Sony Micro HI-FI Component System manual

© 2005 Sony Corporation 2-591-387- 11 (1) SonicStage Ve r . 2 . 3 for Micr o HI- FI Componen t System Installa tion/Oper ating Gui de[...]

2 • Soni cStage a nd Soni cStage logo a re trad emarks or re gister ed tr ademark s of Son y Corporation. • OpenMG, Net MD, A TRAC, A TRAC3, A TRA C3plus a nd their logos are trademarks of Son y Corpor atio n. • “W ALKM AN” is a r egistered t radem ark of Sony Co rpor ation t o repres ent He adpho ne Ster eo produ cts. is a tra demark of [...]

3 T able of Con tents For operat ing pro cedur es of the CD play er, see the su pplied Operat ing Instru ctions . What y ou ca n do w ith Son icSt age ........ .... .... ... 4 Basic op erational flo w using a CD p layer ........... .............. ........... ... 4 Installing .... ........... ................ ........... ............... .. 5 Providi[...]

4 What you can do with SonicStage Using So nicS tage, yo u can s tore musi c data i mport ed from audio CD s or mu sic files on your PC, and burn your own CDs (A TRA C CD or audi o CD ). * Y ou can lis ten to A TRAC CDs only on a device c ompatible with A TRAC CDs. Basic operational flow using a CD playe r Providin g the required sy stem environmen[...]

5 Instal ling Providing the r equired system envir onment The fol lowin g sy ste m e n v iro nm ent i s r equ ire d in ord er to use th e So nicS ta ge V er . 2.3 . This so ftware is no t suppor ted b y the following environments : • OSs other than the indi cated a bove • Personally c onstruc ted PCs or operati ng systems • An en vir onment t[...]

6 Installing the softwar e onto your computer Before installing the softw are • Make s ure to c lose an y virus- check so ftware , as such so ftware u sually de mands a la rge amou nt of sy stem reso urces. • Make su re to install the softwa re with the s upplied CD-R OM. — If Open MG Jukebox or So nicStage is inst alled alrea dy , the pr evi[...]

7 4 Click [Install SonicStage] and then follow the displayed instructions. Read t he inst ructio ns car efull y . Depe nding on your regi on, t he bu ttons other than [I nstall So nicS tage ] may di ffer from those in t he illustrati on left. The installa tion may take 2 0 to 30 minutes, depend ing on yo ur sy stem e n v ironm ent. Make sure to res[...]

8 Using So nicStage Impor ting audio data This secti on e xplain s how to reco rd and store audio data fr om an au dio CD to My Li brary of S onicS tage on the h ard dis k dri ve of yo ur comp uter . Y o u can re cord or imp ort m usic fr om o ther sou rces such as your co mput er’ s ha rd disk . Refe r to So nicS ta ge He lp fo r deta ils. • O[...]

9 4 If necessary , click to uncheck tracks you do not want to record. If you unche cked a box b y mistake, c lick it again to restore th e check. T o c heck a ll boxes, click . T o u nchec k all boxes , click . 5 If necessary , cha nge the format and bit rate for audio CD recording. When you clic k [Form at/Bit Ra te] on th e righ t side of th e sc[...]

10 Recording music data on a CD-R/CD-RW Y o u ca n re cord tr acks i n t he My L ibrary of Son icSt age on a CD -R/C D-RW . The number of t ransfers for a track may be limi ted for reasons of copyright. 1 Select “Create an A TRA C CD” or “Create an Audio CD” from the transfer destination list in the upper right of the screen, then click [T [...]

11 5 Click . The [Writi ng settings] d ialog box appear s. Set the wr iting speed a ppropriate to th e CD- R/CD- R W , etc. 6 Click [Start]. Record ing start s. When rec ordi ng is com plet ed, an app ropr iate endi ng me ssag e ap pear s.[...]

12 Using SonicStage Help SonicS tage H elp provid es furthe r deta ils on how to use So nicS tage. So nicSta ge Hel p allo ws you to searc h easily for information fro m a list of ope rations, such as “Importing Tracks” or “Transfe rri ng Tracks”, or from l arge lis t of keywords, or by typ ing in wo rds th at migh t lead yo u to the ap pro[...]

13 1 Double click [Ov erview] in the left -side frame. 2 Click [About Th is Help File]. The ex planatio n will appear in the right- side frame. 3 Read the text. Scroll th e display if necessary . Click u nderl ined words to jum p to t heir expl anatio ns. 1 Click [Search] to o pen the “Search” wi ndow . 2 T yp e in th e wo rds . 3 Cli ck [L ist[...]

14 Referring to Soni cStage Help Click [C ontent s] on th e left si de of the Help wi ndow to view a list o f items f or eac h operation. Click on an y items for detail s. Importing audio data to the computer T o SonicStage Help Impor t audi o fi les on the computer in SonicStage [Impo rting T rac ks] – [Importi ng Music Fi les] Listening to audi[...]

15 W e recom mend yo u back u p your music d ata as a pr ecau tion agai nst har d dis k crashe s or comp uter replac eme nt. Back i ng up audio data T o SonicStage Help Back up audio data in My Libr ary [Bac king Up My Li brary] – [B acki ng Up Data to a Disk] Look up about SonicS tage backup [Bac king Up My Li brary] – [F A Q- Abo ut So nicSt [...]

16 Other infor mat ion Uninstalling SonicStage T o uninstall SonicStage, follo w the proced ures below . 1 Click [Start]–[Control Panel]*. ∗ [Setting s]–[Contr ol Panel] in the case of Windows 2000 Prof essiona l/Windo w s Mille nnium Edition/Windows 98 Second Edition 2 Double-clic k [Add/Remove Programs]. 3 Click [SonicStage 2.3.xx] in the ?[...]

17 On copyright protection The OpenMG technology allo ws you to en joy digital music, while maint aining the copyri ghts of its holder s. Restrictions on au dio content Hig h-qual ity dig ital au dio cont ent is w idely av aila ble th roug h musi c distr ibution se rvices on the I nterne t. T o protec t the copyr ights of its hold ers from una utho[...]

18 T roubleshooting Please refe r to the f ollowing steps i f you enco unter a prob lem whi le usin g Soni cStage . 1 Check the symptoms in this “T roubleshooting” section. 2 Check th e sympt oms in SonicS tage Help when you use SonicS tage. 3 If the probl em cannot b e solved after checkin g the above references, chec k the following tab le an[...]

19 The software cannot be installed onto y our computer Problem Cause/Remedy The in stal latio n was not succes sful. Y ou are us ing an OS tha t does no t suppor t this soft ware. t See page 5 f or more details. All wind ows applic ations are not clo sed. t If you s tart th e insta llatio n whil e other pr ogra ms are runni ng, a m alfun ction may[...]

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