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Sony MZ-NH600D Basic operational flow using an MD Walkman

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Basic operational flow using an MD Walkman

MD Simple Burner

SonicStage

Providing the required system environment (page 54)

Installing the software onto your computer (page 55)

Connecting an MD walkman to your computer (see “Player Operation”)

Recording music tracks from an audio CD in the CD drive of your computer (page 57)

Importing audio data to your computer (page 61)

Connecting an MD walkman to your computer (see “Player Operation”)

Transferring audio data from your computer (page 63)

Operation Software

Listening to an MD

Contents

Operating Instructions WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture Caution Information For customers who purchased this product in the USA Declaration of Conformity Trade Name: SONY Model No.: MZ-NH600D Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc Notice for users On the supplied software Page Viewing various information Searching for a track (Search) Selecting the sound quality (6-BandEqualizer) Page Using SonicStage Help Referring to SonicStage Help Uninstalling SonicStage/MD Simple Burner Page About available functions and supplied manuals Using the player while it is connected to a computer Software Operation (pages 52 to 76) SonicStage Ver. 2.0 Help This is an online help that you can view on your computer screen Notes on the “Software Operation” section Checking the supplied accessories Headphones (for USA Earphones (for Canadian Dedicated USB cable (1) model) (1) Looking at controls J USB cable connecting jack KBattery compartment (at the bottom) LHOLD switch M i (headphones/earphones) jack The display window of the player Hi-MD/MD CREC indication DBattery indication EDisc indication Getting started Battery life1) When playing continuously in Hi-MDmode Disc type Linear PCM Hi-SP Playing a disc right away Operation on the player Stop Press Pause Press X. Press X again to resume play Using menus List of menus The following table shows the menu items that you can select Menu Site page Page Various ways of playback Selecting the play mode •Main play mode: selects the track you want to play •Sub play mode: selects the type of play •Repeat play: selects Repeat play Main Play Mode Playing tracks in normal mode (Normal Play) 1 Do step 1 and select “Normal” in step 2 of “Main Play Mode” (page 23) 2 When selecting a track out of a group, skip this step A list of the tracks in the selected group appears in the display Listening to tracks of a selected album (Album Play) (in Hi-MDmode only) 1 Do step 1 and select “Album” in step A list of the albums on the disc appears in alphabetical order A list of the tracks in the selected album appears in recorded order Listening to selected tracks only (Bookmark Play) Sub Play Mode/Repeat Play 1 Enter the menu and select “SubPMode” Indication Normal/(none) are played once.) Searching for a track (Search) 1 Enter the menu and select “Useful” - “Search” Display by Track search by track name Heavy Pops Jazz Unique Custom1 Other operations Turning off the beep sound To turn on the beep sound Storing the settings for individual discs (Disc Memory) To set the player so that disc settings are not stored Erasing the disc information Starting the playback quickly (Quick Mode) 1 Enter the menu and select “Option” - “QuickMode” To switch back to the normal setting Selects “Quick Off” in step Selecting the disc mode (Disc Mode) 1 Enter the menu and select “Option” - “Disc Mode” Adjusting the contrast of the display window (Contrast Adjustment) You can adjust the contrast of the display window 1 While the player is stopped, enter the menu and select “Option” - “Contrast” Changing the operational direction of the display To turn the setting to normal Using the player with a computer 1 Insert a recordable disc into the player 2 Make connections as follows 1Connect the dedicated USB cable to the player and to the computer 2Make sure the player is stopped and HOLD is released Storing non-audiodata to a disc For the storage space for each disc, refer to the next page Page Additional information To protect a recorded disc Specifications Audio playing system Laser diode properties Recording and playback time Revolutions Troubleshooting and explanations The edited tracks may exhibit sound dropout during played in higher speed than normal playback search operations While the player is connected to the computer The player is not • The dedicated USB cable is not firmly connected recognized by the , Connect the dedicated USB cable firmly to the player and the Others of the blank 60/74 operation mode set in the “Disc Mode” menu is applied 80-minutestandard , Use the “Disc Mode” menu to change the operation mode as desired Messages Message Meaning/Remedy NO DISC • You tried to play or record with no disc in the player , Insert a disc MEMORY settings in the Disc Memory (page 30) Explanations About Hi-MD “Hi-MD”is a new MiniDisc format About ATRAC3plus ATRAC3plus is an enhanced version of ATRAC3 List of the recording time for each disc When using a disc in Hi-MDmode When transferring from Recording time1)2) the computer About the DSP TYPE-Sfor ATRAC/ATRAC3 Suppressing the skips of the sound (G-PROTECTION) Page What you can do with MD Simple Burner MD Walkman Audio CD What you can do with SonicStage ImportTransfer Basic operational flow using an MD Walkman Installing Installing the software onto your computer Before installing the software 1 Turn on your computer and start up Windows 2 Insert the supplied CD-ROMinto the CD drive of your computer Click [Install SonicStage and MD Simple Burner] Read the instructions carefully Was the installation successful If any trouble occurs during the installation, see “Troubleshooting” (page 74) Using MD Simple Burner Recording using MD Walkman operations (Simple mode) 3 Press and hold DOWNLOAD for 2 seconds or more on the MD Walkman To stop recording Setting the recording mode Recording first track only Recording by computer operations (Standard mode) The window for recording all tracks on the CD CD icon Total time of the Album name (CD) The window for recording selected tracks from an audio CD Track information [CONFIG] Click here to do the following: (CD) Using SonicStage 4 If necessary, click to uncheck tracks you do not want to record To uncheck all boxes, click 5 If necessary, change the format and bit rate for audio CD recording 6 Click The recording of the tracks selected in step 4 starts Transferring audio data from your computer to the MD Walkman Transfer Destination list [Transfer] The My Library list [Transfer Mode] 4 If necessary, change the transfer mode 5 Click Transfer of the tracks selected in step 3 begins To stop transferring When transferring to a Hi-MDWalkman Transferring back audio data from the MD Walkman to your computer Transfer Destination list Transferring from the MD Walkman back to your computer 4 Click in the middle of the screen Importing tracks recorded on a Hi-MDWalkman* to your computer Insert recordable disc into the Walkman and 2Click [Transfer] Click the tracks you want to transfer in the To stop importing Using SonicStage Help To display SonicStage Help Click [Help] – [SonicStage Help] while SonicStage is running [SonicStage Help] 1Double click [Overview] in the left-sideframe 2Click [About This Help File] 3Read the text 1Click [Search] to open the “Search” window 2Type in the words Referring to SonicStage Help Importing audio data to the computer SonicStage Help Listening to audio data on the computer Managing and editing imported tracks Backing up audio data Troubleshooting When you want to know Other information On copyright protection Restrictions on audio content 1Check the symptoms in this “Troubleshooting” section 2Check the symptoms in SonicStage Help when you use SonicStage 3If the problem cannot be solved after checking the above references The software cannot be installed onto your computer Problem Using a MD Walkman connected to the computer Index Numerics