Sony NW-HD5, NW-HD5H manual

Portable Hard Disk Audio Player

Network Walkman

Operating Instructions

NW-HD5/NW-HD5H

“WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to

represent Headphone Stereo products. is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

Table of Contents

Index

Getting Started	11

Transferring Audio Data to

the Player

Playing Back Music	29

Other Functions	51

Troubleshooting	65

Additional information	79

Contents

Page Owner’s Record WARNING To prevent ﬁre or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture For the customers in the USA INFORMATION: Contact: Sony Customer Information Service Center at 1-(866)-456-7669 Write: Sony Customer Information Services Center 12451 Gateway Blvd Fort Myers, FL 33913 Model NW-HD5only Page Table of Contents Other Functions Troubleshooting Additional Information Notice for Users Page Precautions On safety On installation On heat build-up On the headphones 10GB Checking the Supplied Accessories 11GB Guide to Parts and Controls 12GB Preparing a Power Source 13GB 14GB Checking the remaining power of the battery 15GB Installing SonicStage on Your Computer Preparing the required system 16GB Installing SonicStage 17GB 18GB Importing Audio Data to Your Computer 19GB 20GB 21GB Managing Tracks Using SonicStage Editing a playlist 22GB 23GB Transferring Audio Data to the Player 25GB 26GB Transferring Audio Data Back to Your Computer 27GB 28GB Playing Back 29GB 30GB Locking the controls (HOLD) Basic playback operations (Play, stop, search) 31GB Checking information in the display 32GB Selecting Tracks to Playback (Artist, Album, Genre, etc.) 33GB 34GB On folder structure of the Find display Selecting tracks from “ New Tracks” Selecting a track by the ﬁrst letter of the track (Initials Search) 36GB 37GB Selecting tracks from “Playlist” 38GB Editing Bookmarks on the Player Registering a track in a Bookmark (Bookmark track play) 39GB Rearranging the track order in a Bookmark 40GB 41GB Clearing bookmarked tracks 42GB 43GB Changing a bookmark icon 44GB Changing Playback Options (Play Mode) 45GB 46GB Playback options (Play Mode) Playing back tracks in a selected search category (Unit play) 47GB 48GB Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play) 50GB Changing Sound Quality and Settings 51GB Setup items for sound quality and displays 52GB 53GB 54GB Customizing sound quality 55GB Adjusting treble and bass emphasis (Digital Sound Preset) 56GB 57GB Connecting Other Devices 58GB Storing Data Other Than Audio Files 59GB Resetting to the Factory Settings 60GB 61GB Initializing Hard Disk 62GB 63GB Uninstalling SonicStage 64GB Troubleshooting 65GB 66GB 67GB 68GB 69GB 70GB 71GB 72GB Using SonicStage Help 73GB 74GB Error Messages 75GB 76GB 77GB 78GB Speciﬁcations 79GB 80GB Index 81GB