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Using your VAIO computer
User Guide
Playing DVDs
To achieve optimum performance when playing DVDs, you should follow these recommendations:
❑
Close all open applications before playing a DVD movie.
❑
You can play DVDs with the software
VAIO Zone
.
❑
Do not switch power saving modes while playing a DVD.
❑
Do not use utility applications to speed up the access of discs, because they may cause the system to become unstable.
❑
Make sure that the screensaver is deactivated.
❑
Region codes indicators are labelled on the DVDs to indicate in which region and on what type of player you can play the disc.
Unless a
2
(Europe belongs to region
2
) or
ALL
(this means that you can play this DVD everywhere in the world) is labelled on
your DVD disc or on the packaging, you cannot play the disc on this player.
❑
Do not try to change the region code settings of the DVD drive. Any difficulties caused by changing the region code settings of
the DVD drive are out of warranty.
Using two screens while watching a DVD
To use two screens and change the DVD playback settings, proceed as follows:
1
Connect your TV / DVI-D display to the computer as described in
.
2
Go to
VAIO Control Center
, select
Display
and then
Display
again.
The
Display Properties
dialog box appears.
3
Click the
Settings
tab and click
Advanced
.
4
On the
Displays
tab, select the
TV
or
DVI-D
button and click
OK
.
5
On the
Overlay
tab, click
Clone mode options...
and make sure
Overlay Display Mode
is set to
Theater Mode
.
