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Operation Guide
NW-E013 / E015 / E016 / E013F / E015F / E016F
©2007 Sony Corporation 3-093-019-12 (1)
NW-E013/E015/E016/E013F/E015F/E016F.GB 3-093-019-12(1)
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About the Manuals Included with the player are Quick Start Guide, this PDF-format Operation Guide, Troubleshooting and Precautions. Additionally, after installing the SonicStage software from the supplied CD-ROM, you can refer to the Help within SonicStage. – The Quick Start Guide explains set up and the basic operations, enabling you to import songs to a computer, to transfer them to the player, and to play them back. – The Precautions explains important notes to prevent accidents. –
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Hints You can jump to the indicated page by clicking a page number in the table of contents, in
=> the home menu list, or in the index. You can jump to the indicated page by clicking a page reference indication (e.g. page
=> 4) on each page. To search for a reference page by keyword, click the “Edit” menu, select “Search” of the
=> Adobe Reader to display the navigation frame, type the keyword into the Search text box, and click “Search.” Once you jump to another page, you can ju
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Table of Contents HOME Menu List ................................ 6 Changing the Song Order (Sort) ...........36 Supplied Accessories ........................... 7 Changing the Display Mode (Display Mode) ..............................................38 Parts and Controls .............................. 8 Setting the Cover Art Display ON/OFF (Jacket Mode) ..............................40 Playing Songs Setting the Volume Level (Volume Mode) ..............................................
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Listening to FM Radio (NW-E013F/E015F/E016F only) Listening to FM Radio ..................... 59 1 Switching to the FM tuner ......................59 2 Presetting broadcast stations automatically (FM Auto Preset) ........................60 3 Selecting broadcast stations ....................61 Presetting Desired Broadcast Stations ........................................... 63 Deleting preset broadcast stations ............63 Setting the Reception (Scan Sens) ...........64 Changing the
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HOME Menu List You can display the HOME menu by pressing and holding the /HOME button of the player. The HOME menu is the starting point to play audio, search for songs, and change settings such as follows. /HOME button (Intelligent Shuffle) ................. 17 My Favorite Shuffle ...................... 17 Artist Link Shuffle ........................ 18 Time Machine Shuffle ................. 19 Sports Shuffle ................................ 20 1 (Settings) HOME menu* Sound ..........
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Supplied Accessories Please check the accessories in the package. Headphones (1) 1 CD-ROM * (1) - SonicStage software - Operation Guide (PDF file) Quick Start Guide (1) Precautions (1) Troubleshooting (1) 1 * Do not attempt to play this CD-ROM in an audio CD player. About the serial number The serial number provided for this player is required for the customer registration. The number is shown on the rear of the player. You can also check the serial number on this player ( pag
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Parts and Controls Front Headphones 2 Strap hole VOL +* /– button This is used to attach a strap (sold Adjusts the volume. separately). 1 /HOME* button RESET button When you press this button while Resets the player when you press the playing or pausing a song, you can RESET button with a small pin, etc switch between Song control mode ( page 74). and Folder mode. In Song control mode, the player skips to the 1 PLAY MODE/SOUND* button beginning of the song. In Folde
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Headphones 1 * button Display Starts song playback. When starting See page 11. playback, appears in the display, / button and if the button is pressed Selects a song, album, artist, or menu again, appears and playback item. You can also skip to the pauses. beginning of the song/album/artist, When a menu appears on the display, fast-forward or fast-rewind as follows. use this button to confirm the item of the menu. Pressing the ( ) button:
=> Ski
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10 10 Rear HOLD switch USB cap You can protect the player against Remove the USB cap and connect accidental operation by using the the USB connector of the player to a HOLD switch when carrying it. USB port on your computer. By sliding the HOLD switch in the direction of the arrow ( ), all To remove the USB cap Remove the USB cap as shown operation buttons are disabled. If you below. press buttons while the HOLD function is activated, “HOLD” appears in the display. If you slide
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11 11 Display When selecting Jacket Mode ON When selecting Jacket Mode OFF (Default setting) Cover art display Playing status indication Displays the cover art (jacket picture) Displays the current play mode ( : of an album after you register the playback, : pause, ( ): fast- cover art and transfer songs from rewinds (fast-forwards), SonicStage. You can set the cover art ( ): skips to the beginning of the to not display ( page 40). current (or next) song). For details
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Playing Songs 1 1 Playing Songs Playing Songs (All Songs) The transferred songs on the player are played back. “All Songs” is set for the play mode by default. /HOME button button / button Press and hold the /HOME button until the HOME menu appears. Press the / button to select (All Songs), and then press the button to confirm. Playback starts from the last song you listened to. If you did not play any song, playback starts from the beginning. Playback continues in o
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Playing Songs 1 1 Playing Lists of Songs (Playlist Select) You can play lists of songs (Playlists) created in SonicStage, such as your 100 favorite songs and albums recently transferred. /HOME button button / button Notes When (Playlist Select) is selected, (Search) and (Jacket Search) do not appear
=> in the HOME menu. You cannot change the order of songs in the playlist in the “Sort” menu ( page 36).
=> Playing lists of songs created in SonicStage (Playlists) You can play list
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Playing Songs 1 1 To skip to the beginning of the song By pressing the ( ) button while playing or pausing a song, the player skips to the beginning of the current (or next) song. By pressing the /HOME button to change to the Folder mode, and then pressing the ( ) button while playing or pausing a song, the player skips to the beginning of the current (or next) playlist. Hints You can change the play mode to random, repeat, etc., by pressing the PLAY MODE/
=> SOUND button ( page 27)
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Playing Songs 1 1 Playing songs from 100 favorite songs (Favorite 100) A playlist created automatically by SonicStage is played back. When connected to SonicStage, the 100 most frequently-played songs on the player are updated and appear in descending order by how many times they have been played. Press and hold the /HOME button until the HOME menu appears. Press the / button to select (Playlist Select), and then press the button to confirm. The list of playlists appears.
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Playing Songs 1 1 Playing songs from albums recently transferred (Recent Transfers) You can play albums transferred most recently. Press and hold the /HOME button until the HOME menu appears. Press the / button to select (Playlist Select), and then press the button to confirm. The list of playlists appears. Press the / button to select “Recent Transfers,” and then press the button to confirm. Playback starts from the last song you listened to. If you did not play any
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Playing Songs 1 1 Playing Songs in Random Order (Intelligent Shuffle) The player offers 4 different random modes (also known as shuffle play). /HOME button button / button Notes The play mode automatically switches to the shuffle mode during “Intelligent Shuffle.”
=> The display does not change to the one you set as “Display Mode” during “Intelligent
=> Shuffle” ( page 38). Cover art does not appear during “Intelligent Shuffle.”
=> Playing your 100 favorite songs in random order (My
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Playing Songs 1 1 Hints By pressing the /HOME button to change to the Folder mode and press the
=> () button, the 100 most frequently played songs are reshuffled and played back from the first song. The 100 most frequently-played songs are updated every time you connect the player to
=> SonicStage. If the total number of songs transferred on the player is less than 100, all songs on the
=> player are played in random order. To stop “Intelligent Shuffle” and then start playing song
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Playing Songs 1 1 Playing songs released in the same year in random order (Time Machine Shuffle) The player randomly selects a release year and plays all transferred songs of that year in random order. Press and hold the /HOME button until the HOME menu appears. Press the / button to select (Intelligent Shuffle), and then press the button to confirm. The “Intelligent Shuffle” mode menu appears. Press the / button to select “Time Machine Shuffle,” and then press the
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Playing Songs 0 0 Playing songs in random order for a specified period of time (Sports Shuffle) The player randomly selects songs from all transferred songs and plays them in random order for a specified duration (between 1 and 99 minutes). Press and hold the /HOME button until the HOME menu appears. Press the / button to select (Intelligent Shuffle), and then press the button to confirm. The “Intelligent Shuffle” mode screen appears. Press the / button to select “Spo
