About trademarks
“WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of
Sony Corporation to represent Headphone
Stereo products. is a
trademark of Sony Corporation.
SonicStage is a trademark of Sony
Corporation.
ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and
ATRAC Advanced Lossless are trademarks
of Sony Corporation.
Table of Contents
Create Your Own ATRAC CDs ...............6
Which discs can you play on this CD
player? .......................................................7
Precautions ...........................................9
On safety ....................................................9
On the CD player .......................................9
On handling CDs ........................................9
On headphones/earphones ..........................9
Getting Started
Checking the Supplied Accessories ....10
Guide to Parts and Controls ...............11
Preparing a Power Source
(Dry Battery) .......................................12
Checking the remaining power of the
battery ......................................................13
When using the AC power adaptor ...........14
Playback
Playing a CD ........................................15
Basic playback operations
(Play, stop, search) ...................................16
Locking the controls (HOLD) ..................17
Searching for Your Favorite
Track/File .............................................17
Searching by viewing groups
(File View) ...............................................17
Searching by viewing a list of
groups/files (List View) ...........................18
Checking CD information on the display .....18
Changing Playback Options
(PLAY MODE) ......................................20
Playback options (PLAY MODE) ...........21
Playing groups ..........................................22
Playing your favorite tracks
(Bookmark play) ......................................22
Playing your favorite play lists
(m3u play list play) ..................................22
Playing tracks in your favorite order
(PGM play) ..............................................23
Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play) .....23
Changing Sound Quality ....................24
Selecting the sound quality ......................24
Customizing sound quality .......................24
SOUND items .........................................25
Changing Optional Settings ...............26
Setting various functions ..........................26
OPTION items ........................................27
Using the Radio
Listening to the Radio ........................29
Emphasizing the bass sound .....................29
If it is hard to hear the FM/TV/WB
broadcast due to interference from
strong radio waves ...................................29
If it is hard to hear the FM broadcast
due to poor reception ...............................30
Protecting your hearing ............................30
Turning off the radio automatically ..........30
When listening to the radio on the battery ....30
Presetting Radio Stations ..................31
Presetting stations manually .....................31
Playing Preset Radio Stations ...........33
Changing the Tuning Interval
(Except European models) ................33
Additional Information
Troubleshooting ..................................34
Maintenance ........................................37
Specifications ......................................37
Optional Accessories .........................38
SonicStage Download Website ..........39
Index ....................................................40
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