Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product S706F Sony
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©2006 Sony Corporation 2-887-743- 13 (1) NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Operation Guide NW-S603 / S605 / S703F / S705F / S706F T able of Contents Menu Index.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 2 2 About the Manuals Inc luded with the play er are the Quick Start G uide and this PDF -forma t Operation G uide. Addi tionally , after installing the SonicStag e s oftwar e f ro m the sup plied CD-ROM, yo u can refer to the H elp wi t hin SonicStag e.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 3 3 T o change the page lay out The bu tton s at the bot tom of the A dobe Reader s creen ena ble you to select how pages ar e display e d. Single Page P ages are dis played on e at a time. When y ou scroll, the displa y chang es to a pr ev ious o r succeeding page.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 4 4 Continued T able of C onten ts Ho me Menu List .................................... 6 Supp li ed Accessories ............................. 7 Pa r ts and Controls .............................
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 5 5 Listening to FM R adio (NW-S703F/S705F/S706F only) Enjoy Listening t o FM R adio .............. 61 1 Switching t o t he FM tuner .........................61 2 Presetting br o adcast statio ns au tomatically (FM A uto Preset) .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 6 6 Home Menu List Y ou can dis play the HO ME s creen b y pressing a nd holding the DISP L A Y/HO ME bu tto n of the player . The HO ME s creen is the starting poin t to play a udio, sear ch for songs, a nd change settings such as f ollows.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 7 7 Supplied Ac cessories Please check the accessories in the package . H e adph ones (1) H e adph one extension co rd (1) Earbuds (Size S, L) (1) USB cab le (1) A ttachmen t (1) U se when connecting the pla yer to the optio na l cradle (B CR -NWU3) * 1 , etc.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 8 8 WM-PORT Connect to the sup plied USB cab le, accessories fo r WM-POR T such as op t ional accessories f or recor ding with the pla yer , o r p eripheral device. Displa y See p age 11.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 9 9 T o operat e the play er with the shuttle switch Normal mode T o Operation In play mode Skip to the beginning o f the next song. Rotat e t he sh uttle switch to b rief ly . Skip to the beginning o f the current son g.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 10 10 HOLD switch Y ou can pr otect the player a gainst accidental opera tion by usin g the HO LD switc h when carr ying it. By sliding the H OLD switch t o t he HO LD position, all opera tion bu ttons a re disabled.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 11 11 When selecting Jacket Mode ON (Default setting) Display Jack et pic ture displa y Displa ys the jacket pictur e of an album after y ou register the jack et and tran sfer songs from SonicS tage.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 12 12 Pla ying S ongs ( All Songs) The transf er red son gs on the player a re pla yed b ack. to button DISPLA Y/HOME button to Shuttle switch P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 13 13 Pla ying Lists of Songs (Playlist Selec t) Y ou can pla y s ongs fr om “Pla y lists cr e at e d in SonicStage , ” “ Albums r ecently transf erred ” and “Y our 100 fa vorite son gs.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 14 14 T o skip to the beginning of the song By r ota t ing the sh uttle switc h to ( ) briefly whi le in the play o r stop mode, the pla yer skips t o t he beginning of the curren t (or next) song.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 15 15 Playing Songs... Playing Lists of Songs Playing songs from 100 fa vorite songs (F avorite 100) Y ou can pla y lists of songs a uto ma t ically creat e d in SonicStag e.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 16 16 Playing Songs... Playing Lists of Songs Playing songs from albums recently transferred (Recent T ransfers) Y ou can pla y a lbum s t ransf erred most recen t ly . P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 17 17 Pla ying S ongs in Random Order (Intelligen t Shue) The pla yer offers 4 differ ent ra ndom and r ep eat p l ay m o des (also known as “ shuffle play”) (In telligen t Shuffle).
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 18 18 Playing similar genre songs to the selected artist in random order (Artist Link Shuffle) The pla yer randomly selects an a rtist, se ar ches similar genre son gs to the selected artist (Artist Link Shuffle), and pla ys them in rando m order r ep eatedly .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 19 19 Playing songs released in the same y ear in random order (Time Machine Shuffle) The pla yer randomly selects a release year a nd plays all transf er red songs o f that y e ar in ran dom order r epe at e dly .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 20 20 Playing songs in random order for a specified period of time (Spor ts Shuffle) The pla yer randomly selects songs fro m al l transf er red songs a nd plays them in rando m order r epeatedly (between 1 and 99 min utes).
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 21 21 Searching for S ongs (Search) Y ou can search f or songs b y “Song na me, ” “ Ar tist name , ” “ Album nam e, ” etc.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 22 22 Searching for songs b y artist (Artist) P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears. Rota te the shuttle switch to select (Search) and press the button to c onrm.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 23 23 Searching for songs b y album (Album) P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears. Rota te the shuttle switch to select (Search) and press the button to c onrm.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 24 24 Searching for songs b y genre (Genre) P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears. Rota te the shuttle switch to select (Search) and press the button to c onrm.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 25 25 Searching for songs b y release year (Release Year) P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears. Rota te the shuttle switch to select (Search) and press the button to c onrm.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 26 26 Searching for Albums by Jack et Pic ture (Jack et Search) Y ou can search f or songs b y a lbum jack et picture a f ter yo u register the album jacket p ic tur e and transfer son gs f ro m S onicStag e.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 27 27 Changing the Play Mode (PLA Y MODE) The pla yer offers a variety o f pla y mo des, incl uding random pla y and selected repeat p l a y . PLA Y MODE/SOUND button P ress the PLA Y MODE/SOUND button r epeatedly to select the desired play mode .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 28 28 Reducing the A mbient Noise (Noise Canceling) (NW -S703F/S705F/S706F only) The in terna l micro phone o f t he headp hones can ca tch the ambien t noise. I t reduces n oise by ou tput ting an an tiphase sound again st the noise.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 29 29 Notes If the sup plied headpho nes are no t us ed pro perly , t he N oise Canceling function may n ot wor k. T o en joy the better sound quality , adj ust the earbuds ’ position to si t on your ears comfo r tably o r push them into y our ears so that they fit snugly .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 30 30 Setting the Sound Q uality Y ou can set the sound quality acco rding to the m usic genre, etc. Th ere are two pr es et settings, either o f w hich can be selected by the PLA Y MO DE/SOUND bu tton d uring the pla y or stop mode.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 31 31 Changing the sound quality (Equalizer) Y ou can select a s ound q ua lity fo r S ound1 a nd S ound2 fro m “EQ H e avy , ” “EQ P op , ” “EQ J azz” o r “EQ U nique. ” Y ou can lis ten to music wi t h your fa vori te sound quali ty by selecting and ad justing “EQ C ustom ” .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 32 32 List of E qualizer settings Setting item Description EQ OFF Sound quality setting is n ot activated. (Defa u lt setting) EQ H e avy Emp hasizes high and low ran ges for a pow er ful sound. EQ P op Str esses the middle range a udio, ideal fo r voca ls.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 33 33 Settin g th e EQ Cust om v alues Y ou can pr es et the value of Clear Bass (4 p has es) and 5 ban ds Equalizer (7 phases) to Sound1 o r S ound2 of the soun d quality setting as “EQ C ustom ” .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 34 34 Rota te the shuttle switch to select the Equalizer value and press the button to c onrm.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 35 35 Making the S ound More V ibran t ( VPT) Y ou can select f ro m “VPT Studio , ” “VPT Liv e, ” “VPT Club ” or “ VPT Arena ” to make the sound even mo re vibra nt.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 36 36 Listening with Clear S tereo Sound ( Clear S tereo) Clear Ster eo enables individ u al left and right digital pr ocessing of the sound. to button DISPLA Y/HOME button to Shuttle switch Notes This setting cannot be made while using the FM tuner (NW -S703F/S705F/S706F only).
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 37 37 A djusting the V olume L evel (Dynamic Nor malizer) Y ou can set to reduce the v olume level between songs. W i t h this setting, when listenin g to album songs in the sh uf fle play mode, the vo lume level between songs is modera ted to minimize the difference in their reco rding levels.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 38 38 A djusting the E ec t of the Noise Canceling F unc tion (Noise Cancel C ontrol) (NW -S703F/S705F/S706F only) The pla yer is designed to obt.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 39 39 Changing the S ong O rder (Sor t) Y ou can set the song or der by “ Album or der , ” “ Albums b y art ist o rder , ” “ Artist or der , ” “ Genre or der” or “ Rele ase year o rder .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 40 40 List of song order Setting item/Icon Description Sort Album (Album o rder)/ Songs a ppe ar in album o rder . In the album, son gs ap p ear in song n umber order . In the FO LDER mode, songs ar e skipped by album.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 41 41 Changing the D ispla y Mode Y ou can chan ge the desired displa y for the pla y or sto p mode. Pr ess the DIS PLA Y/HO ME butt on to chan ge the screen. The follo wing shows the scr een types. Y ou can select the screen to use from the setting men u in advance ( page 43).
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 42 42 Changing the display mode DISPLA Y/HOME button P ress the DISPLA Y/HOME button while in the pla y or stop mode.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 43 43 Selec ting the display types (Display S creen) Y ou can select w hether or n ot to displa y t he fo l lowin g screens: “ Property , ” “ Clock, ” and “B reath ” when pr essing the DIS PL A Y/HO ME but ton.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 44 44 Setting the Jack et Pic ture Display ON/OFF (Jack et Mode) Y ou can displa y the album jacket p ic ture a fter you regis ter the album jacket pictur e and transfer so ngs from SonicStag e. For deta i ls on r egistering the jacket pictur e, se e SonicStag e Hel p.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 45 45 Setting the V olume Lev el ( V olume Mode) There a re 2 modes to adju st the volume level . Ma nual V olume: Pr ess t he V OL +/– b utton t o adjust the vo lume level from 0 t o 30.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 46 46 Setting a Preset Volume value P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears. Rota te the shuttle switch to select (Settings) and press the button to c onrm.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 47 47 Setting to a Manual Volume (Manual V olume) P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears. Rota te the shuttle switch to select (Settings) and press the button to c onrm.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 48 48 Limiting the V olume ( A VLS) Y ou can set A VLS (A utoma tic V ol ume Limiter Sys tem) to limit the maxim um vol ume to preven t audi tor y disturba nce or distraction. W ith A VLS, you can listen to m usic at a co mfortable vo lume level.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 49 49 T urning O the Beep S ound (Beep) Y ou can turn off the beep sounds of the pla yer . “Beep ON” is set by defa ult. to button DISPLA Y/HOME button to Shuttle switch P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 50 50 Setting the C urren t T ime (Set Da te - T ime) Y ou can set and disp l ay the curren t time. There a re 2 modes to adju st the c urren t time. Date-T ime A uto matic: Y ou can set the date a nd time of the play er to synchro nize with your co mpu ter aut omatically .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 51 51 Rota te the shuttle switch to select the desired setting and press the button to c onrm.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 52 52 Setting the c urrent time manually T o set t he current time m anually , select “Date-T ime Ma nual” in the curren t time setting in advan ce ( p age 50). P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 53 53 Setting the Da te F ormat (Date Disp T ype) Y ou can select the date fo r ma t display e d for the curren t time ( page 41) from amo ng “year/mo nth/day , ” “ day/mo nth/year , ” and “ mon th/day/year .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 54 54 Setting the T ime For mat (Time Disp T ype) Y ou can select the t ime fo rmat displa yed for the curren t time ( page 41) from ei t her a “12 h ” o r “24 h ” displa y .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 55 55 Displaying the Play er Information (Informa tion) Inf ormation s uch as product na me, built-in flash memory capacity , serial num b er , and firmwa re o r WM-POR T version can be sho wn.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 56 56 Resetting to F ac tor y Settings (Reset All Settings) Y ou can reset the pla yer to the defaul t s ettings. Resetting the pla yer does not delete the m usic songs you h ave transf er red to the p l ay er .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 57 57 F ormatting Memor y (F ormat) Y ou can fo r ma t t he built-in flash memo r y of the play er . If the mem or y is forma tted, all music da ta, other stor ed d a ta and regis tered jacket p ic tur es w ill be eras ed.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 58 58 T o cancel formatting Selec t “ Cancel ” in step and p ress the bu tton. T o return t o the previous menu Pr ess t he DIS PLA Y/HOME b utto n. Note D o not f ormat the built-in flash memo r y of the player u sing Win dows Explorer .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 59 59 Changing the USB C onnec tion S etting (USB Bus P ow ered) Depending on ho w you ar e using the com puter , if the power su pply (US B Bus P ower) is in suf ficient, inco mplete da ta transfer ma y o ccur from the com put er to the pla yer .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 60 60 Setting to the P ow er S a ve S creen (P ower S av e Mode) The screen cha nges to the power sa ve screen when the player i s not o p erat e d fo r abou t 15 s econds.
61 61 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Enjoy Listening to FM Radio Y ou can listen t o FM radio. Char ge the built-in rech argeable ba tter y befor e using the pla yer ( page 78), and co nnect t he headph ones to the headph one jack.
62 62 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) T o stop the FM tuner and return to the audio play er Pr ess and hold the DIS PLA Y/HOME b utto n until the HOME screen a ppears, and then select (All S ongs), (Pla ylist S elect), (I ntelligen t Shuffle) or (Rec Data) from the men u screen and pr ess the but ton to pla y back.
63 63 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Rota te the shuttle switch to select “ OK ” and press the button to conrm. The receiva ble broadcast s t atio ns wil l be preset in o rder from lo w to high frequency . “ COMPLETE ” appears when p resetting is com pleted, then the first pr es et statio n is received.
64 64 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Manual T uning Fr equency appears with and abov e and below . T o Operation Selec t the pr e vious frequen c y Rotat e t he sh uttle switc h to brief ly . Selec t the next frequency Rotate the sh uttle swit ch to briefly .
65 65 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Pr esetting Desired Broadcast Stations Y ou can pr es et br oadc ast sta tions that “ FM A uto Pr es et ” misses ( page 62). to button DISPLA Y/HOME button to Shuttle switch Select the desired frequency by the manual tuning mode ( page 63).
66 66 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Setting the Rec eption (Scan Sens) When y ou set t he “ FM A uto Preset ” ( page 62) or “ Ma nual T uning” ( page 63), it ma y receive ma ny unnecessary broadcast sta tions because the receptio n is too sensitiv e.
67 67 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Changing the Monaural/Ster eo (Mono/Aut o) If no ise o ccurs during FM r eception, set to “M ono ” for mon aural. If y ou set to “ A uto , ” stereo/mo naural receptio n is aut omatically set, depending on r e ception condi tions.
68 68 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Rec ording (Rec) Y ou can reco rd songs on the p l ay er without usin g t he com put er by connecting the play er and the audio device with the op tional accessor y for r ecording wi t h the play er .
69 69 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) P ress the button of the play er , and then start playing the audio device . When the sync hro nize d reco rding is set, recor ding starts au toma t ically when the play er detec ts sound fro m t he a udio de vice.
70 70 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Setting the Bit Rate for the S ongs to Rec ord (Rec Mo de) Y ou can select the bit ra te for the son gs to record .
71 71 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Changing the Synchr onized Recor ding Settings (S ync Rec) Y ou can select the synchronized r e cor ding settings. If no soun d * contin ues during r ecording f or mor e than 2 seconds, the pla yer pauses reco rding au toma tic ally , and when the sound co mes again, reco rding starts.
72 72 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Pla ying the Rec orded Songs (Rec Data) Play bac k songs r e cor ded by the play er . to button DISPLA Y/HOME button to Shuttle.
73 73 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Changing the Play Mode of Rec orded S ongs (PLA Y MODE) The pla yer offers a variety o f pla y mo des, incl uding random pla y and selected repeat p l a y . I t is no t p ossible to p lay back songs co ntinuo usly with songs transf erred to the pla yer .
74 74 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Deleting the Recorded Songs Y ou can delete son gs recorded b y t he pla yer . On ly son gs recorded b y t he pla yer can be deleted. Wh en you delete son gs recorded b y t he pla yer , you canno t rest ore them again.
75 75 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) T o stop deleting song Selec t “ Cancel ” in step and p ress the bu tton. T o return t o the previous menu Pr ess t he DIS PLA Y/HOME b utto n.
76 76 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Deleting the recorded f older (Delete Folder) Note It m ay take time to co mplete deletin g in the case of man y songs. P ress the button while playing the song in the folder t o be deleted.
77 77 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Deleting all recorded songs (Delete All Rec Data) Note It m ay take time to co mplete deletin g in the case of man y songs. P ress the button while playing the rec orded song. P ress and hold the DISPLA Y/HOME button until the HOME scr een appears.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 78 78 Recharging the Play er The pla yer is rechargeable when connec ted to a computer When y ou connect the play er to your com put er , use the sup plied USB cable. When the r emaining bat ter y indication o f the display sh ows: , char g ing is com pleted (char g ing time is a ppr ox.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 79 79 Maximizing Battery Lif e By fo l lowin g a few simple guidelines, y ou can extend the pla ying time availab le from a ba tter y char ge. Screen display aut o - off Setting the displa y to turn off after a certain perio d of time o f not using the pla yer (app rox.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 80 80 Advanced F ea tures Wha t ar e F orma t and Bit Rate? What is format? The fo r ma t of a song ref ers to the method use d by SonicS tage to sto re the song ’ s a udio informa t ion when son gs are im p orted to SonicStag e f rom the In ternet or a udio CDs.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Advanced F ea tures... what are F orma t and Bit Rate? 81 81 What is the relationship betw een bit rate , sound quality , and storage size? Generall.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 82 82 Advanced F ea tures Pla ying S ongs without P auses If y ou import songs t o S onicStag e in A TRA C * forma t and transfer them t o t he pla yer , yo u can play them o n t he pla yer con t inuo usly , withou t pauses between the songs.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 83 83 Advanced F ea tures Ho w is Song Informa tion Impor ted to the Play er? When y ou import CD son gs into SonicS t age, S onicStag e auto matica.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 84 84 Stor ing Da ta Other than A udio Files Y ou can sto re com puter da ta into the buil t-in f lash memory of the play er by transf erring it fro m your com puter wi t h W indows Exp lorer .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Upgrading the Play er ’ s F irm war e Y ou can upda te the pla yer’ s f irmwa re, ensuring y ou to add new fea tures fo r t he pla yer by installing the la test play er’ s firmwa re to the pla yer .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 86 86 T r oublesho oting If the p lay er do es not function as expected, tr y the following s teps to resolve the issue. 1 P ress the RESET button with a small pin, etc. All the songs and settings s tored on the p l ay er wi ll not be erased even when you reset it.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 87 87 Symptom Cause/Remedy N oise is genera ted. N oi s e Canceling is set in a quiet p lace. N oise tends to be mor e noticeable in a quiet place o r depending on the no ise t ype. Release No is e Canceling ( page 28).
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 88 88 T roubleshooting Operation (continued) Symptom Cause/Remedy The vol ume is not loud enough. A VLS is enab le d. Disable A VLS ( p age 48). There is n o s ound fro m right cha nnel of the headpho nes.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 89 89 T roubleshooting Continued Connection with the computer/SonicStage Symptom Cause/Remedy The SonicStag e s oftware cannot be ins t alled. The com puter’ s operatin g system software is no t com patible with SonicS t age.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 90 90 Symptom Cause/Remedy “US B CONNECT” do es not a ppear when connected to the com puter wi t h the sup plied USB cable. The US B cable is not co nnec ted to a USB port on your co mpu ter pro p erly .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 91 91 T roubleshooting Symptom Cause/Remedy A udio data canno t b e transferr ed to the player from y our comp uter . The US B c able is n ot connected to a USB port on your co mpu ter pro p erly .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 92 92 F M T uner (NW-S703F/S705F/S706F only) Symptom Cause/Remedy Y ou cannot hear the FM br o adcast well. The r e ceiving freq uenc y is not fully tuned in. S elect the frequency manually to im pro ve receptio n ( p age 63).
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 93 93 Symptom Cause/Remedy “ TRA CK FULL ” is displa yed even though the maximum r ecording time is not r eached. The maxim um number o f s ongs t o b e recor ded by the play er is 4,000. No mo re songs than the maxim um num b er can be recor ded.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 94 94 Symptom Cause/Remedy I t takes time to switch t o the recor d standby m o de. The fi le is fragment e d. After exporting the s on gs recorded b y t he pla yer to SonicStag e, forma t t he in terna l flash memory in the “F ormat ” men u of the player ( pag e 57).
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 95 95 Messages Fo l low the in str uctions below if a mes s age a ppears in the displa y . Message Meaning Remedy AC CESS This message a ppears after disconnecting the USB cab le f rom the com puter , or r es etting the pla yer ( page 86).
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 96 96 Message Meaning Remedy FILE ERROR The file cannot be r e ad. The file is not no rmal. T ran sfer the normal audio file back to the comp uter and then fo rmat the pla yer . Fo r det ails, see “ T o delete ab normal data from the built-in flash memory” ( page 98).
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 97 97 Message Meaning Remedy NO DA T A There a re no audio files in the built-in flash memo r y . If ther e are no a udio f iles in the built-in flash memory , use S onicStag e to transf er audio files.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 98 98 T roubleshooting... Messages Message Meaning Remedy UPDA TE ERROR The play er fails to update the firmwar e. Fo l low the o n-s creen instructions on the com puter a nd update again. USB CONNECT The pla yer is connected to a com puter .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 99 99 Uninstalling S onicStage T o uninstall t he su pplied software fro m your com put er , follo w the procedure below . Click “Star t”– “ Contr ol Panel. ” 1) Double- click “ Add/Remov e Programs .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 100 100 Owner ’ s Record The model and serial num b ers ar e lo cated o n t he rea r of the play er . Record the seria l n umber in t he space pr ovided below . Refer to these n umbers whenever you call upo n your Son y dealer regar ding this product.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 101 101 If y ou hav e any questions about this produc t: V isit: ww w .son y .com/walkmansup port Con tac t: Son y Cus tomer Inf ormatio n Ser v ice Center a t 1-(866)-456-7669 W rite: Son y Cus tomer Inf ormatio n Ser v ices Center 12451 Gat e way B lvd.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 102 102 Disposal of Old Electric al & Electronic Equipment (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collec tion systems) This symbol on the p roduct or o n its packagin g indicat es t ha t t his pr o duct shall not be trea ted as household was te.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 103 103 Pr ecautions On saf ety Be sure no t to short-circuit the terminals o f t he pla yer with other metallic objects. Do not t ouch the recha rgeable bat ter y with bare ha nds if it is leaking.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 104 104 W hen using the play er , remem b er to fo l low the p recau t ions belo w in order to av oid warping the cab inet or cau sing the player t o ma lfunction. – M a ke sur e not to sit do wn with the player in y our back po cket.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 105 105 On the use W hen using a strap (sold separa tely), be careful to a void hooking i t on objects you pas s by . Refrain from u sing the player acco rding to the in-flight ann ouncements during take o f f or landin g in an aircra f t.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 106 106 The a bility to displa y the languages o n your SonicStage will depend on the installed OS on yo ur comp uter . For bett er results, please ensur e that the installed OS is com p a t ible with the desir e d languag e you wan t to displa y .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 107 107 Additional Information On Cop yrights SonicS t age an d t he SonicStag e logo are trademar ks or register ed t rademarks of Son y C orpora t ion. OpenMG, A TRA C, A TRA C3, A TRA C3plus, A TRA C Ad vanced Lossless a nd their logos ar e trademarks of Son y C orpora t ion.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 108 108 Specications Audio compression technology – MPE G-1 A udio Lay er-3 (MP3) – W indo ws Med ia A udio (WMA) * – A dapti ve T ran sfo .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 109 109 Capacity (User available c apacity) * NW -S603/S703F : 1 GB (A pp rox . 968 MB = 1,015,726,0 80 byte s) NW -S605/S705F : 2 GB (A pp rox . 1.89 GB = 2,035,974, 144 byt es) NW -S706F: 4 GB (A ppr ox.
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 110 110 Additional Information... Specifications Ba tter y life (continuous playback) * * This is when the power sav e s etting ( page 60) is .
NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) 111 111 Minimum Sy stem Requirements (f or the play er) C om put er IBM PC /A T or compa tible c omp uter p reins talled with the follo wing W i.
112 112 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Delete ................................................ 74 All data ................................................. 77 Fo lder ................................................... 76 Song ..
113 113 NW -S603/S605/S703F/S705F/S706F .GB 2-887-743-13(1) Additional Information... Index J J acket pictur e ........................ 11, 26, 44 J acket Search .................................... 26 L Linear -PCM ............................. 80, 109 M Ma nual V ol ume .
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