Sony PCV-RX760 Specification Guide

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©2002 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without 
written permission is prohibited. Sony, i.LINK, VAIO Digital Studio, VAIO Smart, Memory Stick,
SonicStage, DVgate, MovieShaker,  and VAIO are trademarks of Sony. Intel and Pentium are
registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and Outlook are trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. This product
meets the standards of the International Energy Star Program for energy efficiency. Features and
specifications are subject to change without notice. Weights and measurements are approximate.
Printed in U.S.A. 04/02
Rev. 1.00
SPECIFICATIONS
¾ Giga Pocket
TM
Personal Video Recorder
¾ Watch and Record TV Programs
¾ DVD-RW / CD-RW - Create Your Own DVDs!
¾ Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 2.20GHz
† 
¾ 512MB PC-2100 DDR / 120
GB
††
7200rpm Hard Drive
¾ 64MB nVIDIA
®
GeForce4
MX 440 Graphics
Sony VAIO
®
Digital Studio
™ 
PC
PCV
PCV
-RX780G
-RX780G
FEATURES
i.LINK
®
(IEEE 1394)
V
IDEO
A
UDIO
I
NTEGRATED
O
PERATION
M
ODEL
PCV-RX780G
P
ROCESSOR
Intel
®
Pentium
® 
4 Processor 2.20GHz
C
ACHE
M
EMORY
512KB Integrated On-Die Level 2
F
RONT
S
IDE
B
US
S
PEED
400MHz
S
TANDARD
RAM
512MB PC-2100 DDR (expandable to 1 GB)
H
ARD
D
RIVE
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)
CD-ROM D
RIVE
40X max. CD-ROM Read
F
LOPPY
D
ISK
D
RIVE
3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive
V
IDEO
& G
RAPHICS
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
S
LOTS
One AGP (occupied by Graphics Card)
Three PCI (two occupied)
Memory Stick
®
Media Slot
E
XPANSION
B
AYS
Two 5.25" Half-Height (occupied)
One External 3.5" (occupied)
Two Internal 3.5" (one occupied)
P
ORT
C
ONNECTORS
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
A
CCESSORIES
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
R
EQUIREMENTS
100-120V -3A (50/60Hz)
P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
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
W
ARRANTY
One Year Parts and Labor (upon registration; 90
days without registration)*
T
ELEPHONE
S
UPPORT
Hardware: One Year
Software and Operating System: 90 Days
P
RE
-I
NSTALLED
S
OFTWARE
O
PERATING
S
YSTEM
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Home Edition
Sony PCs use Genuine Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Operating Systems
www.microsoft.com/piracy/howtotell
S
ONY
O
RIGINAL
S
OFTWARE
Giga Pocket
Personal Video Recorder
DVgate
Simple DVD Maker
SonicStage
for VAIO
®
MovieShaker
Smart Capture
DigitalPrint
PowerDVD
O
THER
S
OFTWARE
A
PPLICATIONS
Corel WordPerfect
® 
Office 2002
Sonic Solutions DVDit!
® 
for VAIO
®
Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
Elements
Adobe
®
Premiere
®
LE
Veritas
®
RecordNow
TM
DX
Adobe
®
Acrobat
®
Reader
®
Apple QuickTime
®
Intuit Quicken
®
2002
2
Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
Express
A
NTI
-V
IRUS
& R
ECOVERY
S
OFTWARE
Trend Micro PC-Cillin
® 
Sony Application Recovery CD(s)
Sony System Recovery CD(s)
O
NLINE
C
ENTER
VAIO Support Agent
America Online
®
**
EarthLink TotalAccess
**
• Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 2.20GHz
•  512MB PC-2100 DDR (expandable to 1GB) 
• 400MHz Front Side Bus
• 120GB
††
7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive 
• DVD-RW / CD-RW Drive
• CD-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) 
•  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 
With 
Personal V
ideo
Recorder & DVD
Recorder
* 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.
*  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.