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Next Generation Entertainment. Everyday Essential Computing.
Ready for your
creativity
The
VAIO
®
RB
Desktop
comes loaded with the tools
you need to create, manage,
share and enjoy your digital
photos, home videos, movies
and music. Sony
®
original
software
includes
PictureGear Studio™ for dig-
ital photos, Click to DVD™
for
DVD
creation,
and
SonicStage
®
for digital music.
Model
VGC-RB34G
HARDWARE
Processor
Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 540J with
Intel
Hyper-Threading Technology
®
(3.20GHz
1
, 1MB L2 Cache)
Front Side Bus Speed
800MHz
Chipset
Intel
®
915G
Memory
512MB PC-3200 400MHz DDR
(256MB x 2)
(Expandable to 2GB)
Hard Drive
2
200GB
2
7200rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive
Graphics
ATI Radeon
®
X300
128MB Video Memory
Graphics
TV-Out / VGA-Out / DVI-D Out
16x PCI Express
Giga Pocket
®
MPEG2 Realtime
Encoder/Decoder board with TV
Tuner
DVD+R Double Layer / DVD±RW
5
CD-RW Drive
Double Layer
+R
DVD+R Write (2.4x MAX)
DVD±RW
5
-RW
DVD-R Write (8x MAX),
DVD-RW Write (8x MAX)
+RW
DVD+R Write (16x MAX),
DVD+RW Write (8x MAX)
CD-RW
CD-R Write (32x MAX),
CD-RW Write (24x MAX)
DVD-ROM
16x MAX DVD Read
40x MAX CD-ROM Read
Modem
V.90 compatible data/fax modem
(RJ-11)
ander
Take control of
your TV
With the VAIO
®
RB Desktop
you can watch and record
high-quality television from
your PC. It's convenient and
easy with integrated pro-
gram listings and on-screen
navigation. Enjoy your own
personal TV library on your
schedule.
Ethernet
10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet
(RJ-45)
Expansion Slots
6
Multi-Media Card Reader
(Memory
™
Stick
®
, Memory Stick PRO/Duo
,
Compact Flash
®
Type I andType II,
SD/ MultiMediaCard™, Smart
Media/xD Picture Card
)
®
One x1 PCI Express
Two PCI (occupied)
One x16 PCI Express (occupied by
Graphics Card)
Expansion Bays
Two 5.25" Half-Height (occupied)
One External 3.5" (occupied)
Four Internal 3.5" (one occupied)
Port Connections
7
Six USB
2.0 (two front/four rear)
Two PS/2
®
(Mouse/Keyboard)
One VGA Out
One Parallel Port
One Line In
One 6pin i.LINK
® 7
Port (rear) / One
4pin i.LINK
®
port (front)
One Headphone
One Microphone
S-Video Input (rear)
Composite Video/Audio Inputs (rear)
/
S-Video Output
Coaxial Input (VHF/UHF)
Power Requirements
Min. 305W
100-240V 7A (50/60Hz)
Power Management
ACPI 1.0 Compliant
Weight (CPU)
25.35 lbs. (weight is approximate and
mary vary)
Dimensions (CPU)
7.13"(W) x 16.9"(H) x 15.24"(D)
Supplied Accessories
VAIO
®
Keyboard
PS/2
®
Mouse
Speakers
IR Receiver
Power Cord
Featuring One Year Onsite Service
Give new life to great
memories
Convert your VHS or 8mm
home videos to professional
quality DVDs. With Click to
DVD™ software and the
DVD+R
Double
Layer/
DVD±RW drive, professional
quality DVDs are just one click
away
5
. Create or record up to
8.5GB of TV shows, music or
digital photos - or up to 4
hours of MPEG-2 video - on
one Double Layer DVD disc.
SOFTWARE
Operating System
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Media Center
Edition 2005
Sony
®
Original Software
™
Click to DVD
- DVD Creation
™
PictureGear Studio
- Digital Photo
™
DVgate Plus
- Digital Video
SonicStage
®
- Digital Music
™
VAIO Media
- Network File Sharing
Other Software Applications
Microsoft
®
Works 8.0 - Word
Processing, Spreadsheet, Calendar,
Scheduling, Contact Management,
and Database
Microsoft
®
Office 2003 60-Day
Student/Teacher Edition Trial
Intuit Quicken
®
2005 New User Edition
Sonic RecordNow!
®
7- CD/DVD Data
Writing
Intervideo
®
WinDVD
®
Online Center
America Online
®
90-Day Trial - New
Users Only
Anti-Virus & Recovery Software
Norton Internet Security™ 90-Day
Subscription - Norton AntiVirus
®
,
Norton Personal Firewall, Norton
Privacy Contol, Norton AntiSpam
®
,
and Norton Parental Control
Intermute™ SpySubtract™ 30-Day Trial
VAIO
®
Recovery Wizard
VAIO
®
Update
VAIO
®
Help and Support
SERVICE AND WARRANTY
INFORMATION
Limited Warranty and Onsite
Service
1
Year Limited Warranty and Onsite
3
Service
Telephone Support
1 Year toll-free technical telephone
assistance, available 24-hours, 7
4
days-a-week
On-line and Email Support
Support available from
http://www.sony.com/pcsupport
and 24/7 Telephone Support
The
Powerful Performance
and Versatility
Computer comes loaded with
the tools you need to easily
The VAIO
®
RB Desktop is
loaded with the software and
create, manage, share and
hardware you need for your
enjoy your digital photos,
growing multimedia enter-
home videos, movies and
tainment
demands
and
music. View high-quality TV.
everyday essential comput-
Record your favorite shows.
ing needs. The stylish, mod-
Turn your home videos into
ern and sleek design compli-
high-quality DVDs. Intuitive.
ments any room in your
Versatile.
home or office.
Ready for your digital lifestyle.
1. GHz denotes microprocessor internal
add-on hardware option except those men-
tioned in this document. Sony hereby dis-
clock speed; other factors may affect
claims any representations or warranty that
application performance. CPU speed
this product is compatible with any combina-
will be reduced under certain
tion of non-Sony products you may choose to
operating conditions.
connect. While Sony representatives or Sony
authorized dealers may be able to assist you
2. GB means one billion bytes when
and may make recommendations, they are
referring to hard drive capacity.
NOT authorized to vary or waive this dis-
Accessible capacity may vary. A por-
claimer. Purchasers must determine for them-
tion of hard disk space is reserved as
selves the suitability and compatibility of the
a recovery partition.
hardware and software in each and every par-
3. When available, Sony will provide
ticular instance. Some pre-installed software
titles may not include full documentation.
Onsite Service in fulfillment of its limit-
Software titles pre-installed on the Sony
ed warranty obligations. Any such serv-
Desktop Computer are subject to change with-
ices are subject to the terms and condi-
out notice. Simulated graphic shown on dis-
tions of the limited warranty. See actual
play.
Limited Warranty for details. Onsite
Service will be provided via third -party
©2004 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights
technician to be dispatched as needed
reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part
following phone-based troubleshooting.
without written permission is prohibited. Sony,
Some repairs may be accomplished with
i.LINK, SonicStage, Memory Stick, Memory
the self repair kits. Onsite Service may
Stick Pro, DVgate Plus, Picture Gear Studio,
not be available in all locations.
VAIO Media, Click to DVD, Like No Other, and
VAIO are trademarks of Sony.
4. For certain third party software applica-
Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel
tions, Sony provides first level Phone
Corporation. Microsoft and Windows are
Support. Additional telephone suuport
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other
may be available from the applicable 3rd
trademarks are trademarks of their respective
party vendor. Availability and schedule
owners. This product meets the standards of
for any such support is determined by
the International Energy Star Program for ener-
gy efficiency. Features and specifications are
the applicable software vendor.
subject to change without notice. Non-metric
5. DVD Media/Formats are not uni-
weights and measurements are approximate.
versally compatible.
6. Does not support Memory Stick media
Printed in U.S.A. 12/04
and Memory Stick PRO media using the
MagicGate function. Tested to support
Memory Stick PRO media for up to 1GB.
Does not support 5.0V SmartMedia
media or the ID function of SmartMedia
media with IDs. Does not support the
SD Memory Card media copyright pro-
tection function.
7. Not all products with USB connectors
may communicate with each other due to
chipset variations.
8. i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used
only to designate that a product con-
tains an IEEE 1394 connector. All
products with an i.LINK connector
may not communicate with each other.
Computer Interface: The computer industry
lacks standards, and therefore, there are a mul-
titude of varying software packages and add-
on hardware options. This personal computer
is not manufactured to operate any specific
software, and Sony does not and cannot make
any warranty or representation with respect to
the performance of this product with any par-
ticular software packages and/or non-Sony
3
4
VGC-RB34G
Desktop
VAIO
®
RB
Desktop
Empow-ering.
Intel and
®
i.LINK
(IEEE 1394)