Sony SonicStage 2 Operating Guide

2-591-387-11(1)

SonicStage Ver. 2.3

for Micro HI-FI Component System

Installation/Operating Guide

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your SonicStage.

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Table of Contents

For operating procedures of the CD player, see the supplied Operating Instructions.

What you can do with SonicStage ................... 4

Basic operational flow using a CD player ....................................... 4

Installing ........................................................... 5

Providing the required system environment .......................................... 5

System requirements ........................................................................ 5

Installing the software onto your computer ........................................... 6

Using SonicStage ............................................. 8

Importing audio data .............................................................................. 8

Recording music data on a CD-R/CD-RW .......................................... 10

Using SonicStage Help ........................................................................ 12

To display SonicStage Help ........................................................... 12

Understanding SonicStage Help .................................................... 13

Searching for a word inside an explanation ................................... 13

Referring to SonicStage Help .............................................................. 14

Importing audio data to the computer ............................................ 14

Listening to audio data on the computer ........................................ 14

Managing and editing imported tracks .......................................... 14

Backing up audio data .................................................................... 15

Troubleshooting ............................................................................. 15

When you want to know ................................................................ 15

Other information ........................................... 16

Uninstalling SonicStage ....................................................................... 16

On copyright protection ....................................................................... 17

Troubleshooting ................................................................................... 18

The software cannot be installed onto your computer ................... 19

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

the actual items displayed by the software.

• Explanations in this manual assume familiarity with basic Windows operations.

For details on the use of your computer and the operating system, please refer to the respective manuals.

What you can do with SonicStage

Using SonicStage, you can store music data imported from audio CDs or music files on your PC, and burn your own CDs (ATRAC CD or audio CD).

Audio CDs

Store

Burn

Your own CD

Music files (MP3, WAV, WMA* format) * WMA files protected by copyright

cannot be transferred.

Basic operational flow using a CD player

Providing the required system environment (page 5)

Installing the software onto your computer (page 6)

(ATRAC CD or audio CD)

Importing audio data (page 8)

Recording music data on a CD-R/CD-RW (page 10)

Inserting the CD-R/CD-RW* you burnt into a device and listening to it. (See the Operating Instructions of the device.)

* You can listen to ATRAC CDs only on a device compatible with ATRAC CDs.

Installing

Providing the required system environment

System requirements

The following system environment is required in order to use the SonicStage Ver. 2.3.

Computer IBM PC/AT or Compatible

• CPU: Pentium II 400 MHz or higher (Pentium III 450 MHz or higher is recommended.)

• Hard disk drive space: 200 MB or more (1.5 GB or more is recommended) (The amount space will vary according to Windows version and the number of music files stored on the hard disk.)

• RAM: 64 MB or more (128 MB or more is recommended)

Others

• CD drive (capable of digital playback by WDM)

• Sound Board

•USB port

Operating System

Display High Color (16 bit) or higher, 800 × 600 dots or better (1024 × 768 dots

Others • Internet access: for Web registration, EMD services and CDDB

Factory installed: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005/Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004/Windows XP Media Center Edition/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Home Edition/Windows 2000 Professional/ Windows Millennium Edition/Windows 98 Second Edition

or better is recommended)

• Windows Media Player (version 7.0 or higher) installed for playing WMA files

This software is not supported by the following environments:

• OSs other than the indicated above

• Personally constructed PCs or operating systems

• An environment that is an upgrade of the original manufacturer-installed operating system

• Multi-boot environment

• Multi-monitor environment

• Macintosh

Notes

• We do not ensure trouble-free operation on all computers that satisfy the system requirements.

• The NTFS format of Windows XP/Windows 2000 Professional can be used only with the standard

(factory) settings.

• We do not ensure trouble-free operation of the system suspend, sleep, or hibernation function on all

computers.

• For Windows 2000 Professional users, install Service Pack 3 or later before using the software.

Installing the software onto your computer

Before installing the software

• Make sure to close any virus-check software, as such software usually demands a large

amount of system resources.

• Make sure to install the software with the supplied CD-ROM.

— If OpenMG Jukebox or SonicStage is installed already, the previous software will be

overwritten by the new version. The new version retains the functions of the older version, but with new functions added.

— If SonicStage Premium, SonicStage Simple Burner or Net MD Simple Burner is

installed already, the previous software will co-exist with the new version.

— You will still be able to use music data registered by an older software version even

after SonicStage has been installed. As a precaution, we recommend that you back up your music data. To back up the data, refer to [Backing Up My Library] Up Data to a Disk] on SonicStage Help

– [Backing

1 Turn on your computer and start up Windows.

2 Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD drive of your computer.

The setup program starts up automatically and the installation window appears.

3 Click the region in which you will use SonicStage software.

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