SERVICE MANUAL

Sony CorporationAudio Business GroupPublished by Sony Techno Create CorporationNWZ-A826/A826K/A828/A828K/A829

DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER

9-889-048-012008C05-1
© 2008.03
US Model
NWZ-A828K/A829
Canadian Model
NWZ-A826K/A829
AEP Model
UK Model
NWZ-A826/A826K/A828/A828K/A829
E Model
NWZ-A826/A826K/A828/A829
Australian Model
NWZ-A826K
Chinese Model
NWZ-A826/A828
Tourist Model
NWZ-A829Photo : NWZ-A828
Ver. 1.0 2008.03
ATRACistrademark of Sony Corporation.
WALKMAN”and“WALKMAN” logoare registered trademarks of Sony
Corporation.
and aretrademarksof Sony Corporation.
Microso,Windows,Windows Vista and WindowsMedia are trademarks or registered trademarks of
MicrosoCorporation in theUnited States and/or other countries.
Adobe,AdobeReader and Adobe Flash Player are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe
SystemsIncorporated in theUnited States and/or other countries.
MPEGLayer-3audio coding technology and patents licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and omson.
IBM and PC/ATareregistered trademarks of International BusinessMachines Corp oration.
Macintoshis a trademarkof Apple Inc.
QuickTimeandthe QuickTime logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Inc.,us ed under
licensetherefrom.
Pentiumis a trademarkor a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
issoware is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEGGroup.
THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 VISUALPATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE
FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USEOF A CONSUMER FOR
(i)ENCODING VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPEG-4 VISUAL STANDARD
(“MPEG-4 VIDEO”) AND/OR
(ii)DECODING MPEG-4 VIDEO THATWAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A
PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIALACTIVITY AND/ORWASOBTAINED FROM A
VIDEOPROVIDER LICENSED BY MPEGLA TO PROVIDE MPEG-4 VIDEO.
NO LICENSE IS GRANTEDORSHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE. ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION INCLUDING THAT RELATINGTOPROMOTIONAL, INTERNAL AND
COMMERCIAL USES AND LICENSING MAYBEOBTAINED FROM MPEGLA, LLC. SEE
HTTP://WWW.MPEGLA.COM
THISPRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE AVCPATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE
PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USEOF A CONSUMERTO
(i)ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AVC STANDARD (“AVC VIDEO”) AND/OR
(ii)DECODEAVC VIDEO THATWAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A
PERSONAL AND
NON-COMMERCIALACTIVITY AND/ORWAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEOPROVIDER
LICENSEDTOPROVIDE AVC VIDEO.NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR
ANYOTHER USE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAYBEOBTAINED FROM MPEGLA, L.L.C. SEE
HTTP://MPEGLA.COM
NWZ-A826K/A828K, Wirless stereo headset (DR-BT21G), it attaches. About DR-BT21G, refer to the following service manual. US, Canadian, E, Australian models: 9-887-599-[][] AEP, UK models: 9-887-601-[][]
eBluetoothword mark and logos are owned by the
BluetoothSIG,Inc.andanyuseofsuchmarksbySony
Corporationis under license.Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.
USandforeign patents licensed from Dolby Laboratories.
Allothertrademarks and registered trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respectiveholders.In this manual, TM and ® marks are not specied.
isproductis protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microso Corporation. Use or
distributionofsuch technology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microso
oranauthorized Microso subsidiary.
Contentprovidersare using the digital rights management technology for WindowsMedia contained
inthis device (“WM-DRM”)to protect the integrity of their content (“Secure Content”)so that their
intellectualproperty, including copyright, in such contentisnot misappropriated.
is deviceuses WM-DRMsoware to play Secure Content (“WM-DRM Soware”). Ifthe security
ofthe WM-DRMSoware in this device has been compromised, owners of Secure Content (“Secure
ContentOwners”)may request that Microso revoke the WM-DRM Soware’sright to acquire new
licensesto copy, displayand/or play Secure Content. Revocation doesnot alter the WM-DRM
Soware’sabilityto play unprotected content. A listof revoked WM-DRM Soware is sent to your
devicewheneveryou download a license for Secure Content from the Internet or from a PC.
Microsomay, in conjunctionwith such license, also download revocation lists ontoyour device on
behalfofSec ureC ontentOwners.
Program ©2008 SonyCorporation
Documentation ©2008 SonyCorporation