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3-266-365-11 (1)
Portable
CD Player
Operating Instructions
“WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphone
Stereo products. is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
D-NE300CK/NE301CK/
NE306CK
© 2004 Sony Corporation
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For customers who purchased this WARNING product in the USA To prevent fire or shock Owner’s Record hazard, do not expose the unit The model number and the serial number are to rain or moisture. located at the rear of the CD player. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Do not install the appliance in a confined Refer to them whenever you call upon your space, such as a bookcase or built-in Sony dealer regarding this product. cabinet. Model No. ___________________________ Serial No.
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Table of Contents Playing tracks in your favorite order Enjoy your ATRAC CD (PGM play) ............................................ 19 Walkman! Searching for groups or tracks/files ........... 20 Music sources playable on this CD player .. 6 Available features ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3 ......................... 7 MP3 ............................................................. 7 Adjusting sound quality (Parametric equalizer) ........................... 21 The structure of ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 and MP3
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Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! Thank you for purchasing the D-NE300CK/NE301CK/NE306CK. This CD Walkman is called an “ATRAC CD Walkman,” because you can enjoy “ATRAC CDs” on it. You can make your own ATRAC CD easily. How to use the SonicStage Refer to the supplied booklet “SonicStage.” 1 Install Install the supplied “SonicStage” software. 2 Store and burn Store music data imported from audio CDs or music files on your PC, select your favorite tracks, then burn your own CDs. Audio CDs , Music files
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Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! What is an ATRAC CD? An ATRAC CD is a CD-R/RW on which audio data compressed in the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format has been recorded. About 30 audio CDs can be recorded on a CD-R/RW.* You can also record MP3 files by converting the files to the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format. * When total playing time of one CD (album) is estimated at 60 minutes and you are recording on a 700 MB CD-R/RW at 48 kbps in ATRAC3plus format. What is the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format? Refer to pages 7 - 9
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Music sources playable on this CD player You can play the following 3 music sources on this CD player: • Audio CDs (CDDA format) • CDs with ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format files (ATRAC CD) • CDs with MP3 format files (MP3 CD) Usable disc formats You can use ISO 9660 Level 1/2 and Joliet extension format discs only. About CD-Rs/RWs This CD player can play CD-Rs/RWs recorded in the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3, MP3 or CDDA* format, but playback capability may vary depending on the quality of the disc and the condit
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Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3 “ATRAC3plus,” which stands for “Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3plus” is audio compression technology, developed from the ATRAC3 format. Though the ATRAC3plus format can compress music content to about 1/20 of its original size at 64 kbps, you can still enjoy high quality sound. The available transfer bit rates are 256 kbps, 64 kbps and 48 kbps. “ATRAC3,” which stands for “Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3” is audio compression technology t
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The usable number of groups and files • Maximum number of groups: 255 • Maximum number of files: 999 Settings for compression and writing software • This CD player is able to play MP3 files with the following specifications: Bit rate: 16 - 320 kbps, and sampling frequencies: 32/44.1/ 48 kHz. Variable Bit Rate (VBR) file can also be played. To compress a source for an MP3 file, we recommend setting the compression software to “44.1 kHz,” “128 kbps,” and “Constant Bit Rate.” •To record up to the
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Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 file structure and playing order •ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 •MP3 Group Group MP3 file ATRAC3plus/ ATRAC3 file Notes •A group that does not include an MP3 file is skipped. • If ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files and MP3 files are recorded on the same CD, this CD player plays the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files first. • Depending on the method used to record MP3 files on the disc, the playing order may be different from the one shown above. 9
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Getting started Checking the supplied accessories Car battery cord (1) AC power adaptor (1) (not supplied with Canadian model) Car connecting pack (1) Headphones (1) (for USA model) CD-ROM* (SonicStage) (1) *Do not play a CD-ROM on an audio CD player. Earphones (1) Velcro tapes for the CD player (2) (for other models) Velcro tape for the rotary commander (1) User’s guide for SonicStage (1) Rotary commander (1) 10
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Getting started Locating the controls CD player For details, see the pages in parentheses. 1 Operation button (13, 14, 16 - 24, 30) 7 Display (12, 15 - 17, 19 - 21, 30) *1 u /ENTER: play/pause/ 8 DC IN 4.5 V (external power input) jack enter (13) *2 *1 .: AMS /rewind 9 VOL (volume) + /– buttons (13) >: AMS/fast forward q; OPEN switch (13, 28) Slide the switch to open the CD player V/v: Use to select a lid. group, a file, play mode, qa HOLD switch (rear) (23) etc. Slide the switch in the directi
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Display For details, see the pages in parentheses. 1 Character information display (15) 5 Play list indication While playing an audio CD, disc name, For MP3 CD only track name, etc. appear on the 2 lines of 6 Group indication (19, 20) the display, if recorded on the CD. For ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only While playing an ATRAC CD/MP3 CD, 7 Play mode indication group name, file name, etc. appear on the Shows various play modes such as shuffle 2 lines of the display, if recorded on the play and program play
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Playing a CD Playing a CD When using your CD player in a car, see page 25. 1. Insert a CD. 1 Slide OPEN to open the CD 2 Place the CD on the tray and close player lid. the lid. OPEN switch Label side up 2. Connect your CD player. to an AC outlet You can use the following power sources: • LR6 (size AA) alkaline batteries (page 28) •AC power adaptor AC power adaptor We explain how to use your CD player on house current on this page. u/ENTER Connect the plugs securely. 1 Connect the AC power adapto
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Basic operations To Do this Play (from a point where you stopped previously) Press u/ENTER. Playback starts from the point where you stopped. While the CD player is stopped, press and hold Play (from the first track) u/ENTER until the play of the first track starts. Pause/resume play after pause Press u/ENTER. 2 Stop* Press x. 1 2 Press .. Find the beginning of the current track (AMS* )* 3 Find the beginning of previous tracks (AMS)* Press . repeatedly. 2, 3 Find the beginning of the next track
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Playing a CD Checking CD information on the display You can check CD information by pressing DISPLAY/MENU repeatedly. When you are playing a CD containing text information such as CD-TEXT, “track name,” “album name,” “artist name,” etc. are displayed as shown in parentheses in the following table. When you are playing an ATRAC CD, information you input using the SonicStage software is 1 displayed. When you are playing an MP3 CD containing MP3 files with an ID3 tag* , ID3 tag information is displ
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B Playback options You can enjoy the following playback 3 Press V or v to select the playback options using the menu function. option you want. The default setting is “ALL” (normal • Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play). play) • Playing all files in a selected group PLAY MODE (Group play) >GROUP • Playing a single track (Single play) • Playing tracks in random order Playback options appear. (Shuffle play) • Playing all files in a selected group in random order (Group shuffle play) Playi
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Playback options Playing a single track Playing your favorite (Single play) play lists (m3u play list play) (MP3 CD only) Perform steps 1 and 2 of “Selecting You can play your favorite m3u play lists.* playback options” (page 16), press * An “m3u play list” is a file for which an MP3 file playing order has been encoded. To use the play V or v to select “1,” then press u/ list function, record MP3 files on a CD-R/RW ENTER to enter the selection. using encoding software that supports the m3u form
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To remove the Bookmarks* Playing your favorite During play of the track with a Bookmark, press and hold u/ENTER until “ ” tracks by adding disappears from the display. Bookmarks (Bookmark track To check the tracks with Bookmarks* play) During playback of the tracks with While the CD player is playing, you can add Bookmarks, “ ” lights up in the display. bookmarks to the tracks you want and play them only. * Perform these operations only when Screen 1 is displayed (page 15). Audio CD: up to 99 t
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Playback options Playing tracks you Playing tracks in your have played most favorite order (PGM play) frequently in random You can program the CD player to play up to order (Auto ranking shuffle play) 64 tracks in your favorite order. The CD player plays up to 32 tracks which While play is stopped, perform 1 the player has automatically memorized as steps 1 and 2 of “Selecting the most frequently played ones. In Auto playback options” (page 16), ranking shuffle play, these tracks are played pre
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Playing tracks in your favorite Searching for groups order or tracks/files While the CD player is playing, you can Repeat step 2 to select the tracks 3 search for and play the group (ATRAC CD in your favorite order. only) or track/file you want quickly using V or v on the CD player. Press u/ENTER to start PGM 4 play. During play, press V or v until the 1 search screen appears. Checking the program Mysterious In Your Hou While programming: Press DISPLAY/MENU repeatedly before step 4. Press +
