User manual SONY NW-A608

[. . . ] Included with the player are the Quick Start Guide and this PDF-format Operation Guide. Additionally, after installing CONNECT Player software from the supplied CD-ROM, you can refer to the Help within CONNECT Player. ­ The Quick Start Guide explains set up and the basic operations, enabling you to import tracks into a computer, to transfer them to the player, and to play them back. ­ This Operation Guide explains advanced features, enabling you to make full use of the player and troubleshoot problems. [. . . ] The control buttons on the player are all disabled while it is connected to a computer. You can display the data stored in the built-in flash memory using Windows Explorer when the player is connected to the computer. By following a few simple guidelines, you can extend the playing time available from a battery charge. Screen display auto-off Setting the display to turn off after a certain period of time of not using the player (approx. 15 seconds), can help to save battery power. see "Saving Power Consumption (Power Save Mode)" ( page 41) for the setting method. Adjust track format and bit rate The playing time varies, as battery charge can be affected by the format and bit rate of the audio tracks that are played. For example, a full battery charge offers about 45 hours of playing time for tracks in ATRAC format at 48 kbps, but only about 40 hours for tracks in MP3 format at 128 kbps. The exact playing time available from a full charge varies with the operating conditions and environment of the player. Do not let your computer sleep when the player is connected If the computer enters a power saving mode, such as the system suspend, sleep or hibernation while the player is connected via the USB cable, the player's battery is not charged. Instead, the player continues to draw power from the battery, discharging it. Do not leave the player connected for extended periods to a laptop computer that is not connected to AC power, because the player may discharge the computer's battery. The format of a track refers to the method used by CONNECT Player to store the track's audio information when tracks are imported to CONNECT Player from the Internet or audio CDs. 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 tracks. 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 smaller file size. aTRAC: ATRAC (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding) is a general term used to refer to ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus formats. ATRAC is an audio compression technology that satisfies the demand for both high sound quality and high compression rates. ATRAC3 can compress audio files to about 1/10 the size of standard CD audio tracks. ATRAC3plus, a more advanced version of ATRAC3, can compress audio files to about 1/20 the size of standard CD audio tracks. Bit rate refers to the amount of data used to store each second of audio. [. . . ] Use of the music beyond this limit requires permission of the copyright holders. Sony is not responsible for incomplete recording/downloading or damaged data due to problems of the player or computer. Depending on the types of the text and characters, the text shown on the player may not be displayed properly on device. this is due to: ­ The capacity of the connected player. [. . . ]