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3-266-691-13 (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-XN30
©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 point in a track............... 13 Searching for your favorite tracks/files ........ 13 Playing a specific group (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) .................... 15 Playing a single track (Sin
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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 2, 3 4 Connect the supplied AC power adaptor (see page 23). 1 Press CD (direct power-on). 2 Press Z PUSH down to open the CD compartment and place the CD on the CD compartment. Note When opening/closing the CD compartment, place the player on a level surface and then press Z PUSH down. With the label side up 3 Close the lid of the CD compartment. 6
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Basic Operations 4 Press u. The player plays all the tracks once. Display ATRAC CD/MP3 CD* Audio CD Group name 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 VOL +, – information on the CD. Depending on the file structure, it may take more Z PUSH than a minute to read them. During this time, “Reading”
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To Do this 2 select a group* Push the 5-way control key toward + to go forward and – to go backward. 2 select a file* Push the 5-way control key toward > to go forward and . to go backward. 3 remove the CD Press Z PUSH* . turn on/off the player Press POWER. 2 * You can operate during play of ATRAC CDs/MP3 CDs. 3 * Once you open the CD compartment, the track to start play will change to the beginning of the first track. About ESP (Electronic Shock Protection) function When a CD is playing, the
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Basic Operations Notes Playing order of ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs • If ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 For ATRAC CDs, files are played in the order selected in files and MP3 files are SonicStage. recorded on the same CD, For MP3 CDs, the playing order may differ depending on this CD player plays the the method used to record MP3 files on the disc. In the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 following example, files are played in order of 1 to 7. only. • The playback capability of Group this CD player may vary File depending on the
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Listening to the radio 1 2 Connect the supplied AC power adaptor (see page 23). 1 Press RADIO•BAND•AUTO Display PRESET until the band you want appears in the display (direct power- on). Indicates an FM 2 Push the 5-way control key toward stereo broadcast TUNE + or TUNE – and hold it until 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, push the 5-way control key towa
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations POWER VOL +, – MODE Tip To Press If the FM broadcast is adjust the volume VOL +*, – noisy, press MODE until “Mono” appears in the turn on/off the radio POWER display and radio will play *VOL + has a tactile dot. in monaural. 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 DSPL. The display changes as follows: using the display. When you are playing an MP3 CD DSPL 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). 1 t The group n
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The CD Player Locating a specific Searching for your point in a track favorite tracks/files Jog dial You can find a specific point in a track while CD ENT playing a CD. 5-way control key Searching for a track on an audio CD To locate Do this a point while While playing, push the 5-way listening to control key toward > 1 Press CD. the sound (forward) or . (backward) “CD” appears in the display. and hold it until you find the point 2 Turn the jog dial toward v or V to a point while
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Tip Searching for your favorite tracks/files (continued) You can also search a file while playing an ATRAC CD/MP3 CD. When you turn the jog dial during playback, the file list of the Searching for a file on an group in which the current file is will be displayed. To select a file of another group, ATRAC CD/MP3 CD turn the jog dial toward v or V until “ :” appears, then press ENT to select the group first and select the file you want by turning 1 Press CD. the jog dial. “CD” appears in the displa
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The CD Player Playing a specific group Playing a single track (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) (Single track play) You can play all the files in a specific group, You can play a single track once, and stop and stop the player automatically. the player automatically. 5-way control key 5-way control key CD u MODE CD u MODE 1 Press CD. 1 Press CD. “CD” appears in the display. “CD” appears in the display. 2 Press MODE repeatedly in stop mode 2 Press MODE repe
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Playing all files in a selected Playing tracks in group in random order (ATRAC random order (Shuffle play) CD/MP3 CD only) You can play tracks in random order. 1 Press CD. “CD” appears in the display. 5-way control key CD u MODE 2 Press MODE repeatedly in stop mode x until “ SHUF” appears in the display. 3 Push the 5-way control key toward + or – to select the group you want to play. 4 Press u to start Shuffle play. To cancel Shuffle play Stop playing first. Then press MODE until Pl
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The CD Player Playing the tracks with Playing your favorite Bookmarks tracks by adding 1 Press CD. Bookmarks (Bookmark track “CD” appears in the display. play) 2 Press MODE repeatedly in stop mode You can add Bookmarks to up to 99 tracks until “ ” and “Bookmark” appear in (audio CD), up to 999 files (ATRAC CD) or the display. up to 400 files (MP3 CD) for a CD. When you open the CD compartment, all 3 Press u. Bookmarks stored in memory will be erased. The playback of the tracks with the Bookmark
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Playing your favorite Creating your own play lists (m3u play list play) program (Program play) (MP3 CD only) You can arrange the playing order of up to 20 tracks or files on a CD. You can play your favorite m3u play lists.* Jog dial * An “m3u play list” is a file for which an MP3 CD ENT MODE file playing order has been encoded. To use the play list function, record MP3 files on a CD-R/ CD-RW using encoding software that supports the m3u format. 5-way co
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The CD Player 4 Press u to start Program play. Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play) To cancel Program play Stop playing first. Then press MODE until You can play tracks repeatedly in normal “PGM” disappears from the display. play mode and other play modes you want. To check the order of tracks CD REPEAT before play Press ENT 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 once while p
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The Radio If a station cannot be preset automatically Presetting radio You need to preset a station with a weak stations signal manually. 1 Press RADIO•BAND•AUTO PRESET to You can store radio stations into the player’s select the band. memory. You can preset up to 30 radio 2 Tune in a station you want by pushing the stations, 20 for FM and 10 for AM in any 5-way control key toward TUNE + or order. TUNE –. 3 Hold down ENT for about 2 seconds. RADIO BAND 4 Push the 5-way control key toward AUTO PR
