Create Your Own ATRAC CDs

In addition to the regular music CDs, you can play original CDs (“ATRAC” CDs) that you created with the SonicStage software. Using SonicStage, about 30 audio CDs* can be recorded on one CD-R or CD-RW. SonicStage can be downloaded free of charge.

The following is a quick overview of how you listen to music on your ATRAC CD.

Install SonicStage on your computer.

SonicStage is a software product that takes music from audio CDs or downloaded from the Internet onto your computer to create your own original CDs. SonicStage can be downloaded from the specified site (page 39) and installed on your computer.

Create an ATRAC CD.

ATRAC CD

 

After selecting your favorite songs from music stored on your computer, record them on a CD-R/CD-RW using SonicStage.

Audio CDs,

MP3 files

Listen to them with this CD player.

You can take lots of songs wherever you go on your original CD.

• The appropriate system environment to access the Internet is required. For details, refer to the instruction manual of your computer.

•For how to install SonicStage and how to create an ATRAC CD, visit and get information from the specified site for downloading SonicStage.

You can also check the SonicStage help section.

* When the total playing time of one CD (album) is estimated at 60 minutes and you are recording on a 700 MB CD-R/CD-RW at 48 kbps in ATRAC format.

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