Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MZ-M100 Sony
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Printed in Malays ia © 2005 Sony Corporation 2-638-509- 11 (1) Operatin g Instructi ons MZ-M100 Recor der Operatio n ____ _______ Software Operatio n ____ _______ Por table MD Recor der “W ALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony Cor poration to represent Headphone S tereo products.
2 T o prevent fire or shock haza rd, do not expose the unit to r ain or moisture. T o pre vent f ire, do not cov er the ventil a tion o f the ap paratus wit h newspapers , tableclot hs, curta ins, etc. And d on’ t place ligh ted cand les on th e appa ratus.
3 This equ ipme nt has been test ed and foun d to comply with the limi ts for a Cla ss B digit al de vice, pu rsua nt t o P art 1 5 of the FCC Rules. These limits a re designed to provide reasonabl e protect ion against harmful interfe rence in a resident ial installati on.
4 Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipment (Applicable i n the E uropean Union and other E uropean countries with separate collection s ystems) This sy mbol on th e product or on its packag ing indicate s that this p roduct s hall not be treated as househ old waste .
5 • Soni cSt age a nd the So nicS tage log o ar e tradem arks or regi stere d tradema rks of Sony Corpor ation. • MD Sim ple Bu rner, O penMG , “ Magic Gate ” , “ Magic Gate Memor y St ick ” , “ Memory Stic k ” , Hi-MD, Net MD, A TRAC, A TRA C3, A TRAC3plus and their log os are tr adema rks of Sony Corporation.
6 T able of contents About availa ble functio ns and supplie d manuals .... ....... ........... ........ ........ ........... ........ .. 10 Recorder Operation Looking at contro ls ..... ........... ............... ............ .. 14 Getting started .
7 Editing recorde d tracks ...... ............ ............... ..... 46 Before edit ing .......... .................. ................... .................. .................. ...........46 Adding title s (Title Input) ......... ................... ..
8 Software Operation What you can do with Sonic Stage/ MD Simp le Burner ... ........... ................... ................... .......... 90 Installing .. ................... ................... ............... ...... 92 Providin g the r equired s ystem en vironmen t .
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10 About available f unctions and supplied manuals This se ction explai ns the fun ctions of this port able Min iDisc re corder and the m anuals t hat have been suppl ied wit h it. Please refer to th e manual that appl ies to each use of the record er .
11 Software Operation (pages 90 to 116) This sectio n expl ains the installati on and bas ic operatio ns of the s upplied So nicStage/MD Simple Bu rner so ftware . SonicStage Help This is an onl ine help tha t you can vi ew on your compu ter scre en. Online help ex plains t he det ailed ope ratio ns and inform ation about So nicSta ge soft ware.
12 Checking the supplied accessor ies Optic a l ca ble (e xcept for the Nor th Am eric an mode l) (1) Clamp f ilters (small-s ize) • for the No rth American a nd Chinese mode ls (1) • for th e Eur.
13 Recor der Operati on How t o use the s uppl ied clamp fi lters When using the re corder co nnected to th e comp uter, make sure to attac h the c lamp filter s in the way de scribed. (Y o u must attach a clamp f ilter to comply with th e applicab le EMC standards.
14 Looking at contr ols The recor der A MIC (PLUG IN PO WER) jack 1) B LINE IN (OPT) jack C HOLD switch Slide the switch in the direction of the arro w to disa ble the b uttons on the record er . T o pre vent t he but tons fro m bein g acci dent all y operat ed when you carry the recorde r , use this functio n.
15 The display window of t he recor der A Opera ting cond ition in dication display area Displa ys the indi cation s of each operat ing condit ion. x : stop N : play X : paus e m : fast rewind M : fast fo rward .
16 The earphones with a r emote control A VOL (volume) +, – cont rol B HOLD switch Slide the switch in the direction of the arro w to disa ble the b uttons on the remote contr ol. T o prev ent the b uttons from being acci dentall y operated when you carry the reco rder, use t his funct ion.
17 Getting started Charge the rechar geable battery befor e using. 1 Insert the r echargeable batt ery . 2 Charging the rechar geable batter y . 1 Conne ct the AC power a daptor t o DC I N 3V on the rec order and the AC power adapto r to a wall outlet.
18 z • If th e display disappea rs after a short ti me, the rechar geable b attery i s suf ficientl y charg ed. • If the rec hargeabl e battery is complete ly drained at th e start o f char ging, it wil l ta ke about 3. 5 hours for the recha rgeable battery become suff icientl y charged.
19 4 Unlock the control. Slide HOLD to the opposite dire ction of the arro w ( . ) on th e reco rder o r the remote contr ol to unlock t he control s. For models sup plied with the AC plug adaptor If the AC power ada ptor do es no t fit the w all outlet, u se the A C plug adaptor .
20 When pl ayi ng contin uously i n Hi-MD mod e (Unit: approx.hours)( JEIT A) When pl ayi ng cont inu ousl y in MD mode (Unit: approx.hours)( JEIT A) • Stop the recorder before rep lacing the batte ry . • When using a 1 GB Hi-M D disc, th e continuo us recordi ng time may b e shortened if you r epeatedly make short reco rdings.
21 Recording a disc right away! This sectio n explains t he basic pro cedure fo r making digital recordings using an optical cable connected to a C D player , Digital TV or othe r digital equipment.
22 2 Insert a recor dable di sc. 1 Slide OPE N to open the l id. 2 Inse rt a disc with the l abel side fac ing front, and press the lid dow n to close . 3 Confirm the operation mode. This re corder has two opera tion mo des, “H i-MD mod e” and “MD mod e”.
23 4 Recor d a disc. 1 Sele ct and paus e the sound so urce to be record ed. 2 Make sur e that t he x indicat ion appears in the display window. 3 While the recorder is stopped, pres s the j og dial ( N / ENT) while pre ssing REC(+ N )/T MARK. “REC ” lights up a nd recordi ng starts.
24 • When yo u record on a 1GB Hi-MD disc, connect t he A C power ad aptor to th e recorder , charg e the rechar geable battery full y (battery level indication shows ), or use a new alkaline dry battery (batte ry lev el indicat ion shows ).
25 Playing a disc ri ght away! 1 Insert a recor ded disc. 1 Slide O PEN to open the li d. 2 Inser t a di sc wi th t he la bel si de facing front, and pre ss the lid d own to close. 2 Play a disc. 1 Pres s the jog dial ( N /EN T) o n the recorde r . Pre ss NX on the remot e control.
26 The playback sound may skip if: • the record er is subject to st rong, repea t ed shocks. • a dirt y or scra tche d disc is pl aye d. When using a disc in Hi -MD mode, sou nd may drop out for a maxim um of about 12 seconds . T o Operation on the recorder Operation on the remote control Stop Press x .
27 Using me nus How to use the menu items The r ecorde r has many me nus with useful f unction s for reco rding, playbac k, editi ng, etc. T o set the menu it ems, do th e follo wing pro cedure. If you a re doing a men u operat ion for t he first time after pu rcha sing the re cord er , “Men u Mode ” appea rs in the dis play .
28 List of menus The follo wing table sho ws the menu items th at you can select. Me nu items c an be set wit h the reco rder only . Items l isted under “M enu 1” are the select able item s whic h.
29 REC Settin gs REC Mode Selects the re cording mode (PCM, Hi- SP or Hi-LP). page 34 REC Level* Manually a djusts the reco rding level. page 35 MIC AGC* Sets th e microphon e recordin g level adjustmen t mode . page 33 MIC Sens* Sets the microp hone sens iti vity to suit the source sound.
30 V a rious ways of r ecor ding Before r ecording About the operation m ode This reco rder has two opera tion m odes , “Hi-M D mode” a nd “MD mode”. The operation mode is automat ically recogn ized w henever the dis c is insert ed. After y ou inser t a disc, ch eck the oper atio n mode on the disp lay windo w of the reco rder .
31 Viewing various information Y ou can check the remaining time, track number , et c. when re cordin g or duri ng stop. 1 Enter the men u and sel ect “Dis play”. 2 T urn t he jog dial to select the info rmatio n you wan t, and the n press the jog dial to ent er the se lection.
32 1) Appea rs when the Ma in play mode is set to “Group Play” . 2) If the cas e of an MP3 tra ck that supports VBR (Var iable Bit Ra te), th e bit rate that a ppears here may no t match the one dis played by the SonicSt age software. 3) Appears for tracks that h ave time stamp information.
33 2 Turn the jog dia l to selec t “Sens Hig h” or “Sen s Low”, and then press the jog dial to ent er the se lection. Sen s High: W hen re cordin g a soft sound or a sound with a nor mal volume. Sens Low: When reco rdin g with a loud o r close-r ange soun ds, such as thos e during an oral re cordin g or a music co ncer t.
34 Recording f rom a TV or radio (Analog Recording) This se ction explains how to record fro m equipm ent with analog ou tput, suc h as a casset te reco rder, radi o, or TV . 1 Make co nnec tion s. Use t he ap pro priat e connec ting cor d to suit th e source equipment.
35 z Audio com ponents that sup port the line arPCM, Hi-SP and Hi-LP mode are indicat ed b y the or logo mark. • It is rec ommended tha t you use t he A C power adaptor for long reco rdings. • It is rec ommended that you use the recor der to edit (dividing or co mbining) long tracks recorded in linea rPCM.
36 Adding track marks while recor ding Y ou ca n add tra ck mark s (track nu mber) while reco rding to di vide the material i n to separate p arts, tha t allo w you to go to speci fic track quickl y and easi ly . Whil e the rec order is record ing, pre ss REC(+ N )/T MARK at the point you want to add a track mar k.
37 Recording without creating a new gr oup The re corder is fa ctor y se t to auto mati cally crea te a n e w grou p for each recor ding. T o r ecord w ithout creating a ne w grou p, set t he recor der as follo ws. While the reco rder i s st opped , ent er the menu and select “R EC Settings ” - “Grou p REC” - “Off”.
38 T o start/stop recording in sync with the sound source (Synchro- recor ding) When m aki ng a di gital re cor ding (e.g ., from a CD), this fun ction automatic ally star ts and stop s the r ecorder in synchr onizati on with the s ound sour ce. This elim inates the need for separate operat ion of the r ecorde r and the soun d source .
39 V a rious w ays of playback Viewing various information Y ou can chec k the tr ack n ame, di sc name, etc. d uring playba ck. 1 Enter the men u and sel ect “Dis play”. 2 T urn t he jog dial to select the info rmatio n you wan t, and the n press the jog dial to ent er the se lection.
40 Selecting the pl ay mode Y ou ca n listen to tracks in v ariou s play mode s. Th e pl ay mo de can c onsi st of a combi nation of Main play mo de, Su b play mode a nd Repeat pl ay .
41 Listening t o tracks by a specific ar tist (Artist Play) (in Hi-MD mode o nly) If the track data inclu des the artist name, you can li sten to t racks by a s pecif ic artis t only . 1 Do st ep 1 and se lect “Ar tist Pla y” in step 2 of “P laying tracks in Ma in play mode” ( page 40).
42 2 T urn the jog dial to selec t a track, and then press the jog dia l to en ter the select ion. T o erase bookmarks Whil e playing t he track for whi ch you want to era se the bookm ark, pre ss the jog dial for 2 second s or more. By specify ing Sub pla y modes , you can listen to tracks s e lected i n Main pl ay mode in v arious ways .
43 T o cancel Repe at Play Sele ct “Of f” in step 2. Searching f or a track (Search) Y ou can ea sily se arch for a tra ck by track name, group na me, a rtist na me, or a lb um name. 1 Pres s SEARC H. 2 T urn t he jog dial to select the item you w ant to u se for sear chin g, an d then p ress the jo g dial to en ter .
44 • After st ep 4, Bo okmark pl ay is ca nceled . • After st ep 4, A-B R epeat p lay is cancel ed. • During a se arch, u nlabele d tracks appear at the end of each list . • During a search , ungrouped tracks are placed togeth er as “Group - -” and appear at the end of the list of groups.
45 T o cance l the s etting Select “Norma l” in st ep 1. T o modify and store the sound (For mo dels excep t European models ) Y ou can modi fy the so und and st ore the results in “Custom 1” and “Cust om 2”.
46 Editing r ecord ed tracks Before edi ting • When you edit the co ntents of a 1GB Hi-MD disc, connect th e A C power adap tor to the recorder , charg e the rechar geable battery fully (bat tery level indic ation sh o ws ), or u se a new alkaline dry battery (b attery lev e l indicati on shows ).
47 Character palette The characte r palette has the follo w ing conf igurat ion. For the Asian, African, Australian and tou rist models Av ailable characters • Cap ital a nd sm all l ett ers of the .
48 • If you ente r the symbol “/ /” between th e characte rs in d isc na mes such a s “abc/ /def”, you ma y be u nable to use the group fu nction (in MD mod e only). • For the Asian, Afri can and tourist mo dels, Chinese charact ers can be disp layed b ut canno t be input.
49 5 Rep eat step 4, and then e nter all char acte rs of the la bel na me. 6 Pres s the jog di al for 2 s eco nds or more to enter the ti tle . Re-labeling Y ou can change the titles by doing the proc edure for “ Labelin g” (pa ge 48). • The reco rder i s able to dis play , but can not label u sing J apanese “Katakana” charact ers.
50 • When the total number of c haracter s in the title s on a disc exc eed the m aximum tha t can be input: —If the disc is being used in Hi- MD mode, you can make a group se tting, but cannot add a group na me in step 4. —If the disc is being use d in MD mode, you canno t make a group settin g.
51 4 T urn the jog dial to select “ OK”, and then p ress th e jog dial to release a grou p. The gr oup sett ing of t he s elec ted grou p is relea sed . Moving recor ded tracks or groups (Move) Y ou can cha nge the orde r of the r ecorded trac ks or grou ps.
52 1 While playing a track wi thin a gr oup whos e order yo u want to cha nge, enter th e menu and s elect “Edit ” - “Mov e” - “Gr oup Mo v e”. The nam e of the grou p to which the currentl y selected tra ck belongs appear s on the 3r d line in th e display .
53 1 Whil e playing the track yo u want to eras e, enter th e menu an d selec t “Edit ” - “Erase ” - “T rack Eras e”. 2 T urn the jog dial to select “ OK”, and then p ress the jo g dial to er ase the track. The track is er ased and the next track st arts to pl ay .
54 Dividing a track (Divi de) Y ou can di vide a tr ack w ith a trac k mark, creat ing a new track from the pa rt follo wing the track ma rk. Y o u can a lso make f ine adj ustments to t h e track mark position b efore making t he actual division. The tr ack num bers will increase as fo llows.
55 T o add track ma rks while recording (except w hile synchro-recording) Pres s T MARK o n th e rec order at the point you w ant to ad d a trac k mark. Y ou can use the “Time Mark” setting to add track marks a utomatical ly at speci fi ed interv als (e x cept while digit a l record ing) (page 3 6).
56 Formatting the disc (Format) When using a dis c in Hi-M D mode, you can use t he Format fu nction to restore a disc t o the condi tion it wa s in at the time of purc hase. Y ou can use this functio n only when using a disc in Hi-MD mode. • By f ormatting a disc, all data ( including no n- audio data ) will be erased.
57 Other opera tions Changing the displayed menu items (Menu Mode) Y ou can specif y the display of al l items in the me nu ( Adv anced m ode) o r only ba sic items (Si mple mode). Refer to “Lis t of menus” (page 28) to check the menu i tems tha t can not be disp laye d.
58 Preserving battery power (EL Light) W ith this fu nction, you can set the display windo w to turn of f automat ically or to stay lit dur ing battery -pow ered operat ion. Power cons umption is reduc ed when the display turns o ff automat ically . 1 Enter the menu and select “Option ” - “EL Light”.
59 1 Rem ove the disc f rom th e record er, enter the menu a nd select “ Option” - “Disc Mem ory”. 2 Turn the jog dia l to selec t “On”, an d then p ress th e jog dial to enter the selecti on. T o set the recorder so t hat disc settings are not stored Sele ct “Of f” in step 2.
60 Selecting the di sc mode (Disc Mode) Whe n you inse rt a 60/74/ 80-m inute standa rd disc (blank) in to the re corder, you can u se this function to speci fy use of the disc in Hi-MD mode or MD mode. When recordi ng on this r ecorder with out using a computer , set “Disc Mode” to “H i-MD ”.
61 Selecting the displ ay language Y ou can select the language use d in the displa y window . The lang uag es a vail abl e will de pend on mode l that you pu rcha sed.
62 Usin g the recorder with a com puter What you can do through connection with a computer T o use the r ecorder connect ed to a computer , you must insta ll the s oftware from the supplied CD-R OM.
63 Connecting the recor der to your computer When y ou con nect the s upplie d USB ca ble direc tly to the U SB co nnecting j ack on t he rec order, power (bus power) is su pplied from the USB port of the computer . T his allo ws the recorder to be used with out po w er being supplied from t he batte ry .
64 4 Unplug the USB cabl e from th e computer or re mov e the disc from the record er . • If you use the rec order connecte d to the comput er , it is recommended tha t you insert a fully ch arge d recha rgeab le ba ttery as a precaution a gainst powe r fail ures, disconn ection of t he USB c able or o ther unforeseen occurren ces.
65 Viewing non-audio data stored on the disc in the display window of the recor der (File List) When u sing a di sc in Hi-M D mode , you can view no n-audio da ta stored on the disc in th e di spla y wi ndo w of the recor der . The name an d size of f iles ar e disp laye d.
66 The storage spa ce for each disc (format ted with the recorder/the Soni cStage sof twa r e) Disc type T otal size Disc management space 1)2) 1) This is space t hat is used for managing the fil es on the disc. 2) The size of the disc management spac e changes acco rding to the operating conditions of your computer and other fa ctors.
67 Addit ional information Precautions On safety Do not put any foreign ob jects in th e DC IN 3V jack. On po wer sources • Use house curre nt, nickel metal hydr ide rechar geable b attery , or LR6 (size AA) battery . • For use in your house : Use the AC po wer adaptor supp lied with this recorder .
68 • If the c apacity of the r echargeable batte ry drops to ha lf the normal a mount, repl ace with the ne w one. • If the r ecorder will be unused fo r a lo ng time , remov e the rechargeab le battery and remov e the AC power ada ptor f rom th e wal l outl et.
69 Specifications Audio pla ying system MiniDis c digital audi o system Systems Mini Disc system , Hi -MD syst em Laser diode properties Emis sion du ration: co ntinuous Laser output: l ess than 44.6 µW (This outpu t is the va lue measur ed at a distance of 200 mm f rom the le ns surface on the optica l pick-up blo ck with 7 mm apertur e.
70 Option al acces sories Optica l Cable POC-15B, PO C-15AB Li ne Ca ble RK-G129, R K-G136 MDR-ser ies Stereo headphon es/earph ones* SRS-seri es Acti ve Speak ers Recorda ble MDs MDW -se ries Recordab le Hi-MD disc HMD1G Nickel metal hydr ide rechargeab le battery NH-14WM Y our dealer may not handl e some of th e abo ve listed accessor ies.
71 T rou bleshooting and explanat ions T roubleshooti ng If a pr oblem occurs d urin g reco rder o peratio n, foll ow the st eps describe d below be fore consulting th e nearest S ony d ealer . If an y messages ap pear , it is recommend ed to take note s.
72 While r ecording Symptom Cause/Remedy “NO T ENOUGH PO WER TO REC” appears an d recor ding cannot be done on a 1GB Hi -MD disc. • Recording is not possible when using a 1GB Hi-MD disc even when the batter y lev el indication shows enou gh power remaining while the recorde r is stopped or pl aying.
73 Recordi ng cannot be done cor rectly . • Record ing may no t be done if the re maining re cordable ti me on the disc is 48 seconds or less (“DISC FULL” appe ars). , Replac e the dis c. The l id doe s not op en after recor ding. • The l id do es no t open unti l “SYSTE M FILE WRITIN G” dis app ear s in the d isplay .
74 Playback sound skips. • The reco rder is placed where it rec ei ves continu ous vibration. , Put t he re corde r on a stab le p lace. • A very short track m ay cause sound t o skip. , T ry not to cr eate a shor t track. Momen tar y nois e is heard.
75 While editing Symptom Cause/Remedy “NO T ENOUGH POWER T O EDIT” appear s and edit ing cannot be done on a 1GB Hi-MD disc. • Ed iti ng is no t possi ble when usi ng a 1GB Hi-MD dis c e ven when t he battery le ve l indi cation sh ow s enoug h po wer rem aining wh ile th e record er is stopped or playing.
76 A new grou p canno t be crea ted. • This is due to the Mini Disc system limitations (in MD mo de only). Group information has been written to the a rea where the disc name is stored . The d isc n ame and trac k na mes are recorded in the sa me area, which ca n store a maxi mum of appr oximately 1, 700 charact ers.
77 The pl aying time of a transfe rred track is dif ferent from the time that ap pears on your compute r monitor. This is due to a calcul ation discre pancy betwe en the rec order and t he comput er . Y ou can not transfer tracks that will f ill up the r emainin g record ing ti me on the disc.
78 The reco rder doe s not work or works poorly . • The rechargeabl e battery is not charged. , Char ge the r echar geab le batter y . • The v olume is low .
79 Messages If th e foll ow ing messa ges fl ash in th e dis play windo w on the rec orde r , check the ch art belo w . The o peratio n mode of the bla nk 60/74/80- minute st andard disc dif f ers f rom the mode following form atting or the mode se lected in t he SonicStage software.
80 CANNO T RECORD OR PLA Y • There is no audio da ta that can be played on the recorder. • The audio data or disc mana gement file has been damage d. , Erase the w hole disc (pag e 53) or perform the Format fu nction (page 56). CANNO T SET • Y ou tried to set “T ime Mark” during synchro-recordi ng.
81 GROUP FULL • Y ou tried to cre ate a 256th group on a disc used in Hi-M D mode or 100th group on a disc use d in MD mode. , Y ou can creat e only up t o 255 group s (on a disc used in Hi-MD mode) or 99 groups (on a disc used in MD mode) on a disc.
82 NO TRACK • Y ou tri ed to play a di sc with no reco rded trac ks. , Insert a recorded disc. NO TRA C K IS SELECTED • Y o u selecte d “Track Move” or “Track Erase” , or you tried to label a tr ack witho ut fi r st se lectin g a tr ack. , Do the editing operat ion again a fter sele cting the de sired track f irst.
83 TOC DA T A ERR OR • The recor der ca nnot read t he di sc inf ormat ion cor rec tly . , Inse rt anot her dis c. , If it is no problem to era se the enti re disc, do so (page 53) . TRACK FULL • Y ou tried to re cord mor e than 2,04 7 tracks on a disc used in Hi-MD mode.
84 Explanations About Hi-MD “Hi-MD” is a ne w MiniDisc fo rmat. Incorpora ting the n ew A TRAC3plus audio compress ion techno logy , Hi- MD is a new recording f ormat that del i vers longe r record ing times than or dinary M Ds. Hi-MD discs ca n also be used as a comput er storage medi um for non-audi o data such as text and images.
85 About “ System File” The syst em f ile is space on the d isc that is used to s tore info rmatio n othe r than au dio f iles ; for in stance, track numbe rs. If the MiniDis c were a book, the system file w ould corresp ond with the index or table of cont ents.
86 When using a disc in MD mode Y ou cannot re cord in MD mo de on th is recorder. About recordable audio formats The audi o format s that c an be recorded on this recorder va ry accord ing to the di sc type an d record ing method. Che ck the following tab le for detail s.
87 Note on digital recording This recor der uses the Ser ial Copy Managem ent System , which allows only first-generat ion digital copies to be made fr o m prem astered s oftware . Y ou can o nly mak e copies from a home-record ed dis c by using the an alog (line ou t) connec tion s.
88 Differ ence b etween digital (optical) and analog (line) i nputs The input ja ck of thi s recorder works as both digita l and anal og input ja cks. Connect the recor d er t o a CD pla yer or a casset te re corder using ei ther digi tal ( optical) input or a nalog (lin e) inp ut.
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90 What you can do with SonicStage/ MD Sim ple Bur ner Refer to th e suppli ed “Hi-MD W A V Importer fo r Mac” op erating in struct ions for d etails on operat ions of the Hi-M D W A V Imp orter sof tware.
91 Software Opera tion Basic operational flow using an MD W alkman Providing the r equired system environm ent (page 92) Installing the softwar e onto your computer (page 93) SonicStage MD Simple Burn.
92 Installi ng Providi ng the requir ed system environment The fo llowing syste m environment is required in order to use the S onicStag e V er . 3.1/M D Simple Burner V e r .
93 Installing t he software onto your computer Before installing the software • Make sure to clos e all Windows softwa re progr ams. Esp ecial ly , make su re to close any virus- chec k soft ware, a s such so ftware usual ly de mands a la rge amou nt of syst em reso urces.
94 4 Click [Install SonicStage and MD Simple Burner] and then follow th e displayed instructions. Read the ins tructions c arefully . Depe nding on y our region, the buttons oth er than [In stall Son icStage an d MD Sim ple Burner] may d iff er from those in the illust ration abov e.
95 Using Son icSta ge Importing audio data This s ection expla ins how to reco rd and st ore audio da ta from an audio CD to My Libr ary of Soni cStage on t he hard dis k drive of your comp uter .
96 3 Point to [ Music Source] on the upper-left side of the screen and click [Impor t a CD]. The sc reen swi tches to the “Mu sic Source ” (Impo rting CD) scre en and all the tracks on the au dio CD are list ed. 4 If necessary , click to uncheck tracks you do not want to record.
97 T ransferring audio data fr om your computer to the MD W alk man Audio d ata stor ed in My Library o f Sonic Stage ca n be trans ferred to your MD W alkman a n infi nite number of times. 1 Insert a disc into the MD W alkman and connect the MD W alkman to your comp uter .
98 4 If necessary , change the transfer mod e. As the def ault setting, t racks in the Op enMG (PCM/A TR A C3/A TRA C3plus) forma t will be t ransferr ed in the same format and bit rate (n ormal tran sfer).
99 T ransferring back audio data fr om the MD W alkman to your computer Audi o data that has been transfer red from your co mpute r and store d on the M D can be transf erred ba ck to My Lib rary of So nicStage on your com puter . 1 Insert a disc into the MD W alkman and connect the MD W alkman to your comp uter .
100 4 Click in the middle of the screen. The tra nsferri ng of the tra cks sel ected in st ep 3 starts . T o stop transfer ring Click . T o impor t cover art set usin g a camera-equipped Hi -MD W alkm.
101 3 Click the tracks you want to transfer in the Hi-MD list on the right side of the screen. T o transf er more tha n one trac k, hold do wn the [Ctrl] k ey while selectin g the track s. T o trans fer all tracks of the group , click th e group. 4 Click in the middle of the screen.
102 Writi ng audio data to a CD-R/CD-R W disc Y ou ca n write track s in My Libr ary of Son icStage t o a CD-R/CD -R W disc. Anal og tracks record ed on a Hi- MD device an d impor ted to My Library c an be w ritten to and enj oyed on a CD-R /CD-R W . The num ber of times data c an be written may be limit ed due to copyrig ht restric tions.
103 4 Click in the middle of the screen. The se lected al bums o r trac ks a ppear on the r ight side of th e sc reen ( the CD-R/C D- R W) as a tentati ve list of items to be writ ten. 5 Click in the right of the screen. The “Writing Se ttings” dialog bo x appear s allowing you to set optio ns for writ ing.
104 Using SonicStage Help SonicS tage Hel p provides fur ther deta ils on how to use So nicStage . SonicS tage Help allo w s you t o search easily fo r informat ion from a list of operations , such as.
105 1 Double click [Ov ervie w] in the left-side frame. 2 Click [About Th is Help File]. The ex planat ion will appear in the rig ht-sid e frame. 3 Read the text. Scroll th e displa y if nec essary . Click u nderlined words to jump to their expl anations.
106 Referring to Soni cStage Help Click [C ontents ] on the left side of the Help wi ndow to view a list of ite ms for eac h operation. Click on an y items for detail s.
107 W e reco mme nd that you back up your m usic d ata as a pr ecauti on again st hard di sk cras hes or co mpute r re plac ement . Back ing up audio data T o SonicStage Help Back up audio data in My .
108 Using M D Simple Bur ner Before usi ng MD Simple Burner MD Simple Burner allo ws you to record music track s from an audio CD in the CD d ri ve of your com puter to the MD W alkm an.
109 Recording using MD W alkman op erations (Simp le mode) 1 Insert a recordable disc into the MD W alkman and then connect the MD W alkman to the computer . For deta ils about conn ecti ons, see pag e 63 on “Rec order Ope rati on” s ection. Do no t disconne ct the powe r source or the USB ca ble befo re the t ransfer ha s completed.
110 Recording by computer operations ( Standar d mode) T o sta rt MD Simple Bu rner, clic k [Start] – [All Programs]* – [MD Simple Burne r] – [MD Simple Burn er].
111 The wind ow for recording selected t racks fro m an au dio CD [Era se] Disc name (MD) T rac k infor mati on (CD) Album T itle Record ing mode drop down m enu [REC/ STOP] T rack in forma tion (MD ) Y ou can ch ange t he track name a n d tr ack number [Close] T o clos e the dis play as s hown on page 110 , click here .
112 Other infor mation Uninstalling SonicStage/MD Simple Burner T o unins tall SonicSta ge/MD Simple Bur ner, follo w the procedures b elow . 1 Click [Start]–[Control Panel]*. ∗ [Setting s]–[Control Panel] in the case of Windows 2000 Profe ssional/Windows Millenni um Edition/Windows 98 Second Edition 2 Double-clic k [Add/Remove Programs].
113 On copyright protection The OpenMG technology a llo ws you to enjoy dig ital music, while mai ntaining th e copyri ghts of its ho lders. Restrictions on audio c ontent Hig h-qualit y digital au dio cont ent is wi dely available thro ugh mus ic distr ibution serv ices on the I nterne t.
114 T roubl eshooting Please refe r to the follo wing steps if you encounter a problem while using Sonic Stage/MD Simple Burner. 1 Check the symptoms in this “T roublesho oting” section. 2 Check th e symptom s in So nicStage Help when you use Son icSta ge.
115 The software cannot be installed onto y our computer Problem Cause/Remedy The in stalla tion was no t succes sful. Y ou ar e using an OS that doe s not sup port this soft ware. t See page 92 fo r more detail s. All Windows applicat ions are not closed.
116 Using a MD Walkman connected to the c omputer Problem Cause/Rem edy Y our comput er do es not recogn ize the MD W alkman . The MD W a lkman is not f irmly connected wit h the suppl ied USB ca ble t o the comp uter . t Reconnect the MD W alkman to the computer fi rmly .
117 Index A A-B Re peat 42 Access ories opti ona l 70 supplied 12 ATRAC 3pl us 84 AVLS 57 B Batt ery 17 , 18 Batt ery lif e 20 BEEP 57 Bookm ark 41 C CD drive 92 CDDB 92 , 109 CD- R/R W drive 92 CD-RO.
118 R Record ing analo g 34 digital 21 from micr ophone 32 level 33 , 35 recordi ng mode 34 Sync hro- recordin g 38 time 85 Record ing mode 109 Recording mode (Bit rat e) 96 S Simp le m ode 109 SonicS.
119 This warr anty is v alid only in Canada..
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