Sony NW-S603 Service Manual

SERVICE MANUAL
Ver. 1.2 2006.12
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Audio compression technology
– MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 (MP3)
– Windows Media Audio (WMA)*
– Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC)
– Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)*
– Linear-PCM (PCM)
* Copyright protected WMA/AAC files cannot be played back.
Maximum recordable number of songs and time (Approx.)
The approximate times are based on a transferred or recorded 4-minute ATRAC*, MP3 or Linear-PCM
format song. Other playable audio file formats may be different from ATRAC or MP3 format.
* Except ATRAC Advanced Lossless. Compression rate of ATRAC Advanced Lossless varies depending on songs.
For example, one CD (containing 15 4-minute songs) is approximately 200 to 500 MB.
NW-S603/S703F
Bit rate Songs Time
48 kbps 685 45 hr. 40 min.
64 kbps 510 34 hr. 00 min.
66 kbps 500 33 hr. 20 min.
96 kbps 340 22 hr. 40 min.
128 kbps 255 17 hr. 00 min.
132 kbps 250 16 hr. 40 min.
160 kbps 205 13 hr. 40 min.
192 kbps 170 11 hr. 20 min.
256 kbps 125 8 hr. 20 min.
320 kbps 100 6 hr. 40 min.
352 kbps 94 6 hr. 10 min.
1411 kbps 23 1 hr. 30 min.
(Linear-PCM)
NW-S706F
Bit rate Songs Time
48 kbps 2700 180 hr. 00 min.
64 kbps 2000 133 hr. 20 min.
66 kbps 2000 133 hr. 20 min.
96 kbps 1350 90 hr. 00 min.
128 kbps 1000 66 hr. 40 min.
132 kbps 1000 66 hr. 40 min.
Sony Corporation
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Photo: NW-S603

SPECIFICATIONS

NW-S605/S705F
Songs Time
1350 90 hr. 00 min.
1000 66 hr. 40 min.
995 66 hr. 20 min.
680 45 hr. 20 min.
515 34 hr. 20 min.
495 33 hr. 00 min.
410 27 hr. 20 min.
340 22 hr. 40 min.
255 17 hr. 00 min.
205 13 hr. 40 min.
185 12 hr. 20 min.
47 3 hr. 00 min.
S705F/S706F
Canadian Model
NW-S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F
NW-S603/S703F/S705F/S706F
Australian Model
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and marks are not specified.
Bit rate Songs Time
160 kbps 820 54 hr. 40 min.
192 kbps 685 45 hr. 40 min.
256 kbps 515 34 hr. 20 min.
320 kbps 410 27 hr. 20 min.
352 kbps 375 25 hr. 00 min.
1411 kbps 94 6 hr. 10 min.
(Linear-PCM)
Capacity (User available capacity)*
NW-S603/S703F: 1 GB (Approx. 968 MB = 1,015,726,080 bytes)
NW-S605/S705F: 2 GB (Approx. 1.89 GB = 2,035,974,144 bytes)
NW-S706F: 4 GB (3.79 GB = 4,075,716,608 bytes)
* Available storage capacity of the player may vary.
A portion of the memory is used for data management functions.
Supported bit rates
MP3: 32 to 320 kbps variable bit rate-compliant
WMA: 32 to 192 kbps variable bit rate-compliant
ATRAC: 48/64/66 (ATRAC3)*/96/105 (ATRAC3)*/128/132 (ATRAC3)/160/192/256/320/352 kbps
* CD recording cannot be done using the SonicStage software in ATRAC3 at 66/105 kbps.
ATRAC Advanced Lossless*: 64/128/132 (ATRAC3 base layer)/ 256/352 kbps
* The bit rate description of ATRAC Advanced Lossless shows the bit rate for the contents which enables fast transfer
to ATRAC compatible devices or media.
AAC: 16 to 320 kbps variable bit rate-compliant*
* Nonstandard bit rates or non-guaranteed bit rates are included depending on the sampling frequency.
Linear-PCM: 1411 kbps
Sampling frequency*
MP3: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz
WMA: 44.1 kHz
ATRAC: 44.1 kHz
AAC: 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz
Linear-PCM: 44.1 kHz
* Sampling frequency may not correspond to all encoders.
DIGITAL MUSIC PLAYER
US Model
NW-S703F/S705F
NW-S603/S705F/S706F
AEP Model
UK Model
E Model
Tourist Model
NW-S703F/S705F/S706F
Chinese Model
NW-S603/S605/S705F
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