Sony MZ-N510 manuale d’uso

3-249-510- 13 (1) Por table MiniDisc Recor der Operating Instructions Rec order Opera tion _ ________________________ ___ _ Softw are Operati on _ _________________________ ___ _ page 11 page 68 © 2002 Sony Cor poration MZ-N510 “W ALKMA N” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphon e Stereo products. is a trademark of [...]

2 T o prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to r ain or moisture. T o prev ent fir e, do not cov er the ventil ation of th e apparatus wit h news papers , table cloths , cur tains, etc. And don’t plac e l ig ht ed candles on the appa ratus. T o pre vent fir e or sh ock haza rd, do not place obje cts fi lled with liquid s, such as v[...]

3 Notice for users On the supplied sof twa r e • Copyright laws pr ohibit reprodu cing the softwa re or the m anual acc ompanying it in whole or in part, or renting the softw are without the p ermission of th e copyrigh t holder . • In no e ven t will SONY be liable f or any fi nancial damage, or loss of prof its, includi ng claims made b y thi[...]

4 T able of co ntents Recorder Operations Looking at controls .............. ... ............ .... ........ 12 Getting started ........ ............ ............... ........... . 15 Recordi ng an MD right awa y! ......... ........... ..... 18 Playing an MD righ t away! ...... .... .... ........... .... . 21 Various ways of reco rding ...... .......[...]

5 Editing re corded tracks ........... ............ ........... 33 Before editin g .. .... ........... .... ... .... ........... ... .... ........... .... ... .... ........... ... .... . 33 Labeling recordings (N ame) ............ ............... ........... .............. ............ 33 Labeli ng ........ ............... ........... .............[...]

6 Power sou rces ............. ........... ................ ........ 53 Battery lif e .......... ........... ............... ........... .............. ............... ..........53 Additio nal informatio n ..... ........... ............... ..... 54 Precau tions ..... ............... ............... .......... ............... ........... ...........[...]

7 Software Operation What is a N et MD? ............ ........... ............... .... 69 Basic Opera tions .......... ............... ............ ....... 70 Basic op erational flow using the Net MD .......... ........... ............... ........ 70 Providin g the required s ystem envi ronment .......... .............. ........... ..... 71 System r[...]

8 Other i nformation ............ ........... ............... ..... 86 Settin gs and Precau tions .......... ........... .............. ............... ........... ..........86 Settin gs according to OS ....... .......... ............... ........... .............. .......86 For users with O penMG Juke box, Son icStage, or SonicStage Premium install[...]

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10 Befor e using this product This manual e xplains the rec order operations and th e installation a nd basic use of the supplie d SonicStage s of tware. For details on t he various operations, r ef er to the pag es indicated belo w . When usin g the recorder Recorder Operation (pages 11 to 67) Pages 11 to 67 in this manual explain th e use of the [...]

11 Checking the supplied accessories Optical cable ( 1) Battery c arrying case (1) CD-ROM (S onicStage V er . 1.5) (1) * Carr ying cas e with a belt clip (1 ) (Europ ean mod el onl y) ∗ Do not play a CD- ROM on an audio CD playe r. A C p o we r adapto r (1) Head phones /e arpho nes wi th a remo te control (1 ) NH-7WMAA Nickel metal hydrid e r ech[...]

12 Looking at controls The recor der A Display windo w B GR OUP button C X (pau se ) button D END SEARCH button E MENU butt on F OPEN button G VOL + * , – button * VO L + has a tact ile dot. H 4-wa y contro l k ey ENTER • N * . , > (sea rch/AMS) x • CANCEL/CHG (stop/cancel / char ge) * N has a ta ct ile dot. I REC (record) • T MARK butto[...]

13 The display window of t h e recor der A MONO (monaural) indication B LP mode indicatio n C Sound i ndications D Disc in dication Sho ws that the disc is rotating for reco rd ing or playin g an MD. E Lev el meter Sho ws the vo lume of the MD bein g played o r recorded . F Disc nam e /track nam e in di cation Ligh ts up w hen labe ling a disc o r [...]

14 The headphones/earphones with a r em ote control A Cli p B HOLD switch T o pre vent th e buttons from being acci dental ly oper ated wh en you carry the reco rder, use this function. C (gro up) +, – butto n D Head phones/ear phones Can be re placed with op tional headph ones/earph ones. E V olu me Con t rol (VOL+, – ) T urn to adjust the vol[...]

15 Getting star ted Charg e the rechar geabl e battery be fore using. Ev en if the rech arge able battery is not char ged, you can use the re corder as lo ng as the A C powe r adaptor is connected . 1 Inser t the r echar geable battery Using the dr y battery Inser t o ne L R 6 ( size AA) alk aline dry bat te ry (no t supplied) instead of th e r ech[...]

16 2 Char ge the r echar geable batter y . 1 Connect the AC pow er ad aptor to DC IN 3V. 2 Press x • CANCEL/ CHG whi le the recorde r is stoppe d. “Char ge” f lashe s, e appea rs in the display , and charging starts. Wh en charging is comp leted, the battery i ndication disappear s. Full ch argi ng of a comp letely disc harged recharge able b[...]

17 3 Make connections and unlock the contr ols. 1 Conne ct the headphones /e arph ones with t he remote control to i . 2 Slide HOLD to the op posite direction of the ar r ow ( . ) to unlock the co ntrols. Batter y life For det ails, re fe r to “Batte ry life” ( pa ge 53) When recording (Unit: Approx . hours) When pla ying (Unit: Approx . hours)[...]

18 Recor ding an MD right away! This sect ion expl ains the bas ic procedure for making digi tal recordi ngs using an op tical cable connected to a CD player , Digital TV or other digital eq uipment. F or other re cording oper ations, see “V arious ways of rec ording” (page 23) . 1 Inser t an MD. 1 Pres s OPEN to ope n the lid. 2 Insert an MD w[...]

19 2 Make connections. (Insert the cables firmly and completely int o the appr opr iate jacks.) 3 Recor d an MD. 1 Set the sound sourc e you want to re cord to pause . 2 While the re cor der is stopped, hol d down REC • T MARK an d press N . The re corder starts recordin g . 3 Play t h e so urce yo u wa n t to reco rd . Track marks are au tomatic[...]

20 If the recording does n ot start • Ma ke s u r e t he reco rd er is not l o c ked (pag es 12, 17). • Make sure the MD is not record-protecte d (pages 18, 55). • Premast ered MDs ca nnot be recorde d over . Notes • Do not change the rechar geabl e battery durin g operatio n ev en if the r ecorder i s connected to AC power adaptor . T he o[...]

21 Playing an MD right aw ay! 1 Inser t an MD. 1 Pres s O P EN to ope n the lid. 2 Insert a n MD with the label side faci ng front, and press t he lid d own to clos e. 2 Play an MD. 1 Press N on the reco rder . (Pre ss NX on the remo te cont rol. ) A short bee p so und s in th e headphones/ earphone s. 2 Press VO L + or – to ad ju st the volume o[...]

22 If the play does no t start Make sure t he recorder i s not lo c ked (pages 12 , 17). Note The playback soun d ma y skip i f: • the recor de r rece ives stronger co nti nuous shock. • a dirty or scratc he d MD is played. T o Oper at ion on th e recor der Operatio n on t h e re m ote control Pause Pre ss X . Press X agai n t o resum e play . [...]

23 V arious ways of recor ding Viewing various information Y ou can check the remaining time, track number , etc. w he n re cordin g or du ring stop. G roup-rela ted items ap pe ar only when a tr ack w ith gr oup setti ngs i s play ed and th en stopped . 1 Press ME NU. 2 Pres s . or > repeatedly until “DISP” a ppear s in th e displ ay , and [...]

24 T o start/stop recor ding in sync with the sound source (Synchro- recording) Durin g synchro- record in g, the reco rder starts a nd stops re cording i n sync with th e sound so urce. When r ecording fro m digital equipme nt (such as a CD player), you can omit o perating both the recorder and the so und sour ce , and easil y make digital re cord[...]

25 Long-time recor ding (MDLP) Sele ct each recor ding mo de acc ording to the recording time that you want. Stereo record ing is possib le at 2 times (LP2) or 4 times (LP4) the normal (stereo) recording time . Monaural recordin g at 2 times normal rec or ding time is a lso possible. MDs recorded in monaural, LP2, or LP4 mode can b e played back on[...]

26 Notes • It is recommended th a t you use the AC power adaptor for long recordi n gs. • When yo u record in LP4 m ode, momentary noise may be produce d on very rare occ a sions with cer t ain sound sourc e s. This is be c ause of the spec ial digi tal audi o com pressi o n technol ogy that enab le s a recording ti me 4 times l onger than norm[...]

27 Adding track marks au to m a ti c ally (Auto Ti m e Mar k) Use this featur e to add tra ck mark s automatically at specif ied interv als when recording through the anal og input connector . This functi on is con veni en t f or recording long period of t ime, such as lectu res, m eeting s, etc. 1 While the rec order is record ing or i n record in[...]

28 Adjusting the recor ding level manually The sound le vel is adjust ed automatically while r ecording. If ne cessary , you ca n set the recordin g le vel manual ly duri ng both analog and digital rec or ding. 1 While press ing X , press REC • T MARK. The reco rder stan ds by fo r r ecording . 2 Press MENU. 3 Press . or > repeat edly until ?[...]

29 V a r ious ways of playback Viewing various information Y ou can ch ec k the tra c k or disc nam e, trac k num ber , the el ap sed playing t im e of the current t rack, the numb er of the tr acks recor ded on the MD, the gr oup name, and the total number of tracks in a group. 1 While pl aying, press MENU . 2 Pres s . or > repeatedly until “[...]

30 Selecting the pl ay mode Y ou ca n se lect from various pl ay modes such a s repe at play , shuf fle play , or bookm ark play . 1 While the reco rder i s playing , press MENU. 2 Press . or > repeat edly until “P-MODE ” flashe s in th e displ ay , a nd then pr es s EN T ER again. 3 Press . or > repeat ed ly to sele ct play mode, a nd th[...]

31 T o play the bookm arked tracks 1 During playb ack, pr ess MENU. 2 Press . or > r epeatedly until “P-MODE” appe ars in th e display , and then press EN TER. 3 Press . or > repe at e dly unt il “ T r P LA Y” ap pears in the disp l ay , an d then press ENTER. “ RepOFF ” appears. 4 Select “ Re pON ” (playing the bookmark play [...]

32 Adjusting the sound quality Y o u can change the preset sound qu ality and stor e the results in “SOUND1” or “SOUND2”. 1 Whil e pl ay ing, press M EN U. 2 Press . or > repeat edly until “SOUND” appears in th e display , and then press ENTER. 3 Press . or > repeat edly until “SET ” appear s in the displ ay , and then press E[...]

33 Editi ng r ecorde d tracks Befor e editing Y ou can edi t your re cordings by adding/ erasing track mark s or labelin g tracks an d MDs. Notes • Premas te red M Ds cannot be edited . • Close t he record-pro tect tab on the side of the MD before editing. • The reco rder is re cordin g edi ting res ul ts whi le “TOC Edit” is flash ing in[...]

34 4 Press . or > repeat edly until the fo ll o wing item ap pears in th e disp lay , and t hen pr ess EN TER. The cursor fla shes in the lette r input area an d th e track, group, or d isc i s ready t o be la bel e d. 5 Pres s V OL + o r – to se lect a let ter an d press EN TER. The s elected lett er appea rs and the cursor mo ves to the next[...]

35 Example Move t rac k C (track number 3) fr om the third to th e se co n d tr a ck . 1 Whil e p la yi ng th e track you want to mov e, pres s MENU. 2 Pres s . or > repeatedly until “EDIT” ap pears in the displ ay , and then press ENTER . The reco rder play s the select e d track repea tedly . 3 Pres s . or > repeatedly until “Move” [...]

36 Divi ding a trac k direct ly 1 While pl aying or paus in g an MD, pres s T MARK on the re corder a t the poin t yo u want to ma rk . “MK O N” appears i n the displa y , an d a track m ar k is added. T he t ra ck numb er will increa se by one. T o add track ma rks while recording (except while synchro-recording) Press T M ARK on the rec or de[...]

37 Note When you erase a tra ck mark bet ween the two consecu tive tracks t hat are ass igned into different grou ps, the second t rack is re-assi gned into th e group cont aining the first t rack. In additi on, if you combine a track th at is assigned to a group with a tra c k tha t is not ass ign ed to a group (two cons ecuti ve tracks) , th e se[...]

38 T o e rase the whole d isc Y ou ca n qu ickly erase all th e t ra cks and data of the MD at the same ti me. Note that onc e a recording has been er ased, you cannot retrieve it. Be sur e to che c k the conte nt s of the disc b efore you erase it. 1 Play the di s c you want to erase to check the co ntents . 2 Press x t o stop. 3 Press MENU. 4 Pre[...]

39 Using t he g rou p func tion What is the group function? The group func tion is pro vided to allo w play back of di scs with gr oup sett ings. The grou p functi on is c o n v enient fo r play b ack of MDs on which se veral alb ums or C D single s ha ve been rec orded in MDLP (LP2/LP4) mode. What is a disc with group set tings ? The r ec o r de r[...]

40 Recording a track to an existing group Y ou ca n ad d a track to an existin g group. 1 Press G R OUP, and th en pres s . or > until the g ro up yo u want to add a trac k to appear s i n the displ ay . 2 Press N wh ile pressing REC • T MARK. 3 Play th e s our ce sound. Newly reco rded trac k is added aft e r the current conte n ts in the gro[...]

41 Selecting the play mode for group pla y (G roup Pla y Mode) The s hu f fle pl ay and repeat p la y fu nction can be used during group p lay mode . 1 Press ME NU. 2 Pres s . or > until “P-MODE” appear s in t he displ ay , and then pre ss ENTER . 3 Pres s . or > r epe atedly to sele ct th e play mode, a nd t he n press ENTER . After nor [...]

42 Notes • Y ou can create a maxi mu m of 99 groups on a disc. It will not be poss ibl e to make a group settin g if the trac ks, gr oups a nd dis c name on a disc exc eed th e maximum num ber that can be input. • The trac ks or groups must be sequential . If the desire d tracks or gr oups are no t con secutiv e, you mus t move them to make the[...]

43 4 Pres s . or > until “EDIT” appear s in t he displ ay , and then pre ss ENTER . 5 Pres s . or > until “G : Rls” appear s in th e displ ay , and p ress ENTER . “G : R ls?” an d “EN TER” app ear alternate ly in the disp lay . 6 Press ENTER. The gr oup se tting of the selec ted grou p is re leased . T o return the preceding s[...]

44 3 Press . or > until “Move” appear s in the displ ay , and then press ENTER. 4 Press . or > until “ T : Mov e” appear s in the displ ay , and then press ENTER. 5 When m ovi ng a t rack out of a group , skip this step. When m oving a trac k int o a dif ferent group, pr ess . or > until th e destina tion group app ears in the disp[...]

45 5 Pres s . or > to sele ct the dest i nati on point on the d isc, and the n press ENTER. T o return the preceding set tings Pres s x . T o c ancel moving Pres s x for 2 sec onds or mor e. T o erase a gr o up Y ou can er ase track s in a sele ct e d group . Note tha t on ce a r ecording has been erased, you cannot retrieve it. Be sure to check[...]

46 Other op erations Useful settings The re co rder has many m en us with usef ul fu nctions f or rec ording, p la yb ack, editin g, etc. The follo wing table s hows the menu items that you can select. Category Function What it does Site page General operations Beep on/ off T urns th e beep s ound o n or of f. page 49 Recording Synchro- Recording S[...]

47 Editing Moving Changes the order o f tracks or g roups. page 3 4 (tra ck) page 4 3 (gro up) Erasin g Erase s t ra cks, grou ps , or th e entire dis c co ntent s. page 3 7 (trac k an d disc) page 4 5 (gro up) Assigni ng tracks to gr oups Assigns recorded t ra cks or group s t o a new group. page 41 Releasing a group Releases group settings. p age[...]

48 How to use the me n u items T o set the menu items, do the followin g procedure . 1 Press MENU to en ter the menu. 2 Press . or > to select th e item . 3 Press ENTER to ent er the selection. 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3. The setting will be entered when you press ENTER at th e l as t. T o return the preceding setting Press x . T o canc el the opera[...]

49 T urning off t he beep sound Y ou can tur n on/ of f the beep so un d on t he record er and th e remot e control . 1 Enter the menu an d select “OPTION” - “BEEP”. 2 Selec t “OFF”. T o tur n on the beep sou nd Select “ON” . Recording without overwriting existing material If you w i s h to av oid re cording over the curr ent conte [...]

50 Notes • When the power mode is set to “QUI CK”, the power remains on withi n the recorder e ven when nothi ng ap pears in the display . This leads to a sh orter b attery life. F or this reason , it is recom m en ded that you charge the battery dail y . • If no r e corder operati on (including open ing or closin g o f th e li d) occur s f[...]

51 Lis t of menu s Menus on th e recorder Items l ist ed und er “M enu 1” ar e t he se le ct abl e it ems whi ch a ppea r wh en yo u pres s MEN U, items lis te d under “Menu 2” are the s el ec ta ble items which a p pear when you se le ct an item in Men u 1, and “Menu 3” are the sele ctable items w hich appea r when you sele ct an item [...]

52 OPTION A VLS OFF (factory settin g) y ON BEEP OFF y ON (factory setting) R-Posi FrHere (fact ory setti ng) y Fr End Power NORMAL (factory settin g) y QUICK Menu 1 M e nu 2 Menu 3[...]

53 Power sour ces Y ou can use t he recorder on house curr ent or as follo ws. — a nickel metal hydrid e rechar geable batt ery NH-7WMA A — an LR6 (s i ze AA) alkal in e dry batt ery It is prefer able to use the recorder on house curren t when r ecordi ng for a long time. When using a batt ery , make su re it is a fu lly ch arged rechargea ble [...]

54 Additi ona l informatio n Precauti o ns On safety Do not put any foreign objects in the DC IN 3 V jack. On power sources • Use ho use current, nickel metal hydride rechar geable batt ery , LR6 (si ze AA) batte ry , or c ar ba tter y . • For use in your house : Do n ot use any other AC power adaptor sinc e it may c ause the recorder to malfun[...]

55 On the MiniDisc car tridge • When carry ing or st oring the M iniDisc, k eep it in its case. • Do not br eak open the shutter . • Do not p lace the cart ridge where it will be subjec t to light, e xtreme temp er atures, moistur e or dust . • Attach the supp lied MD label only in th e space de signated for it on the d isc. Do not stick it[...]

56 Specifications Audio pla ying system MiniDisc digi ta l audio system Laser diode proper ti es Material: GaAlAs W av eleng th: λ = 790 nm Emission dura ti on: c ont inuous Laser output : le ss th an 44.6 µW (This ou t put is the v alue measur ed at a dis ta nce of 200 mm from the lens surface on the optical pick-up b lock with 7 mm aperture.) R[...]

57 T rou bleshootin g and explan at ions T roubles and solutions If you find any tr ou bles opera tin g the record er , follow the st ep s below . 1 Che c k t hi s s ection, “Troubles an d solutio ns ” (page 57 ). Y ou may find the so lution of your trouble on “Messag es” (page 6 3) as well. Ch eck the info rmatio n. 2 If you can not solve [...]

58 Record ing cannot be done c orrectly . • Au dio sources m a y not be secur el y c onnected. , Disco nnect the audi o s ources onc e an d connect them ag ain (pages 17, 19 ). • There is no d i gi ta l sig na l from the port able CD play er. , Wh en record i ng digita lly from a portable C D player, use the A C po wer adapt or and disabl e th [...]

59 While playing “T rFULL” ap pears even before the disc has r eached t he maximum recording time (60, 7 4, or 80 minutes) and th e record ing cann ot be done. • T his is due to the MiniDisc syste m limitation. When 2 54 tracks have been rec orded on th e disc, “TrFULL” a ppears regardl ess of the total r ecord ed t ime. More than 2 54 tr[...]

60 While Edit ing No s ound com es through th e headph ones/ earp hones. • The headp hones/earp hones plug is no t f irm l y co nnected. , Plug in the pl ug of the headphon es/earphones f irmly to t he remote contr ol . Plug in the plug of th e r emote c o ntr ol f irmly to i . • The plug is d ir t y . , Cle an the pl ug. The re co rder skip s [...]

61 While using gro up function Tr a c k ma rk s canno t be er ased. • This is due to the MiniDisc system limitati ons. When the data of a track is f ragmented , the trac k mark of a fra gment under 12 seconds long (re co rded in SP ster eo ), 24 second s l on g (recorde d i n LP2 stereo mo de or monaur al mode), or 48 s econds long (recorded in L[...]

62 Other s Sympt om Cause/R emedy The re co rder does not wor k or works poorl y . • The r echargeable bat t ery is not charged . , Charge the re chargeable ba ttery . • The vol ume is lo w . , T urn up th e volume. • No disc is inserte d. , Inse rt a record ed d is c. • The HOLD f unction is turned on (“HOLD” appears in the display whe[...]

63 Messages If the fol l owing er ror messag es flash in the di s play window , che ck the char t be low . Error message Meaning/Re m edy A VLS • A VLS is set to “ ON” so t hat t he volume will not i ncre ase a n y more. , Set A VLS to “OFF ” (page 50). FULL • Y ou tr ie d to se t t he 21s t bookmark. , Y ou can set up to 20 bookma rks.[...]

64 LoB A TT • Ba t tery is we ak. , Repl ace th e dry ba ttery (p age 15). MEM O RY • Y ou t ri ed to record wi th th e record er p la c e d where it re ceiv es conti nuo us vibration. , Put the re corder on a stab le place, and start record i ng a gai n. NO CHG • Y ou trie d to ch arg e at a pl ace wh ere th e temper ature i s too high. , Ch[...]

65 Rec ER R • Recor di ng w as not correctly done . , Place t he r ec order at a plac e w i th no vibrations a nd record again. • T he disc is soil ed with an oil f ilm or f inger prin ts, is scratch ed, or is not a s tandard disc. , T ry r ec ording again w i t h another dis c. SA VED • Y ou tried t o record or edi t on a MD with the tab in [...]

66 Explanations Differ ence between di g i tal ( optical) and analog (line) inputs The input ja ck of this recor der works as b oth digital and analog input jack s. Connect the recor der to a CD pla yer or a casset te record er usin g eith er digi tal (op tical) input o r analog (line ) i np ut. T o reco rd, see “Rec ording an M D r ight away!”[...]

67 The meani ng of “no soun d” “No sound” d esc ri bes a rec orde r co ndition in which the inp ut level is about 4.8 mV du ring analo g inp ut or le ss tha n –89 dB during optical (dig it al ) inp ut (with 0 dB as full bit (the maximum recordable lev el for a MiniDisc)). Note on digital recording This recor de r use s the Se ria l C o py[...]

68 Recording audio data to your computer Y o u can re cord audio data to yo ur computer from sources s uch as audio CDs and the I nternet (page 76) . On the computer Listening Y ou can listen to an audio CD in the CD- ROM dri ve o f yo ur co mputer , or audi o data in the hard di sk drive (page 83). Inte rnet Audi o CDs[...]

69 What is a Net MD? Net MD is a stand ard tha t enables th e transf er of audio data from a compute r to a MiniDisc de vice. T o use this Net MD wi th your computer requires a so ftware applic ation called “Son icSt age”. SonicStage s oftware pro vides a data base for managin g audio data in the computer and functions f or playing the audio da[...]

70 Basic Operat i ons Basic operational f low using the Net MD The fo llowing is t h e basi c st eps tha t y o u will ta ke fo llowing th e purc h a s e of you r record er . Thro ugh these steps , you will pr epare and s et up your com puter for u se of your r ecorder as a Net MD. Do th e follo wing steps, an d refer to t he indicated page s for de[...]

71 Providing the r eq uir ed system envir onment System requirements The f ol l owing har dware and sof tware are requi re d in order to us e th e SonicStage s of t wa re for the Ne t MD. This so f tware is not suppor ted by the following environme nt s: • Macintosh • W indows XP versions other tha n Hom e Edi ti on or Prof essio nal • W indo[...]

72 Installing the softwar e onto your computer This section e x plains t he inst allat ion of the So nicSta ge V er .1.5 software suppli ed with y our Net MD. Before installing the software 1 Make sur e t o not e th e following before ins ta lli ng t he so ftware. Do not connec t the de dicat ed US B cable before the installation! The Soni cSt age [...]

73 Installing SonicStage V er .1.5 1 T urn on your compute r and start u p W indo ws. 2 Insert the installation CD-R OM for SonicStage into the CD-R OM drive of your c omputer . The setu p program st arts up autom a tically and the So nicStage V er .1.5 inst a llation window appe ars. 3 Click to select [SonicStage 1.5]. T o u se this softwa re with[...]

74 4 Follo w the displayed instructions. Read the in struct ions care fully . The installati on may tak e 20 to 30 minutes, depen ding on your sys tem en viro nment (page 9 5). 5 After the installation is completed, click [Restart] to restart the compu ter . Make sur e to r estart your c omput er only after the insta llation has compl eted. W as t [...]

75 Connecting the Net MD to your computer After the s oftware insta llation is compl eted, connect the Net MD to your comput er . Refer to the operating i nstructions of t he Net MD as well . 1 Insert a recordable disc into the Net MD. 2 Make the power source and th e dedicated USB cable conn ectio ns with the Net MD and the computer . 3 Check the [...]

76 Storing audio data to your computer This se ct ion ex pl ai ns ho w t o re cord and st or e au di o data fro m an aud io CD to the h ard di sk drive of your com put e r . The proc edure in this se ct ion is used to rec or d all tracks on an a ud io CD. T o reco rd only speci fic trac ks from a CD, or fr o m ot he r sound sour ce s, see the onl i[...]

77 Recording audio CDs to the hard disk drive In Soni cS tage V er .1. 5, th e ha rd disk drive is called th e “M usic Drive”. The Musi c Dri ve manag es all audio d ata st ored b y Soni cStage . 1 Insert the audio CD that yo u want t o record i nto the CD -R OM dri ve of your comp uter . The CD w i ndow ap pe ars in the dis pl ay . Note When y[...]

78 4 Click in the middle of the recording window and select the recording mode. W he n recordin g data in LP2 mo de: select A T RAC3 132kbps Whe n re cording da ta in LP4 mode : select A T RAC3 66kbps 5 If the list panel is not displayed, click . List panel s a ppear under th e re cording wi nd o w . The cont ents of the audio CD appe ar in t he le[...]

79 Labeling audio data After reco rding has complete d, you can label t he audio data i n the Music Driv e. Once audio data in the Mus ic Dri ve is labeled, th e label informatio n will b e tr an sf erred to a disc alon g with the audi o dat a, allo wing y ou to vi ew the dat a on yo ur Net MD. 1 Start u p SonicSt age (pa ge 76) and click (Mus ic D[...]

80 T ransferring audio data from your computer to the Net MD (Check-out) Audi o da ta stored on the M usic Drive can be tran sf er red to your N et MD. This proce ss is called “ C heck-out”. The n umber of times a tr ack can be checke d out is re stricted in th is soft ware f or the pr otect ion of c opyri ghts (p age 98). Checki ng out audio f[...]

81 3 Click in the middle of the display and select the recor d i ng mo de ( pa g e 78). Standard tr ansfer mode: Da ta are transferr ed in the forma t of the or iginal fi les. Maximum a vailable t ransfer space: All data are trans ferred in LP4 mode. SP transfer mode: All da ta a re co n verted and tr ansferred in n or mal stereo mode. S e lect thi[...]

82 Notes • Once a check -out ( or chec k- in) ha s sta r te d, do not disc on nect the dedicated USB cable or power source unt il th e check-out oper ation has c o m p le te d. Th es e ac tion s may damage the dat a or caus e the syst em to ma lfunction. • Make sure not to bump the Net M D after chec k- out ha s st arted. If you do, the content[...]

83 Listening to an MD Y ou can listen to an MD o n the Net MD while it is connected to your computer . When disc onnect ed from your com puter , the Net MD can be use d as an ordina ry MiniD isc de vice . For de tails on Net MD oper ations, refer to the “Reco rder Operations” se ction. Listening to an MD wit h the Net MD connected to the comp u[...]

84 Advanced ope ration s Using other functions! Using the Sonic Stage online help This man ual explains onl y the b as i c operations of the S on icStage soft ware. Howev er, the soft ware has a host of oth er funct ions that al low you to carry ou t v arious operat ions, s uch as imp or t in g audio files from th e Internet, cl as sifying and m a [...]

85 Viewing online help Let’ s find out how to use th e on line help first. An expl ana tion on the use of the onl in e help can al so be found in th e online help . 1 Double click [Overvie w] in the le ft-hand frame. 2 Click [About t his Help f ile]. The explan ation will a ppe ar in the righ t- ha nd frame. 3 Read the text. Scroll th e display i[...]

86 Other informat ion Settings and Pr ecautions Settings accor ding to OS The settings and precautions will differ according to the operating system bein g used. Check th e i te m s that apply to yo ur system. For Windows XP use rs Restrictions whe n ru nning t he Son icSt age softwa re unde r Windo ws XP • T o instal l this software , you must l[...]

87 For Windo ws Millennium Edi t ion users When us ing SonicS tage under Windows Millennium Edition If you u se the “Syste m Restore ” func tion in W indows “Sy stem T ools”, audi o data manage d by SonicS tage may beco me corrupte d a nd rendered unp layable. Bef or e execut in g the system re st or ation proced ure, you shoul d f ir st ba[...]

88 For users with OpenMG J ukebox , SonicStage, or SonicStage Premium inst alle d on their computer Note Confirm wh et he r any tracks have been che cked o ut from your com p uter . If tracks have been c hecked out fro m O pe nMG Jukebox, an e ar l ier version of So ni cS tage, or SonicStage Premium, it may n ot be possible to ch eck those tracks b[...]

89 Precautions on the co-existence of SonicStage V er . 1.5 with OpenMG Ju kebox V er .2.2 or S o nicStag e Premium • Make sure the OpenMG Jukebox V er .2.2 icon is n ot displayed in the ta sk tray . If it is, the N et MD may not be recognized by your c omputer . • Audio data reco rd ed on the com puter are stored in a common file and use d by [...]

90 Uninstalling the SonicSt age software T o un in st al l th e SonicStage s oftware, follow th e pr oc edures bel ow . For Window s XP use r s Log on with a us er name with “Computer Adminis trator” as an attr ibute. Refer to the operating instr uctions of your c omputer for deta ils on logging on as an administra tor . 1 Click [Start]–[Cont[...]

91 2 Double-click [Add/Re m ove Programs]. The Ad d/ Re mov e Pr ogr ams Proper ti es w i ndow ap pe ars. 3 Click [SonicStage 1.5.XX] in th e list of programs for automatic removal, and then c lick [Add/Remove]. 4 Click [OpenMG Secure Module 3.1]* in the list of programs for automatic remov al, and then click [Add/Remove]. Do as in st r ucted by th[...]

92 T roubl eshooting Please do the follo wing steps if you encounter a problem while usin g the SonicStage softwar e. In case a me ssage appea rs, it is recom m ended th at y ou wr ite it down. Step 1: Chec k the symptoms in this “T roubleshooting” sec tion. A v ari ety of infor mati on can a lso be found in the op erat ing p roce dures a nd ?[...]

93 Comp ute r • Manu f ac turer: • Model : • T ype: Deskto p type / Lapt op typ e Name of opera ting system: RAM capaci ty: Har d di sk d rive (con ta i n i ng S onicStage and audio data ) • Capacit y o f the driv e: • Free spa ce: Inst al le d f older contai ni ng SonicStag e ( if ot he r than the defaul t fol d er) 1) • Location of th[...]

94 If y our computer does not recognize the Ne t M D • Is the Net MD conne cted correctly to your computer? — If the Ne t MD is not f irmly connected to the computer , the Net MD will no t be recogni zed by your com p uter . — Rec on nect the dedi ca ted USB cab le . I f the c om p uter still doe s no t recognize the Net MD, dis co nnect the [...]

95 • If the installat io n see ms to be stopped It may tak e 30 minutes or more for t he installatio n to complete, depending on your compu t e r or CD-R OM dri ve. During the in stallation, watch out fo r the occurre nce of any o f the follo wing problems. • If the installation is still unsucce ssful after all that y o u have done . — Th e i[...]

96 Information and expl anations Net MD F AQ This se ct ion introdu ce s frequently asked question s a nd answers on the Net MD . On the Net MD What is a “N e t MD”? Net MD is a sp ecification tha t allows audio data in a computer to be tr ans ferred to a MiniDi s c throug h a USB cab le. Ti ll now , Mini Discs coul d be used to r ecord only a [...]

97 On Editing Can checked-out trac ks be edited on the Net MD? • Things yo u ca n do on the Net MD : — Label conte nts. — As sign or release group s — Mo ve tr acks o r grou ps. • Things yo u ca nnot do on the N et M D : — Add track mar ks (div ide)/erase track marks (c ombine). — Delet e tracks, gr oups, or the entir e disc con tents[...]

98 On copyr ight protection The Ope nM G techno logy* allows you to enj oy di gi t al mu si c , while main ta i ni ng t he copyrig ht s of its holde rs . Op enMG Jukebox encrypts aud io files in Open MG format a nd store s t hem on the hard di sk of your co m put e r to prevent unauthor i zed distribution . * The cop yr ight pro te ction tec hno lo[...]

99 Restrictions on audio conte nt Hig h- quality digit al au dio conten t is w i de ly av aila bl e th rough mus i c di st ribution serv ic es on the I nt ernet. T o pr ot ec t the copyrights of i ts hol d ers from una uthorized di st r ibutio n, some aud io conten t is di s trib u t ed w i t h certain res t ri ct ions on recor ding and playb ack. [...]

100 Glossary A TRAC3 A TRAC3, which s ta nds for Adaptive T ran sform Aco us tic Coding3, is au dio compres si on techno logy that satis fies th e demand fo r hi g h sound qua l ity a nd high com pr ession rate s. The A TR AC3 compres sion rate is a pproximately 10 times higher than that o f the Audio CD, resultin g an increased data capacity for t[...]

101 Recording mod e (Bit rate) This is a measur e of data v ol ume per se cond. The ra te is e xpre ssed in bps (bits per secon d). In Soni cS tage, the bi t r at e ca n be selected for re cording an aud io CD or converting MP3 and W A V for m at au dio f ile s i nt o A TR A C3 for mat from amon g three rates : 132 k bps, 105 kbp s or 66 k bps. In [...]

102 Index A Acce ssories optional 56 supplied 11 ATRAC3 96 , 100 Audi o CD 68 , 77 Auto Time Mark 26 AVLS 50 B back u p 89 Bookma rk add 30 play 31 C CD-ROM 71 Char ging 16 Check-i n 96 , 100 Checki ng playin g posi tion 29 remain ing time 23 , 29 Check-o ut 80 , 96 , 100 Cleaning 55 Com bin ing track s 36 Connect ing 75 analo g 26 digital 19 when [...]

103 P Play mo de groups 40 tracks 30 Playlist 80 , 10 0 Q Quick m ode 49 R Recor ding analog 26 digi tal 18 level 28 MDL P mode 25 without ove rw ri ti ng tra cks 49 Record in g mode (Bit rate) 78 , 81 , 10 1 Record in g na vigation window 77 Rela beling 34 S SDMI 101 SonicStage Premium 72 , 88 SonicSt a g e softwa re (earlier version) 72 , 88 star[...]

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