[. . . ] Macrovision: This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorised by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorised by Macrovision Corporation. Sony Corporation reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice. [. . . ] If you start playing a DVD with PowerDVD or Windows ® Media Player and then try to change your display settings, you will experience major problems Connecting a TV that has a S-Video port To connect a TV to your VAIO desktop with an S-Video cable (not supplied), proceed as follows: 1 2 Plug one end of the S-Video cable into the TV Out port on the back of your computer. Plug the other end of the S-Video cable into your TV's S-Video port. Connecting peripheral devices Sony VAIO Desktop User Guide nN 64 To enable TV-Out, proceed as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Go to Control Panel. Select Clone and click Apply. This illustration may not correspond entirely to the configuration of your model. Please check the section Back Panel of your printed Specifications sheet to see where the ports are exactly. To avoid this, make all your display settings before launching the software. Alternatively, always select Clone under Display Properties > Settings > Advanced > nView Display Mode. !If you start playing a DVD with PowerDVD or Windows ® Media Player and then try to change your display settings, you will experience major problems Connecting peripheral devices Sony VAIO Desktop User Guide nN 65 Connecting an external microphone Your VAIO desktop does not contain an internal microphone. If you need to use a sound input device, for example to chat on the Internet, you need to plug in an external microphone. To connect an external microphone, plug the microphone cable (1) into the microphone port (2) identified by the symbol . Make sure your microphone is designed for computer use. This illustration may not correspond entirely to the configuration of your model. Please check the section Back Panel of your printed Specifications sheet to see where the ports are exactly. Connecting peripheral devices Sony VAIO Desktop User Guide nN 66 Connecting a printer To connect a printer, proceed as follows: 1 2 Plug the printer cable into the printer connector on your computer. Connect the other end to the other VAIO computer. This illustration may not correspond entirely to the configuration of your model. Please check the section Back Panel of your printed Specifications sheet to see where the ports are exactly. Connecting peripheral devices Sony VAIO Desktop User Guide nN 71 Connecting to a network Your computer comes with a built-in Ethernet interface. To connect to a network, proceed as follows: 1 Connect your 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet cable (not supplied) to the Ethernet port on the back of the computer. If there is a sticker covering the Ethernet port, this is to remind customers in Germany not to insert an ISDN cable (see caution below). 2 3 4 Go to Start, right-click My Computer and select Properties. Under Network Adapters, right-click the name of the adapter. Connecting peripheral devices Sony VAIO Desktop User Guide nN 72 5 6 7 Click Properties. If using this computer in Germany, please make sure you do not use an ISDN cable. It is physically very similar, but its higher voltage of 12V may destroy the motherboard inside the computer. For more information about connecting your VAIO desktop to the network, please consult the Hardware troubleshooting section of the VAIO-Link website (http://www. vaio-link. com): How to troubleshoot network problems. This illustration may not correspond entirely to the configuration of your model. Please check the section Back Panel of your printed Specifications sheet to see where the ports are exactly. !Using other cables or a telephone cable may cause a malfunction, excessive heat Getting help Sony VAIO Desktop User Guide nN 73 Getting help This section describes how to get help and support from Sony, as well as troubleshooting tips for your computer. Sony's support options Sony offers you several support options for your computer. Sony documentation Please see the section Documentation pack (page 8) for details on the printed and online documentation delivered with your computer, as well as further sources of reference. Other sources of information Online Help files: Before contacting VAIO-Link, try to solve the problem by reading the user guides and help files supplied with the peripherals or software. [. . . ] Windows XP SP1 is designed to ensure Windows XP platform compatibility with newly released software and hardware, and includes updates that resolve issues discovered by customers or by Microsoft's internal testing team. S-video stands for separated video, a video technique separating colour from luminescence rendering clearer imaging, and requiring different cables and plugs than ordinary video. Synchronous DRAM is a kind of dynamic random access memory running at a much higher clock speed than regular memory. The amount of RAM that is available on your computer when you purchase it. [. . . ]