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©2004 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without
written permission is prohibited. Sony, i.LINK, VAIO Digital Studio, SonicStage, Memory Stick, DVgate Plus,
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
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meets the standards of the International Energy Star Program for energy efficiency. Features and specifications are
subject to change without notice. Weights and measurements are approximate.
Printed in U.S.A. 1/04
SPECIFICATIONS
• Personal Video Recorder powered by Sony
Giga Pocket
TM
engine
• Analog Video Input for 8mm or VHS
Camcorders
• Watch Live TV / Record Shows for Later Playback
• IR Remote Control and Receiver / IR Blaster
• Internet TV Programming Guide
• DVD±RW / CD-RW Drive
***
- With Click to
DVD
TM
Creation Software
• Adobe
®
Premiere
®
LE and Photoshop
Elements
®
• ATI Radeon
®
9600XT 128MB
• TV-Out / VGA-Out / DVI-Out
(DVI Output:
1280x1024x60Hz max.)
• 8X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration
• Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 3.40 GHz
†
with HT
Technology
• GigaBit Ethernet - Ready for the Network
Future
•
High-Speed Internet Ready with
10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-TX Fast Ethernet
•
Sony
®
Subwoofer and Stereo Speakers
• 1GB PC3200 400MHz DDR
• 250GB
††3
7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
• Optical Mouse
¾
Convert VHS tapes to DVD w
ith Sony Click to DVD
TM
Creation
Software and
DVD±RW / CD-RW drive
***
¾
Watch and record live TV with Personal Video Recorder powered by
Sony Giga Pocket
TM
engine and Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Media Center
2004 Edition
¾
Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 3.40 GHz
†
with HT Technology
¾
1GB PC3200 400MHz DDR / 250
GB
††3
7200rpm HD
¾
128MB ATI Radeon
®
9600XT Graphics w/TV-out
¾
Sony
®
Subwoofer and Stereo Speakers / GigaBit Ethernet
Sony VAIO Digital Studio
™
PC
PCV
PCV
-RZ56G
-RZ56G
FEATURES
i.LINK
®
(IEEE 1394)
Video Audio Integrated Operation
With
Personal V
ideo
Recorder & DVD±R
W
Recorder
M
ODEL
PCV-RZ56G
P
ROCESSOR
Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 3.40 GHz
†
with
Intel
®
Hyper-Threading Technology
C
ACHE
M
EMORY
512KB Integrated On-Die Level 2
F
RONT
S
IDE
B
US
S
PEED
800MHz
S
TANDARD
RAM
1GB PC3200 400MHz DDR
(expandable to 2.0GB)
H
ARD
D
RIVE
3
250GB
††3
7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
DVD±RW / CD-RW D
RIVE
***
DVD±RW
-RW
(8X max. write / 4X max. rewrite / 8X max. read)
+RW
(8X max. write / 4X max. rewrite / 8X max. read)
CD-RW
(24X max. write / 24X max. rewrite / 32X max. read)
CD-RW D
RIVE
CD-RW
(40X max. write / 12X max. rewrite / 40X max. CD-
ROM read)
F
LOPPY
D
ISK
D
RIVE
3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
V
IDEO
& G
RAPHICS
ATI Radeon
®
9600XT w/TV-Out
128MB Video Memory (128-bit DDR)
TV-Out / VGA-Out / DVI-Out (DVI Output:
1280x1024x60Hz max.)
8X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration
Giga Pocket
TM
Engine MPEG2 Realtime
Encoder/Decoder board with TV Tuner
A
UDIO
Creative
®
Soundblaster
®
Audigy
®
E
THERNET
GigaBit Ethernet: 10Base-T/100Base-
TX/1000Base-TX Ethernet (RJ-45)
M
ODEM
V.90 compatible data/fax modem
E
XPANSION
S
LOTS
One 8x AGP (occupied by Graphics Card)
Three PCI (none available)
Multi-Media Card Reader
(Memory Stick
TM
,
Compact
Flash
TM
Type I & Type II, IBM Micro Drive
TM
, and Smart Media
TM
)
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
Seven USB 2.0 (Three front/four rear)
Two PS/2
®
(Mouse/Keyboard)
One VGA/DVI Monitor Port / TV-Out Port
One S/PDIF Out / One Parallel Port / One Line In
One 6pin i.LINK Port (rear)/ One 4pin (front)
One Headphone / One Microphone
S-Video: Two Inputs (front and rear)
Composite Video / Audio Inputs (front and rear)
Coaxial Input (VHF/UHF)
S
UPPLIED
A
CCESSORIES
Speakers (Stereo) w/Subwoofer
IR Remote Control and Receiver / IR Blaster
VAIO
®
Keyboard / PS/2
®
Optical Mouse
P
OWER
R
EQUIREMENTS
295 watts max. / 100-120V ~4.7A (50/60Hz)
P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
ACPI 1.0 Compliant
D
IMENSIONS
(CPU)
7.75"(W) x 15"(H) x 15.4"(D)
W
EIGHT
(CPU)
30.86 lbs.
O
PERATING
S
YSTEM
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Media Center 2004
Edition
VAIO
®
recommends Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Media Center Edition
P
RE
-I
NSTALLED
S
OFTWARE
:
S
ONY
®
VAIO
®
O
RIGINAL
S
OFTWARE
Click to DVD
TM
-
DVD Creation
PictureGear Studio
TM
- Digital Photo
DVgate Plus
™
- Digital Video
SonicStage
™
- Digital Music
VAIO Media
TM
- Network File Sharing
O
THER
S
OFTWARE
A
PPLICATIONS
Adobe
®
Premiere
®
LE
Adobe
®
Photoshop Elements
®
Sony
®
Screenblast
®
Acid
®
Sony
®
Screenblast
®
Sound Forge
®
Microsoft
®
Works
®
7.0 -
Word Processing,
Spreadsheet, Calendar, Scheduling, Contact
Management, and Database
Microsoft
®
Office
®
2003 60-DayTrial
4
InterVideo
®
WinDVD
®
MoodLogic
®
2.5 Trial
**
5
Intuit Quicken
®
2004
2
New User Edition
Adobe
®
Acrobat
®
Reader
®
Apple QuickTime
®
RealNetworks
®
RealOne
TM
Player
A
NTI
-V
IRUS
& R
ECOVERY
S
OFTWARE
Norton
®
Internet Security
TM
90 Day Trial
**5
VAIO
®
Recovery Wizard
3
3
VAIO
®
Support Agent
O
NLINE
C
ENTER
America Online
®**
S
ERVICE
One Year Limited Express Repair Service
*
L
IMITED
W
ARRANTY
One Year Parts and Labor
*
T
ELEPHONE
S
UPPORT
Hardware: One Year
Software and Operating System: 90 Days
* 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.
3 A portion of Hard Disk space is reserved for the recovery partition.
4 Limited duration trial version.
5 Certain features are time limited.
