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...Timer 71 Setting the alarm [Alarm 72 Setting the sleep timer [Sleep Timer 73 Common Settings Changing the Common Settings...........74 Displaying the player information [Unit Information 74 Limiting the volume [AVLS (Volume Limit)].....75 Turning off the beep sound [Beep Settings]. ...75 Setting a ...80 Useful Facts About Battery Life 81 What are Format and Bit Rate 82 What is audio format 82 What is video format 83 What is photo format 83 Storing Data 84 Upgrading the Player's Firmware..........85 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 86 Messages 97 Additional Information Precautions 99...
...Timer 71 Setting the alarm [Alarm 72 Setting the sleep timer [Sleep Timer 73 Common Settings Changing the Common Settings...........74 Displaying the player information [Unit Information 74 Limiting the volume [AVLS (Volume Limit)].....75 Turning off the beep sound [Beep Settings]. ...75 Setting a ...80 Useful Facts About Battery Life 81 What are Format and Bit Rate 82 What is audio format 82 What is video format 83 What is photo format 83 Storing Data 84 Upgrading the Player's Firmware..........85 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 86 Messages 97 Additional Information Precautions 99...
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... the currently playing content. Displays detailed information of the song last played. Option items appearing on the music playback screen. Continued Displays the music playback screen of a song, such as playing time, audio format, bit rate, and file name ( p. 44). See the reference page for settings and usage. The FM Radio...
... the currently playing content. Displays detailed information of the song last played. Option items appearing on the music playback screen. Continued Displays the music playback screen of a song, such as playing time, audio format, bit rate, and file name ( p. 44). See the reference page for settings and usage. The FM Radio...
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... items appearing on the music playback screen Option items Description/reference page [Play Mode] Sets the play mode ( p. 45). [Equalizer] Customizes the sound quality ( p. 46). [Cover Art] Displays cover art ( p. 44). [Detailed Information] Displays detailed information of a song, such as playing time, audio format, bit rate, and file name...
... items appearing on the music playback screen Option items Description/reference page [Play Mode] Sets the play mode ( p. 45). [Equalizer] Customizes the sound quality ( p. 46). [Cover Art] Displays cover art ( p. 44). [Detailed Information] Displays detailed information of a song, such as playing time, audio format, bit rate, and file name...
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...OFF button. Select [Detailed Information]. Playback time File format Bit rate Copyrighted files While playing back a variable bit rate song, "VBR" is available. File name Displaying the cover art screen [Cover Art] From the music playback screen, press the OPTION/PWR OFF button. Select [Cover...art screen is displayed, you can set cover art using Windows Media Player 11, or another transfer capable software for setting cover art. Detailed information screen When you display this screen from the music playback screen, you can move to the previous or next song by...
...OFF button. Select [Detailed Information]. Playback time File format Bit rate Copyrighted files While playing back a variable bit rate song, "VBR" is available. File name Displaying the cover art screen [Cover Art] From the music playback screen, press the OPTION/PWR OFF button. Select [Cover...art screen is displayed, you can set cover art using Windows Media Player 11, or another transfer capable software for setting cover art. Detailed information screen When you display this screen from the music playback screen, you can move to the previous or next song by...
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...time will yield a longer battery life. The following hints will vary, as battery charge can be affected by the format and bit rate of Home Contents Menu About Battery Life By adjusting the settings or managing the power supply properly, it is possible to save battery ...power for more than about 4 hours, the player turns completely off automatically. Index For details on charging time and usage time, see p. 113, 114. Furthermore, if standby mode continues for...
...time will yield a longer battery life. The following hints will vary, as battery charge can be affected by the format and bit rate of Home Contents Menu About Battery Life By adjusting the settings or managing the power supply properly, it is possible to save battery ...power for more than about 4 hours, the player turns completely off automatically. Index For details on charging time and usage time, see p. 113, 114. Furthermore, if standby mode continues for...
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... for Standardization). WMA: WMA (Windows Media Audio) is a common audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. Generally, higher bit rates provide better sound quality, but require more storage space for Standardization). Continued The AAC format produces the same sound quality as...? What is an audio recording format without digital compression. MP3 can achieve the same quality as an audio file. What is bit rate? Bit rate refers to the amount of data used to import audio data from a music download service site, etc., may apply access...
... for Standardization). WMA: WMA (Windows Media Audio) is a common audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. Generally, higher bit rates provide better sound quality, but require more storage space for Standardization). Continued The AAC format produces the same sound quality as...? What is an audio recording format without digital compression. MP3 can achieve the same quality as an audio file. What is bit rate? Bit rate refers to the amount of data used to import audio data from a music download service site, etc., may apply access...
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...1/10 and 1/100 the size of original image files. Hint For details on the player. Lower bit rates enable you cannot improve the song's sound quality by selecting a high bit rate when further transferring the song from a CD to your computer at a lower sound quality. JPEG can compress... an image file to store more storage space for the same length of audio, so you import a song from the computer to the player. Table of Home Contents...
...1/10 and 1/100 the size of original image files. Hint For details on the player. Lower bit rates enable you cannot improve the song's sound quality by selecting a high bit rate when further transferring the song from a CD to your computer at a lower sound quality. JPEG can compress... an image file to store more storage space for the same length of audio, so you import a song from the computer to the player. Table of Home Contents...
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... size Max. 2 GB The number of Home Contents Menu Index Specifications Supported file format Music Audio Formats MP3 (Codec) Media File format: MP3 (MPEG-1 Layer3) file format File extension: .mp3 Bit rate: 32 to 320 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR)) Sampling frequency*1: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz WMA Media File format: ASF file...
... size Max. 2 GB The number of Home Contents Menu Index Specifications Supported file format Music Audio Formats MP3 (Codec) Media File format: MP3 (MPEG-1 Layer3) file format File extension: .mp3 Bit rate: 32 to 320 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR)) Sampling frequency*1: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz WMA Media File format: ASF file...
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... which you transfer or record only 4 minutes songs (not including videos and photos) in the MP3 format. Continued Bit rate 48 kbps 64 kbps 128 kbps 256 kbps 320 kbps NWZ-E345 Songs 10,000 7,700 3,850 1,900 1,550 Time 666 hr. 40 min. 513 hr. 20 min. 256 hr. 40 min... be played back only by transferring using Windows Media Player 11. *5 Some photo files cannot be played back. *3 Non-standard bit rates or non-guaranteed bit rates are based on their file formats. Bit rate 48 kbps 64 kbps 128 kbps 256 kbps 320 kbps NWZ-E343 Songs 2,450 1,850 925 460 370 Time 163...
... which you transfer or record only 4 minutes songs (not including videos and photos) in the MP3 format. Continued Bit rate 48 kbps 64 kbps 128 kbps 256 kbps 320 kbps NWZ-E345 Songs 10,000 7,700 3,850 1,900 1,550 Time 666 hr. 40 min. 513 hr. 20 min. 256 hr. 40 min... be played back only by transferring using Windows Media Player 11. *5 Some photo files cannot be played back. *3 Non-standard bit rates or non-guaranteed bit rates are based on their file formats. Bit rate 48 kbps 64 kbps 128 kbps 256 kbps 320 kbps NWZ-E343 Songs 2,450 1,850 925 460 370 Time 163...
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.... Bit rate Video Format: 384 kbps Audio Format: 128 kbps Video Format: 768 kbps Audio Format: 128 kbps NWZ-E343 Time 14 hr. 30 min. 8 hr. 20 min. Capacity (User available capacity)*1 NWZ-E343: 4 GB (Approx. 3.5 GB = 3,758,096,384 bytes) NWZ-E344: 8 GB (Approx. 7.1 GB = 7,623,566,950 bytes) NWZ-E345: 16 ... the case where only videos are transferred. Continued 112 Additional Information Table of Home Contents Menu Index Maximum recordable time of the player may vary. NWZ-E345 Time 61 hr. 40 min. 35 hr. 10 min. A portion of photos may differ, depending on file sizes.
.... Bit rate Video Format: 384 kbps Audio Format: 128 kbps Video Format: 768 kbps Audio Format: 128 kbps NWZ-E343 Time 14 hr. 30 min. 8 hr. 20 min. Capacity (User available capacity)*1 NWZ-E343: 4 GB (Approx. 3.5 GB = 3,758,096,384 bytes) NWZ-E344: 8 GB (Approx. 7.1 GB = 7,623,566,950 bytes) NWZ-E345: 16 ... the case where only videos are transferred. Continued 112 Additional Information Table of Home Contents Menu Index Maximum recordable time of the player may vary. NWZ-E345 Time 61 hr. 40 min. 35 hr. 10 min. A portion of photos may differ, depending on file sizes.
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... Adobe Reader 2 [Alarm 72 Audio format 82, 110 [Auto Preset 67 [AVLS (Volume Limit 75 B BACK/HOME button 5 Battery 17, 81 [Beep Settings 75 Bit Rate 82 [Brightness 76 C Capacity 112 Charge 17 [Clock Display 20, 77 Computer 116 Content Transfer 16 D Data 84 Date and Time 20 [Date Display Format...
... Adobe Reader 2 [Alarm 72 Audio format 82, 110 [Auto Preset 67 [AVLS (Volume Limit 75 B BACK/HOME button 5 Battery 17, 81 [Beep Settings 75 Bit Rate 82 [Brightness 76 C Capacity 112 Charge 17 [Clock Display 20, 77 Computer 116 Content Transfer 16 D Data 84 Date and Time 20 [Date Display Format...