To change the play mode

Press PLAY MODE repeatedly while the player is stopped. You can select normal play (“*” for all “ATRAC” files and MP3 files in the folder on the disc), shuffle play (“SHUF” or “ SHUF*”), or program play (“PGM”).

*When playing a CD-DA disc, (SHUF) Play performs the same operation as SHUF Play.

To create an “ATRAC”/MP3 disc

You can create an “ATRAC” disc and MP3 disc with the SonicStage software. SonicStage can be downloaded free of charge from the following sites and installed on your computer.

For customers in the U.S.A.: <http://www.sony.com/shelfsupport> For customers in Canada: <http://www.sony.ca/ElectronicsSupport/> Please see the instructions at the sites or SonicStage Help of the software for how to install and how to create an “ATRAC”/MP3 disc.

Notes on Repeat Play

•All tracks or files on a disc are played repeatedly up to five times.

•“REP1” indicates that a single track or file is repeated until you stop it.

Notes on playing “ATRAC”/MP3 discs

•Do not save other types of files or unnecessary folders on a disc that has “ATRAC” and MP3 files.

•Folders that have no “ATRAC” and MP3 files are skipped.

•“ATRAC” and MP3 files are played back in the order that they are recorded onto the disc.

•The system can only play MP3 files that have a file extension of “.MP3”.

•If there are files on the disc that have the “.MP3” file extension, but that are not MP3 files, the unit may produce noise or may malfunction.

•The maximum number of:

–“ATRAC” folders is 255.

–“ATRAC” files is 999.

–MP3 folders is 255 (including the root folder).

–MP3 files is 511.

–MP3 files and folders that can be contained on a single disc is 512.

–folder levels (the tree structure of files) is 8.

•Compatibility with all MP3 encoding/writing software, recording device, and recording media cannot be guaranteed. Incompatible MP3 discs may produce noise or interrupted audio or may not play at all.

•If “ATRAC” files and MP3 files are recorded on the same disc, this system plays the “ATRAC” files first.

Notes on playing multisession discs

•If the disc begins with a CD-DA (or “ATRAC”/MP3) session, it is recognized as a CD-DA (or “ATRAC”/ MP3) disc, and other sessions are not played back.

•A disc with a mixed CD format is recognized as a CD- DA (audio) disc.

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