User manual SONY VAIO VGC-RB42M OPTICAL DISK DRIVE UPPER REPLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

[. . . ] Subscriptions to online service providers may require a fee and credit card information. Financial services may require prior arrangements with participating financial institutions. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. End user software license agreement This End User Software License Agreement (the EULA) is a legal agreement between you and Sony Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Sony), a corporation organized under Japanese Law, the manufacturer of your Sony computer system (the SONY HARDWARE). Please read this EULA carefully before installing or using the software distributed together with this EULA (the SONY SOFTWARE). [. . . ] For more information on using your external devices or media, see the documentation that came with the product. These instructions are for using the check in/out 1-step method. For information on using the 2-step method, read the SonicStage online Help-files. Checking out songs Checking out songs means transferring audio files from a computer to an external device (for example, a portable player). To check out songs, proceed as follows: 1 2 Connect the external device or insert the media (for example, a MagicGate Memory StickTM) into your computer. Click the Transfer tab to display the Transfer window. Your computer automatically recognizes the connected external device or media and lists the content information in a new panel on the right side of the Transfer window. Select the playlist containing the song to check out. The songs in the playlist are shown in the Playlist view panel located in the center of the Transfer window. From the Playlist view panel, select the song to be checked out. To check out more than one song at a time, hold down the <Ctrl> key and select additional songs. Click Check Out or drag the song to the appropriate position in the song list of the external device or media. This can be useful when you want to listen to songs with SonicStage while using other software, or whenever you feel that Full mode view is intrusive. The design of the main SonicStage window in simple mode can be changed by selecting a new "skin", which enhances the appearance of the window. The Simple mode feature enables you to perform playback operations only. Using Imaging software About the software on your Sony desktop nN 51 Using Imaging software The following Sony imaging software is installed on your computer: PictureGear (page 51) PictureToy (page 57) VisualFlow (page 63) PCV-RX203 users: Please be aware that the features described in this section may differ from the version installed on your computer. Please refer to the online Help of each application for more details. Using PictureGear PictureGear is your assistant for creating and editing photos, backgrounds, wallpapers, slide shows, personal screen savers, etc. You can even animate your preferred gif files with Gif Animation Tools or play back movies in a variety of formats. You can also create albums from your favourite images and upload them to a Web page. To open PictureGear, proceed as follows: 1 2 3 Click the Start button on the Windows® taskbar. Point to All Programs and then PictureGear. Click PictureGear. Using Imaging software About the software on your Sony desktop nN 52 When you start PictureGear for the first time, the Let's try PictureGear window appears. It gives you a quick overview on how to view and edit still images, print various images, make a home page, and make stitches from a movie. When you start PictureGear for the first time, the sample slides provided with PictureGear are displayed automatically. [. . . ] Wait until the new partitions are created and the computer reboots. Press G to proceed with the system recovery. When the recovery process is finished, remove the product recovery CD-ROM from the drive. 3 4 5 6 7 Using the product recovery CD-ROMs About the software on your Sony desktop nN 91 8 Press any key to restart your computer. !Please note that this option will delete all existing data both on the C: and D: drives before starting the recovery. Aborting the recovery process The recovery process always warns you when the decision you are asked to take cannot be undone. [. . . ]