User manual SONY VGC-RA840G

[. . . ] Welcome Thank you for purchasing a Sony VAIO® computer!Your new computer is a superb blend of high technology and easy-to-use functionality. The information provided here is designed to help you to become familiar with the hardware and software programs included with your computer. View the Electronic Flyer, which provides updates and supplemental information about your computer. Go to the Sony online support Web site, to view the VAIO® Computer Specifications, which lists your computer's hardware specifications and preinstalled software information. [. . . ] If you want to add music from CDs or from the Internet, copy the files to your computer's hard disk drive first. You can also locate the option to add new music by using the More right-clicking in the My Music window. Use your remote control to select Yes and then click Next. Select the Add folders option and click Next. button on the remote control, or by You can delete music files with the Remove folders option. Use the remote control to clear the check marks by the songs you wish to permanently delete from the Media Library and your computer's hard disk drive. Select one or both file location options and click Next. Media Center searches for the folder locations that may contain your music files. Select the folders that contain the music files you wish to add to the Media Library and click Finish. Media Center returns to the My Music window, displaying the added music files and folders. Page 162 Organizing playlists for Media Center When using Windows ® Media Player software for the first time, a brief setup wizard appears. Follow the instructions on the screen to set up the software program. Click Start in the Windows ® taskbar, point to All Programs, and then click Windows Media Player. You can also open the Windows Media Player software program by clicking The Windows Media Player window appears. Click the Library tab to view all music files and directories. (shortcut) on the desktop. From the Now Playing frame, click to open the drop-down menu, point to New List, and then click Playlist. A New Playlist frame appears. New Playlist 4. In the All Music frame, open the All Music directory and select an album that contains the music files for your new playlist. Click to select a music file and drag to the New Playlist. 5. 6. 9. You can select all songs in an album by holding down the Shift key and clicking on the first and the last song in the album. You can select specific songs by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the desired songs. When you are finished adding music files, click on New Playlist to display the drop-down menu. Select Save Playlist As. . . , type a name for the playlist, and then click Save. To view the newly created playlist, press My Music on the remote control or keyboard. From the My Music window, select Playlists, and then press OK on the remote control. Page 163 The new playlist appears. Page 164 About SonicStage Software SonicStage software 1 is a digital music management system in which you can play music on your computer, create custom audio CDs2 and much more: Play and record music from audio CDs -- Play your audio CDs and record audio tracks to your computer. Combine music tracks into playlists and check them out to portable music devices. Create custom audio CDs -- Create custom audio CDs from SonicStage playlists, mixing tracks from different sources and artists. Make backup copies of your audio CDs -- Use SonicStage software's Backing Up Audio CDs utility to create backup copies of your audio CDs. Use playlists to organize and manage your music -- Organize your music with SonicStage software's playlist feature. [. . . ] VAIO Media software brings multimedia to your network, enabling you to share music, video, and picture files between your VAIO® computers. You can set up one or more computers as "media servers, " that store your multimedia files and make them available to other compatible VAIO computers on your wired or wireless home network. Web site http://esupport. sony. com. telephone 888-4-SONY-PC (888-476-6972) hours 7 days a week, 24 hours a day VAIO Update Sony Electronics Inc. The VAIO Update utility helps you maintain your VAIO® computer by regularly checking the Sony Online Support Web site for important software updates and up-to-date information for your specific computer model. [. . . ]