Sony MZ-NH600D User Manual

3-266-467-11(1)

Portable MiniDisc Player

Operating Instructions

Player Operation ____________________________________ Software Operation __________________________________

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

MZ-NH600D

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 news papers, table clot hs, 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.

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

Caution

The use of optical instruments with this product will incre as e eye hazard.

CAUTION RADIATION WHEN OPEN

AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM CAUTION — CLASS 1M INVISIBLE

LASER RADIA TION WHEN OPEN DO NOT VIEW DIRECTLY WITH

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

— INVISIBLE LASER

Information

IN NO EVENT SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, OR LOSSES OR EXPENSES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECTIVE PRODUCT OR THE USE OF ANY PRODUCT.

For customers who purchased this product in the USA

Owner’s Record

The serial number is located at the rear of the disc compartment lid and the model number is located at the top and bottom. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your So ny deal er regarding this product. Model No. MZ -NH600D Serial No.

Product registration

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Support Line 1-(866)-456-7669

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Declaration of Conformity

Trade Name: SONY Model No.: MZ-NH600D Responsible Party: S ony El ect ronics Inc. Address: 16450 W. Bernardo Dr, San Diego, CA 92 127 USA Telephone No.: 858-942-2230

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operat i on.

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 pr ot ection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radi ate radio frequency energy and, if not installe d and used in accordance wit h 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 televisio n 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 reloca te t he receiving

antenna.

— Increas e th e separation between the

equipment and re ceiver.

— Connect the equipment into an outlet

on a circuit different fro m that to which the receiver is connec te d.

— 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.

Notice for users

On the supplied software

• Copyright la ws pr ohib it re produc ing the

software or t he man ual acco mp an yi ng i t in whole or in part , or renting the software without the permission of the copyright holder.

• In no event will SONY be liable for any

financial damage, or lo ss of profits, including claims made by third parties, arising out of the use of the software supplie d with this p layer.

• In the event a problem occurs with this

software as a result of defective manufacturing, SONY will replace it. However, SONY bears no other responsibility.

• The software provided with this player

cannot be used with equipment other than that which is so designated.

• Please note that, due to contin ued effort s

to improve quality, the software specifications may be changed without notice.

• Operation of this player with software

other than that provided is not covered by the warranty.

• SonicStage, MD Simple Burner,

OpenMG, Memory Stick

“Magic Gate”, “MagicGate

”, “Memory Stick”, Hi-

MD, Net MD, ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and their logos are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

• Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT and

Windows Media are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and /or other countr i es.

• IBM and PC/AT are registered

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• Macintosh is a tra d e mark of Apple

Computer, Inc. in the United States and/ or other countries.

• MMX and Penti um are trademarks or

registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.

• All other tradem arks and registered

trademarks ar e trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

• ™ and ® marks are omitted in this

manual.

• CD and music-related data from

Client Software, copyright 2000-2003 Gracenote. Th i s product and serv ice may practice one or m ore of the following U.S. Patents: #5,987,525; #6,061,68 0; #6,154,773, #6,161,132, #6,230,192, #6,230,207, #6,240,459, #6,330,593 and ot her patents issued or pending. Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype, the Gracenote CDDB logo, and the

“Powered by Gracenote” logo are

trademarks of Gracenote.

About available functions and supplied manuals

..........................................................................10

Player Operation

Looking at controls .............................................13

Getting started ....................................................15

Playing a disc right away! ...................................17

Using menus ........................................................19

How to use the menu items ..................... .... ... .............................................19

List of menus ..................... .... ... .... ...............................................................20

Various ways of playback ...................................22

Viewing various information ......................................................................22

Selecting the play mode ..............................................................................23

Searching for a track (Search) .....................................................................27

Selecting the sound quality (6-Ba n d Equ a lizer) ...................... ...................27

Other operations ..... ....................... ... ..................29

Changing the displayed menu ite m s (Menu Mod e ) ................................... .29

Protecting your hearing (AVLS) .................................................................29

Turning off the beep sound .........................................................................30

Storing the settings for individua l disc s (Disc Mem ory ) ................... .... .... .30

Starting the playback quickly (Quick Mode) ..............................................31

Selecting the disc mode (Disc Mode) ........................... ... .... .......................32

Adjusting the contrast of the display window (Contrast Adjustment) ........32

Changing the operational direction of the display ......................................33

Using the player with a computer ...................... 34

What you can do through connection with a computer ..............................34

Connecting the player to your compu te r ............... ......................................34

Storing non-audio data to a disc .......... ...................... .... ... ...........................36

Additional information ........................................38

Precautions ..................................................................................................38

Specifications ..............................................................................................40

Troubleshooting and explanations .....................41

Troubleshooting ..........................................................................................41

Messages .....................................................................................................46

Explanations ................................................................................................48

Software Operation

What you can do with MD Simple Burner/

SonicStage ....................................................... 52

Installing .............................................................54

Providing the required system environment ...............................................54

Installing the software onto your computer ................................................55

Using MD Simple Burner .....................................57

Before using MD Simple Burner ................................................................57

Recording using MD Walkman operations (Simple mode) ........................58

Recording by computer operations (Standard mode) .................................59

Using SonicStage ................................................61

Importing audio data ........................ ...........................................................61

Transferring audio data from your computer to the MD Walkman ............63

Transferring back a udio data from the MD Walkman to your computer ...65

Using SonicStage Help ...............................................................................68

Referring to SonicStage Help .....................................................................70

Other information .................................. ..............72

Uninstalling SonicStage/MD Sim pl e Burne r ........................... ... ................72

On copyright protection .............................. ... .............................................73

Troubleshooting ..........................................................................................74

Index ...........................................................................................................77

About available functions and supplied

manuals

This section explains th e functions of this port able MiniDisc pla yer and the manuals t hat have been supplied with it. Please refer to the manual that applies to each use of the player.

Learning more about Hi-MD

“Hi-MD” is a new MiniDisc format with advanced capabilities over the standard MD format.

The “What you can do with the Hi-MD Walkman”

Using the player

You can enjoy listenin g t o the recorded disc .

flyer

This flyer explains the m aj or features of Hi-MD Walkman and how it differs with standard MD Walkman.

Player Operation (pages 12 to 50)

This section explains all of the player functions. It also gives details on

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the problems you m ay encounter while using the player and how to solve them, and about what to do when a message appears in the display.

, When you encounter any problems or need more

explanation

Refer to “Troubleshoo ting and explanations” (page 41).

Using the player while it is connected to a computer

The supplied Soni cStage Ver. 2.0 sof tware allows you to transfe r au dio data between the player and the computer. The supplied MD Simple Burner Ver. 2.0 software allows you to record audio data to the player.

Audio CDs

Internet

Music files

Software Operation (pages 52 to 76)

This section explains the installation and basic operations of the supplied SonicStage/MD Simple Burner software.

SonicStage Ver. 2.0 Help

This is an online help tha t yo u can view on your computer screen. Online help explains the detailed operations and information about SonicStage Ver. 2.0 software. You can also refer to online help if you enco unt er any problems while using the SonicStage Ver. 2.0.

Notes on the “Software Operation” section

•

In Software Operations section, “Net MD” refers to the player with a standard disc inserted and “HiMD” refers to the player with a Hi-MD disc or a standard disc in Hi-MD mode inserted.

•The displayed items in the illustrations that appear in this section may differ from the actual items

displayed by the software.

•Explanations in this section assume familiarity with basic Windows operations. For details on the use

of your computer and the operating syste m, ple a se refer to the r es pe ct ive manuals.

•Explanations in this section cover general Hi-MD/Net MD products. For this reason, some

explanations (and some illustration s) ma y not be applicable to your Hi-MD/Net MD. Please r efe r to the operating instructions of your Hi-M D/Ne t MD a s well.

Checking the supplied accessories

Player

Operation

Headphones (for USA model) (1)

CD-ROM (SonicStage Ver. 2.0/MD Simple Burner Ver. 2.0) (1)* Recordable disc (1)

* Do not play a CD-ROM on an audio CD player .

Note

When using this unit, remember to f ollow the preca uti ons below in order to avoid warping the cabinet or causing the unit to ma lf unction.

Make sure not to sit down with the unit in your back pocket.

Earphones (for Canadian model) (1)

Dedicated USB cable (1)

Looking at controls

The player

Player Operation

A x (stop) • CANCEL button B OPEN switch C Dis pl ay window D DOWNLOAD button

This button allows you to record music tracks from an audio CD in the CD drive of your computer to an MD Walkman using the supplied MD Simple Burner Ver . 2.0 software (page 58).

E •NAVI/ MENU button

Press lightly to go to the NAVI (navigation) setting mode (pa g e 23). Press for 2 seconds or more to go to the MENU setting mode (page 19).

F GROUP button G X (pause) button H Jo g dial

I 5-way control key

Operation Function

Press NENT Press towards . find the beginning

Press towards > find the beginning

Press towards VOL + VOL –.

There are tactil e dots beside the NENT

VOL + buttons.

and

play, enter

of the previous track, rewind

of the next track, fast forward

volume

continued

J USB cable connecting jack

12345

67 8

K Battery compartment (at the bottom)

L HOLD switch

Slide the switch in the direction of the arrow to disable the buttons on the player. To prevent the buttons from being accide nt al ly oper at ed when you carry the player, use this fu nction.

M i (headphones/earphones) jack

The display window of the player

A Character information display

Displays the disc and track names, date, error messages, track numbers, etc.

B Hi-MD/MD indication

“Hi-MD” lights up when the operation mode of the player is in HiMD mode and “MD ” l ig hts up when the operation mode is in MD mode.

C REC indication

Lights up during file transfers from the computer. When flashing , the player is in record standby mode.

D B a ttery indication

Shows the approximate remaining battery power. If the battery is weak, the indication bec omes empty and starts flashing .

E Disc indication

Shows that the disc is rotating for playing.

F Track mode (PCM, Hi-SP, Hi-LP, SP,

LP2, LP4, MONO ) i ndi cation

G Sub play mode/Repeat play

indications Shows the selected Sub play mode (single-track play, shuffle play, etc.) or Repeat play.

H Main play mode indications

Shows the selected main play mode (group play, bookmark play, etc.).

Getting started

Insert an alkaline dry battery.

2Insert a size-AA al ka line

battery compartment lid.

Make connections and unlock the controls.

1Connect the headphones/earphones to

When to replace the dry battery

You can check the battery condition o n the display window of the player.

dry battery (minus terminal first).

2Slide HOLD to the opposite direction of

To i

The battery level indication is approximate . It may be more or less than the indic at ion depending on the operating condition or the operating environment

the arrow (.) on the player to unlock the con trols.

HOLD

Connect firmly

3Close the lid.1Slide OPEN to open the

Battery power decreasing

Weak battery

The battery is drained. “LOW BATTERY” flashes in the display, and the power goes off.

Battery life

When playing continuously in Hi-MD mode

Disc type Linear PCM Hi-SP Hi-LP

1GB Hi-MD disc

60/74/80-minute standard disc

When using a new Sony LR6 (size AA) alkaline dry battery (pro duc ed in Jap an)

Measured in accordance with the JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Te ch nology Industries Association) standard.

Approx.

11.0 hours Approx.

9.5 hours

Approx.

21.5 hours Approx.

20.0 hours

Approx.

25.5 hours Approx.

24.5 hours

When playing continuously in MD mode

Disc type SP stereo LP2 stereo LP4 stereo

60/74/80-minute standard disc

Note

Stop the player before replacing the batte ry.

Approx. 20. 5 hours

Approx. 24.5 hours Approx. 27.0 hours

Playing a disc right away!

Insert a recorded disc.

1Slide OPEN to open the lid. 2Insert a disc with the label side facing

front, and press the lid down to close.

Play a disc.

1Press the 5-way control key (NENT)

on the player.

A short beep sounds in the headphones/ earphones when you operate.

5-way control key (NENT, ., >, VOL +, –)

2Press the 5-way control key towards

VOL + or – to adjust the volume on th e player.

The volume will be shown in the display.

Jog dial

GROUP

To stop play, press x.

A long beep sounds in the headphones/earphones when you operate. Playback starts from the point

you last stopped playing.

seconds.

After you stop the player, the player will automatically turn off in about 10

To Operation on the player

Stop Press x. Pause Press X. Press X again to resume play. Select a track directly

viewing track number or name

Find the beginning of the current track

Find the beginning of the next track

Go backwards or forward while playing

Search for a point in a track while viewing the elapsed time (Time search)

Search for a specific track while viewing track numbers (Index search)

Cue to the next or previous group while playing a tra ck in a group (Group skip).

Start with the first track

Turn the jog dial to select a track, and then press NENT to enter.

Press the 5-way control key towards .. Press the 5-way control key towards . repea te dly until you reach the beginning of the desired track.

Press the 5-way control key towards >.

Press and hold the 5-way control key towards . or >.

While pausing, press and hold the 5-way control key towards . or >.

While the player is stopped, press and hold the 5-way control key towards . or >.

Press GROUP, and then press the 5-way control key towards . or >.

While the player is stopped, press NENT for 2 seconds or more.

of the disc Remove the disc Press x and open the lid.

Cues to the beginning of every 10th tr a ck du ri ng pla yba c k of the disc w ith no group settings.

Once you open the lid, the point to start pl ay will c ha nge to the beg inning of the first track.

If the play does not start

Make sure the player is not locked (pages 14,

15).

Note

The playback sound may skip if:

•the player receives stronger continuous shock.

•a dirty or scratched disc is played.

Using menus

How to use the menu items

The player has many menus with useful functions for playback. To set the menu items, do the following procedure. If you are doing a m enu operation for t h e first time after purc hasing the player, “Menu Mode” flashes in the display. Before the menu operation, you can set “Menu Mode” to “Simple” (only basic menu items appea r) or “Ad vanced” (all menu items appear) . Ref er to “Changing the displayed menu items (Menu Mode)” (page 29) for menu mode setting.

5-way control key (NENT)

Jog dial

NAVI/MENU

1 Press and hold NAVI/MENU for 2 seconds or more to enter the menu.

2 Turn the jog dial to select the item. 3 Press the 5-way cont r ol key (NENT) to enter the selection. 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3.

The setting will be entered when you press the 5-way control key (NENT) at the last.

To return the preceding setting

Press x.

To cancel the operation while setting

Press x for 2 seconds or more.

List of menus

The following table shows the menu items that you can select. Items listed under “Menu 1” are the selectable item s w hi ch appear when you enter the menu, and items l is t ed under “Menu 2” are the selectable item s which appear wh en you select an item in Menu 1. It is possible to display all menu item s only when “Menu M ode” is set to “Advanced” . Menu items with an asterisk (*) are not displayed when “Menu Mode” is set to “Simple”. For details, see “Ch anging the displayed menu items (Me n u Mode)” (page 29).

Note

Different indication may be displayed de pe nding on the operating conditions an d disc se ttings.

Menu 1 Menu 2 Function Site

Display Lap Time Displays various information such as the

1 Remain (while playing)

AllRemain Title1/Title2 Sound* Codec/

TrackMode*

SubPMode Normal Select s the type of pl ay, such as single-track

1 Track Shuffle A-BRepeat*

Sound Normal Customizes the equalizer mode settings. page 27

Sound EQ

Useful* Search* Searches for tracks by track name, group name,

player status, etc. in the display win dow.

play or shuffle play.

artist name, or album name.

page

page 22

page 26

page 27

Menu 1 Menu 2 Function Site

Option Menu Mode Changes the displayed menu items. page 29

AVLS* Sets a limi t on the maximu m v olu me to prote ct

your hearing. Beep* Turns the beep sound on or off. page 30 Disc Mem* Stores the player settings (Disc Memory). page 30 QuickMode* Sets the player to start playback quickly. page 31 Disc Mode Selects from MD mode or Hi-MD mode when

a blank disc is inser ted. Contrast* Adjusts the contras t of the display window on

the player. Jog Dial* Changes the operational direction on the

display whe n turning the jo g dial.

page

page 29

page 32

page 33

Various ways of playback

Viewing various information

You can check the track name, disc name, etc. during play back.

5-way control key (NENT)

Jog dial

NAVI/MENU

1 While playing, enter the menu and

select “Display”

2 Turn the jog dial until the in formation

you want appears in th e display, and then press NENT to enter the selection.

Each turn changes the display as follows. Lap Time t 1 Remain t AllRemain t Title1/Title2 t Sound t Codec (Hi-MD)/ Trac kMode (MD ) When you pres s NENT, the selected information appears at A, B and C.

Display window

The indications have the fo llowing meanings:

: Disc name

: Track name

: Group name

: Artist name

: Album name

Display window A/B/C

AB C

Group number and track number

•

Track name artist name (HiMD)

• Track name (MD)

Numbers of tracks after the current track

•Disc name and artist name (HiMD)

•Disc name (MD)

Sound mode name

• Codec (Hi-MD)

• (none) (MD)

Track number appears if the currently selected track is not in a group.

The disc name appears when the currently selected track is not in a group.

Elapsed time • Track name

Remaining time of the

and

current track

Remaining time after the current location in the disc.

• Group name and album name (Hi-

MD)

• Group name

(MD)

Indicati on of the selected sound mode

•Track mode, and bitrate (HiMD)

•Track mode (MD)

and artist name (HiMD)

• Track name (MD)

“1 Remain”

“AllRemain”

Track name

(none)

• “Codec” (HiMD)

• “TrackMode” (MD)

Note

Depending on the group settings, the op era ting conditions, and the disc settings, you may not be able to select certa in indications or the indications may appear differently.

If you want to check the remaining time, see “Viewing various information” (page 22).

Selecting the play mode

You can listen to tracks in various pl ay modes. The play mode can consist of a combination of Main play mode, Sub play mode and Repeat play.

• Main play mode: selects the track you

want to play

• Sub play mode: selects the type of play

• Repeat play: selects Repeat play

5-way control key (NENT, ., >)

Jog dial

GROUP

NAVI/MENU

Main Play Mode

1 While playing, press NAVI/MENU.

The player enters navigation mode and the Main play m ode display appears.

2 Turn the jog dial to select th e desired

play mode, and then press NENT to enter the selection.

Each time you turn the jog dial, A changes as follows. When you press NENT, B appears i n th e di splay.

Indication A/B

Normal/ (none)

Group/ Group play (Tracks in the

Artist/

Album/

Bookmark/ Bookmark play

Appears only for discs used in Hi-MD mode.

Play mode

Normal play (All tracks after the sele cted track are played once.)

selected group ar e played.)

Artist play (Tracks of a specified arti s t are played.)

Album play (Tracks in a specified album are played.)

(Bookmarked tr acks are played.)

Playing tracks in normal mode (Normal Play)

1 Do step 1 and select “Normal” in step

2 of “Main Play Mode” (page 23).

2 When selectin g a track out of a grou p,

skip this step. When selecting a track within a group, turn the jog dial until the group that the desired track belongs to appears in the dis pl ay, and then pre ss NENT to enter.

A list of the tracks in the selected group appears in t h e display.

3 Turn the jog dial until the des i red

track appear s i n the display, and then press NENT to enter the selection.

The selected trac k st ar ts pl aying. The player play s from the selecte d track to the last track in the disc.

Playing tracks in a group (Group Play)

1 Do step 1 and select “Group” in step

2 of “Main Play Mode” (page 23). A list of the groups on a disc appears.

2 Turn the jog dial until the des i red

group appears in the display, and then press NENT to enter.

A list of the tracks in the selected group appears.

3 Turn the jog dial until the des i red

track appear s i n the display, and then press NENT to enter the selection.

The name of the group t o w hi ch current track belongs appears in the display. The player plays the tra cks in that group, from th e cu r rent track to the last track.

You can cue to the start of a group. While playing, press GROUP on the player, and press the 5-way control key towards . or > to select a desired group.

Listening to tracks by a specific a r tist (Artist Play) (i n Hi-MD mode only)

If the track data includes the artist name, you can listen to tracks by a specific artist only.

1 Do step 1 and select “Artist” in step 2

of “Main Play Mode” (page 23). A list of the artists on the dis c appears

in alphabetical or der.

2 Turn the jog dial until the des i red

artist name appears in the display , an d then press NENT to enter.

A list of the tracks of the selected artist appear s i n re corded order.

3 Turn the jog dial until the des i red

track appears in the display, and then press NENT to enter the selection.

The name of the artist of the current track appear s i n the display. The player plays the tracks by the same artist on the disc, from the current track to the last track.

You can cue to the first track of the next or previous artist. While playing, press GROUP on the player, and press the 5-way control key towards . or >.

+ 56 hidden pages

Sony MZ-NH600D User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of contents

Player Operation

Software Operation

Learning more about Hi-MD

Using the player

Using the player while it is connected to a computer

Looking at controls

Getting started

Playing a disc right away!

Using menus

How to use the menu items

List of menus

Various ways of playback

Viewing various information

Selecting the play mode

Main Play Mode