User manual SONY VAIO VGN-CS204J/R

[. . . ] BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL, THE SOFTWARE, OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF. reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice. The software described herein is governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement. This product contains software owned by Sony and licensed by third parties. [. . . ] Placing your cursor on the left end of the main toolbar activates the current Memory Stick properties. Placing your cursor on the right end of the main toolbar activates a secondary toolbar with more functions. Click on an image to show a normal view centered on the screen. Double-clicking an image shows an enlarged view. 7 The movie file starts playback when the view is enlarged. Click again on the movie files to restore the view to normal. While an image is enlarged, the Launch toolbar appears at the bottom of the window. Any associated application can be activated from this point. 51 VAIO® Computer User Guide DVgateTM Connecting a digital video camera recorder Before connecting a digital video camera recorder to your computer, turn off the power on the camera. After connecting the camera, turn the power back on. You do not need to turn off the computer when connecting a camera. Using DVgate software with a digital video camera recorder Do not use DVgate software when the connected digital video device is in Timer Recording mode, as this could produce a malfunction in the device. Captures larger than 2 GB (9 minutes and 30 seconds) are automatically continued in a second file. You can record stereo audio (stereo 1) while capturing video or you can add audio on the stereo 2 track after capturing the video data. You cannot use different audio modes on the same tape. Select Program Files > Sony > Dvgate > Premiere Plug-in > 5. 1. The installation wizard dialog box appears. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the plug-in. To install the plug-in for Adobe Premiere® 6. 0, proceed as follows: 53 VAIO® Computer User Guide 1 2 3 4 Click Start in the Windows taskbar and select Run. Click Browse to navigate to your C: drive. Select Program Files > Sony > Dvgate > Premiere Plug-in > 6. 0. Select "Setup. exe" and click OK. The installation wizard dialog box appears. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the plug-in. 54 Configuring your VAIO® Computer Configuring your VAIO® Computer Hard Disk Drive Partition In order to improve the performance of the DVgateTM software, the hard disk drive on your computer has been formatted with two partitions, C and D. The DVgateTM software saves files to the D partition. This prevents large video captures from consuming the available space on your C partition. To maintain optimum DVgateTM performance, you should defragment your D partition regularly. Defragmenting your Hard Disk Drive If you encounter frame dropping while recording digital video onto your hard disk drive, defragmentation may be necessary. [. . . ] VAIO Support Agent can be accessed from the Windows desktop. Using advanced diagnostic technology, Sony's VAIO Support Agent runs scheduled protections of your applications, network settings, and other important software settings. When your software is protected, you can use VAIO Support Agent to repair software problems by restoring your software to any of the previously protected states. Provides instant access to information on commonly encountered problems. [. . . ]