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2-318-333-14 (1)
This warranty is valid only in the United States.
D-NE920/NE920LS
Operating Instructions
ATRAC CD Walkman
Portable
CD Player
Sony Corporation Printed in Malaysia
© 2004 Sony Corporation
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For the customers in the USA and Canada WARNING RECYCLING NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE To prevent fire or shock hazard, BATTERIES do not expose the unit to rain Nickel Metal Hydride batteries are recyclable. or moisture. You can help preserve our environment by returning your used rechargeable batteries to the collection and recycling Do not install the appliance in a confined location nearest you. space, such as a bookcase or built-in For more information regarding recycling of cabinet. recharg
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Table of Contents Create Your Own ATRAC CDs ...............4 Changing Sound Quality ....................26 Which discs can you play on this CD Selecting the sound quality ......................26 player? .......................................................5 Customizing sound quality .......................27 Precautions ...........................................7 SOUND items .........................................28 On safety ....................................................7 Changing
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Create Your Own ATRAC CDs 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 on your computer and creates original CDs. It can be installed from t
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Which discs can you play on this CD player? Audio CDs: CD-DA format CDs CD-DA (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 by using SonicStage* ATRAC3plus (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3plus) is audio compression technology that satisfies the demand for high sound quality and high compression rates. ATRAC3plus can compress audio files to about 1/20 of their origin
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Music discs encoded with copyright Group MP3 protection technologies File This product is designed to play back discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies are marketed by some record companies. Please be aware that among those discs, there are some that do not conform to the CD standard and may not be playable by this product. Note on DualDiscs (Maximum directory levels: 8) A DualDisc is a two sid
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On headphones/earphones Precautions Road safety Do not use headphones/earphones while On safety driving, cycling, or operating any motorized • Should any solid objects or liquid fall into vehicle. It may create a traffic hazard and the CD player, unplug it and have it checked is illegal in some areas. It can also be by qualified personnel before operating it potentially dangerous to play your headsets any further. at high volume while walking, especially at • Do not put any foreign obje
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Getting Started To connect your earphones/headphones to the remote Checking the Supplied Connect the plug of your earphones/ Accessories headphones to the remote securely. • AC power adaptor • Charging stand (AC-ES3010K2) • External battery • Rechargeable battery To use the clip of the remote case with cover You can change the direction of the clip. Turn the clip as shown below. You can also reverse the direction of the track name, etc. ( page 29, 31). • Battery carrying • Carryin
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Getting Started (group) – button ( page 17-19) Guide to Parts and / buttons ( page 17, 22, 26, 27) Controls (group) + button ( page 17, 18) OPR (Operation) lamp ( page 11, 12, 16, 18) CD player DSPL (Display)/MENU button ( page 21, 22, 24, 26) SEARCH button ( page 18, 19) (stop)/CHG button ( page 12, 17, 25, 27, 28, 30) Jog lever VOL (Volume) +/– ( page 16) / ( page 18, 19, 22, 24-27) (play/pause)( page 16-19, 22, 24-27) HOLD switch (
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CD player display Remote display Character information display ( page 20, 21) Atrac3plus/MP3 indicator ( page 5) Disc indicator ( page 16) Battery indicator ( page 11, 14) Play list indicator ( page 23, 25) Group indicator ( page 23, 24) Bookmark indicator ( page 23, 24) wj Play mode indicator ( page 23, 25) wk Timer indicator ( page 31) wl Sound indicator ( page 27) 10 D-NE920/NE920LS.GB.2-318-333-14(1)
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Getting Started Connect the AC power adaptor to 4 Preparing a Power the supplied charging stand. Then Source (Rechargeable insert the player into the charging stand. Battery) The OPR lamp on the CD player flashes, Charge the rechargeable battery before using then lights up. On the display of the it for the first time or when it is depleted. CD player, “Charging” flashes, and the To maintain the original battery capacity indicator sections of (battery) light longer, charge the battery
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Notes To charge the rechargeable battery without using the supplied charging stand • Do not charge any rechargeable battery other than an NH-14WM (supplied) using this charging OPR lamp stand. /CHG • If you press on the jog lever during charging, charging stops and playback of the CD starts. • If you insert the player into the charging stand during playback, play stops and charging starts. • During charging, the player and the rechargeable battery become hot. This poses no danger. • I
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Getting Started Note on the useful life of the rechargeable When using a dry battery battery and when to replace it You can extend the power available by using If the battery is new or has not been used for a a dry battery, together with a rechargeable long time, it may not charge completely. battery by attaching the external battery case. In that case, charge it until the OPR lamp The battery in the player and that in goes off and then use the player until the external battery case are
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1) Battery life Attach the battery case to the player 3 securely and fasten the screw in the When using one NH-14WM rechargeable direction of LOCK. 2) battery (charged for about 5 hours ) G-PROTECTION “1” “2” 18 17 Audio CD 3) 40 40 ATRAC CD 4) 22 22 MP3 CD When using the external battery case (one 5) alkaline battery ) G-PROTECTION “1” “2” Note 30 27 Audio CD If the cover on the external battery case is slid in the 3) 60 60 ATRAC CD direction of during play, playback may stop. 4) 3
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Getting Started Notes on rechargeable batteries and dry Connect the AC power adaptor to 1 batteries the charging stand. • Do not charge dry batteries. • Do not throw the batteries into a fire. Insert the player into the charging 2 • Do not carry batteries in a pocket, etc. with coins stand. or other metallic objects. The battery can generate heat if its positive and negative terminals are Make sure that the OPR lamp flashes, then accidentally allowed to come into contact with a lights u
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Playback Adjust the volume by turning the 4 Playing a CD VOL +/– control on the remote. Squeeze the OPEN switch from both 1 sides to open the player lid. VOL +/– control Connect the headphones/earphones with the remote to the player beforehand. On the CD player After placing the CD on the tray in step 2, press on the jog lever and adjust the volume by flicking the jog lever toward VOL +/–. to (headphones) OPEN switch Flick toward VOL+. Press . Headphones/earphones with the remote F
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Playback Basic playback operations (Play, stop, search) CD player Remote +/ – buttons Operation dial / buttons , / /CHG button button button Jog lever To Operation on the remote (Operation on the player is in parentheses) Play Play from the first From stop, press and hold until playback starts. (From stop, press track and hold on the jog lever until playback starts.) Stop Pause/Resume play Press . (Press on the jog lever.) after pausing Stop playback Press (stop). (P
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Locking the controls Searching for Your (HOLD) You can prevent accidental button presses Favorite Track/File while carrying the player by locking the Jog lever Press to enter controls. The OPR lamp flashes if you press any button when the HOLD function on the player is activated. + Flick to select Slide the HOLD switch on the 1 remote or on the player (on the – SEARCH back) in the direction of the arrow. You can use the HOLD function for the Searching by viewing remote and the player
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Playback Searching by viewing a list Turn the VOL +/– control to select a 3 of groups/files (List View) file, and then press . You can search for a track/file by checking The file you have selected starts playing. the format type of the music source and the names of groups and files. The List View To return to the previous screen search is available for the remote as well as On the remote, turn the operation dial toward the CD player. , or turn the operation dial toward while you keep th
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To check information on the remote Checking CD information display on the display You can check CD information on the display Align of both the player and the remote. Depending on the region in which you Function button purchased your CD player, the default language may not be “ENGLISH.” Change the LANGUAGE setting, if necessary ( Function dial page 30). When you are playing an MP3 CD containing Turn the function dial on the remote to select files with an ID3 tag, ID3 tag information D
