Sony PCV-RX550 manual

V AIO Digital Studio™ Computer User Guide PCV -RX550/PCV -RX560/PCV -RX570[...]

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We l c o m e 3 W elcome Thank y ou f or purchasing y our Son y V AIO computer! Y o ur new computer is a superb b lend of high technolog y and easy-to-use f unctionality . This User Guide contains inf ormation about the applications included with y our system, contact inf ormation f or softw are vendo rs, and the specificat ions f or y our computer [...]

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Locating Controls and Connectors 5 Locating Contr ols and Connector s Fr ont P anel Overview The front panel of your V AIO Computer allo ws access to the optical and flopp y disk driv es. It also includes Univ ersal Serial Bus (USB) and i.LIN K® ports to connect compatible USB devices, digital equipment, or other peripheral devices. ✍ i.LINK is [...]

Change to Current Document Title 6 Fr ont panel 1 Optical drive 1 See specifications sheet for optical drive information. 2 Optical drive 2 See specifications sheet for optical drive information. 3 Floppy disk drive Reads and writes data from and to a 3.5-inch floppy disk. 4 Floppy disk drive access indicator light Lights in green whi le reading an[...]

Locating Controls and Connectors 7 5 Optical drive access indicator li ght Lights in amber while reading and writing data from and to the optical drives. 6 Hard disk drive access indicator light Lights in amber while reading and writing data from and to the hard disk. 7 Power switch and indi cator light T urns on/off the computer . The indicator li[...]

Change to Current Document Title 8 Bac k P anel Over view The back panel of your computer contains the ports for suppli ed and optional accessories. The icons on the back panel locate and identify the ports o n your computer . Bac k panel 1 PS/2® Mouse port Connection for a PS/2 mouse. 2 PS/2® Keyboard port Connection for a V AIO Smart™ Keyboar[...]

Locating Controls and Connectors 9 4 USB ports (2) Connection for compatible USB devices . 5 Printer port Connection for a parallel device, such as a printer or scanner . 6 i.LINK 6-pin port (IEEE139 4) Connection for a compatible digital device. 7S e r i a l p o r t Connection for a compatible seri al device, such as a digital still camera . 8 Hea[...]

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V AIO Action Setup 11 V AIO Action Setup V AIO Action Setup manages the settings f or your computer ’ s Shor tcut ke ys (S K eys) and i.LINK® interf ace. Shor tcut Ke ys The programmable S K eys are link ed with the following a pplications as their default settings: ❑ S1 — Outl ook ® Express ❑ S2 — Int ernet Explorer ❑ S3 — Son ic S[...]

V AIO Comp uter User Guide 12 2 Click the S Ke y you want to ch ange. 3 From the Select Application dialog bo x, click the option for the desired type of function. The corresponding appli cations appear in the list box on the right. 4 The Confirmation Application Name window appears. Click Ne xt. 5 Y ou may no w type a ne w name and description, if[...]

15 Configuring Y our V AIO Computer Har d Disk Drive P art ition T o maintain opti mum system performance, you shoul d defragment your computer ’ s D partition regularly . In order to improv e the performance of Sony audio/video software applications, the hard disk dri ve on your computer has been formatted with two partitions, C and D. Some Sony[...]

Change to Current Document Title 16 A 6-pin i.LINK port can: ❑ supply po wer from the computer to the connected de vice if the de vice is equipped with a 6-pin connector , and ❑ supply 10V to 12V . A 4-pin i.LINK port cannot supply power to a connected de vice. The follo wing Sony i.LINK 400 Mbps cables are av ailable and recommended for use wi[...]

Configuring Y o ur V AIO Computer 17 T o Enable Ethernet Conn ectivity Y our computer comes with a preinstalled Ethernet interface. T o enable faster start-up time, your com puter may ship with this functio n disabled. Y ou can enable Ethernet connecti vity by follo wing the instructions below . Enabling the Ethernet conn ection 1 Click Start in th[...]

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19 System, Application and Driver Reco ver y CD(s) System Recovery CD(s) Sony Electr onics Inc. The System Recov ery CD utility enables you to restore the operating system and software that shipped with your computer if they become corrupted or are erased. It can be used only to restore the hard disk of the Sony computer you purchased. A pplication[...]

Change to Current Document Title 20 Using the System Reco very CD(s) 1 Insert the System Reco very CD in your computer ’ s optical dri ve. The System Recov ery utility starts from the optical driv e. The first CD must be in the driv e when you turn on your computer . 2 T urn of f your computer . 3 W ait 30 second s and turn on your computer . 4 T[...]

System, Application and Dr iver Recov er y CD(s) 21 T o Use the Application Recovery CD(s) The Application Recovery CD utility enable s you to reinstall i ndi vidual soft ware applications if they become corrupted or are erased. Reinstalling an indi vidual software application may correct a problem that you are experiencing with your computer or sp[...]

Change to Current Document Title 22 T o Use the Driver Recovery CD The Dri ver Reco very CD utility enables you to reinstall indi vidual dri vers and repair software applications if they become corrupted or are erased. Y ou can reinstall an indi vidual driv er to correct a problem that you are e xperiencing with your computer , peripheral hardware,[...]

System, Application and Dr iver Recov er y CD(s) 23 7 From the Action menu, cl ick Uninstall. This removes the de vice driv er from your system. Click OK. Repeat for each de vice driver as necessary . 8 Restart your computer . Click Start in the W indo ws taskbar, select T urn Off Computer , and then click Restart. 9 When the desktop appears, W ind[...]

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67 For Answer s to Y our Software Questions Son y Service Center For the Son y Service Center nearest you, call 1-888-4-SONY -PC (1-888-476-6972), or vi sit the W eb site at http://w ww .sony .com /pcsupport. This service is free of char ge for 90 days after the original date of purchase. Acrobat Reader ™ , Adobe eBook Reader , Adobe Photoshop ®[...]

V AIO Digital Stu dio Computer 68 Norton AntiV irus ™ (Symantec Corporation) PC-Cillin (T rend Micro) PhotoPrinter ™ 2000 Pro (Ar cSoft Inc.) Quicken 2002 (Intuit Inc.) RealJuk ebox, RealPlayer (Real Networks, Inc.) Web site http://www .symantec.com/techsupp phone 800-927-3991; 900-646-0007 * * Support from 800-927 -3991 is fee-based per incide[...]

69 ScreenBlast A CID (Sonic Foundry , Inc.) Sony A pplications (Sony Electronics Inc.) Sony Style Connect (E-Solut ions) Sony Y ah oo! (Y ahoo !) Sound Forge ® XP (Sonic F oundry , Inc.) To m b R a i d e r ® Chronicles (Eidos Interactiv e) Web si te http://www .sonicfoundry .com/support/screenblast phone 900-737-6642 hours M - F , 9:00 AM - 5:00 [...]

V AIO Digital Stu dio Computer 70 Win d ows ® XP Operating System, Internet Explor er , Outlook ® Expr ess, W ord (on selected models) (Microsoft Cor poration) W ordPerfect ® (Corel Cor p.) (on selected models) Web site http://www .sony .com/pcsupport phone 888-4-SONY -PC (888-476-6972) * * Support from 888-4-SONY-PC is free of charge f or 90 da[...]

89 Resour ces Sony pro vides sev eral support option s for your Sony computer . When you hav e questions about your comput er and the preinstalled so ftware, check these sources for answers, in the following sequence: V AIO QuickStart The QuickStart contains information on how to set up your computer quickly and easily . V AIO Computer User Guide T[...]

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