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Sony Notebook User Guide
Connecting peripheral devices
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To achieve optimum performance when playing DVD-ROM disks, you should follow the following
recommendations.
You can play DVDs using the WinDVD software. See the help files in the WinDVD software for details.
Close any open application before playing a DVD-ROM movie.
When playing DVD movies on battery power, set the power management profile to DVD. With other
profiles, the movies can be choppy.
Do not switch the power saving modes while playing DVD video.
If the virus checker is active, you need to disable it.
Do not use resident disk utilities and resident utilities to speed up access to disks because they may cause
unstable operation.
Make sure that the screensaver is deactivated.
Depending on the display setup properties you selected, you may use <Fn> + <F> command to expand
the screen to full screen size.
Region codes indicators are labeled on the DVD disks to indicate in which region and what type of player
can play the disk. Unless a '2' or 'all' is labeled on your DVD disk or on the packaging, you cannot play
the disk on this player.
Do not try to change the region code settings of the DVD-ROM drive. Trouble caused by changing the
region code settings of the DVD-ROM drive are not covered by the warranty.
Some DVD videos may allow limited operations or functions, or present sound noise or dropped frames.
Using the CD-RW/DVD-ROM functions on the docking station
To listen to audio CDs or to use the recovery CDs, you can use a CD-ROM drive, a CD-RW drive or a DVD-ROM
drive.
To play DVDs, you have to use a DVD-ROM drive.
To burn CDs, you have to use a CD-RW drive and you can use CD-RW or CD-R disks.