Sony D-NE20LS, D-NE20 User Manual

This warranty is valid only in the United States.

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Atrac CD Walkman

Portable CD Player

Operating Instructions

D-NE20/NE20LS

2-318-320-13 (1)

WARNING

To prevent ﬁre or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.

Do not install the appliance in a conﬁned space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet.

To prevent ﬁre, do not cover the ventilation of the apparatus with newspapers, tablecloths, curtains, etc. And don’t place lighted candles on the apparatus.

To prevent ﬁre or shock hazard, do not place objects ﬁlled with liquids, such as vases, on the apparatus.

CAUTION

The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard.

Certain countries may regulate disposal of the battery used to power this product. Please consult with your local authority.

CAUTION

• INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN

• DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM OR VIEW DIRECTLY WITH OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

• CLASS 1M INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN

• DO NOT VIEW DIRECTLY WITH OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

The validity of the CE marking is restricted to only those countries where it is legally enforced, mainly in the countries EEA (European Economic Area).

Owner’s Record

The model number is located at the rear and the serial number is located inside the lid of the CD player. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. __________________________ Serial No. __________________________

For the customers in the USA and Canada

RECYCLING NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE BATTERIES

Nickel Metal Hydride batteries are recyclable. You can help preserve our environment by returning your used rechargeable batteries to the collection and recycling location nearest you.

For more information regarding recycling of rechargeable batteries, call toll free 1-800-822-8837, or visit http://www.rbrc.org/.

Caution: Do not handle damaged or leaking Nickel

Metal Hydride batteries.

For customers who purchased this product in the USA

Product registration

Please register this product on line at www.sony. com/walkmanreg <http://www.sony.com/walkmanreg>

Proper registration will enable us to send you periodic mailings about software upgrades, new products, services and other important announcements. Thank you.

If you have any questions about this product, contact: www.sony.com/walkmansupport

Sony Network Portable Audio Support Line 1-(866)-456-7669

Sony Customer Information Services Center 12451 Gateway Blvd., Ft. Myers, FL 33913

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. – Increase the separation between the equipment and

receiver.

– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit

different from that to which the receiver is connected.

– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV

technician for help.

You are cautioned that any changes or modiﬁcations not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment

This manual describes how to use the CD player. For the supplied software SonicStage, please see “Installation/Operating Guide.”

Notice for users

On the supplied software

Depending on the type of the text and characters, the text shown on SonicStage may not be displayed properly on the device. This is due to:

– The limitations of the connected player.

– The player is not functioning normally.

Instructions in this manual mainly describe the controls on the remote.

Depending on the region in which you use the player, indications displayed on your remote may be slightly different from those shown in the Operating Instructions.

ATRAC3plus is trademark of Sony Corporation.

“WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphone Stereo products. is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

Table of Contents

Create Your Own ATRAC CDs

....................

Which discs can you play on this CD

player? ................ .......................... .......................... 5

Precautions

.......................................................

On safety ............................................ ..................... 7

On the CD player .................................. ............... 7

On handling CDs ............. .......................... .......... 7

On headphones/earphones ..................... ........... 7

Getting Started

Checking the Supplied Accessories

......

Guide to Parts and Controls

......................

Preparing a Power Source

(Rechargeable Battery) ....................... 11

When using a dry battery ................... ............. 13

Checking the remaining power of the

battery ......................... .......................................... 14

When using the AC power adaptor .............. 15

Playback

Playing a CD

..................................................

Basic playback operations (Play, stop,

search) ..................................................... 17

Locking the controls (HOLD) ..................18

Searching for Your Favorite Track/File 18

Searching by viewing a list of groups/ﬁles

(List View) ....................... .......................... .......... 18

Checking CD information on the display . 19

Changing Playback Options (PLAY

MODE) .................................................. 20

Playback options (PLAY MODE) ............ 21

Playing groups ......................... .......................... .22

Playing your favorite tracks (Bookmark

play) .........................................................22

Playing your favorite play lists (m3u play

list play) ................................................... 22

Playing tracks in your favorite order (PGM

play) .........................................................23

Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play) ... 23

Changing Sound Quality

..........................

Selecting the sound quality ............................ 24

Customizing sound quality ....... ...................... 24

SOUND items .................................. ................... 25

Changing Optional Settings

...................

Setting various functions ........................ ........ 26

OPTION items ....................................... ............. 27

Connecting Other Devices

......................

Additional Information

Troubleshooting

...........................................

Maintenance

..................................................

Speciﬁcations

...............................................

Optional Accessories

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Index

.................................................................

Create Your Own ATRAC CDs

In addition to the usual audio CDs, you can play an original CD, called “ATRAC CD,” that you create with the supplied software, SonicStage. Using SonicStage, about 30 audio CDs* can be recorded on one CD-R or CD-RW. The following is a quick overview of how you listen to music on your ATRAC CD.

Install SonicStage on your computer.

SonicStage is software that takes music downloaded from audio CDs on your computer and creates original CDs. It can be installed from the supplied CD-ROM.

Create an ATRAC CD.

After selecting your favorite songs from music stored on your computer, record them on a CD-R/CD-RW using SonicStage.

Listen to them with this CD player.

You can take lots of songs wherever you go on your original CD.

Please see the supplied “Installation/Operating Guide” for how to install SonicStage and how to create ATRAC CDs.

* When the total playing time of one CD (album) is estimated at 60

minutes and you are recording on a 700 MB CD-R/CD-RW at 48 kbps in ATRAC3plus format.

Audio CDs, MP3 ﬁles

ATRAC CD

Which discs can you play on this CD player?

Audio CDs:

CD-DA format CDs

CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) is a recording standard used for Audio CDs.

ATRAC CDs:

CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the ATRAC3plus format has been recorded by using SonicStage*

ATRAC3plus (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3plus) is audio compression technology that satisﬁes the demand for high sound quality and high compression rates. ATRAC3plus can compress audio ﬁles to about 1/20 of their original size at 64 kbps. Bit rates and sampling frequencies this CD player can play are:

Bit rates Sampling frequencies

ATRAC3 66/105/132 kbps 44.1 kHz

ATRAC3plus 48/64/256 kbps 44.1 kHz

Up to 62 characters can be displayed on this CD player.

MP3 CDs:

CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the MP3 format has been recorded by using a software other than SonicStage*

Bit rates and sampling frequencies this CD player can play are shown below. Variable Bit Rate (VBR) ﬁles can also be played.

Bit rates Sampling frequencies

MPEG-1 Layer3 32 - 320 kbps 32/44.1/48 kHz

MPEG-2 Layer3 8 - 160 kbps 16/22.05/23 kHz

MPEG-2.5 Layer3 8 - 160 kbps 8/11.025/12 kHz

This CD player conforms to Version 1.0/1.1/2.2/2.3/2.4 of the ID3 tag format. ID3 tag is a format for adding certain information (track name, album name, artist name, etc.) to MP3 ﬁles. Up to 64 characters of ID3 tag information can be displayed on this CD player.

CD-Extra and Mix-Mode CDs:

CD-R/CD-RW on which CD-DA format data and CD-ROM format data are recorded together.*

If you cannot play your CD, change the “CD-EXTRA” setting in the OPTION menu ( page 28). Then you may play your CD.

An ATRAC CD on which audio data compressed in the MP3 format has been recorded using software other than SonicStage can also be played. With SonicStage, you cannot create a CD on which mixed format audio data is recorded.

* Only ISO 9660 Level 1/2 and Joliet extension format discs can be played.

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Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies

This product is designed to play back discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies are marketed by some record companies. Please be aware that among those discs, there are some that do not conform to the CD standard and may not be playable by this product.

Difference in File structures of ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs

ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs consist of "ﬁles" and "groups." A "ﬁle" is equivalent to a "track" of an audio CD. A "group" is a bundle of ﬁles and is equivalent to an "album." For MP3 CDs, this CD player recognizes an MP3 folder as a "group" so that ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs can be operated in the same way.

The usable number of groups and ﬁles

• Maximum number of groups: 256

• Maximum number of ﬁles: 999

Playing order of ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs

For ATRAC CDs, ﬁles are played in the order selected in SonicStage. For MP3 CDs, the playing order may differ depending on the method used to record MP3 ﬁles on the disc. A "play list" which contains an MP3 ﬁle playing order can also be played. In the following example, ﬁles are played in order of  to .

File

MP3

Group

(Maximum directory levels: 8)

Notes

• If ATRAC3plus ﬁles and MP3 ﬁles are recorded on the same CD, this CD player plays the ATRAC3plus ﬁles ﬁrst.

• The playback capability of this CD player may vary depending on the quality of the disc and the condition of the recording device.

• Acceptable characters are A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, and _ (underscore).

• On a disc that has ATRAC3plus/MP3 ﬁles, do not save ﬁles in other formats and do not make unnecessary folders.

About ATRAC CDs

• CD-Rs/CD-RWs recorded in the ATRAC3plus format cannot be played on your computer.

About MP3 CDs

• Be sure to add the ﬁle extension "mp3" to the ﬁle name. However, if you add the extension "mp3" to a ﬁle other than an MP3 ﬁle, the player will not be able to recognize the ﬁle properly.

• To compress a source in an MP3 ﬁle, we recommend setting the compression parameters to "44.1 kHz," "128 kbps," and "Constant Bit Rate."

• To record up to the maximum capacity, set the writing software to "halting of writing."

• To record up to the maximum capacity at one time on media that has nothing recorded on it, set the writing software to "Disc at Once."

Precautions

On safety

• Should any solid objects or liquid fall into the CD player, unplug it and have it checked by qualiﬁed personnel before operating it any further.

• Do not put any foreign objects in the DC IN 3 V (external power input) jack.

On the CD player

• Keep the lens on the CD player clean and do not touch it. If you do so, the lens may be damaged and the CD player will not operate properly.

• Do not put any heavy object on top of the CD player. The CD player and the CD may be damaged.

• Do not leave the CD player in a location near heat sources, or in a place subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust or sand, moisture, rain, mechanical shock, unleveled surface, or in a car with its windows closed.

• If the CD player causes interference to the radio or television reception, turn off the CD player or move it away from the radio or television.

• Discs with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart, square, star) cannot be played on this CD player. Attempting to do so may damage the CD player. Do not use such discs.

On handling CDs

• To keep the CD clean, handle it by its edge. Do not touch the surface.

• Do not stick paper or tape onto the CD.

• Do not expose the CD to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts. Do not leave the CD in a car parked under direct sunlight.

On headphones/earphones

Road safety

Do not use headphones/earphones while driving, cycling, or operating any motorized vehicle. It may create a trafﬁc hazard and is illegal in some areas. It can also be potentially dangerous to play your headsets at high volume while walking, especially at pedestrian crossings. You should exercise extreme caution or discontinue use in potentially hazardous situations.

Preventing hearing damage

Avoid using headphones/earphones at high volume. Hearing experts advise against continuous, loud and extended play. If you experience a ringing in your ears, reduce volume or discontinue use.

Consideration for others

Keep the volume at a moderate level. This will allow you to hear outside sounds and to be considerate to the people around you.

Getting Started

Checking the Supplied Accessories

• AC power adaptor • Charging stand (AC-ES3010K2)

• External battery • Rechargeable battery case with cover

• Battery carrying • Carrying pouch case

• Earphones • Remote control (Remote) (For this CD player only)

• CD-ROM (SonicStage)

Do not play this CD-ROM on an audio CD player

including this player.

• Operating instructions (This book)

• Installation/Operating Guide

• AC plug adaptor (Supplied with tourist model)

Note

Use only the supplied remote. You cannot operate this player with any other remote.

To connect your earphones/headphones to the remote

Connect the plug of your earphones/ headphones to the remote securely.

To use the clip of the remote

You can change the direction of the clip. Turn the clip as shown below. You can also reverse the direction of the track name, etc. (page 26, 28).

For customers in the US

The AC power adaptor supplied with this unit is not intended to be serviced. Should the AC power adaptor cease to function in its intended manner during the warranty period, the adaptor should be returned to your nearest Sony Service Center or Sony Authorized Repair Center for replacement, or if a problem occurs after the warranty period has expired, the adaptor should be discarded.

Guide to Parts and Controls

CD player

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 0

Remote

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

Terminals for the charging stand/external

bettery case ( page 11, 14, 15)



/ buttons ( page 17)



CD Player:

 (stop)/CHG button (



page 12, 17)

Remote:

 (stop) button (



page 17, 23, 25, 27)



 (play/pause)* button ( page 16-18,

20, 22-24)



HOLD switch (on the back of the CD

player) ( page 18)



OPEN switch ( page 11, 16)



(group) +/– buttons ( page 17)



CD Player:

VOL (Volume) +/– buttons ( page 16) Remote: VOL (Volume) +/– control ( page 16, 23, 24)



 (headphones)/LINE OUT (OPTICAL)

jack ( page 16, 30)



OPR (Operation) lamp ( page 11-13,

15, 16, 18)



Operation dial ( page 17, 18, 22-24, 26)



SEARCH button ( page 18)



Function button ( page 19, 20, 23, 24,

26)



Function dial ( page 19, 20, 23, 24, 26)



Clip ( page 8)

* This button has a tactile dot.

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Getting Started

Remote display

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qj qk ql



Disc indicator ( page 16)



Character information display ( page 19)



Play mode indicator ( page 21-23)



Sound indicator ( page 24)



Battery indicator ( page 11, 14)



Group indicator ( page 21, 22)



Play list indicator ( page 21, 22)



Bookmark indicator ( page 21, 22)

Connect the AC power adaptor to

the supplied charging stand. Then insert the player into the charging stand.

The OPR lamp on the CD player ﬂashes, then lights up. When the remote is connected, “Charging” ﬂashes and the indicator sections of (battery) light up in succession in the remote display.

Terminals

Charging stand

to DC IN 3V

OPR lamp

to an AC outlet

AC power adaptor

When the battery is completely charged, the OPR lamp goes off and “Charging” disappears.

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Preparing a Power Source

(Rechargeable

Battery)

Charge the rechargeable battery before using it for the ﬁrst time or when it is depleted. To maintain the original battery capacity longer, charge the battery only when it is completely depleted (“Lo Batt” appears on the display). Since the supplied charging stand is for this player only, you cannot charge any other model using this stand.

Squeeze the OPEN switch from both

sides to open the lid of your player.

OPEN switch

Open the battery compartment lid

inside the player.

Battery compartment lid

Raise

Press

Insert the NH-14WM rechargeable

battery (supplied) by matching the

 to the diagram in the battery

compartment and close the lid until it clicks into place.

Insert the  end ﬁrst.

Getting Started

Notes

• Do not charge any rechargeable battery other than an NH-14WM (supplied) using this charging stand.

• If you press  during charging, charging stops and playback of the CD starts.

• If you insert the player into the charging stand during playback, play stops and charging starts.

• During charging, the player and the rechargeable battery become hot. This poses no danger.

• Insert the player into the charging stand securely. Make sure that the OPR lamp on the player lights up. Wrong insertion interrupts charging or play.

• Do not place coins or other metallic objects on the charging stand. If the terminal on the charging stand is accidentally brought into contact with a metallic object, it may short-circuit and begin to heat up.

• Take out the rechargeable battery when the player is not to be used for a long time.

• The lengths of the charging stand terminals are different from each other. This, however, presents no problem.

To charge the rechargeable battery without using the supplied charging stand

OPR lamp

/CHG

to DC IN 3V

AC power adaptor

Cover

to an AC outlet

1 Perform steps 1-3 of “When using a dry

battery” ( page 13, 14) to attach the external battery case to the player.

2 While sliding and holding the cover on the

external battery case in the direction of



, connect the AC power adaptor.

3 Press /CHG.

Charging starts.

To remove the rechargeable battery

Push the  end of the rechargeable battery.

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