User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EC25FX/BI

[. . . ] 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 licence agreement This End User Software Licence Agreement (the EULA) is a legal agreement between you and Sony Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Sony), a corporation organised 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). [. . . ] - a MS: files from a MagicGate Memory StickTM inserted into a Memory StickTM* slot. - Devices/Media: files from a Network Walkman or an external NetMD device. You can use this window to import audio files stored on the computer into the Music Drive and register them to a Playlist. Switches the Main window to Simple Mode. You can also switch to Simple Mode by clicking the shortcut key <F11>. The Playback area, Content area or Edit area are displayed in this area. Here you can: turn the sound off or on ; turn the volume down; turn the volume up. In the Equalizer menu: - you can select a preset equalizer setting: flat, rock, pop, jazz or classical; - put the equalizer off; - change the equalizer settings. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Import button Simple Mode button Close button Help button Operation area Menu button Volume control buttons 10 Equalizer button Managing audio files with SonicStage Software Guide nN 62 11 Sound Effect button You have the choice between: - Vocal Canceller: the Vocal Canceller cannot be applied to songs on a MiniDisc. The Visualizer window shows various visual effects while playing an audio file. It allows you to download or stream audio files via EMD services. 12 13 Visualizer button Internet button The CDDB2® (Compact Disc Database) Music Recognition Service registration wizard enables you to register with CDDB. You need Internet access on your computer to register and use this service. If necessary, select the transfer mode for checking out. Click the Check Out button or drag the song to the appropriate position in the song list of the external device or media. The checking out begins. SonicStage does not work with the blue Memory SticksTM. For more information, read the OpenMG manual. To cancel Check Out, click Stop, or click Cancel in the processing dialog box that is displayed during the Check Out process. 2 3 4 5 6 Managing audio files with SonicStage Software Guide nN 67 Checking in songs After checking out audio files, you can transfer those files back to the hard drive. The songs that you transfer like this can only be checked in to the hard drive of the same computer from which the songs were checked out. To check in songs, proceed as follows: 1 Connect the external device or insert the MagicGate Memory StickTM into your computer. Your computer automatically recognises the connected external device or media and the Check-In/Out window appears. Click the Show List button to see which songs you have on your Memory StickTM. Select on the right-hand side the track to check in. To check in more than one song at a time, hold down the <Ctrl> key and select additional songs. [. . . ] Remove the CD from the drive and click Finish. Your system is restored to its initial settings and reboots automatically. Recovering the system with modified partition sizes To have the option of changing the partition sizes before completely restoring the original software, drivers and settings on your computer, choose Option Recovery. Changing the partition sizes of the two hard drives means that you will lose all the data stored on both your C: drive and your D: drive. You should allow one hour for the recovery process. [. . . ]