•Copyright laws prohibit reproducing the software or the manual accompanying it in whole or in part, or renting the software without the permission of the copyright holder.

•In no event will SONY be liable for any financial damage, or loss of profits, including claims made by third parties, arising out of the use of the software.

•In the event a problem occurs with this software as a result of defective manufacturing, SONY will replace it. However, SONY bears no other responsibility.

•The software cannot be used with equipment other than that which is so designated.

•Please note that, due to continued efforts to improve quality, the software specifications may be changed without notice.

•The ability to display the languages on your SonicStage will depend on the installed OS on your PC. For better results, please ensure that the installed OS is compatible with the desired language you want to display.

—We do not guarantee all the languages will be able to be displayed properly on your SonicStage.

—User-created characters and some special characters may not be displayed.

•SonicStage and SonicStage logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

•OpenMG, Net MD, ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and their logos are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

•“WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphone

Stereo products. is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

•Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT and Windows Media are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and /or other countries.

•IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

•Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

•Pentium is a trademark or a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

•All other trademarks and registered trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. ™ and ® marks are omitted in this manual.

•CD and music-related data from Gracenote, Inc., copyright © 2000-2003 Gracenote. Gracenote CDDB® Client software, copyright 2000-2003 Gracenote. This product and service may practice one or more of the following U.S. Patents: #5,987,525; #6,061,680; #6,154,773, #6,161,132, #6,230,192, #6,230,207, #6,240,459, #6,330,593, and other patents issued or pending.

Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype, the Gracenote CDDB logo, and the “Powered by Gracenote” logo are trademarks of Gracenote.

Program © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Sony Corporation

Documentation © 2004 Sony Corporation

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