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Sony VGF-CP1 manual

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    VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) VGF- CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 3-300-630-31 (1) © 2008 Sony Corporation / P rinted in Japan Digital Photo F r ame VGF- CP1 Operating Instruc tions P r i nte d on 70% or more recyc l e d paper u s i ng V OC ( V olatile Organic Compound V V ) -f ree v e geta b l e o il b ase d i n k .[...]

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    2 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) W ARNING Owner ’ s Record The model number an d serial number are located o n the rear of this uni t. Record the serial number in the space pr ovided below . Refer to this num ber whenever you call your Son y dealer regardin g t his product. Model N o. VGF -CP1 Serial No.________________________ W ARNING Be sure[...]

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    3 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) F or Cust omer in Europe Sony her eby declar es that this equip ment is in complia nce with the essential requirem ents and o t her relevan t pro visions o f Euro p ean Directive 1999/5/EC. T o obtain a copy of the declara tion of conformity (DoC) with the R&TTE Directive, please access the following URL addre[...]

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    4 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) F or Cust omer in U.S.A. This equipm ent has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a Class B digi tal device, pursuant t o Part 15 of the FCC R u les. These limits are designed to pro vide reasonable p rotection against harmful interfer ence in a residen tial installation. This equip ment generat es[...]

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    5 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) T able of C ontents Getting Star ted 6 About This Unit ........................................................... 6 Locating Contr ols and Ports ................................ 8 Fr ont ...................................................................................... 8 Back .................................[...]

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    6 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) About T his Unit This unit is a Digital Photo F rame for displaying photos with Internet access. In addition to displaying photos, you can also enjo y music and information by creating various frames (page 23). Note For home wir eless net work connection, you will need a subscription to an Internet ser vice provid[...]

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    7 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Y ou can display the follo wing information:  News from Google News UK (U.K. model) or Google News (U.S.A model).  The latest information from Web sites br oadcasting RSS. Y ou can regist er to receive RSS f eeds in the W eb browser (Opera) scr een (page 47).  O ther uses If you give this unit to distant [...]

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    8 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Locating C ontrols and P or ts Fr ont  WLAN (wireless LAN) indicator Lights up when the wireless LAN turns on.  ST ANDBY indicator Lights up in standby mode.  New Info indicator Blinks when receiving new information. Also can be turned on as a light.  Remote control sensor Receives a signal from the r [...]

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    9 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Back    /ENTER button Pr ess to select options and enter . While the browse screen or a scr een other than the Options screen is displayed , adjust the volume by pressing  .  BACK button Pr ess to quit setting and return to the previous screen.  OPTIONS button Pr ess to display the setti[...]

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    10 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Bottom  CF (CompactFlash) slot Accesses CompactFlash data.  Media access indicator Lights up in orange when accessing memory card data.   Memor y Stick slot Accesses Memory Stick , Memor y Stick PRO, Memor y Stick Duo or Memor y Stick PRO Duo media data.  SD memory card slot Accesses SD/SDHC memory[...]

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    11 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Remote C ontrol   (POWER) button Pr ess to turn on the power when in power off or standby mode. Pr ess to enter standby mode during power on.    buttons Pr ess to select options in the setting screen.  DISPLA Y button Pr ess to display the guide.  BACK button Pr ess to quit setting and [...]

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    12 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Before U se Checking Acc essories After unpacking, make sure the following accessories are supplied with your unit. If you find something missing or broken, contact a local dealer in your area.  Digital Photo F rame  AC adapter  Po wer cor d  Remote control  Stand  Installation CD (U.K. model on[...]

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    13 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 3 Connect the power cor d to the AC adapter , then connect the power cor d plug to a wall outlet. T o wall outlet The power turns on and the start-up screen appears. Setting up the remote contr ol 1 Remove the insulation sheet fr om the remote con trol. Replacing the battery 1 Open the battery tray . 2 Replace wi[...]

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    14 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Inser ting and Removing Memory Cards Y ou can play back photos or music stored on Memory Stick , Memor y Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo or Memor y Stick PRO Duo media, or an SD/SDHC memor y card, CompactFlash car d or digital still camera with USB connection or USB memor y device. Inserting and removing memory c ard[...]

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    15 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) About compatible memory cards Y ou can use Memor y Stick media, SD memor y cards and CompactFlash cards with this unit. F or details on memory card restrictions, see below.  Memor y Stick media  Y ou can use the following Memory Stick media with this unit. Memor y Stick / Memor y Stick Duo / Memor y Stick P[...]

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    16 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Basic Use T urning the P ower On For the cust omers purchasing the U .K . model After connecting the power cord for the first time , the screen detailing the required user registration appears. Please fill out the requir ed contents and proceed to the following procedur e. 1 Make sure the stand, pow er and remote[...]

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    17 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) About the Home Screen T ur ning on the power opens the Home screen. All functions can be selected from the Home screen. Press  . Select a frame by pressing  and press (ENTER). Frame pla yback star ts. Select desired item by pressing  and press (ENTER). The browse scr een or setting screen appears. [...]

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    18 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Playing Back Photos F rame of Sample Images Frames using sample images and music pr e -stored on this unit are used to demonstrate what a frame is . F or details on creating or playing back a frame, see page 23, 26. Playing back a frame of sample images and music fr om the Home screen 1 Pr ess HOME on the remote [...]

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    19 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 2 Inser t Memor y Stick media into this unit (page 14). F olders or photos on Memory Stick media appear af ter about 5 seconds.  Hint If folders of photos do not appear , do the following:  In the Home screen, press  on the remote control . S elect [ Photos] by pressing  , and pr ess (ENTER).  S[...]

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    20 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 4 Select a photo by pressing  , and press (ENTER). A photo is displayed.  Hint If you insert a memor y card while a screen other than the browse, Settings or Options screen is display ed, the photo (folder) list of the memory card appears. Cop ying Data to the Internal Memory Y ou can copy photos or musi[...]

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    21 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1)  Hint T o copy music to the internal memory, follow the steps in “Playing Back Music in Memor y Stick Media” (page 43) to play back music you want to copy to the int ernal memor y. A whole f older including music cannot be copied. 2 Pr ess OPTIONS on the remote con trol. The options menu appears. 3 Select [...]

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    22 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 2 Pr ess  on the remote con trol and select [ Photos] by pr essing  , and press (ENTER). 3 Select [I nternal memory] by pressing  on the remote contr ol, and press (ENTER). 4 Select a photo by pressing  on the remote c ontrol, and pr ess (ENTER). The selected photo is displayed. Note  Slid[...]

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    23 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Deleting a photo in the internal memory Photos and music in the internal memory can be deleted in [Delete photos] or [Delete all in the folder] in the option menu (page 58). Creating a F rame A frame is a collection of your favorite photos or music that can be easily selected. Once you have creat ed se veral fram[...]

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    24 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 4 Select [ Y es] by pressing   on the remote con trol, and pr ess (ENTER). The “Create new frame” screen appears. 5 Select [Photos and Info] by pressing   on the remote con trol, and pr ess (ENTER). The “Create Photos and info frame ” screen appears .  Hint In addition to the Photos a[...]

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    25 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 7 Pr ess  on the remote con trol. A confirmation screen for the selected settings appears.  Hint The selection to display news information provided fr om Google News U.K. (for U .K . model)/Google News (for U.S.A. model) or a register ed RSS item in the Photos and Info frame can be set in this screen. P res[...]

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    26 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Playing Back a F rame Y ou can play back saved frames from the Home screen, or change frames t o another frame by pressing FRAME on the remote contr ol.  Hint Y ou can change the thumbnail displayed in the HOME screen to a desired phot o in the frame. During playback of a frame, press OPTIONS during playback o[...]

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    27 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) A vailable F rames Y ou can choose from 8 frame types, and save up to 20 frames.  About the icons in this section : Data in the internal memory can be used. : Data on memory cards can be used. : Data in the W eb ser vice can be used (Internet connection necessar y). : Data sent from the home ser ver supported [...]

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    28 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Photos and Info frame / / / / / Displays a photo or photos in a specified f older one after another . Y ou can also display the current time or register ed RSS information with the photos.  Hint Each time you press DISPLA Y , the display changes as follo ws: “Photo with analog clock”  “Photo with dig [...]

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    29 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Shared frame Displays photos uploaded to the Web photo organiz er by members at the same time. Information from members, such as friends or family , can be shared by displaying respective photos at the same time.  Hint  Up to 4 members can be register ed for 1 Shared frame.  Y ou can set the style, order[...]

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    30 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Fr ame Created from Music Br owse Screen In the music browse screen, you can easily creat e frames to continually play back selected music files or desired web radio stations of SHOUT cast. T o create a frame, select the desired music file of f older from the music browse screen, or the desired web radio station,[...]

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    31 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Fr ame Created from Inf ormation Brow se Screen In the information browse screen, you can cr eate frames to display information, such as news from an RSS site. T o create a frame, select the desired RSS fr om the information browse screen, and select [Create new frame] in the Options menu (page 57). Up to 3 types[...]

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    32 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Example 1: Using [P ic asa W eb Albums b y G oogle] “Picasa Web Albums by Google ” is a Web ser vice on the Internet provided from Google. With this wireless device, you can display photos on the Internet or upload photos to the Internet using “Picasa Web Albums by Google” . This section shows how to use [...]

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    33 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1)  With a Google account 1 Go to http://www.google .com. 2 Click [more]-[Photos]. The log-in screen for “Picasa Web Albums by Google ” appears. 3 Enter [Email] and [P assword], and click [Sign in]. The user registration scr een for “Picasa Web Albums by Google ” appears. 4 Register for “Picasa Web Albu[...]

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    34 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 3 Select [ Ser ver settings] by pressing  on the remot e control , and press (ENTER). The Server settings screen appears. 4 Select [Google] by pressing  on the remote c ontrol , and press (ENTER). The account setting screen to connect to “Picasa Web Albums by Google” appears. 5 Enter the e-mail ad[...]

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    35 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 6 Pr ess BACK on the r emote contr ol. The confirmation screen for testing the server connection appears. 7 Select [ Y es] by pressing   on the remote con trol, and pr ess (ENTER). If the connection test is successful, the complete screen appears.  Hint If the connection test fails, double- check the e -[...]

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    36 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Uploading photos on Memory Stick media 1 Display the desired f older or photo to upload by following the steps in “Displaying Data on the Bro wse Screen ” (page 18). If you want to upload only a photo, display the phot o you want to upload. T o upload a whole folder , select the folder . I f you have selected[...]

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    37 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 5 Select the desired album to upload photos by pressing  on the r emote control , and press (ENTER). When uploading a folder , it is not necessar y to select an album. “Uploading... Please wait” appears, then the complete screen appears.  Hint In the case of uploading a photo, if an album is not crea[...]

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    38 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 2 Pr ess  on the remote con trol, select [ Photos] by pr essing  , and press (ENTER). The server list appears. 3 Select [ Picasa W eb Albums by Google] by pressing  on the remote control , and press (ENTER). Y our nick name on “Picasa W eb Albums by Google” or the nicknames of members shar ing [...]

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    39 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 5 Select the desired album containing target photos by pr essing  on the remote con trol, and pr ess (ENTER). The photo list appears. 6 Select the desired photo by pressing  on the remot e control, and press (ENTER). The selected photo is displayed.  Hint Y ou can create shared frames (page 29) by [...]

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    40 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Example 2: Displaying Photos S tored on Y our Computer By using your computer with VAIO Media as your server , you can display photos on the computer on your wireless frame.  Hint T o use your computer as a server, you should connect your wir eless frame to your wireless home network. For details , see “Conn[...]

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    41 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Displaying Photos on a C omputer Set to Use with This Unit 1 Pr ess HOME on the remote con trol. The Home screen appears. 2 Pr ess  on the remote con trol, select [ Photos] by pr essing  , and press (ENTER). The server list appears. Note Displaying the computer set for use with this unit on the list may [...]

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    42 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 4 Select the folder including the target photo by pr essing  on the remote control , and press (ENTER). The photo list appears.  Hint  The selected folder may contain subfolders. In this case, repeat st ep 4 until the target photo appears.  If [Cannot show the ser ver list] appears, press (ENTER) t[...]

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    43 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Example 3: Listening to Music or W eb R adio Pr ogram Music and W eb radio program of SHOUT cast can be played back in this unit. Y ou can utilize the unit not only as a photo display but also as a music player . Playing Back Music in Memory Stick Media The steps below are an example of how t o play back a music [...]

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    44 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 5 If the music file you want to play is inside a f older , selec t the folder by pressing  on the remote con trol, and pr ess (ENTER). The music file list is displayed.  Hint  Another folder may be displayed . I n this case, repeat step 5 until the contents including the music you want t o play are di[...]

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    45 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 3 Select [SHOUT cast Radio] by pressing  on the remote c ontrol , and press (ENTER). The genre list of Web radio appears. 4 Select a genre by pressing  on the remote c ontrol, and press (ENTER). The Web radio stations list appears. 5 Select a W eb radio station, and press (ENTER). The Web radio statio[...]

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    46 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 6 Pr ess OPTIONS on the remote con trol. The Options menu appears. 7 Select [Create new frame] b y pressing  on the remot e control , and press (ENTER). A confirmation screen for creating a frame appears . 8 Select [ Y es] by pressing   on the remote contr ol, and press (ENTER). 9 Pr ess (ENTER) on th[...]

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    47 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Example 4: Registering RSS By registering to Internet RSS feeds, you can easily br owse the RSS information. Registering RSS 1 Pr ess HOME on the remote con trol. The Home screen appears. 2 Pr ess  on the remote con trol, select [ Information] by pressing  , and press (ENTER). 3 Select [ Web br owser] by[...]

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    48 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 5 Pr ess OPTIONS on the remote con trol to display the Options menu , selec t [Register RSS] by pressing  and press (ENTER). The register ed RSS is displayed on a list on the [Registered RSS] screen of the inf ormation browser . Displaying the Register ed RSS 1 Pr ess HOME on the remote con trol. The Home s[...]

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    49 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Creating RSS F rame 1 F ollow the steps of “Displaying the Registered RSS” (page 48) to display the RSS to be a frame. 2 Pr ess OPTIONS on the remote con trol. The Options menu appears. 3 Select [Create new frame] b y pressing  on the remot e control , and press (ENTER). A confirmation screen for creati[...]

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    50 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 6 Select [ Y es] by pressing   on the remote contr ol, and press (ENTER). The created RSS frame is play ed back. T o play back the created RSS frame fr om the Home screen, ref er to “Playing Back a F rame” on page 26.[...]

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    51 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) C onnecting to a W ireless Netw ork By connecting this unit to a wireless network or the Inter net, you can play back photos or music stor ed on a computer or in a Web photo organizer on the Internet.  Hint  The reception icon is displayed when the inf or mation bar is at the top of the screen. The receptio[...]

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    52 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 5 Select [New connec tion] by pressing  on the r emote contr ol, and press (ENTER). 6 Select [Use AOSS] by pr essing  on the remote control , and press (ENTER). Reception of AOSS setting starts. 7 Pr ess and hold the AOSS button on the devic e until the access point indica tor blinks.  Access point[...]

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    53 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1)  Screen of this unit “Communicating AOSS information with the access point... ” appears. Note  An access point with a concealed setting may not be detected. In this case, select “Enter manually” in step 6, and follow the on-screen instructions.  The AOSS setting will be canceled automatically if [...]

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    54 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 11 If the connection name is unnecessar y to change, press  on the r emote control t o proceed to the ne xt step. The confirmation screen for settings appears .  Hint Normally it is unnecessar y to change the connection name. 12 Confirm the setting, and pr ess  on the remote control to pr oceed to the ne[...]

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    55 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 3 Select [Search] by pressing  on the remote con trol, and pr ess (ENTER). A list of available access points is displayed. 4 Select an access point by pressing  on the remot e control, and press  to proceed to the ne xt step. The confirmation screen for SSID appears .  Hint If several access poi[...]

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    56 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 8 Pr ess  on the remote con trol to pr oceed to the next step . The selection screen for address settings appears . 9 Select [Easy] by pressing  on the remote contr ol, and press  to proceed t o the next step. The setting screen for the connection name appears.  Hint Select [Custom] to manually set[...]

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    57 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Options Menu List Y ou can display the Options menu by pressing OPTIONS while a screen is display ed. Home screen Status Options/Descriptions During frame selection  [Move up][Move down][Move to top][Mov e to end]: Rearranges the frame order in the list by moving the selected frame.  [Delete frame]: Deletes[...]

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    58 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Status Options/Descriptions While photo browsing  [Set as background photo]: Sets the photo currently displayed t o the background image of the Home screen or Settings screen.  [Add to shar ed frames]: Adds members (folders) currently selected to the created Shared frame .  [Delete photos]: Deletes a pho[...]

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    59 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) W eb browser ( Opera) screen Status Options/Descriptions While displaying Web browser (Opera)  [Input address]: Displays the Web site by entering the address directly .  [Bookmar ks]: Displays the target Web site from the bookmark list. Y ou can add/delete up to 20 favorite sites in the bookmark list.  [[...]

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    60 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Settings Menu Y ou can make more detailed settings in the Settings screen. Y ou can display the Settings screen by pressing  in the Home screen, selecting [ Settings] by pressing  , and pressing (ENTER). Network settings Item Options/Description Select a connection Selects a registered wireless LAN conne[...]

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    61 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Date and time settings Item Options/Description (underlined option is the default setting) Set Manually Sets up the date and time manually . Set automatically Connects to the Internet time ser ver and updates the date and time automatically when set to [On]. Y ou can also change the Internet time ser ver. The def[...]

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    62 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Sy stem settings Item Options/Description (underlined option is the default setting) Device name Registers a device name for this unit. Auto power on/off This unit goes to standby mode automatically when the surrounding ar ea becomes dark. The power comes back on aut omatically when the surrounding area becomes b[...]

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    63 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) T roubleshooting If a problem occurs, check the following tables with the operating instructions and/or electronic manuals supplied with your computer . In addition, see “Getting Help” (page 71) for details, and visit our online support site. T urning on the power Condition Cause/Remedy The power cannot be tu[...]

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    64 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Condition Cause/Remedy [Cannot play tracks] is displayed.  Some music files may not be played back depending on the file f ormat. [Cannot show the item] is displayed.  This unit may not be connected to a network properly. P er form the connection test.  Select [ Information] in the Home screen, and press[...]

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    65 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Condition Cause/Remedy External memor y is not displayed in the list.  External memor y may not be inser ted correctly. Make sure the external memory is inser ted in the correct direction. [Cannot use this device] is displayed.  A USB device that is not Mass Storage Class cannot be used. Photo data is not r[...]

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    66 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Playing back a frame Condition Cause/Remedy [Cannot show photos] is displayed. [Cannot play tracks] is displayed. [Cannot show the item] is displayed.  This unit may not be connected to a memory or ser ver properly. Perform the connection test.  Display the server list in [ Photos] or [ Music], and selec t [...]

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    67 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Condition Cause/Remedy is not displayed in a Shared frame.  Photos uploaded to a Web service on the I nternet take time to display on the unit. Wait f or a while, then play back the frame. The clock does not work properly in the Photos and Info frame.  Date and time may be reset if the unit is disconnected [...]

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    68 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Condition Cause/Remedy [Cannot find an access point] is displayed.  This unit is not connected to the network . See the cause/remedy of “[A connection error occurred] is displayed. ” in “Connecting to Wireless Network ” (page 67). [ The connec tion test failed. Unable to log on to a server] is displaye[...]

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    69 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Condition Cause/Remedy [ The deletion failed] is displayed.  This unit may not be connected to a memory properly. P er form the connection test.  Display the server list in [ Photos] or [ Music], and select the memory to test, and then press OPTIONS.  Select [Connection test] in the Options menu, and pre[...]

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    70 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Condition Cause/Remedy [F ailed to update the clock] is displayed. Auto updating of the clock does not work properly .  The Internet time ser ver may be unstable. Wait for a while to r estar t updating.  This unit may not be connected to the network. See the cause/remedy of “[A connec tion error occurred][...]

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    71 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Getting Help This section provides information on how to get help and support from Sony , and troubleshooting tips for your Digital Photo F rame. About Sony’ s suppor t options Sony provides several support options for your Digital P hoto F rame. I f you have an y questions regarding your Digital Photo F rame, [...]

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    72 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Specifications Display Size: 7 inch Resolution: 800 x 480 dots Color: Max. 16.77M Speaker maximum output L/R 1.6W Memory cards Memor y Stick, Memor y Stick PRO, Memor y Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SD/ SDHC memory card, CompactFlash card (CF) Supported photo file JPEG, JPEG Progressive* 1 , BMP* 1 , PNG* 1 , [...]

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    73 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Pr ecautions On handling your unit  Do not lift or carr y the unit by holding the stand only . Inclination of the unit may cause a malfunction.  Do not drop or subject the unit to excessive shock. Doing so may result in data loss, or cause a malfunction.  Do not place the unit in locations subject to ext[...]

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    74 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) On handling Memory Stick media Keep the following in mind to prot ect data on Memor y Stick media.  Do not touch a Memor y Stick ’ s connector with your finger or metallic objects.  Do not attach a label to a Memor y Stick other than the one supplied.  Apply the label in the prescribed position on the [...]

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    75 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) T rademarks  V AIO is a trademark of Sony Corporation.  , “M emory Stick , ” “M emor y Stick Duo, ” “MagicGate, ” “MagicGate Memory Stick , ” “M emory Stick PRO, ”“M emor y Stick PRO Duo, ” and Memor y Stick logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.  Micros[...]

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    76 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Impor tant notices on the software Thank you for pur chasing this S ony Digital Photo F rame. Before using this pr oduct with software, be sure to read the f ollowing notices carefully . The beginning to use of this product will be assumed that contents of notices ar e confirmed and agreed by the customer . End U[...]

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    77 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) The above limited warranty replaces all other repr esentations, conditions and warranties, whether express or implied, by statute or otherwise and SONY AND ITS THIRD P ART Y LICENSORS EXPRESSL Y DISCLAIM ALL OTHER W ARRANTIES AND ALL CONDITIONS INCL UDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND/OR CONDITI[...]

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    78 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) included with your DEVICE , shall be referred t o herein as the SOFT W ARE. T his License covers only the SOFT W ARE. The SOFTW ARE includes DEVICE software, any associated media, any printed materials, and an y “ on-line” or electronic documentation, as well as Sony-supplied or authorized updates/upg rades t[...]

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    79 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) which the SOFT W ARE’ s performance depends on might be interrupted or discontinued at the discretion of the suppliers (software suppliers, service providers, or Sony). Sony and its suppliers do not warrant that those software, network ser vices or other products will continue to be available, or will operate w[...]

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    80 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS The SOFT W ARE is provided with RESTRIC TED RIGHTS. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the United Stat es Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software-R estricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. M[...]

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    81 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) LIMIT A TION OF LIABILIT Y IN THIS SEC TION, SONY AND SONY ’S LICENSOR’S SHALL BE COLLEC TIVEL Y REFERRED TO AS “SONY . ” SONY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENT AL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAM AGES FOR BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED W ARRANT Y , BREACH OF C ONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, S[...]

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    82 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) THIRD P AR T Y BENEFICIARY F or all purposes of this License, each of Sony’ s third party licensors of any of the SOFT WARE shall be expressly deemed an intended third party beneficiar y of this License and shall have the right to enfor ce the terms and conditions of this License. Should you have any questions [...]

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    83 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software F oundation, I nc. 59 Temple P lace - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble The Licenses for most s[...]

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    84 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 1. You may cop y and distribute verbatim copies of the Prog ram ’ s source code as you receive it, in any medium, pr ovided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate cop yright notice and disclaimer of warranty ; keep intac t all the notices that refer to this License and t o [...]

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    85 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code. 4. You may not cop y, modify , sublicense, or distribute the Prog ram except as expressly pr ovided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify , sublicense or distribute the Program is void, and will aut omatically termi[...]

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    86 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) NO W ARRANT Y 11. BECA USE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO W ARRANT Y FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMIT TED BY APPLICABLE LA W. EX CEPT WHEN O THER WISE ST A TED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER P ARTIES PRO VIDE THE PROGRAM “ AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EX[...]

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    87 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Y oyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the prog ram `Gnomovision ’ (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker . <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 Ty C oon, President of Vice This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into pr opr ietary pro[...]

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    88 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) cannot effectively restrict the users of a free program b y obtaining a restrictive license from a patent holder . Ther efore, we insist that any patent license obtained for a v ersion of the library must be consistent with the full freedom of use specified in this license. Most GNU software, including some libra[...]

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    89 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 1. You may cop y and distribute verbatim copies of the Library ’s complete sour ce code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each cop y an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty ; keep intac t all the notices that refer to this License a[...]

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    90 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) copy the source code from the same place satisfies the r equirement to distribute the source code , even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code. 5. A program that contains no derivative of any portion of the Librar y, but is designed to work with the Library by being [...]

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    91 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) executable that you distribute. 7. You may place library facilities that are a work based on the Library side -by-side in a single library together with other library facilities not covered by this License, and distribute such a combined library, provided that the separate distribution of the work based on the Li[...]

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    92 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) applies to it and “ any later version” , you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the F ree Software Foundation. If the Library does not specify a license version number, you may choose any version ever published by the F ree Softwar[...]

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    93 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Y oyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the library `Fr ob ’ (a librar y for tweaking k nobs) written by James Random Hacker. signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 1990 Ty C oon, President of Vice That’ s all there is to it! NetBSD software Copyright (c) 1994-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All r[...]

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    94 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) This product includes software developed under OpenBSD by Per F ogelstrom Opsycon AB for RTMX Inc, North Carolina, USA. OpenSSL sof tware This product is equipped with the software “Open SSL ” including the library called “Original SSLeay” that our company uses based on licensing agreement with a copyrigh[...]

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    95 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as the following conditions are ahear ed to. T he following conditions apply to all code f ound in this distribution, be it the RC4, RSA, lhash, DES, etc., code; not just the SSL code. The SSL documentation included with this distribution is cover[...]

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    96 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) AL TERNA TIVEL Y , provided that this notice is retained in full , this product may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), in which case the provisions of the GPL apply INSTEAD OF those g iven above. DISCLAIMER This software is provided ‘as is’ with no explicit or implied warr[...]

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    97 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) (3) Permission f or use of this software is granted only if the user accepts full responsibility for any undesirable consequences; the authors accept NO LIABILIT Y for damages of any kind. These conditions apply to any software derived from or based on the IJG code, not just t o the unmodified library. If you use[...]

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    98 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) compressed or archival f orm, provided the appropriate decompression or de-archiving software is widely available for no charge . 1.12. “ Y ou” (or “Y our”) means an individual or a legal entit y exercising rights under , and complying with all of the terms of, this License or a futur e version of this Li[...]

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    99 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Modification has been made available to such recipients. Y ou are responsible for ensuring that the Source Code version remains available even if the E lectronic Distribution Mechanism is maintained by a third part y. 3.3. Description of M odifications. Y ou must cause all Covered Code to which Y ou contribute to[...]

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    100 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 4. I nability to Comply Due to Statute or Regulation. If it is impossible for You t o comply with any of the terms of this License with respect to some or all of the Cover ed Code due to statute, judicial or der , or regulation then Y ou must: (a) comply with the terms of this License to the maximum extent possi[...]

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    101 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) 8.3. If Y ou assert a patent infringement claim against Participant alleging that such Participant ’ s Contributor V ersion directly or indirectly infringes any patent where such claim is resolv ed (such as by license or settlement) prior to the initiation of patent infringement litigation, then the reasonable[...]

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    102 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Contributor(s): Alternatively , the contents of this file may be used under the terms of either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the “GPL ”), or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the “LGPL ”), in which case the provisions of the GPL or the L GPL are applicab[...]

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    103 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) Index A Access point................................................................ 51, 54 Add to shared frames .................................................... 58 AOSS ........................................................................................ 51 AOSS button ...................................[...]

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    104 VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 31 (1) N Network settings .............................................................. 60 New info indicator ..................................................... 8, 62 News frame ......................................................................... 31 O Options menu ..............................................[...]

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    VGF-CP1 Series 3-300-630- 32 (1) VGF- CP1 Series 3-300-630- 32 (1) 3-300-630-32 (1) © 2008 Sony Corporation / P rinted in Japan Digital Photo F rame VGF- CP1 Operating Instruc tions P r i nte d on 70% or more recyc l e d paper u s i ng V OC ( V olatile Organic Compound V V ) -f ree v e geta b l e o il b ase d i n k .[...]