Installing

Providing the required system environment

System requirements

The following system environment is required in order to use the SonicStage Ver.2.0/MD Simple Burner Ver.2.0 software for the MD Walkman.

Computer

IBM PC/AT or Compatible

 

 

 

• CPU: Pentium II 400 MHz or higher (Pentium III 450 MHz or higher

 

is recommended.)

 

• Hard disk drive space: 200 MB or more (1.5 GB or more is

 

recommended) (The amount space will vary according to Windows

 

version and the number of music files stored on the hard disk.)

 

• RAM: 64 MB or more (128 MB or more is recommended)

 

 

 

Others

 

• CD drive (capable of digital playback by WDM)

 

• Sound Board

 

• USB port (supports USB (previously USB 1.1))

 

 

Operating

Factory installed:

System

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004/Windows XP Media Center

 

Edition/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Home Edition/

 

Windows 2000 Professional/Windows Millennium Edition/Windows

 

98 Second Edition

 

 

Display

High Color (16bit) or higher, 800 600 dots or better (1024768 dots

 

or better is recommended)

 

 

Others

• Internet access: for Web registration, EMD services and CDDB

 

• Windows Media Player (version 7.0 or higher) installed for playing

 

WMA files

 

 

This software is not supported by the following environments:

OSs other than the indicated above

Personally constructed PCs or operating systems

An environment that is an upgrade of the original manufacturer-installed operating system

Multi-boot environment

Multi-monitor environment

Macintosh

Notes

We do not ensure trouble-free operation on all computers that satisfy the system requirements.

The NTFS format of Windows XP/Windows 2000 Professional can be used only with the standard (factory) settings.

We do not ensure trouble-free operation of the system suspend, sleep, or hibernation function on all computers.

For Windows 2000 Professional users, install Service Pack 3 or later version before using the software.

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