Using your VAIO desktop

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Using the TV function

 

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For details on using Sony’s Giga Pocket software, please see the dedicated online guide.

 

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❑ Watch, record and play back analogue broadcasted cable and terrestrial TV-programs, all by remote

 

Your computer has been equipped with a TV-tuner board. In combination with Sony's Giga Pocket software,

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it allows you to:

 

control;

 

 

 

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❑ Digitise analogue video and audio using the S-Video or composite and audio inputs;

 

❑ Manage your video units (capsules), preview them and create multiple folders;

 

 

 

 

❑ Set up a timer to record channels at a repeated time;

 

 

❑ Suspend viewing TV (time-shifting);

 

 

❑ Stream your recorded TV contents via Ethernet (or WLAN) to connected PCs;

 

 

❑ Export your video capsules to MPEG2, MPEG1 and DVI-AVI-files;

 

 

❑ View recorded clips on client PCs located in other rooms using PicoPlayer.

 

Copyright protection

People who create artistic works such as music are entitled to a "copyright", meaning that they have exclusive rights to dictate how their work is used. When they are created, artistic works are automatically protected by a copyright without having to submit notification or registration, and may not be used without the permission of the person who created the work.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected under Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners, meaning you cannot record materials protected by copyright. Music and films etc. that you record at home are for personal use only.