Sony Giga Pocket Manuel utilisateur
Giga Pocket™
Personal Video Recorder
Getting Started Guide
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Contents
Giga Pocket
Personal Video Recorder......................................5
About Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder................................. 5
Locating Controls, Ports and Jacks ....................7
Front Panel Overview ..................................................................... 7
Back Panel Overview.................................................................... 10
Remote Control Overview............................................................ 12
Setting Up.............................................................15
To Set Up TV Connections........................................................... 15
To Set Up Additional Equipment ................................................. 21
Setting Up Giga Pocket for TV Viewing.............27
Setting Up TV Viewing ................................................................ 27
Giga Video Recorder .................................................................... 29
Timer Recording Manager............................................................ 32
Timer Recording Wizard ...............................................................35
Video Explorer.............................................................................. 37
Playlist Builder ............................................................................. 40
PicoPlayer ..................................................................................... 42
CLIÉ Converter............................................................................. 45
Simple DVD Maker.......................................................................48
Troubleshooting ..................................................51
Topics............................................................................................ 51
Notes On Use................................................................................ 54
Glossary ........................................................................................ 56
Index .....................................................................59
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Giga Pocket
Personal Video Recorder
Giga Pocket™ Personal Video Recorder is a suite of interactive Sony audio
and video components that is designed to create, capture, and play back
video files derived from television and your own personal videos.*
About Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder
Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder is a unique set of tools that enhances your
VA I O ®computer’s capabilities. Giga Pocket gives you a wide range of video
viewing, recording, and playback capabilities, such as:
❑Watching and recording television from your computer.
❑Viewing and recording TV programming simultaneously.
❑Setting and managing daily/weekly timer recording schedules.
❑Managing Video Capsules (recorded video contents) on your computer.
❑Recording personal video content from a videotape.
❑Playing your Video Capsules on other computers.
❑Creating custom Playlists.
❑Operating Giga Pocket functions with a remote control device (remote
commander).
❑Sharing Giga Pocket features and functions with other computers on a network
system.
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Accessing the Giga Pocket Help file
For more information about Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder features, follow
these steps to access the Giga Pocket Help file:
1Click Start in the Windows®taskbar and select All Programs
2Select Giga Pocket and click Giga Pocket Help.
* Unauthorized duplication of audio or video files is a violation of applicable laws.
✍For an explanation of Giga Pocket terms and their definitions, see the Glossary..
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Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder includes:
❑Giga Video Recorder — This application enables you to watch TV
programs on your computer’s display and record them onto the hard disk
drive as Video Capsules for later playback.
❑Timer Recording Manager — The Timer Recording Manager keeps track
of all TV program recordings you have scheduled. This program also
enables you to modify timer recordings.
❑Timer Recording Wizard — The Wizard interface guides you through
setting up a timer recording schedule. You can program one-time recordings
and set up daily or weekly recurring recording schedules.
❑Video Explorer — The Video Explorer program functions as your video file
management system, and stores recorded Video Capsules as well as
modified Playlists. Video Explorer contains export/import functions for file
format conversions.
❑Playlist Builder — The Playlist Builder is a video editor that enables you to
generate Playlists by selecting various cuts (scenes) from multiple recorded
Video Capsules, and arranging them in any desired sequences for playback.
❑PicoPlayer — This optional Video Capsule player application can be
attached to Video Capsules that are exported with Video Explorer. You can
play a Giga Pocket Video Capsule on computer systems that do not have
Giga Pocket installed, if such systems support PicoPlayer software
requirements.
❑Giga Pocket Server — The Giga Pocket Server enables multiple computers
on a network to use certain Giga Pocket software functions. While this
feature is running, you can play back Video Capsules and manage timer
recordings from any linked computer that has PicoPlayer installed.
Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder maintains information about the
software and Video Capsules on your computer’s drive D, in a folder named
D:/Giga Pocket. This folder and its contents are not designed for your direct
maintenance. Please do not move, modify or delete the Giga Pocket Folder
or any of its contents. Any alteration to this folder or its contents may cause
your Giga Pocket software and Video Capsules to stop working properly.
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Locating Controls, Ports
and Jacks
Your VAIO Digital Studio™computer is equipped with leading edge
technology in audio, video, computing, and communications. This section
describes the controls, ports and jacks located on the front and back
panels of your system.
Front Panel Overview
The front panel of your computer enables access to the optical and floppy disk
drives. The front panel also provides access to Giga Pocket Personal Video
Recorder jacks and ports, Universal Serial Bus (USB), and i.LINK®ports to
connect compatible peripheral devices.
✍i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to designate that a product contains an
IEEE1394 connection. The i.LINK connection may vary, depending on the software
applications, operating system, and compatible i.LINK devices. All products with an
i.LINK connection may not communicate with each other.
Please refer to the documentation that came with your compatible i.LINK device for
information on operating conditions and proper connection. Before connecting
compatible i.LINK PC peripherals to your system, such as an optical or hard disk drive,
confirm their operating system compatibility and required operating conditions.
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Front panel
1 Optical drive 1
See the Specifications sheet for optical drive information.
2 Optical drive 2
See the Specifications sheet for optical drive information.
3 Floppy disk drive
Reads and writes data from and to a 3.5-inch floppy disk.
4 Floppy disk drive access indicator light
Lights in green while reading and writing data from and to a floppy disk.
5 Optical drive access indicator light
Lights in amber while reading and writing data from and to the optical drives.
6 Hard disk drive access indicator light
Lights in amber while reading and writing data from and to the hard disk.
7 Power switch and indicator light
Turns the computer on and off. The indicator light is blue while the power is on and
amber when the computer is in Stand by mode.
Front Panel Overview
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8 S-video In port
Connection for an S-video cable (optional).
Video In jack
Connection for a video cable (supplied).
Audio L In jack/Audio R In jack
Connection for an audio cable (supplied).
9 Optical drive 1 eject button
Ejects a disc from Optical drive 1.
10 Optical drive 2 eject button
Ejects a disc from Optical drive 2.
11 Memory Stick media slot
Reads and writes data from and to a Memory Stick media.
12 Floppy disk eject button
Ejects a floppy disk from the floppy disk drive.
13 Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports (2)
Connections for compatible USB devices.
14 i.LINK (4-pin) port (IEEE1394)
Connection for a compatible digital device.
✍For your convenience, your computer includes Giga Pocket, USB, and i.LINK ports and
jacks on both the front and back panels. (The 4-pin i.LINK port is located on the front
panel and the 6-pin i.LINK port is located on the back.)
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Back Panel Overview
The back panel of your computer contains the ports for supplied and optional
accessories. The icons on the back panel locate and identify the ports on your
computer.
Back panel
1 Mouse port
Connection for a PS/2® mouse.
2 Keyboard port
Connection for a PS/2 Keyboard.
3 Ethernet port
10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet interface.
(The port marked with (Network) is for LAN connections only.)
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1
LINE
VIDEO
OUTPUT
S VIDEO
/
VIDEO
AUDIO VHF
/UHF
VIDEO 1
INPUT
S VIDEO
/
VIDEO
AUDIO
MONITOR
KEYBOARD
MOUSE
PRINTER
HEADPHONES
MIC
LINE IN
USB NETWORK
ACT
LINK
SERIAL
i.LINK
S400
OPTICAL
OUT
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