Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] It also describes ways you can efficiently utilize the battery as a power source.
Using AC Power Using the Battery Conserving Battery Power
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Using AC Power
The supplied battery is not charged when you receive your computer. To use your computer immediately, use the supplied AC adapter as the power source. While the computer uses AC power it automatically charges the battery if it is inserted. See Using the Battery for more information on installing and using your battery.
Connecting the AC adapter Turning on the computer
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Connecting the AC adapter
To connect the AC adapter 1. [. . . ] (Pacific time)
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Web site
http://www. intuit. com/support
telephone
900-555-4932; 800-644-31931
hours M-F, 5 A. M. -5 P. M. (Pacific time)
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QuickTime® (Apple Computer, Inc. ) Web site http://www. apple. com
telephone
800-275-2273
hours M-F, 6 A. M. -6 P. M. (Pacific time)
RealOne Web site
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e-mail http://service. real. com/help/call. html (online email form)
Sony Applications (Sony Electronics Inc. ) Web site http://www. sony. com/pcsupport
telephone
888-4-SONY-PC (888-476-6972)1
hours 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
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Sony Service Center
For the Sony Service Center nearest you, call 1-888-4-SONY-PC (1-888-476-6972) or find Sony Customer Service on the Web at http://www. ita. sel. sony. com/support.
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Working with Digital Video
The multimedia software preinstalled on your VAIO® computer makes it easy to import and edit videos from a compatible digital video (DV) or MICROMV 1 camera equipped with an i. LINK®2 connector. After editing your creations, you can export them back to your video camera.
With MovieShaker software , you can arrange your video clips, still images, and sound files yourself into a finished movie, or let the Shake function use the files you've selected to create a polished video for you by automatically combining your video clips, still images, and sound with video effects and transitions.
DVgate software offers advanced and powerful video import and export features, as well as precise editing. DVgate software provides complete control over all aspects of capturing, editing, and exporting digital video.
Selected VAIO® computer models also include Adobe® Premiere® LE software , a popular video editing application that is both powerful and easy to use. For more information about this software, refer to the online Help for Adobe Premiere LE. Whichever software you choose, the basic process of importing, editing, and exporting is the same. 5.
Connect a compatible digital video (DV) or MICROMV Start the video editing software.
camera to your computer using an i. LINK® cable.
Use the video editing software to capture video clips from the DV camera. window in the
Drag your clips from the Clip tray to the Story Board panel at the bottom of the MovieShaker order you want them to appear in the finished movie.
The Story Board panel represents the time sequence of your movie. You can change the sequence of the clips on the Story Board panel by dragging them to your desired location. You can trim the beginning and end of any clip on the Story Board by clicking it and moving the orange triangles on the Edit panel to set the start and end point of the clip. Only the portion of the clip between the orange triangles will appear in the final movie. To add professional-looking transitions between clips on the Story Board panel, click Transition at the right of the MovieShaker window to open the Transition tray, and drag a transition from the list to the space between Page 157 two clips on the Story Board.
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To preview the entire movie, click the Story Board panel above the first clip so that a white triangle appears above the clip, and click the Play button on the Edit panel. The entire movie, including transitions, plays in the monitor window.
After you have arranged and trimmed your video clips and placed transitions between them, you are ready to export your finished movie back to your digital video camera.
You can learn about other MovieShaker clips, in the online Help in MovieShaker.
editing features, including adding effects, narration, and text titles to your
MovieShaker software's Shake feature can automatically combine your video clips into a finished movie with transitions, effects, and music. Refer to the online Help in MovieShaker for details.
To export a finished movie to your digital video camera After you have created a finished movie, you can export it back to your compatible digital video (DV) or MICROMV camera. In MovieShaker, click Export in the lower right corner of the Story Board tray. A message appears alerting you that exporting video can take a long time. Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the exporting process.
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Editing Video with DVgate Software
DVgate software offers professional-level control over all aspects of capturing, trimming, and combining digital video clips from a compatible digital video (DV) camera. After you have combined your clips into a finished movie, you can export it back to your compatible digital video camera.
The DVgate software does not support MICROMV
video cameras.
This guide provides only a simple overview of using the DVgate software. [. . . ] Move the screen resolution slider to the left to reduce the size and to the right to increase the size of the video resolution.
2. See Selecting a display mode for instructions on how to switch the display mode to LCD and TV.
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Troubleshooting Memory Stick Media
Why can't I open my image files?You may need to reformat your Memory Stick media.
Formatting Memory Stick media erases all data, including music data, previously saved to it. Before you reformat Memory Stick media, confirm that the media does not contain files you want to keep and back up important data. [. . . ]