Sony D-NE321CK User Manual

Sony Corporation Printed in China

Atrac CD Walkman

Portable CD Player

This warranty is valid only in the United States.

Operating Instructions

D-NE321CK/NE326CK

2-318-870-11 (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 and the serial number are located at the rear 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 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 functionning normally.

ATRAC3plus is a 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 ................ 4

Which discs can you play on this CD

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

Precautions ............................................ 7

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

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

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

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

Getting Started

Checking the Supplied Accessories ..... 8

Guide to Parts and Controls .................. 8

Installing in a Car ................................. 10

Where to place your CD player ................ 10

Mounting your CD player ........................ 10

Replacing the fuse of the car battery cord 11

Mounting the rotary commander .............. 11

Preparing a Power Source

(Dry Battery) ........................................ 12

Checking the remaining power of the

battery ...................................................... 13

When using the AC power adaptor ...........14

Playback

Playing a CD ......................................... 15

Basic playback operations (Play, stop,

search) ..................................................... 16

Locking the controls (HOLD) ..................17

Searching for Your Favorite Track/File 17

Searching by viewing groups (File View) 17

Searching by viewing a list of groups/ﬁles

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

Checking CD information on the display .18

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 ..................... 24

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

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

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

Changing Optional Settings ................ 26

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

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

Additional Information

Troubleshooting ................................... 29

Maintenance ......................................... 32

Speciﬁcations ....................................... 32

Optional Accessories .......................... 33

Index ..................................................... 34

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 • Earphones

(not supplied with USA/ Canadian models)

• Rotary commander • Car battery cord

• Car connecting pack

• CD-ROM (SonicStage)

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

including this player.

• Velcro tapes for the CD player (2)

• Velcro tape for the rotary commander (1)

• Operating instructions (This book)

• Installation/Operating Guide

Note

The supplied rotaty commander should be used with this player only.

Guide to Parts and Controls

CD player

Rotary commander

Display



Operation button

 (play/pause)

/ENTER

( page 15-18, 20, 22-24, 26)

/ (



page 16, 18, 22, 24)



/ ( page 17, 18, 20, 22-24, 26)

VOL +/– ( page 15)



CD player:

(group) – button ( page 16-18, 23)

Rotary commander:

+/– control ( page 16)

Push down and turn.



 (stop) button ( page 16-18, 23-25,

27)



SEARCH button ( page 17, 18)



DISPLAY/MENU button ( page 19, 20,

22, 24)



(group) + button ( page 16, 17, 23)



 (headphones) jack ( page 15)



DC IN 3 V jack ( page 14)



HOLD switch (on the back of the CD

player) ( page 17)



OPEN switch ( page 12, 15)



 (play/pause) button ( page 16)



• control ( page 16)



Jack for connecting a car connecting pack

( page 10)



Character information display

( page 19)



Atrac3plus/MP3 indicator ( page 5)



Disc indicator ( page 15)



Battery indicator ( page 13)



Play list indicator



Group indicator



Bookmark indicator ( page 22)



Play mode indicator



Timer indicator ( page 27)



Sound indicator

* This button has a tactile dot.

Getting Started

Installing in a Car

Connect your CD player as shown

below.

Car cassette deck

to a cigarette lighter socket

Car battery cord

Car connecting pack

to DC IN 3 V

to  (headphones)

Rotary commander

Note

Turn down the volume of the car cassette deck before inserting the car connecting pack.

Where to place your CD player

• Install the CD player in a location which: – does not interfere with your driving. – is not dangerous for passengers. – does not interfere with the glove box lid or

ashtray.

– is stable, and where nothing around it may

interfere with installation.

• Do not install the CD player near heat sources or where subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust, or moisture (especially on a dashboard).

Please understand that we will not incur any obligations for troubles caused by incorrect installation.

If you have any questions or problems concerning your CD player, please contact your nearest Sony dealer.

Mounting your CD player

Attach the CD player to the console box with the supplied Velcro tapes.

Bottom of the CD player

Console box

Notes

• Do not afﬁx Velcro tapes to the name plate or any control.

• When you are going to park your car for a long period of time, remove the CD player from the console box and place it where it will not be exposed to direct sunlight.

Note on the car battery cord

The 3 V DC plug supplied with car battery cord conforms to the proposed standards of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). Do not connect it to other players.

Polarity of the plug (JEITA standards)

Replacing the fuse of the car battery cord

If the CD player does not operate, check the fuse. If it is blown, replace it as follows:

Turn off the CD player and remove

the cigarette lighter plug from the cigarette lighter socket.

Remove the plug end by turning it

counterclockwise.

Remove the defective fuse from the

plug.

Insert a new fuse into the plug.

Replace the plug end by turning it

clockwise.

Remove

Fuse

Plug end

Cigarette lighter plug

Notes

• Be sure to use a fuse of the same amperage and length as the one to be replaced. Never use a piece of wire as a substitute for the fuse.

• If the fuse is blown again after replacing it, contact your nearest Sony dealer. In such a case, bring the defective fuse to the dealer with you.

Notes on the car connecting pack

• If no sound is heard or the car connecting pack is ejected, change the direction of playback on the car cassette deck.

• Never insert the cord end of the car connecting pack into the cassette insertion door. Otherwise, the cord may break or the car cassette deck may be damaged.

• You cannot use the car connecting pack with some car cassette deck.

• The cord should be placed so that it does not hinder driving.

• To disconnect the cord from the CD player, pull it out by grasping the plug. Never pull the plug out by the cord.

• With some car cassette decks, you may hear some rattling noise from the car connecting pack. However, this is not a sign of malfunction.

Mounting the rotary commander

If you use the supplied rotary commander, you can control your CD player as easily as you would control the headlight or the wiper switch of your car while driving. Attach the rotary commander to a ﬂat place as illustrated below.

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Getting Started

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