Connecting peripheral devices

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When you finish using a disc, wait until the LED indicator turns off and then press the Eject button to remove the disc.

 

User

If the disc does not come out when you press the eject button, go to My Computer. Select the drive, click the right button of your mouse and select

Eject. If it still doesn't work, turn off the computer and insert a thin, pointed object (e.g. a paper clip) into the manual eject hole.

 

Notebook

Using the DVD function

 

 

You can also connect the optional PCGA-CD51/A CD-ROM drive or the optional PCGA-CDRW52 CD-RW drive to the PC Card slot on your notebook.

 

However, do not connect these drives if the main unit is docked. A simultaneous use may cause malfunction.

 

Sony

To achieve optimum performance when playing DVD-ROMdiscs, you should follow these

 

 

 

 

recommendations.

 

❑You can play DVDs using the DVD-ROM drive and the WinDVD software. See the help file on the WinDVD software for details.

❑Close all open applications before playing a DVD-ROM movie.

❑When playing DVD movies on battery power, set the power management profile to DVD. With other profiles, the movies can be choppy.

❑Do not switch power saving modes while playing a DVD video.❑If the virus checker is active, you need to disable it.

❑Do not use resident disc utilities or resident utilities to speed up the access of discs, because they may cause the system to become unstable.

❑Make sure that the screensaver is deactivated.

❑Depending on the display setup properties you selected, you may use the <Fn>+<F> command to expand the screen to full screen size.

❑Region codes indicators are labeled on the DVD discs to indicate in which region and on what type of player you can play the disc. Unless a '2' (Europe belongs to region '2') or 'all' (this means that you can play this DVD everywhere in the world) is labeled on your DVD disc or on the packaging, you cannot play the disc on this player.

❑Do not try to change the region code settings of the DVD-ROM drive. Any difficulties caused by changing the region code settings of DVD-ROM drive are out of warranty.