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Basic Operations and Screens
Parts and Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Turning the Player On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 About the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 How to Use the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 How to Use the Option Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 About the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Playing Music
Playing Music [Music] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Searching for Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Music playback screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Music list screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Home Menu
Playing a playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Bundled Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Compatible Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Playing All Songs in Random Order. . . . . 40 Deleting Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using the Music Option Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Preparing the Player
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Selecting the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Setting the Date and Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Displaying the detailed information screen [Detailed Information] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Displaying the cover art screen [Cover Art] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Setting the play mode [Play Mode]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Setting the sound quality [Equalizer]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Listening with Clear Stereo [Clear Stereo] . . . . . . 47 Adjusting the volume level [Dynamic Normalizer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Changing the Music Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Transferring Music
Selecting the Way to Transfer Music . . . . . 21 Transferring Music Using Windows Media Player 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Transferring Music Using Content Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Transferring Music Using Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Watching Videos
Playing a Video [Videos]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Video playback screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Importing music from CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Transferring Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Deleting Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Using the Video Option Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Changing the Video Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Transferring Videos/Photos
Selecting the Way to Transfer Videos/Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Transferring Videos/Photos Using Content Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Transferring Videos/Photos Using Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the zoom function [Zoom Settings] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Setting the display of the video screen [Display] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Setting the video orientation [Video Orientation] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Viewing Photos
Viewing Photos [Photos] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Photo display screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Common Settings
Changing the Common Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Displaying the player information [Unit Information]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Limiting the volume [AVLS (Volume Limit)] . . . . 75 Turning off the beep sound [Beep Settings] . . . . 75 Setting a screensaver type [Screensaver] . . . . . . . . . 76 Adjusting the brightness of the screen [Brightness] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Setting the current time [Set Date-Time]. . . . . . . . . 77 Setting the date format [Date Display Format] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Setting the time format [Time Display Format] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Returning to the factory settings [Reset all Settings] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Formatting memory [Format]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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Playing a Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Deleting Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Using the Photo Option Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Changing the Photo Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Photo orientation [Photo Orientation] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Setting the display of the photo screen [Display] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Setting the slide show play mode [Slide Show Repeat] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Setting the interval of a slide show [Slide Show Interval] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Listening to FM Radio
Listening to FM Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
FM Radio screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Presetting broadcast stations automatically [Auto Preset] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Presetting broadcast stations manually . . . . . . . 68 Deleting preset broadcast stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Selecting the Display Language [Language Settings] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Useful Facts
About Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 What are Format and Bit Rate?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Using the FM Radio Option Menu. . . . . . . . 69 Changing the FM Radio Settings . . . . . . . . . . 70
Setting the reception [Scan Sensitivity] . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Setting monaural/stereo [Mono/Auto] . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
What is audio format?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Storing Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Upgrading the Player's Firmware . . . . . . . . . 85
Using the Timer
Setting the Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Setting the alarm [Alarm]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Setting the sleep timer [Sleep Timer]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Additional Information
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 License and Trademark Notice . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Basic Operations and Screens Basic Operations and Screens
Parts and Controls
Front
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BACK/HOME button Press to go up one list screen level, or to return to the previous menu. [. . . ] At the set time, the player automatically plays back the song last played.
To cancel the alarm After setting the alarm, press any button to turn on the player. If you select [No], the alarm is not cancelled, and the player turns off automatically.
Note
The alarm will not activate if the player is connected to a computer. If there is no resume information for the song last played, or if the song file last played is deleted, the alarm sounds automatically at the set time.
Using the Timer
Setting the sleep timer [Sleep Timer]
You can set the period of time after which the player automatically puts itself into standby mode (Sleep Timer).
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On the music playback screen, press the OPTION/PWR OFF button.
The option menu appears.
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Select [Sleep Timer] desired sleep timer duration.
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Duration Description
[30 Min] [60 Min] [90 Min] [120 Min]
Turns off the player after 30 minutes. Turns off the player after 120 minutes.
Hint
After setting the sleep timer, screen. appears in the information area of the music playback
To cancel the sleep timer After setting the sleep timer, press the BACK/HOME button, press and hold the BACK/HOME button or press the OPTION/PWR OFF button on the music playback screen. If you select [No], the sleep timer is not cancelled, and the music playback screen reappears.
Note
The sleep timer will not activate if the player is connected to a computer. After setting the sleep timer, if you turn the player off by pressing and holding the OPTION/PWR OFF button and then turn the player on again, the sleep timer is cancelled.
Common Settings Common Settings
Changing the Common Settings
To change the common settings of the player, select [Home] menu, then select [Common Settings]. [Settings] from the
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BACK/HOME button 5-way button
[Settings]
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Displaying the player information [Unit Information]
Information such as model name, firmware version, etc. , is displayed.
From the [Home] menu, select
[Unit Information].
[Settings] [Common Settings]
Item
Description
[Model:] [Firmware:] [Total songs:] [Total videos:] [Total photos:]
Displays the model name of the player. Displays the total number of photos stored on the player.
Common Settings
Limiting the volume [AVLS (Volume Limit)]
You can set [AVLS (Volume Limit)] (Automatic Volume Limiter System) to limit the maximum volume to prevent auditory issues or distraction. With [AVLS (Volume Limit)], you can listen to music at a comfortable volume level.
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From the [Home] menu, select
Type Description
[Settings] [Common Settings] [AVLS (Volume Limit)] desired setting type.
Maintains a moderate volume level. (Default setting)
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[On] [Off]
Turning off the beep sound [Beep Settings]
You can turn on or off the operation sounds of the player.
From the [Home] menu, select
Type Description
[Settings] [Common Settings] [Beep Settings] desired setting type. To cancel the operation, select [No].
Select [Yes].
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Common Settings
Selecting the Display Language [Language Settings]
You can select from a variety of languages for menus and messages.
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BACK/HOME button 5-way button
[Settings]
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From the [Home] menu, select
desired language setting.
German English Spanish French Italian Portuguese Russian Korean ] ]
[Settings] [Language Settings]
Language
Messages and menus are displayed in
[Deutsch] [English] [Español] [Français] [Italiano] [Português] [] [ [ [ ]
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese
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Useful Facts Useful Facts
About Battery Life
By adjusting the settings or managing the power supply properly, it is possible to save battery power for longer usage time between charges. The following hints will yield a longer battery life.
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Turn off the player manually If you press and hold the OPTION/PWR OFF button, the player enters standby mode and the screen turns off to save battery power. Furthermore, if standby mode continues for more than about 4 hours, the player turns completely off automatically. Adjust data format and bit rate Playing time will vary, as battery charge can be affected by the format and bit rate of songs, videos or photos that are played. 113, 114.
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What are Format and Bit Rate?
What is audio format?
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Audio format refers to the method used to import audio data from the Internet or audio CDs to a computer, and then save it as an audio file. MP3: MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer3) is a common audio compression technology developed by the MPEG working group of the ISO (International Organization for Standardization). MP3 can compress audio files to about 1/10 the size of standard CD audio files. WMA: WMA (Windows Media Audio) is a common audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. The WMA format produces the same sound quality as that of the MP3 format with a smaller file size. AAC: AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) is a common audio compression technology developed by the MPEG working group of the ISO (International Organization for Standardization). The AAC format produces the same sound quality as that of the MP3 format, with a smaller file size. [. . . ] 80 %)
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Additional Information
Battery life (continuous playback)
NWZ-E/E/E
Music Playback at MP3 128 kbps Video Playback at WMV9 384 kbps FM radio At receiving FM broadcasting Approximately 13 hours Approximately 4 hours Approximately 30 hours
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Actual battery life may vary depending on settings. The above estimated battery usage hours are based on typical usage conditions with "Basic setting of battery life measurement (Default setting)" as shown in the table below. Note that even if the player is turned off for an extended period, a small amount of battery power is still consumed. Battery life may vary depending on volume setting, conditions of use, and ambient temperature.
Setting
Settings for screen [Brightness]*1 ( p. [. . . ]