Basic Player Operation - Sony ERS-7M2 - Aibo Entertainment Robot User Manual

Basic Player operation

Clicking the Player button displays the Player screen. From this screen, you can play music via the AIBO
and select and listen to Internet radio stations.
The controls and areas for the Player function are described below.
Edit contents button
Allows you to edit registered contents.
New contents button
Allows you to register new
contents. (page 46)
Player button
Contents display
area
Information about the
content being played is
shown here.
Playback control area
Used for playing back contents and recording sound.
(page 39, page 53)
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Hints
• Music can be played through the AIBO robot's speaker only if the AIBO robot is in Remote Control mode and the
been set to ON. While the AIBO robot is in Autonomous Monitor mode, sound will be heard from the PC speakers but not from the AIBO robot's
speaker.
• The "Artist" and "Album" folders in the playlist show information for music files registered with "Microsoft Windows Media Player". These are music
files in a format that can be played by Microsoft
Media Player and songs that were downloaded to the PC with digital rights management features cannot be played.
Delete contents button
Allows you to delete registered contents.
Properties display area
Shows the playback status.
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Windows Media Player (WMA, WAV, MP3). Songs that are protected in Microsoft Windows
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Entertainment Robot,
Media list
A list of media that are available for
the Player is shown here. Media that
cannot be edited are shown with a
symbol.
Contents list
Shows the contents of the respective
media.
Contents that cannot be played are
shown with an "x".
VPR (Visual Pattern Recognition)
button
Allows you to initiate music playback by
showing the AIBO robot a CD jacket or
other visual information that it has
been taught to recognize (page 43).
AutoMotion button
Causes the AIBO robot to dance
according to the contents being
played (page 49).
(AIBO audio) button has
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