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3-253-120-11 (1)
Portable
CD Player
Operating Instructions PT
“WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphone
Stereo products. is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
D-NE710
© 2003 Sony Corporation
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Owner’s Record WARNING The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the CD player. Record the serial To prevent fire or shock number in the space provided below. Refer to hazard, do not expose the unit these numbers whenever you call upon your to rain or moisture. Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. D-NE710 Do not install the appliance in a confined Serial No. ___________________________ space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet. For the customers in the USA This equipm
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Table of Contents Available features Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! The G-PROTECTION function ................. 23 Checking the time remaining on the CD and Create original ATRAC CDs! ...................... 4 the number of tracks left (audio CD) .... 23 Music sources playable on this CD player .. 6 Checking information on a CD with ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3 ......................... 6 ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files ........ 24 MP3 files ..................................................... 6 Emphasizing
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Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! Thank you for purchasing the D-NE710. This CD Walkman is called an “ATRAC CD Walkman,” because you can enjoy “ATRAC CDs” on it. Create original ATRAC CDs! You can make your own ATRAC CD. The procedure is very simple. Just perform Steps 1, 2 and 3. Step 1 Step 2 Install Burn Install the supplied Create a disc image and burn it on “SonicStage Simple Burner” a CD-R/RW using your PC. software. Audio CDs MP3 files or , Audio data is con
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Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! What is an ATRAC CD? An ATRAC CD is a CD-R/RW on which audio data compressed in the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format has been recorded. About 30 audio CDs* can be recorded on a CD-R/RW. You can also record MP3 files by converting the files to the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format. *When recorded at 48 kbps (ATRAC3plus) Step 3 Listen You can enjoy listening to your own ATRAC CDs on your ATRAC CD Walkman. ATRAC CD , You can also enjoy audio CDs on your CD Walkman. What is the ATRAC3plu
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Music sources playable on this CD player You can play the following 3 music sources on this CD player: • Audio CDs •ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format files • MP3 files Usable disc formats You can use ISO 9660 Level 1/2, Joliet extension and UDF 1.5 (Packet write) format discs only. ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3 “ATRAC3plus,” which stands for “Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3plus” is audio compression technology, developed from the ATRAC3 format. Though the ATRAC3plus format can compress music content to about
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Enjoy your ATRAC CD Walkman! The major specifications of the acceptable disc format are: • Maximum directory levels: 8 • Acceptable characters for a file/folder name: A - Z, a - z, 0 - 9, _ (underscore) Notes • When naming files, be sure to add the file extension “mp3” to the file name. • If you add the extension “mp3” to a file other than an MP3 file, the player will not be able to recognize the file properly. • The file name does not correspond to the ID3 tag. The usable number of groups and
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Difference between ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 and MP3 Groups and folders The ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format has a very simple structure. It consists of “files” and “groups.” A “file” is equivalent to a “track” of an audio CD. A “group” is a bundle of files and is equivalent to an “album.” A “group” has no directory-type structure (a new group cannot be made within an existing group). This CD player is designed to recognize an MP3 file folder as a “group” so that it can play CD-Rs/RWs recorded in both the ATR
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Getting started Getting started Locating the controls For details, see pages in parentheses. CD player (front) 1 DISPLAY button 9 Display (pages 23, 24) (pages 13, 16, 19 - 21, 23 - 25) q; Strap holes 2 SOUND button (pages 24, 25) qa x (stop)/CHARGE 3 PLAY MODE button (play mode/repeat) (pages 12, 25, 27) button (pages 16 - 19, qs ./> (AMS/ 21, 22) search) buttons (pages 12, 16, 19, 21) 4 VOL (volume) +*/– buttons qd u* (play/pause) button (page 11) (pages 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 21) 5 +/– buttons q
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Checking the supplied accessories Headphones (1) CD-ROM (SonicStage Simple Burner) (1) User’s guide for SonicStage Simple Burner (1) 10
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Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files You can also use rechargeable batteries (not supplied) or house current (AC power adaptor, not supplied) as a power source. 1.Prepare your CD player. 1 Open the battery compartment 1 Insert LR6 (size AA) batteries. lid inside your CD player. 2 Connect the headphones/earphones. u 2 Insert two LR6 (size AA) alkaline batteries by matching 3 to the diagram in the battery compartment and close the li
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Basic operations To Do this Play (from the point you stopped) Press u. Playback starts from the point you stopped. Play (from the first track) While the CD player is stopped, press and hold u until the play of the first track starts. Pause/resume play after pause Press u. 2 Stop Press x.* 1 2 Find the beginning of the current track (AMS* ) Press . once quickly.* 2, 3 Find the beginning of previous tracks (AMS) Press . repeatedly.* * 2, 3 Find the beginning of the next track (AMS) Press > once qu
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Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files About the display While the CD player is playing, the following indications appear in the display. You can also check the remaining time, track name, etc. using DISPLAY (see pages 23 and 24). While playing an audio CD Track number Playing time While playing an audio CD Track name containing CD text information Track number Playing time File name While playing an ATRAC3plus/ ATRAC3 file Group name File number Playing time File name When playing a
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Example of ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 groups and files Group ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 file 1 1 2 3 2 4 5 3 6 7 8 9 4 q; qa qs File mode Plays all ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files from 1, 2, 3...qa, qs. Group mode Plays all ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files in the selected group. Notes • Maximum number of groups: 255 Maximum number of files: 999 • The characters A - Z, a - z, 0 - 9, and _ can be displayed on this CD player. • When referring to ATRAC CDs, “group” is equivalent to an “album” and “file” is equivalent to a “track.” 14
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Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files Example of group structure and playing order (MP3 CD) The playing order of groups and files is as follows: CD-R Group CD-RW MP3 file 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 5 7 8 9 6 q; 2 3 File mode Plays all MP3 files from 1, 2, 3...9, 0. Group mode Plays all MP3 files in the selected group. (Example: If you select group 3, the CD player plays file 4. If you select group 4, the CD player plays file 5 and 6.) Notes •A group that does not include an MP3 file is skipped
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Playback options You can enjoy various playback options using PLAY MODE (play mode/repeat), jog dial•ENTER, ./> and u. Display PLAY MODE button CD text information, ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/ MP3 file information, playing time, etc. are If you press the button, you can change displayed. the play mode. During playback, if you press and hold the button until “ ” appears, you can play tracks repeatedly in the play mode that was selected using PLAY MODE. t No indication Play mode (Normal play) r 1 “ ”* Jog
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Playback options Playing tracks in random order (Shuffle play) During playback, press PLAY MODE repeatedly until “SHUF” appears. When playing ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files In shuffle mode, the CD player plays all files on a CD in random order. Playing all files in a selected group in random order (Group shuffle play) (ATRAC/MP3 CD only) During playback, press PLAY MODE repeatedly until “ SHUF” appears. When playing ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files The CD player plays all files in a selected group in ra
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Playing your favorite tracks by adding Bookmarks (Bookmark track play) You can add Bookmarks to up to 99 tracks for each CD. You can use this function for up to 10 CDs. While playing ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files You can add Bookmarks to up to 999 tracks for each CD (up to 5 CDs). While playing MP3 files You can add Bookmarks to up to 400 tracks for each CD (up to 10 CDs). To add Bookmarks 1 During playback of the track to which you want to add a Bookmark, press and hold u until “ (Bookmark)” flashes
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Playback options Playing your favorite play lists (m3u play list play) (MP3 CD only) You can play your favorite m3u play lists.* * An “m3u play list” is a file for which an MP3 file playing order has been encoded. To use the play list function, record MP3 files on a CD-R/RW using encoding software that supports the m3u format. During playback, press PLAY MODE 1 repeatedly until “ ” appears. Play list Press . or > to select a play list 2 you want. Press u. 3 Note You can only play the top two pla
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Searching for your favorite tracks/files/groups quickly using the jog dial When using an audio CD Turn the jog dial to select the track you want, then press ENTER. The CD player starts play. When using an ATRAC CD or MP3 CD While the CD player is stopped 1 Turn the jog dial to select the group you want, then press ENTER. The CD player enters the file search mode. 2 Turn the jog dial to select the file you want, then press ENTER. The CD player starts play. While the CD player is playing Turn the
