User manual SONY MZ-N707 OPENMGV2.2

[. . . ] · IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. · Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. · MMX and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. [. . . ] (To use the Internet CD information service, your computer must be connected to the Internet. ) Note The CD information for some audio CDs may not be available. You can enter by using the keyboard in such a case. (page 17) continued 15 Storing audio files to the computer (continued) 6 Click (Record All). Recording from the audio CD starts. When recording is completed, the playlist will be registered on the hard disk and the recorded audio files will be stored in the playlist. When you want to select tracks to be recorded Uncheck the CD Track# that you do not want to record and click (Rec Selection). Each click changes the status (check/uncheck) alternately. The CD Track# unchecked will not be recorded*. in the When you want to record only one or two tracks, you can clear all checks by clicking "Select All" item at the bottom left of the window and then check the CD Track# you want to record. * When the Record All button is clicked, the status (check/uncheck) will not affect the selection and all tracks will be recorded. When you want to stop recording Click (Stop) at the bottom of the window. If you click (Rec Selection), you can restart recording for the rest of the selected tracks. z Tip Click if the list area is not displayed at the bottom of the Record/Transfer window. 16 Labeling audio files of recorded tracks You can edit the track titles after recording audio files as needed. 1 2 Click (Music Drive). Basic Operations If the list area is not displayed, click "All Playlists" stored on the hard disk are displayed. . Edit button 3 Click at the bottom right of the window. The edit area is displayed. Properties button 4 5 6 Select the playlist including the track you want to edit the title in "All Playlists" at the left of the window. Tracks in the selected playlist are displayed on the right side of the edit area. Click and select the track, and click The Track Information is displayed. (Properties) at the bottom left of the window. Enter the new title in the "Title" field and click [OK]. The track title is changed. 17 Transferring audio files from the computer to the Network Walkman ­ Check-out You can check out tracks in the playlists of SonicStage to your Network Walkman. Connecting your Network Walkman to the computer For details, refer to the instruction manual of your Network Walkman. When using a device supporting "MG Memory Stick", insert the "MagicGate Memory Stick" media into the device before connecting to the computer. Transferring audio files to your Network Walkman ­ Check-out 1 2 Click to display the Recording Assistant Window. Click and select (Music Drive) for [1 Sources] and (Device/Media) for [2 Targets], and then click 3 (Jump to Record Window). The Record/Transfer window is displayed. Device/media Drop-down list Transfer mode button 3 Select the device/media from the drop-down list at the right of the window. When using the Network Walkman supporting two or more medium types, select the target medium. When you check out to the built-in flash memory, select "Network Walkman (Internal), " and when you check out to the "Memory Stick", select "Network Walkman (Memory. . . ). " 18 4 Click in the middle of the window and select the transfer mode. · Using ATRAC3plus Check the box only when you use the Network Walkman supporting ATRAC3plus. Therefore, the remaining Check-out count increases automatically. · Suspend functions (stand-by, sleep) and screen savers of the computer do not work while checking in. in the "Processing" dialog box or (Stop) in the window. 21 Basic Operations Playing/Editing audio files on the computer On your computer, you can play audio files in audio CDs, hard disk, or your Network Walkman, and edit track or album titles. Playing back songs 1 2 3 4 Click the Source Icon to select the device. Click at the middle of the window. The content area is displayed at the bottom of the window. The list of tracks stored in the selected device will be displayed in the content area. Select the track to be played. If you select (Music Drive) in step 1, double-click the playlist storing the track you want to play and then select the track. Click . The track selected in step 3 is played. Editing track/album titles To edit track/album titles, click at the bottom right window to display the edit area. For details on how to use the edit area, refer to the online Help for the SonicStage software. Creating a playlist to organize tracks You can create playlists to organize favorite tracks stored in SonicStage. This feature is useful when you want to check out only your favorite tracks to your Network Walkman. For details, refer to the online Help for the SonicStage software. 22 Advanced Operations Downloading audio files from EMD service sites to your computer What is EMD (Electronic Music Distribution) service? EMD stands for Electronic Music Distribution, which is a generic name for services that distribute digital audio contents via the Internet or other kinds of networks. To use an EMD service supporting OpenMG A system to access the Internet is required on your computer. Sign up with an Internet service provider, properly configure your computer, and then configure the settings of the Web browser before using services. After the connection to the Internet is set up, view the EMD service sites using the Internet Panel of SonicStage or other Web browser. Using an EMD service Advanced Operations 1 Click to display the Internet Panel. Information about the OpenMG web site is displayed. Internet button 2 3 Click "EMD" at the right of the window. The list of EMD service sites is displayed. Select the EMD service site you want to access from the list. Connecting to the Internet starts and the EMD service site is displayed. EMD service sites provide information about digital audio contents, how to use EMD services, etc. For details, refer to information on the site. 23 Importing audio files such as MP3 or WAV format files (Import) You can import the following format audio files to SonicStage. [. . . ] c Check in the unnecessary audio files and increase the free space. · Data other than audio files are stored in the media (built-in flash memory or "Memory Stick") to where you want to check out audio files. c Move the data other than audio files to the computer and increase the free space. · Any computer other than the computer used for Check-out is selected for the Check-in target. [. . . ]