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2-023-041-12 (1)
Personal Audio
System
Operating Instructions
This manual describes how to use the player. For the supplied software
SonicStage, please see “Installation/Operating Guide.”
ZS-YN7
©2004 Sony Corporation
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Information Warning For customers in the United States To prevent fire or shock hazard, This equipment has been tested and found to do not expose the player to rain comply with the limits for a Class B digital or moisture. device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordan
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Table of contents Enjoy lots of songs on your original CD ........ 4 Basic Operations Playing a CD .................................................. 6 Listening to the radio .................................... 10 The CD Player Using the display .......................................... 12 Locating a specific track ............................... 13 Searching for your favorite tracks/files ........ 14 Playing a specific group (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) .................... 15 Playing a single trac
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Enjoy lots of songs on your original CD 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 and the Internet on your computer and creates original CDs.
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Enjoy lots of songs on your original CD Which discs can you play on this CD player? Audio CDs: CDDA format CDs CDDA (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 or/and ATRAC3 format has been recorded* ATRAC3 (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3) is audio compression technology that satisfies the demand for high sound quality and high compression rates. ATRAC3plus is audio compression technology dev
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Basic Operations Playing a CD 1 3 2 Connect the supplied AC power cord (see page 25). 1 Press OPEN to open the CD lid With the label side up (direct power-on) and place the CD on the CD tray. Note Make sure that the CD is placed properly on the CD tray. Don’t place it under the CD tray. 2 Press PUSH CLOSE to close the CD lid. 6
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Basic Operations 3 Press u (N on the remote). The player plays all the tracks once. Display ATRAC CD/MP3 CD* Audio CD File name Track number Playing time File number Playing time * When playing an MP3 CD, “MP3” appears in the display. Note Use these buttons for additional operations Before playing an ATRAC POWER CD/MP3 CD, this player reads all file and group u information on the CD. Depending on the file x structure, it may take more than a minute to read them. +, – During this time, “Reading”
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To Press 2 select a group* + to go forward and – to go backward 2 select a file* > to go forward and . to go backward 3 remove the CD OPEN* turn on/off the player POWER 2 * You can operate during play of ATRAC CDs/MP3 CDs. 3 * Once you open the CD tray, the track to start play will change to the beginning of the first track. The structure of ATRAC CDs/MP3 CDs Notes • If ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 ATRAC CDs/MP3 CDs consist of “files” and “groups.” A files and MP3 files are “file” is equivalent to a “trac
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Basic Operations Notes on ATRAC CDs • Maximum number of groups: 255 Maximum number of files: 999 • CD-Rs/CD-RWs recorded in the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format cannot be played on your computer. Notes on MP3 CDs • Maximum number of groups: 100 Maximum number of files: 400 Maximum directory level: 8 •A group that does not include an MP3 file is skipped. • Be sure to add the file extension “mp3” to the file name. However, if you add the file extension “mp3” to a file other than an MP3 file, the player wi
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Listening to the radio 1 2 Connect the supplied AC power cord (see page 25). 1 Press RADIO•BAND•AUTO Display PRESET until the band you want appears in the display (direct power- on). Indicates an FM 2 Press TUNE + or – and hold it until stereo broadcast the frequency digits begin to change in the display. The player automatically scans the radio frequencies and stops when it finds a clear station. If you can’t tune in a station, press TUNE + or – repeatedly to change the frequency step by step.
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations POWER VOLUME +, – MODE Tip To Press If the FM broadcast is adjust the volume VOLUME +*, – (VOL +*, – on the noisy, press MODE until remote) “Mono” appears in the display and radio will play turn on/off the radio POWER in monaural. * The button has a tactile dot. To improve broadcast reception Reorient the antenna for FM. Reorient the player itself for AM. for FM for AM 11
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The CD Player Checking the information on Using the display an ATRAC CD/MP3 CD You can check information about the CD Press DISPLAY. The display changes as using the display. follows: When you are playing an MP3 CD DISPLAY containing files with an ID3 tag*, ID3 tag information is displayed. * ID3 tag is a format for adding ceratin information (track name, album name, artist name, etc.) to MP3 files. This player conforms to Version 1.0/1.1/2.3 of the ID3 tag format (for MP3 files only). T
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The CD Player Tips • When you locate a track numbered over 10, Locating a specific press >10 first, then the corresponding number buttons. track Example: To play track number 23, press >10 first, then 2 and 3. You can quickly locate any track on a CD • To select a track numbered over 100, press >10 using the number buttons on the remote. twice, then the corresponding number buttons. You can also find a specific point in a track while playing a CD. Number buttons ., > To locate Press a specific t
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Searching for a file on an Searching for your ATRAC CD/MP3 CD favorite tracks/files 1 Press x. ENTER/ “CD” appears in the display. x Jog dial MEMORY 2 While play is stopped, turn the jog dial toward v or V to select the group you want, then press ENTER/MEMORY. 3 Turn the jog dial toward v or V to select the file you want, then press ENTER/MEMORY. Searching for a track on an audio CD 1 Press x. The playback starts from the file “CD” appears in the display. selected. 2 Turn the j
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The CD Player Tip You can also search a file while playing an Playing a specific group ATRAC CD/MP3 CD. When you turn the jog dial during playback, the file list of the group in which (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) the current file is will be displayed. To select a file of another group, turn the jog dial toward v or V You can play all the files in a specific group, until “ :” appears, then press ENTER/ and stop the player automatically. MEMORY to select the group first and select the file you want by t
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Playing a single track Playing tracks in (Single track play) random order (Shuffle play) You can play a single track once, and stop You can play tracks in random order. the player automatically. MODE u x +, – MODE . u x > Playing all tracks on a CD in 1 Press x. random order “CD” appears in the display. 1 Press x. 2 Press MODE repeatedly in stop mode “CD” appears in the display. until “1” appears in the display. 2 Press MODE repeatedly in s
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The CD Player Playing all files in a selected Playing your favorite group in random order (ATRAC tracks by adding CD/MP3 CD only) Bookmarks 1 Press x. (Bookmark track play) “CD” appears in the display. You can add Bookmarks to up to 99 tracks 2 Press MODE repeatedly in stop mode (audio CD), up to 999 files (ATRAC CD) or until “ SHUF” appears in the display. up to 400 files (MP3 CD) for a CD. When you open the CD tray, all Bookmarks 3 Press + or – to select the group you stored in memory will
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Playing your favorite tracks by adding Bookmarks (Bookmark Playing your favorite track play) (continued) play lists (m3u play list play) (MP3 CD only) Playing the tracks with Bookmarks You can play your favorite m3u play lists.* * An “m3u play list” is a file for which an MP3 1 Press x. file playing order has been encoded. To use the play list function, record MP3 files on a CD-R/ “CD” appears in the display. CD-RW using encoding software that supports the m3u format. 2 Press MODE repeatedly in
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The CD Player 4 Press u to start Program Play. Creating your own program (Program play) To cancel Program Play Stop playing first. Then press MODE until You can arrange the playing order of up to “PGM” disappears from the display. 20 tracks or files on a CD. Jog dial To check the order of tracks ENTER/ before play MODE u x MEMORY Press ENTER/MEMORY while programing. Every time you press the button, the track or file number appears in the programed order. To change the current program Press x onc
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Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play) You can play tracks repeatedly in normal play mode and other play modes you want. REPEAT x 1 Press x. “CD” appears in the display. 2 Play the CD. You can play tracks repeatedly in normal play mode and other play modes you want (see pages 15– 19). 3 Press REPEAT until “ ” appears in the display. To cancel Repeat play Press REPEAT until “ ” disappears from the display. 20
