User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EC25FX/BI

[. . . ] 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). By installing or using the SONY SOFTWARE, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. [. . . ] The Movie Player icon appears. 3 Click Stop when you have finished recording your movie. The first frame of your movie appears in the data list to the right of the Finder window. Network Smart Capture automatically stops recording according to the recording time you set in the Movie Clip Setting window. You can preview your movie in the Finder window by double-clicking the movie thumbnail in the data list. Using Video software Software Guide nN 54 Using Web camera mode With the Web camera function, you can set up the camera and software to take still images automatically, without you being there, according to conditions you specify. The function allows you to set a time interval for regularly capturing images, and a time period during which images are automatically captured. To set the camera up as a Web camera, proceed as follows: 1 2 3 Launch Network Smart Capture. Connect your i. LINKTM-compatible digital camera or USB Web camera to your computer and turn it on. Click Web camera to activate Web camera mode. Making settings for Web camera mode Before you capture a Web camera image, you can set your own preferences. To make your settings for Web camera mode, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Select Capture Menu icon image capture. near the bottom of the screen to view setting options for your For more on the Effect option, see Applying effects to your images and movies (page 57). Using Video software Software Guide nN 55 2 Click the Change Setting icon to view the available options for your image capture. The Web Camera Setting window appears, containing five tabs: 3 Basic -- Select a folder destination to store your images, set your maximum observation time, and choose your dial-up setting. Capturing Interval -- Set your Web camera to capture images at intervals or whenever there is movement. 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. For more information regarding CDDB2 registration, click the Help button. * Only possible when you have this slot built-in on your machine. Managing audio files with SonicStage Software Guide nN 63 Recording from a CD You can, for example, record songs from audio CDs and import them to playlists in SonicStage. To record a CD, proceed as follows: 1 2 3 4 Insert an audio CD into your system's optical disc drive. Click the Music Drive icon as your target (3). Managing audio files with SonicStage Software Guide nN 64 Click the Jump to Record Window button (4). 7 If necessary select the format and bit rate for recording by clicking the Change CD Recording Format button. [. . . ] During the system recovery process, choose to keep the current partition information. Doing so will keep your D: drive unchanged after the recovery process. Using the product recovery CD-ROMs Software Guide nN 123 If you do need to change the size of your partitions, you can do so by choosing Option Recovery in the system recovery set-up process. In this case, it is important to be aware that all data on your hard disk will be deleted. If you need to keep existing files, make sure you back them up before performing the system recovery. Starting the system recovery procedure To start the system recovery, proceed as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Turn on your computer (using AC power only) and insert the first system recovery CD-ROM into the disc drive. [. . . ]