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©2002 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without
written permission is prohibited. Sony, i.LINK, VAIO Digital Studio, VAIO Smart, SonicStage, Memory
Stick, DVgate, MovieShaker, PictureGear Studio, VAIO Media, Click to DVD, and VAIO are trademarks
of Sony. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and
Outlook are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Realone is a trademark of RealNetworks, Inc.
Wordperfect, QuatroPro, CorelCENTRAL, and Corel Presentations are trademarks of Corel
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are subject to change without notice. Weights and measurements are approximate.
Printed in U.S.A. 8/02
SPECIFICATIONS
¾
Giga Pocket
TM
Personal Video Recorder
¾
Watch and Record TV Programs
¾
DVD-RW / CD-RW - Create Your Own DVDs!***
¾
Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 2.53GHz
†
¾
512MB PC-2100 DDR / 120
GB
††
7200rpm Hard Drive
¾
64MB nVIDIA
®
GeForce4
™
MX 440 Graphics
¾
i.LINK
®
(IEEE 1394) Interface and Six USB 2.0 Connectors
1
Sony VAIO Digital Studio™ PC
PCV
PCV
-RZ14G
-RZ14G
FEATURES
i.LINK
®
(IEEE 1394)
V
IDEO
A
UDIO
I
NTEGRATED
O
PERATION
M
ODEL
PCV-RZ14G
P
ROCESSOR
Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 2.53GHz
†
C
ACHE
M
EMORY
512KB Integrated On-Die Level 2
F
RONT
S
IDE
B
US
S
PEED
533MHz
S
TANDARD
RAM
512MB PC-2100 DDR (expandable to 1.5 GB)
H
ARD
D
RIVE
120GB
††
7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
DVD-RW / CD-RW D
RIVE
***
DVD-RW (2X max. write / 1X max. rewrite / 4X
max. read)
CD-RW (8X max. write / 4X max. rewrite / 24X
max. read)
CD-ROM D
RIVE
40X max. CD-ROM Read
F
LOPPY
D
ISK
D
RIVE
3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
V
IDEO
& G
RAPHICS
4X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration
(nVIDIA
®
GeForce4
™
MX 440)
64MB Video Memory (128-bit DDR)
MPEG2 Realtime Encoder/Decoder board
with TV Tuner
E
THERNET
10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet
M
ODEM
V.90 compatible data/fax modem
E
XPANSION
S
LOTS
One AGP (occupied by Graphics Card)
Three PCI (two occupied)
Memory Stick
®
Media Slot
E
XPANSION
B
AYS
Two 5.25" Half-Height (occupied)
One External 3.5" (occupied)
Two Internal 3.5" (one occupied)
P
ORT
C
ONNECTORS
Six USB 2.0 (two front/four rear)
One S/PDIF Audio Out
Two PS/2
®
(Mouse/Keyboard)
One VGA/DVI monitor port
One Serial / One Line In
One 6pin i.LINK port (rear)/ One 4pin (front)
One Headphone / One Microphone
S-Video: Two Inputs/ One Output
Composite Video / Audio Input
Stereo Line Input/Output
Coaxial Input (VHF/UHF)
S
UPPLIED
A
CCESSORIES
Speakers (Stereo)
VAIO Smart
™
Keyboard
PS/2
®
Wheel Mouse
TV Coaxial Cable
Two Composite to S-Video Adapters
P
OWER
R
EQUIREMENTS
100-120V -3A (50/60Hz)
P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
ACPI 1.0 Compliant
D
IMENSIONS
(CPU)
8.0"(W) x 14.2"(H) x 14.6"(D)
W
EIGHT
(CPU)
28.5 lbs.
P
RE
-I
NSTALLED
S
OFTWARE
:
S
ONY
O
RIGINAL
S
OFTWARE
Click to DVD
TM
-
DVD Creation
PictureGear Studio
TM
- Digital Photo
DVgate
™
- Digital Video
SonicStage
™
for VAIO
®
PC
- Music
MovieShaker
™
- Digital Video
Network Smart Capture
- Video Webcast
VAIO Media
TM
- Network File Sharing
O
PERATING
S
YSTEM
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Home Edition
Sony PCs use Genuine Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Operating Systems
www.microsoft.com/piracy/howtotell
O
THER
S
OFTWARE
A
PPLICATIONS
Adobe
®
Premiere
®
LE
Corel WordPerfect
®
Office 2002
Wordperfect
®
- Word Processing
Quattro Pro
®
- Spreadsheet
Corel
®
Presentations
TM
-
Slide Show Creation
CorelCENTRAL
TM
-
Personal Info Manager
Intuit Quicken
®
2002
2
Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
Elements
Veritas
®
RecordNow
TM
DX
Adobe
®
Acrobat
®
Reader
®
Apple QuickTime
®
Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
Express
RealNetworks
®
RealOne
TM
Player
A
NTI
-V
IRUS
& R
ECOVERY
S
OFTWARE
Trend Micro PC-Cillin
®
2002**
Sony Application Recovery CD(s)
Sony System Recovery CD(s)
O
NLINE
C
ENTER
VAIO Support Agent
America Online
®**
EarthLink TotalAccess
™**
S
ERVICE
One Year Limited Express Repair Service (upon
registration; 90 days without registration)*
L
IMITED
W
ARRANTY
One Year Parts and Labor (upon registration; 90
days without registration)*
T
ELEPHONE
S
UPPORT
Hardware: One Year
Software and Operating System: 90 Days
• Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 2.53GHz
†
• 512MB PC-2100 DDR (expandable to 1.5GB)
• 533MHz Front Side Bus
• 120GB
††
7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
• DVD-RW / CD-RW Drive***
• CD-ROM Drive
•
Giga PocketTM Personal Video Recorder
• Watch Live
TV
•
Record Shows for Later Playback
•
Internet TV Programming Guide
• Analog Video Input for
8mm or VHS
Camcorders
• 4X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration
(nVIDIA
®
GeForce4
™
MX 440)
• 64MB Video Memory (128-bit DDR)
• High-Speed Internet Ready with
10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet
• Front and Rear Accessible i.LINK
®
(IEEE 1394)
Interfaces and USB 2.0 Connections
1
• Memory Stick
®
Media Slot
• Programmable VAIO Smart
™
Keyboard
With
Personal V
ideo
Recorder & DVD
Recorder
* Display sold separately.
† GHz denotes microprocessor internal clock speed; other factors may
affect application performance.
†† GB means one billion bytes when referring to Hard Drive capacity.
Accessible capacity may vary.
* Certain restrictions apply.
** Requires payment of additional fees or subscription for use.
*** DVD compatibility is not universal.
1 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 communicate with each other.
2 Previous Quicken users may require additional upgrade.