Importing Audio Data To Your Computer; Transferring Audio Data To The Player; Playing Back - Sony Walkman NW-HD1 Quick Start Manual

Audio data
Importing audio data
to your computer
Music CD
Internet
Music fi le
(MP3, WAV, WMA* format)
* WMA fi les protected by copyright
cannot be transferred.
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Importing audio data to
your computer
Record and store tracks (audio data) from an audio CD to the SonicStage "My
Library."

Double-click (SonicStage) on the desktop of your computer.
SonicStage starts up.

Insert the audio CD that you want to record into the CD drive of
your computer.

Click "Music Source" on the SonicStage window.
If CD information does not appear,
click "CD Info" before  while
connecting to the Internet.
Selecting the transferred tracks to play back
By grouping the tracks into a "MODE," such as by "Artist" or "Album," you can select
tracks you want to listen to.
There are fi ve MODEs, and the explanation here uses the "Artist" MODE as an
example.

Press MODE.
The list of artists appears. To start playback from the
fi rst track of the fi rst album of the artist listed on the

top, press here.

 
Press / to select the artist you want to
listen to.
To select an album or a track of the selected artist,

press . The list of albums or tracks appears, and
you can select the album or the track by pressing


Press .
Playback starts from the fi rst track (or an album, a
track) of selected artist.
Displays and operations in Artist MODE
List of artists
for the audio data stored
MODE appears.
Press
Press
 
/ .
Press
Press
SonicStage
Transferring audio
data to the player
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Transferring audio data to the player

Transfer the tracks (audio data) stored in SonicStage "My Library" to the player in
ATRAC3plus or ATRAC3 format.
ATRAC3plus (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3plus) and ATRAC3 are audio
compression technologies that satisfy the demand for high sound quality and high
compression rates.

Connect the USB cradle to your computer and the AC power adaptor
in the order of  to  below. Then, place the player on the USB
cradle as shown in  until it clicks into place.
"PC Connect" appears in the display.

Click
to start recording.
To stop recording, click
.
To change the format and
bit rate, click "Format/Bit
rate" before .

USB cradle
Five MODEs and displays
You can select the searching MODE by pressing MODE repeatedly. The list displays
in each MODE are changed as follows. Select a track you want to listen to by the
same procedure as an Artist MODE.
MODE
 Artist ( )

Album ( )

Genre ( )

Group ( )

Others (New Tracks or Bookmark)
 
/ .
List of albums
for the artist selected
Selected artist
appears.

. Press
Press
 
/ .

. Press

Press .

.

Playing back


to USB port
USB cable (supplied)

to AC outlet

to USB jack on the
bottom of the USB cradle

to DC IN jack on the
bottom of the USB cradle
AC power adaptor (supplied)
 
List display (Press or to change.)
 
Artist Album Track

Album Track
 
Genre Artist Track

Group Track

(Group) Track
List of tracks
for the album selected
Selected album
appears.

.
Press
 
/ .

.

Press .
 
Press / .
Using SonicStage more
See the SonicStage Help.
SonicStage window
Select "Help" – "SonicStage Help"
to display the Help. The player is
explained as "ATRAC HDD" in
SonicStage Help.
SonicStage Help window
Click " About This Help File"
in the " Overview" to see how
to use the Help.

Click "Transfer" in the SonicStage window.

Select "ATRAC HDD"
from the transfer
destination list.
To stop transferring,
click

Click

start transferring.
Click the tracks you
want to transfer.
You can also automatically transfer albums include tracks which have not been
previously transferred to the player (Automatic Transfer function). For details, see
the SonicStage Help.
Notes
• Do not disconnect the USB cable or remove the player from the USB cradle while transferring
audio data.
• The number of transfers for a track is limited for reasons of copyright.
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Playing back
You can change the language to your own for the menu and the messages in the
display.

Connect headphones to  (headphones)/LINE OUT jack.

Press
playback.
To stop playback, press

Press VOLUME +/– to
adjust the volume.
To search tracks
 
Use and on the player.
To Operation on the player
Find the beginning of the current track 
Press once.
Find the beginning of previous tracks 
Press repeatedly.
Find the beginning of the next track 
Press once.
Find the beginning of succeeding tracks 
Press repeatedly.
Go forward/backwards quickly
Press and hold
Using the player more
You can enjoy various play modes and setup items on the
player. See the PDF of the Operating Instructions for details
on functions and troubleshooting.
The PDF installed together with SonicStage from the
supplied CD-ROM.
To use the Operating Instructions, click "Start" –
"SonicStage" – "Operating Instructions" (or double-click
"NW-HD1 Manual" on the desk top).
.
to

(play/stop) to start

again.
 
/ .