User manual SONY NW-E002

[. . . ] Operation Guide NW-E002F / E003F / E005F / E002 / E003 / E005 ©2006 Sony Corporation 2-678-177-11 (1) Table of Contents Menu Index 2 About the Manuals Included with the player are the Quick Start Guide and this PDF-format Operation Guide. Additionally, after installing SonicStage software from the supplied CD-ROM, you can refer to the Help within SonicStage. ­ The Quick Start Guide explains set up and the basic operations, enabling you to import songs to a computer, to transfer them to the player, and to play them back. ­ This Operation Guide explains standard and advanced features, enabling you to make full use of the player and troubleshoot problems. [. . . ] The format of a song refers to the method used by SonicStage to store the song's audio information when songs are imported to SonicStage from the Internet or audio CDs. Common formats include MP3, WMA and ATRAC, etc. Table of Contents Menu Index 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 songs. 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. What is bit rate?Bit rate refers to the amount of data used to store each second of audio. Generally, higher bit rates provide better sound quality, but require more storage space for the same length of audio. What is the relationship between bit rate, sound quality, and storage size?Generally, higher bit rates provide better sound quality, but require more storage space for the same length of audio, so you can store fewer songs on the player. Lower bit rates enable you to store more songs, but at a lower sound quality. For details on supported audio formats and bite rate, see page 77. Note · If you import a song from a CD to SonicStage at a low bit rate, you cannot improve the song's sound quality by selecting a high bit rate when transferring the song from SonicStage to the player. 53 Advanced Features Playing Songs Without Pauses If you import songs to SonicStage in ATRAC format and transfer them to the player, you can play them on the player continuously, without pauses between the songs. For example, an album that includes a long recording of a live performance with no pauses between songs can be played continuously without pauses after the songs are imported to SonicStage in ATRAC format and then transferred to the player. Note Table of Contents Menu Index · For songs to be played without pauses, you must import all the songs to SonicStage as a single album in the same ATRAC format. 54 Advanced Features How is Song Information Imported to the Player? When you import CD songs into SonicStage, SonicStage automatically retrieves information about the songs (such as album title, artist name, and song name) from a CD database service (CDDB, the Gracenote CD DataBase) on the Internet at no charge. When songs are transferred to the player, this song information is transferred along with the songs. Having this information attached to your songs makes possible various advanced searching features of the player. Note Table of Contents Menu Index · Song information of some CDs may not be able to retrieved from the Internet. For songs that are not in the Internet database, you can manually enter and edit song information in SonicStage. For details on editing song information, refer to SonicStage Help. 55 Advanced Features Storing Data Other Than Audio Files You can store computer data into the built-in flash memory of the player by transferring it from your computer with Windows Explorer. If the player is connected to the computer, the built-in flash memory appears in Windows Explorer as a removable storage drive. Notes Table of Contents Menu Index · Do not use SonicStage while using Windows Explorer to interact with the built-in flash memory of the player. · Always use SonicStage to transfer audio files that you want to play to the player. [. . . ] This product and service may practice one or more of the following U. S. Patents: #5, 987, 525; #6, 061, 680; #6, 154, 773, #6, 161, 132, #6, 230, 192, #6, 230, 207, #6, 240, 459, #6, 330, 593, and other patents issued or pending. Services supplied and/or device manufactured under license for following Open Globe, Inc. Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. [. . . ]