Sony R505 Manual

Memory Stick® media is a compact, portable, and versatile recording medium 
that has a data capacity exceeding that of a floppy disk. The medium is specially 
designed for exchanging and sharing digital data with compatible products. 
Because it is removable, you can use the media for external data storage. 

You can use these types of Memory Stick media with your computer:

❑

MagicGate™ Memory Stick

*

 

 media (hereafter called MG Memory 

Stick media), which is provided with copyright protection

❑

Memory Stick

†

 

 media, which does not have the same copyright 

protection as MagicGate media

Some music files encoded with secure copyright protection may be stored on MG 
Memory Stick media but not on regular Memory Stick media. You can also use 
MagicGate media-compatible devices to record and playback music when they 
are connected to your computer.

You can store mixed data on the Memory Stick media. For example, you can 
copy an image on to MG Memory Stick media that already contains music.

MagicGate media provides copyright protection that consists of authentication 
and encryption technology. Authentication technology ensures that protected 
content is only transferred between compliant devices and media. Protected 
content is recorded and transferred in an encrypted format to prevent 
unauthorized duplication or playback.

When you insert a Memory Stick media, the Visual Flow™ application starts 
automatically. You can change this setting in VAIO Action Setup.

* MagicGate Memory Stick and 

 are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

† Memory Stick and 

 are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

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MG Memory Stick media has the MG mark 

.