User manual SONY ERS-7M3

[. . . ] A-CC2-100-11 (1) When printing this document to legal size paper, place a check mark beside the "Auto-rotate and center pages" option of the Print dialog box. This prints the document on the center of the page. Table of contents Getting Started What is AIBO Entertainment Player Ver. Enjoying music and news with the Player . Have fun with the AIBO robot's Diary . [. . . ] Play the next song. zHints · Music can be played through the AIBO robot's speaker only if the AIBO robot is in Remote Control mode. While the AIBO robot is in Autonomous Monitor mode, sound will be heard from the PC speakers only. · When the (AutoMotion) button is ON, the AIBO robot will move in various ways along with the music. (Stop): (Next song): (Loop playback off) / (Loop playback on): Perform loop (repeating) playback within the contents list. 41 Listening to a music CD Note AIBO Entertainment Player can only play music CDs in the CD-DA format. Copy-controlled CDs, CD Extra, and multi-session CDs cannot be played. zHint You can also play a song by double-clicking its entry in the contents list. Listening to music files To listen to music files registered with AIBO Entertainment Player, select the folder from the media list and click the (Play) button. 1Select folder or contents. Using the Player 1 2 Insert the music CD in the CD-ROM drive of the PC. Select "CD Drive" from the media list and click the (Play) button. 1Click CD drive. The tracks on the CD are shown here. 2Click here. Click here to stop playback. Setting this to ON will cause the AIBO robot to move in tune with the music. 2Click here. Click here to stop playback. zHint Setting this to ON will cause the AIBO® Entertainment Robot to move in tune with the music. If the (AutoMotion) button is on and you perform an action from the Navigator screen while listening to music, the (AutoMotion) will automatically be turned OFF. The music is played and can be heard from the AIBO robot's speaker. 42 Listening to music by giving the AIBO® Entertainment Robot a voice command Listening to a music CD When you say "Play CD" to the AIBO robot, a music CD inserted in the CD-ROM drive of the PC will start playing from the first track. Touching the AIBO robot to listen to music You can activate music playback by touching the AIBO robot. zHint This function is available only when the AIBO robot is in remote control mode. To listen to music Touch the head sensor and middle back sensor simultaneously. You should first select the song you want to hear from the media list. Using the Player Listening to music files When you say "Play music" to the AIBO robot, a song from "Album", "My Library", or "Playlist" will be selected at random for playback. Play music! zHints · When you say one of the above commands to the AIBO robot while it is in Autonomous mode, it will switch to Remote Control mode and play music. · While the AIBO robot is playing music, it is not possible to select another song by voice command. · If there is no music CD or music file, or if a problem occurred, the AIBO robot will not play music even if it has correctly identified the voice command. · If the check boxes "Play Contents by Voice Recognition" and "Remote control AIBO via Voice/VPR Recognition" under the "AIBO" tab in the "Settings" screen are not selected, the AIBO robot will not play music even if it has correctly identified the voice command (page 80). To stop the music Touch the head sensor and middle back sensor simultaneously once more. To go to the previous song Touch the head sensor and front back sensor simultaneously. To go to the next song Touch the head sensor and rear back sensor simultaneously. 43 Listening to music files via drag & drop You can directly drag & drop a music file to the playback control area to play them through the AIBO® Entertainment Robot. 1 From the media list, select "All Music" and "My Library", and click the (New contents) button. 2Click here. Drag & drop 1 Select this. The "Create a new Music Folder" screen appears. Using the Player Registering music files Songs downloaded via the Internet and songs saved from a music CD onto the PC can be recorded in "My Library" of AIBO Entertainment Player. You can specify folders containing music files, or you can directly drag & drop folders. As an example, the following description explains how to register sample data supplied with AIBO Entertainment Player. 2 Click . Click here. Registering music files zHints · The maximum number of folders that can be registered is 500. Each folder can have up to 300 content items. · AIBO Entertainment Player can play WMA, WAV, and MP3 format music files. The "Browse for Folder" screen appears. 3 Select the folder containing the sample data (C:\Program Files\Sony\AIBO Entertainment Player\Sample Music), and click "OK". 44 Directly registering a folder You can also register the music files in "My Library" by directly dragging and dropping a folder containing music files to the media list. 1Click the folder containing music files. 2Click here. 1 Drag & drop the folder containing music files to the media list. Using the Player The "Create a new Music Folder" screen appears again. 4 Click "OK". The name of the selected folder is automatically entered here. You can change this to any other title if desired. Drag & drop The "Create a new Music Folder" screen appears. 2 Click "OK". You can change the title if desired. Click here. By selecting this check box, you can add all music files in the specified folder. Click here. The music files in the specified folder are registered in "My Library". The music files are added to "My Library". 45 Listening to music by showing the AIBO® Entertainment Robot a registered image (VPR function) By registering an image such as a CD jacket, postcard, photo, or similar image in AIBO Entertainment Player, you can have the AIBO robot play the associated music simply by showing it the image. 2 Select the location in the "List of Registered Images" where the image should be stored. Click on the location so that a red frame is shown. Select location. [. . . ] · The AIBO robot and the PC are not connected via wireless LAN. (See the AIBO Robot PC Network User's Guide. ) · The PC is not connected to the Internet. · The link to the RSS site has changed, and connection is no longer possible. c Change the URL information for the RSS site. [. . . ]