Sony PCV-V300G Marketing Specifications

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the hardware and software in each and every particular
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on the Sony Desktop Computer are subject to change
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Digital Studio, SonicStage, Memory Stick, DVgate Plus,
Picture Gear Studio, VAIO Media, Click to DVD, and
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For more information:

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Web address: http://www.sony.com/vaio

Model

PCV-V300G

HARDWARE

Display

15” LCD XGA Resolution

TM

with

XBRITE Technology

Processor

Intel

®

Pentium®4 2.80GHz

1

Cache Memory

512KB Integrated On-Die Level 2

Front Side Bus Speed

533MHz

Standard RAM

512MB

3

PC-2700 DDR (expandable to

1GB

10

)

Hard Drive

2

200GB2Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive

DVD±RW / CD-RW Drive

5

DVD±RW

5

-RW

(4X max. -R write / 2X max. -RW rewrite /

5X max. -R read /2X max. -RW read)

+RW

(4X max. +R write / 2X max. +RW rewrite /

5X max. +R read / 2X max. +RW max. read)

CD-RW

(16X max. -R write / 8X max. rewrite /

24X max. -R read / 10X max. -RW read)

Video & Graphics

SIS 651 Integrated Graphics
32MB Shared Graphics Memory

3

Giga PocketTMMPEG2 Realtime

Encoder board with TV Tuner

Ethernet

10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet

Modem

V.90 compatible data/fax modem

Expansion Slots

One PCMCIA Type-II Card Slot
Memory Stick

®

Media Slot

Port Connectors

4 USB 2.0 (2 on side / 2 on back)
One 4pin i.LINK™

6

One Headphone
One Microphone In
Line In
VHF/UHF In
S-Video In
Composite V/A In

Supplied Accessories

IR Remote Control
Speakers (Stereo) (Built-in)
VAIO Wireless RF Keyboard

11

VAIO Wireless RF Optical Mouse

11

Power Requirements

100-120V 2.7A (50/60Hz)

Power Management

ACPI 1.0 Compliant

Dimensions (Unit)

15”W x 13”H x 7”D

Weight (Unit)

16.80 lb

Pre-Installed Software:

Sony Original Software

Giga Pocket

™

- Personal Video

Recorder
Click to DVD™ - DVD Creation
SonicStage™ Mastering Studio - Audio

Mastering & Remastering
Picture Gear Studio™ - Digital Photo
DVgate Plus™ - Digital Video
SonicStage

®

- Digital Music

VAIO Media™ - Network File Sharing

Operating System

Microsoft

®

Windows®XP

Home Edition
VAIO

®

recommends Microsoft

®

Windows®XP

Other Software Applications

Adobe

®

Photoshop Elements®2.0

Microsoft

®

Works®7.0 -

Word Processing, Spreadsheet,

Calendar, Scheduling, Contact

Management, and Database

Microsoft®Office®2003 60-Day

Student/Teacher Edition Trial
Intuit Quicken

®

2004

New User Edition

InterVideo®WinDVD

®

MoodLogic®2.7 Trial

4

Anti-Virus & Recovery Software

Norton

®

Internet Security™ 90 Day

Subscription
VAIO

®

Recovery Wizard

VAIO

®

Support Agent

Online Center

America Online

®

90 Day Trial

7

SERVICE AND WARRANTY
INFORMATION

Limited Warranty

One Year Parts and Labor

8

Service

One Year Limited Express Repair

Service

9

Telephone Support

Hardware: One Year
Software and Operating System: 90

Days

On-line and Email Support

Free support available from

http://www.sony.com/pcsupport

1. GHz denotes microprocessor inter­nal clock speed; other factors may
affect application performance. CPU
speed will be reduced under certain
operating conditions.

2. GB means one billion bytes when
referring to hard drive capacity.
Accessible capacity may vary. A por­tion of hard disk space is reserved as
a recovery partition.

3. A Portion of Memory is allocated to
Video memory.

4. Limited duration trial edition.

5. DVD Media/Formats are not uni­versally compatible.

6. 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.

7. New users only. Terms and condi­tions apply.

8. Certain restrictions apply. For a copy
of Sony’s warranty, please visit
www.sony.com/pcsupport, call toll­free 888-476-6972 (888­4SONYPC),or write to Sony
Electronics, 12451 Gateway
Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33913.

9. Type of repair service provided is
solely at Sony’s discretion. Not all
types of repair service offered on all
models.

10. It is recommended to use an

authorized VAIO service center
for upgrade memory installation.

11. To prevent Radio Frequency

interference, range of wireless
keyboard and mouse are limited
to ~1 meter.

Sony recommends
Microsoft®Windows®XP

Sony VAIO®Technology
Delivers

The V series features an
extraordinarily bright and
crisp LCD with Sony
XBRITE

TM

technology, wire­less keyboard and mouse, a
Sony VAIO

®

TV tuner, and
DVD creation capabilities in a
sleek and slim package.

DVD Creation at Your
Finger Tips

Create professional quality
DVDs with just one click
using VAIO’s original Click
to DVD™creation software
and DVD±RW drive

5

. Burn
digital home movies to per­sonalized DVDs as well as
create slide shows from
your digital photos.

Watch or Record Your
Favorite TV Shows

VAIO’s®Giga Pocket™Per­sonal Video Recorder enables
you to watch and record your
favorite television shows.
With VAIO’s

®

Click to DVD

™

creation software you can
record the shows to DVD for
later playback on a home
DVD player

5

or while on the

road with a Notebook PC.

5

Perfect Combination of
what you Demand

The VAIO®V300G All-In­One PC blends the wealth
of a television, a stereo, and
a high end personal com­puter delivering a complete
entertainment center in one.
Utilizing advanced Sony
VAIO

®

technologies and
deign, the V series will chal­lenge your perception of
what a PC is all about.

Ready for you.
The Sony

®

VAIO®V Series
comes loaded with soft­ware to help you discov­er how easy it is to create,
manage, and share your
digital photos, videos,
and music. Versatile.
Empow-ering. Ready for
your digital lifestyle.

TV, Stereo, PC - Cutting Edge All-In-One Sony Design

All-In-One

PCV-V300G

i.LINK

®

(IEEE 1394)

Sony VAIO®V Series