Sony PCV-RZ49Y Specification Guide

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©2003 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without 

written permission is prohibited. Sony, i.LINK, VAIO Digital Studio, SonicStage, Memory Stick, DVgate Plus,

PictureGear Studio, VAIO Media,  Click to DVD, SonicStage Mastering Studio,  and VAIO are trademarks of Sony.

Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and Outlook are trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation. Realone is a trademark of RealNetworks, Inc.  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. 10/03 Ver 1.0

• Personal Video Recorder powered by Sony

Giga Pocket

TM

engine

• Analog Video Input for 8mm or VHS
Camcorders

• Watch Live TV / Record Shows for Later Playback

• IR Remote Control and Receiver / IR Blaster

• Internet TV Programming Guide

• 19” Sony SDM-HS93 Flat Panel LCD

• DVD±RW / CD-RW Drive

*** 

- With Click to

DVD

TM 

Creation Software

• nVIDIA

®

GeForce

™

FX5200 128MB

• TV-Out / VGA-Out / DVI-Out 

(DVI Output:

1280x10240x60Hz max.)

• 8X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration 

• Intel

®

Pentium

®

4 Processor 3.0 GHz

† 

with HT

Technology

•  GigaBit Ethernet - Ready for the Network

Future

• 

High-Speed Internet Ready with 

10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-TX Fast Ethernet

•  512MB PC2700 333MHz DDR 

• 160GB

††3

7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive 

• Optical Mouse

¾ Convert VHS tapes to DVD w

ith Sony Click to DVD

TM 

Creation

Software and 

***

¾ Watch and record live TV with Personal Video Recorder pow-

TM

¾ 19” Sony SDM-HS93 Flat Panel LCD
¾ Intel

®

®

†

¾ 512MB PC2700 333MHz DDR / 160

††3

¾ 128MB nVIDIA

®

™

i.LINK

®

(IEEE 1394)

Video Audio Integrated Operation

With 

Personal V

ideo

Recorder & DVD±R

W

Recorder

PCV-RZ49Y

Intel

®

Pentium

®

4 Processor 3.0 GHz

†

with

Intel

®

Hyper-Threading Technology

512KB Integrated On-Die Level 2

800MHz

512MB PC2700 333MHz DDR 

(expandable to 2.0GB)

3

160GB

††3

7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive

DVD±RW 

-RW

(4X max. write / 2X max. rewrite / 2X max. read)

+RW

(4X max. write / 2.4X max. rewrite / 2.4X max. read)

CD-RW 

(16X max. write / 10X max. rewrite / 32X max. read)

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

read

3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive

nVIDIA

®

GeForce

™

FX5200 w/TV-Out

128MB Video Memory (128-bit DDR)

TV-Out / VGA-Out / DVI-Out (DVI Output:

1600x1200x60Hz max.)

8X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration

Giga Pocket

TM

Engine MPEG2 Realtime

Encoder/Decoder board with TV Tuner

Creative

®

Soundblaster

®

Audigy

®

GigaBit Ethernet: 10Base-T/100Base-

TX/1000Base-TX Ethernet (RJ-45)

V.90 compatible data/fax modem

One 8x AGP (occupied by Graphics Card)

Three PCI (two occupied)

Multi-Media Card Reader 

(Memory Stick

TM

, 

Compact

Flash

TM

Type I & Type II, IBM Micro Drive

TM

, and Smart Media

TM

)

Two 5.25" Half-Height (occupied)

One External 3.5" (occupied)

Two Internal 3.5" (one occupied)

Seven USB 2.0 (Three front/four rear)

Two PS/2

®

(Mouse/Keyboard)

One VGA/DVI Monitor Port / TV-Out Port

One S/PDIF Out / One Parallel Port / One Line In

One 6pin i.LINK Port (rear)/ One 4pin (front)

One Headphone / One Microphone

S-Video: Two Inputs (front and rear)

Composite Video / Audio Inputs (front and rear)

Coaxial Input (VHF/UHF)

Speakers (Stereo) 

IR Remote Control and Receiver / IR Blaster

VAIO

®

Keyboard / PS/2

®

Optical Mouse

295 watts max. / 100-120V ~4.7A (50/60Hz)

ACPI 1.0 Compliant 

7.75"(W) x 15"(H) x 15.4"(D)

30.86 lbs.

Microsoft

®

Windows

®

XP Media Center Edition

VAIO

®

recommends Microsoft

®

Windows

®

XP Media Center Edition

Click to DVD

TM

- 

DVD Creation

PictureGear Studio

TM

- Digital Photo

DVgate Plus

™

- Digital Video

SonicStage

™

- Digital Music

VAIO Media

TM

- Network File Sharing

Microsoft

®

Works

®

7.0 - 

Word Processing,

Spreadsheet, Calendar, Scheduling, Contact

Management, and Database

Microsoft

®

Age of Empires

®

II

6

MoodLogic

®

2.5

**5

Intuit Quicken

®

2004

2 

New User Edition

Microsoft

®

Money

®

2004

5

Microsoft

®

Encarta

®

Online

4

InterVideo

®

WinDVD

®

4 for VAIO

®

PC

Adobe

®

Acrobat

®

Reader

®

Apple QuickTime

®

RealNetworks

®

RealOne

TM

Player

Norton

®

Internet Security

TM

90 Day Trial

**5

VAIO

®

Recovery Wizard

3

3

VAIO

®

Support Agent

America Online

®**

Netscape

®

Navigator

®

EarthLink TotalAccess

™**

MSN

® 8**

One Year Limited Express Repair Service

*

One Year Parts and Labor

*

Hardware: One Year

Software and Operating System: 90 Days

* Includes 19” Sony SDM-HS93 LCD 

(Display may differ from that which is pictured above.)

† 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.
***  DVD compatibility is not universal.

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.
3 A portion  of Hard Disk space is reserved for the recovery partition.
4 Limited duration trial subscription to Microsoft’s current online version.

Internet access required; additional fees (including telephone/long distance
charges) may also apply.

5 Certain features are time limited.
6 Teen content may be suitable for persons age 13 and older.  May contain

violent content, mild or strong language, and/or suggestive themes.