Using Memory Stick Media; Types Of Memory Stick Media - Sony PCG-SR33K VAIO User Manual

Using Memory Stick Media

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

Types of Memory Stick media

The following two types of Memory Stick media can be used with your notebook:
MagicGate Memory Stick

copyright protection
Memory Stick
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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 notebook.
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.
What is MagicGate media?
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.
MG Memory Stick media has the MG mark
To insert a Memory Stick media
1. Insert the Memory Stick media into the Memory Stick media slot with the arrow facing upward and toward the
slot.
Inserting the media in the wrong direction may damage the connector pins.
To avoid damaging the notebook or the Memory Stick media, do not force the media into the slot.
Carefully slide the Memory Stick media into the slot until it clicks in place.
2.
Inserting Memory Stick Media
At the default setting, Visual Flow
You can change this setting in VAIO Action Setup.
To confirm that the Memory Stick media is inserted correctly, check the Removable Disk drive.
media (hereafter called MG Memory Stick media), which is provided with
1
media, which does not have the same copyright protection as MagicGate media
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application starts automatically when you insert a Memory Stick media.
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