Sony PCV-RX2 инструкция обслуживания

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About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Read this first 1 nN Read this first No tice Thi s prod uct cont ai ns sof twar e o w n ed by Sony a nd licen s e d by th ird parties . Use o f su c h sof t w ar e i s s ub j ec t t o t he t er m s a nd co n diti ons of l ice nse agre eme nts en closed w i th t hi s produ ct. Sof t w ar e spe ci fic at io ns[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Read this first 2 nN 2. R estrictions. T he SO N Y SO F TWA RE co nt ain s c opyr i ghte d mate ria l and othe r propr i et ary ma ter ial . I n orde r t o p r o tect them , and exc ept as pe r mi tted by app l i c able l aw , yo u may not de com pi le, r ev ers e engi neer or di s assemb l e the S O NY SO F[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Read this first 3 nN E NER GY S TA R ® As a n E NERGY S TA R ® Partner , So ny has determ ine d tha t this pr o d uct me ets th e E NER GY S TA R ® gui delin es f or e nergy e f f i cien cy . The In te rn a tio nal E NE RGY S TAR ® Of f ic e Eq u i p m en t Pr o g r a m is an in tern ati o n al pr ogram [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Read this first 4 nN T radem ark s Son y , DV gate, i .LINK™ an d the i .LI NK ™ l ogo, Im ageSt ati on, Pi cture Gear , Pictur eT o y , Medi a B ar D V D Pla yer , Movi eS haker , Smart Ca p t ur e , UI Desi g n Se lector , V AI O A ct io n Setu p , V A I O Syste m Info rmati on, Visu alFl o w , So n i [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Starting your V AIO f or the first time 5 nN Starting your V AIO for the first time R e gis t e rin g y o ur V A IO It onl y takes a f ew m o men t s to regi ste r your Sony VAI O com puter . By re gister in g y o ur comput er, you can t ake advant age of So ny’s c ommit m ent to qual ity c usto m er s upp[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Starting your V AIO f or the first time 6 nN D is c o ver ing V AI O Re mo te Con tr o l VA IO R e mo te Co n tr ol is y o u r ga te w ay t o t he V A IO w or l d. VA IO R e mo te Co n t ro l is e as y t o us e a n d in cor porat es ever yt hi ng y ou need to s tar t usi ng yo ur VA IO com puter . Launc h so[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Starting your V AIO f or the first time 7 nN Lau nc hing s oftware app l ic ations and websi tes F ol lo w th is si m ple s e qu en c e to lau n c h a n a pp l ic a t io n o r a we b si t e: 1 Move t h e c urs or o v er t he appl icati on you wa nt t o us e or t he l ink y o u w ant t o see. The in f o bo x [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 8 nN About the software on your computer You r So ny com puter i s read y t o hel p you w ork, pla y, l earn, and com muni c ate as s o on as you tu r n it on. Thi s sec t i on gi ves you an over vi ew of w ha t you can do wit h the sof tware in s t alled on you r comput e[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 9 nN Ima geSta tio n ( shortc ut to w ebsit e ) Sony El ec t ron ics You r com puter i s inst al led w i t h a short c u t to the Images tat ion w ebsi te. Sony Imag eSt a tion i s an easy way to shar e yo ur di gi tal pi c tur es and vide os with fa mily an d frie nds . U[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 10 nN Pi c t u r eGe ar Sony El ec t ron ics Creat e yo ur ow n en vironm ent w i th t he Digita l I mag e Li brar y ( photos , backgr ou nds, wal lpaper s, sli de show s , etc ) . P ict ureGea r i s your a s s istan t for cr eatin g a nd impl ement ing per s ona l s cr ee[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 11 nN SonicSta ge Sony El ec t ron ics Soni cS tage i s soft w are us in g the O penMG tech nol ogy, a c opyr i g ht prot ection t ech nol ogy devel ope d by Son y Corpo r at ion and des ig ned to al low rec ordi ng a nd playb ac k o f di gi ta l m usi c da ta on a perso n[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 12 nN V AIO Acti on Setup Sony El ec t ron ics VA I O Acti on S e t u p hel ps you m anage appl icati on s ett in gs t hat c ontr ol har dw are ev e nts on yo ur c omput er. Fo r in stan ce, this so ftw a re e na ble s you to sta r t yo u r f a vouri te s of tware wit h th[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 13 nN Prod uct Re c ove ry CD- RO Ms Sony Cor porat i on Th e P ro d uc t Recov ery C D -R OM s all ow yo u to re instal l t he s y stem, th e softwar e sh ipp e d w ith yo u r comp u ter and the bund led dev ic e driver s i f they ar e cor r u pt ed or acci dent al l y er[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 14 nN In te rn et Ex p lo re r 6. 0 Micr osof t Co r p or ation In t e rn et Expl or er i s t he M i cr osof t Int ernet b ro w ser a ll owing you to s u rf th e Wo rld Wide Web. T he S e tu p Wiza rd conf igur es y o ur comput er t o c onn ect autom at ica lly t o your se[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 15 nN Adobe ® Pre m ie r e ® LE 6. 0 A d o be Sys tems In corp ora ted Co mp lemen tary wi th D V g ate Mo ti o n , Ad obe ® Premie r e ® * lets you c aptur e, r ecor d, c reat e and edi t m ovie s w i th v ide o, sound, ani m ati ons, pho to graphs , draw i n gs , t e[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 16 nN DV Dit !™ Soni c S o luti ons DV Dit!™* enable s yo u to c r e ate int era ctive Vid eo c o nt ent o n yo ur PC and pub lis h it on DVD. You start by impo rti ng you r e dited M PE G-1 and M PE G-2 v ide o and audi o fil es (WA V and MPEG- 1 la yer 2 f iles onl y[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 17 nN Rea l E nterta inme nt Cente r Real E nte r tai nment Center con tains t wo s oftwar e progr ams: R ealP layer and Real Jukebox . Real Networ ks - Real Player Real Play er is t h e Rea lN et w orks vi deo and audi o p layer , w hi c h l et s you a ccess 2, 500 r adio[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop About the software on your computer 18 nN Syma ntec N orton An tiV irus Symantec Y our comp u ter co m es p rei n s tall ed wit h the N o rton A n t i V irus setup fi le, fr o m whi ch yo u ca n i n s tall th e soft ware yo u rsel f. Wit h N o rt on Anti Vi rus, yo u can sca n fil e s, folde rs, or enti re d[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 19 nN Using V ideo software The foll owin g vi deo sof tware appl icati ons ar e i nsta lled on your V AIO: ❑ DV Ga t e (p age 19) ❑ Movi eShaker (p a g e 3 4 ) ❑ Sm art Capture ( page 40) PCV - RX2 03 us e r s : Pl e a s e be a ware th a t t h e fe atu re s d esc ribed i n this se[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 20 nN Usi ng DVgate Mot ion With DV gate M o t i on you can c apt ure vi deo and rec ord edited videos on a DV device. ❑ Cap t ur ing v id eo: Yo u c a n au t o matical ly or ma nua ll y c aptur e an y s cene or p or t i on of the i m a ges rec orded on a DV de vice, su ch a s a d ig i[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 21 nN 3 Pres s Pl ay to start th e vi deo . The vid eo begi ns to pl ay i n t he Mo n itor w in dow. 4 Cl i ck Mark t o mark t h e b egi nni ng of the firs t s egmen t. Th e fi rst fra m e of t he seg men t to b e cap tu red , is d i splay ed i n th e In / Ou t list window. Cl i ck Mark [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 22 nN Re co rd ing edi t e d vide os o n a D V d evi ce To r ecor d ed ited vid eos on a DV de vice, proc ee d as f ol l ows: 1 A d j u st the reco rding c or rec tion val u e s . 2 A d d fil es t o th e R e cord Li st. 3 Re cord th e v i de o either remo tely o r m a nua ll y o n th e D[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 23 nN 2 Cl i ck Ad d in th e DVg ate Mo ti on – A VI file l ist . The Ad d dia log bo x app ear s . 3 Sel ect a f ile and c l i ck Op en . The spec ifi ed f i le i s add ed and th e seri al number , fi rst and last im ages, time c ode, f i le l e ngt h and f il e name ar e dis pl ayed.[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 24 nN A fter ad d i n g th e files to th e R eco rd Li st, y ou can s ti l l ch a n ge t he o rd e r o f th e files, add o r de let e fi les. To change the order o f the file s in the Recor d Li s t, proceed as f o llow s: 1 Cl ick the fi le you w ant to m ove whi le ho lding dow n th e [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 25 nN Recor di ng on the D V devic e You can autom at i cal l y or ma nual ly export video s fro m your com puter to a DV devi c e. To au to mati ca lly ex po rt vi d eos fro m yo ur comp u ter to a DV d ev ice, p roce ed as follow s: 1 Co nnect the ca m er a to t he co mp u t e r w ith [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 26 nN ✍ Even if y o u s pec if y no t to ad d blank f rames , sever al b lank f ram es are al ways placed at th e e nd of th e re cord ed segment re g ard le ss o f the setti ng s. T his i s to p re vent image no i se f ro m being re c orded when rec ord ing stops. Do not qui t or lo g[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 27 nN Ca pt ur in g p ic tu res There ar e tw o c a ptur e modes in D Vgate Stil l: the Co n t i n uo u s Ca p tur e mode and t he S i n gl e Frame Cap t ur e m ode . ❑ Co nt in uou s Ca p tur e m od e: If you c aptur e p i ct ur es du ring Pl ay mo de , you ca n ca p ture 30 fra mes o[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 28 nN 3 Se t the DV d ev i ce to the Pl ay or Pa u s e m ode. The vid eo image appe ars in t he Mon itor windo w . 4 Cl i ck t he Ca p t ur e butt on. The vid eo image in the Mon i tor wind ow i s bei ng c aptur ed. ✍ Dr aggi ng t he sli de r i n th e Capture window to th e left or rig[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 29 nN S av i n g th e c apt ur ed p i ct ur es Y o u ca n s av e t h e s ti ll p ict u r es d is p l a y e d in th e DV g ate S til l - S t il l w i ndow in ei t h er one of t h e fol lo w i ng form a t s: B MP , J PG, G IF o r D VF. To sav e the capt ured pi ctures , procee d as foll ow[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 30 nN C rea ti ng an A sse mbl e Li st You can c reat e an A ssemb le List w i th fi les yo u wan t to sp l ice to g et h er. A fterw ards yo u can always e dit the Ass embl e Li st by c h angi ng t he o r d er of th e f i les and addi ng or d eleti ng fil es. To ad d fi les to an A sse [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 31 nN E dit in g A VI f il e s You c an edit the AV I fi l es i n the A sse m b le Li s t f or th e exact scenes you wa nt t o use. For exam ple, ther e is n o need to re c a pt ure fi les even if yo u o nly want to us e o ne partic ular sc ene f rom a l ong er vi deo sequenc e orig ina [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 32 nN Co mb ini ng s ti ll im ag es wi t h vid eo im a ge s To c ombin e st ill i m a ges with v i d eo images, pr ocee d as f ollow s : 1 Launc h DVg a te A sse mble . 2 Se lect th e s till imag e yo u w an t to i n sert from th e Assemb le List . 3 Cho os e Ed i t a cl ip. .. fro m the[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 33 nN Saving t he edited vi deo To s ave an ed ited vid eo s eq uence, pr oceed as foll ows: 1 Cl i ck t he Ou tput or th e Out p u t A ll bu tt on . The Sav e As di alo g b ox ap pear s. In f o r m ati on on the out put f ile a nd th e a m o unt o f f ree disk s pace is sh own i n the l[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 34 nN Us ing MovieS h aker Movi eShaker can be us ed t o c reat e fun and i nnovat i ve m ovies w i tho ut any know ledge of f ilm ed itin g. In a few steps, mo ti o n p ict ur e s ca n be c om bin e d wi th spe cial e ff ec ts, sti ll i mages ( p i ctu res), a nd musi c f iles an d t h [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 35 nN 1. Men u b ar Shows Movi eShake r menus. 2. M o nitor panel Conta i ns t he Sh ake , Ca p t ur e , a nd Edi t tray . Sel ect a t ray by clic ki n g t he Sh ake , Ca p t u re , or Ed i t tab. The Sh ake tray is f or c r eati ng a scene of app r o ximately 30 sec on ds lo ng incl udi[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 36 nN Im porting imag e s and soun d c li ps Befor e you c an c reat e a movi e, you nee d t o impo rt the i mages and s o und cli ps yo u wa nt to us e in y ou r mov i e . To impo rt images and s ound cli ps, proc eed as f o ll ows: 1 Cl i ck t he Fi le imp or t bu t t on . The Im por t[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 37 nN Creati ng a movi e A fter a d d i n g clip( s) to th e Cl ip t ray , you c an crea t e a s h or t mov i e usi ng th e S hake r feat ure. Shake r ra ndoml y s el ect s cli ps f rom the C lip tra y to c reat e a 30-secon d scene. To cre at e a mov i e, proc eed as fol lows : 1 Cl i c[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 38 nN Ed i ting cli ps and sc e ne s You can edi t you r movie by addi ng ef fec t s and t ext , adjusti ng the co lou r and contr as t , and mo difyi ng t he le ngth of the cli p. 1. Shake tab 2. Capt ur e t ab 3. Edit tab 4. Speed control sl ide r 5 . Vo lu me co ntr ol s lid er 6. Eff[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 39 nN To edi t clips and s cen es , proc eed as fol lows : 1 Do uble-cl ick t he cl i p i n th e Cl ip tray to m ove it to the Mo nit or Pan el . 2 Se le c t t h e Ef fec t tab fro m t he T oo l Pane l . 3 Drag and drop the ef fec t yo u w ant t o ad d f rom the Effe ct tra y to t he Edi[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 40 nN Us in g S m ar t C a pt ur e You can use S m a rt Captur e to s hoo t st i l l images and rec ord vi deo clips f r om a d igit al camer a conn ec t e d to your com puter . Ca pturing stil l images Y o u ca n ca p tu re s til l ima g e s f ro m i .LI NK ™ co m p a t ible de vi ce [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 41 nN Disp la yin g c aptu re d ima ge s in St ill Vi ewer To di s p lay capt ured images in S til l V i e w er , proc eed as fol lo ws: From the Start me nu , se lec t A ll P r o gra ms / Sma rt Captu re and cl i ck Sti l l V i ewer . Y ou can dis play, save or d elete y our images or s[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 42 nN Shooting vi deo clips With a v ideo cam era conn ected t o yo ur com puter yo u c an us e Sma r t C aptur e to c aptur e v i de o c l i ps, as we ll as p lay them or send th em vi a e-m ai l . To c aptur e vi deo cli ps, pr oceed as fo l l ows: 1 Launc h Sma rt C apture . 2 Select [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Video software 43 nN Se n din g vide o clips vi a e -mai l I f you sh oot a vi d eo cli p i n a lo w res o l utio n fo rmat, i ts si ze w il l be sm all al l o wi n g y ou to se nd t he vi deo cli p b y e - ma il . To send v ide o c l i ps v ia e-ma i l , proceed as f ol l ow s: 1 Launc h Sma rt C aptu[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing audio files with SonicStage 44 nN Managing audio files with SonicStage Soni cS tage l et s you pl ay an d rec ord au dio CDs a nd i m port di gi t al aud io f i l e s while m aintai ni ng the c opyr i g ht in f o rmati on of t he c o nt ents . When you r ecor d an audi o CD w it h So nicSt age, i t [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing audio files with SonicStage 45 nN ✍ The C D DB ® ( C o mp act Di s c Datab ase) M us ic Re cog n ition Service registrati on wizard enables you to regi s te r wi th CDDB . Y o u nee d Internet acc es s on your c o m pu ter to re gister and us e this service. Fo r m ore information re gard ing CDD[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing audio files with SonicStage 46 nN ! So ny re co mme nd s the u se of Son icS t age w he n b a c k in g u p o r c reat ing mu si c CDs. So ny of fe rs no guar ant ee f or c re at in g CD s , an opti on pr o vid ed by R ea l Ju keb o x 2 Ba s i c fo r S on y. The r e a r e som e CD - R O M d r i v es [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing audio files with SonicStage 47 nN R e c or din g a CD Y ou can re cord songs fro m audi o CDs and impo rt the m t o p layli sts in S o ni cStag e. To rec ord a CD , proceed as f ol lo w s: 1 In s e rt an audi o C D i nto your s ys tem ’ s optical disc drive. 2 Cl i ck t he CD tab . 3 U se th e dr [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing audio files with SonicStage 48 nN T ra n sf er ri n g so ngs (c h e c k i n /ou t ) You can t rans f e r songs betwee n the pl aylis t s on your Son icStag e so ft w a r e a n d e x te r n a l d e v i ce s o r m e d ia (f or ex amp le, Memo ry Sti ck ™ Wal k m an, N etwo rk Wa l kma n, C D-R W). F[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing audio files with SonicStage 49 nN Che c k i n g in songs Aft er che c k ing out audi o fil es, you ca n tra nsf er thos e fil es back to an e xterna l device or t o the har d drive. Thi s i s w hat w e c all chec king i n. The songs t h at you tr ansfe r like t hi s c an o nl y be c hecked i n t o t[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing audio files with SonicStage 50 nN Add it ion al f eat ures ❑ So nic S tag e T utoria l – Th e feat ures o f So ni cSt age are des c ri bed in the T utor ial. The user - fr i end ly in t e rface gui des y o u d irect ly thr ough the Son icSta ge fe a tu re s. ❑ S o ni c St a g e Ba c k up T o o[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 51 nN Using Imaging software The f ollow in g So ny i m agi ng softw ar e i s i ns tall ed on your com pu te r : ❑ Pi c tureG ear (pag e 51) ❑ Pi c tur eT oy ( p age 57) ❑ Vi sua l Flow (page 63) PCV - RX2 03 us e r s : Pl e a s e be a ware th a t t h e fe atu re s d esc ribed i [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 52 nN ✍ When you start P i ctureGear f o r the fi rst time , the L et' s tr y PictureGear window app e ars . It gives you a quick overvi e w o n how to view an d e d i t stil l i mag es, print various i m ag es , mak e a ho me pag e, an d m ake sti tche s fro m a mov i e. When y[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 53 nN 3 Sel ect the pict ures y o u want t o i nclu de i n your c o llec tion . If you hol d dow n the <C trl> ke y , you can s el ect s e v er a l pi ct ures at the sa m e time. If yo u hol d down t he <Shift> key , al l the i mages l ocat ed betw een the t wo i ma ges you[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 54 nN V iew i n g a Slide Show Du r i ng a slid e show , i mages are di s p layed on e af ter a not her a t a sp ecifie d i nter val. To view a sl ide s how, pr oceed as foll ows: 1 Creat e a Co ll e c t io n . 2 Cl i ck Sel ect A l l fr o m th e Ed it me n u to di sp la y a ll im a g [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 55 nN Cre a ting a Scree n Saver A scree n sa ve r is a pr ogram w hich p rote cts t he s creen by a uto ma ti call y co ver ing a stil l i mag e wit h a mov i n g imag e if the com puter ha s not been us ed for a few minu t e s. To c r e ate a screen s aver, pr oceed as fo l l ows: 1 [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 56 nN 5 Cl i ck t he C ust omi z e th e des i gn butt on to ad d pict ur es, frames, te xt , an d ef fects. The Pan el Al bu m dial og box appear s. 6 Fol low th e wi zard and cl ick Fi nish . Pi c tur eG ear n ow creat es your phot o al bum. When t he proces s i s done , t h e Complet[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 57 nN Us in g P i ct ur eT oy Pi c tur eTo y al lo w s you to super i mpos e p ict ures an d tex ts o n st ill i ma ges ( suc h as pho t o gr aphs a nd map s ) di s p layed on the deskt op. It al so al lows y ou to eas ily pl ace ar rows on sp ecifi c areas of a c ompu ter m ap, or t o[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 58 nN St ar t ing f ro m S on y a ppl ica tion s It is poss ible to s tar t Pic t u reGear from P i ct ureGea r and Vis ualF l ow . To start Pi ct ureToy f r o m PictureG ear , proceed as f ol lows: 1 Launc h Pic tureGe ar . 2 Op en t h e im age f i l e , w h ich you wan t to use as th[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 59 nN Dra wing and using pi cture s Dr aw i n g fre eha nd Y ou can sel e c t a var iety of pen s, such as mag ic marke rs, or f lu ore scen t p en s. Yo u can als o set the softw a re to a dd an a rrow t o the end poi nt o f a line. To draw line s fre ehand, pr o ceed as fol lows : 1 [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 60 nN A tta chi ng s tam ps a nd ba llo ons In Pic tur eToy, you can add s t a mp s or b alloon s t o yo ur f avouri t e pi ct ures . To at t a ch st amps an d ba ll oons, pr ocee d as f ollow s: 1 Make s u re the image for w hic h yo u w ant to at tac h a s tam p or a bal loon i s o p[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 61 nN Ma na gi ng pi ct ur es The und erlayi ng image and t he pictur e draw n o n i t can be sav ed t o get her as one s uperi m p os ed im age in JPE G or BMP fo rmat. You can al s o attac h Pictur eToy imag es to your e- mai l m e s s age and trans mit o r pri nt them . You can send[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 62 nN To prin t the pictur es, proc eed as fol l ow s : 1 Make su r e that t h e un derlayi ng imag e an d the pi cture draw n on it ar e ope ned. 2 Cl i ck t he Menu ico n an d cl ick t he Prin t bu t ton di splaye d i n t h e m enu di s pla yed in t he D etai l s Pan el . The Pri nt [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 63 nN Using V isua lFl ow Vis ualFlow a llow s you to int erac tivel y b rowse th r o ugh f iles stor ed on a Memor y Stic k™, your h ar d d r i ve, a CD- R OM or a fl o p p y di sk tha t con ta ins st il l im a g es, movies o r audi o c lips. It also all o ws yo u to select file s f[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 64 nN ✍ Visu alFlow w i ll b e au tomatically l aun ched when a Memory S tic k ™ i s inserte d . In this case, th e i m ages o n th e M emory S ti ck ™ wi ll be i mm edia te ly visible. F o ld ers a n d dr ives sto r ed on a Mem or y Stic k™ ar e d is pl ayed a s slid es . Visu[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 65 nN Cha nging t h e view and di splay orde r In t he tool bar o f Vis ualFlow , you can us e the Vi ew and Sort optio ns t o choose a d iff ere nt sl ide lay out. ❑ Vi ew but tons : Cl i ck thes e but tons to defi ne a m ode f or di s play ing t he s lides . ❑ Semi - ci rcu lar ?[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using Imaging software 66 nN Usi ng P ic t ure Gear an d Pi c tur eT oy with VisualFlow You can use ot her Son y ap pli cation s, i.e., P ictur eGea r and Pi c tur eTo y, to vi ew or pl ay you r slide image s . To use o t h er so ftw are , p r oc eed as fol lo ws: 1 Launc h Vi sual F l ow . 2 Sel ect the s l[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Customizing your V AIO computer 67 nN Customizing your V AIO computer The f ollow in g sec tio ns bri ef l y desc ribe how to chan ge t he m ai n set tin gs of your com pu t e r. A m ong ot her thin gs , you wi l l l earn how to pr epare y ou r mod em for use, how to us e and cu s tom i ze the l ook of you r[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Customizing your V AIO computer 68 nN 7 Check t hat yo ur modem is li sted i n t h e Modems ta b . If your m o dem i s no t lis ted, cli ck Ad d a n d fo ll ow th e w iza rd. 8 Cl i ck Ap pl y / OK . Y ou r modem is c o nfigu re d. ✍ Be fo re ap pl ying ne w c oun t ry se t tin gs, p le ase make s ur e y o[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Customizing your V AIO computer 69 nN Ch a ng i ng y ou r w ind ow s d e si gn wi th th e UI Des ign Sele ctor pr o gram You can chang e t he wind ow desi gn of Son y sof tware c ompat i b le with th e UI Des ign Sel ect or progr am. To change the windo w desig n u s i ng UI Desig n Sel ect or, pr oceed as f[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Customizing your V AIO computer 70 nN Set ti ng a Son y wa llp ap er You r Sony VA IO c ompu t e r offe rs you, a mo ng man y ot her f eat ures, a cho ice of wal lpap er s. You can c h ange the w allpap er, the bac kgrou nd o f your de sktop , as many ti m es as you l i ke. Ther e are s ever al VA I O -spe c[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Customizing your V AIO computer 71 nN Sta r ti ng y ou r f avo u ri te so ft w ar e Usi ng shortcut keys The VA I O A ct io n S e tu p s of tware e n ab les yo u to s ta rt your fav ou rite so ftw ar e b y si mply p re ssi n g a sho r tc u t key ( S Key) . Y ou can a ls o refer to the V A IO A ction Set u p [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Customizing your V AIO computer 72 nN Usi ng i.LINK ™ Y ou can p rese t your i.L INK ™-eq u ippe d de vi ce s to p erfo rm certa i n fu ncti o ns, such as a uto mati ca ll y star ti ng DV gate™ ap plic ation s or c o nnect in g tw o VAIO c omput ers . To p reset your i .LIN K ™ de vic e to p erf o r [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Customizing your V AIO computer 73 nN Sele ctin g disp lay mod es Thi s des ktop uses the nV I DIA G e Force2 T i vi deo cont r ol l er. You can s el ect whi ch di spla y i s used whe n the comp u ter is connec ted to an exte rn al disp l a y. Make s ure y our de s kt op is shut dow n be fo r e yo u c onne c[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Installing and updating applications 74 nN 13 Cl i ck Fi nish . The G e Forc e2Ti Prope r t ies di al og bo x ap pears aga in. 14 Cl i ck Ap pl y a nd OK . 15 Rest ar t your c omput er . ✍ T u rn o n th e c omputer afte r you have turn e d off the peripheral d evices . Installing and updating applications [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Installing and updating applications 75 nN 6 Sel ect the insta llati on pr ogram and c l i ck Op en . The path of the i nstall ation pr ogram appears i n Op en : t ext b o x. 7 Cl i ck Fi nish . A Li cense Agreeme nt d ial og box migh t appe ar . 8 Read the agr eement and click Ye s t o a ccep t. Y ou are as[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Installing and updating applications 76 nN U n in st a l li n g s o f t w a re Befor e pr oceedi ng, c l ose the app licati on you wa nt to uni ns tall . To u nin stal l softw ar e , p roce ed a s fo ll ows: 1 From the Start me n u, c li c k C ontrol Pan el . The Co ntro l P anel windo w appears. 2 Do uble-c[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Installing and updating applications 77 nN Ca u ti o n Windows ® File prot e c ti on I ns tall ing a p ro gra m migh t o ver write sha red s ystem fil e s such a s d yna mic - lin k lib ra r ies (D LL fi les) * an d ex ecu tab le fi le s ( E X E fi l es) . Wh e n sy stem f i les a r e overw ri t te n , syst[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Installing and updating applications 78 nN Dow nload in g softwar e Pl ease no te i t i s poss i b le t o d ow n loa d the l at e st upgr ade s of s oft ware f or yo ur c ompu ter on our w ebs it e. Just click t he fo ll owing l ink t o acce ss it: w ww. va io -l in k .co m To dow nload th e lat est upg ra d[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing drivers 79 nN Managing drivers A d r i ver is a s oft wa r e enabl in g you to us e h ar d ware d evices. For exam pl e, i n order for you to be able t o us e a p ri nte r, you must fir st in stal l its drive r. Man y d r i ve rs, such a s the m ous e driver, co me wi th the o pe rati n g sys tem. T[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing drivers 80 nN 8 Cl i ck Fi nish . Y ou may b e a s ked to rest a r t yo u r ma chin e. 9 Cl i ck Ye s . Th e d r iv e r is in st a l le d . ✍ To in stal l y ou r de v i c e d r iver , y ou mus t be l og ge d o n to yo ur c om put e r w i th a n adm in is trato r acc ou nt. C heckin g the dr iver &[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing drivers 81 nN ❑ Do ubl e- cl icki ng t he cat eg ory of your d evice in the dev ic e manag er list d oes no t di s pl ay your devi c e . Y ou h a ve to rem o ve y o u r de vice. Plea se re fer t o U ni nstal ling a dri ver (p ag e 83) to rem o ve it. Th en repeat f rom s tep 2 i n In s ta lli ng a[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing drivers 82 nN Up da ti n g a dr i v er To upda te the driver , pr oceed as f o llow s: 1 Cl i ck Start on th e ta skb ar . 2 Cl i ck Con tro l P anel . 3 Cl i ck t he P r in te rs a n d Ot h e r H a r d w a r e ic o n . An d then c l i ck the d evice y ou wa nt t o re ver t. 4 On t he Har dwa re t a[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing drivers 83 nN Un ins tal ling a d river Leave t he d evice connec ted t o your com pu t er wh ile u nin s tal ling t he driver. To uni nsta ll the dr ive r , p r o ceed as fol lows : 1 Cl i ck Start on th e ta skb ar . 2 Cl i ck Con trol P a nel . 3 Cl i ck t he Pr inter s an d O th e r H a rdwa re [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing drivers 84 nN Re s to ri n g y ou r s y st em Sys t e m Re s t ore i s a feat ur e of Micr osof t ® W i ndo ws ® XP that restores your com puter to a prev i o us s tat e, i f a pro b lem o c curs, wi thout losi ng yo ur perso n al d a ta fil es. Syst e m R esto re mo n it o r s ch a nges to th e s[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing drivers 85 nN 7 On t he Dri ver tab, c l ic k Ro l l B ac k D riv e r . Y o u h av e y o ur p r e v io u s dr iv e r ba ck . ✍ Y ou mus t be l ogg ed on t o yo ur c om put e r w i th a n ow ne r a c co unt in or d er t o c om pl ete th is pr oc edur e. Re st ori ng yo ur c om pute r d oe s n ot a [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Managing drivers 86 nN Dow nload in g driver s Pl ease no te i t is possib le to d own l oa d the l ate s t v ersions of dri ver s for you r com puter on our w ebsi te. Just click t he fo ll owing l ink t o acce ss it: w ww. va io -l in k .co m To dow nload th e lat es t dri vers, p r o ce ed a s foll ows : [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using the product recovery CD-ROMs 87 nN Using the product recovery CD-ROMs The set of Pr oduct R ecov ery CD - ROMs su ppl i ed w i t h your co m p ute r al lo w you to per for m a f ull s ys tem rec over y, and help you rei nst al l ind i vi dual ap pl i cat io ns or th e de vice dr ivers m an uall y. Th e[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using the product recovery CD-ROMs 88 nN Pe rfor min g a sys te m r ec ov e ry Use t hi s opti on onl y when y our s ys t em is seri ousl y da mag ed, e. g. , i f Wind ows ® does not w ork any lo nger, or yo ur PC b ehaves a b n o rm a ll y. The system recove ry wi ll comp l e tely rein st all th e ori gina[...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using the product recovery CD-ROMs 89 nN 6 O n the fi rst scre en t h at a p p ea rs , p r e s s S (S tand ard ) . The sy s tem r e cov ery CD sc reen appear s, aski ng you if you are real ly sur e you w ant to cont inue. 7 Cl i ck Y (Y es ) . 8 Y ou w i l l be asked agai n wh et h er y ou are r e ally sure [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using the product recovery CD-ROMs 90 nN Re co v erin g t h e sys t em wi th out c ha ngi ng pa rt it io ns Thi s op tion is not a vail abl e o n PC V- RX203 . To rec over t he s ys tem wit hout ch anging par titi ons , proceed as fol l o ws: 1 Pres s C t o k eep your curr ent par tit i o ns . Thi s i s the [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using the product recovery CD-ROMs 91 nN 8 Pres s any key to rest art your c om p uter . ! Please note th at this o ption w i ll delete all existin g d ata both on the C: and D: drives b e fore s tarting th e re covery. Ab o rti ng th e rec o very pro ce ss The rec over y p r o c ess always war ns yo u when [...]

About the softwar e on your Sony desktop Using partitioned drives 92 nN Using partitioned drives In My C omp u t er y ou m ay ha v e no t i ced t he av ailab il i ty of two dri ves ( C: and D:) . Your har d d isk d r i ve co m es fro m th e fac tor y w ith 2 lo gical pa rti tions . Thi s doe s not m ean th at your com pu ter co ntains t wo phys ica[...]