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Operation Guide
NWZ-S636F / S638F / S639F / S736F / S738F / S739F
©2008 Sony Corporation 4-110-117-11 (2)
NWZ-S636F / S638F / S639F / S736F / S738F / S739F .GB.4-110-117-11(2)
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Browsing the Operation Guide To use the buttons in the Operation Guide Click the buttons located in the upper right of this manual to jump to “Table of Contents,” “Home Menu List,” or “Index.” Jumps to the table of contents Find what you are looking for from a list of topics in the manual. Jumps to the home menu list Find what you are looking for from a list of the option items in the player’s menu. Jumps to the index Find what you are looking for from a list of key words mentioned in the
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To change the page layout The buttons at the bottom of the Adobe Reader screen enable you to select how pages are displayed. Single Page Continuous - Facing Pages are displayed one at a time. Two pages are displayed side by side When you scroll, the display changes with each pair part of a continuous to a previous or succeeding page. roll of pages. When you scroll, the previous or next pairs of pages scroll Continuous up or down continuously. Pages are displayed as a continuous
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Table of Contents Home Menu List .................................... 6 Setting the Music Supplied Accessories ............................. 8 Setting the Play Mode (Play Mode)......... 52 About the bundle software.............................. 9 Setting the Playback Range ................. 54 Parts and Controls .............................. 11 Displaying the Now Playing Screen Each Player Controls and Screens ............... 13 Time the Songs Switch How to use the 5-way button and s
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Setting a Screensaver Type ................ 111 Playing Photos Setting a Screensaver Time ............... 112 Displaying a Photo .............................. 84 Setting the Theme ............................. 113 Setting the Photo Orientation ............ 86 Setting the Wallpaper........................ 114 Setting the Display of the Photo Screen Adjusting the Brightness of the Screen .......................................................... 88 (Brightness) .........................
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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, photos, podcast episodes, searching for songs, using “SensMe™ Channels,” listening to FM radio and changing settings. Hint The screen appearance varies depending on the settings of “Wallpaper Settings” (
=> page 114) and “Theme Settings” ( page 113). The screen illustrations within this manua
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Podcast Library ......................... 80 Settings Music Settings Play Mode ............................... 52 Now Playing ........................... 21 Playback Range ....................... 54 Equalizer .................................. 59 VPT(Surround) ...................... 62 DSEE(Sound Enhance) ......... 65 Clear Stereo ............................. 64 Dynamic Normalizer ............. 67 Album Display Format .......... 56 New Song Pop Up .................. 55 / Button Set
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Supplied Accessories Please check the accessories in the package. Headphones (1) USB cable (1) Earbuds (Size S,L) (1) Attachment (1) Use when connecting the player to the optional cradle, etc. 1 Audio input cable* 1 Plug adaptor for in-flight use (single/dual)* 2 3 CD-ROM* * (1) Windows Media Player 11 4 Media Manager for WALKMAN* Content Transfer Operation Guide (PDF file) Quick Start Guide (1) 1 * NWZ-S736F/S738F/S739F only 2 * Do not attempt to play this CD-
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About the bundled software Windows Media Player 11 Windows Media Player can import audio data from CDs and transfer data to the player. When you use copyright protected WMA audio files and copyright protected WMV video files, use this software. Transferable files: Music (MP3, WMA), Video (WMV), Photo (JPEG) For details on operation, refer to the Help of the software or visit the following website. http://www.support.microsoft.com/ Hint Some computers that already have Windows Media P
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10 10 Content Transfer Content Transfer can transfer music, videos or photos from a computer to the player by a simple drag-and-drop operation. You can use Windows Explorer or iTunes® intuitively to drag and drop data to Content Transfer. For details on operation, refer to the Help of the software. 1 Transferable files: Music (MP3, WMA, AAC* , WAV), Photo (JPEG), Video 1 2 (MPEG-4 Simple Profile, AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile, WMV* * ), Podcast (music, video) 1 * DRM files are not comp
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11 11 Parts and Controls Front Rear 1 BACK/HOME button* WM-PORT jack Press to go up one list screen level, or Use this jack to connect the supplied to return to the previous menu. USB cable, or optional peripheral Press and hold the BACK/HOME devices, such as supported button to display the Home menu accessories for the WM-PORT. ( page 13). NOISE CANCELING switch (NWZ- 2 S736F/S738F/S739F only) 5-way button* Starts playback and enables By sliding the NOISE CANCELING navigation of
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1 1 HOLD switch RESET button You can protect the player against Resets the player when you press the accidental operation by using the RESET button with a small pin, etc. HOLD switch when carrying it. By ( page 132). sliding the HOLD switch in the 1 Functions marked with on the direction of the arrow , all * player are activated if you press and hold operation buttons are disabled. If you the corresponding buttons. slide the HOLD switch to the 2 There are tactile dots. Use t
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1 1 Player Controls and Screens Use the 5-way button and the BACK/HOME button to navigate through screens, play songs, videos, podcast episodes, and FM radio, and to view photos or 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 me
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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 1 confirm) button* the list screens, on the thumbnail screens, and on / buttons the “Now Playing” screen. 1 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 Information area The information of the song, icons, etc., a
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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. / 1 How to use the 5-way button on the thumbnail* screen Thumbnails Buttons Description Displays the song list of the selected item during music operation, or displays the selected item during photo operation. Starts play
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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 1 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 ot
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1 1 SensMe™ Channels Channel Song name Artist name Album title 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. / Press the / button to scroll through the list of channels. Each time you press the button, the channel changes and song playback starts from the middle of the song. Moves playback to the beginning of the current, previous, or next / song when
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1 1 Video Playing status When you change the display orientation to horizontal, the / // button orientation and functions will also be changed. Buttons Description Starts video playback. When playback starts, appears on the display, and if the button is pressed again, appears and 1 playback pauses.* You can play and pause videos only from the “Now Playing” screen of the video. / Press the / button to find the beginning of the next, previous or 2 the currently playing vid
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1 1 Photo Playing status When you change the display orientation to horizontal, the / // button orientation and functions will also be changed. Buttons Description appears on the display and a slide show starts. If the 1 button is pressed again, appears and playback pauses.* Displays the previous or next photo. / 1 * When playing songs while a slide show is paused, the screen goes dark if there is no operation for the period set in “Screensaver Timing” ( page 112). When the
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20 20 About the information area The icons, shown in the table below, appears in the information area. The icons vary according to the playback status, settings or the screens. For details about the icons, see each reference pages. Icons description The icons of the playback status Play back, Pause, Fast forward/backward, Move to the beginning of
=> , , , , the next, current or previous song , , Go forward /backward slightly or quickly ( page 69)
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