®
Sony VAIO R Series
High Performance, Cool Running.
VGC-RA710G
Desktop
Liquid Cooled.
Just Plain Cool
Double Layer DVD cre-
ation - You’re a Pro now
Television at your
Fingertips
The Advantage in the
Solutions
The Sony VAIO® R Series
delivers the high quality
video, music, and digital
The Sony VAIO® R Series exem-
plifies cutting edge design and
superior performance. A sleek
black chassis with a revolutionary
liquid heat pipe cooling system.
Spectacular acoustic presence
and breakneck performance.
Topped off with loads of expan-
sion headroom to take your
VAIO® PC experience wherever
your passion leads you.
Higher specs and demanding
applications mean hotter run-
Featuring advanced DVD+R
Double Layer 8.5GB record-
ing capacity. With the ability
to store up to 4 hours of high
quality MPEG-2 video com-
bined with VAIO’s® Click to
DVD™ creation software,
you become the pro.
Borrowing technology from
Sony’s professional systems,
the best tools of the trade are
in your hands.
Take control of your television
with the personal video
recorder functionality pow-
ered by Sony Giga Pocket™
Engine TV Tuner / MPEG2
encoder and Microsoft®
Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2004. Watch, record,
burn to DVD - you have the
power.
ning temperatures
-
but
Sony’s® advanced liquid cool-
ing system handles heat with
ease. A unique liquid flow
heat pipe draws heat away
from the processor with a side
benefit of eliminating a noisy
CPU fan. Air intake from mid-
dle section maximizes air flow
while minimizing noise.
imaging
solutions
you
demand. Create your own
professional quality DVDs.
Master your own audio
recordings or remaster older
tapes or records. Watch &
record television on your
schedule.
Computer Interface: The computer industry lacks stan-
dards, and therefore, there are a multitude of varying
software packages and add-on hardware options. This
personal computer is not manufactured to any specific
software, and Sony does not and cannot make any war-
ranty or representation with respect to the performance
of this product with any particular software packages
and/or non-Sony add-on hardware option except those
mentioned in this document. Sony hereby disclaims any
representations or warranty that this product is compat-
ible with any combination of non-Sony products you
may choose to connect. While Sony representatives or
Sony authorized dealers may be able to assist you and
may make recommendations, they are NOT authorized to
vary or waive this disclaimer. Purchasers must deter-
mine for themselves the suitability and compatibility of
the hardware and software in each and every particular
instance. Some pre-installed software titles may not
include full documentation. Software titles pre-installed
on the Sony Desktop Computer are subject to change
without notice. Simulated graphic shown on display.
Audio
PRE-INSTALLED SOFTWARE
Sony Original Software
SERVICE AND WARRANTY
INFORMATION
Model
Integrated AC’97
VGC-RA710G
™
Ethernet
10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet
(RJ-45)
Click to DVD - DVD Creation
Service
One Year Limited Express Repair
Service
HARDWARE
™
SonicStage Mastering Studio - Audio
Processor
Mastering & Remastering
™
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 3.20E
PictureGear Studio - Digital Photo
Modem
Limited Warranty
1
™
GHz with Intel® Hyper-Threading
DVgate Plus - Digital Video
V.90 compatible data/fax modem
Expansion Slots
One 8x AGP (occupied by Graphics
Card)
One Year Parts and Labor7
Telephone Support
Hardware: One Year
™
Technology
SonicStage - Digital Music
™
VAIO Media - Network File Sharing
Cache Memory
1MB Integrated On-Die Level 2
Front Side Bus Speed
800MHz
Standard RAM
512MB PC-3200 400MHz DDR
(expandable to 2.0GB)
Software and Operating System:
90 Days
On-line and Email Support
Free support available from
SOFTWARE
Three PCI (none available)
Multi-Media Card Reader (Memory
Operating System
™
™
Microsoft® Windows® Media Center
Edition 2004
Stick , Compact Flash Type I and
™
Type II, IBM Micro Drive
)
©2004 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, Giga Pocket, VAIO Media, Click to
DVD, Like No Other, and VAIO are trademarks of Sony.
Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel
Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and Outlook are trade-
marks of Microsoft Corporation. Realone is a trademark
of RealNetworks, Inc. All other trademarks are trade-
marks of their respective owners. This product meets the
standards of the International Energy Star Program for
energy efficiency. Features and specifications are sub-
ject to change without notice. Weights and measure-
ments are approximate.
VAIO® recommends Microsoft®
Expansion Bays
Windows® XP
Two 5.25” Half-Height (occupied)
One External 3.5” (occupied)
Two Internal 3.5” (one occupied)
Port Connections
Hard Drive
1. GHz denotes microprocessor inter-
nal clock speed; other factors may
affect application performance. CPU
speed will be reduced under certain
operating conditions.
2. GB means one billion bytes when
referring to hard drive capacity.
Accessible capacity may vary. A por-
tion of hard disk space is reserved as
a recovery partition.
3. New users only. Terms and condi-
tions apply.
4. Limited duration trial edition.
5. DVD Media/Formats are not uni-
versally compatible.
2
250GB 7200 rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard
Other Software Applications
Adobe® Premiere® LE
Drive
Adobe® Photoshop Elements® 2.0
DVD+RW Double Layer / DVD RW
Microsoft® Works® 7.0 -
Drive5
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)
5
Double Layer
Word Processing, Spreadsheet,
Calendar, Scheduling, Contact
Management, and Database
Microsoft® Office® 2003 60-Day
Student/Teacher Edition Trial
Intuit Quicken® 2004 New User Edition
InterVideo® WinDVD®
+R
(2.4 max. +R write)
DVD RW5
Printed in U.S.A. 7/04
-RW
(8X max. -R write / 4X max. -RW rewrite /
8X max. -R/-RW read)
MoodLogic ® 2.7 Trial4
+RW
(8X max. +R write / 4X max. +RW rewrite /
Anti-Virus & Recovery Software
Norton® Internet Security™ 90 Day
Subscription4
6. 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.
7. Certain restrictions apply. For a copy
of Sony’s warranty, please visit
free 888-476-6972 (888-4SONYPC),
or write to Sony Electronics, 12451
Gateway Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL
33913.
8X max. +R/+RW read)
CD-RW
VAIO® Recovery Wizard
(40X max. -R write / 24X max. rewrite /
Coaxial Input (VHF/UHF)
Supplied Accessories
Speakers (Stereo) w/Subwoofer
IR Remote Control and Receiver / IR
Blaster
VAIO® Support Agent
40X max. -R read / 32X max. -RW read)
DVD-ROM Drive
16X max. DVD-ROM Read / 40X max.
CD-ROM read
Floppy Disk Drive
3.5” 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Video & Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 w/TV-Out
128MB Video Memory (128-bit DDR)
TV-Out / VGA-Out / DVI-Out (DVI
output: 1280x1024x60Hz max.)
8X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware
Acceleration
Giga Pocket™ MPEG2 Realtime
Encoder/Decoder board with TV
Tuner
Online Center
America Online® 90 Day Trial3
VAIO® Keyboard / PS/2 Optical
®
Mouse
Power Requirements
364.7 watts max. / 100-120V ~4.7A
(50/60Hz)
i.LINK®
(IEEE 1394)
8. Type of repair service provided is
solely at Sony’s discretion. Not all
types of repair service offered on all
models.
Power Management
ACPI 1.0 Compliant
Dimensions (CPU)
7.4”(W) x 15.6”(H) x 15.3”(D)
Weight (CPU)
Sony recommends
Microsoft® Windows®
XP Professional
Sony Electronics Inc.
For more information:
1.800.4SONYPC (476-6972)
34.172 lbs.
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