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2-593-810-32 (1)
Personal Audio
System
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Operating Instructions page 2
This manual describes how to use the player. For the supplied software
SonicStage, please see “Installation/Operating Guide.”
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Manual de instrucciones página 2
En este manual se describe cómo utilizar el reproductor. En el caso del
software SonicStage suministrado, consulte “Guía de instalación/
instrucciones”.
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ZS-SN10L
©2005 Sony Corporation
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Disposal of Old Electrical & Warning Electronic Equipment (Applicable in To prevent fire or shock hazard, the European Union and other do not expose the player to rain European countries with separate or moisture. collection systems) This symbol on the product or on To avoid electrical shock, do not its packaging indicates that this open the cabinet. Refer product shall not be treated as servicing to qualified personnel household waste. Instead it shall only. be handed over to the applicable
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Additional Information Table of contents Precautions ................................................... 29 Troubleshooting ............................................ 30 Enjoy lots of songs on your original CD ........ 4 Maintenance ................................................. 32 Specifications ............................................... 32 Basic Operations Index ............................................................. 34 Playing a CD .............................................
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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” or “MP3 CD” that you create with the supplied software, SonicStage. Using SonicStage, for example, about 30 audio CDs* can be recorded on one ATRAC CD. The following is a quick overview of how you listen to music on your ATRAC CD/MP3 CD/ Audio CD. Install SonicStage on your computer. SonicStage is software that takes music downloaded from audio CDs and the Internet on your
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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 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 developed from th
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Basic Operations Playing a CD 3 1, 2 Connect the supplied mains lead (see page 26). 1 Press PUSH Z OPEN/CLOSE to With the label side up open the CD lid and place the CD on the CD tray. 2 Press PUSH Z OPEN/CLOSE to close the CD lid. GB 6
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Basic Operations 3 Press u (N on the remote) (direct power-on). The player plays all the tracks once. Display Audio CD ATRAC CD/MP3 CD* Track number Playing time File name 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 OPERATE CD/MP3 CD, this player (or POWER) 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. VO
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To Press 2 select a group* + to go forward and – to go backward 3 remove the CD PUSH Z OPEN/CLOSE* turn on/off the player OPERATE (or POWER, see page 2) 2 * This function works for ATRAC CDs/MP3 CDs only. 3 * Once you open the CD lid, the track to start play will change to the beginning of the first track. The structure of ATRAC CDs/MP3 CDs ATRAC CDs/MP3 CDs consist of “files” and “groups.” A “file” is equivalent to a “track” of an audio CD. A “group” Notes is a bundle of files and is equivalen
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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 format cannot be played on your computer. Notes on MP3 CDs • Maximum number of groups: 255 Maximum number of files: 511 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 will not
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Listening to the radio 1 2 Connect the supplied mains lead (see page 26). 1 Press RADIO•BAND•AUTO Display PRESET repeatedly until the band you want appears in the display (direct power-on). Each time you press the button, the band changes as follows: ZS-SN10: “FM” t “AM” ZS-SN10L: “FM” t “MW” t “LW” 2 Hold down TUNE + or – until the frequency digits begin to change in the display. Indicates an FM The player automatically scans the stereo broadcast radio frequencies and stops when it finds a cle
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations OPERATE (or POWER) VOLUME –, + MODE Tips To Press • If the FM broadcast is adjust the volume VOLUME +*, – (VOL +*, – on the noisy, press MODE remote) repeatedly until “Mono” appears in the display and turn on/off the radio OPERATE (or POWER, see page 2) radio will play in monaural. * The button has a tactile dot. • If you need to change the AM/MW tuning interval, see page 26. To improve broadcast reception Reorient the aerial for FM. R
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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 while playing. The display using the display. changes as 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 certain 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 f
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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 • When you locate the tenth track, press 0/10. using the number buttons on the remote. • To select a track numbered over 100, press >10 You can also find a specific point in twice, then the corresponding number buttons. a track while playing a CD. N
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Searching for a file on an Searching for your ATRAC CD/MP3 CD favourite tracks/files 1 Press x when the player is not in CD ENTER/ mode. Jog dial MEMORY x SEARCH 2 Press SEARCH. 3 Turn the jog dial toward v or V to select the group you want, then press ENTER/MEMORY. 4 Turn the jog dial toward v or V to select the file you want, then press Searching for a track on an ENTER/MEMORY. audio CD 1 Press x when the player is not in CD mode. The playback starts from the file selected. 2 Turn the
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The CD Player Tip You can search for a file in the current group Playing a specific group directly by turning the jog dial while playing an ATRAC CD /MP3 CD. (ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only) Note You can play all the files in a specific group, When searching for files/groups on an ATRAC and stop the player automatically. CD or MP3 CD, using the jog dial, up to 400 file names or up to 255 group names can be displayed. x u MODE –, + If the number of files surpasses these figures, a file name such
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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. x u MODE –, + . u > MODE x Playing all tracks on a CD in random order 1 Press x when the player is not in CD mode. 1 Press x when the player is not in CD 2 Press MODE repeatedly in stop mode mode. until “1” appears in the display. 2 Press MODE repeatedly in stop mode 3 Pr
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The CD Player Playing all files in a selected Playing your favourite group in random order (ATRAC tracks by adding CD/MP3 CD only) Bookmarks 1 Press x when the player is not in CD (Bookmark track play) mode. 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 up to 511 files (MP3 CD) for a CD. display. When you open the CD lid, all Bookmarks stored in memory will be erased. 3 Press + or – to sel
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Playing your favourite tracks by adding Bookmarks (Bookmark Playing your favourite track play) (continued) play lists (m3u play list play) (MP3 CD only) Playing the tracks with Bookmarks You can play your favourite m3u play lists*. * An “m3u play list” is a file for which an MP3 1 Press x when the player is not in CD file playing order has been encoded. To use the play list function, record MP3 files on a CD-R/ mode. CD-RW using encoding software that supports the m3u format. 2 Press MODE repea
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The CD Player 4 Press u to start Programme play. Creating your own programme (Programme play) On the remote In step 3 above, press the number buttons for the You can arrange the playing order of up to tracks you want to programme in the order you 20 tracks on a CD. want. On an ATRAC CD/MP3 CD, you can also select another group pressing + or –. Jog dial ENTER/ xu MODE MEMORY To cancel Programme play Stop playing first. Then press MODE repeatedly until “PGM” disappears from the display. To check
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Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play) You can play tracks repeatedly in normal play mode and other play modes you want. x REPEAT 1 Press x when the player is not in CD mode. 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 again to make “ ” disappear from the display. GB 20
