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Using Your VAIO Computer

Using the TV Function

If you have purchased an A/V port replicator, you can use a TV tuner to enable the TV function. See the online Specifications to see if your model supports the TV function.

In combination with Sony's VAIO Zone software, the TV tuner board allows you to:

❑Watch, record and play back analog broadcasted cable and terrestrial TV programs, all by remote control.

❑Digitize analog 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.

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Sony cannot guarantee the streaming of recorded content if it does not meet a certain level of high quality.

To use the VAIO Zone software, you need to connect the computer and TV to the A/V port replicator and set up the VAIO Zone software for TV viewing. See Attaching Your Computer to the Port Replicator (page 60) and Setting Up TV Connections (page 64) for details.

Once the computer and TV are connected to the A/V port replicator, click Start, point to All Programs, and then click VAIO Zone. When starting the VAIO Zone software for the first time, the VAIO Zone setup wizard opens automatically and prompts you to set up your TV channel source and establish the listings for your local TV program guide. Follow the on-screen instructions.

For details on using the software and the remote commander, please see the help file on the VAIO Zone software.