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Software Help and Support Support information for the preinstalled software on your system is located in this section. Sony software support is free of charge for 90 days after the original date of purchase. Your computer may not be supplied with all of the software discussed in this section, depending on the computer purchased. To view information about the specific software preinstalled on your computer, see the software program's online Help. Adobe® Photoshop® Elements, Photoshop® Album, Reader® Adobe Systems, Inc. Web site http://www.adobe.com telephone 800-685-3652 hours M - F, 6 AM - 5 PM PST America Online® (Broadband or Dial-Up) America Online, Inc. Web site http://www.aol.com Click to DVD Sony Electronics Inc. At the touch of a button, Click to DVD software allows you to automatically burn DVDs from a digital video device. Create DVDs by capturing video content straight from a digital video (DV) device or by importing video from stored files - and you can also edit the video if desired. Create DVD photo albums and slide shows with picture files or by importing pictures from a digital still camera. What's more, you can easily give a professional look to your DVDs by adding chapter menus, backgrounds, and menu screens. You're only a few clicks away from your own DVDs! Web site http://www.sony.com/pcsupport telephone 888-4-SONY-PC (888-476-6972) hours 7 days a week, 24 hours a day CLIÉ Converter Sony Electronics Inc. CLIÉ Converter software is a plug-in software program that converts Giga Pocket® Video Capsules into Movie Player format for playback on your Sony® CLIÉ handheld. After converting your Video Capsules, you can use CLIÉ Converter software to transfer them to Memory Stick® media or to save them to your hard disk drive for transfer to your CLIÉ handheld during your next HotSync® operation. Web site http://www.sony.com/pcsupport telephone 888-4-SONY-PC (888-476-6972) hours 7 days a week, 24 hours a day Drag'n Drop CD+DVD Sonic Solutions Drag'n Drop CD+DVD software is designed to make CD and DVD creation simple. You can create you own audio or data CDs and data DVDs. These discs can be read in most audio CD players or personal computers. With Drag'n Drop CD+DVD software, you can also back up CDs. Page 175

Section	Page
Welcome	1
Getting Started	2
Unpacking Your Computer	3
Planning an Ergonomic Work Space	5
Locating Controls And Ports	6
About the Front Panel	7
About the Back Panel	10
About the Keyboard	13
About the Remote Control	15
Setting Up Your Computer	19
Connecting a Display (Monitor)	20
Connecting the Speakers	21
Connecting the Keyboard and Mouse	22
Connecting the Telephone and Modem Cables	23
Connecting the Power Cords	25
Turning On Your Computer	26
Registering Your Computer	27
Turning Off Your Computer	28
To turn off your computer	29
About the power button	30
Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder	31
About Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder	32
Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder includes:	33
Setting Up Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder	34
To set up TV connections	35
Setting up additional equipment	39
Setting Up Giga Pocket Software	41
To set up TV viewing	42
Starting Giga Pocket for TV Setup (For first time setup)	43
Setting up your display (monitor)	45
Giga Pocket	46
Starting Giga Pocket	47
Using the TV/Recording deck and Playback deck	48
Recording a Video Capsule	49
Using the Slip Play feature	50
Additional information about Giga Pocket	51
Using the TV Program Web site	52
Timer Recording Wizard	53
Using the Timer Recording Wizard	54
Additional information about the Timer Recording Wizard	57
Timer Recording Manager	58
Using the Timer Recording Manager	59
Viewing your selected program recording schedule	60
Additional information about the Timer Recording Manager	61
Giga Pocket Explorer	62
Using Giga Pocket Explorer	63
Accessing Click to DVD Help	64
Accessing DVgate Plus Help	65
Recording Video Capsules onto recordable DVD media	66
Exporting Video Capsules	67
Additional information about using Giga Pocket Explorer	68
Using Network Cabinets	69
CLIÉ Converter	70
Starting CLIÉ Converter	71
Converting Video Capsules	72
Transferring converted video files to a Memory Stick media	73
Transferring converted video files using the HotSync operation	74
Glossary	75
Accessing Giga Pocket Help	76
Internet Electronic Program Guide Service	77
Setting up your Internet Electronic Program Guide service	78
Configuring Your VAIO Computer	79
About i.LINK Compatibility	80
For PCV-V and PCV-W series models	81
Connecting an i.LINK (IEEE 1394) device	82
About the Memory Stick Media Slot	83
About the SmartMedia Card Slot	85
About the CompactFlash/Microdrive Media Slot	87
Upgrading and Maintaining your VAIO Computer	89
Overview	90
About Opening the System Unit	91
About Add-on Card Installation	93
About Installing Memory	95
About the Lithium Battery	97
About Hard Disk Drive Installation	99
Troubleshooting	102
About VAIO Computer Functions	103
My computer does not start.	104
What can I do if my computer or software stop responding?	105
Why does the Windows operating system stop responding during shutdown?	106
Why is my system running slowly?	107
How do I change the video resolution of my display?	108
Why doesn't my computer resume normal operation from Stand by mode?	109
About System Security	110
How can I protect my system against security threats, such as viruses?	111
What is the best way to set up firewall protection for my computer?	112
How do I keep my preinstalled antivirus software updated?	113
About Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder	114
Why can't I see an image or an image that is displayed properly when I am using a VCR?	115
Why does my Giga Pocket viewing window or the images played back from a Video Capsule, appear distorted or corrupted?	116
Why does my system seem to slow down when I play a Video Capsule?	117
Why did I get the error message, Event buffer of audio overflow?	118
Why did my on-screen display shift or split?	119
Why can't I create new Video Capsules?	120
About Using the Optical Disc Drive(s)	121
Why doesn't my optical drive tray open?	122
Why can't I play a DVD or CD media?	123
Why isn't my DVD playing properly?	124
About the Mouse and Keyboard	125
Why doesn't my mouse work properly?	126
How do I set up my mouse for left-hand use?	127
Why doesn't my keyboard work properly?	128
About the Modem	129
Why is my modem connection slow?	130
Why doesn't my modem work properly?	131
How do I change my modem to rotary or touch-tone dialing?	132
How do I set up a dial-up connection?	133
About the Speakers	134
Why is there no sound in any software program?	135
About Using a Microphone	136
Why doesn't my microphone work properly?	137
Why is my microphone so sensitive to background noise?	138
About Using Peripheral Equipment	139
How do I install a printer?	140
The connected printer does not function properly when the computer resumes from a power saving mode.	141
Notes On Use	142
About the Power Source	143
About Using Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder	144
Display setup	145
Hard disk drive	146
Network	147
About Disposing of the Lithium Battery	148
About Handling the Computer System	149
Moisture condensation	151
Wireless devices	153
The hard disk drive	155
About Handling a Monitor (Display)	157
About handling an LCD monitor (display)	158
About Recording and Data Storage Media	159
Handling CD or DVD media	161
Cleaning CD or DVD media	163
Using Memory Stick media	165
Using CompactFlash and SmartMedia cards	167
Using MultiMedia (MMC) and Secure Digital (SD) media cards	169
Handling floppy disks	171
Support Options	173
Immediate Help and Support	174
Software Help and Support	175
Resources for Additional Help and Support	180
Sony Online Support Web site	181

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Software Help and Support

Support information for the preinstalled software on your system is located in this section. Sony software support is free of

charge for 90 days after the original date of purchase.

Your computer may not be supplied with all of the software discussed in this section, depending on the computer

purchased. To view information about the specific software preinstalled on your computer, see the software program's

online Help.

Adobe

Photoshop

Elements, Photoshop

Album, Reader

Adobe Systems, Inc.

Web site

http://www.adobe.com

telephone

800-685-3652

hours

M - F, 6 AM - 5 PM PST

America Online

(Broadband or Dial-Up)

America Online, Inc.

Web site

http://www.aol.com

Click to DVD

Sony Electronics Inc.

At the touch of a button, Click to DVD software allows you to automatically burn DVDs from a digital video device. Create

DVDs by capturing video content straight from a digital video (DV) device or by importing video from stored files — and you

can also edit the video if desired. Create DVD photo albums and slide shows with picture files or by importing pictures from

a digital still camera. What's more, you can easily give a professional look to your DVDs by adding chapter menus,

backgrounds, and menu screens. You're only a few clicks away from your own DVDs!

Web site

http://www.sony.com/pcsupport

telephone

888-4-SONY-PC (888-476-6972)

hours

7 days a week, 24 hours a day

CLIÉ Converter

Sony Electronics Inc.

CLIÉ Converter software is a plug-in software program that converts Giga Pocket

Video Capsules into Movie Player format

for playback on your Sony

CLIÉ

handheld. After converting your Video Capsules, you can use CLIÉ Converter software to

transfer them to Memory Stick

media or to save them to your hard disk drive for transfer to your CLIÉ handheld during your

next HotSync

operation.

Web site

http://www.sony.com/pcsupport

telephone

888-4-SONY-PC (888-476-6972)

hours

7 days a week, 24 hours a day

Drag'n Drop CD+DVD

Sonic Solutions

Drag'n Drop CD+DVD software is designed to make CD and DVD creation simple. You can create you own audio or data CDs

and data DVDs. These discs can be read in most audio CD players or personal computers. With Drag'n Drop CD+DVD

software, you can also back up CDs.

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