Sony VAIO VGF-HS1 User Manual

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VGF-HS1   3-98-361-11(1)

Upon completion of the preparatory process described on page 11 to page 36, you can use the following 3 

major features.

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  Using your Home Server as a network storage device (page 37) 

Use your Home Server as a storage server that can be shared on your network. Then, you can access the 

Home Server from your personal computer via the network and read, write, rename, create, and delete 

the files in the shared folders.

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  Letting DLNA devices access to audio/video content (page 38) 

Connect a DLNA device and your Home Server to a network. Then, you can access the sample content 

on the Home Server from the DLNA device.

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  Using the One Touch Copy function (page 41) 

Connect a digital still camera or a digital camcorder that complies with the USB mass storage class 

specification to your Home Server. Then, you can import photos and videos from the device via the USB 

cable just by pressing the COPY button on the Home Server. With this One Touch Copy, you can import 

data from the memory card in the memory card slot on the Home Server as well.

Follow the steps below to access the shared folder on your Home Server from a personal computer.

  Connect the computer and the Home Server to your home network with network 

(LAN) cables.

  Click “Start” and then “My Network” or “Network.”

The My Network Places window or the Network window appears.

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 Tip

If you are notified that the network search and the file sharing are disabled when the Network window 

appears on the Window Vista operating system, follow the steps below: 

  Click the message to open another window and click “Turn on network discovery and file 

sharing.”

If the User Account Control window appears, read the information and click “continue.”

  On the Network discovery and file sharing window, click “No, make the network that I am 

connected to a private network.”