Sony PCV-RX790G VAIO User Guide (primary manual) Specification

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Stick, SonicStage, DVgate, MovieShaker, and VAIO are trademarks of Sony. Intel and Pentium are
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Printed in U.S.A. 4/02
Rev. 1.00

SPECIFICATIONS

• Intel®Pentium®4 Processor 2.40B

†††

GHz

†

• 512MB PC800-40 RDRAM (Expandable to 1
GB)

• 533MHz Front Side Bus

• 120GB

††

7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive

• DVD-RW / CD-RW Drive

• DVD-ROM Drive

•

Giga Pocket

TM

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)

• Optical Out for Dolby Digital

®

• High-Speed Internet Ready with
10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet

• Front and Rear Accessible i.LINK

®

(IEEE

1394) Interfaces and USB Connections

1

• Memory Stick®Media Slot

• Programmable VAIO Smart

™

Keyboard

¾

Giga PocketTMPersonal Video Recorder

¾

Watch and Record TV Programs

¾

DVD-RW / CD-RW - Create Your Own DVDs!

¾

Intel®Pentium®4 Processor 2.40B

†††

GHz

†

¾

512MB PC800-40 RDRAM / 120

GB

††

7200rpm Hard Drive

¾

64MB nVIDIA®GeForce4™MX 440 Graphics

Sony VAIO®Digital Studio™ PC

PCV

PCV

-RX790G

-RX790G

FEATURES

i.LINK

®

(IEEE 1394)

Video Audio Integrated Operation

With

Personal Video

Recorder & DVD

Recorder

MODEL

PCV-RX790G

P

ROCESSOR

Intel®Pentium® 4 Processor 2.40B

†††

GHz

†

CACHE MEMORY

512KB Integrated On-Die Level 2

F

RONT SIDE BUS SPEED

533MHz

S

TANDARD RAM

512MB PC800-40 RDRAM (expandable to 1 GB)

H

ARD DRIVE

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)

DVD-ROM

16X max. DVD-ROM Read / 40X max. CD-ROM

Read

F

LOPPY DISK DRIVE

3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive

V

IDEO & GRAPHICS

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 SLOTS

One AGP (occupied by Graphics Card)
Three PCI (two occupied)
Memory Stick

®

Media Slot

E

XPANSION BAY S

Two 5.25" Half-Height (occupied)
One External 3.5" (occupied)
Two Internal 3.5" (one occupied)

P

ORT CONNECTORS

Four USB (two front/two rear)
Two PS/2

®

(Mouse/Keyboard)
One VGA monitor port
One Serial / One Parallel
One 6pin i.LINK port (rear)
One 4pin i.LINK port (front)
One Headphone / One Microphone
One Line In
S-Video: Two Inputs/ One Output
Composite Video / Audio Input
Stereo Line Input/Output
Coaxial Input (VHF/UHF)

S

UPPLIED ACCESSORIES

Speakers (Stereo)
VAIO Smart

™

Keyboard

PS/2

®

Wheel Mouse
4pin-4pin i.LINK cable
TV Coaxial cable
Two Composite to S-Video Adapters

P

OWER REQUIREMENTS

100-120V -3A (50/60Hz)

P

OWER MANAGEMENT

ACPI 1.0 Compliant

D

IMENSIONS (CPU)

8.0"(W) x 14.2"(H) x 14.6"(D)

W

EIGHT (CPU)

28.5 lbs.

S

ERVICE

One Year Limited Express Repair Service
(upon registration; 90 days without

registration)*

L

IMITED WARRANTY

One Year Parts and Labor (upon registration;
90 days without
registration)*

T

ELEPHONE SUPPORT

Hardware: One Year
Software and Operating System: 90 Days

P

RE-INSTALLED SOFTWARE

OPERATING SYSTEM

Microsoft®Windows®XP Home Edition

Sony PCs use Genuine Microsoft

®

Windows®Operating Systems
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SONY ORIGINAL SOFTWARE

Giga Pocket™Personal Video Recorder
DVgate

™

Simple DVD Maker
SonicStage

™

for VAIO

®

MovieShaker

™

Smart Capture
DigitalPrint
PowerDVD

O

THER SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

Corel WordPerfect® Office 2002
Sonic Solutions DVDit!

®

for VAIO

®

Adobe®Photoshop®Elements
Adobe

®

Premiere®LE

Veritas

®

RecordNowTMDX

Adobe

®

Acrobat®Reader

®

Apple QuickTime

®

Intuit Quicken®2002

2

Microsoft®Outlook®Express

A

NTI-VIRUS & RECOVERY SOFTWARE

Trend Micro PC-Cillin

®

Sony Application Recovery CD(s)
Sony System Recovery CD(s)

O

NLINE CENTER

VAIO Support Agent
America Online

®

**

EarthLink TotalAccess

™

**

* 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.
†††Naming of 2.40GHz based on 533MHz Front Side Bus.
* Certain restrictions apply.
** Requires payment of additional fees or subscription for use.
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.