User manual ACER ASPIRE M3-581T QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] 73 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Support Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Sony Service Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 4 Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony VAIO® C1 PictureBook® computer. Sony has combined leading-edge technology in audio, video, computing, and communications to provide you with state-of-the-art personal computing. Features Here are just some of the features your VAIO® C1 PictureBook® computer has to offer: Exceptional performance -- Your computer includes a fast CrusoeTM processor. * To optimize performance and portability, Sony has implemented speed controlling technology designed to maximize battery life during mobile computer use. [. . . ] VAIO Action Setup manages the settings for your computer's Jog Dial control and i. LINK interface. VAIO Support Agent provides immediate, interactive online support. 46 About the Software on Your Computer VisualFlowTM Sony Electronics Inc. VisualFlow software is a state-of-the-art Sony multimedia browser designed specifically for Memory Stick® media. It displays any still picture, movie, or sound file stored in a Memory Stick® media in a visually pleasing, artistic manner. VisualFlow software not only plays a selected movie or sound file, but also enables playback of files by other applications such as PictureGearTM, Memory Stick Slideshow, and Windows® Explorer. WinDVD is a simple-to-use DVD player including all the features you would expect to find in a standard consumer DVD player, while also offering advanced display and navigation features such as zoom, pan, bookmark, and time search. 47 VAIO® Computer Quick Start DVgate application notes Digital video captures If your system displays the message, "Failed to record to DV deck, please check deck's power status, cable connection. . . , " while you are recording images to a digital video device using DVgate software, close all open applications, and restart your computer. Frequent recording of images to a digital video device while using DVgate may cause this situation to occur. For more information on DVgate software, see the DVgate online help. Adjusting image resolution If the images on the LCD do not display smoothly, the resolution may not be set correctly. To check the resolution, click the Setup button in the DVgate Motion-Monitor window. The settings you change in this menu affect the images in the monitor window only. Movie data imported to your hard drive and images recorded to DV devices will not be affected. Hard disk drive partition In order to improve the performance of your computer's DVgateTM motion software, the hard disk drive on your computer has been formatted with two partitions, C and D. Reinstalling specific drivers with the Driver Recovery CD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Turn on your computer. When the Windows desktop appears, insert the Driver Recovery CD into the optical disc drive. Click with the left mouse button to highlight the device for which you wish to reinstall the driver. The Properties dialog box for that device appears. 52 Using Your Recovery CDs Properties dialog box 8 9 Click Reinstall Driver. The wizard will search for the correct driver on your Driver Recovery CD. 10 When the recovery process is complete, click Finish. Some drivers will require that you reboot the computer to complete installation. 53 VAIO® Computer Quick Start To use the System Recovery CD(s) This CD restores your computer to its original state, so user data and applications will be lost. You can use the System Recovery CD(s) to reinstall the operating system and software titles that shipped with your computer if they become corrupted or erased. You may not need to reinstall the entire contents of your hard disk drive. If you experience a problem with your computer, reinstalling an individual device driver or software title may correct the problem. Use the Application Recovery CD(s) to reinstall individual applications or use the Driver Recovery CD(s) to reinstall device drivers. See "To use the Application Recovery CD(s)" on page 51 for more information. The System Recovery CD contains a backup copy of all the software originally installed on your hard disk drive. [. . . ] Do the following: 71 VAIO® Computer Quick Start 1 2 Right-click the CPU icon on the bottom right of the taskbar, and click "Edit/create profiles. In the left portion of the window, click the power management profile you want to set. Maximum Battery Life is the default selection when your computer runs on battery power. Close the Profile Editor window. 3 4 5 6 My microphone does not work. If you are using an external microphone, check that the microphone is plugged into the Microphone jack. [. . . ]