Playing Dvds - Sony PCG-TR5MP Hardware Manual

Hardware Guide

Playing DVDs

To achieve optimum performance when playing DVDs, you should follow these recommendations.
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You can play DVDs using the optical drive and the WinDVD for VAIO software. See the help file on the WinDVD for VAIO
software for details.
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Close all open applications before playing a DVD movie.
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Do not use resident disc utilities or resident utilities to speed up the access of discs, because they may cause the system to
become unstable.
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Make sure that the screensaver is deactivated.
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Region codes indicators are labelled on the DVDs to indicate in which region and on what type of player you can play the disc.
Unless a '2' (Europe belongs to region '2') or 'all' (this means that you can play this DVD everywhere in the world) is labelled on
your DVD disc or on the packaging, you cannot play the disc on this player.
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Do not try to change the region code settings of the DVD drive. Any difficulties caused by changing the region code settings of
the DVD drive are out of warranty.
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If your computer has Wireless LAN and Wireless LAN is activated, playing DVDs may cause some interruptions in audio and
video.
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Using your VAIO computer