Using your VAIO desktop

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Sony VAIO Desktop User Guide

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Playing DVDs

Your VAIO desktop includes a DVD drive, on which you can play audio CDs, CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs. To achieve optimum performance when playing DVD-ROMs, you should follow these recommendations:

❑You can play DVDs in the DVD-RW drive, with the software PowerDVD.

❑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 ensure the smooth operation of this function, see the section Downloading Drivers in the Software Guide and download the display driver from the VAIO-Link website. To connect the TV, see Connecting an external display (page 47).

To change the DVD playback settings, proceed as follows:

1Go to Control Panel.

2Click on the Appearance and Themes icon and click on the Display icon. The Display Properties dialog box appears.

3Click the Settings tab.