About the software on your Sony VAIO desktop. PCV-RX4 series / PCV-7766

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1 About the software o your Soy VAIO desktop PCV-RX4 series / PCV-7766

2 Read this first Soy VAIO desktop software guide Read this first otice This product cotais software owed by Soy ad licesed by third parties. Use of such software is subject to the terms ad coditios of licece agreemets eclosed with this product. Software specificatios are subject to chage without otice ad may ot ecessarily be idetical to curret retail versios. Updates ad additios to software may require a additioal charge. Subscriptios to olie service providers may require a fee ad credit card iformatio. Fiacial services may require prior arragemets with participatig fiacial istitutios Soy Corporatio. All rights reserved. Reproductio i whole or i part without permissio is prohibited. Ed user software licece agreemet 1 This Ed User Software Licece Agreemet (the EULA) is a legal agreemet betwee you ad Soy Corporatio (hereiafter referred to as Soy), a corporatio orgaised uder Japaese Law, the maufacturer of your Soy computer system (the SOY HARDWARE). Please read this EULA carefully before istallig or usig the software distributed together with this EULA (the SOY SOFTWARE). By istallig or usig the SOY SOFTWARE, you agree to be boud by the terms of this EULA. You may use the SOY SOFTWARE oly i coectio with the use of the SOY HARDWARE. SOY SOFTWARE is licesed; ot sold. otwithstadig the foregoig, software distributed together with separate Ed User Software Licece Agreemet (the Third Party EULA), icludig but ot limited to Widows operatig system provided by Microsoft Corporatio, shall be covered by the Third Party EULA. If you do ot agree to the terms of this EULA, please retur the SOY SOFTWARE together with the SOY HARDWARE to the place where you obtaied it. 1. Licece. This SOY SOFTWARE ad the related documetatio are licesed to you by Soy. This EULA allows you to use the SOY SOFTWARE for your persoal use for a sigle SOY HARDWARE outside a etwork ad oly to make oe copy of the SOY SOFTWARE i machie-readable form for back-up purposes oly.

3 Read this first Soy VAIO desktop software guide 2. Restrictios. The SOY SOFTWARE cotais copyrighted material ad other proprietary material. I order to protect them, ad except as permitted by applicable law, you may ot decompile, reverse egieer or disassemble the SOY SOFTWARE i whole or i part. Except for the trasfer of the SOY SOFTWARE together with the SOY HARDWARE ad prior agreemet of the recipiet to be boud by the terms ad coditios of this EULA, you may ot sell or ret the SOY SOFTWARE ad its copy to ay third party. 3. Limited Warraty. Soy warrats the media o which the SOY SOFTWARE is recorded to be free from physical defects for a period of iety (90) days from the date of purchase as evideced by a copy of the receipt. Durig the applicable warraty period, Soy will replace free of charge such media proved to be defective, provided they are retured properly packaged to the place where you obtaied it, together with your ame, address, ad proof of date of purchase. Soy will have o resposibility to replace media damaged by accidet, abuse, or misapplicatio. The above limited warraty replaces all other represetatios, coditios ad warraties, whether express or implied, by statute or otherwise ad Soy expressly disclaims all other warraties ad all coditios icludig, but ot limited to, the implied warraties ad/or coditios of satisfactory quality ad fitess for a particular purpose. The terms of this limited warraty do ot affect or prejudice your statutory rights as a ultimate cosumer, either do they limit or exclude ay liability for death or persoal ijury caused by the egligece of Soy. 4. Termiatio. This EULA is effective util termiated. You may termiate this EULA at ay time by destroyig the SOY SOFTWARE, related documetatio, ad all copies thereof. This EULA will termiate immediately without otice from Soy, if you fail to comply with ay provisio of this EULA. Upo termiatio you must destroy the SOY SOFTWARE, related documetatio, ad all copies thereof Goverig Law. This EULA shall be govered by ad costrued i accordace with the laws of Japa. Should you have ay questios cocerig this EULA or this limited warraty, please refer to the Customer Service Guide o how to cotact VAIO-Lik.

4 Read this first Soy VAIO desktop software guide EERGY STAR As a EERGY STAR Parter, Soy has determied that this product meets the EERGY STAR guidelies for eergy efficiecy. The Iteratioal EERGY STAR Office Equipmet Program is a iteratioal program that promotes eergy savig through the use of computers ad their office equipmet. The program backs the developmet ad dissemiatio of products with fuctios that effectively reduce eergy cosumptio. It is a ope system i which busiess proprietors ca participate volutarily. The targeted products are office equipmet such as computers, displays, priters, facsimiles ad copiers. Their stadards ad logos are uiform amog participatig atios. EERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark. 3 Evirometal iformatio Halogeated flame retardat is ot used i cabiets. Cushio formed by corrugated board are used i packagig.

5 Read this first Soy VAIO desktop software guide Trademarks Soy, DigitalPrit, DVgate, i.lik ad the i.lik logo, et MD, Soy Style Imagig, MovieShaker, Smart Capture, UI Desig Selector, VAIO Actio Setup, VAIO Edit Compoets, VAIO System Iformatio, SoicStage, Memory Stick ad the Memory Stick logo, VAIO ad the VAIO logo are trademarks of Soy Corporatio. i.lik is a trademark of Soy used oly to desigate that a product cotais a IEEE1394 coectio. Microsoft, Microsoft Works, Widows ad the Widows logo, Widows Media ad Outlook are trademarks or registered trademarks of U.S. Microsoft Corporatio i the U.S. ad other coutries. Adobe, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Premiere ad Adobe Photoshop Elemets are trademarks of Adobe Systems Icorporated. QuickTime ad the QuickTime logo are trademarks used uder licece. QuickTime is registered i the U.S. ad other coutries. RealPlayer is a trademark or registered trademark of Realetworks, Ic. i the U.S. ad other coutries. 4 Symatec orto Ativirus is a trademark of Symatec. Click to DVD is a trademark of Soy Electroics. The USB 2.0 Hi-Speed logo is a registered trademark of Uiversal Serial Bus Implemeters Forum. EverQuest is a registered trademark of Soy Computer Etertaimet America Ic. PowerDVD is a trademark or registered trademark of CyberLik Corporatio. Recordow DX is a trademark or registered trademark of VERITAS. All other ames of systems, products ad services are trademarks of their respective owers. I the maual, the or marks are ot specified. Specificatios are subject to chage without otice.

6 Registerig your VAIO Soy VAIO desktop software guide Registerig your VAIO It oly takes a few momets to register your Soy VAIO computer. By registerig your computer, you ca take advatage of Soy s commitmet to quality customer support ad receive the followig beefits: Club VAIO Olie support, tutorials, tips ad tricks, ews, ews forums, competitios, free dowloads ad software updates. VAIO-Lik If you are experiecig ay problems with your computer, you ca check the VAIO-Lik website for a possible solutio: Guaratee Protect your ivestmet. See the Guaratee sheet for the terms ad coditios ad refer to your Troubleshootig Guide for more iformatio. To register your Soy VAIO computer, proceed as follows: 1 Set up a Iteret coectio (see also Cofigurig your modem (page 65)). 2 Double-click the VAIO Olie Registratio ico o the desktop. You ca also fid the lik o the Start meu. 3 Chage your laguage if ecessary ad click ext. 4 Click Register ow ad the click ext. This brigs you to the website 5 Fill i your first ad last ame. The serial umber of your computer is etered automatically. 6 Click Submit. 7 Eter your details as required ad click Submit. Your VAIO is registered ad a thak you scree appears. If you etered a address, you will receive a cofirmatio from Club VAIO. Oce you have registered, you ca access VAIO Olie Registratio at ay time to update your details without fillig i the survey. 5

7 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide About the software o your computer Your Soy computer is ready to help you work, play, lear, ad commuicate as soo as you tur it o. This sectio gives you a overview of what you ca do with the software delivered with your computer. Soy software Click to DVD * (available separately o CD-ROM) Soy Electroics With Click to DVD you are oly a sigle mouse click away from creatig a Hollywood-style DVD masterpiece. By simply coectig a Soy Digital Hadycam to this Soy computer via a i.lik cable, you ca tur your family memories ito a DVD for all to share. Click to DVD will eve guide you through a simple 4-step procedure so you ca create DVD meus packed with actively movig chapter icos. For more iformatio, see the separate Click to DVD maual. * Available oly o models equipped with a DVD-RW drive. 6 DigitalPrit Soy Electroics DigitalPrit is easy-to-use software desiged to help you get the most ejoymet out of your photographs take with a digital camera or take from a CD, floppy disk or Memory Stick. With DigitalPrit, you ca easily load photos ito your computer, create photo albums, labels ad make prits.

8 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide DVgate Soy Electroics DVgate is a kit of 3 complemetary applicatios: DVgate Motio, DVgate Still, ad DVgate Assemble. This collectio makes it easy to select ad edit digital video clips, the brig them together ito a professioallookig home video. Use i.lik to coect your digital video camera, ad the computer operates as a editig desk that ca capture, preview, cut ad assemble your selectio ad save the sequeces i AVI or MPEG 1 & 2 formats. DVgate Still displays digital video images set from a digital videocassette recorder or a digital video camera recorder (oly possible if you have DV I/Out o your camera or at least a DV Out for DV Gate Still), ad saves them as graphic files o your hard drive. EverQuest Everquest is a popular software game that ca be played simultaeously by multiple people o the Iteret. The lik placed o your Widows desktop brigs you to the Everquest website where you ca fid out more. 7 MovieShaker Soy Electroics MovieShaker creates persoal movies - complete with trasitios, special effects, backgroud music, ad text. All you do is import your clips, pick the tue you wat ad MovieShaker does the rest. You ca also choose to take cotrol ad produce your very ow movie. You choose the exact clips order, special effects, ad trasitios. You ca also import your ow music ad MovieShaker will automatically match the legth of the sog to the legth of your movie.

9 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide Smart Capture Soy Electroics Coect a digital camera to your computer to shoot still images ad video clips, which you ca view or sed by . The Smart Capture Fider displays images from the camera ad allows you to adjust the settigs or create effects. Smart Capture eables you to capture images via i.lik compatible devices or create a paorama picture usig the paorama assist fuctio. SoicStage Soy Electroics SoicStage is software usig the OpeMG techology, a copyright protectio techology developed by Soy Corporatio ad desiged to allow recordig ad playback of digital music data o a persoal computer. Oce the data is ecrypted ad recorded oto the hard disk, SoicStage techology allows it to be played back o the PC but prevets uauthorised distributio. The purpose of SoicStage techology is to create a eviromet i which larger quatities of high-quality music ca be distributed without subsequet uauthorised distributio of the music files. The SoicStage software ecrypts ad maages music files either dowloaded to a persoal computer by usig the EMD services or adopted (or created) from your ow CD or the Iteret. To use the CD-R fuctios, you will eed to istall the CD-R module from the supplied applicatio CD-ROM. 8

10 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide Soy Style Imagig (shortcut o the desktop) Soy Electroics Soy Style Imagig is a easy way to share your digital pictures ad videos with family ad frieds. Use Soy Style Imagig with the SmartCapture ad MovieShaker software to make the most of your images ad movies. Whe you sig up as a Soy Style Imagig member, you ca store your pictures ad eve order prits. UI Desig Selector Soy Electroics You ca chage the widow desig of the Soy software compatible with UI Desig Selector. 9 VAIO Actio Setup Soy Electroics VAIO Actio Setup helps you maage applicatio settigs that cotrol hardware evets o your computer. For istace, this software eables you to start your favourite software with the shortcut keys (S Keys). It maages the settigs for the iteral timer, i.lik iterface ad Memory Stick.

11 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide VAIO Edit Compoets* Desiged as a plug-i for Adobe Premiere, VAIO Edit Compoets icludes special features to support your i.lik -DV devices, so you ca produce superior quality home movies eve after editig. ow you ca cotrol the DV device from your computer, import ad edit the movie, ad the export it back to the DV device. *This software is preistalled if Adobe Premiere versio 6.0 is already istalled o your computer. If ot, you ca istall VAIO Edit Compoets from the applicatio CD-ROM as soo as you have istalled Adobe Premiere versio 6.0 (available for purchase) o your computer. VAIO System Iformatio Soy Electroics Thaks to VAIO System Iformatio, you ca check the product iformatio (model ame, serial umber, BIOS versio, OS versio ad OS serial umber) ad the system iformatio (CPU, clock frequecy, system memory ad cache memory) of your desktop at all times. 10 Product Recovery CD-ROMs Soy Corporatio The Product Recovery CD-ROMs allow you to reistall the system, the software shipped with your computer ad the budled device drivers if they are corrupted or accidetally erased. Reistallig a idividual device driver may correct a problem you are experiecig with your computer, without you havig to recover the etire system.! You ca oly use the Recovery CD-ROMs o the Soy computer you purchased, ad ot o ay other Soy PC or other maufacturer's PC.

12 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide Operatig system ad other software Widows XP Home Editio Microsoft Corporatio Microsoft Widows XP Home Editio allows you to ejoy a ew level of reliability that helps your computer stay up ad ruig. If aythig does go wrog, you ca quickly roll back to the state your system was i whe all was well. The ew, simpler visual desig lets you use your computer the way you wat. If you share a computer with other users, you ca each ejoy your ow persoal prefereces because this Widows operatig system eables your computer to hadle multiple activities at the same time. Widows XP Home Editio automatically shields your computer from uauthorised access whe you are o the Iteret. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: 11 Iteret Explorer 6.0 Microsoft Corporatio Iteret Explorer is the Microsoft Iteret browser allowig you to surf the World Wide Web. The Setup Wizard cofigures your computer to coect automatically to your service provider. A full package eables you to sed ad receive mail - icludig attached files - across the Iteret. etmeetig, Outlook Express ad Microsoft Chat are just some of the compoets budled with Iteret Explorer 6.0. Iteret Explorer 6.0 also icludes 128-bit ecryptio, the highest possible level of protectio for all your Iteret commuicatios, icludig credit card use ad fiacial trasactios. A complete olie tutorial helps ew users become comfortable usig the Iteret. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to:

13 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide Microsoft Works (depedig o your model) Microsoft Corporatio Microsoft Works gives you the basic tools you eed for workig o your PC. Use the various compoets for your everyday ig, accoutig, orgaisig ad much more. The software icludes a olie Gettig Started guide. For more iformatio ad support, visit the website: Please be aware that if you eed to perform a system recovery, Microsoft Works will o loger be istalled. You ca reistall the software from the supplied Microsoft Works CD-ROM. Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 Adobe Systems Icorporated Acrobat Reader software allows you to view, avigate, ad prit electroic documets i Adobe Portable Documet Format (PDF), a ope file format that is iteded to preserve the coformity of documets created o all major computer platforms. Oce Acrobat Reader is istalled, you ca ope ad view PDF files from withi your Web browser by clickig a PDF file embedded i a HTML file. You quickly see the first page while the rest of the documet is beig dowloaded. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: 12

14 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide Adobe Photoshop Elemets (depedig o your model) Adobe Systems Icorporated Adobe Photoshop Elemets software itroduces the ext geeratio of image editig with powerful ew features that offer somethig for every user. Deliverig the broadest ad most productive toolset available, Photoshop Elemets helps you explore your creativity, work at peak efficiecy, ad achieve the highest quality results across all image media. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: Adobe Premiere LE (depedig o your model) Adobe Systems Icorporated Complemetary with DVgate Motio, Adobe Premiere lets you capture, record, create ad edit movies with video, soud, aimatios, photographs, drawigs, text ad other material. This stuigly simple ad powerful professioal video-editig tool comfortably closes the DV to Web gap. Differet tools, icludig various effects ad trasitios, help you to prepare your images for editig o tape or CD-ROM. Adobe Premiere combies professioal video editig capabilities ad high quality output i a product that's easy to use ad versatile. For questios ad techical ad techical assistace, go olie to: 13

15 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide PowerDVD for VAIO CyberLik Corporatio Create, defie ad save DVD video profiles of your ow with this CyberLik software desiged for the VAIO. Based o PowerDVD XP Stadard, PowerDVD XP for VAIO helps you customise how your DVDs are played. Ejoy a rage of iteractive avigatio ad toolbar settigs as well as video/audio cotrols that ca deliver the highest quality viewig ad listeig experiece. For more iformatio ad support, go to the website: QuickTime 5.0 Apple QuickTime is the Apple techology that makes video, soud, music, 3D ad virtual reality come alive for your Iteret browser ad Widows. For further iformatio, see the website at: 14 RealPlayer Realetworks RealPlayer is the Realetworks video ad audio player, which lets you access 2,500 radio statios featurig music, ews ad sports. For further iformatio, see the website at:

16 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide Recordow DX * VERITAS Recordow DX provides high performace CD or DVD recordig for ethusiasts ad professioals watig cotrol i their CD or DVD writig experiece. Whether you're a first time user or a expert o recordig, Recordow DX gives you the audio, CD, DVD, video, ad MP3 recordig tools you eed. Recordow DX provides predictable results creatig reliable music ad data CD or DVD. For further iformatio, see the website at: * Available oly o models equipped with a DVD-RW drive. Symatec orto AtiVirus (setup file o the hard drive) Symatec This software package icludes a 90-day free subscriptio to virus defiitio updates. With orto AtiVirus, you ca sca files, folders, or etire drives for viruses, ad quaratie ifected files for submissio to the Symatec AtiVirus Research Cetre (SARC). Files submitted to SARC are aalysed ad the results are reported automatically withi seve days. Whe you cofigure orto AtiVirus adequately, your computer is safe. orto AtiVirus ca automatically check boot records for viruses at system startup, check programs for viruses at the time you use them, sca all local hard drives for viruses oce per week, ad moitor your computer for ay activity that might idicate the work of a virus i actio. It ca also sca files you dowload from the Iteret ad check floppy disks for boot viruses whe you use them. You must lauch the orto AtiVirus istallatio, ad you will the be prompted to update the virus defiitios. This is ormal as ew viruses will have come out sice your VAIO left the factory. For more iformatio, see the olie help files ad the website at: 15

17 About the software o your computer Soy VAIO desktop software guide VAIO Web Phoe CallServe Commuicatios Ltd. Oce you have purchased the USB telephoe, this Iteret Telephoe eables you to make telephoe calls from your PC via the Iteret to ay other phoe. You ca make iteratioal calls at sigificatly lower prices ad make phoe calls ad surf the web at the same time - o just oe phoe lie. For more iformatio, see the olie help files ad the website at: 16

18 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Usig Video software The followig video software applicatios are istalled o your VAIO: DVgate (page 17) MovieShaker (page 32) Smart Capture (page 38) Usig DVgate DVgate is a software applicatio that eables you to capture ad the edit images take with digital video devices (DV devices), such as digital video camera recorders, o your persoal computer. It also gives you the ability to output the edited material for recordig o a DV device. With DVgate, you ca easily perform image editig with your computer ad a DV device. DVgate cosists of 3 applicatios: DVgate Motio; DVgate Still; DVgate Assemble. Depedig o the computer settigs, frames may be lost durig video capture ad frame duplicatio whe recordig edited video. Please make sure you cofigure your computer accordig to the recommeded settigs to prevet this from happeig. To cofigure your computer to use DVgate, refer to the Olie help of DVgate. 17

19 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Usig DVgate Motio With DVgate Motio you ca capture video ad record edited videos o a DV device. Capturig video: You ca automatically or maually capture ay scee or portio of the images recorded o a DV device, such as a digital video camera recorder. What is more, you ca specify the exact scees that you wat to capture while watchig the tape playback o the moitor. You ca the choose to save the selected scees as separate files or as oe file. Recordig edited video o a DV device You ca record the edited video o tape usig a DV device, such as a digital video camera recorder*, coected to the computer. With DVgate, you are ot limited to recordig sigle clips, but you ca record a series of clips o the DV device at oe time. To lauch DVgate Motio, proceed as follows: 1 Coect the camera to the computer with the i.lik cable ad tur o the camera. 2 Click Start, All Programs, DVgate, DVgate Motio. DVgate Motio ad the Moitor widows appear. 18 * The digital video camera recorder must have a DV-I coector. Capturig videos You ca automatically or maually import videos oto your computer. To automatically import videos oto your computer, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Motio. 2 Click the dow arrow ad select Import-Auto from the Mode drop-dow list. Use the DVgate camera cotrols buttos to play, rewid or fast forward the tape to the selected time code to begi capturig.

20 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide 19 3 Press Play to start the video. The video begis to play i the Moitor widow. 4 Click Mark to mark the begiig of the first segmet. The first frame of the segmet to be captured, is displayed i the I/Out list widow. Click Mark agai to mark the ed of the segmet to capture. The last frame of the segmet to be captured, is displayed i the I/Out list widow. Cotiue to mark as may segmets as you wat. 5 Click Capture to import the selected video segmet or click Capture All to import them all at oce. The Save as a file widow appears. 6 Select the locatio to save the file. 7 Click the Save butto. DVgate captures the segmets. The Capturig complete message appears.

21 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide 8 Click OK i the DVgate Motio widow to fiish. Iformatio about the capturig process is displayed i the Report widow. 9 Click OK. 10 Exit DVgate Motio. The Dvmotio2 widow appears o the scree. You ca the save the I/Out list, which allows you to capture the same video sequeces later o, or chage the I/Out settigs. Make sure that the camera is i Video Tape Recorder mode (VTR) whe capturig or playig back video from or to a tape. If you wat to maually import video oto your computer, refer to the DVgate olie help file. Recordig edited videos o a DV device 20 To record edited videos o a DV device, proceed as follows: 1 Adjust the recordig correctio values. 2 Add files to the Record List. 3 Record remotely or maually the video o the DV device. Adjustig the recordig correctio values To esure accuracy i the recordig, you ca specify recordig correctio values. Adjustmet of the recordig correctio values is especially importat whe performig splice recordig. You ca choose to specify the values yourself or to have them automatically adjusted by usig the automatic calibratio feature. The values geerated by the automatic calibratio feature are usually correct. To automatically adjust the recordig correctio values, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Motio. 2 Click the dow arrow ad select Export - Auto from the Mode drop-dow list.

22 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide 3 Select Adjust o Recordig from the Settigs meu. The Adjust o Recordig dialog box appears. 4 Click the AutoAdjust butto. DVgate Motio activates the coected DV device ad automatically fids the adjustmet values. 5 Click OK. To maually adjust the recordig correctio values, refer to the DVgate olie help file. Addig files to the Record List To add files to the Record List, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Motio. 2 Click Add i the DVgate Motio AVI file list. The Add dialog box appears. 3 Select a file ad click Ope. The specified file is added ad the serial umber, first ad last images, time code, file legth ad file ame are displayed. DVgate Motio adds all serial umbered files with the same ame if you select Add all divided files saved with the same ame. Serial umbered files are created whe you specify to save files as multiple files i DVgate Motio ad DVgate Assemble. All ewly added files are appeded to the ed of the list. You ca drag multiple files at oe time; however, the order i which they are added is upredictable. You ca record AVI files with differet soud modes o a DV device, but about oe secod of o soud (depedig o the DV device) may occur at the poit where the soud modes chage. You ca oly add AVI files usig DV Codec as video compressio; MPEG files are ot supported. Whe recordig a video sequece, make sure that all images are saved i the same mode. Recordig i differet modes might cause soud or image distortios durig playback. After addig the files you wat to the Record List, you ca still chage the order of the files, add or delete files. 21

23 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide After addig the files to the Record List, you ca still chage the order of the files, add or delete files. To chage the order of the files i the Record List, proceed as follows: 1 Click the file you wat to move while holdig dow the mouse butto. 2 Drag the file to the appropriate positio ad the release the mouse butto. To remove a file from the Record List, proceed as follows: 1 Click the file you wat to remove. 2 Click Delete. The removed file is filled by the subsequet file ad the files are reumbered. Click Delete All whe to remove all files. You ca select multiple AVI or still picture files from the Record List by clickig them while holdig dow the <Shift> or <Ctrl> key. Whe you move multiple files, they are all moved together. You ca udo chages by choosig Udo from the Edit meu immediately after isertig, movig or deletig (a) file(s). You ca save a Record List for future use. Record List files ca oly be used i DVgate Motio. To preview a clip, proceed as follows: 1 Select the file you wat to preview i the DVgate Motio AVI file list widow. 2 Click Preview. The Moitor widow ad the Preview widow appear. The Moitor widow shows the first frame of the file. Click o the Previous File butto or o the ext File butto to select the file you wat to preview. Click Preview All to preview all the files show i the list. Previous File ad ext File are buttos for movig the preview from oe selected file to aother. They are ot for desiged for avigatio purposes withi the list. Cosequetly, you caot click o them whe oly oe file is selected. Whe you select oly oe file, Previous File ad ext File do ot fuctio. 22

24 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Recordig o the DV device You ca automatically or maually export videos from your computer to a DV device. To automatically export videos from your computer to a DV device, proceed as follows: 1 Coect the camera to the computer with the i.lik cable ad tur o the camera. 2 Lauch DVgate Motio. 3 Click the dow arrow ad select Export-Auto from the Mode drop-dow list. 4 Click the Add butto i the DVgate Motio - AVI file list widow ad select the video file you wat to export. 5 Click Record or Record All. The Output dialog box appears. 6 Select the Add blak image optio butto. You ca add blak frame(s) durig recordig if you select the Apped optio butto i the Output dialog box. Blak frame(s) ca be placed i the followig locatios: Head: A blak image is placed before the start of the video sequece durig recordig. Tail: A blak image is placed after the ed of the video sequece durig recordig. Both: Blak images are placed before the start ad after the ed of the video sequece durig recordig. You ca specify the legth of a blak image by eterig the umber of frames i the Legth box i the Output dialog box. 7 Click OK. The Output dialog box closes ad recordig starts. Video sequeces are recorded o the DV device i the order i which they are arraged i the Record List. Clickig Record All will sed all the video files show i the Record List to the coected device. Clickig Record will sed oly the video files selected from the Record List to the coected device. 23

25 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Eve if you specify ot to add blak frames, several blak frames are always placed at the ed of the recorded segmet regardless of the settigs. This is to prevet image oise from beig recorded whe recordig stops. Do ot quit or log off from Widows while recordig. Otherwise, recordig will fail. Disable the scree saver i Widows. Do ot start other applicatios or move ay active widow while recordig. Recordig from the very begiig of the tape may ot be successful if you record by cotrollig the video device through DVgate Motio. Do ot tur the power switch o the digital video camera recorder to Camera or tur it off while DVgate Motio is recordig. ever switch the iput sources whe recordig o a digital videocassette recorder as this might prevet recordig. If you wat to export maually videos from your computer to a DV device, refer to the DVgate olie help file. Usig DVgate Still DVgate Still is a applicatio that displays digital video images set from DV devices such as a digital videocassette recorder or a digital video camera recorder ad that captures them as still pictures. The followig fuctios are featured: Cotrol the coected DV device ad display a video image o the scree of your VAIO. Capture 30 frames of still pictures i total with respectively 15 frames i the forward ad backward directios. Capture oly oe frame of a still picture. Save a captured still picture i BMP, JPEG, GIF or DVF format. The soud recorded with the image, is ot played. 24

26 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Capturig pictures There are two capture modes i DVgate Still: the Cotiuous Capture mode ad the Sigle Frame Capture mode. Cotiuous Capture mode: If you capture pictures durig Play mode, you ca capture 30 frames of still pictures i total with respectively 15 frames i the forward ad backward directios. All still pictures already captured, are lost. If you capture durig Pause mode, you ca capture oly oe frame of a still picture. Immediately after you capture durig Play mode i Cotiuous Capture mode, the DV device pauses. Sigle Frame Capture mode: You ca capture oe frame of a still picture. The captured result is the same eve if you capture durig Play or Pause mode. Capturig 30 frames i Cotiuous Capture mode replaces all 30 frames. Capturig oly oe frame overwrites the first frame of the still picture, capturig the ext frame overwrites the secod frame, ad so o. To toggle betwee Cotiuous Capture mode ad Sigle Frame Capture mode, proceed as follows: 1 Click Settigs i the DVgate Still widow. 2 Choose Capture The Capture Settigs widow appears. 3 Select the Capture frames cotiuously optio butto to capture i Cotiuous Capture mode. Clear the Capture frames cotiuously optio butto to capture i Sigle Frame Capture mode. To capture pictures, proceed as follows: 1 Coect the DV device to your computer. 2 Lauch DVgate Still (Start/All Programs/DVgate/DVgate Still). The DVgate Still widow appears. 25

27 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide 26 3 Set the DV device to the Play or Pause mode. The video image appears i the Moitor widow. 4 Click the Capture butto. The video image i the Moitor widow is beig captured. Draggig the slider i the Capture widow to the left or right lets you display the still picture before or after the curret oe.! If you exit DVgate Still without savig the captured still picture, it is cleared.! Eve if you attempt to capture cotiuous pictures, you may ot be able to capture some frames. I this case, exit all applicatios other tha DVgate Still ad the retry to capture them.

28 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Savig the captured pictures You ca save the still pictures displayed i the DVgate Still - Still widow i either oe of the followig formats: BMP, JPG, GIF or DVF. To save the captured pictures, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Still ad capture images. 2 I the DVgate Still - Still widow, select a still picture you wat to save Click the Save butto. The Save As dialog box appears. Use the Locatio to Save drop-dow list to select a folder. Select a file format from the File Format drop-dow list. 4 Click Save. The captured picture is saved.

29 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Usig DVgate Assemble DVgate Assemble eables you to edit video files ad still image files captured with DVgate Motio ad DVgate Still. Afterwards you ca splice them together to form oe sigle file. You ca save the resultig spliced video sequeces as AVI, MPEG1, or MPEG2 format files. To lauch DVgate Assemble, proceed as follows: 1 Click Start. 2 Poit to All Programs, DVgate ad the to DVgate Assemble. The DVgate Assemble mai widow appears. Creatig a Assemble List You ca create a Assemble List with files you wat to splice together. Afterwards you ca always edit the Assemble List by chagig the order of the files ad addig or deletig files. To add files to a Assemble List, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Assemble. 2 Click the Add butto. The Add dialog box appears. 3 Choose AVI file i the Files of type drop-dow box. If you select Add all divided files saved with the same ame, DVgate Assemble will add all serial umbered files with the same ame to the list. Serial umbered files are files that are created whe DVgate Motio saves files that are split ad applies cosecutive umbers to them. The umbers of the split files have 4 digits ad icrease oe uit at a time startig with Select a file ad click Ope. The AVI file is added to the list. 28

30 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Imported files are added at the ed of the Assemble List. You ca oly add video files of the AVI (DV CODEC) format, ad still image files of i BMP, JPEG, ad GIF formats. Please see the help files for iformatio o covertig o-compatible AVI files.. Whe you add a still image file (BMP, JPEG, or GIF), the umber of frames, coverted size, ad size coversio mode are show. You ca save a Assemble List for future use. Assemble List files ca oly be used i DVgate Assemble. Editig AVI files You ca edit the AVI files i the Assemble List for the exact scees you wat to use. For example, there is o eed to recapture files eve if you oly wat to use oe particular scee from a loger video sequece origially captured with DVgate Motio. ote that the process of removig the exact scee is oly eabled whe oe AVI file is selected from the Assemble List. However, this commad is disabled whe more tha oe file are selected. To edit the AVI files i the Assemble List for the exact scees you wat to use, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Assemble. 2 Select the AVI file you wat to edit from the Assemble List. 3 Choose Edit a clip... from the Edit meu. The DVgate Assemble - Clip dialog box appears. 4 Click the Preview butto. The video sequece of the selected file is played back. You ca move the playback positio to the Begi poit or the Ed poit by clickig the Begi or Ed poit of the image. Click the Begi butto whe you see the scee to be used as the Begi poit. The Begi poit image ad the time code appear i the lower part of the dialog box. Click the Ed butto whe you see the scee to be used as the Ed poit. The Ed poit image ad the time code appear i the lower part of the dialog box. 29

31 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide 5 Click OK. The AVI file is edited. Combiig still images with video images To combie still images with video images, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Assemble. 2 Click the Add butto. The Add dialog box appears. 3 Select the image file type from the Files of type drop-dow list. 4 Select your image file ad click Ope. The image is added to the Assemble List. 5 Choose Edit a clip... from the Edit meu i the mai widow. The DVgate Assemble - Clip dialog box appears. 6 Eter the isertio time i secods or frames. 7 Tur the Wide TV mode o or off. 8 Select the scree size. 9 Adjust the height ad width of still images whe they are output: Full size: Elarges the scree size to the full moitor size. The aspect ratio may chage with this selectio. Origial Size: Retais the origial size of the image, without reductio or elargemet. Full size usig aspect ratio as saved: Elarges the scree size to the maximum without chagig the aspect ratio. 10 Click the Settigs butto. The Settigs widow appears. 11 Select the fial format of the combied file, choosig from AVI, MPEG1 or MPEG2. 30

32 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide 12 Click OK. The Assemble List appears. 13 Click OK. The still ad video images are combied. * Choosig MPEG1 as the format will reduce the size of the file cosiderably. Savig the edited video To save a edited video sequece, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Output or the Output All butto. The Save As dialog box appears. Iformatio o the output file ad the amout of free disk space is show i the lower part of the Save As dialog box. 2 Select the locatio where you wat to save the file ad type the ame of the file i the File ame text box. 3 Click Save. 4 The Outputtig as a AVI file dialog box appears ad splicig begis. 5 The DVassemble widow appears ad displays the Exportig/Save to a AVI file complete message. The set time ad the size that the file is split ito are displayed whe outputtig a AVI file. 6 Click OK. The edited video is saved. Whe you click the Output butto, oly the files o the Assemble List that have bee selected, are coected ad output as a file. Clickig Output All meas that all the files o the Assemble List are coected ad output. The file ame is the ame that was etered i the Save As dialog box. A 4-digit serial umber is attached to the file ame, e.g., test avi, the test avi, test avi. 31

33 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Usig MovieShaker MovieShaker ca be used to create fu ad iovative movies without ay kowledge of film editig. I a few steps, motio pictures ca be combied with special effects, still images (pictures), ad music files ad the saved i a format most computers ca play. To ope MovieShaker, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Start butto o the Widows taskbar. 2 Poit to All Programs ad the MovieShaker. 3 Click MovieShaker. 32

34 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide 1. Meu bar Shows MovieShaker meus. 2. Moitor pael Cotais the Shake, Capture, ad Edit tray. Select a tray by clickig the Shake, Capture, or Edit tab. The Shake tray is for creatig a scee of approximately 30 secods log icludig backgroud music, usig clips o the Clip tray at radom. The Capture tray is provided for capturig images directly from the DV device or MICROMV device coected to your computer, ad importig them ito the Clip tray. The moitor displays the images recorded o the videotapes of the DV device or MICROMV device. The Edit tray is for processig scees. Click a scee o the Product tray, the it is displayed o the Edit tray. You ca add a effect to the scee by draggig the effect from the Effect tray ad/or the Text tray ad droppig it o the Edit tray. 3. Tool pael I the Tool pael, you will fid the Effect, Text, Trasitio, arratio ad Idex tray. Select a tray by clickig the Effect, Text, Trasitio, or arratio butto. Oly whe a MICROMV device has bee coected to your computer ad MICROMV Device has bee selected from the Device meu, the Idex tray appears while the Capture tray is displayed o the moitor pael. The Effect tray cotais various effects to be applied to a scee. The Text tray provides a tool for creatig a text effect to be applied to a scee. The Trasitio tray cotais various trasitio effects to be iserted betwee scees. The arratio tray provides a tool for recordig arratio to be iserted ito a movie. The Idex tray provides a tool for capturig images from a MICROMV device ad imports them ito the Clip tray Clip tray The Clip tray is provided for placig clips to be processed with MovieShaker. It ca cotai a movie file, still image ad/or soud files. 5. Product tray The Product tray is where you arrage clips to make a movie. I the Product tray, you will fid the Storyboard Display ad the Timelie Display. O the Storyboard, you ca easily arrage scees ad trasitios. O the Timelie, you ca arrage scees, trasitios, backgroud music, ad arratio, ad make fie adjustmets to the startig/edig poits ad duratio of scees, trasitios, backgroud music, ad arratio.

35 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Importig images ad soud clips Before you ca create a movie, you eed to import the images ad soud clips you wat to use i your movie. To import images ad soud clips, proceed as follows: 1 Click the File import butto. The Import dialog box appears. 2 Select the file you wat to add. 3 Click Ope. The file is added to the Clip tray. Importig files over 75 secods i legth may cause MovieShaker to stop respodig. To remove a clip from the Clip tray, drag it from the Clip tray ad drop it o the trash ico. This oly removes the clip from the tray, the origial file is ot deleted. 34 Creatig a movie After addig clip(s) to the Clip tray, you ca create a short movie usig the Shaker feature. Shaker radomly selects clips from the Clip tray to create a 30-secod scee. To create a movie, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Shake tab. 2 Select a mood by clickig a face i the Shaker tray. 3 Click the Shake butto. A thirty-secod scee is automatically geerated. To preview the created movie, proceed as follows: 4 Press Play.

36 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide 35 Scees created with Shaker begi with a black frame. After processig, they are placed i the first available slot o the Product tray. Limit the umber of scees i the Product tray to 5 or less. MovieShaker may stop respodig if there are too may scees i the Product tray.

37 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Editig clips ad scees You ca edit your movie by addig effects ad text, adjustig the colour ad cotrast, ad modifyig the legth of the clip. 1. Shake tab 2. Capture tab 3. Edit tab 4. Speed cotrol slider 5. Volume cotrol slider 6. Effect palette Fade-i, fade-out 8. Trash 9. Full-scree preview butto 10. Play trimmig rage 11. Repeat-play 12. Play cotrol buttos 13. Trimmig rage 14. Save as still image butto 15. Time adjustmet 16. Moitor

38 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide To edit clips ad scees, proceed as follows: 1 Double-click the clip i the Clip tray to move it to the Moitor Pael. 2 Select the Effect tab from the Tool Pael. 3 Drag ad drop the effect you wat to add from the Effect tray to the Edit tray moitor. To preview a effect, click the effect i the Effect tray i the Workig Pael moitor. For istructios o adjustig effect duratio ad replayig clips or scees, cosult the olie Help-files. Savig a movie You ca save or export your fial movie products. You ca preview ad check them before savig them. Your fial movie products ca be saved as files, exported to a DV device/micromv device. To save your movie, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Export butto. The Export dialog box appears. 2 Select the format i which you wat the documet to be saved. 3 Click ext. 4 Select the folder i which you wat to save the file. 5 ame the file. 6 Click Save. Your movie is saved. Exportig movies may take a log time to complete. Savig movies with DV (Digital Video) will provide better quality tha Quick-Save, but will take loger. MovieShaker ca play AVI files up to 65 MB i size. For DV playback ad smooth video playback, the followig resolutio/refresh rates are recommeded: 1024x768/75 Hz or lower. 37

39 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Usig Smart Capture You ca use Smart Capture to shoot still images ad record video clips from a digital camera coected to your computer. Capturig still images You ca capture still images from i.lik compatible devices. To capture still images, proceed as follows: 1 Coect a i.lik compatible device to your computer. 2 Lauch Smart Capture from the Start meu, i All Programs / Smart Capture / Smart Capture. The Fider widow appears, displayig the image of the subject. 3 Adjust the focus o the subject. 4 Click the Capture butto i the Smart Capture widow. The Still Viewer widow appears. The image you have captured, is displayed i the Still Image Display area. 5 To ed Smart Capture click the butto i the top right corer of the widow. Make sure a camera is plugged to the i.lik coector. 38

40 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Displayig captured images i Still Viewer To display captured images i Still Viewer, proceed as follows: From the Start meu, select All Programs / Smart Capture ad click Still Viewer. You ca display, save or delete your images or sed them by . To ed Still Viewer, click the butto. You ca capture still images i the followig sizes: 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120 ad 80 x 60 pixels. Whe capturig a small resolutio image (i.e., 80 x 60 pixels), the displayed image o the Fider widow may appear blurred. A gap may appear whe a rapid-movig object is displayed. This is ot a malfuctio. If you start Smart Capture while o camera is plugged, the Smart Capture Fider scree will appear blue. You ca capture still images ad video clips from a digital video camera usig Smart Capture. 39 Sedig still images via To sed still images via , proceed as follows: 1 Lauch Still Viewer. 2 Select the still image you wat to sed via , usig or. 3 Click Mail. Your widow appears with the selected file attached to your message. 4 Sed the . You eed to set up MAPI (Messagig Applicatio Program Iterface) whe usig the software. MAPI is a Microsoft Widows program iterface that eables you to sed s from withi a Widows applicatio ad to attach the documet you are workig o to the ote.

41 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Shootig video clips With a video camera coected to your computer you ca use Smart Capture to capture video clips, as well as play them or sed them via . To capture video clips, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch Smart Capture. 2 Select et Movie usig the Switch Capture Mode butto. The image appears i the Fider. 3 Tur the camera towards the subject. 4 Adjust the image. 5 Click the Capture butto to shoot a video clip (you ca shoot up to 120 secods, accordig to the settigs you chose i the Recordig optios sectio). 6 Click the Capture butto whe fiished. The Movie Player widow appears, it cotais the captured video clip. 7 Click to playback the images. Click to pause, to stop playback. 8 To ed Smart Capture, click. Make sure a camera is plugged to the i.lik coector ad tured o. You ca shoot video clips i the followig formats: o-compressed: - Video 160 x 120, 24 bits, max. 10 frames/sec. - Audio PCM, khz, 16 bits, moophoic Compressed: - Video MPEG1 160 x 112, maximum of 30 frames/sec.). - Audio MPEG1, 44.1 khz (effective maximum equivalet to khz), moophoic. A gap may appear whe a rapid-movig object is displayed. However, this is ot a malfuctio. 40

42 Usig Video software Soy VAIO desktop software guide Sedig video clips via If you shoot a video clip i a low resolutio format, its size will be small allowig you to sed the video clip by . To sed video clips via , proceed as follows: 1 Lauch Smart Capture. 2 Click Movie Player. 3 Click Mail. The Compressio Settigs widow appears. 4 Choose the compressio rate by movig the slider. 5 Click Start Compressio. Whe compressio is completed, you will be asked to attach the file to your . 6 Accept ad sed the . 41

43 Maagig audio files with SoicStage Soy VAIO desktop software guide Maagig audio files with SoicStage SoicStage lets you play ad record audio CDs ad import digital audio files while maitaiig the copyright iformatio of the cotets. Whe you record a audio CD with SoicStage oto your computer s hard disk drive, the default format is ATRAC3. Other possible formats are: WAV, WMA, ATRAC3Plus. The imported data ca be played o your computer or trasferred to exteral devices or media. SoicStage coverts your existig MP3, WMA ad WAV format audio files ito the default ATRAC3 format. To ope SoicStage, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Start butto o the Widows taskbar. 2 Poit to All Programs, SoicStage ad the click SoicStage. 3 The Please cofirm setup dialog box appears. You ca set SoicStage as the default applicatio for playig audio CDs by selectig the appropriate check box. 4 Click Yes. The Welcome to SoicStage widow appears if you ope SoicStage. 5 Close the widow. The SoicStage mai widow appears. 42

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45 Maagig audio files with SoicStage Soy VAIO desktop software guide 1 Recordig butto Displays the Recordig Assistat widow. Select a source ico ad a target ico. 2 Source icos As a source you ca use: - the Music drive: files from the music database Music Drive maaged by SoicStage, or the audio files registered to a playlist o the Music Drive. - a CD: files from a audio-cd or CD-R. - a MD: files from a MiiDisc iserted ito a et MD* slot. - a MS: files from a MagicGate Memory Stick iserted ito a Memory Stick * slot. - Devices/Media: files from a etwork Walkma or a exteral etmd device. 3 Import butto Displays the Import widow. You ca use this widow to import audio files stored o the computer ito the Music Drive ad register them to a Playlist Simple Mode butto Switches the Mai widow to Simple Mode. You ca also switch to Simple Mode by clickig the shortcut key <F11>. 5 Close butto Closes SoicStage. 6 Help butto Displays the help file. 7 Operatio area The Playback area, Cotet area or Edit area are displayed i this area. 8 Meu butto Displays the mai meu of SoicStage. 9 Volume cotrol buttos Here you ca: - tur the soud off or o ; - tur the volume dow; - tur the volume up. 10 Equalizer butto I the Equalizer meu: - you ca select a preset equalizer settig: flat, rock, pop, jazz or classical; - put the equalizer off; - chage the equalizer settigs.

46 Maagig audio files with SoicStage Soy VAIO desktop software guide 11 Soud Effect butto You have the choice betwee: - Vocal Caceller: the Vocal Caceller caot be applied to sogs o a MiiDisc. - Souds Effects Off. 12 Visualizer butto The Visualizer widow shows various visual effects while playig a audio file. 13 Iteret butto Opes or closes the Iteret Pael. It allows you to dowload or stream audio files via EMD services. The CDDB2 (Compact Disc Database) Music Recogitio Service registratio wizard eables you to register with CDDB. You eed Iteret access o your computer to register ad use this service. For more iformatio regardig CDDB2 registratio, click the Help butto. * Oly possible whe you have this slot built-i o your machie. 45

47 Maagig audio files with SoicStage Soy VAIO desktop software guide Recordig from a CD You ca e.g., record sogs from audio CDs ad import them to playlists i SoicStage. To record a CD, proceed as follows: 1 Isert a audio CD ito your system s optical disc drive. 2 Click the Recordig butto (1). 3 Click the CD ico as your source (2). 4 Click the Music Drive ico as your target (3). 46

48 Maagig audio files with SoicStage Soy VAIO desktop software guide 47 5 Click the Jump to Record Widow butto (4). The RecordPael widow appears. 6 If you oly wat to record a few sogs, click the Show List butto. The list of tracks o your audio CD appears. 7 If ecessary select the format ad bit rate for recordig by clickig the Chage CD Recordig Format butto.

49 Maagig audio files with SoicStage Soy VAIO desktop software guide 8 You ca select specific tracks o your CD by deselectig the check boxes from the tracks you do ot wat to record. You ca clear all selected tracks by selectig the empty Select All check box, ad the selectig the tracks you wat to record. For each sog you ca determie the sog title, the artist ad the gere. 9 Click the Rec Selectio butto to begi recordig. Whe you wat to record all the sogs of the audio CD to the playlist, you click the Record All butto. 10 Whe the recordig is fiished, the ew playlist appears i the file tree view i the right pae. 48

50 Maagig audio files with SoicStage Soy VAIO desktop software guide 49 Whe you record from a audio CD o your optical disc drive for the first time, the CD Drive Optimizatio dialog box appears. Click Start to verify your optical disc drive. Oce the verificatio is performed, recordig begis. You ca display the ame of the CD ad its sogs by clickig the CD Ifo butto ad after registerig with CDDB.

51 Maagig audio files with SoicStage Soy VAIO desktop software guide Trasferrig sogs (check i/out) You ca trasfer sogs betwee the playlists o your SoicStage software ad exteral devices or media (for example, Memory Stick Walkma, etwork Walkma, CD-RW). For more iformatio o usig your exteral devices or media, see the documetatio that came with the product. Checkig out sogs Checkig out sogs meas trasferrig audio files from a computer to a exteral device (for example, a portable player). To check out sogs, proceed as follows: 1 Coect the exteral device or isert the media (for example, a MagicGate Memory Stick ) ito your computer. Your computer automatically recogises the coected exteral device or media ad the Check-I/Out widow appears. 2 Click the Show List butto to see which sogs you have i the Music Drive. 3 I the Tree view o the left, select the playlist cotaiig the sog(s) to check out. 4 I the List view o the left, select the track to check out. To check out more tha oe sog at a time, hold dow the <Ctrl> key ad select additioal sogs. 5 If ecessary, select the trasfer mode for checkig out. 6 Click the Check Out butto or drag the sog to the appropriate positio i the sog list of the exteral device or media. The checkig out begis. SoicStage does ot work with the blue Memory Sticks. For more iformatio, read the OpeMG maual. To cacel Check Out, click Stop, or click Cacel i the processig dialog box that is displayed durig the Check Out process. 50

52 Maagig audio files with SoicStage Soy VAIO desktop software guide Checkig i sogs After checkig out audio files, you ca trasfer those files back to the hard drive. This is what we call checkig i. The sogs that you trasfer like this ca oly be checked i to the hard drive of the same computer from which the sogs were checked out. To check i sogs, proceed as follows: 1 Coect the exteral device or isert the MagicGate Memory Stick ito your computer. Your computer automatically recogises the coected exteral device or media ad the Check-I/Out widow appears. 2 Click the Show List butto to see which sogs you have o your Memory Stick. 3 Select o the right-had side the track to check i. To check i more tha oe sog at a time, hold dow the <Ctrl> key ad select additioal sogs. 4 If ecessary, select the trasfer mode for checkig i. 5 Click the Check-I butto. The checkig out begis. To cacel Check I, click Stop, or click Cacel i the Processig dialog box that is displayed durig the Check I process. 51

53 Maagig audio files with SoicStage Soy VAIO desktop software guide Additioal features SoicStage Backup Tool You ca back up ad restore all the music, graphics ad iformatio data maaged by SoicStage. You must be coected to the Iteret to use the SoicStage Backup Tool. Import audio files i various formats You ca import audio files with various formats, such as MP3, WAV ad WMT stadards. You ca also import audio files that comply with the Microsoft Widows Media Techologies (WMT) stadard, idetified by ASF or WMA extesios. Maage your audio files through the Playlist feature of SoicStage. Maage imported sogs o the Playlist Additioal features are available whe you register your imported sogs through the Playlist feature of SoicStage. You ca maage your music by creatig your ow list of sogs categorised by gere or artist, displayig your sog list i the Playlist feature, ad arragig your sogs i a customised order usig the Playlist folders. Edit your music by combiig multiples sogs ito a sigle oe, or divide oe sog ito two, by usig the Combie ad Divide features. Simple mode The mai SoicStage widow i Simple mode is a smaller, compact versio of the Full mode view. This ca be useful whe you wat to liste to sogs with SoicStage while usig other software, or wheever you feel that Full mode view is itrusive. The desig of the mai SoicStage widow i simple mode ca be chaged by selectig a ew ski, which ehaces the appearace of the widow. The Simple mode feature eables you to perform playback operatios oly. 52

54 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide Usig DigitalPrit DigitalPrit is desiged to help you get the most ejoymet out of your photographs take with a digital camera. With DigitalPrit, you ca easily load photos oto your computer, create photo albums, decorate your photos, prit them ad eve make labels for your favourite storage media. DigitalPrit icludes the followig five tools. All these tools ca be lauched from the DigitalPrit Laucher. PhotoCapture: Load photos from a digital camera or a Memory Stick oto your computer. PhotoCollectio: View ad prit photos that you have loaded oto your computer. PhotoDecor: Draw o ad add pictures ad stamps to photos that you have loaded ito your computer. PhotoAlbum: Create photo albums usig the photos that you have loaded ito your computer. LabelMaker: Create labels for CDs, MDs, videotapes, etc. 53

55 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide To lauch DigitalPrit, proceed as follows: 1 I the Start meu, select All Programs, DigitalPrit, ad the DigitalPrit. DigitalPrit Laucher appears Click Import to lauch PhotoCapture or click Photo to lauch PhotoCollectio or click Edit to lauch PhotoDecor or click Album to lauch PhotoAlbum or click Label to lauch LabelMaker.

56 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide Importig photos Use PhotoCapture to load images that are stored o a digital camera or a Memory Stick oto your computer. PhotoCapture ca automatically recogise the digital camera or Memory Stick that is coected to the computer. Oce photos are loaded ito your computer, they ca be used to create origial works (photo albums ad labels) with PhotoAlbum ad LabelMaker. You ca also prit photos with PhotoCollectio. PhotoCapture ca load photos from the followig digital cameras ad storage devices: USB storage class-compatible digital cameras TWAI-compatible digital cameras Memory Stick. To import photos, proceed as follows: 1 Coect a digital camera or a Memory Stick that cotais the images you wat to trasfer to your computer. 2 Ope DigitalPrit Laucher ad simply click the Import ico. You ca also lauch PhotoCapture from the Start meu by clickig All Programs, DigitalPrit, Tool, PhotoCapture. The PhotoCapture widow appears. 55

57 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide 56 3 Depedig o the device coected to your computer, you ca click a Photo folder ico or a camera ico. 4 I either case, click the ico to load all the photos of the devices. Eter a ame for your photo folder i the Eter Photo ame dialog box ad click OK. The images are loaded ito your computer ad appear i the Imported Photos widow. You ca ow use the pictures for editig, pritig, creatig CD labels, etc.

58 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide Pritig photos With PhotoCollectio, pritig photos at home is just as easy as askig your local photo shop to develop your photos or make reprits. Photos stored i a folder ca be prited as a group. Sice you ca also specify the umber of prits to be made of each photo, you oly eed to ru oe pritig job (istead of pritig each photo separately, oe at a time), eve if you wat to give copies to a lot of people. To prit photos, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Photo ico i the DigitalPrit Laucher. PhotoCollectio ca also be lauched directly from the Start meu by selectig All Programs, DigitalPrit, Tool, PhotoCollectio. The PhotoCollectio widow appears. 57

59 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide 2 Click Register Folder to register a photo folder (load the photos ito the computer) ad follow the oscree istructios or select a folder i which photos are stored ad click the OK butto. 3 To prit photos from the folder, simply click the PhotoPrit butto. You ca specify the umber of prits ad select the paper. For more iformatio about the fuctioalities of PhotoCollectio, refer to the olie help files. 58

60 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide Decoratig photos PhotoDecor allows you to decorate digital photos by addig lies, graphics, text, ad stamps to digital photos. You ca use stamps ad a variety of pe patters to decorate digital photos ad create colourful ad origial works of art through simple operatios. To decorate photos, proceed as follows: 1 Ope PhotoDecor from the DigitalPrit Laucher by clickig the Edit ico. You ca also lauch PhotoDecor directly from the Start meu by selectig All Programs, DigitalPrit, Tool, PhotoDecor. The PhotoDecor widow appears. 59

61 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide 2 Select a photo folder that cotais the images you wish to decorate ad select oe photo. 3 Use the Pe, Auto Shape, Text, Clip Art or Stamp Tool Palette to edit your image. 4 Prit or save your edited picture by clickig the Prit or Save ico. For more iformatio o the use of PhotoDecor, refer to the olie help. 60

62 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide Creatig a photo album With PhotoAlbum, you ca create ad prit albums of photos take with a digital camera or photos you have loaded o your computer. PhotoAlbum is very simple to use. It icludes may useful desig templates. Use these templates to easily create a attractive album eve if you have little desig experiece. You ca also prit your album to create woderful photo collectios, addig a whole ew dimesio of ejoymet to digital camera photography. To create a album, proceed as follows: 1 Ope PhotoAlbum from the DigitalPrit Laucher by clickig the Album ico. You ca also lauch PhotoAlbum directly from the Start meu by selectig All Programs, DigitalPrit, Tool, ad PhotoAlbum. The iitial PhotoAlbum widow appears. 61

63 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide 2 Click the Create ew Album butto ad register a photo folder or select a existig oe. You ca select all or oly some of the photos i the album. 3 To select your images, click the List butto i the photo folder ad select the images i the Photo List dialog box. The click the Create the album with the selected photo(s) butto. The Select Desig widow appears. 4 Select a desig from the Select Desig widow by clickig it. The Select Layout widow appears. 5 Select a photo layout by clickig it. The album is created ad the album meu appears. 6 Use the album meu to decorate the existig albums or to prit them. You ca either preview the album or chage the layout, or desig. For more iformatio o the use of PhotoAlbum, refer to the olie help. 62

64 Usig DigitalPrit Soy VAIO desktop software guide Creatig labels LabelMaker is a easy-to-use label-makig software. Use the desig templates to make beautifully desiged labels. To create labels, proceed as follows: 1 Ope LabelMaker from the DigitalPrit Laucher by clickig the Label ico. It is also possible to lauch LabelMaker directly from the Start meu by selectig All Programs, DigitalPrit, Tool, LabelMaker. The LabelMaker widow appears. 63