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Operation Guide
NWZ-A815 / A816 / A818
©2007 Sony Corporation 3-270-663-14 (1)
NWZ-A815/A816/A818.GB.3-270-663-14(1)
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About the Manuals The following manuals are included with the player. Additionally, after installing software from the supplied CD-ROM, you can refer to the help provided within each software. Quick Start Guide explains set up and the basic operations, enabling you to import songs, videos and photos to a computer, to transfer them to the player, and to play them back. Precautions explains important notes to prevent accidents. Troubleshooting explains symptoms, causes and remedies
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Hints You can jump to the indicated page by clicking a page number in the table of contents, in the Home menu list, or in the index. You can jump to the indicated page by clicking a page reference indication (e.g. page 4) on each page. To search for a reference page by keyword, click the “Edit” menu, select the “Search” feature of the Adobe Reader to display the navigation frame, type the keyword into th
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Table of Contents Supplied Accessories ............................. 8 Playing Videos Parts and Controls ................................ 9 Playing a Video ................................... 46 Player Controls and Screens ............... 11 Setting the Video Orientation ............ 48 How to use the 5-way button and screen ....12 Setting the Display of the Video Displaying the “Now Playing” Screen .........16 Screen ................................................ 50 Using the OPTIO
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Troubleshooting Settings Troubleshooting .................................. 93 Limiting the Volume (AVLS (Volume Limit)) ............................ 67 Messages ............................................ 105 Turning Off the Beep Sound ............... 68 Setting a Screensaver Type .................. 69 Additional Information Setting a Screensaver Time ................. 70 Precautions ....................................... 110 Adjusting the Brightness of the Screen About Copyrights .
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Home Menu List You can display the Home menu by pressing and holding the BACK/HOME button of the player. The Home menu is the starting point of each function, such as playing songs, videos and photos, searching for songs, and changing settings. Intelligent Shuffle Music Library Time Machine Shuffle ................ 27 All Songs....................................... 18 Shuffle All ..................................... 29 Album ........................................... 19 Artist .....
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Playlists ................................... 25 Settings Music Settings Play Mode ............................... 32 Now Playing ........................... 16 Playback Range ....................... 34 Equalizer .................................. 37 VPT (Surround) ..................... 40 DSEE (Sound Enhance) ........ 43 Clear Stereo ............................. 42 Dynamic Normalizer ............. 45 Album Display Format .......... 35 New Song Pop Up .................. 30 Video Setti
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Supplied Accessories Please check the accessories in the package. Headphones (1) Headphone extension cord (1) Earbuds (Size S, L) (1) 1 USB cable* (1) Attachment (1) Use when connecting the player to the optional cradle, etc. 2 3 CD-ROM* * (1) MP3 Conversion Tool Windows Media Player 11 Operation Guide (PDF file) Quick Start Guide (1) 1 * Do not use any USB cable other than the supplied USB cable or the specified optional dedicated cables. 2 * Do not attempt to pla
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Parts and Controls Front Rear 1 5-way button* Headphone jack Starts playback and enables For connecting the headphones or the headphone extension cord. Insert the navigation of the player’s on-screen jack pin until it clicks into place. If the menus ( page 12). headphones are connected 2 improperly, the sound from the BACK/HOME button* headphones may not sound right. Press to go up one list screen level, or to return to the previous menu. When using the headphone extension
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10 10 2 1 OPTION/PWR OFF button* VOL +* /– button Displays the option menu ( page Adjusts the volume. 17). If you press and hold the OPTION/ RESET button PWR OFF button, the screen turns Resets the player when you press the off and the player enters the standby RESET button with a small pin, etc. mode. If you press any button while ( page 93). the player is in the standby mode, the “Now Playing” screen, etc., Strap hole appears and the player is ready for This is used t
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11 11 Player Controls and Screens Use the 5-way button and the BACK/HOME button to navigate through screens, play songs, videos, photos, and change the player’s settings. The Home menu appears when you press and hold the BACK/HOME button. The diagram below shows how the screen changes when you press various operation buttons. For example, the player’s screen changes as shown below when you select “Music Library”– “Album” from the Home menu. Home menu Select (Music Library), and press the
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1 1 How to use the 5-way button and screen (play/pause/ The 5-way button performs different functions on confirm) button* the list screens, on the thumbnail screens, and on / buttons the “Now Playing” screen. There are tactile dots. Use them to help with button * operations. / buttons How to use the 5-way button on the list screen Music Index The initials of song and album, etc., names in the list section appear. List Buttons Description Confirms the item of the list. Press and
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1 1 Photo List Buttons Description Confirms the item of the list. Press and hold to play back a slide show of photos in the selected item. Moves the cursor up or down. / Press and hold to scroll up or down faster. Displays the previous or next screen of the list. / How to use the 5-way button on the thumbnail* screen Thumbnail screen Thumbnails Buttons Description Displays the song list of the selected item during music operation, or displays the selected item during photo operat
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1 1 How to use the 5-way button on the “Now Playing” screen Music Song name Artist name Album title Genre Release year Playing status Buttons Description Starts song playback. When playback starts, appears on the display, and if the button is pressed again, appears and playback pauses.* This pause and resume feature is available only on the “Now Playing” screen. / Press the / button to display the cursor and scroll through the displayed items. When genre, album title, or oth
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1 1 Video Playing status When you change the display orientation to horizontal, the / // button functions will also be changed. Buttons Description Starts video playback. When playback starts, appears on the display, 1 and if the button is pressed again, appears and playback pauses.* You can play videos only from the “Now Playing” screen of the video. / Press the / button to find the beginning of the next, previous or the 2 currently playing video.* / Press the /
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1 1 Displaying the “Now Playing” Screen The “Now Playing” screen displays information about the currently playing contents. 5-way button Now Playing BACK/HOME button Press and hold the BACK/HOME button until the Home menu appears. Press the / / / button to select (Now Playing), and then press the button to confirm. Detailed information about the currently playing content file appears. Hints You can display the “Now Playing” screen by pressing the OPTION/PWR OFF button
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1 1 Using the OPTION Button You can change various settings of each function when you press the OPTION/ PWR OFF button. The OPTION/PWR OFF button is useful since you can display the setting screen immediately without selecting setting items from the (Settings) menu of the Home menu. 5-way button OPTION/PWR OFF button Press the OPTION/PWR OFF button while playing or pausing songs, videos or photos. The option menu appears. Press the / / / button to select the item, and then pr
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1 Playing Music 1 Playing Music Searching for Songs (Music Library) Songs transferred by Windows Explorer, or another transfer capable software can be played back on the player. You can search for songs by title of songs, albums, artist, and genre, etc. 5-way button Music Library BACK/HOME button Hint To delete songs from the player, use the software you used to transfer the songs, or
=> Windows Explorer. Searching for songs by song name Press and hold the BACK/HOME button until th
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1 Playing Music 1 Searching for songs by album Press and hold the BACK/HOME button until the Home menu appears. Press the / / / button to select (Music Library), and then press the button to confirm. The list screen appears. Press the / / / button to select “Album,” and then press the button to confirm. The album list appears. Press the / / / button to select an album, and then press the button to confirm. The song list for the selected album appears
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0 Playing Music 0 Searching for songs by artist Press and hold the BACK/HOME button until the Home menu appears. Press the / / / button to select (Music Library), and then press the button to confirm. The list screen appears. Press the / // button to select “Artist,” and then press the button to confirm. The artist list appears. Press the / / / button to select an artist, and then press the button to confirm. The album list for the selected artist
