Authorizing the Player
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...content to/from the Connect music store, and you attach your device to authorize your device on the additional PC(s). To authorize your Walkman device to four additional authorized PCs. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the device authorization process. 3. Click the "Transfer" ...music from the "Transfer" screen pull-down . 2. When you can still authorize your device. 1. Launch SonicStage software, and attach your device to the Transfer screen. 3. See Sony Connect's Terms of Service and End User License Agreement located at www.connect.com for use on up to...
...content to/from the Connect music store, and you attach your device to authorize your device on the additional PC(s). To authorize your Walkman device to four additional authorized PCs. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the device authorization process. 3. Click the "Transfer" ...music from the "Transfer" screen pull-down . 2. When you can still authorize your device. 1. Launch SonicStage software, and attach your device to the Transfer screen. 3. See Sony Connect's Terms of Service and End User License Agreement located at www.connect.com for use on up to...
Operation Guide
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...to the previous or next page by clicking the and buttons located at bottom of the Adobe Reader screen. Continued Additionally, after installing SonicStage software from a list of key words mentioned in the manual. Hints • You can refer to the Help within...indicated page by clicking a page number in the table of contents, in the home menu list, or in the player's menu. The SonicStage Help explains details about using SonicStage software ( page 3). Table of Contents Menu Index 2 About the Manuals Included with the player are the Quick Start Guide and this...
...to the previous or next page by clicking the and buttons located at bottom of the Adobe Reader screen. Continued Additionally, after installing SonicStage software from a list of key words mentioned in the manual. Hints • You can refer to the Help within...indicated page by clicking a page number in the table of contents, in the home menu list, or in the player's menu. The SonicStage Help explains details about using SonicStage software ( page 3). Table of Contents Menu Index 2 About the Manuals Included with the player are the Quick Start Guide and this...
Operation Guide
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...scroll up or down continuously. Facing Two pages are displayed side by side with each pair part of a continuous roll of pages. "SonicStage Help" while SonicStage is referred to previous or succeeding pairs of the Adobe Reader screen enable you to the player. Click "Help" - When...Help appears. Continuous Pages are displayed side by side. Facing Two pages are displayed as a continuous roll of pages. Note • In SonicStage Help, the player is running. Table of Contents Menu Index Single Page Pages are displayed. When you scroll, the display changes to a ...
...scroll up or down continuously. Facing Two pages are displayed side by side with each pair part of a continuous roll of pages. "SonicStage Help" while SonicStage is referred to previous or succeeding pairs of the Adobe Reader screen enable you to the player. Click "Help" - When...Help appears. Continuous Pages are displayed side by side. Facing Two pages are displayed as a continuous roll of pages. Note • In SonicStage Help, the player is running. Table of Contents Menu Index Single Page Pages are displayed. When you scroll, the display changes to a ...
Operation Guide
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Table of Contents Menu Index 5 Advanced Features Recharging the Player 50 Maximizing Battery Life 51 What are Format and Bit Rate? ........ 52 Playing Songs Without Pauses 53 How is Song Information Imported to the Player 54 Storing Data Other Than Audio Files 55 Upgrading the Player's Firmware ..... 56 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 57 Messages 63 Uninstalling SonicStage 67 Additional Information Precautions 71 On Copyrights 75 Specifications 76 Index 79
Table of Contents Menu Index 5 Advanced Features Recharging the Player 50 Maximizing Battery Life 51 What are Format and Bit Rate? ........ 52 Playing Songs Without Pauses 53 How is Song Information Imported to the Player 54 Storing Data Other Than Audio Files 55 Upgrading the Player's Firmware ..... 56 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 57 Messages 63 Uninstalling SonicStage 67 Additional Information Precautions 71 On Copyrights 75 Specifications 76 Index 79
Operation Guide
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The number is required for detail. See page 35 for the customer registration. SonicStage software - Operation Guide (PDF file) Quick Start Guide (1) * Do not attempt to play this player. You can also check the serial number on the rear of Contents Menu 6 Supplied Accessories Please check the accessories in an audio CD player. About the serial number The serial number provided for this player is on the label on this CD-ROM in the package. Headphones (1) CD-ROM* (1) - Index Do not remove the label. Table of the player.
The number is required for detail. See page 35 for the customer registration. SonicStage software - Operation Guide (PDF file) Quick Start Guide (1) * Do not attempt to play this player. You can also check the serial number on the rear of Contents Menu 6 Supplied Accessories Please check the accessories in an audio CD player. About the serial number The serial number provided for this player is on the label on this CD-ROM in the package. Headphones (1) CD-ROM* (1) - Index Do not remove the label. Table of the player.
Operation Guide
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...the first playlist. Table of Contents Menu Index 12 Playing Songs Playing Lists of Songs (PLAYLIST) You can change a name in SonicStage, the changed name appears on the player. See the SonicStage Help for detail. / button /HOME button HOME button Press and hold the /HOME ... to select (PLAYLIST) and press the button to starts playback. If you do not play lists of songs (Playlist) created in SonicStage. The last song you listened to confirm. Playback continues in order through the last song and then stops.
...the first playlist. Table of Contents Menu Index 12 Playing Songs Playing Lists of Songs (PLAYLIST) You can change a name in SonicStage, the changed name appears on the player. See the SonicStage Help for detail. / button /HOME button HOME button Press and hold the /HOME ... to select (PLAYLIST) and press the button to starts playback. If you do not play lists of songs (Playlist) created in SonicStage. The last song you listened to confirm. Playback continues in order through the last song and then stops.
Operation Guide
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...more storage space for the same length of audio. What is a general term used by selecting a high bit rate when transferring the song from SonicStage to the player. The format of a song refers to the method used to refer to ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus formats. ATRAC: ATRAC (Adaptive Transform ...Acoustic Coding) is bit rate? For details on the player. Lower bit rates enable you cannot improve the song's sound quality by SonicStage to store the song's audio information when songs are Format and Bit Rate? Table of Contents Menu Index 52 Advanced Features What are ...
...more storage space for the same length of audio. What is a general term used by selecting a high bit rate when transferring the song from SonicStage to the player. The format of a song refers to the method used to refer to ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus formats. ATRAC: ATRAC (Adaptive Transform ...Acoustic Coding) is bit rate? For details on the player. Lower bit rates enable you cannot improve the song's sound quality by SonicStage to store the song's audio information when songs are Format and Bit Rate? Table of Contents Menu Index 52 Advanced Features What are ...
Operation Guide
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... ATRAC format. Table of a live performance with no pauses between songs can play them to the player, you must import all the songs to SonicStage as a single album in ATRAC format and then transferred to the player. For example, an album that includes a long recording of Contents Menu ...53 Advanced Features Playing Songs Without Pauses If you import songs to SonicStage in ATRAC format and transfer them on the player continuously, without pauses, you can be played without pauses between the songs. Index
... ATRAC format. Table of a live performance with no pauses between songs can play them to the player, you must import all the songs to SonicStage as a single album in ATRAC format and then transferred to the player. For example, an album that includes a long recording of Contents Menu ...53 Advanced Features Playing Songs Without Pauses If you import songs to SonicStage in ATRAC format and transfer them on the player continuously, without pauses, you can be played without pauses between the songs. Index
Operation Guide
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For songs that are transferred to the player, this information attached to SonicStage Help. For details on the Internet at no charge. Table of some CDs may not be able to retrieved from a CD database service (CDDB, the ...; Song information of Contents Menu 54 Advanced Features How is transferred along with the songs. When you can manually enter and edit song information in SonicStage. Having this song information is Song Information Imported to the Player? When songs are not in the Internet database, you import CD songs into...
For songs that are transferred to the player, this information attached to SonicStage Help. For details on the Internet at no charge. Table of some CDs may not be able to retrieved from a CD database service (CDDB, the ...; Song information of Contents Menu 54 Advanced Features How is transferred along with the songs. When you can manually enter and edit song information in SonicStage. Having this song information is Song Information Imported to the Player? When songs are not in the Internet database, you import CD songs into...
Operation Guide
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Audio files transferred with the built-in flash memory of the player. • Always use SonicStage while using Windows Explorer to interact with Windows Explorer cannot be played by transferring it using the "Format" menu of the player by the player. &#...8226; Do not disconnect the player from your computer with Windows Explorer. If the player is connected to the player. Notes • Do not use SonicStage to transfer audio files that you format the built-in flash memory, format it from the computer while transferring data because the data being transferred...
Audio files transferred with the built-in flash memory of the player. • Always use SonicStage while using Windows Explorer to interact with Windows Explorer cannot be played by transferring it using the "Format" menu of the player by the player. &#...8226; Do not disconnect the player from your computer with Windows Explorer. If the player is connected to the player. Notes • Do not use SonicStage to transfer audio files that you format the built-in flash memory, format it from the computer while transferring data because the data being transferred...
Operation Guide
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... Menu Index Troubleshooting If the player does not function as expected, try any corrective actions listed. 3 Check for information about the issue in SonicStage Help. 4 Look for information about the issue on one of the player with a soft dry cloth. • No audio files are... ( page 8). • The headphone plug is generated. For customers in the USA, visit: http://www.sony.com/walkmansupport For customers in Canada, visit: http://www.sony.ca/ElectronicsSupport/ For customers in Europe, visit: http://www.support-nwwalkman.com For customers in Latin America, visit: http...
... Menu Index Troubleshooting If the player does not function as expected, try any corrective actions listed. 3 Check for information about the issue in SonicStage Help. 4 Look for information about the issue on one of the player with a soft dry cloth. • No audio files are... ( page 8). • The headphone plug is generated. For customers in the USA, visit: http://www.sony.com/walkmansupport For customers in Canada, visit: http://www.sony.ca/ElectronicsSupport/ For customers in Europe, visit: http://www.support-nwwalkman.com For customers in Latin America, visit: http...
Operation Guide
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Cause/Remedy • Characters that cannot appear on the player are involved. Use the supplied SonicStage to the computer ( page 50). • The built-in flash memory of the player was formatted using Windows Explorer. Format the built-in ...
Cause/Remedy • Characters that cannot appear on the player are involved. Use the supplied SonicStage to the computer ( page 50). • The built-in flash memory of the player was formatted using Windows Explorer. Format the built-in ...
Operation Guide
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... Battery life becomes shorter due to the battery characteristics. This is not malfunction. • The battery is not moving. compatible with SonicStage. Refer to be installed. This is progressing normally. The access depending on the • The installation is especially true for a few...more of your near Sony dealer. • Battery charging time is not enough. Charge the battery longer if the USB connection (USB Power) is not enough free space on using an account with the computer/SonicStage Symptom Cause/Remedy The SonicStage software • The ...
... Battery life becomes shorter due to the battery characteristics. This is not malfunction. • The battery is not moving. compatible with SonicStage. Refer to be installed. This is progressing normally. The access depending on the • The installation is especially true for a few...more of your near Sony dealer. • Battery charging time is not enough. Charge the battery longer if the USB connection (USB Power) is not enough free space on using an account with the computer/SonicStage Symptom Cause/Remedy The SonicStage software • The ...
Operation Guide
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...connected to the computer. • The USB connector is not connected to the computer. • Please wait for the authentication of the SonicStage software. • Another application is being used . Connecting the player via a USB hub may not work . Connect the player... software using the supplied CD-ROM ( "Quick Start Guide"). 60 Troubleshooting Table of Contents Menu Index Connection with the new SonicStage installation. If the problem persists, disconnect the player, restart the computer, and then reconnect it. • The player USB connection...
...connected to the computer. • The USB connector is not connected to the computer. • Please wait for the authentication of the SonicStage software. • Another application is being used . Connecting the player via a USB hub may not work . Connect the player... software using the supplied CD-ROM ( "Quick Start Guide"). 60 Troubleshooting Table of Contents Menu Index Connection with the new SonicStage installation. If the problem persists, disconnect the player, restart the computer, and then reconnect it. • The player USB connection...
Operation Guide
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... to your computer to increase free space. • You have already transferred over 65,535 songs or over 999 songs. • Songs with the computer/SonicStage (continued) Symptom Audio data cannot be transferred to the computer. Only a small number of songs can be transferred only to the computer that they originally...
... to your computer to increase free space. • You have already transferred over 65,535 songs or over 999 songs. • Songs with the computer/SonicStage (continued) Symptom Audio data cannot be transferred to the computer. Only a small number of songs can be transferred only to the computer that they originally...
Operation Guide
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... flash memory" ( page 66). For computer. You must charge the battery ( page 50). If this message still appears, consult your nearest Sony dealer. There are no audio files in If there are no audio files the built-in flash memory" ( page 66). The player is low... be To operate the player, operated because the slide the HOLD switch to "To delete abnormal data from the built-in flash memory, use SonicStage to the computer and then format the player. Transfer the normal audio file back to "To delete abnormal data from the built-in flash memory...
... flash memory" ( page 66). For computer. You must charge the battery ( page 50). If this message still appears, consult your nearest Sony dealer. There are no audio files in If there are no audio files the built-in flash memory" ( page 66). The player is low... be To operate the player, operated because the slide the HOLD switch to "To delete abnormal data from the built-in flash memory, use SonicStage to the computer and then format the player. Transfer the normal audio file back to "To delete abnormal data from the built-in flash memory...
Operation Guide
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...this message still connection is a problem with Consult your nearest Sony the hardware. only) You can operate the player using SonicStage, but you want. UPDATE ERROR When the player fails to Be sure to transfer audio files. dealer. Continued Use SonicStage to connect the update the firmware or USB connector properly, ... Table of Contents Menu Index Message Meaning Remedy NO ITEM No song exists in the selected item. PRESET FULL 30 broadcast stations are (NW-E002F/E003F/E005F already preset. appears, reset the player ( page 57). a computer.
...this message still connection is a problem with Consult your nearest Sony the hardware. only) You can operate the player using SonicStage, but you want. UPDATE ERROR When the player fails to Be sure to transfer audio files. dealer. Continued Use SonicStage to connect the update the firmware or USB connector properly, ... Table of Contents Menu Index Message Meaning Remedy NO ITEM No song exists in the selected item. PRESET FULL 30 broadcast stations are (NW-E002F/E003F/E005F already preset. appears, reset the player ( page 57). a computer.
Operation Guide
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..." appears, there is a problem with all data without problems back to the computer using SonicStage while the player is connected to the computer, and start SonicStage. 2 If you have already specified the data with problems, erase the data using SonicStage. 3 If the problem persists, transfer all or part of the data stored in...
..." appears, there is a problem with all data without problems back to the computer using SonicStage while the player is connected to the computer, and start SonicStage. 2 If you have already specified the data with problems, erase the data using SonicStage. 3 If the problem persists, transfer all or part of the data stored in...
Operation Guide
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Note • When you install SonicStage, OpenMG Secure Module is completed when the computer has restarted. 1) "Settings" - Do not delete OpenMG Secure Module since it may be used by other software. ...."2) Follow the displayed instruction and restart your computer, follow the procedure below. Click "Start"- "Control Panel."1) Double-click "Add/Remove Programs." Click "SonicStage X.X" in the case of Contents Menu Index 67 Troubleshooting Uninstalling...
Note • When you install SonicStage, OpenMG Secure Module is completed when the computer has restarted. 1) "Settings" - Do not delete OpenMG Secure Module since it may be used by other software. ...."2) Follow the displayed instruction and restart your computer, follow the procedure below. Click "Start"- "Control Panel."1) Double-click "Add/Remove Programs." Click "SonicStage X.X" in the case of Contents Menu Index 67 Troubleshooting Uninstalling...
Operation Guide
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For details on the use of the software supplied with this software as a result of defective manufacturing, SONY will be displayed properly on your SonicStage. - 73 Additional Information...Precautions Table of Contents Menu Index On software • Copyright laws prohibit reproducing the software or ... you are familiar with this player. • In the event a problem occurs with the basic operations of Windows. However, SONY bears no event will SONY be liable for any financial damage, or loss of profits, including claims made by the warranty. • The ability to ...
For details on the use of the software supplied with this software as a result of defective manufacturing, SONY will be displayed properly on your SonicStage. - 73 Additional Information...Precautions Table of Contents Menu Index On software • Copyright laws prohibit reproducing the software or ... you are familiar with this player. • In the event a problem occurs with the basic operations of Windows. However, SONY bears no event will SONY be liable for any financial damage, or loss of profits, including claims made by the warranty. • The ability to ...
