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NW-HD3
Operating Instructions
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Network Walkman
Portable Hard Disk
Audio Player
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© 2004 Sony Corporation
NW -HD3.GB.2-584-484-11(1)
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For the customers in the USA Owner’s Record The model and serial numbers are located INFORMATION: This equipment has been tested and found to comply at the rear of the player. Record the serial with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant number in the space provided below. Refer to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are to these numbers whenever you call upon designed to provide reasonable protection against your Sony dealer regarding this product. harmful interference in
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Table of Contents Notice for Users ..............................................4 Changing Playback Options (Play Mode) ..........................................25 Precautions.......................................................5 Playback options (Play Mode) .................26 On safety................................................................. 5 Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play)...28 On installation....................................................... 5 Changing Sound Qualit
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SonicStage and SonicStage logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Notice for Users Corporation. OpenMG, ATRAC3plus and their logos are On the supplied software trademarks of Sony Corporation. Copyright laws prohibit reproducing the Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT software or the manual accompanying it and Windows Media are trademarks in whole or in part, or renting the software or registered trademarks of Microsoft without the permission of the copyright Corporatio
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Caring for others Precautions Keep the volume at a moderate level. This will allow you to hear outside sounds and to be considerate to the people around you. On safety Warning Do not put any foreign objects in the DC IN jack of the USB adaptor. If there is lightning when you are using the player, take off the headphones immediately. Be sure not to short-circuit the terminals of the USB adaptor with other metallic objects. On cleaning On installation Clean the player casing with a soft
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Getting Started Notes When using this unit, remember to follow the Checking the Supplied precautions below in order to avoid warping the Accessories cabinet or causing the unit to malfunction. – Make sure not to sit down with the unit in your Headphones (1) back pocket. USB adaptor (1) (For connecting to the supplied USB cable and the supplied AC power adaptor) – Make sure not to put the unit into a bag with the remote control or the headphones/earphones cord wrapped around it and the
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Getting Started Player display Guide to Parts and Controls Player Track number indicator ( page 20) Bookmark indicator ( page 24) Character information display ( page 20) Atrac3plus/MP3 indicator ( page 19) Playback progress bar ( page 20) Playback indicator ( page 20) Playing time ( page 20) Repeat indicator ( page 28) Play mode indicator ( page 25), (headphones)/LINE OUT jack ( page 18) Sound indicator (when adjus
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Connect the USB adaptor to the 3 Preparing a Power player. Source Insert the USB adaptor as shown below until it clicks into place. Charge the built-in lithium-ion rechargeable Charging of the battery starts. The CHG battery before using it for the fi rst time or lamp lights up on the USB adaptor, and when it is depleted. if the player is on, the battery indicator in the display changes. Slide the BUILT-IN BATTERY switch 1 to ON. The protection for the built-in rechargeable battery i
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Getting Started To remove the USB adaptor from the player Notes on the AC power adaptor While pressing the gray buttons on both sides, Use only the AC power adaptor and the push the USB adaptor inward, and then pull USB adaptor supplied with the player. Do it outward. not use any other AC power adaptor since this may cause the player to malfunction. The player is not disconnected from the AC power source (mains) as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if the player itself
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Installing SonicStage on Your Computer Using the supplied CD-ROM, install the SonicStage on your computer. Preparing the required system The following system environment is required. IBM PC/AT or Compatible Computer CPU: Pentium II 400 MHz or higher (Pentium III 450 MHz or higher is recommended.) Hard disk drive space: 200 MB or more (1.5 GB or more is recommended.) (The amount of space will vary according to the Windows version and the number of music fi les stored on the hard disk.) R
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Getting Started Installing SonicStage Click the region in which you will 3 Check the following before installing the use SonicStage software. SonicStage software. Make sure to close all other software, including any virus-check software, as such software usually demands a large amount of system resources. Make sure to use the supplied CD-ROM for installing SonicStage. – If OpenMG Jukebox or SonicStage has been installed, the existing software will be overwritten by the new version
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Select “Start” – “All Programs”* – 1 Importing Audio Data “SonicStage” – “SonicStage.” to Your Computer SonicStage starts up. If you use the earlier version of Record and store tracks (audio data) from an SonicStage, the “SonicStage fi le audio CD to the SonicStage “ My Library” on ** conversion tool” window appears when the hard disk drive of your computer. you start up SonicStage for the fi rst time You can record or import tracks from after installing it. Follow the instructions othe
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Getting Started To stop recording Click “Music Source” on the 3 Click on the SonicStage SonicStage window. window. The contents of the audio CD appear in the music source list. If CD information To select the tracks you do not want to such as album title, artist name, and record track names could not be obtained Before step 5, click the track number to automatically, connect your computer to uncheck on the SonicStage window. the Internet and click “CD Info” on the right side of the
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Connect the USB adaptor to 1 Transferring Audio your computer and the AC power Data to the Player adaptor. Connect from to as shown below. Transfer the tracks (audio data) stored in Connect the large connector of the USB SonicStage “ My Library” on your computer cable to a USB port on your computer and to the player in ATRAC3plus/MP3 format. the small connector to the USB jack on The audio data to be transferred includes the the USB adaptor. information, such as an artist name
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Getting Started Connect the USB adaptor to the Click the tracks you want to transfer 2 5 player. from the My Library list on the left side of the SonicStage window. Insert the USB adaptor as shown below until it clicks into place. To transfer more than one track, hold “PC Connect” appears in the display. down the “Ctrl” key while selecting the The setup display for automatic transfer tracks. To transfer all tracks of the album, appears in the SonicStage window. Follow click the album. th
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Notes Using SonicStage Help Do not disconnect the USB cable or the USB SonicStage Help provides further details on connector while the data is being transferred. how to use SonicStage. SonicStage Help If you do, the data being transferred may be allows you to search easily for information destroyed. from a list of operations, such as “Importing Use of the player with a USB hub or a USB audio data” or “Transferring audio data,” or extension cable is not guaranteed. Always connect f
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Getting Started To understand SonicStage Help To search for a word inside an explanation The left side The right side “Type in the keyword to fi nd” frame frame text box “Search” “List Topics” 1 Double click “ Overview” in the left- “Display” side frame of SonicStage Help. An explanations of 2 Click “ About This Help File.” A list of the typed the selected item words The explanation will appear in the right- side frame. Scroll the display if necessary. Click 1 Click “Search.” underlined w
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Playback Press . 2 Playing Back (play) appears on the left bottom of the display and the player starts playback. Transfer audio data from your computer to the player beforehand ( page 14). You can change the language to your own for the menu and the messages in the display ( page 31). After setting the BUILT-IN BATTERY 1 switch to ON ( page 8), connect headphones to the player. Headphones appears. to (headphones)/ LINE OUT jack Adjust the v olume by pressing 3 + VOLUME
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Playback Playable audio data Locking the controls This player can play audio data compressed in ( HOLD) the A TRA C3plus/ MP3 formats. You can prevent accidental button presses ATRAC3plus (Adaptive Transform Acoustic while carrying the player by locking the Coding3plus) is an audio compression controls. “HOLD” fl ashes on the display technology that satisfi es the demand for high if you press any button when the HOLD sound quality and high compression rates. function is activated. ATRAC3
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Basic playback operations (Play, stop, search) To Operation Play from a point where you stopped the Press . Playback starts from the point where you player previously stopped. Stop playback Press . Find the beginning of the current track Press once. Find the beginning of previous tracks* Press repeatedly. Find the beginning of the next track* Press once. Find the beginning of succeeding tracks* Press repeatedly. Go backwards quickly Press and hold . Go forward quickly Press a
