Sony MZ-N420D Index

Index

A

Accessories

optional 28 supplied 11

AVLS 25

B

Battery life 14

C

CD drive 34 CDDB 34 CD-ROM 35 Cleaning 27 Connecting 36 Copyright protection 50

D

Digital Sound Preset 19

DSP TYPE-S 31

E

EMD service 34

G

G-PROTECTION 17 Group

function 21 play 21 skip 21

H

Hard disk

free space 34

HOLD 15, 25

I

Importing 39

Index search 17

Installing 34

M

MD Simple Burner 37

My Library 39

O

OpenMG Secure Module 3.4 49

P

Play mode

group 22 tracks 18

Q

Quick Mode 24

R

Recording mode (Bit rate) 40

S

SonicStage 39

SonicStage Help 45

SonicStage Ver.2.0 11

Start (software)

MD Simple Burner 37

SonicStage 39

System environment 34

System limitations 34

T

Time search 17 Transferring

to the MD Walkman 41 to your computer 43

U

Uninstalling 49

USB cable 11

USB port 34

W

Windows 2000 Professional 34, 37, 39, 45, 49

Windows 98 Second Edition 34, 37, 39, 45, 49

Windows Media Player 34

Windows Millennium Edition 37, 39, 45, 49

Windows XP Home Edition 34 Windows XP Media Center Edition 34 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 34 Windows XP Professional 34

WMA 34

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Contents

page WARNING Declaration of Conformity Notice for users Page Looking at the controls Getting started Playing an MD right away Various ways of playback Using the group function What you can do with MD Simple Burner SonicStage Installing Using MD Simple Burner Using SonicStage Other information Page Before using this product When using the player When using the Net MD (the player) connected to your computer Checking the supplied accessories Looking at the controls Front of the player Back of the player The display window of the player Getting started Page Playing an MD right away Operation Suppressing the skip of the sound (G-PROTECTION) Various ways of playback Selecting the play mode Adjusting treble or bass (Digital Sound Preset) Selecting the sound quality Adjusting the sound quality Page Using the group function What is the group function Playing a track in group play Selecting the play mode for group play (Group Play Mode) Other Operations Viewing various information Starting the playback quickly (Quick Mode) Protecting your hearing (AVLS) Locking the controls (HOLD) Additional information Precautions On cleaning Dry battery compartment Terminals When recording with the supplied application software To protect a recorded MD Specifications Troubleshooting and explanations Troubles and solutions While playing While using group function Others Explanations What you can do with MD Simple Burner/SonicStage What you can do with MD Simple Burner What you can do with SonicStage Basic operational flow using an MD Walkman Installing Providing the required system environment System requirements Installing the software onto your computer Connecting the MD Walkman to your computer Using MD Simple Burner Recording by computer operations The window for recording all tracks on the CD The window for recording selected tracks from an audio CD Using SonicStage Importing audio data To stop recording Transferring audio data from your computer to the MD Walkman To stop transferring Transferring back audio data from the MD Walkman to your computer Transferring from the MD Walkman back to your computer Page Using SonicStage Help To display SonicStage Help Viewing how to use SonicStage Help Searching for a word inside an explanation Referring to SonicStage Help Importing audio data to the computer Listening to audio data on the computer Managing and editing imported tracks Backing up audio data Troubleshooting When you want to know Other information Uninstalling SonicStage/MD Simple Burner On copyright protection Troubleshooting The software cannot be installed onto your computer Using a MD Walkman connected to the computer Index