Sony ZS-PE40CP Instruction & Operation Manual

Personal Audio System
Operating Instructions
©2013 Sony Corporation Printed in China
ZS-PE40CP
WARNING
To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do Europe Only
not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.
Disposal of waste batteries
(applicable in the European
To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not
Union and other European
expose this apparatus to dripping or splashing,
countries with separate
and do not place objects filled with liquids, such
collection systems)
as vases, on the apparatus.
This symbol on the battery or on the packaging
As the main plug is used to disconnect the unit
indicates that the battery provided with this
from the mains, connect the unit to an easily
product shall not be treated as household waste.
accessible AC outlet. Should you notice an
On certain batteries this symbol might be used in
abnormality in the unit, disconnect the main plug
combination with a chemical symbol. The
from the AC outlet immediately.
chemical symbols for mercury (Hg) or lead (Pb)
The unit is not disconnected from the AC power
are added if the battery contains more than
source (mains) as long as it is connected to the
0.0005% mercury or 0.004% lead. By ensuring
wall outlet, even if the unit itself has been turned
these batteries are disposed of correctly, you will
off.
help prevent potentially negative consequences
Do not install the appliance in a confined space, for the environment and human health which
could otherwise be caused by inappropriate
such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet.
waste handling of the battery. The recycling of
Excessive sound pressure from earphones and
the materials will help to conserve natural
headphones can cause hearing loss.
resources.
Do not expose the batteries (battery pack or
In case of products that for safety, performance
batteries installed) to excessive heat such as or data integrity reasons require a permanent
sunshine, fire or the like for a long time. connection with an incorporated battery, this
battery should be replaced by qualified service
The nameplate is located on the bottom exterior.
staff only. To ensure that the battery will be
treated properly, hand over the product at
Notice for customers: the following
end-of-life to the applicable collection point for
information is only applicable to
the recycling of electrical and electronic
equipment sold in countries applying EU
equipment.
directives
For all other batteries, please view the section on
This product has been manufactured by or on
how to remove the battery from the product
behalf of Sony Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan
safely. Hand the battery over to the applicable
Minato-ku Tokyo, 108-0075 Japan. Inquiries
collection point for the recycling of waste
related to product compliance based on
batteries.
European Union legislation shall be addressed to
For more detailed information about recycling of
the authorized representative, Sony Deutschland
this product or battery, please contact your local
GmbH, Hedelfinger Strasse 61, 70327 Stuttgart,
Civic Office, your household waste disposal
Germany. For any service or guarantee matters,
service or the shop where you purchased the
please refer to the addresses provided in the
product.
separate service or guarantee documents.
Disposal of Old Electrical &
Licence and Trademark
Electronic Equipment
(Applicable in the European
Notice
Union and other European
countries with separate
collection systems)
 MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and
This symbol on the product or on its packaging
patents licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and
indicates that this product shall not be treated as
Thomson.
household waste. Instead it shall be handed over
 Windows Media is either a registered
to the applicable collection point for the
trademark or trademark of Microsoft
recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.
Corporation in the United States and/or other
By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly,
countries.
you will help prevent potential negative
 This product contains technology subject to
consequences for the environment and human
certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft.
health, which could otherwise be caused by
Use or distribution of this technology outside
inappropriate waste handling of this product.
of this product is prohibited without the
The recycling of materials will help to conserve
appropriate license(s) from Microsoft.
natural resources. For more detailed information
 All other trademarks and registered trademarks
about recycling of this product, please contact
are of their respective holders. In this manual,
your local Civic Office, your household waste
™ and ® marks are not specified.
disposal service or the shop where you
purchased the product.
Location of Controls
4-453-771- 11 (1)
The numbers used for the button or jack names in the illustration below are also used in all operation
explanations hereafter.
 
 


*  MANUAL PRESET
 and VOLUME + 
have a tactile dot.
Power Sources
To use the unit on AC power
Connect the AC power cord to the unit () and the wall outlet ().
To AC IN ()
To use the unit on batteries
Insert six R6 (size AA) batteries (not supplied) into the battery compartment. To use the unit on batteries,
disconnect the AC power cord from the unit and the wall outlet.
Bottom
Note
Replace the batteries when the OPR/BATT indicator  dims, or when the unit becomes inoperable. Replace all
the batteries with new ones. Before you replace the batteries, be sure to remove any CD and disconnect any USB
device from the unit.
To use the power-management function
This unit is equipped with an automatic standby function. With this function, the unit enters standby
mode automatically in about 20 minutes when there is no operation or audio signal output.

To turn the standby mode on or off, press DISPLAY/ENTER
press the button, "AUTO STANDBY ON" or "AUTO STANDBY OFF" appears on the display.
Notes
 The message "STANDBY" starts flashing on the display about 2 minutes before entering standby mode.
 In standby mode, with the AC power cord connected, "STANDBY" appears on the display.
 The automatic standby function is not available in the FM/AM function.
Before Using the Unit
To turn the power on or off
Press OPERATE  . You can also turn on the unit using the direct power-on function (below).
In this manual, operations are mainly explained using the direct power-on function.
To use the direct power-on function
   
Press USB , CD , RADIO FM/AM or AUDIO IN while the unit is turned off. The power turns on
directly in the selected function.
To adjust the volume
Press VOLUME + or   .
The volume level of this unit is adjustable in steps from 0 to 31. For the 31st step, "VOL MAX" is displayed.
To listen through headphones
Connect headphones to the  (headphones) jack 
.
Basic Operations
Playing a music disc
You can play the following types of discs with
this unit.
 Audio CDs on which CD-DA tracks are recorded
in CD-DA disc format
 CD-R/CD-RW discs on which MP3 or WMA
audio files are recorded in ISO 9660 Level 1/
Level 2 or Joliet
1 
Press CD to turn on the CD function.

2 Press CD OPEN  , and place a disc in the

CD compartment with the label side
facing forward.
Press the center area of the disc
gently until it snaps into place.


CD OPEN
Label side
facing forward
3
Close the CD compartment door.
To a wall outlet ()
4 Press  
to start playback.
When you play an MP3 or WMA disc, "MP3"
(for MP3 files) or "WMA" (for WMA files) lights
up on the display.
Audio CD
Use alkaline batteries
with this unit. The use of
manganese batteries is
not recommended,
Track number Playing
since this type of battery time
has an extremely short
usage time.
MP3/WMA disc
MP3/WMA file number
After the folder name* 1 and
song title* 2 are displayed, the
and   playing time* 3 will appear.
at the same time. Each time you
* 1 If there is no folder, "ROOT" appears on the
display.
* 2 If there is no song title in ID3 or WMA tag
information, "NO TITLE" will be displayed.
* 3 If the playing time is more than 100 minutes,
"― ―: ― ―" appears on the display.
Other operations
To Do this
Pause playback Press   . To return to
playback, press the button
again.
Stop playback  
Press . When you press
  after playback is
stopped, playback starts from
the beginning of the track (or
MP3/WMA file) you were last
playing (Resume Play).
Cancel Resume  
Press twice. When you
Play
press   after you cancel
Resume Play, playback starts
from the beginning of the
first track/file.
Select a folder (Folder) + or 
Press TUNE/
on an MP3/  .
WMA disc
Select a track/
Press  or  
file
skip tracks/files one by one.
Find a point in a
Hold down 
track/file during playback, and release
the button at the desired
point. When locating a point
in pause status, press
to start playback after the
desired point is found.
1
Example of folder structure and Connect the USB device to the
playing order port
The playing order of the folders and files is as 2 Press USB
follows:
If the USB device does not have a volume
Folder
label *
MP3/WMA file
"STORAGE DRIVE" scrolls once on the display,
then "xxxFLDR"*
If the USB device has a volume label
The volume label*
then "xxxFLDR"*
* 1 A volume label is a name that you can assign to
data storage media or devices.
2
* "xxx" is the total folder number.
3 Press 
MP3/WMA file number

After the folder name and song title are
displayed, the file number and playing
time* appear.
Notes on MP3/WMA discs
* If the playing time is more than 100 minutes, it
 When a disc is loaded, the unit reads all the files appears as "--:--" on the display.
on that disc. During this time, "READING" is
Other operations
displayed. If there are many folders or non-MP3/
WMA files on the disc, it may take a long time for
To
play to begin or for the next MP3/WMA file to
Pause playback Press
start to play.
 We recommend that non-MP3/WMA files or
unnecessary folders are excluded when creating
MP3/WMA discs.
Stop playback
 During playback, folders that contain no MP3/
WMA files are skipped.
 The audio formats supported by this unit are as
follows:
 MP3: File extension ".mp3"
 WMA: File extension ".wma"
Cancel Resume
Note that even if the file name has the correct file
Play
extension but the actual file was created in a
different audio format, this unit may produce
noise or may malfunction.
 MP3 PRO format is not supported.
 WMA files encoded in WMA DRM, WMA Lossless Select a folder
and WMA PRO formats cannot be played back.
 This unit cannot play audio files on a disc in the
Select a file
following cases:
 When the total number of audio files exceeds
511.
Find a point in
 When the total number of folders on a single
a file
disc exceeds 511.
 When the directory level (folder depths) exceeds
8 (including "ROOT" folder).
 Folder names and file names can be displayed
with up to 32 characters, including quotation
marks.
 Characters and symbols that cannot be displayed
Remove a USB
by the unit will appear as "_".
device
 This unit conforms to version 1.0, 1.1, 2.2, 2.3 and
2.4 of the ID3 tag format for MP3 files and the
WMA tag format (defined by ASF (Advanced
Systems Format) specification) for WMA files.
When a file has the ID3 or WMA tag information, * When playing a VBR MP3/WMA file, playback may
restart from a different point.
song title, artist name, and album name will be
displayed. If a file does not have the tag
Note
information, the unit displays as follows:
When you remove the USB device, always perform
 File name instead of the song title.
the procedure described in the above "Other
 "NO ARTIST" message instead of the artist
operations." Removing the USB device without
name.
performing this procedure may corrupt the data on
 "NO ALBUM" message instead of the album
the USB device or damage the device itself.
name.
ID3 tag information can be displayed for up to 64
To select a memory on the device for
characters and WMA tag information can be
playback
displayed for up to 32 characters.
If the USB device has more than one memory (for
example, an internal memory and a memory
Listening to music on a USB card), you can select which memory to use and
then start playback. Make sure to select a
device
memory before starting playback as you cannot
select a memory during playback.
You can listen to audio files stored on a USB 1
Connect the USB device to the
device (a digital music player or USB storage
port
media).
2 Press USB
Audio files in MP3 and WMA formats* can be
played on this unit. 3 Press USB MEMORY SELECT
"SELECT?" appears on the display.
* Files with DRM (Digital Rights Management)
copyright protection or files downloaded from an 4
Press DISPLAY/ENTER
online music store cannot be played on this unit. If
5 Press  or 
you try to play one of these files, the unit plays
the next unprotected audio file. a memory number.
The memory name appears. The name will be
Compatible USB devices
displayed in various types, depending on the
Compatibility requirements for the USB
specifications of the USB device.
devices are as follows. Before using with this
If only one memory can be selected, proceed
unit, check that your device meets the
to step 6.
requirements.
. You can
6
Press DISPLAY/ENTER
 Compliance with USB 2.0 (Full Speed)
 Supports Mass Storage mode*
 
or To change play modes
* Mass Storage mode is a mode that allows a
Press MODE
USB device to become accessible to a host
is stopped.
device, enabling file transfers. Most USB
You can select normal play mode (playback in
devices support Mass Storage mode.
 
sequence of all files on the USB device), folder
play mode (" " for all files in the specified folder
on the USB device), repeat play mode (" " for
repeating all files/"
shuffle play mode ("SHUF"). For details, see
"Selecting play mode" on the back page.
(USB) Notes on the USB device
 .  Operation is not always guaranteed, even if the
USB devices meet the compatibility requirements.
 to turn on the USB function.
 It may take a long time before playback starts
when:
 The folder structure is complex.
1
 The USB device is close to capacity.
 When a USB device is connected, the unit reads all
2 appears on the display. the files on the device. If there are many folders or
files on the device, it may take a long time for the
unit to finish reading them.
 Do not connect a USB device to the unit through a
1 scrolls once on the display,
USB hub.
2
appears on the display.
 With some connected USB devices, after an
operation is performed, there may be a delay
before it is performed by this unit.
 This unit may not support all the functions
 to start playback. provided with a connected USB device.
 The playback order on this unit may differ from
the playback order on a connected USB device.
 Do not save non-MP3/WMA files or unnecessary
folders to a USB device that contains MP3/WMA
files.
 During playback, folders that contain no MP3/
WMA files are skipped.
 The audio formats supported by this unit are as
follows:
 MP3: File extension ".mp3"
 WMA: File extension ".wma"
Note that even if the file name has the correct file
extension but the actual file was created in a
different audio format, this unit may produce
noise or may malfunction.
 MP3 PRO format is not supported.
Do this
 WMA files encoded in WMA DRM, WMA Lossless
and WMA PRO formats cannot be played back.
 
. To return to
 This unit cannot play audio files on a USB device
playback, press the button
in the following cases:
again*.
 When the total number of audio files in a single
  folder exceeds 999.
Press . When you press
 When the total number of audio files on a single
  after playback is
USB device exceeds 5,000.
stopped, playback starts from
 When the total number of folders on a single
the point where you stopped
USB device exceeds 255 (including the "ROOT"
playback (Resume Play).
folder).
 When the directory level (folder depths) exceeds
Press   twice. When you
8 (including the "ROOT" folder).
 
press after you cancel
These numbers may vary depending on the file
Resume Play, playback starts
and folder structure.
from the beginning of the
 Compatibility with all encoding/writing software is
first file.
not guaranteed. If audio files on the USB device
Press TUNE/ (Folder) + or  were originally encoded with incompatible
 software, those files may produce noise or
.
interrupted sound, or may not be played back at
 
Press  or . You can
all.
skip files one by one.
 Folder names and file names can be displayed
using up to 32 characters, including quotation
 
Hold down  or
marks.
during playback, and release
 Characters and symbols that cannot be displayed
the button at the desired
by the unit will appear as "_".
point. When locating a point
 This unit conforms to version 1.0, 1.1, 2.2, 2.3 and
 
in pause status, press
2.4 of the ID3 tag format for MP3 files and the
to start playback after the WMA tag format (defined by ASF (Advanced
Systems Format) specification) for WMA files.
desired point is found.
When a file has the ID3 or WMA tag information,
 
Hold down until "NO
song title, artist name, and album name will be
DEVICE" appears on the
displayed. If a file does not have the tag
display, and then disconnect information, the unit displays as follows:
the USB device.  File name instead of the song title.
 "NO ARTIST" message instead of the artist
name.
 "NO ALBUM" message instead of the album
name.
ID3 tag information can be displayed for up to 64
characters and WMA tag information can be
displayed for up to 32 characters.
Listening to the radio
1 
Press RADIO FM/AM repeatedly to
select the band.
Each time you press the button, the radio
band changes as follows:
"FM"  "AM"
2 + or 
Press and hold TUNE/
(USB) the frequency digits begin to change on
 the display.
.
 to turn on the USB function. The unit automatically scans the radio
frequencies and stops when it finds a clear
 until
station.
If you cannot tune to a station using the

.
automatic tuning mode, press TUNE/
 
repeatedly to select repeatedly to change the frequency step
by step.
When an FM stereo broadcast is received, "ST"
lights up on the display.
Tip
If the stereo FM reception is noisy, press MODE
until "MONO" appears on the display. You will lose
the stereo effect, but the reception will improve.

.
 repeatedly while the USB device
1" for repeating one file), or

until
+ or 
