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End user software licence 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). By
installing or using the SONY SOFTWARE, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. You may use the SONY SOFTWARE only in
connection with the use of the SONY HARDWARE. SONY SOFTWARE is licensed not sold.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, software distributed together with separate End User Software License Agreement (the Third Party
EULA), including but not limited to Windows®operating system provided by Microsoft Corporation, shall be covered by the Third Party
EULA.
If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA, please return the SONY SOFTWARE together with the SONY HARDWARE to the place
where you obtained it.
1. License. This SONY SOFTWARE and the related documentation are licensed to you by Sony. This EULA allows you to use the SONY
SOFTWARE for your personal use for a single SONY HARDWARE outside a network and only to make one copy of the SONY SOFTWARE
in machine-readable form for back-up purposes only.
2. Restrictions. The SONY SOFTWARE contains copyrighted material and other proprietary material. In order to protect them, and
except as permitted by applicable law, you may not decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble the SONY SOFTWARE in whole or in
part. Except for the transfer of the SONY SOFTWARE together with the SONY HARDWARE and prior agreement of the recipient to be
bound by the terms and conditions of this EULA, you may not sell or rent the SONY SOFTWARE and its copy to any third party.
3. Limited Warranty. Sony warrants the media on which the SONY SOFTWARE is recorded to be free from physical defects for a period
of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase as evidenced by a copy of the receipt. During the applicable warranty period, Sony will
replace free of charge such media that proved to be defective; provided they are returned properly packaged to the place where you
obtained it, together with your name, address, and proof of date of purchase. Sony will have no responsibility to replace media
damaged by accident, abuse, or misapplication. The above limited warranty replaces all other representations, conditions and
warranties, whether express or implied, by statute or otherwise and Sony expressly disclaims all other warranties and all conditions
including, but not limited to, the implied warranties and/or conditions of satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose. The
terms of this limited warranty do not affect or prejudice your statutory rights as an ultimate consumer, neither do they limit or exclude
any liability for death or personal injury caused by the negligence of Sony.

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4. Termination. This EULA is effective until terminated. You may terminate this EULA at any time by destroying the SONY SOFTWARE,
related documentation, and all copies thereof. This EULA will terminate immediately without notice from Sony, if you fail to comply
with any provision of this EULA. Upon termination you must destroy the SONY SOFTWARE, related documentation, and all copies
thereof.
5. Governing Law. This EULA shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan. Should you have any questions
concerning this EULA or this limited warranty, please refer to the Customer Service Guide on how to contact VAIO-Link.
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Energy Star is a U.S. registered mark.
Sony, DVgate, PictureGear, Media Bar DVD Player, MovieShaker, Smart Capture, UI Design Selector, VAIO Action Setup, VisualFlow,
OpenMG Jukebox, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Formatter and the Memory Stick logo, VAIO and the VAIO logo are trademarks of Sony
Corporation. The Windows and Windows Millennium Edition logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.
Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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About the software on your VAIO desktop
Your VAIO desktop is ready to help you work, play, learn, and communicate as soon as you turn it on. This
section gives you an overview of the activities you can perform with the software installed on your desktop.
Sony software
DVgate
Sony Electronics
DVgate is a kit of 3 complementary applications: DVgate Motion, DVgate Still, and DVgate Assemble. This
collection makes it easy to select and edit digital video clips, then bring them together into a professional-
looking home video. Use i.LINK™to connect your digital video camera, and the computer operates as an
editing desk that can preview, cut and assemble your selection and save the sequences in AVI format.
DVgate Still displays digital video images sent from a digital video cassette recorder or a digital video camera
recorder, and saves them as graphic files on your hard drive.
Media Bar DVD Player
Sony Electronics
Media Bar DVD Player is a command and control center designed to assist you in organizing and playing your
entire collection of DVDs.

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Memory Stick Formatter
Sony Electronics
Memory Stick Formatter is a special software for formatting Memory Sticks. Use this software whenever you
reformat Memory Sticks. Moreover, you may be able to reformat Memory Sticks that can not be identified
as drive on Windows by using this software. Memory Stick Formatter supports Memory Sticks with the
following capacities: 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB.
When you format Memory Sticks with this software, all data on the Memory Stick will be lost. If necessary,
take a backup of your data before formatting.
MovieShaker
Sony Electronics
MovieShaker®creates personal movies - complete with transitions, special effects, background music, and
text. All you do is import your clips, pick the tone you want and MovieShaker®does the rest. You can also
choose to take control and produce your very own movie. You choose the exact clips order, special effects,
and transitions. You can also import your own music and MovieShaker®will automatically match the length
of the song to the length of your movie.
OpenMG Jukebox
Sony Electronics
OpenMG is a copyright protection technology developed by Sony Corporation and designed to allow
recording and playback of digital music data on a personal computer. Once the data is encrypted and
recorded onto the hard disk, OpenMG technology allows it to be played back on the PC but prevents
unauthorized distribution to the network. The purpose of OpenMG technology is to create an environment
in which larger quantities of high-quality music can be distributed without subsequent unauthorized

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distribution of the music files. Open MG Jukebox is the software element within the OpenMG system that
encrypts and manages music files either downloaded to a personal computer by using the EMD services or
adopted (or created) from your own CD or the Internet.
PictureGear
Sony Electronics
Create your own environment with the Digital Image Library (photos, backgrounds, wallpapers, slide shows,
etc). PictureGear is your assistant for creating and implementing personal screen savers, panoramas
(combined images)... You can even animate your preferred gif files with Gif Animation Tools, create labels
for all media with PictureGear Label Maker, or play back movies in a variety of formats.
Smart Capture
Sony Electronics
Connect a digital camera to your computer to shoot still images and video clips, which you can view or send
by e-mail. The Smart Capture Finder displays images from the camera and allows you to adjust the settings
or create effects. Smart Capture enables you to capture images via i.LINK™compatible devices or create a
panorama picture using the panorama assist function.
VAIO Action Setup
Sony Electronics
VAIO Action Setup helps you manage application settings that control hardware events on your computer.
For instance, this software enables you to start your favorite software with the PPK buttons (programmable
power keys). It manages the settings for the internal timer, i.LINK™interface and Memory Stick™.

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VisualFlow
Sony Electronics
VisualFlow allows you to browse interactively through the contents of your Memory Sticks™(optional).
VisualFlow can display Memory Stick™files in a variety of ways, and allows you to play / display still images,
movies or sound files within VisualFlow or with other software.
Product Recovery CD-ROMs
Sony Corporation
The Product Recovery CD-ROMs allow you to reinstall the system, the software shipped with your computer
and the bundled device drivers if they are corrupted or accidentally erased. Reinstalling an individual device
driver may correct a problem you are experiencing with your computer, without you having to recover the
entire system.
!You can only use the Recovery CD-ROMs on the Sony computer you purchased, and not on any other Sony PC or other manufacturer's PC.

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Operating system and other preinstalled software
Windows®Millennium Edition
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft®Windows®Millennium Edition makes your computer work better by integrating tightly with the
Internet and networks and providing better system performance and easier system diagnostics and
maintenance. With Windows®Millennium Edition, your system plays better as well with support for the
latest graphics, sound, and multimedia technologies, easy addition and removal of peripheral devices, and
the convergence of the TV and PC in your home. This exciting new operating system builds on the
groundbreaking features introduced with Windows®98. At the same time, Windows®Millennium Edition
maintains the best support for older Windows-based applications and technologies. For questions and
technical assistance, go online to:
http://support.microsoft.com/directory
Internet Explorer 5.5
Microsoft Corporation
Internet Explorer is the Internet browser of Microsoft. The Setup Wizard configures your computer to
connect automatically to the service provider of your choice. A full e-mail package enables you to send and
receive mail - including attached files - across the Internet. NetMeeting, Outlook Express and Microsoft Chat
are just some of the components bundled with Internet Explorer 5.5. Internet Explorer 5.5 also includes 128-
bit encryption, the highest level of protection possible for all your Internet communications, including credit
card use and financial transactions. A complete online tutorial helps new users become comfortable using
the Internet. For questions and technical assistance, go online to:
http://support.microsoft.com/directory

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Adobe®Acrobat®Reader™4.0
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Acrobat®Reader™software allows you to view, navigate, and print electronic documents in Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF), an open file format that is intended to preserve the fidelity of documents created
on all major computer platforms. Once Acrobat®Reader is installed, you can open and view PDF files from
within your Web browser by clicking on a PDF file embedded in an HTML file. You quickly see the first page
while the rest of the document is being downloaded. For questions and technical assistance, go online to:
http://www.adobe.com
Adobe®GoLive™
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe®GoLive™software gives you industrial-strength design, production, and management features so
you can create professional dynamic-database-driven websites. Tightly integrated with other Adobe
products such as Photoshop®and LiveMotion™, Adobe®GoLive™software protects your code from
modification and corruption while offering industry-leading site layout and management functionality. For
questions and technical assistance, go online to:
http://www.adobe.com

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Adobe®LiveMotion™
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Launch your creativity into orbit with Adobe®LiveMotion™. Whether you are producing individual Web
graphics or entire pages complete with interactivity, animation, and sound, LiveMotion delivers the creative
toolset you need to take your Web designs to the next level. For questions and technical assistance, go online
to:
http://www.adobe.com
Adobe®Photoshop®
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe®Photoshop®6.0 software introduces the next generation of image editing with powerful new
features that offer something for every user. Delivering the broadest and most productive toolset available,
Photoshop helps you explore your creativity, work at peak efficiency, and achieve the highest quality results
across all media. For questions and technical assistance, go online to:
http://www.adobe.com
Adobe®Premiere®LE
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Synchronized with DVgate Motion, Microsoft video and QuickTime software, Adobe®Premiere®LE lets you
capture, record, create and play movies with video, sound, animations, photographs, drawings, text and
other material by using nothing more than your computer. A set of windows allows you to plan a
construction, import clips, edit and build your own movie with preset or your own special effects. Different
tools help you to prepare your images for editing on tape or CD-ROM.
When re-installing, please enter the serial number: MSM420B7147938-145.
For questions and technical assistance, go online to:
http://www.adobe.com

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Easy CD Creator
Roxio
Using Easy CD Creator software, you can copy files from your computer to a Recordable compact disc (CD-
R). Using a special write-once media, Easy CD Creator allows you to permanently store data in a format that
is readable on virtually all CD-R and CD-ROM drives. In addition, the audio CDs you create with your CD
recorder, are readable on your home or car CD player. If you are using a CD-ReWritable drive (CD-RW), you
also have the option of using a special erasable media that allows you to rewrite information on a CD.
If you experience any problems, please take a look at the website:
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/
DirectCD™
Roxio
DirectCD™lets you write files directly to a CD-Recordable (CD-R) or CD-ReWritable (CD-RW) disc, in much
the same way as you write files to a floppy disk or a removable media drive. You can save, rename, move or
delete files right on your CD-RW with any software application that can read and write to a drive letter.
If you experience any problems, please take a look at the website:
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/

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RealPlayer 7.0
RealNetworks
RealPlayer is the RealNetworks video and audio player, which lets you access 2,500 radio stations featuring
music, news and sports.
For further information, see the website at:
http://www.real.com
Symantec AntiVirus
Symantec
Symantec offers a complete range of anti-virus products that protect all tiers of your computing
environment, including client, file servers, groupware servers, and gateways, allowing you to choose the
products needed to protect your organization's systems and data from virus threats.
For more information, see the online helpfiles and the website at:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/
QuickTime 4.1.2
Apple
QuickTime is the Apple technology that makes video, sound, music, 3D and virtual reality come alive for your
Internet browser and Windows.
For further information, see the website at:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime

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Using Smart Capture
You can use Smart Capture to shoot still images and record video clips from a digital camera connected to
your computer.
Capturing still images
You can capture still images from i.LINK™compatible devices.
To capture still images, proceed as follows:
1Launch Smart Capture from the Start menu, in Programs / Smart Capture / Smart Capture.
The Finder window appears, displaying the image of the subject.
2Adjust the focus on the subject you want to shoot.
3Click the Capture button in the Smart Capture window.
The Still Viewer window appears with the image you shot in the Still Image Display area.
4To end Smart Capture click the button in the top right corner of the window.

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Displaying captured images in Still Viewer
From the Start menu, select Programs / Smart Capture and click Still Viewer. You can display, save or
delete your images or send them by e-mail.
To end Still Viewer click the button.
 You can capture still images in the following sizes: 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120, 80 x 60, and 40 x 30 pixels.
 When capturing a small resolution image (i.e. 80 x 60 or 40 x 30 pixels) , the displayed image on the Finder window may appear blurred.
 A gap may appear when a rapid-moving object is displayed. However, this is not a malfunction.
 You can create a panorama picture by using PictureGear 2.5SE or higher.
 You can capture still images and video clips from a digital video camera using Smart Capture.
Sending still images via e-mail
To send still images via e-mail, proceed as follows:
1Click the Start button on the Windows®taskbar.
2Point to Programs and click Smart Capture.
3Click Still Viewer.
4Select the still image you want to send via e-mail, using or .
5Click Mail.
Your e-mail window appears with the selected file attached to your message.
6Send the e-mail.
 You need to set up MAPI (Messaging Application Program Interface) when using the e-mail software. MAPI is a Microsoft®Windows program
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Shooting video clips
You can use Smart Capture to capture video clips with a video camera connected to your computer, as well
as play them or send them via e-mail.
To capture video clips, proceed as follows:
1Launch Smart Capture.
2Select Movie using the Switch Capture Mode button.
The image appears in the Finder.
3Turn the camera towards the subject.
4Adjust the image.
5Click the Capture button to shoot a video clip (you can shoot up to 60 seconds, according to the settings
you chose in the Recording options section).
6Click the Capture button when finished.
The Movie Player window opens and the captured video clip appears in the Movie Player window.
7Click to playback the images. Click to pause, to stop playback.
8To end Smart Capture, click .
 You can shoot video clips in the following formats:
Non-compressed:
- Video 160 x 120, 24 bits, max. 10 frames/sec.
- Audio PCM, 11.025 kHz, 16 bits, monophonic
Compressed:
- Video MPEG1 160 x 112, maximum of 30 frames/sec.).
- Audio MPEG1, 44.1 kHz (effective maximum equivalent to 11.025 kHz), monophonic.
A gap may appear when a rapid-moving object is displayed. However, this is not a malfunction.

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Sending video clips via e-mail
If you shoot a video clip in a low resolution format, you can send it by e-mail.
To send video clips via e-mail, proceed as follows:
1Click the Start button on the Windows®taskbar.
2Point to Programs and then Smart Capture.
3Click Movie Player.
4Click Mail.
The Compression Settings window opens.
5Choose the compression rate by moving the slider.
6Click Start Compression.
When compression is completed, a window message asks you if you want to attach the file to your e-
mail.
7Accept and send the e-mail.

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Using MovieShaker
This application can be used to create fun and innovative movies without any knowledge of film editing. In
a few steps, motion pictures can be combined with special effects, still images (pictures), and music files and
then saved in a format most computers can play.
To open MovieShaker, proceed as follows:
1Click the Start button on the Windows®taskbar.
2Point to Programs and then MovieShaker.
3Click MovieShaker
1 Clip tray 4 Help
2 Working panel 5 Trash
3 Editing tray 6 Product tray

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Importing images and sound clips
To import images and sound clips, proceed as follows:
1Click the Import button .
The Import dialog box appears.
2Select the file you want to add.
3Click Open.
The file is added to the Clip tray.
 Importing files over 75 seconds in length may cause MovieShaker to stop responding.
To remove a clip from the Clip tray, drag it from the Clip tray and drop it on the Trash icon. This only removes the clip from the tray, the orginal file is
not deleted.
Creating a movie
After adding clip(s) to the Clip tray, you can create a short movie using the Shaker feature. Shaker
randomly selects clips from the Clip tray to create a 30-second scene.
To create a movie, proceed as follows:
1Click the Shaker tab.
2Select a mood by clicking a face in the Shaker tray.
3Click the Shake button .
A thirty second scene is automatically generated and saved to the Product tray.

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To preview the created movie, proceed as follows:
1Double-click the scene in the Product tray .
2Press Play .
 Scenes created with Shaker begin with a black frame. After processing, they are placed in the first available slot on the Product tray.
Limit the number of scenes in the Product tray to 5 or less.
MovieShaker may stop responding if there are too many scenes in the Product tray.