Sony MZ-NE410 Bedienungsanleitung

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    3-253-600- 12 (2) Por table MiniDisc Recor der Operating Instructions Rec order Operat ion _ ________________________ ___ _ Softw are Operati on _ _________________________ ___ _ page 11 page 32 © 2003 Sony Cor poration MZ-NE410 “W ALKMA N” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphon e Stereo products. is a trademark of[...]

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    2 T o prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to r ain or moisture. T o prev ent fir e, do not cov er the ventil ation of th e apparatus wit h news papers , table cloths , cur tains, etc. And don’t plac e l ig ht ed candles on the appa ratus. T o pre vent fir e or sh ock haza rd, do not place obje cts fi lled with liqu ids, such as v[...]

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    3 This equ ipme nt has bee n tested and foun d to comply with the limits fo r a Class B digit al de vice, p ursua nt to P art 1 5 of th e FCC Rules. These limits a re designed to provide rea so nabl e pr ot e ction aga inst harmful interfe re nc e in a resi de nt ial installati on. This equipment g enerates, uses, an d can ra diate r adio fr equ en[...]

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    4 Notice for users On the supplied sof tware • Copy righ t la ws pr ohib it repr oduc ing the soft ware or t he manua l ac comp an yi ng it in wh ol e or in part, or re nting t h e softwa re without the pe rmission of t he copyrig ht ho lder. • In no e v ent will SONY be liable for an y financial dam age , or lo ss of pro fits, including cla im[...]

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    6 T able of co ntents Recorder Operations Looking at the con trol s .......... ............ .... ........ 12 Getting started! ........... ........... ............ ............ 14 Playing an MD righ t away! ...... .... .... ........... .... . 16 Various ways of playb ack ...... ................ ........ 18 Selecti ng the play mode ....... ..........[...]

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    7 Software Operation What is a N et MD? .... ............... ............ ........... 33 Basic Opera tions .......... ........... ............ ........... 34 Basic op erational flo w using the Net MD .............. .............. ............... . 34 Providin g the required system envi ronment .......... .............. ........... ..... 35 System r[...]

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    8 Other i nformation ............ ........... ............... ..... 50 Settin gs and Precau tions .......... .............. ........... ............... ........... ..........50 Settin gs according to OS ....... .......... ............... ........... .............. .......50 For users with O penMG Juke box, Son icStage, or SonicStag e Premium instal[...]

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    10 Befor e using this product This recorder can only record ma terials from th e connected computer . This manual explains th e r ecord er ope ra tio ns and the in stall at i on and b asic use of the sup pli ed SonicS tage sof t ware. For de tails on t he various op erati ons, ref er to the pa ges i ndi ca ted below . When usin g the r ecorder Reco[...]

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    11 Checking the supplied accessories Head phone s/ ear pho nes ( 1 ) Dedica ted US B cabl e (1 ) CD-ROM (S onicS t age V er. 1.5 and Net M D Simpl e Burn er V er. 1.1) (1)* ∗ Do not play a CD- ROM on an audio CD playe r. Recor der Op eration[...]

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    12 Looking at the contr ols Front of the r ecorder A Display windo w B VOL +* and – button ∗ The V OL + but ton has a tactile d ot. C 4-po si tion cont rol k e y ENT/ NX (enter /pl ay /paus e) * . and > (searc h/AMS) x /CANCEL (s top/ca ncel) ∗ The ENT/ NX button has a tac til e dot. D MENU butt on E GR OUP button F USB jack When c onnec t[...]

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    13 Back of the recorder A OPEN button B Hand strap hole Use th e ho le to att a ch your own st ra p. C Battery c ompartment lid The display window of t h e recor der A Disc in dication B Group mode in dication Lights up w he n gr oup mo de is on . C T rac k nu mbe r d isplay D Battery le vel indicatio n Sho ws approximate battery cond iti on. E Pla[...]

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    14 Getting star ted! 1 Inser t an alkaline dr y batter y . When t o replace the b atter y Y ou ca n ch eck th e ba ttery condi ti o n thro ug h the ba t te ry indi ca tor w hi l e us ing the re corde r. Battery po wer decrea sing r W ea k ba tt er y r The bat t er y has go ne out . “LoBA TT” flas he s in the di s play , and th e power goe s off[...]

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    15 2 Make connections and unlock the contr ol. 1 Conne ct the head pho nes/e arph ones to i . 2 Slide HOLD in the oppos ite direc ti on of the arrow indicate d on t he rec ord er (HOL D . ) to unlock the control. HOLD to i Connect firm ly.[...]

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    16 Playing an MD right away! 1 Inser t an MD. 1 Pres s OPEN to ope n the lid. 2 Insert an MD to t he di rec tion of th e arro w with the label side f acing f ront, and press the l id do wn to close. 2 Play an MD. 1 Press NX . 2 Press VOL + or – to adj us t t he vo lume. The v olume in dicator ap pears in t he display allowing you t o check the vo[...]

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    17 Suppressing the skip of the sound (G-PRO TECTION) The G-PRO TECTION func tion was developed to provide a hi gher level of shoc k re sista nce than that o f existing p layers in order to allo w the recorder to be used while jo gging. Note The play ba ck so und ma y ski p if: • the r ecorder recei ves s tronger contin uous shock. • a dirty or [...]

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    18 V ar iou s wa ys o f pl ayb ack Selecting the pl ay mode Y ou ca n sele ct various pl ay mode s such as norm al play , sing le-trac k play (1 T rk), or shuf fle play (Shu f f). Y ou can als o select repeat p lay with the se lected play mode . 1 Press MENU . 2 Press . or > repeatedly until “P-MODE” appears in the displa y , and the n pr es[...]

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    19 Adjusting tr eble or bass (Digital Sound Pr eset) Y ou can adjust the treble and bass to suit you r tas te. The pl a yer ca n st or e two sets of treble -bass adjustme nts, which can then be sele ct ed la te r du rin g play back. Selecting the sound quality Factor y sett ings Fact ory setti ngs of the dig ital soun d preset are as follo ws: •?[...]

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    20 T o cancel the procedure Press M EN U. T o return the preceding settings Press x /CANCEL . Note When using a di gita l sound preset, the sound may break or beco me dist orted if the volume is turned up too high, dependi ng on the sett ings or the tr ack. In th is cas e, chang e the sett ings o f th e sound quali ty.[...]

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    21 Using t he g rou p func tion What is the group function? The group func tion is pro vided to allo w play back of di scs with gr oup sett ings. The grou p functi on is c on ven i e nt for pl aybac k of MDs on which se veral alb ums or CD single s have been recor de d in MD LP (LP2/LP4) mode. What is a disc with group set tings ? The r ec o r de r[...]

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    22 Selecting the pla y mode for gro up play (Gr oup P lay Mode) The sh uffle pl ay a nd rep eat play fu nction can be us ed dur in g gr oup pl ay mode. 1 Press MENU. 2 Press . or > until “P-MODE” appear s in the d ispl ay , and then p re ss ENT/ NX . 3 Press . or > r epe at edl y to sele ct the play mod e, and t hen pr ess ENT/ NX . After[...]

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    23 Other O perations Viewing various information Y ou can chec k th e tr ac k nam e, di sc name , etc. d uring pla yback . Grou p-re lated ite ms appea r only w hen a track w i t h gr oup setti ngs is pla yed. 1 Press ME NU. 2 Pres s . or > repeatedly unti l “DISP” a ppear s in th e displ ay , and then press ENT/ NX . 3 Pres s . or > repe[...]

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    24 Starting the playback quickly (Quick Mode) Aft er pres sing th e play back b utt on or cuei n g to the tr ac k, the pl ayback ca n start quickly. 1 Press MENU. 2 Press . or > repeatedly until “OPTIO N ” ap pears in the displ ay , and the n pr ess ENT / NX . 3 Press . or > repeatedly until “Power” ap pear s i n th e disp l ay , and [...]

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    25 Protecti n g your hearing (A VLS) The A VLS (Automatic V olume Limiter Syst em) fu ncti on ke eps do wn the maximum v olume to protect yo ur ears. 1 Press ME NU. 2 Pres s . or > repeatedly unti l “OPT ION ” appea rs in th e di sp lay , and the n press ENT / NX . 3 Pres s . or > repeatedly unti l “A VLS” appe ars in th e dis play , [...]

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    26 Additi ona l informatio n Precauti o ns On safety • Do not carry or stor e the dry ba tt ery in th e same place w ith meta lli c ob je ct s such as coins, key rings , or ne cklaces. Th is ma y cause a short -circui t and t he gene ratio n of he at. • Incorrect ba tt ery usage may cause th e ba tt ery fluid to l eak or b atter y to burst. T o[...]

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    27 On clea ning • Afte r wip in g th e r e co rd er ca si n g w i t h a so f t cloth s lightly m oistene d with wat er, wipe it again with a dry cloth. Do not use any type of abrasive pad, scouring powder or solvent such as al cohol or benzene as this may mar the f ini sh on the casing. • W ipe the di sc cart r idge wit h a dry cl oth to remov [...]

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    28 Specifications MD Play er Audio pla ying system MiniDisc digi ta l audio sy ste m Laser diode proper ties Material: GaAlAs W av ele ngth: λ = 790 nm Emission dura ti on: c ont inuous Laser output : le ss th an 44.6 µW (This ou t put is the v alue measur ed at a dis ta nce of 200 mm from the obje c tive lens surface on the optical pic k- up blo[...]

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    29 T rou bleshootin g and explan at ions T roubles and solutions If you find any tr ou bles ope ratin g the re cord er, follow the step s be low . 1 Che c k t hi s s ectio n , “Troubles an d so lutio ns” (p ag e 29 ). 2 If you can not so lve t he problem af ter you made che cks, co nsult yo ur nea re st So ny deal er . While playing Sympt om Ca[...]

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    30 While using gr oup function Other s No s ound com es through th e headph ones/ earp hone s. • The headp hones / earp hon es plug i s not firml y co nnect ed . , Plug in th e pl ug of the headph ones /earph ones firmly to i . • V olume is too low . , Adjust the v olume by pressi ng V OL + or –. • The plug is d ir t y . , Cle an the plug. [...]

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    31 Explanations About the DSP TYPE-S for A TRAC/A TRAC3 This record er support s playb ack with th e DSP T YPE-S spec ification fo r high-level Sony MiniDi sc de cks equi pp ed with digi ta l signal pr ocessors (DSP) . T his spe cificatio n al lows tracks record ed in MDL P mo de t o be played back wi th high qual ity sound. Sinc e t his reco rde r[...]

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    32 Recording audio data to your computer Y o u can reco rd aud io data to yo ur com put er from sources s uch as au di o CDs and the I nte rne t (page 40). On the computer Listening Y ou can listen to an a udio CD in the CD- ROM dri ve o f yo ur co mput er , or audi o data in the hard di sk drive (page 47). Inte rnet Audi o CDs[...]

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    33 What is a Net MD? Net MD is a stand ard tha t enables th e transf er of audio data from a compute r to a MiniDisc de vice. T o use this Net MD wi th your computer requires a so ftware applic ation called “Son icSt age”. SonicStage s oftware pro vides a da tabase for manag ing audio data in the computer and functions f or playing the audio da[...]

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    34 Basic Operat i ons Basic operational f low using the Net MD The fo ll owin g is the b as ic st ep s th at y o u wil l tak e fo llow in g th e pu rch a s e of you r rec o rd e r. Thro ugh thes e steps , you will pr epar e and set up you r com puter for u se of yo ur rec order as a Net MD. Do th e follo wing steps, a nd refer to t he indicated pa [...]

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    35 Providing the r eq uired system envir onment System requirements The f ol l owing har dware a nd sof tw ar e ar e r equi re d in orde r to us e th e So nicS tage sof t wa re for the Ne t MD. This so ftware is no t suppor ted b y the following environments : • Macintosh • W indows XP versions other than Hom e Edition or Profes sio nal • W i[...]

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    36 Installing the softwar e onto your computer This section e x plains t he inst allat ion of the So nicSta ge V er .1.5 software suppli ed with y our Net MD. Before installing the software 1 Make sur e t o not e th e following before ins ta lli ng t he so ftware . Do not connec t the de dicat ed USB cable before the installation! The Soni cSt age [...]

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    37 Installing SonicStage V er .1.5 1 T urn on your compute r and start up W indows . 2 Insert the installation CD-R OM for SonicStage into the CD-R OM drive of your c omputer . The setu p prog ra m st ar ts up autom a tical ly and the So nicS ta ge V er .1. 5 in st allat i on window appe ars. 3 Click to select [SonicStage 1.5]. T o u se this so ftw[...]

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    38 4 Follo w the displayed instructions. Read t he instru ctions carefull y . The installati on may tak e 20 to 30 minutes, depen ding o n your sys tem environme nt (page 5 9). 5 After the installation is completed, click [Restart] to restart the compu ter . Make sur e to r estart your c omput er only aft er the insta llation has co mpleted. W as t[...]

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    39 Connecting the Net MD to your computer After the s oftware insta llation is compl eted, connect t he Net MD to your c omputer . Refer to the operating i nstructions of t he Net MD as well . 1 Make sure the remaining power of the dr y batte ry is suff icient. Note Disco nn ect t he d edic ated US B ca ble be fo re rep lacin g the dr y b atte ry .[...]

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    40 Storing audio data to your computer This se ct ion ex pl ai ns ho w to reco rd an d st or e audi o d ata from an audi o CD to t he h ard di sk drive of your com put e r . The proc edur e in this se ct ion is us ed to rec or d al l tracks on an aud io CD . T o r eco rd onl y speci fic trac ks from a CD, or fr om othe r s oun d sour ce s, se e t h[...]

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    41 Recording audio CDs to the hard disk drive In Soni cS tage V er .1.5, th e ha rd di sk d rive is called th e “M usi c D r ive”. The Mus ic Dr ive manag es all audio d ata st ored b y SonicSt age. 1 Insert the audio CD that you want t o recor d into the CD -R OM dri ve of your comp uter . The CD w i ndow ap pe ars i n t he di s play . Note Wh[...]

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    42 4 Click in the middle of the recording window and select the recording mode. When re cord ing da ta in L P2 m o de: select A T RAC3 132kbps Whe n re cord ing da ta in LP4 m o de: select A T RAC3 66kbps 5 If the list panel is not displayed, click . List panel s a ppear und er th e re cord ing wi nd ow . The cont ents of the audio CD appe ar in t [...]

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    43 Labeling audio data After recor ding has comple ted, you can la bel the audio da ta in the Music Driv e. Once a udio data in the Music Dri ve is la beled, the labe l information wil l be transferr ed to a disc a long with the audi o data, allo wing you to vi ew the data on your Net MD. 1 Start u p SonicSt age (pa ge 40) and clic k (Mus ic Dri ve[...]

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    44 T ransferring audio data from your computer to the Net MD (Check-out) Audi o da ta stor ed on the M us i c D r ive can be transf er re d to yo ur N et MD. Th is pr ocess is called “ C heck-out”. The n umber of times a tr ack can be checke d out is re stricted in this soft ware f or the pr otect ion of copyri ghts (p age 61) . Checki ng out a[...]

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    45 3 Click in the middle of the display and select the recor d i ng mo de ( pa g e 42). Standard tr ansfer mode: Da ta are transfe rred in the fo rmat of the or iginal fi les. Maximum a vailable t ransfer space: All data are tra nsferred in LP4 mode. SP transfer mode: All da ta a re conv erted an d tr ansferred in n or mal st ereo mode. Se lec t th[...]

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    46 Notes • Make sure the batt ery power is sufficient befor e chec king out (or che ck ing in ) audio dat a. If the battery becomes e xhausted d uring a che ck-out ( or check-in ), the chec k-out (or check-in) will not be compl eted . If th is ha ppe ns, repl ace the dry batt e ry with a new one and try again. • Make sure not to dis connect the[...]

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    47 Listening to an MD Y ou can listen to an MD on the Net MD while it is connected to your computer . When disc onnect ed from your com puter , the Net MD c an be use d as a n ordi nary Min iDisc de vice . For de tails on Net MD oper ations, refer to the “Re corder Operations” se ction. Listening to an MD wit h the Net MD connected to the comp [...]

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    48 Advanced ope ration s Using other functions! Using the Sonic Stage online help This man ual expl ai ns only the bas ic op er at io ns of the Sonic St age so ft ware. H owever , the soft ware has a host of oth er fun ctions that al low you to carry out v ario us opera tions, such as imp or t in g audi o files f ro m th e In ternet , clas si fyi n[...]

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    49 Viewing online help Let’ s find out how to use th e on line h el p first. A n explana t io n on t h e us e of the onlin e help can al so be fo und in th e on line hel p . 1 Double click [Overvie w] in the le ft-hand frame. 2 Click [About t his Help f ile]. The explan ation w i ll appe ar in th e righ t-ha nd fr am e . 3 Read the text. Scroll t[...]

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    50 Other infor mat ion Settings and Pr ecautions Settings accor ding to OS The settings and precautions will differ according to th e operating system bein g used. Check th e i te m s that a ppl y t o your sys t em . For Windows XP use rs Restrictions whe n ru nning t he Son icSt age softwa re unde r Windows XP • T o instal l this software , you [...]

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    51 For Windo ws Millenn ium Edi tion users When us ing SonicS tage under Windows Mi llen nium Edition If you u se the “Syste m Restore ” func tion in W indows “Sy stem T ools”, audi o data manage d by SonicS tage ma y be com e co rrup te d a nd rend er ed unpla ya ble. Bef or e execut in g the s ys te m rest or ation p roced ur e, yo u sh o[...]

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    52 For users with OpenMG J ukebox , SonicStage, or SonicStage Premium inst alle d on their computer Note Confirm wh et he r any track s have been che cked out fr om yo ur comp uter. If tracks have been c hecked o ut from OpenM G J ukeb ox, an ear l ie r vers ion o f So nicS ta ge , or SonicStage Premium, it may n ot be possible to c heck those trac[...]

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    53 Precautions on the co-existence of SonicStage V er . 1.5 with OpenMG Ju kebox V er .2.2 or Soni cStage Premi um • Make sure the OpenMG Jukebox V er .2.2 icon is not displa yed in th e task tray. If it is, th e Net MD m ay not be recognized by your c omputer. • Audio data reco rd ed on the com puter are store d in a com mon file and used by b[...]

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    54 Uninstalling the SonicSt age software T o un in st al l the Son i cSt a ge sof tw ar e, fo llow the proc edur es bel ow . For Window s XP use rs Log on with a us er name with “Computer Admi nistrator” as an attr ibute. Refer to the operating instr uctions of your computer for deta ils on logging o n as an administra tor . 1 Click [Start]–[[...]

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    55 2 Double-click [Add/Re move Programs]. The Ad d/ Re move Program s Prop erties w i ndow ap pe ars. 3 Click [SonicStage 1.5.XX] in the list of programs for automatic rem ov al, and then c lick [Add/Remove]. 4 Click [OpenMG Secure Module 3.1]* in the list of programs for automatic remov al, and then click [Add/Remove]. Do as in st r ucte d by the [...]

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    56 T roubl eshooting Please do the follo wing steps if you encounter a problem while usin g the SonicSta ge softwar e. In cas e a me ss age ap pears , it is rec omm ended that you write it down. Step 1: Chec k the symptoms in this “T roubleshooting” section. A v ari ety of infor mati on can a lso be found in the op erat ing p roce dures a nd ?[...]

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    57 Comp ute r • Manu facture r: • Model : • T ype: De sktop type / Laptop type Name of opera ting system: RAM capaci ty: Har d di sk drive (contai ni ng Soni c Stage and audi o da ta) • Cap acity o f the dr ive: • Fr ee spa ce: Inst al le d f olde r co nt aining Sonic St ag e (if ot her t han the de faul t fol d er) 1) • Location of th [...]

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    58 If y our computer does not recognize the Ne t MD • Is the Net MD c onnected co rrectly to your comput er ? — I f the Net MD is no t firmly connected to the co mputer , the Net MD will not be recogni zed by you r com p uter. — Reconne ct the de dicate d USB cab le. If the comp ut er still doe s not rec og nize the Net MD, dis co nnect the N[...]

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    59 • If the in st al lat io n see m s to be stopp ed It may tak e 30 minutes or more for t he installat ion to complete, depending on your compu t e r or CD-R OM dri ve. During the in stallation, watch out for the occurre nce of any o f the follo wing proble ms. • If the installation is still unsuc ce ssful after all that y o u have done. — T[...]

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    60 Information and explanations Net MD F AQ This se ct ion int ro duce s freq ue ntly as ked ques tions a nd ans w er s on th e N et M D. On the Net MD What is a “N e t MD”? Net MD is a sp ecificat i on t hat a llows au di o da ta in a co mput e r to be tr ans fer re d to a MiniDi s c throug h a USB cable. Ti ll now , Mini Dis cs coul d be us e[...]

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    61 On copy ri ght prot ect io n The OpenMG technology* allo w s you to enjoy digital musi c, while maintainin g the copyri ght s of its ho ld ers. O pe nMG Ju kebox en cryp ts au dio files in Ope n M G f or m at and stores th em on the hard d isk of your comp uter to pre vent unauthorized dist ributi on. * The copyrig ht pr ote c tio n technolo gy [...]

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    62 Restrictions on aud io con tent High-quality digita l audio content is widely av ailable throug h m usic distr ib ution servic es on th e In te r net . T o p ro te ct th e co pyri gh t s of it s h o l de r s fro m un a u th o r iz e d dis t ribut i on , some a udio con tent is distri buted wi th cer t ai n re str ic tions on reco rd in g an d pl[...]

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    63 Glossary A TRAC3 A TRA C3, whic h stan ds for Ad apti ve T ransf orm Acous tic Co ding3, is aud io comp ression techn ology th at satisfies t he d ema nd f or hi gh s oun d qual i ty and hi gh c ompr e ssio n ra tes. The A T RAC3 compre ssion rate is approximately 10 times higher t han that of the Audio CD, resulti ng an increa sed data capac it[...]

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    64 Recording mode (Bit rate) This is a measure of data v olu me per second . The rat e is ex presse d in bps (bit s per second). In Soni cSt a ge, th e b it rate can be sel ec ted fo r r ec ordi ng an audi o CD or converting MP3 and W A V fo rm a t aud io files into A TRAC3 format fr om am ong th ree ra te s: 13 2 kb ps, 10 5 kbps or 66 k bps. In t[...]

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    65 Index A Access ories opti onal 28 supplied 11 ATRAC3 60 , 63 Audio CD 32 , 41 AVLS 25 B back u p 53 Batt er y li fe 14 C CD-RO M 35 Chec k-in 60 , 63 Check -out 44 , 60 , 63 Clea ning 27 Conn ecting 39 copyri ght p rotecti on 61 D delete (softwar e) 54 Devi ce/ Media 44 , 49 Digital Sou nd Preset 19 DSP TYPE-S 31 E EMD servic es 63 G G-PROTECTIO[...]

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    This warr an ty is v alid only in Canada.[...]

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    Pr in t ed in Ma lays i a * 325360012 (2) * This warranty is v a lid only in the United States.[...]