Sony VAIO PCG-R505GCP, User Manual

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VAIO Computer Quick Start
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DVgate Application Notes
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Recording images to a digital video device
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Adjusting image resolution
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Saving to your hard disk drive
Recording images to a digital video device
If your system displays the message, “Failed to record to DV deck, please check
deck’s power status, cable connection…,” while you are recording images to a
digital video device using DVgate software, close all open programs, and restart
your computer. Frequent recording of images to a digital video device while
using DVgate may cause this situation to occur.
For more information on DVgate software, see the DVgate online help.
Adjusting image resolution
If the images on the LCD do not display smoothly, the resolution may not be set
correctly.
To check the resolution
1 From the DVgate Motion-Monitor window, click Setup.
2 From the shortcut menu, point to Settings, and then select Low Resolution.
The settings you change in this menu affect the images in the monitor
window only. Movie data imported to your hard drive and images recorded
to DV devices will not be affected.
Saving to your hard disk drive
In order to improve the performance of your computer’s DVgate™ motion
software, the hard disk drive on your computer has been formatted with two
partitions, C and D. The C partition holds 40 percent and the D partition holds 60
percent of the entire drive capacity. DVgate software saves files to the D
partition. This prevents large video capture from consuming the available space
on your C partition. To maintain optimum performance of DVgate, you should
defragment or format the D partition regularly.