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
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Viewing various information
Searching for a track (Search)
Selecting the sound quality (6-BandEqualizer)
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Using SonicStage Help
Referring to SonicStage Help
Uninstalling SonicStage/MD Simple Burner
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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
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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)
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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
