Using your VAIO desktop

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Sony VAIO Desktop User Guide

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Playing DVDs

To achieve optimum performance when playing DVD-ROMs, you should follow these recommendations:

❑You can play DVDs in the DVD±RW or DVD-ROM drive, with the software PowerDVD for VAIO.

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

❑Do not switch power saving modes while playing a DVD-ROM.

❑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.

❑Region codes indicators are labelled on the DVDs to indicate in which region and on what type of player you can play the disc. Unless a 2 or ALL is labelled on your DVD or on the packaging, you cannot play the disc on this player.

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

Using two screens while watching a DVD film

By connecting a TV to your computer, you can watch a DVD film while still working on your desktop as normal.

To use the two screens and change the DVD playback settings, proceed as follows:

1Connect the TV to your computer as described in Connecting a TV (page 51).

2Go to Control Panel.

3Click on the Appearance and Themes icon and click on the Display icon. The Display Properties dialog box appears.

4Click the Settings tab.

5Click Advanced.

The ...NVIDIA GeForce Ti 4600 or Ti 4200 dialog box appears.