Optional Personal Computer

Connecting a personal

computer to the system

Use the supplied USB cable for the connection. You can listen to the audio recorded in the computer’s hard disc or on a CD-ROM loaded on the CD-ROM drive through the systems speakers. And also you can operate the system from the connected personal computer installed the supplied software (M-crew for CMT-C7NT or OpenMG Jukebox for Sony Net MDs).

Personal computer

 

To the USB port on

 

a computer

CMT-C7NT

Supplied

USB cable

 

 

To the USB port

Notes

•When you connect the supplied USB cable to your computer, a driver installation may start automatically. If “Windows cannot locate the driver” appears, reinstall the device driver (see page 59).

•Do not use a bus-powered USB hub to connect the system to the computer.

•It is recommended that you disconnect the USB cable from the system while it is not in use.

To verify the status of the installed device driver

If you connect a computer to the system, four device drivers will be installed automatically. Be sure to check the status of the installed device before operating the system on the connected computer.

1 Select [Settings] from the Windows [Start] menu, then click [Control Panel].

2 Double-click [System] in the Control Panel.

3 Only for Windows 2000 Double-click [Hardware] tab.

4 Click the [Device Manager] tab (button for Windows 2000).

5 Make sure that the following items are listed in the Device Manager window.

•[SONY PCLK USB Driver]

•[Net MD] (only when the Net MD function is activated by pressing NET MD) under [Universal Serial Bus controllers]

•[USB Compatible Device] ([USB Composite Device] for Windows 2000), [Generic USB Hub] under [Universal Serial Bus controllers]

•[USB Audio Device] under [Sound, video and game controllers]

Personal Optional

Computer

(Example for Windows 2000)

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