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3-257-666-41 (1)
Portable
CD Player
Operating Instructions GB
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“WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphone
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D-NE509
© 2003 Sony Corporation
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ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3 are trademarks WARNING of Sony Corporation. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. Do not install the appliance in a confined space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet. To prevent fire, do not cover the ventilation of the apparatus with newspapers, table- cloths, curtains, etc. And don’t place lighted candles on the apparatus. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place objects filled with liquids, such as vases, on the apparatus.
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Table of Contents Available features Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! The G-PROTECTION function ................. 20 Checking the time remaining on the CD and Create original ATRAC CDs! ...................... 4 the number of tracks left (audio CD) .... 20 Music sources playable on this CD player .. 6 Checking information on a CD with ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3 ......................... 6 ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files ........ 21 MP3 files ..................................................... 6 Emphasizing
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Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! Thank you for purchasing the D-NE509. This CD Walkman is called an “ATRAC CD Walkman,” because you can enjoy “ATRAC CDs” on it. Create original ATRAC CDs! You can make your own ATRAC CD. The procedure is very simple. Just perform Steps 1, 2 and 3. 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 for
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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 •ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format files • MP3 files Usable disc formats You can use ISO 9660 Level 1/2 and Joliet extension format discs only. 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 si
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Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! The major specifications of the acceptable disc format are: • Maximum directory levels: 8 • Acceptable characters for a file/folder name: A - Z, a - z, 0 - 9, _ (underscore) Notes • When naming files, be sure to add the file extension “mp3” to the file name. • If you add the extension “mp3” to a file other than an MP3 file, the player will not be able to recognize the file properly. • The file name does not correspond to the ID3 tag*. *ID3 tag is a format for adding
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Difference between ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 and MP3 Groups and folders The ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format has a very simple structure. It consists of “files” and “groups.” A “file” is equivalent to a “track” of an audio CD. A “group” is a bundle of files and is equivalent to an “album.” A “group” has no directory-type structure (a new group cannot be made within an existing group). This CD player is designed to recognize an MP3 file folder as a “group” so that it can play CD-Rs/RWs recorded in both the ATR
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Getting started Getting started Locating the controls For details, see pages in parentheses. CD player (front) 1 OPEN button 7 Strap holes (page 11) 8 DC IN 4.5 V (external power 2i (headphones) input) jack jack (pages 11, 23) (page 11) 9 ./> (AMS/ 3 SOUND/AVLS search) buttons button (pages 12, 16, 19) (pages 21, 22) q; u* (play/pause) 4 P MODE/ button (play mode/repeat) (pages 11, 12, 16, button (pages 16 - 19) 18, 19) qa x (stop) button 5 VOL (volume) (pages 12, 22) +*/– buttons (page 11) qs D
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Checking the supplied accessories AC power adaptor (1) Headphones/earphones (1) CD-ROM (SonicStage Simple Burner) (1) User’s guide for SonicStage Simple Burner (1) 10-GB
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Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files to an AC outlet 1. Connect your CD player. 1 Connect the AC power adaptor. 2 Connect the headphones/earphones. to DC IN 4.5V AC power You can also use dry batteries as a power adaptor source. (See page 24.) u 2. Insert a CD. to i (headphones) 1 Press OPEN to open the lid. OPEN Headphones or earphones button 3. Play a CD. 2 Place the CD on the tray and close the lid. Press u. Label side up Adjust
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Basic operations To Do this Play (from the point you stopped) Press u. Playback starts from the point you stopped. Play (from the first track) While the CD player is stopped, press and hold u until the play of the first track starts. Pause/resume play after pause Press u. 2 Stop Press x.* 1 2 Find the beginning of the current track (AMS* ) Press . once quickly.* 2, 3 Find the beginning of previous tracks (AMS) Press . repeatedly.* * 2, 3 Find the beginning of the next track (AMS) Press > once qu
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Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files About the display While the CD player is playing, the following indications appear in the display. You can also check the remaining time, track name, etc. using DISPLAY/ (see pages 20 and 21). While playing an audio CD Track number Playing time While playing an audio CD containing CD text information Track number Track name/Playing time While playing an ATRAC3plus/ ATRAC3/MP3 file If you press and hold DISPLAY/ , a group File number File name/Pl
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Example of ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 groups and files (ATRAC CD) Group ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 file 1 1 2 3 2 4 5 3 6 7 8 9 4 q; qa qs File mode (normal play) Plays all ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files from 1, 2, 3...qa, qs. Group mode (when selected “ ” using P MODE/ (see page 16)) Plays all ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files in the selected group. 14-GB
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Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files Example of group structure and playing order (MP3 CD) The playing order of groups and files is as follows: CD-R Group CD-RW MP3 file 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 5 7 8 9 6 q; File mode (normal play) Plays all MP3 files from 1, 2, 3...9, 0. Group mode (when selected “ ” using P MODE/ (see page 16)) Plays all MP3 files in the selected group. (Example: If you select group 3, the CD player plays file 4. If you select group 4, the CD player plays files 5 and
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Playback options You can enjoy various playback options using P MODE/ (play mode/repeat), ./> and u. Display P MODE/ button Track or group number Play mode If you press the button during playback, you can change the play mode. During playback, if you press and hold the button until “ ” appears, you can play tracks repeatedly in the play mode that was selected using P MODE/ . CD text information, ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/ B No indication MP3 file information, playing time, etc. are (Normal play) displa
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Playback options Playing tracks in random order (Shuffle play) During playback, press P MODE/ repeatedly until “SHUF” appears. In shuffle mode, the CD player plays all files on a CD in random order. Playing all files in a selected group in random order (Group shuffle play) (ATRAC/MP3 CD only) During playback, press P MODE/ repeatedly until “ SHUF” appears. The CD player plays all files in a selected group in random order. 17-GB
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Playing your favorite tracks by adding Bookmarks (Bookmark track play) While playing an audio CD You can add Bookmarks to up to 99 tracks for each CD (up to 10 CDs). While playing an ATRAC CD You can add Bookmarks to up to 999 files for each CD (up to 5 CDs). While playing an MP3 CD You can add Bookmarks to up to 400 files for each CD (up to 10 CDs). To add Bookmarks 1 During playback of the track to which you want to add a Bookmark, press and hold u until “ (Bookmark)” flashes in the display. W
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Playback options Playing your favorite play lists (m3u play list play) (MP3 CD only) You can play your favorite m3u play lists.* * An “m3u play list” is a file for which an MP3 file playing order has been encoded. To use the play list function, record MP3 files on a CD-R/RW using encoding software that supports the m3u format. During playback, press P MODE/ 1 repeatedly until “ ” appears. Play list Press . or > to select a play list 2 you want. Press u. 3 Note You can play only the top two play
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B Available features Checking the time The G-PROTECTION remaining on the CD function and the number of The G-PROTECTION function has been tracks left (audio CD) developed to provide excellent protection against sound skipping while jogging. Each time you press DISPLAY/ , the When you set the G-PROTECTION switch display changes as follows. on your CD player to “2,” the G- For an audio CD containing CD text PROTECTION function will be enhanced information, information in parentheses also compared
