Sony NWZ-S730F User Manual
Press Release
Sony Offers Non-stop Entertainment with Two New Walkman® Video MP3 Players
The new NWZ-S730F series delivers unmatched noise cancelling quality, while the NWZ-E430F
series promises non-stop entertainment with its long battery life
NWZ-E430F series (left) & NWZ-S730F series (right)
Hong Kong, September 8, 2008 – Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Limited further expands its
Walkman® family two new series of stylishly slim video MP3 players, the NWZ-S730F and
NWZ-E430F. Ideal for today’s mobile consumers, the NWZ-S730F series are the only video
MP3 players in the market with a noise cancelling function that effectively reduces ambient
noise to ensure quality entertainment. For non-stop entertainment, the NWZ-E430F series offers
up to 45 hours of music or up to 8 hours of video
compared to most portable media players available today.
The New S series: NWZ-S730F Series Video MP3 player
In delivering quality music, the NWZ-S730F series features new SensMe
by Sony’s Low-Complexity Music Information Retrieval (LCMIR) technology, a music analyzer
feature that seamlessly creates playlists based on the mood, speed, and tone of songs, the process
of choosing music that matches your mood is now simplified. SensMe
enjoy various types of music, such as energetic, relaxing, or lounge, through the simple selection
of your preferred channel.
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, marking a significantly longer battery life
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Channels. Enabled
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Channels allow you to
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Music playback in MP3 128kbps; duration is approximated when all of the Equalizer settings are set to “None”,
and the type of screensaver is set to “Blank”. Video playback in MPEG-4 384kbps; duration is approximated when
the brightness of the common setting is set to “3”.
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Merging form with function, the NWZ-S730F series at 7.5mm thickness and 46g in weight, is
the slimmest Walkman® and one of the lightest video MP3 players available today. Available in
stylish colours of black and gold, the Walkman® has a colourful user interface with a vibrant
package of standard and customizable wallpapers, templates and icons to match each
individual’s colourful personality. To further personalise the NWZ-S730F series, users can also
select images from their Walkman® Photo Library to use as wallpaper for the video MP3 player.
Accompanying its stylish looks with great entertainment, the NWZ-S730F series features long
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battery life of up to 40 hours of music or 10 full hours of video playback
.
Featuring not one but five Clear Audio technologies, the NWZ-S730F series is a multifunctional
video MP3 player made for high-performance, noise-free entertainment. The Noise Cancelling
system enabled in the player reduces the ambient noise by up to 75% (at 200Hz) of perceived
sound level, enabling music enjoyment in a noise environment without turning up the volume.
Also equipped with other Clear Audio technologies such as the Digital Sound Enhancement
Engine (DSEE), Clear Stereo and Clear Bass, the player is able to reproduce accurate and clear
original audio quality without any distortion.
Additionally, frequent travellers will be able to enjoy entertainment from their Walkman as the
player is supplied with a plug adaptor for AV systems in airplanes. As an all-in-one
entertainment solution, the NWZ-S730F series player is also supplied with a pair of EX
headphones with large 13.5mm driver units, enabling reproduction of pure and live sound similar
to professional grade headphones.
Emphasising high quality video playback, the NWZ-S730F series has a large 2-inch LCD screen
with 320 x 240 resolution, high brightness and contrast, as well as superior colour reproduction.
The player is able to deliver a playback of up to 30 frames per second, ensuring smooth video
playback. For easy viewing, the player also has a screening angle of 160 degrees, and can
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conveniently switch between vertical and horizontal orientations when viewing photos or videos
.
Users can also easily zoom into the movie during video playback.
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Music playback in MP3 128kbps; duration approximated when all of the Equalizer settings and the VPT are set to
“Non”, Noise Cancelling, DSEE, Clear Stereo, Dynamic Normalizer and New Song Pop Up are set to “Off”, and the
type of screensaver is set to “Blank”. Video playback in MPEG-4 384kbps; duration approximated when the
brightness of the common setting is set to “3”.
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The operation of the 5-way button is switched in accordance with the display direction.
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The New E Series: NWZ-E430F Series Video MP3 Player
For those who desire non-stop music, the NWZ-E430F series presents an ideal proposition. The
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NWZ-E430F series can effectively play up to 45 hours of music
music-filled days! For the video-savvy, the player can also cater up to eight
, which is close to two full
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hours of movies
with its long-lasting battery life. Available in four stylish colours of blue, red, pink, and black,
the player boasts ultra slim and sleek looks at 8.5mm thick and weighing a mere 50g – one of the
thinnest and lightest video MP3 players available today.
As an entry-level video MP3 player, the NWZ-E430F series offers high quality video playback
of up to 30 frames per second. With its built-in 2.0 inch QVGA LCD screen, it ensures high 320
x 240 resolution, high brightness and contrast as well as superior colour reproduction. As with
the NWZ-S730F series, the NWZ-E430F series also has a viewing angle of 160 degrees, and can
conveniently switch between vertical and horizontal orientation when viewing videos and
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photos
. Users can easily zoom into the movie during video playback.
Both Walkman® series support a wide range of high quality Codecs, such as Advanced Video
Coding (H.264/AVC) baseline profile, MPEG-4 simple profile, and WMV simple and main
profile for video; MP3, WMA, Secure WMA, WAV and AAC for music, and JPEG for photos.
Both the NWZ-S730F and NWZ-E430F series are also enabled with the popular Drag and Drop
functionality for convenient file transfers and a built-in FM radio to meet users’ various
entertainment needs.
Model
Memory
Capacity
NWZ-S736F 4GB HK$1,198
NWZ-S738F 8GB HK$1,498
NWZ-S739F 16GB HK$1,898
Suggested Retail
Prices
Available Colours
Black, Gold
NWZ-E435F 2GB HK$698
NWZ-E436F 4GB HK$848
Black, Red, Pink, Blue
NWZ-E438F 8GB HK$1,148
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Music playback in MP3 128kbps; duration approximated when all of the Equalizer settings is set to “None”, and
the type of screensaver is set to “Blank”.
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Video playback in MPEG-4 384kbps; duration approximated when the brightness of the common setting is set to
“3”.
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The operation of the 5-way button is switched in accordance with the display direction.
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