operating manual supplied with the Walkman®.

Connecting the USB device

USB device

1 Press FUNCTION +/– repeatedly until

“USB” appears in the front panel display.

2 Connect a USB device (digital music player or USB storage media) to the (USB) port.

When you connect the USB device, “READING” appears in the front panel display until the system reads all data of the USB device.

Note

•Do not forcibly insert the USB device, as this may cause the device to be damaged.

•Do not connect any devices or objects other than a USB device.

•It may take about 10 seconds before “READING” appears in the front panel display depending on the type of the USB device.

To remove the USB device1 Press x to stop playback.2 Press [/1 to turn off the system. 3 Remove the USB device.Notes on the USB device

•The system can play back up to 200 folders, including albums (folders) that do not contain audio files and JPEG image files. When more than 200 folders are in the USB device, folders that are recognized by the system differ depending on the folder configuration.

• The system can play back the following files.

File

Extension of the file

MP3 file

“.mp3”

 

 

WMA file

“.wma”

 

 

AAC file

“.m4a”

 

 

JPEG image file

“.jpg” or “.jpeg”

The system will play back any data with the extension above, even if it is not MP3/WMA/ AAC/JPEG format. Playing this data may generate a loud noise which could damage your speaker system.

•The following USB devices/situations can increase the time it takes to start playback:

–a USB device recorded with a complicated tree structure.

–when the audio files or JPEG image files in another folder have just been played back.

•Some USB devices cannot be played back on the system depending on the file format.

•The system can play back to a depth of 8 folders only.

•The system may not be able to play an audio file or JPEG image file depending on the file type.

•When the USB device is inserted, the system reads all the files on the USB device. If there are many folders or files on the USB device, it may take a long time to finish reading the USB device.

•Do not connect the system and the USB device through a USB hub.

•With some connected USB devices, after an operation is performed, there may be a delay before it is performed by this system.

•This system does not necessarily support all the functions provided in a connected USB device.

•Files recorded by a device such as a computer may not be played back in the order in which they were recorded.

•The playback order for the system may differ from the playback order of the connected USB device.

•Always turn off the system before removing the USB device. Removing the USB device while the system is on may corrupt the data on the USB device.

Device Audio HDMI/External for Control

57GB