Sony DPF-V900 manual

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    3-300-208- 15 (1) Digital Photo Frame DPF-V900/V700 © 2008 Sony Corporation Bef ore op erat io n Basic op erations Adva nced oper ations Using an externa l device Erro r mes sa ges Troublesh ooting Additional informa tion Operatin g Instr uction s Before ope rating this uni t, please read thi s manual thorough ly and retain i t for f uture refe re[...]

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    2 GB To reduce fire or shock haz ard, do not expose the unit to rai n or moisture. This symbol is intend ed t o aler t th e user to the presence of unin sulated “dangerous voltage ” withi n the produc t’s enclosure that may be of suffici ent magni tude to cons titute a risk of electric shock to persons. This symbol is intend ed t o aler t th [...]

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    3 GB Insta llat ion Water and M oisture Do not use power-lin e operated sets near water – for example, near a bathtu b, washb owl, kitch en sink, or laundry tub, in a wet basement , or near a swimming pool, e tc. Power-Cord Protection Route th e power cord so that it is not likely to be walked on or pinched by items place d upon or aga inst them,[...]

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    4 GB Do not expose the bat teries to excessiv e heat suc h as sunshine , fire or the like. CAUTION Replace th e batte ry with th e specifie d type only. O therwise, fire or injury may res ult. For the cu stomer s in th e U.S.A. CAUTION You are cautioned that any change s or modificati ons not express ly approved in th is manual could void your a ut[...]

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    5 GB For th e Cus tomer in Euro pe This produ ct has been teste d and found comp liant with t he limi ts set out in the EMC Direct ive for using connecti on cabl es shorte r than 3 mete rs (9.8 feet). Attention The elec tromag netic fi elds at the s pecifi c frequen cies may i nfluence t he pictur e of thi s digita l photo frame. Notice If s tatic [...]

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    6 GB Notes on LCD screen • The displa yed image on the s creen i s not i dent ical in picture qua lity and col ors with the printed im age because phosp hor method s or pr ofiles dif fer. Pl ease regard the dis playe d image as just a referen ce. • D o no t pres s agai nst th e LCD scree n. The scree n may be disc olored and tha t may cause a m[...]

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    7 GB Notice fo r use rs Program © 200 8 Sony Corporati on Documenta tion © 2008 Sony Corpor ation All right s reserve d. This manu al or the sof tware describ ed herein, in whole or in part , may not be reprodu ced, tran slated or redu ced to any mac hine read able form witho ut pr ior w ritten approv al f rom Sony C orporation. IN NO EVENT SHALL[...]

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    8 GB Table of Cont ents Before operation Enjoy your photo frame in v arious ways .............. ........................... .... 10 Features ......... .................. ............. 12 Checking included items ............... 13 Identifying the parts ..................... 13 Basic operation s Preparing the r emote control ........ 16 Connecti ng t[...]

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    9 GB About the me mory cards .............. 49 “Me mory St ick” ... ...... ...... ......... ...... 49 SD me mory card .......... ...... ......... ... 5 0 xD-P icture Card ........ ...... ...... ......... 51 Comp actFla sh c ard ... ...... ......... ...... 51 Note s on usin g a memo ry card .... ... 51 Specifications ... .................. .....[...]

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    10 GB Before o perat ion Enjoy your photo f rame in vario us ways Input to t he phot o frame As sho wn on the le ft, the ph oto fra me give s prior ity in orde r of co mpute r, exte rnal dev ice, and memory c ard if co mputer and memor y cards ar e connected /inserted to the ph oto frame. If multip le memory cards are inserte d, the image s of th e[...]

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    11 GB Before oper ation Various dev ices you can use Connec ting to your comput er Imag es can be copied fr om a compu ter e asily . You can als o save images i n the al bum to a compu ter a s a back up. I mages can also be exchanged with a memory card, USB memory, etc. and c opied fr om a Blu etooth compati ble devic e. Enjoyi ng im ages on a la r[...]

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    12 GB Featur es The Sony DPF-V 900/V70 0 is a dig ital photo frame for ea sil y dis play ing i mages take n with a digital camer a or othe r device without using a comp uter. x Support for va rious memory cards* Supp orts vari ous mem ory car ds used by digital camer as and ot her devi ces, suc h as a “Memory Stick”, Co mpactFlash ca rd, SD mem[...]

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    13 GB Before oper ation Checking in cluded item s Make sure that the followin g items are incl uded . • Digit al photo f rame (1 ) • Remo te con trol (1 ) •A C a d a p t o r ( 1 ) • AC pow er cord (1 ) • Opera ting Inst ructio ns (t his m anu al) ( 1) • War ranty (1) (In some re gions, th e warranty i s not suppl ied. ) Identif ying the[...]

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    14 GB Rear A Connector for USB A/Bluetooth adaptor ( . pa ge 39) You can tr ansfer images wir elessl y f rom a BLUET OOTH™ c ompatibl e mobile pho ne or dig ital ca mera by conn ecti ng a Blu eto oth adaptor (op tional: DPPA-BT1) . You ca n also co nnect a digita l camer a, USB memory, o r ph oto stor age co mpatib le wit h USB mass storage. B US[...]

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    15 GB Before oper ation Remote con trol A VIEW MODE button B (clock) butt on ( . pag e 26) C (slideshow ) button ( . page 24) D MENU button E BACK button F 1 (on/standby) button G (add to albu m) button ( . page 30) H (zoom in )/ (zoom out) butt ons ( . page 29) I (index) button ( . page 26) This butt on switc hes from t he imag e previ ew scree n [...]

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    16 GB Basic oper ations Prepar ing t he rem ote contro l The supplied l ithium batt ery (CR2025) ha s alre ady be en i nser ted i nto t he r emote con trol. Pull out the pr ote ctiv e shee t befor e use as show n in the fig ure. Using the remote c ontrol Point the t op end o f the remo te contro l towards the remote sensor on the photo frame . Repl[...]

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    17 GB Basic operati ons • Using a batter y other than the specified one may result in th e battery ruptu ring. • D ispose of used batteri es as sp ecified by the l ocal author ities. • Do not leave the remote cont rol in a very hot and humi d place. • Take care that no fo reign objects enter inside the remote control when you, for example ,[...]

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    18 GB To use yo ur ph oto fr ame a broad - Power sour ces You ca n use yo ur photo frame and the A C Adap tor (sup plied ) in any cou ntr y or regi on where the power supply is within 100 V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz . Use a commerc ially avai labl e AC plug adap tor [a ], if ne cessar y, depending o n the wall outlet (wal l socket) [b]. Do not use a n [...]

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    19 GB Basic operati ons When th e phot o frame is pl aced in the por trai t orientati on, the imag e is also automatically rotate d to its prop er orie ntation . Notes • Close t he stand when you carry the phot o frame. • C heck whether the stand i s stable. If the stan d is not set pr oper ly, the phot o frame ma y fal l over . • When the ph[...]

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    20 GB Opera tions i n an initial state When the pho to frame is turned on without a memory card connected, the initial display below appe ars on th e scre en. When t he ph oto fram e is not oper ated for 10 second s, de mo mod e is displ ayed. If any othe r butt on th an t he p ower butto n is pres sed, th e screen r eturns to initial displa y. Fir[...]

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    21 GB Basic operati ons Set the time in the order of hour, minute , and seco nd. 7 Set the da y to s tart the week for the calenda r. You can set the da y that appea rs on t he very left whe n the ca lendar is disp layed. 1 Press v / V to sel ect [F irst We ekda y] and then pr ess . 2 Press v / V to select [Sunday] or [Monday] and the n press . 8 P[...]

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    22 GB Notes • When i nser ting the memor y car d, it will onl y ins ert the port ion of the way, so do not try to f orce it as this c ould dam age the memory card a nd/or ph oto frame. • Th is photo fram e has “Memory Sti ck” standard a nd Duo size com patible slot, so you do not need a Memor y Stick ada ptor. • Th e SD me mory card /xD-P[...]

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    23 GB Basic operati ons x Overvi ew of displ ay • If the power is on and no memory ca rd is insert ed and no device is connected, th e images in internal memo ry are displaye d. If no images are saved to interna l memory , demonstr ation mode star ts automa tica lly. De mon strati on mo de e nds, if a memory car d is ins erted . • The display m[...]

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    24 GB x Slid eshow d isp lay Images in a memory card are aut omatically disp laye d one af ter anot her . Tip For details on play back order, see p age 35. To st art th e sli des how • To star t a slides how fro m sing le image , clock, or index image di splay, press (sli desh ow). Tip To perfo rm this operatio n from th e photo f rame, press ENT[...]

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    25 GB Basic operati ons Notes • The [Effect] se tting in the [ Slideshow Settings] menu is a pplie d o nly w hen s lides how is d isp laye d on the single view mode . • The [Delete] menu cannot be used during the slidesh ow displa y. If yo u want t o delete images, switch the display to the single image displa y. x Singl e image di spla y To d [...]

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    26 GB 2 Image displ ay order/Total number of images 3 Imag e details – File format (JPEG, BMP, TIFF, RAW ) – Numb er of pixel s (width × height ) – Man ufactu rer nam e of im age inpu t device – Model name of image input device – Shutt er speed (e .g.: 1/8 ) – Aperture valu e (e.g.: F2.8) – Expos ure value ( e.g.: +0. 0EV) 4 Imag e n[...]

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    27 GB Basic operati ons Tip To perform thi s operation from the photo frame, select th e clock displa y in the menu on the single image dis play. Press VIEW MODE to switch the modes of the cloc k disp lay. Analog clock m ode Displays th e time on analog clo ck. Digital c lock m ode Displays the date and t ime on dig ital clock . Calendar mod e Disp[...]

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    28 GB Advanced ope rati ons AUTO TOUCH-UP What is AUTO TOUCH-UP? AUTO TOUCH-UP is a feature for performi ng the follo wing four co rrections a utomatica lly at the same t ime. It is not poss ible to adjust t he level for each of the correc tions manually. Skin smooth ing: Au tomati call y recogn izes f ace parts, and adj usts the skin tone for a sm[...]

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    29 GB Advance d opera tions Specify ing the playbac k device You ca n spec ify the memo ry card or exte rnal devi ce t o be disp laye d. 1 Press M ENU. The menu is disp layed. 2 Press v / V to sel ect [Selec t device ] and then press . The scr een fo r selec ting a de vice is display ed. Tip Insert the device a t this p rocedure i f no devic e is i[...]

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    30 GB 2 Press v / V to se lect [Ro tate] an d then press . The Rotate menu is displayed. 3 Press v / V to se lect th e direct ion to rotate an d then press . •: Rotates the image 90 de grees clockwi se. •: Rotates th e image 90 de grees co unter- clockwi se. 4 Press v / V to se lect [OK] a nd the n pres s . Tip To perfo rm this operatio n from [...]

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    31 GB Advance d opera tions Index ima ge display Tips • To perform this op eration from the menu, press MENU on r emote control, press v / V to select [A dd to album], and then press . • Images in th e intern al memor y cannot be added to the album . 2 Press v / V to sel ect [This image], [Selected images ] or [All images] and then press . [Thi[...]

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    32 GB Exporting an image You ca n export the image s of the i nterna l mem ory to a m emor y card or extern al device . 1 Press MENU. The men u is displa yed. 2 Press v / V to se lect [Ex port] and then press . The E xport men u is disp laye d. 3 Press v / V to se lect [T his imag e], [Selecte d images ] or [All images] and then press . [This image[...]

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    33 GB Advance d opera tions Deleting a n image 1 Press M ENU. The menu is disp layed. 2 Press v / V to sel ect [Delete ] and then pr ess . The Delete menu is displayed. 3 Press v / V to sel ect [This image], [Selected images ] or [All images] and then press . [This image]: Delete s the image currently display ed. [Selecte d images] : Deletes th e s[...]

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    34 GB Changing th e various settings You ca n chang e displa y, slides how, brightn ess, langua ge, and other s etting s of the pho to fr ame. It is a lso possi ble to r eset the setting s to th eir factory def aults and forma t the inten al memory. Note Only i nte rnal me mory c an b e fo rmatted . 1 Press MENU. The men u is displa yed. 2 Press v [...]

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    35 GB Advance d opera tions Items to set *: Fact ory defa ult sett ings Item Setting D escri ption Slide show Setting s Interva l S et a value from 3 sec., 10 sec .*, 30 sec., 1 min ., 5 min., 30 min., 1 hour , 3 hours, 12 hour s, 24hour s for the interv al between ima ges when th e pattern is single view or cale ndar view. Effect Center cross Tran[...]

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    36 GB Scree n Settin gs L isting O rder Sets th e display or der of ima ges. Thi s setti ng affect s [Order ] in [Slide show Settin gs]. Filen ame* Displa ys image s in order of file nam e. Shoot. Date Displays im ages in orde r of shooting dat e. Auto im age orientat ion ON*/OFF : You can set th e photo fra me to aut omatical ly detect and r otate[...]

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    37 GB Advance d opera tions Connecting to a high definition TV t o view images The p hoto fr ame is capa ble of HD MI ou tput. If you connect the photo frame to a TV with an HDMI inpu t, you can di splay i mages in highe r defi niti on on the TV. About “Ph otoTV HD” The ph oto fram e suppor ts “Phot oTV H D”. “Pho toTV HD” is a func tio[...]

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    38 GB • Do not connect and discon nect HDMI cable while images are a dded to a lbum, exporte d, or delete d. In this cas e, these opera tions are cance led. Using t he tele visi on remo te control for ph oto frame If your televi sion su pport s the co ntrol f or HDMI, yo u can us e the remo te con trol of your televisio n to operate the photo fra[...]

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    39 GB Using an externa l dev ice Usin g an exte rnal devi ce Using a Blueto oth device You ca n conn ect a Blu etooth adaptor (optio nal) to th e USB A co nnector of th e photo fram e and transfer images f rom a Bluetoo th compatible mobi le phone or other dev ice. The transf erred images are s aved to i nternal me mory. 1 Connect th e phot o frame[...]

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    40 GB Notes • When using a comme rcially ava ilable USB cable , use an A-Ty pe USB ca ble that is less than 3 met ers long. • Do not disconn ect the US B cable or turn the photo frame an d external device off while the ac cess lamp o n the ext ernal de vice is flashing. Doing so may damag e the data in the exte rnal device. Son y assumes no r e[...]

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    41 GB Using an externa l dev ice 1 Connect th e phot o frame to the AC power sou rce. ( . pag e 17) 2 Connect th e compu ter and photo frame w ith a com mercial ly av ailable USB cable (o ptiona l: VMC- 14UMB2)*. * This cable ma y not be availa ble in all countries. Note Use a mi ni B-T ype USB c able th at is l ess th an 3 mete rs l ong. 3 Press 1[...]

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    42 GB Error messa ges If an erro r message app ears If a n error occ urs, one of th e fol lowi ng er ror me ssag es ma y be displ ayed on t he L CD scre en o f the photo fr ame. Follo w the corr esponding so lution be low to solv e the pr oblem. Erro r mes sage Meaning/So lutions No Memory Stic k. / No CompactFlash ca rd. / No S D Memory Card. / No[...]

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    43 GB Error messages The Mem ory St ick is prote cted. • A protected “Memory Stick” is i nserted. To edit and s ave the ima ges, use an exter nal device to rem ove protec tion. Medi a fo rmat n ot suppo rted. • The images can not be di splaye d, if the image file is n ot suppor ted by th e photo f rame. Cannot open the imag e. No mor e USB [...]

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    44 GB Troublesh ooting If tr ouble o ccurs Before submit ting the ph oto frame for r epair, try using th e followin g guidance t o solve the problem. If the pr oblem persis ts, con sult with y our Sony deale r or Son y service f acilities. Power sup ply Displa ying image s If the power is turn ed on but images a re not di splayed or the se ttings o[...]

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    45 GB Troubles hootin g Some images are not dis pl ayed . • Are t he images di splayed in the index vi ew? c If the image is display ed in the index view but cann ot be dis played a s single im age, the image f ile may be damaged even though i ts thumb nail prev iew data is fine. c A file t hat is not c ompatible with DCF may not be able to be di[...]

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    46 GB Saving and de letin g images The file n ame is not di splay ed prop erly . • Did you rename the fi le with a comput er or othe r device ? c If y ou n amed or re named the file o n yo ur computer and t he file n ame includes char acte rs othe r than al phanu meri c characters, the fi le name may not be a ble to be di splaye d proper ly on th[...]

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    47 GB Troubles hootin g Conne cti ng a digi tal camer a or oth er exte rna l devi ce Phot o fram e Remote con trol An image was deleted acci dent all y. — c An imag e canno t be re covere d once i t is deleted. Symptom Che ck item Cause/ Solutions The camera is connec ted bu t nothing is disp laye d. • Is the ca ble conn ected proper ly? c Conn[...]

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    48 GB Addi tional infor matio n Precau tion s • Be caref ul not t o set or drop any hea vy object s on the p owe r cord , or to dam age th e power cord in any wa y. Never o pera te this photo f rame wi th a dam aged p ower co rd. • Should any solid object or li quid fall in to the cabine t, unplug the pho to frame and hav e it chec ked by qua l[...]

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    49 GB Addi ti onal i nfo rmati on TV prog rams, films, vide o tape s, port raits of other peopl e or othe r materi als ma y be copyri ght ed. Unautho rize d use of such material s may infringe the provisi ons of the copyri ght law. About the memory car ds Type s of “Memor y Sti ck” that the ph oto fra me ca n use With t he phot o fra me, yo u c[...]

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    50 GB protection te chnology deve loped by Sony using authen ticati on and encrypt ion. *6 The photo frame doe s not support 8 bit parallel data tr ansfer . Notes on use • For the latest i nformation on the “Memory Stick” t ypes that th e photo frame suppo rts, see the “Memory Stick” compati bility inform ation o n the Sony web site: http[...]

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    51 GB Addi ti onal i nfo rmati on Notes on us e Data r eading/rec ording t hat requir es copyri ght protection c annot be perform ed. With the xD-Pi cture Card sl ot of the ph oto frame, you ca n use an xD- Pictur e Card *5 . Not all t he m emory c ard oper ati ons ar e su ppor ted and w e do n ot gu aran tee prop er o pera tio ns f or all type s o[...]

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    52 GB Specifica tions x Photo fram e LCD s creen LCD panel: DPF- V900: 9 inch es, TFT acti ve m atri x DPF- V700: 7 inch es, TFT acti ve m atri x To tal nu mb er o f do ts: DPF-V9 00: 1 080 00 0 (750 × 3 (RGB) × 4 80) do ts DPF-V7 00: 1 152 00 0 (800 × 3 (RGB) × 4 80) do ts Disp lay aspec t ratio 15:9 Effecti ve display ar ea DPF-V900: 8.6 in c[...]

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    53 GB Addi ti onal i nfo rmati on DPF-V 700: Appro x. 207 × 137 × 125 mm (8 1 / 4 × 5 1 / 2 × 5 inch es) (wid th /hei gh t/d epth ) Mass DPF-V 900: Ap prox. 80 0 g (1 lb 12 o z) DPF-V 700: Ap prox. 55 0 g (1 lb 3 oz) (excl uding th e AC adap tor) Inclu ded acce ssories See “C hecki ng incl uded item s” on page 13. x AC adap tor AC-L 200 Pow[...]

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    54 GB Index A AC adaptor 17 Acce ss ori es 1 3 Adding to th e inter nal memory 3 0 Auto di spla y orien tatio n 36 Auto imag e orien tation 3 6 Auto power ON/O FF 36 AUTO TOUCH-UP 28 C Changi ng the settings 3 4 Cleanin g 48 Cloc k displa y 26 Analog cl ock mode 27 Calend er mod e 27 Digital clock mod e 27 Conne cting Comp uter 40 Externa l devi ce[...]

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    Sony Corporat ion Printed in China Printed usi ng VOC (Volatile Organic Compou nd)-free vegetable oil based ink.[...]