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Basic Operations and Screens
Parts and Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Switching the output between the headphones and built-in speakers . . . . . . . . 7
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Playing Music
Playing Music [Music] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Searching for Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Music playback screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Music list screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Home Menu
Turning the Player On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 About the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 How to Use the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 How to Use the Option Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 About the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Playing a playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Playing All Songs in Random Order. . . . . 41 Deleting Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Using the Music Option Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Index
Bundled Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Compatible Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Displaying the detailed information screen [Detailed Information] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Displaying the cover art screen [Cover Art] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Setting the play mode [Play Mode]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Setting the sound quality [Equalizer]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Listening with Clear Stereo [Clear Stereo] . . . . . . 48 Adjusting the volume level [Dynamic Normalizer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Optimizing the quality of the sound output from the built-in speakers [Built-in SP Optimizer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Preparing the Player
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Selecting the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setting the Date and Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changing the Music Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Transferring Music
Selecting the Way to Transfer Music . . . . . 22 Transferring Music Using Windows Media Player 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Transferring Music Using Content Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Transferring Music Using Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Watching Videos
Playing a Video [Videos]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Video playback screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Importing music from CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Transferring Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Deleting Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Using the Video Option Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Changing the Video Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Transferring Videos/Photos
Selecting the Way to Transfer Videos/Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Transferring Videos/Photos Using Content Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Transferring Videos/Photos Using Windows Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting the zoom function [Zoom Settings] . . . . 54 Setting the display of the video screen [Display] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Setting the video orientation
[Video Orientation] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Viewing Photos
Viewing Photos [Photos] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Photo display screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Common Settings
Changing the Common Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Displaying the player information [Unit Information]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Limiting the volume [AVLS (Volume Limit)] . . . . 88 Turning off the beep sound [Beep Settings] . . . . 88 Setting a screensaver type [Screensaver] . . . . . . . . . 89 Adjusting the brightness of the screen [Brightness] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Setting the current time [Set Date-Time]. . . . . . . . . 90 Setting the date format [Date Display Format] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Setting the time format [Time Display Format] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Returning to the factory settings [Reset all Settings] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Formatting memory [Format]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Playing a Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Deleting Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Using the Photo Option Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Changing the Photo Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Home Menu
Photo orientation [Photo Orientation] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Setting the display of the photo screen [Display] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Setting the slide show play mode [Slide Show Repeat] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Setting the interval of a slide show [Slide Show Interval] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Index
Listening and Recording FM Radio
Listening to FM Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
FM Radio screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Presetting broadcast stations automatically [Auto Preset] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Presetting broadcast stations manually . . . . . . . 69 Deleting preset broadcast stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Selecting the Display Language [Language Settings] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Useful Facts
About Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 What are Format and Bit Rate?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Recording FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Playing Back Recorded FM Radio Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Deleting Recorded FM Radio Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Using the FM Radio Option Menu. . . . . . . . 74 Changing the FM Radio Settings . . . . . . . . . . 76
What is audio format?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Storing Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Upgrading the Player's Firmware . . . . . . . . . 98
Setting the reception [Scan Sensitivity] . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Setting monaural/stereo [Mono/Auto] . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Recording/Listening Voice
Recording Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Playing Back Recorded Voice Files . . . . . . . 79 Deleting Recorded Voice Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Using the Voice Recording Option Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Changing the Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . 83
Additional Information
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 License and Trademark Notice . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Selecting a level of recording quality [Bit Rate Settings] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Using the Timer
Setting the Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Setting the alarm [Alarm]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Setting the sleep timer [Sleep Timer]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Basic Operations and Screens Basic Operations and Screens
Parts and Controls
Front
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Index
Built-in speakers See p. [. . . ] Files are recorded in MP3 format.
[Voice Recording]
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BACK/HOME button 5-way button
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Microphone
Note
If the [Set Date-Time] setting is not accurate, the date folder may not be named correctly. During recording, you cannot listen to sound from the headphones or the built-in speakers.
From the [Home] menu, select [Voice Recording].
The Voice Recording screen appears and the player goes into record standby.
Press the button.
Recording starts. Press it again to resume recording.
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Recording/Listening Voice
PresstheBACK/HOMEbuttontostoprecording.
The recording is saved as a file "VR-nnn-hhmm*1" in the [Record] [Voice] [yyyy-mm-dd*2] folder.
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File names are automatically assigned to "VR-nnn-hhmm" (VR serial number hour and minutes). Folder names are automatically assigned to "yyyy-mm-dd" (year month day). In the case of subsequent folders created on the same day, an attached folder number (2 to 999) is added after "dd" of the folder name.
Voice Recording screen
Folder name File name Available remained time The available remind time does not change if the remind time is more than 99 hours. Elapsed time
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(during recording), (during record pause)
Codec/bit rate
Hint
You can select the recording quality (bit rate) ( p. To record to a new folder, press the OPTION/PWR OFF button on the Voice Recording screen while recording is stopped, and then select [Create New Folder] from the option menu. If the folder number after "dd" reaches 999, no more folders can be created.
Note
If you rename files of the [Record] and [Voice] folders on your computer, or put files which have been imported to your computer back into the [Record] and [Voice] folders, you may not be able to play them on the player. The maximum number for "nnn" (serial number of the file name) is 999. If the number exceeds 999, you need to create a new folder.
Recording/Listening Voice
Playing Back Recorded Voice Files
To play back recorded voice files, select [Music] to display the [Music] screen. You can display the folder list in the [Voice] folder.
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[Music] BACK/HOME button 5-way button
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From the [Home] menu, select
[Music] [Voice Recording] desired folder desired recorded voice file. You can also set the period of time after which the player automatically puts off itself into standby mode (Sleep Timer). The timer can be set in the music playback screen.
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BACK/HOME button OPTION/PWR OFF button 5-way button
Note
[Music ]
If the [Set Date-Time] setting is not accurate, timer settings cannot be set correctly. 21, 90).
Using the Timer
Setting the alarm [Alarm]
You can set the timer to play back songs at a specified time as an alarm.
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From the [Home] menu, select
desired song.
[Music] desired search method
Home Menu
Press the OPTION/PWR OFF button.
The option menu appears.
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Select [Alarm]. Press the / button to select the hour, and then press the /
button to change the value.
As in step , adjust the minute setting. Press the button to confirm.
The player automatically stops playback of the songs, and the player is automatically turned off. At the set time, the player automatically plays back the song last played.
To cancel the alarm After setting the alarm, press any button to turn on the player. If you select [No], the alarm is not cancelled, and the player turns off automatically.
Note
The alarm will not activate if the player is connected to a computer. If there is no resume information for the song last played, or if the song file last played is deleted, the alarm sounds automatically at the set time.
Using the Timer
Setting the sleep timer [Sleep Timer]
You can set the period of time after which the player automatically puts itself into standby mode (Sleep Timer).
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On the music playback screen, press the OPTION/PWR OFF button.
The option menu appears.
Home Menu
Select [Sleep Timer] desired sleep timer duration.
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Duration Description
[30 Min] [60 Min] [90 Min] [120 Min]
Turns off the player after 30 minutes. Turns off the player after 120 minutes.
Hint
After setting the sleep timer, screen. appears in the information area of the music playback
To cancel the sleep timer After setting the sleep timer, press the BACK/HOME button, press and hold the BACK/HOME button or press the OPTION/PWR OFF button on the music playback screen. If you select [No], the sleep timer is not cancelled, and the music playback screen reappears.
Note
The sleep timer will not activate if the player is connected to a computer. [. . . ] 49)
Basic setting of battery life measurement (Default setting)
[3] [Blank] [None] [Off] [Off] [Off]
*1 When [Brightness] is set to [5], battery life may shorten by about 50%. *2 When [Type] of [Screensaver] is set to [Clock], battery life may shorten by about 25%. *3 When [Equalizer] is set to [Custom 1], [Clear Stereo] is set to [On], and [Dynamic Normalizer] is set to [On], battery life may shorten by about 50%. *4 When [Built-in SP Optimizer] is set to [On], battery life may shorten by about 50%.
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Additional Information
Display
2. 4-inch, TFT color display with white LED-backlight, QVGA (240 × 320 pixels), 262, 144 colors
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Dimensions (w/h/d, projecting parts not included)
49. 3 × 99. 3 × 10. 2 mm (2 × 4 × 13/32 inches)
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Dimension (w/h/d)
49. 8 × 99. 3 × 10. 4 mm (2 × 4 × 7/16 inches)
Mass
Approx. [. . . ]