Owner's Guide VAIO notebook

Expanding Your Notebook Capabilities
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Expanding Your Notebook Capabilities
The following peripheral devices can be connected to your no tebo ok to expand
the capabilities of your computer and enhance its versatility t o meet your various
business or personal n eeds:
❑ A Personal Digital Assist ant (PDA )
❑ A Wireless LAN Access Point
❑ A Wireless LAN PC Card
Personal Digital Assistant
A handheld PDA is the quintessential personal plan ner and ent e rtai nm ent center
that fits in your pocket. With a PDA, you can easily perform the fo llowing
functions:
❑ Enter your schedule details in the calendar and view them by the day, week,
or month, and even set an alarm to remi nd you of im portant events.
❑ Keep your contact names, addresses, phone num bers, and other details in the
address book, and find them when you need them.
❑ Add tasks to th e To Do List, prio ri tize them, and assign them due dates.
❑ Synchronize your data w ith the software on you r notebook to back up your
data.
❑ Track expenses when you are out of th e office, and transfer the data to your
notebook.
❑ Exchange data with your notebook.
Wireless LAN Access Point
The Wireless LAN Access Point is designed for buildin g a wirele ss Local Area
Network (LAN) environment. Th e Access Point comes w ith the W ireless LAN
PC Card and required softw are. You can easily build a wireless LAN
environment by plugging the Access Point into an AC power o utlet, installing the
Wireless LAN PC Card in your notebook , and using the provided software.
Because a wireless LAN configuration requires no wiring, you can operate
multiple computers more freely than ever before.
You can also connect your Access Point to a telephon e line, Integrated Services
Digital Network (ISDN) router , cable modem, or Digital Subscriber Line (xD SL)
modem to share access to the Internet among multiple computers.