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3-258-403-13 (1)
Portable
CD Player
Operating Instructions
Owner’s Record
The model number is located at the rear and the serial number is located
inside the lid of the CD player. Record the serial number in the space
provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony
dealer regarding this product.
Model No. D-NE10
Serial No. ___________________________
“WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphone
Stereo products. is a trademark of Sony Cor
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For the customers in the USA and Canada WARNING RECYCLING NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE BATTERIES To prevent fire or shock Nickel Metal Hydride batteries are hazard, do not expose the unit recyclable. to rain or moisture. You can help preserve our environment by returning your used rechargeable batteries to the collection and recycling Do not install the appliance in a confined location nearest you. space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet. For more information regarding recycling of rechargeable ba
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Table of Contents Playing tracks you have played most Enjoy your ATRAC CD frequently in random order (Auto ranking Walkman! shuffle play) ........................................... 19 Playing tracks in your favorite order Music sources playable on this CD player .. 6 (PGM play) ............................................ 20 ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3 ......................... 7 MP3 ............................................................. 7 Available features The structure of ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3
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Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! Thank you for purchasing the D-NE10. 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. Step 1 Step 2 Install Burn Install the supplied Create a disc image and burn it on “SonicStage Simple Burner” a CD-R/RW using your PC. software. Audio CDs MP3 files or , Audio data is converted to the ATRAC3plus/ ATRAC3 format by the SonicStage Simple Burner. How to use the SonicStage Simple Burner Refer
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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. Step 3 Listen You can enjoy listening to your own ATRAC CDs
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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 ATRAC3plus/ ATRAC3 file MP3 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 AC power adaptor (1) Charging stand (1) Carrying pouch (1) Rechargeable battery (1) Battery carrying case (1) External battery case (1) Headphones/earphones (1) CD-ROM* (SonicStage Simple Burner) (1) *Do not play a CD-ROM on an audio CD player. User’s guide for SonicStage Simple Burner (1) Remote control (1) AC plug adaptor (1) (Supplied with tourist model only) For US customers The AC power adaptor supplied is not intended to be serviced. Should
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Getting started Locating the controls CD player (rear) For details, see the pages in parentheses. 1 2 3 8 4 5 9 6 q; 7 *1 1 VOL (volume) + /– buttons (15) 9 OPERATION lamp (front) (14, 23, 24, 29) 1 2 u* (play/pause) button (14, 15) Color of the lamp changes according to 3 x (stop)/CHG (charge) button (15, 29) the type of music source being played. 2 4 ./> (AMS* /search) buttons (15) Red: Audio CD, Green: ATRAC3plus/ 5 (group) +/– buttons (15, 20) ATRAC3 file, Orange: MP3 file 6 Terminals for t
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Remote control For details, see the pages in parentheses. 1 6 7 2 8 3 9 4 q; 5 1 VOL (volume) +/– control (15, 21, 23) 6 Clip (13) Turn to adjust the volume. 7 HOLD switch (23) 2 x (stop) button (15, 22, 23, 32) Slide the switch in the direction of the 3 Jog lever (. u/ENT >) (15, 18 arrow (a yellow mark appears) to disable - 26) the buttons on the remote control. u (play/pause)/ENT (enter): 8 DISPLAY button (22 - 26, 32) Press during stop to start play, and press 9 P MODE/ button (17 - 20) d
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Getting started Display (remote control) For details, see the pages in parentheses. 12 3 4 5 6789q; 1 Disc indication 6 Battery indication (28) Lights up while the CD player is playing. Roughly shows the remaining power of 2 Track number indication (20) the battery. If “ ” flashes, the battery 3 Character information display (16) is depleted. While playing an audio CD, disc name, 7 Group indication (17, 18) track name, etc. appear, if recorded on the For ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only CD. 8 Play list indi
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Playing a CD 1. Insert a CD. 1 Squeeze OPEN from both sides to 2 Place the CD on the tray and close open the CD player lid. the lid. Label side up OPEN switch to an AC outlet 2. Connect your CD player. You can use the following power OPERATION lamp sources: AC power • Rechargeable battery (page 28) adaptor • LR6 (size AA) alkaline battery (external battery case) (page 30) u button •AC power adaptor We explain how to use your CD player on house current on this page. 3 Connect the plugs and termin
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Playing a CD 3. Play a CD. u VOL + / – VOL + / – Jog lever 1 Press u. 1 Press the jog lever. 2 Adjust the volume by pressing 2 Adjust the volume by turning VOL + or –. VOL +/ –. To CD player Remote control Play (from a point where you stopped Press u. Press the jog lever. previously) Playback starts from the Playback starts from the point point where you stopped. where you stopped. Play (from the first track) While the CD player is While the CD player is stopped, stopped, press and hold u press
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Checking CD information on the display You can check CD information by pressing DISPLAY on the remote control 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 Simple Burner software is displayed. When you are playing an MP3 CD containing MP3 files with an 1 ID3 tag* , ID3 tag in
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Playback options B Playback options You can enjoy the following playback options using the P MODE/ button on the Playing all files in a remote control. selected group (Group play) (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) • Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play) • Playing all files in a selected group During play, press P MODE/ (Group play) repeatedly until “ ” appears. • Playing a single track (Single play) • Playing tracks in random order (Shuffle play) 03:45 • Playing files in a selected group in random orde
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Playing all files in a Playing your favorite selected group in tracks by adding random order (Group shuffle Bookmarks (Bookmark track play) (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) play) While the CD player is playing, you can add Bookmarks to the tracks you want and play During play, press P MODE/ them only. repeatedly until “ SHUF” appears. Audio CD: up to 99 tracks for each CD (up 01:25 to 10 CDs) ATRAC CD: up to 999 tracks for each CD (up to 5 CDs) MP3 CD: up to 999 tracks for each CD (up to 5 CDs) Playing
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Playback options To check the tracks with Bookmarks Playing tracks you During playback of the tracks with Bookmarks, “ ” flashes slowly in the have played most display. frequently in random Notes order (Auto ranking shuffle play) • During play of tracks with Bookmarks, tracks are played in order of track number, and not in the The CD player plays up to 32 tracks which order you added the Bookmarks. the player has automatically memorized as • If you try to add Bookmarks to the tracks on the the
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Repeat step 2 to select the tracks Playing tracks in your 3 in your favorite order. favorite order (PGM play) You can program the CD player to play up to Press the jog lever to start PGM 4 64 tracks in your favorite order. play. While play is stopped, press 1 Checking the program P MODE/ repeatedly until “PGM” While programming: (program) appears. Press and hold the jog lever repeatedly before step 4. Audio CD/CD-TEXT While play is stopped: Press DISPLAY. While the indications are
