Sony VGC-RA826G dimensions Hardware, Software, Service and Warranty Information

Sony VAIO® R Series

Digital Studio™ PC

High Performance, Cool Running.

VGC-RA826G

Liquid Cooled.

Double Layer DVD cre-

Television at your

The Advantage in the

Desktop

Just Plain Cool

ation - You’re a Pro now

Fingertips

Solutions

The Sony VAIO® R Series exem-

Higher specs and demanding

Featuring advanced DVD+R

Take control of your television

The Sony VAIO® R Series

plifies cutting edge design and

applications mean hotter run-

Double Layer with up to

with the

personal

video

delivers

the

high

quality

superior performance - A sleek

ning

temperatures -

but

8.5GB recording capacity.

recorder

functionality

pow-

video,

music,

and

digital

black chassis with a revolutionary

Sony’s advanced liquid cool-

With the ability to store up to

ered by Sony® Giga Pocket®

imaging

solutions

you

liquid heat pipe cooling system,

ing system handles heat with

4 hours of high quality

Engine TV Tuner / MPEG2

demand. Create your own

Spectacular acoustic presence

ease.

A

unique

liquid

flow

MPEG2 video combined with

encoder

and Microsoft®

professional quality DVDs5.

and

breakneck

performance.

heat

pipe

draws

heat

away

VAIO® Click to DVD™ cre-

Windows®

XP Media Center

Master

your

own

audio

from the processor with a side

ation software, you become

Edition 2005. Watch, record,

recordings or remaster older

Topped off with loads of expan-

sion

headroom

to take your

benefit of eliminating a noisy

the pro. Borrowing technolo-

burn to DVD5 - you have the

tapes or records.

Watch &

VAIO® PC experience wherever

CPU fan. Air intake from mid-

gy from Sony’s professional

power.

record

television

on your

dle section maximizes air flow

systems, the best tools of the

schedule.

your passion leads you.

while minimizing noise.

trade are in your hands.

Model

VGC-RA826G

HARDWARE

Processor

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 550 with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (3.40E GHz1, 1MB L2 Cache)

Front Side Bus Speed

800MHz

Chipset

Intel® 915P

Memory

1GB PC-3200 400MHz DDR (512MB X 2/DDR) (Expandable to 2GB)

Hard Drive

250GB2 7200rpm SATA

Graphics

ATI Radeon™ X600 XT

256MB Video Memory

Graphics Interface

TV-Out / VGA-Out / DVI-Out (DVI

output: 1280x1024x60Hz max.)

16x PCI Express

Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime

Encoder/Decoder board with TV

Tuner

DVD+R Double Layer / DVD±RW

Drive5

Double Layer5

+R

DVD+R write (2.4x MAX)

DVD±RW5 -RW

DVD-R write (8x MAX),

DVD-RW write (4x MAX)

+RW

DVD+R write (16x MAX),

DVD+RW write (4x MAX)

CD-RW

-RW

CD-R write (32x MAX),

CD-RW write (24x MAX)

DVD-ROM Drive

DVD-ROM Read (16x MAX)

CD-ROM Read (32x MAX)

Floppy Disk Drive

3.5” 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive

Audio

5.1Channel - Intel® High Definition Audio

Ethernet

10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T

Fast Ethernet (RJ-45)

Modem

V.90 compatible data/fax modem (RJ-11)

Expansion Slots

Multi-Media Card Reader (Memory Stick®, Compact Flash™ Type I and Type II, xD Picture Card, SD/MMC, IBM Micro Drive™)

One x16 PCI Express (occupied by Graphics Card)

Two PCI (one available)

One PCI Express x1 (occupied)

Expansion Bays

Two 5.25” Half-Height (occupied) One External 3.5” (occupied) Three Internal 3.5” (one occupied)

(Four 3.5” SATA Hard Drives can be acco- modated if Floppy Drive is removed.)

Port Connections

Seven USB 2.0 (three front/four rear) Two PS/2 ® (Mouse/Keyboard)

One VGA/DVI-D Monitor Out Port One TV-In/Out Port

One S/PDIF Out / One Parallel Port One 6pin i.LINK® Port (rear)/ One

4pin (front)6

One Headphone / One Microphone/ One Line In

S-Video: Two Inputs (front and rear) Composite Video / Audio Inputs

(front and rear) Coaxial Input (VHF/UHF)

Power Requirements

364.7watts max. / 100-240V ~7A (50/60Hz)

Power Management

ACPI 1.0 Compliant

Weight (CPU)

34.172 lbs.

Dimensions (CPU)

7.4”(W) x 15.6”(H) x 15.3”(D)

Supplied Accessories

Speakers (Stereo) w/Subwoofer

IR Remote Control and Receiver / IR

Blaster

VAIO® Keyboard / PS/2® Optical Mouse

SOFTWARE

Operating System

Microsoft® Windows® Media Center Edition 2005

Sony Original Software

Click to DVD™ - DVD Creation SonicStage® Mastering Studio - Audio

Mastering & Remastering PictureGear Studio™ - Digital Photo DVgate Plus™- Digital Video SonicStage® 2.1 - Digital Music VAIO Media™ - Network File Sharing

Other Software Applications

Adobe® Premiere® Standard

Adobe® Photoshop® Album Starter

Edition

Adobe® Photoshop® Elements® 2.0

Microsoft® Works® 8.0 -

Word Processing, Spreadsheet,

Calendar, Scheduling, Contact

Management, and Database

Microsoft® Office® 2003 60-Day

Student/Teacher Edition Trial

Intuit Quicken® 2005 New User Edition

(Previous Quicken Users may require

additional upgrade)

InterVideo® WinDVD®

Sonic RecordNow!® 7

Anti-Virus & Recovery Software

Norton® Internet Security™ 90 Day

Subscription4 - Norton AntiVirus™,

Norton™ Personal Firewall, Norton™

Privacy Control, Norton AntiSpam™,

Norton™ Parental Control

SONY® VAIO® Recovery Wizard

SONY® VAIO® Help and Support

SONY® VAIO® Update

Online Center

America Online® 90 Day Trial 3

SERVICE AND WARRANTY

INFORMATION

Limited Warranty and Onsite Service

1 Year Limited Warranty with Onsite

Service7

Telephone Support

1 Year toll-free technical telephone assistance, available 24-hours, 7- days-a-week8.

On-line Support

Support available from http://www.sony.com/pcsupport

1.GHz denotes microprocessor inter- nal clock speed; other factors may affect application performance. CPU speed will be reduced under certain operating conditions.

2.GB means one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary. A por- tion of hard disk space is reserved as a recovery partition.

3.New users only. Terms and conditions apply.

4.Limited duration trial edition.

5.DVD Media/Formats are not universally compatible.

6.i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to designate that a product contains an IEEE 1394 connector. All products with an i.LINK connector may not communi cate with each other.

7.When available. Sony will provide Onsite Service in fulfifillment of its limited warranty obligations. Any such services are subject to the terms and conditions of the limited warranty. See actual Limited Warranty for details. Onsite Service will be provided via thrid- party technician to be dispatched as needed following phone-base trouble- shooting. Some repairs may be accom plished with self repair kits. Onsite Service may not be available in all loca tions.

8.For certain third party software appli- cations, Sony provides first level Phone Support. Additional telephone support may be available from the applicable 3rd party vendor. Availability and schedule for any such support is determined by the applicable software vendor.

Computer Interface: The computer industry lacks stan- dards, and therefore, there are a multitude of varying software packages and add-on hardware options. This personal computer is not manufactured to any specific software, and Sony does not and cannot make any war-

ranty or representation with respect to the performance of this product with any particular software packages and/or non-Sony add-on hardware option except those mentioned in this document. Sony hereby disclaims any representations or warranty that this product is compat- ible with any combination of non-Sony products you may choose to connect. While Sony representatives or Sony authorized dealers may be able to assist you and may make recommendations, they are NOT authorized to vary or waive this disclaimer. Purchasers must deter- mine for themselves the suitability and compatibility of the hardware and software in each and every particular instance. Some pre-installed software titles may not include full documentation. Software titles pre-installed on the Sony Desktop Computer are subject to change without notice. Simulated graphic shown on display.

©2004 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Sony, i.LINK, VAIO Digital Studio, SonicStage, Memory Stick, DVgate Plus, PictureGear Studio, Giga Pocket, VAIO Media, Click to DVD, Like No Other, and VAIO are trademarks of Sony. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and Outlook are trade- marks of Microsoft Corporation. Realone is a trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. All other trademarks are trade- marks of their respective owners. This product meets the standards of the International Energy Star Program for energy efficiency. Features and specifications are sub- ject to change without notice. Weights and measure- ments are approximate.

Printed in U.S.A. 8/04

i.LINK®

(IEEE 1394)

Sony Electronics Inc. For more information: 1.800.4SONYPC (476-6972)

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