Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PCV-RX550 Computer Sony
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V AIO Digital Studio™ Computer User Guide PCV -RX550/PCV -RX560/PCV -RX570.
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We l c o m e 3 W elcome Thank y ou f or purchasing y our Son y V AIO computer! Y our ne w computer is a superb b lend of high technolog y and easy-t o-use functionalit y .
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Locating Controls and Connectors 5 Locating Contr ols and Connector s Fr ont P anel Overview The front panel of your V AIO Computer allo ws access to the optical and flopp y disk dri v es. It also includes Univ ersal Serial Bus (USB) and i.LINK® ports to connect compatib le USB de vices, digital equipment, or othe r peripheral de v ices.
Change to Current Document Title 6 Fr ont panel 1 Optical drive 1 See specifications sheet for o ptical drive information. 2 Optical drive 2 See specifications sheet for o ptical drive information. 3 Floppy disk drive Reads and writes data from and to a 3.
Locating Controls and Connectors 7 5 Optical drive access ind icator light Lights in amber while reading and writing data from and to the optical drives. 6 Hard disk drive access indicator light Lights in amber while reading and writing data from and to the hard disk.
Change to Current Document Title 8 Bac k P anel Over view The back panel of your computer cont ains the ports for supplied and optional accessories. The icons on th e back panel locate and identify the ports o n your computer . Bac k panel 1 PS/2® Mouse port Connection for a PS /2 mouse.
Locating Controls and Connectors 9 4 USB ports (2) Connection for compatible USB devices. 5 Printer port Connection for a parallel device, such as a printer or scanner . 6 i.LINK 6-pin port (IEE E1394) Connection for a compatible digi tal device. 7S e r i a l p o r t Connection for a compatibl e serial device, such as a digi tal still camera.
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V AIO Action Setup 11 V AIO Action Setup V AIO Action Setup manages the set tings f or y our computer’ s Shor tcut k eys (S K e ys ) and i.LINK® interf ac e.
V AIO Computer Use r Guide 12 2 Click the S K ey you want to change. 3 From the Select Application di alog box, click the option for the desired type of function. The correspondin g applications appear in th e list box on the right. 4 The Conf irmation Applicati on Name window appears.
15 Configuring Y our V AIO Computer Har d Disk Drive P ar tition T o maintain optimum system perfo rmance, you shoul d defragment your computer ’ s D partiti on regularly . In order to improv e the performance of So ny audio/video software applications, the hard disk dri ve on your computer has been formatted with two partitions, C and D.
Change to Current Document Title 16 A 6-pin i.LINK port can: ❑ supply po wer from the computer to the connected de vice if the de vice is equipped with a 6-pin connector , and ❑ supply 10V to 12V . A 4-pin i.LINK port cannot supply power to a connected de vice.
Configur ing Y our V AIO Computer 17 T o En able Ethernet Connectivity Y our computer comes with a preinstalled Ethernet interf ace. T o enable faster start-up time, you r computer may ship w ith this functio n disabled. Y ou can enable Ethernet connecti vity by follo wing the instructions below .
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19 System, Application and Driver Reco ver y CD(s) System Recov ery CD(s) Sony Electr onics Inc. The System Recov ery CD utility enables you to restore the operating system and software that shipped with your computer if they become corrupted or are erased.
Change to Current Document Title 20 Using the System Reco very CD(s) 1 Insert the System Reco very CD in your computer ’ s optical dri ve. The System Reco very utility starts from the optical dri ve. The f irst CD must be in the dri ve when you turn on your compu ter .
System, Application and Dr iver Reco very CD(s) 21 T o Use the Application Recovery CD(s) The Application Recovery CD utility enabl es you to reinstall i ndi vi dual software applications if they become corrupted or are erased.
Change to Current Document Title 22 T o Use the Driver Reco ver y CD The Dri ver Reco very CD utility enables you to reinstall indi vidual dri vers and repair software applications if they become corrupted or are erased.
System, Application and Dr iver Reco very CD(s) 23 7 From the Action menu , click Uninstal l. This removes the de vice dri ver from your system. Click OK. Repeat for each de vice dri ver as necessary . 8 Restart your computer . Click Start in the W indo ws taskba r , select T u rn Of f Computer , and then click Restart.
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67 For Ans wers to Y our Software Questions Son y Ser vice Center For the Sony Service Center nearest you, call 1-888-4-SONY -PC (1-888-476-697 2), or visit the W eb site at http://www .son y .com /pcsupport. This service is free of char ge for 90 days after the original date of purchase.
V AIO Dig ital Studio Comp uter 68 Norton AntiV irus ™ (Symantec Corporation) PC-Cillin (T rend Micr o) PhotoPrinter ™ 2000 Pro (Ar cSoft Inc.) Quicken 2002 (Intuit Inc.) RealJ ukebox, RealPlayer (Real Netw orks, Inc.) Web site http://www .symantec.
69 ScreenBlast A CID (Sonic F oundry , Inc.) Sony A pplications (Sony Electro nics Inc.) Sony Sty le Connect ( E-Solut ions) Sony Y ahoo! (Y ahoo!) Sound F orge ® XP (S onic Foundry , In c.) To m b R a i d e r ® Chr onicles (Eidos Interacti ve) Web site http://www .
V AIO Dig ital Studio Comp uter 70 Wi n d ow s ® XP Operating System, Internet Explor er , Outlook ® Expr ess, W ord (on selected models) (Microsoft Cor poration) W ordPerfect ® (Cor el Corp.
89 Resour ces Sony pro vides sev eral support opt ions for your Sony computer . When you have questions about yo ur computer and the preinstalled so ftware, check these sources for answers, in the follo wing sequence: V AIO QuickStart The QuickStart contains information on how to set up your computer quickly and easily .
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An important point after buying a device Sony PCV-RX550 Computer (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
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