VAIO® Notebook User Guide PCG-FX120/FX120K, PCG-FX140/FX140K, PCG-FX150/FX150K, PCG-FX170/FX170K, PCG-FX190/FX190K VAIO Notebook User Guide Updates and additions to software may require Notice to Users an additional charge. Subscriptions to online service providers may require a fee and credit card information. Financial services may © 2001 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights require prior arrangements with participating reserved. This manual and the software financial institutions. described herein, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced, translated, or reduced to any machine-readable form without prior written As an ENERGY STAR approval. Partner, Sony Corporation has determined that this SONY ELECTRONICS INC. PROVIDES NO product meets the WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS ENERGY STAR MANUAL, THE SOFTWARE, OR OTHER guidelines for energy INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND efficiency. 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Some of the software may not be of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual transported or used outside the United States. property rights owned by Macrovision Software specifications are subject to change Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this without notice and may not necessarily be copyright protection technology must be identical to current retail versions. authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is 2 intended for home and other limited viewing K Never touch uninsulated uses only unless otherwise authorized by telephone wire or terminals Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering unless the telephone line has been or disassembly is prohibited. i.LINK is a SONY trademark used only to designate that a product disconnected at the network contains an IEEE 1394 connector. All products interface. with an i.LINK connector may not K Use caution when installing or communicate with each other. modifying telephone lines. All other trademarks are trademarks of their K Avoid using the modem during an respective owners. electrical storm. Owner’s Record K Do not use the modem or a telephone to report a gas leak in The model number and serial number are the vicinity of the leak. located on the bottom of your Sony VAIO® Notebook. Refer to the model and serial K A socket outlet should be as close number when you call your Sony Service as possible to the unit and easily Center. accessible. Model Numbers: PCG-9512, PCG-9522, PCG- 9532, PCG9542, PCG-9552, PCG-951A, ! To change the backup battery, PCG-952A, PCG-953A, PCG-954A, PCG- please contact your nearest Sony 955A Service Center. Serial Number:________________________ ! Caution - The use of optical instruments with this product will Safety Information increase eye hazard. As the laser beam used in this product is WARNING harmful to the eyes, do not K To prevent fire or shock hazard, attempt to disassemble the do not expose your notebook cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only. computer to rain or moisture. K To avoid electrical shock, do not ! For CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, DVD-ROM drive: Danger - Visible open the cabinet. Refer servicing and invisible laser radiation when to qualified personnel only. open. Avoid direct exposure to K Never install modem or telephone beam. wiring during a lightning storm. ! Caution: To reduce the risk of fire, K Never install telephone jacks in use only No. 26 AWG or larger wet locations unless the jack is telecommunication line cord. specifically designed for wet locations. AVERTISSEMENT 3 VAIO Notebook User Guide K Pour prévenir tout risque . d’incendie ou d’électrocution, ! Pour changer la pile de rechange, garder cet appareil à l’abri de la veuillez contacter votre centre de pluie et de l’humidité. service Sony le plus près. K Pour prévenir tout risque ! Avertissement - L'utilisation d’électrocution, ne pas ouvrir le d'instruments optiques avec ce châssis de cet appareil et ne produit augmente les risques pour confier son entretien qu’à une les yeux. Puisque le faisceau personne qualifiée. laser utilisé dans ce produit est dommageable pour les yeux, ne K Ne jamais effectuer l’installation tentez pas de désassembler le de fil modem ou téléphone durant boîtier. Adressez-vous à un agent un orage électrique. de service qualifié. K Ne jamais effectuer l’installation ! Pour les lecteur CD-RW/DVD- d’une prise téléphonique dans un ROM, lecteur DVD-ROM: Danger : endroit mouillé à moins que la Radiation laser visible et invisible prise soit conçue à cet effet. si ouvert. Évitez l’exposition directe au faisceau. K Ne jamais toucher un fil téléphonique à découvert ou un ! Attention : Afin de réduire les terminal à moins que la ligne risques d'incendie, n'utilisez téléphonique n’ait été débranché qu'un cordon de communication de l’interface réseau. N0. 26 AWG ou plus gros. K Soyez très prudent lorsque vous If you have questions about this product, you installez ou modifiez les lignes can reach the Sony Customer Information téléphoniques. Service Center at 1-888-4SONYPC; or write to the Sony Customer Information Service Center K Évitez d’utiliser le modem durant at 12451 Gateway Blvd., Ft. Myers, FL 33913 un orage électrique. or find Sony Customer Service on the web at: K N'utilisez pas le modem ni le http://www.sony.com/pcsupport téléphone pour prévenir d'une fuite de gaz vous êtes près de la fuite. K L’appareil doit être le plus près possible d’une prise murale pour en faciliter l’accès 4 Regulatory harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference Information will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to Declaration of Conformity radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the Trade Name: SONY interference by one or more of the following Model No.: PCG-9512 measures: PCG-9522 K Reorient or relocate the receiving PCG-9532 PCG-9542 antenna. PCG-9552 K Increase the separation between PCG-951A the equipment and the receiver. PCG-952A PCG-953A K Connect the equipment into an PCG-954A outlet on a circuit different from PCG-955A that to which the receiver is Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc. connected. K Consult the dealer or an Address: 1 Sony Drive experienced radio/TV technician Park Ridge, NJ 07656 for help. Telephone: 201-930-6972 (For FCC-related You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this matters only.) manual could void your authority to operate this This device complies with Part 15 of the equipment. FCC rules. Operation is subject to the Only peripherals (computer input/output following two conditions: devices, terminals, printers, etc.) that comply (1) This device may not cause harmful with FCC Class B limits may be attached to this interference. computer product. Operation with non- compliant peripherals is likely to result in (2) This device must accept any interference interference to radio and television reception. received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. All cables used to connect peripherals must be shielded and grounded. Operation with cables, This equipment has been tested and found to connected to peripherals, that are not shielded comply with the limits for a Class B digital and grounded, may result in interference to device, pursuant to Part 15 of the Rules. These radio and television reception. limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a FCC Part 68 residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency This equipment complies with Part 68 of the energy and, if not installed and used in FCC rules. On the bottom of this equipment is a accordance with the instructions, may cause label that contains, among other information, 5 VAIO Notebook User Guide the FCC equivalence number (REN) for this This equipment cannot be used on public coin equipment. If requested, this information must service provided by the telephone company. be provided to the telephone company. 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