SonicStage Premium Software

Devices

FM Tuner — Your VAIO® MX computer features a built-in FM tuner, enabling you to listen to and record from local FM radio stations. Your recorded material is converted into OpenMG™ format or WAV format.

Devices that are compliant with OpenMG technology standards — The USB ports on your computer enable you to connect a compatible device that can play and record your audio files.

Devices that are connected to the computer’s external input ports or jacks — You can listen to and record from a connected device.

Audio file formats

OpenMG format: ATRAC3 files with the file extension .omg.

WAV format

MP3 format

Audio files that are compliant with WMT (Windows Media™ Technology).

Some MP3, WAV, and WMT compliant files may have incompatible sampling rates and cannot be imported. For details on importing files, see the SonicStage Premium Help file.

Electronic Music Distribution (EMD) Services

EMD enables you to download music files via the Internet. To use Internet services that are compatible with SonicStage, you need:

Access to the Internet from your computer. Sign up with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and configure your computer for Internet access before using EMD services.

An EMD service provider. Consult the provider for information about service.

Using SonicStage Premium Software

When you start SonicStage Premium software for the first time, certain settings must be enabled in order to use the software to listen to FM radio stations and to play audio files.

Connect the FM Tuner before attempting to scan the frequencies of available FM radio stations in the SonicStage Premium software application.

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