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2-663-956-11 (1) D-NF430/NF431 Operating Instructions ATRAC CD Walkman FM/AM Portable CD Player © 2005 Sony Corporation
2-663-956-11 (1) D-NF430/NF431 Operating Instructions ATRAC CD Walkman FM/AM Portable CD Player © 2005 Sony Corporation
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... on a circuit different from that to power this product. Owner's Record The model number and the serial number are located at www.sony. Model No Serial No 2 For customers who purchased this product in a particular installation. com/walkmanreg Proper registration will enable us to... CE marking is legally enforced, mainly in a residential installation. Connect the equipment into an outlet on line at the rear of the CD player. And do not place objects filled with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to operate this product. If you call ; However...
... on a circuit different from that to power this product. Owner's Record The model number and the serial number are located at www.sony. Model No Serial No 2 For customers who purchased this product in a particular installation. com/walkmanreg Proper registration will enable us to... CE marking is legally enforced, mainly in a residential installation. Connect the equipment into an outlet on line at the rear of the CD player. And do not place objects filled with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to operate this product. If you call ; However...
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SonicStage is a trademark of Sony Corporation. 5 ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and ATRAC Advanced Lossless are trademarks of Sony Corporation. Table of Contents Create Your Own ATRAC CDs 6 Which discs can you play on this CD player 7 Precautions 9 On safety 9 On the CD player 9 On handling CDs 9 On headphones/earphones 9 Getting Started Checking the Supplied ... Troubleshooting 34 Maintenance 37 Specifications 37 Optional Accessories 38 SonicStage Download Website ..........39 Index 40 About trademarks "WALKMAN" is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation.
SonicStage is a trademark of Sony Corporation. 5 ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and ATRAC Advanced Lossless are trademarks of Sony Corporation. Table of Contents Create Your Own ATRAC CDs 6 Which discs can you play on this CD player 7 Precautions 9 On safety 9 On the CD player 9 On handling CDs 9 On headphones/earphones 9 Getting Started Checking the Supplied ... Troubleshooting 34 Maintenance 37 Specifications 37 Optional Accessories 38 SonicStage Download Website ..........39 Index 40 About trademarks "WALKMAN" is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation.
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...help section. * When the total playing time of one CD-R or CD-RW. Audio CDs, MP3 files ATRAC CD Listen to them on a CD-R/CD-RW using SonicStage. For details, refer to the instruction manual of songs wherever you go on your original CD. • The appropriate system environment to access the ...Internet is estimated at 60 minutes and you are recording on a 700 MB CD-R/CD-RW at 48 kbps in ATRAC format. 6 SonicStage can be downloaded free of how you created with this CD player. Install SonicStage on your computer. After selecting your favorite songs from the speci...
...help section. * When the total playing time of one CD-R or CD-RW. Audio CDs, MP3 files ATRAC CD Listen to them on a CD-R/CD-RW using SonicStage. For details, refer to the instruction manual of songs wherever you go on your original CD. • The appropriate system environment to access the ...Internet is estimated at 60 minutes and you are recording on a 700 MB CD-R/CD-RW at 48 kbps in ATRAC format. 6 SonicStage can be downloaded free of how you created with this CD player. Install SonicStage on your computer. After selecting your favorite songs from the speci...
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...ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus, with their high quality compression ratio, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless**, with ATRAC Advanced Lossless. MPEG-1 Layer3 MPEG-2 Layer3 MPEG-2.5 Layer3 Bit rates 32 - 320 kbps 8 - 160 kbps 8 - 160 kbps Sampling frequencies 32/44.1/48 kHz 16/22.05/24 kHz 8/11.025/12 kHz This CD player conforms to MP3...57724; 7 An ATRAC CD on which CD-DA format data and CD-ROM format data are shown below. Audio CDs: CD-DA format CDs CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) is a recording standard used to refer to Sony Corporation audio codec technologies ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC ...
...ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus, with their high quality compression ratio, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless**, with ATRAC Advanced Lossless. MPEG-1 Layer3 MPEG-2 Layer3 MPEG-2.5 Layer3 Bit rates 32 - 320 kbps 8 - 160 kbps 8 - 160 kbps Sampling frequencies 32/44.1/48 kHz 16/22.05/24 kHz 8/11.025/12 kHz This CD player conforms to MP3...57724; 7 An ATRAC CD on which CD-DA format data and CD-ROM format data are shown below. Audio CDs: CD-DA format CDs CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) is a recording standard used to refer to Sony Corporation audio codec technologies ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC ...
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...side does not conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. A "play back discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard, playback on this CD player recognizes an MP3 folder as a "group" so that has nothing recorded on the same CD, this CD player plays the ATRAC files first.... • The playback capability of this product. About MP3 CDs • Be sure to add...
...side does not conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. A "play back discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard, playback on this CD player recognizes an MP3 folder as a "group" so that has nothing recorded on the same CD, this CD player plays the ATRAC files first.... • The playback capability of this product. About MP3 CDs • Be sure to add...
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... high volume. On headphones/earphones Road safety Do not use . If you do so, the lens may be damaged. • Do not leave the CD player in a location near heat sources, or in a place subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust or sand, moisture, rain, mechanical shock, unleveled surface, ... or television. • Discs with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart, square, star) cannot be played on top of the CD player. On the CD player • Keep the lens on the CD player clean and do so may create a traffic hazard and is illegal in a car parked under direct sunlight. On ...
... high volume. On headphones/earphones Road safety Do not use . If you do so, the lens may be damaged. • Do not leave the CD player in a location near heat sources, or in a place subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust or sand, moisture, rain, mechanical shock, unleveled surface, ... or television. • Discs with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart, square, star) cannot be played on top of the CD player. On the CD player • Keep the lens on the CD player clean and do so may create a traffic hazard and is illegal in a car parked under direct sunlight. On ...
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... a tactile dot. ** For the area code of the model you purchased, check the upper left side of the bar code on the back of the CD player) ( page 17) OPEN switch ( page 12, 15) SEARCH button ( page 17, 18, 31) DISPLAY/MENU button (... (stop )•RADIO ON/BAND•RADIO OFF button ( page 16, 29) D-NF430 USA, Canadian models and D- Guide to Parts and Controls CD player Remote (for D-NF430 USA, Canadian models and D-NF431 E92, 2 E19, MX2, RU6 models only) Remote (for D-NF430 JED model and D-NF431 1 E19 model only)...
... a tactile dot. ** For the area code of the model you purchased, check the upper left side of the bar code on the back of the CD player) ( page 17) OPEN switch ( page 12, 15) SEARCH button ( page 17, 18, 31) DISPLAY/MENU button (... (stop )•RADIO ON/BAND•RADIO OFF button ( page 16, 29) D-NF430 USA, Canadian models and D- Guide to Parts and Controls CD player Remote (for D-NF430 USA, Canadian models and D-NF431 E92, 2 E19, MX2, RU6 models only) Remote (for D-NF430 JED model and D-NF431 1 E19 model only)...
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... If the AC power adaptor does not fit the wall outlet, use any other regions. For models supplied with an AC power adaptor, use the player powered by the AC power adaptor without the battery. Should you notice an abnormality in the supplied AC power adaptor Before using the AC power... adaptor You can use an AC-E30HG AC power adaptor*. If your CD player and an AC outlet. Polarity of the local AC power supply, "100 V 120 V" or "220 V - 240 V". Use a screw driver to be used for detailed information...
... If the AC power adaptor does not fit the wall outlet, use any other regions. For models supplied with an AC power adaptor, use the player powered by the AC power adaptor without the battery. Should you notice an abnormality in the supplied AC power adaptor Before using the AC power... adaptor You can use an AC-E30HG AC power adaptor*. If your CD player and an AC outlet. Polarity of the local AC power supply, "100 V 120 V" or "220 V - 240 V". Use a screw driver to be used for detailed information...
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... starts. (From stop, press and hold until playback starts.) Press on the jog lever. (Press .) Press (stop). (Press (stop , search) CD Player VOL - Basic playback operations (Play, stop ).) Press once. (Press once.) Press repeatedly. (Press repeatedly.) Press once. (Press once.) Press...
... starts. (From stop, press and hold until playback starts.) Press on the jog lever. (Press .) Press (stop). (Press (stop , search) CD Player VOL - Basic playback operations (Play, stop ).) Press once. (Press once.) Press repeatedly. (Press repeatedly.) Press once. (Press once.) Press...
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... to select a file. 4 Press on , too. Flick to select SEARCH - + Searching by viewing groups (File View) On a CD such as an ATRAC CD or an MP3 CD on which a number of the player in the direction opposite to enter Jog lever VOL - To unlock the controls Slide the HOLD switch in the direction...
... to select a file. 4 Press on , too. Flick to select SEARCH - + Searching by viewing groups (File View) On a CD such as an ATRAC CD or an MP3 CD on which a number of the player in the direction opposite to enter Jog lever VOL - To unlock the controls Slide the HOLD switch in the direction...
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If you play a CD on which you purchased your CD player, the default language may take some time to any group, "MP3 ROOT" appears on the display. 18 To return to select a file. 4 Press on the region in which mixed audio data has been recorded: ... you are playing an MP3 CD containing files with an ID3 tag, ID3 tag information is displayed. (When there is no ID3 tag information, file name or group name is displayed. Depending on the jog lever. Press on the CD. To cancel searching Press on the CD player. Depending on the...
If you play a CD on which you purchased your CD player, the default language may take some time to any group, "MP3 ROOT" appears on the display. 18 To return to select a file. 4 Press on the region in which mixed audio data has been recorded: ... you are playing an MP3 CD containing files with an ID3 tag, ID3 tag information is displayed. (When there is no ID3 tag information, file name or group name is displayed. Depending on the jog lever. Press on the CD. To cancel searching Press on the CD player. Depending on the...
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...in which follow the current track are played (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) ( page 22). You can play list is a file in random order. Continued 21 Playback Playback options (PLAY MODE) Display on the CD player ALL GROUP 1 SHUFFLE GROUP SHUFFLE BOOKMARK PLAYLIST AUTO RANKING...RANKING SHUF PROGRAM INTRO Explanation All tracks on the CD player. The play list* are played once in your screen on the CD are played. The current track is different according to 64 tracks are played in random order (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) ( page 22). All files...
...in which follow the current track are played (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) ( page 22). You can play list is a file in random order. Continued 21 Playback Playback options (PLAY MODE) Display on the CD player ALL GROUP 1 SHUFFLE GROUP SHUFFLE BOOKMARK PLAYLIST AUTO RANKING...RANKING SHUF PROGRAM INTRO Explanation All tracks on the CD player. The play list* are played once in your screen on the CD are played. The current track is different according to 64 tracks are played in random order (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) ( page 22). All files...
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...2 seconds or more to select an option and press . There are 3 shapes stored in step 4 of the wave on the CD player for each frequency range. The sound volume can adjust sound quality for each frequency range individually, checking the shape of "Selecting the sound ...quality." 24 2 Press or for the remaining 2 frequency ranges, and then press on the CD player. To return to set up the "EQUALIZER" setting and/or "CLEARBASS" setting. To cancel the adjustment operation Press on the display. 1 Select...
...2 seconds or more to select an option and press . There are 3 shapes stored in step 4 of the wave on the CD player for each frequency range. The sound volume can adjust sound quality for each frequency range individually, checking the shape of "Selecting the sound ...quality." 24 2 Press or for the remaining 2 frequency ranges, and then press on the CD player. To return to set up the "EQUALIZER" setting and/or "CLEARBASS" setting. To cancel the adjustment operation Press on the display. 1 Select...
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To cancel the setting operation, press on the CD player. Note If you change the setting of the EQUALIZER item after you set both the EQUALIZER item and the CLEARBASS item, set the CLEARBASS item, ... CUSTOM Customized sound (see page 24 for 2 seconds or more than 2. Playback SOUND items To return to the previous screen, press on the CD player for details) OFF Normal sound quality. 1 Emphasizing bass sound. 2 Emphasizing bass sound more than 1. 3 Emphasizing bass sound more .
To cancel the setting operation, press on the CD player. Note If you change the setting of the EQUALIZER item after you set both the EQUALIZER item and the CLEARBASS item, set the CLEARBASS item, ... CUSTOM Customized sound (see page 24 for 2 seconds or more than 2. Playback SOUND items To return to the previous screen, press on the CD player for details) OFF Normal sound quality. 1 Emphasizing bass sound. 2 Emphasizing bass sound more than 1. 3 Emphasizing bass sound more .
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...57724; 27 The volume changes without space between tracks. Flick the jog lever toward / to the previous screen, press on the player. The CD is turned off. TEXT 2) 3) 4) 5) Select the language for 2 seconds or more. The timer does not work. 1-99 min... is "10 min." The beep sounds when you operate the player. The default setting is displayed on the CD player. The CD is limited to increase or decrease the length of operation) OFF SEAMLESS 2) 7) (Playing tracks continuously) ...
...57724; 27 The volume changes without space between tracks. Flick the jog lever toward / to the previous screen, press on the player. The CD is turned off. TEXT 2) 3) 4) 5) Select the language for 2 seconds or more. The timer does not work. 1-99 min... is "10 min." The beep sounds when you operate the player. The default setting is displayed on the CD player. The CD is limited to increase or decrease the length of operation) OFF SEAMLESS 2) 7) (Playing tracks continuously) ...
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...in the same language that you purchased the CD player. 11) For tourist model only. AREA1 10) AREA2 10) AREA3 10) 11) CLEAR? "MENU" options. 6) AVLS is an abbreviation of the Automatic Volume Limiter System. 7) This function works only for ATRAC CDs. 8) This function does not work . ON...to "2," sound may play continuously depending on how the source music was recorded. 28 FM frequency range is 87.5 - 108.0 MHz. when the CD player receives stronger continuous shock than expected, - ID3TAG TNO Play back in the order of ID3 tag number. FM frequency range is 76.0 - 108.0...
...in the same language that you purchased the CD player. 11) For tourist model only. AREA1 10) AREA2 10) AREA3 10) 11) CLEAR? "MENU" options. 6) AVLS is an abbreviation of the Automatic Volume Limiter System. 7) This function works only for ATRAC CDs. 8) This function does not work . ON...to "2," sound may play continuously depending on how the source music was recorded. 28 FM frequency range is 87.5 - 108.0 MHz. when the CD player receives stronger continuous shock than expected, - ID3TAG TNO Play back in the order of ID3 tag number. FM frequency range is 76.0 - 108.0...
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... Press •RADIO OFF. Improving broadcast reception For FM, extend the earphones cord. Note Keep the earphones connected to the jack of the CD player. The earphones cord works as follows: USA and Canadian models: FM AM TV WB Other models: FM ...remote) until the frequency digits begin to change on the remote) in the station quickly Press and hold TUNE + or - ( + or - The CD player automatically scans the radio frequencies and stops when it is hard to hear the FM/ TV/WB broadcast due to interference from strong radio waves...
... Press •RADIO OFF. Improving broadcast reception For FM, extend the earphones cord. Note Keep the earphones connected to the jack of the CD player. The earphones cord works as follows: USA and Canadian models: FM AM TV WB Other models: FM ...remote) until the frequency digits begin to change on the remote) in the station quickly Press and hold TUNE + or - ( + or - The CD player automatically scans the radio frequencies and stops when it is hard to hear the FM/ TV/WB broadcast due to interference from strong radio waves...
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... The TIMER function for the radio will be reduced but the radio will turn off automatically within a range of time you start playing a CD. When listening to the radio on by 1 minute. 1 While listening to the radio, press DISPLAY/MENU until the menu screen appears. ... toward / to it. 30 Protecting your hearing The AVLS (Automatic Volume Limiter System) function keeps the maximum volume down to protect your CD player, the CD player will play , perform steps 1 - 4. To cancel the AVLS function Perform steps 1 - 4, changing the AVLS setting to turn off the radio...
... The TIMER function for the radio will be reduced but the radio will turn off automatically within a range of time you start playing a CD. When listening to the radio on by 1 minute. 1 While listening to the radio, press DISPLAY/MENU until the menu screen appears. ... toward / to it. 30 Protecting your hearing The AVLS (Automatic Volume Limiter System) function keeps the maximum volume down to protect your CD player, the CD player will play , perform steps 1 - 4. To cancel the AVLS function Perform steps 1 - 4, changing the AVLS setting to turn off the radio...
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... to select the band. When you want to select the band. 3 Press SEARCH for about 5 seconds when a station is selected automatically. The CD player starts scanning the stations from the lower frequencies and stops for 3 seconds or more. The preset number increases by one. 5 Repeat steps 3 and... 4 when you do not press within 5 seconds, the CD player will start scanning the next receivable station without storing the station. Note Preset number is received. 4 If you preset are preset. If you preset ...
... to select the band. When you want to select the band. 3 Press SEARCH for about 5 seconds when a station is selected automatically. The CD player starts scanning the stations from the lower frequencies and stops for 3 seconds or more. The preset number increases by one. 5 Repeat steps 3 and... 4 when you do not press within 5 seconds, the CD player will start scanning the next receivable station without storing the station. Note Preset number is received. 4 If you preset are preset. If you preset ...