-IL4408Series (a 0. 8 meter cable with a 4-pin connector at each end). Connecting a digital video camera recorder (page 69) Connecting two VAIO notebooks (page 70) An i. LINKTM connection with other compatible devices is not fully guaranteed. The i. LINKTM connection varies depending on the software applications, operating system and i. LINKTM compatible devices you use. Refer to the documentation that came with your software for more information. Check the working conditions and OS compatibility of i. LINKTM-compatible PC peripherals (HDD, CD-RW drive etc. ) before you connect them to your notebook. Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 69 Connecting a digital video camera recorder To connect a digital video camera recorder, proceed as follows: 1 Plug one end of the i. LINKTM cable into the i. LINKTM connector of the computer and the other end into the DV Out connector on the digital video camera recorder. Launch the DVgate application. On Sony digital video cameras, connectors labelled DV Out, DV In/Out or i. LINKTM are i. LINKTM-compatible. The Sony digital video camera recorder is an example; your digital video camera recorder may need to be connected differently. If your digital video camera recorder includes a Memory StickTM slot, you can copy images from it to your computer via a Memory StickTM. To do so, simply copy images on the Memory StickTM, then insert it into the Memory StickTM slot of your computer. 2 Connecting peripheral devices Sony Notebook User Guide nN 70 Connecting two VAIO notebooks You can copy, edit or delete files on another VAIO computer to your computer with an optional i. LINKTM cable. [. . . ] 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. The more pixels, the higher the resolution and the better the image quality. [. . . ]