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NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) ©2009 Sony Corporation 4-145-616- 11 (1) Operation Guide NWZ -B142/B143/B142F/B143F T able of Contents Menu Index.
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 2 2 Bro w sing the Oper ation Guide T o use the buttons in the Operation Guide Click the bu tton s loc at ed at the up per r ight o f the pages of this man ual to jum p to “T able o f C on ten ts, ” “ A bout the HO ME men u” o r “I ndex.
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 3 3 Continued T able of C ontents Basic Operations and Screens Parts an d C on trols .. ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... .. 5 Playback screen ................................................ 8 T ur ning th e Pl ayer On an d O ff .
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 4 4 Note D epending on the co untr y/region in which y ou hav e purchased the pla yer , s ome models may n ot be available . Useful F ac ts About Batter y L ife ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... .. .
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Basic Operations and Screens Basic Operations and Screens 5 5 P ar ts and C ontr ols Front Headphones REC/ST OP button Starts/sto ps recor ding. Y ou can r ecord sound u sing the pla yer’ s built-in micr opho ne ( page 41).
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Basic Operations and Screens 6 6 (Headphone) jack Fo r connecting the headph ones. In ser t the jack pin un til it clicks in to place. I f the headpho nes are connected im pro perly , the sound from the head phones will be impa ired.
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Basic Operations and Screens 7 7 Microphone See page 41. RESET button Resets the player when y ou pr ess the RESET b utto n with a small pin, etc ( page 56). When y ou turn on the p layer after resetting i t, the play er reactivates the pr ev ious ly set items.
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Basic Operations and Screens 8 8 Playbac k scree n F older 1 SHUF 012 BASS Song 12 Song title/File name indic ation Playback range indication Playback progress bar Playing sta tus indic ation Displa ys the current pla y mode.
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Basic Operations and Screens 9 9 T urning the Pla y er On and Off button T o turn on the pla yer Pr ess the but ton to t urn on the play er . The p layer r esumes the operatio n from the poin t where yo u last turned off.
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Basic Operations and Screens 10 10 About the HOME Menu The follo wing table sho ws the item s of HO ME menu . Abou t the item list o f each men u, see page 11. Fo r details about each m enu it em, refer to the s p ecified reference pag e.
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Basic Operations and Screens 11 11 ( Voice) ................................... 41 Play Rec Da ta ................................ 43 Delete Rec Data ............................ 42 (Music Library) ......
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Basic Operations and Screens 12 12 Ho w t o U se the HOME Menu The HO ME menu i s the start ing poin t of each a pplica tion, such as sear ching fo r s on gs, changing settin gs, etc. Y ou can dis play the HO ME men u by pr essing and h olding the B ACK/H OME bu tton o f the play er .
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Basic Operations and Screens 13 13 Press the butt on to confirm. The M usic Libra r y menu screen ap pears. Music Librar y Press the / butt on to select “Folder , ” and then pr ess the button to c onfirm.
Getting Star ted NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Getting Star ted 14 14 Charging the Batt er y The pla yer’ s b at ter y is recha rged while the player is co nnected to a running com put er . Remov e the USB cap a nd connect the USB connecto r to a USB conn ec tor o n your com put er .
Getting Star ted NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 15 15 Notes Charge the bat ter y in an amb ient tem peratur e of between 5 ºC to 35 ºC (41 ºF to 95 ºF). The num ber of times the battery can be rechar ged before i t is used up is app ro ximately 500 times.
Getting Star ted NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 16 16 Selec ting the Displa y L anguage (Language) Y ou can select from a va riet y of lan guages fo r the display o f menus a nd messages o n the play er .
Getting Star ted NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 17 17 Setting the Da te and T ime The dat e and time ar e not set by defa ult. Set the cur ren t date a nd time accor ding to the follo wing. / button button BACK/HOME butt on Fr om the HOME menu, select (Settings) “ C ommon Settings” “Set Date- T ime.
Getting Star ted NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 18 18 Getting Music T o enjo y music o n the player , you need to pr epare the data o n your co mpu ter . Y ou can im port music fro m audio CDs o r from the I nternet, etc. T o import the da ta into yo ur com puter , use ap pro priat e software, suc h as W indo ws Media Pla yer 11.
Getting Star ted NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 19 19 T ransfer ring Music Y ou can dir ect ly transf er data by dra gg ing an d drop ping in W indo ws Explor er on yo ur com put er . Hint Y ou can also transfer m usic using W indo ws Media Pla yer 11.
Getting Star ted NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 20 20 Notes B e careful not to acciden tally bump o r put str ess on the play er when it is connected to your co mpu ter .
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Playing Music 21 21 Pla ying Music (Music Library) Y ou can lis ten to transferr ed songs on the pla yer . The transferr ed s on gs are sto red in “ Mu sic Librar y . ” T o play m usic, select (M usic Library) from the HO ME menu t o display the mu sic playback screen.
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 22 22 Hints Y ou can chan ge the song pla yb ack from the n ormal playback to ZAPPIN pla y back ( page 23). The play er offers a variety of play modes, incl uding random p lay and selected repeat p lay ( page 28).
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 23 23 Pla ying Music U sing Z APPIN playback What is ZA PPIN playba ck? ZAPPIN enables sequen tial playback of song c lips a t a preset dura tion. Normal Pla yback ZAPPIN Playback Normal Pla yback Changes to ZAPPIN Shor t, r ecognizable song clips (appro x.
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 24 24 Ch angi ng to ZAPP IN playbac k Y ou can ch ange the son g playback from no rmal playback to ZAPPIN pla y back. ZAP button During normal playback and displaying the pla yback screen, press the ZAP button.
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 25 25 Ch angi ng the playbac k range of song clips in ZAPP IN playbac k The pla y back ran ge for son g clips can be set to “ZAPPIN S hort” o r “ZAPPIN Long.
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 26 26 Searching for Songs Y ou can sear ch for desir ed songs in various wa ys, such as b y folder , artists, album na me, etc. / button button BACK/HOME butt on From the HOME menu , selec t (Music Libr ar y) the desired search method the desired song .
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 27 27 Hint Y ou can edit or c hange ID3 tag inf ormation a nd the playlist usin g W indows M edia Play er 11. For details a bout usage, o r support on W indows Media Pla yer , refer to the W indows M edia Play er informatio n from the follo wing web site: ht tp://sup port.
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 28 28 Changing the Play Mode (Play Mode) The pla yer offers a va riety of play modes, incl uding rando m play a nd selected repeat p lay .
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 29 29 Setting the Sound Quality Y ou can em phasize the lo w range (Bass function) b y pres sing the BA SS butt on. Y ou can also cha nge the sound quali ty according t o the music genr e, etc.
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 30 30 Ch angi ng the soun d quali ty (Equali zer) Y ou can set yo ur desired sound quality f or each accor ding to the m usic genre, etc.
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 31 31 Setting the C ustom values Y ou can p reset the value of 5 ban ds “ equalizer” as “ C ustom. ” / button button BACK/HOME butt on Fr om the HOME menu, select (Settings) “Music Settings” “Equalizer” “Edit” displayed under “ Custom.
Playing Music NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 32 32 Deleting Songs When y ou delete son gs f ro m the player , us e the software y ou used to transfer the songs, o r W indows Explo rer . Fo r details about u sing the software, see the H elp of the so ft war e.
List enin g/Re cordi ng t o F M Rad io (NWZ -B142F / B143F only) NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) List ening/Recording to F M Radio (NWZ-B142F/ B143F only) 33 33 Listening to F M Radio T o Listen to FM Radio , s elect (FM) from the H OME men u to displa y the FM radio screen.
List enin g/Re cordi ng t o F M Rad io (NWZ -B142F / B143F only) NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 34 34 FM rad io scre en F M radio screen in the manual tuning mode BASS 0 90.0M H z P01 Fr equenc y Preset number* 1 * 1 The preset n umber shown o nly when the cur ren t frequency is already preset ( page 36).
List enin g/Re cordi ng t o F M Rad io (NWZ -B142F / B143F only) NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 35 35 Pres etti ng broa dc ast stations automatic ally (FM Auto Prese t) Y ou can p reset receivab le broadcast s tations (u p to 30 statio ns) in your a rea au toma tically by selecting “FM A u to Preset.
List enin g/Re cordi ng t o F M Rad io (NWZ -B142F / B143F only) NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 36 36 Pres etti ng broa dc ast stations manual ly Y ou can p reset br oadc ast sta tions which “ FM A uto Pr eset” ca nnot detect ( page 35).
List enin g/Re cordi ng t o F M Rad io (NWZ -B142F / B143F only) NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 37 37 Rec ording FM Radio Y ou can r ecord FM radio o n the player a nd play r ecorded FM radio p rograms. REC/ST OP button Press and hold the REC/ST OP button while list ening to the station you w ant to recor d.
List enin g/Re cordi ng t o F M Rad io (NWZ -B142F / B143F only) NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 38 38 Dele ting record ed F M rad io progr ams / button button BACK/HOME butt on Fr om the HOME menu, select (FM) “Delete Rec Data ” the recor ded FM radio pr ogram you int end to delete “ OK.
List enin g/Re cordi ng t o F M Rad io (NWZ -B142F / B143F only) NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 39 39 Pla ying Back Rec orded FM Radio Progr ams / button button BACK/HOME butt on Fr om the HOME menu, select (FM) “Play Rec Da ta” the recor ded FM radio pr ogram you wan t.
List enin g/Re cordi ng t o F M Rad io (NWZ -B142F / B143F only) NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 40 40 Changing the FM Settings T o chan ge the FM radio settings, select (Settings) from the H OME men u, then select “FM Settings.
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Recording/Listening Voice Recording/List ening V oice 41 41 Rec ording Sound Y ou can r ecord sound u sing the play er’ s built-in micr opho ne and pla y recor ded sound files. The recor ded sound will b e encoded into AD PCM forma t.
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Recording/Listening Voice 42 42 Dele ting record ed sound files / button button BACK/HOME butt on Fr om the HOME menu, select ( V oice) “Delete Rec Data ” the recor ded sound file you intend t o delete “ OK.
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Recording/Listening Voice 43 43 Pla ying Back Rec orded Sound F iles Y ou can p lay back sound files recor ded by the pla yer .
NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Recording/Listening Voice 44 44 Changing the Rec Settings T o chan ge the voice r ecord settings, select (Settings) fro m the HOME men u, then selec t “Rec Settings.
Settings NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Settings 45 45 Changing the C ommon S ettings T o chan ge the commo n s ettings o f the player , s elect (Settings) from the HO ME menu , then s elect “ C ommo n Settings. ” / button button BACK/HOME butt on Se t Date-Ti me The dat e and time ar e not set by defa ult.
Settings NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 46 46 AVLS ( Volume Lim it) Y ou can set “ A VLS (V olume Limi t)” (A uto matic V olume Limiter S ystem) to limit the maxim um vol ume to pr event a udito r y disturbance or di stract ion. W ith “ A VLS (V olum e Limit), ” you can listen t o music a t a comfo rt able v olume level.
Settings NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 47 47 Po wer S ave Mode When y ou do not o perate the pla yer fo r a spe cified duratio n (about 15 seconds), the screen will chang e to the power sa ve screen. Y ou can cha nge the power sa ve screen settings.
Settings NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 48 48 Displaying the Pla yer Inf ormation (Informa tion) Inf ormatio n such as model na me, built-in flash memo r y capacity , and firmwar e versio n can be display ed. / button button BACK/HOME butt on Fr om the HOME menu, select (Settings) “Information.
Settings NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 49 49 Selec ting the Displa y L anguage (Language) Y ou can select from a va riet y of lan guages fo r the display o f menus a nd messages o n the play er .
Settings NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 50 50 Resetting to F ac tory Settings (Reset All Settings) Y ou can r eset t he pla yer to the defa ult settings. Resetting the pla yer does not delete the songs y ou ha ve transferr ed to the player .
Settings NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 51 51 F ormatting Memory (F ormat) Y ou can f ormat the b uilt-in fl ash memo r y of the pla yer . If the memory is fo rmatted, all sho rtcut icons a nd fi les will be eras ed and all setting values ret urned to their defaults.
Useful F ac ts NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Useful F ac ts 52 52 About Battery Life By adj usting the settings o r managing the pow er supp ly pro perly , it is possible to sav e batt er y p ower a nd use the play er for a lon ger time.
Useful F ac ts NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 53 53 Wha t are F ormat and Bit Rate? What is audi o format? A udio fo rmat r efers to the method used when importing audio da ta from the In ternet or a udio CDs to a co mpu ter and sa ving it as a n audio file.
Useful F ac ts NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 54 54 Stor ing Da ta Y ou can st ore co mp uter da ta into the buil t-in f lash memory of the pla yer by transf err ing the data fro m your co mpu ter in W indo ws Explorer .
Useful F ac ts NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 55 55 Upgrading the Pla yer’ s F irm ware Y ou can u pdate the pla yer’ s f irmwar e, allowing y ou to add new fea tures to the pla yer by ins ta lling the lat est play er’ s firmwar e to the play er .
T roubleshooting NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) T roubleshooting 56 56 T roubleshooting If the p layer does not function as expected, tr y the followin g steps to resol ve the issue. 1 Find the symptoms of the issue in the f ollowing troubleshooting tables, and try any corrective actions listed.
T roubleshooting NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 57 57 Operation Symptom Cause/Remedy There is no so und. The volume leve l is set to zero . T ur n the volum e up ( page 5). The headpho ne jack is not conn ec ted pr operly .
T roubleshooting NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 58 58 Symptom Cause/Remedy The transferr ed songs cannot be fo und. The built-in flash memory of the play er was forma tted using W indows Explo rer . F o rmat the buil t-in f lash memo r y using the “F ormat ” menu of the pla yer ( page 51).
T roubleshooting NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 59 59 Po wer Symptom Cause/Remedy The power does not t urn on. The HOLD swit ch is set to the direction of the arr ow ( ). Slide the H OLD switch t o the opposite dir ec tion of the arro w ( ) ( page 7).
T roubleshooting NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 60 60 Recording Symptom Cause/Remedy The rema ining recor ding time remain s the same even though files are deleted. Due to system restrictions, the r emaining reco rding time may not im pro ve if only sho rt f iles are delet ed.
T roubleshooting NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 61 61 Connection with the computer Symptom Cause/Remedy “ CONNECTED USB ” does not a ppear when the play er is connected to the com puter . The player ’ s USB conn ec tor is n ot connected to a USB connector o n your com put er properl y .
T roubleshooting NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 62 62 F M Tuner (NWZ-B142F/B143F only) Symptom Cause/Remedy Y ou canno t hear the FM broadcast w ell. The receiving frequen c y is not fully tuned in. Se lect the frequency manually to im pro ve reception ( page 34).
T roubleshooting NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 63 63 Other Symptom Cause/Remedy There is no beep sound when the player i s operat ed. “Beep ” is set to “ B eep OFF . ” Set “ Beep ” to “ B eep ON” ( page 46).
T roubleshooting NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 64 64 Messages Fo llow the instructions below if a m essage ap pe ars in the dis play . Message Meaning Remedy A VLS (blinks) The vol ume level exceeds the rated val ue whi le “ A VLS(V olume Limit)” is enabled.
T roubleshooting NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 65 65 Message Meaning Remedy MEMORY FULL There is not en ough free space in the built-in flash memory . Y ou are trying to recor d an FM radio progra m (NWZ- B142F/B143F only) with the play er already having 999 files of recor ded FM radio progra ms.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) Additional Inf ormation 66 66 Pr ec autions The follo wing FCC statem ent a pplies onl y to the version o f this model man ufactured fo r sale in t he USA. Other versio ns may n ot com ply with FCC technical regula tions.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 67 67 Notice for customers: the follo wing information is only applicable to equipment sold in countries applying EU direc tives The man ufacturer o f this product is Son y Corp ora tion, 1-7-1 K onan, Mina to-ku, T okyo , J apa n.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 68 68 F or users in France A t high vol ume, pr olong ed listening to the personal a udio play er can damag e the user’ s hearing. On safety B e sure not t o short-circuit the t ermina ls of the p layer with o ther metal lic objects.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 69 69 On installation D o not p ut an y heavy object on to p of the pla yer or a ppl y a strong s hock to the play er .
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 70 70 Note on static electricity In particularly dry air conditio ns, mild tingling may be fe lt on yo ur ears. This is a resul t of static electricity accumula ted in the bo dy , and n ot a malfunction of the play er .
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 71 71 On the use When using a stra p (sold sep ara tely), be car efu l to a void hooking i t on objects you pas s by . F ur thermor e b e car efu l not to swin g the player b y the strap t o av oid bum ping peop le.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 72 72 On software C opyright la ws pr ohibi t repr oducing the software o r the man ual accom pan ying it in whole o r in part, or ren ting the software witho ut the permission of the co pyright ho lder .
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 73 73 About sample data * 1 The pla yer is pr e-installed with sample da ta. If y ou delete the sam ple data, yo u cannot r estor e it, an d we will not sup ply an y replacem ent da ta.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 74 74 Lic ense and T rademark Notic e “W ALKMAN” and “W ALKMAN” logo ar e register ed trademarks of Son y Corp ora tion. Z AP PIN and i ts logo ar e trademarks of Son y Corp ora tion.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 75 75 Informa tion on Expa t Copyright ©1998, 1999, 2000 Tha i Op en Source Softwar e C ent er Ltd a nd Clark Cooper . Cop yrig ht ©2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Expa t main tainers.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 76 76 Specifications Suppor ted file format Music A udio Forma ts (Codec) MP3 Media F ile format: MP3 (MPEG-1 Lay er3) fi le forma t File extensio n: .mp3 Bit ra te: 32 to 320 kbps (S upports variable b it rate (VBR)) Samp ling frequency* 1 : 32, 44.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 77 77 Maximum recordable time (Appro x.) The times below ar e estimat ed for the case where only FM (NWZ-B142F/B143F o nly) or V oice audio files are st ored. The time ma y differ , dep ending on the co nditions un der which the play er is used.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 78 78 Po wer source Bui lt-in 170 mAh rech argeable li thium-ion ba tter y USB p ow er (f ro m a comp uter via a USB co nnector of the pla yer) Charging time USB-based chargin g A pp rox.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 79 79 Display 3-line LCD Dimension (w/h/d, projecting par ts not included) 85.8 × 23.2 × 14.1 mm (3 1 / 2 × 15 / 16 × 9 / 16 inches) Dimension (w/h/d) 86.0 × 23.6 × 14.5 mm (3 1 / 2 × 15 / 16 × 19 / 32 inches) Mass A pp rox.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 80 80 System Requir ements (for the play er) C om puter IBM PC/A T or com patible com put er preinstalled with the follo wing.
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 81 81 F Fa st-forward ..................................... 21 Fa st-rewind ....................................... 21 FM ..................................................... 33 FM A ut o Preset .
Additional Informa tion NWZ-B142/B143/B142F/B143F .GB. 4-145-616-11(1) 82 82 R Radio ................................................. 33 Recharging ........................................ 14 Recordin g ................................... 37, 41 REC/STO P but ton .
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