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

MD Simple Burner, OpenMG, Magic Gate, MagicGate Memory Stick, Memory Stick, Hi-MD, Net MD, ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and their logos are trademarks 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.

MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and patents licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.

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 © 2000-2004 Gracenote. Gracenote CDDBR Client Software, copyright 2000-2004 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. Services supplied and/or device manufactured under license for following Open Globe, Inc. United States Patent 6,304,523.

Gracenote is a registered trademarks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype, and the Powered by Gracenotelogo are trademarks of Gracenote.

On the “Software Operation” section

In Software Operations section, “Net MD” refers to the recorder with standard disc inserted and “Hi-MD” refers to the recorder with a Hi-MD disc or a standard disc in Hi-MD mode inserted.

The displayed items in the illustrations that appear in this section may differ from the actual items displayed by the software.

Explanations in this section cover general Hi-MD/Net MD products. For this reason, some explanations (and some illustrations) may not be applicable to your Hi-MD/Net MD. Please refer to the operating instructions of your Hi-MD/Net MD as well.

On the use of computers

Explanations in this manual assume a familiarity with basic computer operations. For details on the use of your computer and the operating system, please refer to the respective manuals.

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Documentation © 2005 Sony Corporation

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