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2-541-629-13 (1)
D-NE520
Operating Instructions
Atrac CD Walkman
Portable
CD Player
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Disposal of Old WARNING Electrical & Electronic To prevent fire or shock hazard, Equipment (Applicable do not expose the unit to rain in the European Union or moisture. and other European countries with Do not install the appliance in a confined separate collection space, such as a bookcase or built-in systems) cabinet. This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product shall To prevent fire, do not cover the ventilation not be treated as household waste. of the
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Table of Contents Create Your Own ATRAC CDs ...............4 Playing tracks in your favorite order (PGM play) ..............................................21 Which discs can you play on this CD player? .......................................................5 Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play) ...22 Precautions ...........................................7 Changing Sound Quality ....................22 On safety ....................................................7 Selecting the sound qual
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Create Your Own ATRAC CDs In addition to the usual audio CDs, you can play an original CD, called “ATRAC CD,” that you create with the supplied software, SonicStage. Using SonicStage, about 30 audio CDs* can be recorded on one CD-R or CD-RW. The following is a quick overview of how you listen to music on your ATRAC CD. Install SonicStage on your computer. SonicStage is software that takes music downloaded from audio CDs on your computer and creates original CDs. It can be installed from the
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Which discs can you play on this CD player? Audio CDs: CD-DA format CDs CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) is a recording standard used for Audio CDs. ATRAC CDs: CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the ATRAC3plus format has been recorded by using SonicStage* ATRAC3plus (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3plus) is audio compression technology that satisfies the demand for high sound quality and high compression rates. ATRAC3plus can compress audio files to about 1/20 of their origin
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Music discs encoded with copyright Group MP3 protection technologies File This product is designed to play back discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies are marketed by some record companies. Please be aware that among those discs, there are some that do not conform to the CD standard and may not be playable by this product. Difference in File structures of ATRAC CDs (Maximum directory levels: 8)
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On earphones/headphones Precautions Road safety Do not use earphones/headphones while On safety driving, cycling, or operating any motorized • Should any solid objects or liquid fall into vehicle. It may create a traffic hazard and the CD player, unplug it and have it checked is illegal in some areas. It can also be by qualified personnel before operating it potentially dangerous to play your headsets any further. at high volume while walking, especially at • Do not put any foreign object
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Getting Started To connect your earphones/headphones to the remote Checking the Supplied Connect the plug of your earphones/ Accessories headphones to the remote securely. • AC power adaptor • Earphones • Rechargeable • Battery carrying case battery • Remote control (Remote) (For this CD player only) • CD-ROM (SonicStage) Do not play this CD-ROM on an audio CD player including this player. • Operating instructions (This book) • Installation/Operating Guide Note Use only the suppl
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Getting Started (group) – button ( page 15-17, 22) Guide to Parts and / buttons ( page 15, 17, 23) Controls (group) + button ( page 15, 16, 22) DSPL (Display)/MENU button ( page 18, 19, 21, 22, 25) CD player OPERATION lamp ( page 11-14, 16) 1 2 3 SEARCH button ( page 16, 17) (stop)/CHARGE button ( page 11, V O L + 15, 17, 22-24, 26) . u > V O L – Jog lever VOL (Volume) +/– ( page 14) / ( page 16, 17, 19, 21-23, 25) (play/pause) ( page 14
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CD player display Character information display ( page 16-19, 22, 23, 25) Atrac3plus/MP3 indicator ( page 5) Disc indicator ( page 14, 23) Battery indicator ( page 11, 12, 23) Play list indicator Group indicator Bookmark indicator ( page 21) Play mode indicator ( page 20) Timer indicator ( page 26) Sound indicator ( page 23) 10 D-NE520.GB.2-541-629-13(1)
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Getting Started Insert the battery by matching the 3 Preparing a Power to the diagram in the battery Source compartment and close the lid until it clicks into place. Use only the following batteries for your Insert the player. end first. Rechargeable battery Charge the rechargeable battery before using it for the first time or when it is depleted. To maintain the original battery capacity longer, charge the battery only when it is completely depleted (“Low Battery” appears on the dis
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Notes To attach the battery compartment lid If the battery compartment lid is detached • Do not charge any rechargeable battery other than an NH-7WMAA (supplied) using this AC power by an accidental drop, excessive force, etc., adaptor. attach it as illustrated below. • If you press on the jog lever during charging, charging stops and playback of the CD starts. • If you connect the AC power adaptor to player during playback, play stops and charging starts. • During charging, the player
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Getting Started When using the AC power When using the Sony alkaline battery LR6 (SG) (produced in Japan) adaptor G-PROTECTION You can use the player powered by the AC “1” “2” power adaptor without batteries. 22 20 Audio CD to an AC outlet 3) 41 40 ATRAC CD 4) 26 25 MP3 CD AC power adaptor 1) Measured value using the JEITA standard (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) Playing time shown is approximate hours, when you use the player on a flat and stable su
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Playback Adjust the volume by turning the 4 Playing a CD VOL +/– control on the remote. Squeeze the OPEN switch from both 1 sides to open the player lid. Connect the earphones/headphones with the remote to the player beforehand. VOL +/– control On the CD player After placing the CD on the tray in step 2, press on the jog lever and adjust the volume by flicking the jog lever toward VOL + or –. OPEN switch to Press . Flick toward (headphones) VOL +. Earphones/headphones with the rem
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Playback Basic playback operations (Play, stop, search) CD player Remote +/ – buttons / buttons +/ – button /CHARGE button buttons button button button Jog lever To Operation on the remote (Operation on the player is in parentheses) Play Play from the first From stop, press and hold until playback starts. (From stop, press track and hold on the jog lever until playback starts). Stop Pause/Resume play Press . (Press on the jog lever). after pausing Stop playback Press
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Locking the controls Searching for Your (HOLD) You can prevent accidental button presses Favorite Track/File while carrying the player by locking the On the CD such as an ATRAC CD or an MP3 controls. The OPERATION lamp flashes CD on which a number of files are recorded, if you press any button when the HOLD you can search for your favorite track/file by function on the player is activated. viewing groups (File View) or by viewing a list of groups/files (List View). In either case, Slide
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Playback To cancel searching Checking CD information Press /CHARGE on the CD player. on the display You can check CD information on the display Searching by viewing a list of the player. Depending on the region in which you of groups/files (List View) purchased your CD player, the default You can search for a track/file by checking language may not be “ENGLISH”. Change the format type of the music source and the the LANGUAGE setting, if necessary names of groups and files. ( page 26). W
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ATRAC CD/MP3 CD To check information on the CD player 3) 3) Group name , artist name , file name, display file number, elapsed playing time Press DSPL/MENU on the player repeatedly. Audio CD Track number, elapsed playing time 1) (Album name, artist name, track name) 4) CODEC information , total number of files, total number of groups, file number, remaining time of the current file Total number of tracks on the CD, total playing 2) time of the CD, number of tracks left
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Playback When “REPEAT” appears, select 5 Changing Playback “ON” or “OFF” and press on the Options (PLAY MODE) jog lever. You can use various playback options such as selecting songs you want to listen to, and playing songs in your favorite order. For details about playback options, see page 20. You can also play songs repeatedly using the To return to normal play playback options you choose (repeat play, page 22). On the CD player, select “ALL” in the PLAY MODE menu. Press DSP
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Playback options (PLAY MODE) Display on the CD player Explanation ALL All tracks on the CD are played in a track number order. (Normal play) For the ATRAC CD/MP3 CD, a playing order is different according to the setting of the “PLAY ORDER” in the OPTION menu. GROUP All tracks in the selected group or all groups are played (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) ( page 21). (Group play) The current track is played once. 1 (Single play) All tracks on the CD are played once in random order. SHUFFLE (Shuffle
