Sony VAIO PCG-FX301, Software Manual

Page 1: ...N About the software on your Sony notebook P C G F X 3 0 1 ...

Page 2: ...l charge Subscriptions to online service providers may require a fee and credit card information Financial services may require prior arrangements with participating financial institutions 2001 Sony Corporation All rights reserved Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited Sony DVgate i LINK PictureGear MovieShaker Smart Capture UI Design Selector VisualFlow VAIO and the VAI...

Page 3: ...ons The SONY SOFTWARE contains copyrighted material and other proprietary material In order to protect them and except as permitted by applicable law you may not decompile reverse engineer or disassemble the SONY SOFTWARE in whole or in part Except for the transfer of the SONY SOFTWARE together with the SONY HARDWARE and prior agreement of the recipient to be bound by the terms and conditions of t...

Page 4: ...r this limited warranty please refer to the Customer Service Guide on how to contact VAIO Link Energy Star As an Energy Star Partner Sony has determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency The International Energy Star Office Equipment Program is an international program that promotes energy saving through the use of computers and their office equipment The pro...

Page 5: ...puter operates as an editing desk that can capture preview cut and assemble your selection and save the sequences in AVI and MPEG1 formats DVgate Still displays digital video images sent from a digital video cassette recorder or a digital video camera recorder and saves them as graphic files on your hard drive Memory Stick Formatter Sony Electronics Memory Stick Formatter is a special software for...

Page 6: ...enMG Jukebox Sony Electronics OpenMG is a copyright protection technology developed by Sony Corporation and designed to allow recording and playback of digital music data on a personal computer Once the data is encrypted and recorded onto the hard disk OpenMG technology allows it to be played back on the PC but prevents unauthorized distribution The purpose of OpenMG technology is to create an env...

Page 7: ...ra to your computer to shoot still images and video clips which you can view or send by e mail The Smart Capture Finder displays images from the camera and allows you to adjust the settings or create effects Smart Capture enables you to capture images via i LINK compatible devices or create a panorama picture using the panorama assist function The final panorama will be created in PictureGear usin...

Page 8: ...nal your hard drive or any other drive on your computer VisualFlow can display Memory Stick files in a variety of ways and allows you to play display still images movies or sound files within VisualFlow or with other software Product Recovery CD ROMs Sony Corporation The Product Recovery CD ROMs allow you to reinstall the system the software shipped with your computer and the bundled device driver...

Page 9: ...ennium Edition maintains the best support for older Windows based applications and technologies For questions and technical assistance go online to http support microsoft com directory Internet Explorer 5 5 Microsoft Corporation Internet Explorer is the Microsoft Internet browser allowing you to surf the World Wide Web The Setup Wizard configures your computer to connect automatically to your serv...

Page 10: ...ile You quickly see the first page while the rest of the document is being downloaded For questions and technical assistance go online to http www adobe com Real Entertainment Center Real Entertainment Center contains two software programs RealPlayer and RealJukebox RealNetworks RealPlayer RealPlayer is the RealNetworks video and audio player which lets you access 2 500 radio stations featuring mu...

Page 11: ...inDVD is a simple to use DVD player WinDVD combines all the features you would expect to find on a standard consumer DVD player in addition to some very advanced functionalities such as full VCD 2 0 support full precision video decoding a choice of user interfaces and video display options You can play DVD movies interactive DVD titles MPEG video content Video and audio CDs WinDVD automatically de...

Page 12: ... capture still images proceed as follows 1 Connect an i LINK compatible device to your notebook 2 Launch Smart Capture from the Start menu in Programs Smart Capture Smart Capture The Finder window appears displaying the image of the subject 3 Adjust the focus on the subject 4 Click the Capture button in the Smart Capture window The Still Viewer window appears with the image you shot in the Still I...

Page 13: ...You can create a panorama picture by using PictureGear 2 5SE or higher You can capture still images and video clips from a digital video camera using Smart Capture Sending still images via e mail To send still images via e mail proceed as follows 1 Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar 2 Point to Programs and click Smart Capture 3 Click Still Viewer 4 Select the still image you want to sen...

Page 14: ...o clip you can shoot up to 60 seconds according to the settings you chose in the Recording options section 6 Click the Capture button when finished The Movie Player window appears it contains the captured video clip 7 Click to playback the images Click to pause to stop playback 8 To end Smart Capture click You can shoot video clips in the following formats Non compressed Video 160 x 120 24 bits ma...

Page 15: ...o send video clips via e mail proceed as follows 1 Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar 2 Point to Programs and then Smart Capture 3 Click Movie Player 4 Click Mail The Compression Settings window opens 5 Choose the compression rate by moving the slider 6 Click Start Compression When compression is completed a window message asks you if you want to attach the file to your e mail 7 Accept ...

Page 16: ...your modem while travelling make sure that the country of the active location defined in Modems matches the country you are dialing from To configure your modem proceed as follows 1 Click Start point to Settings and click Control Panel 2 Double click Modems The Modems Properties dialog box appears 3 Select the General tab 4 Click Dialing Properties 5 Check the country region settings and make sure...

Page 17: ...int Settings then click Control Panel 2 Double click UI Design Selector The UI Design Selector dialog box appears 3 Click on or and select the design you like 4 Click Apply The UI Design Selector window design changes to give you a preview of the design you chose for the Sony software 5 To try another design click on or 6 Click OK once you are satisfied with your choice UI Design Selector dialog b...

Page 18: ...s in this page you can select the power scheme with the most appropriate settings for your computer Alarms you can set an alarm to warn you when you reach a certain power level Power Meter this window lets you see what the remaining battery power is Advanced in this page you can set some behaviors E g you can decide what happens when you close the lid of the portable computer nothing the computer ...

Page 19: ...e Advanced button The Rage Mobility M1 AGP Properties dialog box appears 5 Click the Displays tab to set the display settings If you cannot see the movie on the external display set the external display to Primary Select the Displays tab and deselect the Monitor or TV button to change it from Secondary to Primary You may not be able to display the notebook LCD screen and an external display or a p...

Page 20: ...ation window or a toolbar from one display to the other This configuration of a single desktop distributed across separate displays is referred to as a virtual desktop Certain software may not be compatible with Dual Display settings Make sure that your computer does not enter Standby or Hibernate mode while you are using Dual Display mode otherwise your computer may not return to Normal mode If y...

Page 21: ... the colors and resolution for each display You can set the display colors and resolution for each display that is part of a virtual desktop To set the display colors and resolution for each display proceed as follows 1 Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar 2 Point to Settings and click Control Panel 3 Double click the Display icon 4 Click the Settings tab 5 Click on the display you wish t...

Page 22: ...click the Display icon 4 Click the Settings tab 5 Drag the monitor icons to match the physical arrangement of your monitors The two monitor icons must be connected to create a virtual desktop 6 Click OK to apply the change Deactivating the dual display function To deactivate the Dual Display function proceed as follows 1 Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar 2 Point to Settings and click C...

Page 23: ...the device drivers manually The system recovery process allows you to reinstall an image of the hard disk as it was before you started using your notebook Perform a System Recovery in the following cases In the event of a serious system crash If you want to modify the size of your partitions Perform an Application Recovery if you need to Reinstall an individual driver if a device is not functionin...

Page 24: ...Recovery or an Advanced Recovery When choosing a Standard Recovery you leave the current partition sizes untouched When choosing an Advanced Recovery you can adapt the partition sizes You can only use these product recovery CD ROMs on the Sony notebook you purchased and not on any other Sony PC or other manufacturer s PC The recovery process can last up to sixty minutes Applying a system recovery ...

Page 25: ...r computer using AC power only and insert the system recovery CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive 3 Shut down your computer Start Shut Down Shut Down 4 Wait ten seconds 5 Turn your computer back on 6 On the first screen that appears press S Standard The system recovery CD screen appears asking you if you are really sure you want to continue 7 Click Y Yes 8 You will be asked again whether you are really ...

Page 26: ...our hard disk At this stage 3 options are available Recovering the system without changing partitions Recovering the system with modified partition sizes Aborting the recovery process Recovering the system without changing partitions To recover the system without changing partitions proceed as follows 1 Press C to keep your current partitions This is the recommended option if you do not need to mo...

Page 27: ...l create 1 or 2 partitions on the hard disk 3 Confirm your selection on the next screen 4 Wait until the new partitions are created and the notebook reboots 5 Press G to proceed with the system recovery 6 Follow the instructions on the screen 7 When the recovery process is finished remove the product recovery CD ROM from the drive 8 Press any key to restart your notebook Please note that this opti...

Page 28: ...ter using AC power only and wait until Windows has booted 3 Insert the product recovery CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive 4 Open the DVD ROM drive through Windows Explorer and click on the Apps directory 5 Open the directory that corresponds to the application you want to recover 6 Double click the Setup program 7 Follow the instructions in the Installer You must run the last product recovery CD ROM f...

Page 29: ...s you can use the last product recovery CD ROM To reinstall a device driver proceed as follows 1 First check whether the driver you want to reinstall is on the last product recovery CD ROM Only device drivers that are not delivered with Windows can be found in the Drivers folder 2 Check all underlying sub directories for the appropriate driver 3 Next launch the Add Remove Hardware Wizard click Sta...

Page 30: ...ing applications like DVgate To optimize data storage use the C drive to install new applications and save all your documents and files to the D drive Moreover doing so will prevent the loss of your data in the case you need to perform a system recovery Do not try to add delete or resize partitions unless you really need to Changing partition settings might delete all your files on the hard disk I...