Sony D-NE730LS, D-NE730 User Manual

ATRAC CD Walkman

Portable CD Player

Operating Instructions

D-NE730/NE730LS

2-653-427-15 (1)

WARNING

To reduce the risk of ﬁre or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.

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

To reduce the risk of ﬁre, do not cover the ventilation of the apparatus with newspapers, table-cloths, curtains, etc. And do not place lighted candles on the apparatus.

To reduce the risk of ﬁre or electric shock, 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).

Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipment (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems)

This symbol on the product or

on its packaging indicates that this product shall not be treated as household waste. Instead it shall be handed over to the

applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product. The recycling of materials will help to conserve natural resources. For more detailed information about recycling of this product, please contact your local Civic Ofﬁce, your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product. Applicable Accessories: Headphones, remote control

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.

About trademarks

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

SonicStage is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and ATRAC Advanced Lossless are trademarks

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 ........................................... 7

Getting Started

Checking the Supplied Accessories ....8

Guide to Parts and Controls .................9

Preparing a Power Source

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

When using a 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 a list of groups/ﬁles

(List View) ............................................... 17

Checking CD information on the display . 18

Changing Playback Options

(PLAY MODE) ...................................... 19

Playback options (PLAY MODE) ............20

Playing groups .......................................... 21

Playing your favorite tracks

(Bookmark play) ...................................... 21

Playing your favorite play lists

(m3u play list play) .................................. 21

Playing tracks in your favorite order

(PGM play) .............................................. 22

Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play) ...22

Changing Sound Quality .................... 23

Selecting the sound quality ...................... 23

Customizing sound quality ....................... 23

SOUND items .......................................... 24

Changing Optional Settings ............... 25

Setting various functions .......................... 25

OPTION items ......................................... 26

Connecting Other Devices ................. 29

Additional Information

Troubleshooting .................................. 30

Maintenance ........................................34

Speciﬁcations ...................................... 34

Optional Accessories .........................35

SonicStage Download Website .......... 35

Index ....................................................36

Create Your Own ATRAC CDs

In addition to the regular audio CDs, you can play original CDs (“ATRAC” CDs) that you created with the SonicStage software. Using SonicStage, about 30 audio CDs* can be recorded on one CD-R or CD-RW. SonicStage can be downloaded free of charge. The following is a quick overview of how you listen to music on your ATRAC CD.

Listen to them with this CD player.

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

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.

Audio CDs, MP3 ﬁles

ATRAC CD

Install SonicStage on your computer.

SonicStage is a software product that takes music from audio CDs or downloaded from the Internet onto your computer to create your own original CDs. SonicStage can be downloaded from the speciﬁed site (



page 35) and installed on your

computer.

• The appropriate system environment to access the Internet is required. For details, refer to the instruction manual of your computer.

• For how to install SonicStage and how to create an ATRAC CD, visit and get information from the speciﬁed site for downloading SonicStage. You can also check the SonicStage help section.

* 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 ATRAC format.

For customers who purchased the models supplied with the SonicStage (CD-ROM)

• You can install SonicStage from the supplied CD-ROM.

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

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 ATRAC format has been recorded*

ATRAC is the general term used to refer to Sony Corporation audio codec technologies ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless**. ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus,

with their high quality compression ratio, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless**, with its no-data-loss compression, combine to provide a vast array of possibilities.

** This player is not compatible with ATRAC Advanced Lossless.

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

Information (track name, album name, artist name, etc.) of 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*

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 16/22.05/24 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 ( page 27). 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.

Note on DualDiscs

A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates DVD recorded material on one side with digital audio material on the other side. However, since the audio material side does not conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard, playback on this product is not guaranteed.

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 ATRAC ﬁles and MP3 ﬁles are recorded on the same CD, this CD player plays the ATRAC 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 ATRAC/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 ATRAC 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

Road safety

Do not use headphones 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 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 (AC-ES3010K2) (1)

• External battery case (1)

• Rechargeable battery (1)

• Battery carrying case (1)

• Headphones (1) • Remote control (Remote) (1)

(For this CD player only)

• Operating instructions (1)

• AC plug adaptor (Supplied with tourist

model) (1)

Note

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

To connect your headphones to the remote

Connect the plug of your 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 25, 27).

Guide to Parts and Controls

CD player (rear)

Remote



(group) +/– buttons ( page 16)



/ buttons ( page 16)



CD Player:

VOL (Volume) +*/– buttons ( page 15) Remote: VOL (Volume) +/– control ( page 15, 17, 22, 23)



HOLD switch ( page 17)



Screw hole for the external battery case

( page 12, 13)



EXT BATT jack ( page 12, 13)



OPEN switch ( page 11, 15)



 (play/pause)* button ( page 15-17,

19, 21-23)



CD Player:

 (stop)/CHG button (



page 11, 16)

Remote:

 (stop) button (



page 16, 23, 24, 26)



OPR (Operation) lamp ( page 11, 12,

15, 17)



 (headphones)/LINE OUT jack ( page

15, 29)



DC IN 3V jack ( page 11, 14)



Operation dial ( page 16, 17, 21-23, 25)



SEARCH button ( page 17)



Function button ( page 18, 19, 22, 23,

25)



Function dial ( page 18, 19, 22, 23, 25)



Clip ( page 8)

* This button has a tactile dot.

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Getting Started

Remote display



Disc indicator ( page 15)



Track number indicator/Auto ranking play indicator ( page 18, 19)



Character information display ( page 18)



Play mode indicator ( page 20-22)



Sound indicator ( page 23)



Battery indicator ( page 11, 13)



Group indicator ( page 20, 21)



Play list indicator ( page 20, 21)



Bookmark indicator ( page 20, 21)

Connect the AC power adaptor to

the DC IN 3 V jack of your CD player and an AC outlet, then press /CHG to start charging.

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.

/CHG

OPR lamp

to an AC outlet

AC power adaptor

to DC IN 3 V

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).

Slide the OPEN switch to open the

lid of your player.

OPEN switch

Open the battery compartment lid

inside the player.

Battery compartment lid

Press

Raise

Insert the NH-14WM rechargeable

battery (supplied) matching the

 end of the battery to the 

diagram in the battery compartment and close the lids of the battery compartment and the player until they click into place.

Insert the  end ﬁrst.

Getting Started

Notes

• Do not charge any rechargeable battery other than

an NH-14WM (supplied) using this AC power adaptor.

• If you press  during charging, charging stops

and playback of the CD starts.

• If you connect the AC power adaptor to the player

during playback, play stops.

• During charging, the player and the rechargeable

battery become hot. This poses no danger.

• Take out the rechargeable battery when the player

is not to be used for a long time.

To remove the rechargeable battery

Push the  end of the rechargeable battery.

Note on the useful life of the rechargeable battery and when to replace it

If the battery is new or has not been used for a long time, it may not charge completely. In that case, charge it until the OPR lamp goes off and then use the player until the battery is completely depleted (“Lo Batt” appears on the display). Repeat this procedure several times. When the battery life is still shorter by about half of a normal charge after trying this procedure, replace the battery with a new rechargeable battery.

Note on carrying the rechargeable battery

Use the supplied battery carrying case to protect against unexpected heat. If the rechargeable battery comes into contact with the metallic objects, heat or ﬁre may occur due to a short circuit.

When using a dry battery

You can extend the power available by using a dry battery, together with a rechargeable battery by attaching the external battery case. Make sure to remove the AC power adaptor when attaching the external battery case. The battery in the player and that in the external battery case are discharged simultaneously.

Notes

• When using the rechargeable battery and dry battery together to extend power, use a fully

charged rechargeable battery and new dry battery.

• When you use the CD player on battery power, use an alkaline battery only. If you use any other type of battery, the player may not give its full performance. A decrease in battery life, etc. may occur.

Insert an LR6 (size AA) alkaline

battery (not supplied) by matching the  to the diagram inside the battery case and close the battery case lid.

Attach the battery case to the player

securely and fasten the screw in the direction of LOCK. Connect the battery case to EXT BATT jack.

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