Sony MZ-NE410 Notes on installing & operating OpenMG manual

3-253-600- 12 (1) Por table MiniDisc Recor der Operating Instructions Rec order Opera tion _ ________________________ ___ _ Softw are Operati on _ _________________________ ___ _ page 11 page 32 © 2003 Sony Cor poration MZ-NE410 “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 This equ ipment has bee n tested and foun d to comply with the limits fo r a Class B digit al de vice, p ursuant to P art 15 of th e FCC Rules. These limits a re designed to provide rea so nable prote ct io n aga inst harmful interfe re nc e in a resi de nt ial installati on. This equipment g enerates, uses, an d can radiate r adio frequen c y en[...]

4 Notice for users On the supplied sof tware • Copy righ t la ws pr ohib it repr oduc ing the soft ware or t he manua l ac comp an yi ng it in wh ol e or in p ar t , or re nting the softwa re without the pe rmission of t he copyrig ht ho lder . • In no e v ent will SONY be liable for an y financial dam age, or loss of pro f its, including cla i[...]

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6 T able of co ntents Recorder Operations Looking at the con trol s .......... ............ .... ........ 12 Getting started! ........... ........... ................ ........ 14 Playing an MD righ t away! ...... .... .... ........... .... . 16 Various ways of playbac k ...... ................ ........ 18 Selecti ng the play mode ....... ..........[...]

7 Software Operation What is a N et MD? .... ............... ............ ........... 33 Basic Opera tions .......... ........... ................ ....... 34 Basic op erational flow using the Net MD .......... ........... ............... ........ 34 Providin g the required s ystem envi ronment .......... .............. ........... ..... 35 System r[...]

8 Other i nformation ............ ........... ............... ..... 50 Settin gs and Precau tions .......... .............. ............... ........... .............. .......50 Settin gs according to OS ....... .......... ............... ........... .............. .......50 For users with O penMG Juke box, Son icStage, or SonicStage Premium install[...]

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10 Befor e using this product This recorder can only record mate rials from th e connected computer . This manual explains th e r ecorder ope ra tions and the in stallation a nd basic use of the supplied SonicS tage softwa re . F or de tails on the variou s operations , ref er to the pages i ndicated below . When usin g the recorder Recorder Operat[...]

11 Checking the supplied accessories Head phones/e ar pho nes (1) Dedica ted USB cabl e (1 ) CD-ROM (S onicStage V er. 1.5 and Net M D Simple Bu rn er V er . 1.1) ( 1) * ∗ Do not play a CD- ROM on an audio CD playe r. Recor der Op eration[...]

12 Looking at the contr ols Front of the r ecorder A Display windo w B VOL +* and – button ∗ The V OL + but ton has a tactile d ot. C 4-po si tion cont rol ke y ENT/ NX (ent er / p l ay /pause)* . and > (searc h/AMS) x /CANCEL (stop/ca ncel) ∗ The ENT/ NX button has a tac til e dot. D MENU butt on E GR OUP button F USB jack When c onnectin[...]

13 Back of the recorder A OPEN button B Hand strap hole Use th e ho le to attach y our own st ra p. C Battery c ompartment lid The display window of t h e recor der A Disc in dication B Group mode in dication Lights up w he n gr oup mode is on . C T rac k nu mber displ ay D Battery le vel indicatio n Sho ws approximate battery cond iti on. E Play m[...]

14 Getting star ted! 1 Inser t an alkaline dr y batter y . When t o r eplace the batter y Y ou ca n ch eck the bat te ry con dition thro ug h the battery in dicator whil e using the re cor der . Battery po wer decrea sing r W ea k ba tt er y r The bat t er y has gone out . “LoBA TT” flas he s in the display , and th e power goes off. Notes • [...]

15 2 Make connections and unlock the contr ol. 1 Conne ct the headphones /e arph ones to i . 2 Slide HOLD in the opposite direc ti on of the arrow indi c ate d on the recorder (HOL D . ) to unlock the control . HOLD to i Connect firm ly.[...]

16 Playing an MD right away! 1 Inser t an MD. 1 Pres s OPEN to ope n the lid. 2 Insert an MD to t he di rec tion of the arro w with the label si de fa cing f ront, and press the l id do wn to close. 2 Play an MD. 1 Press NX . 2 Press VOL + or – to adj us t t he vo lume. The v olume in dicator ap pears in t he display allowing you t o check the vo[...]

17 Suppressing the skip of the sound (G-PRO TECTION) The G-PR O TECTION function w as developed to p rovide a hig her lev el of s hock resi stance than that o f existing p layers in order to allo w the recorder to be used while jog ging. Note The play ba ck so und ma y ski p if: • the r ecorder recei ves s tronger contin uous shock. • a dirty o[...]

18 V ar ious wa ys of pl ayback Selecting the pl ay mode Y ou ca n select various pl ay modes su ch as norm al play , sing le-trac k play (1 T rk), or shuf fle play (Shu f f). Y ou can als o select repeat p lay with the se lected play mode. 1 Press MENU . 2 Press . or > repeat edly until “P-MODE” appears in the displa y , and the n pr ess EN[...]

19 Adjusting tr eble or bass (Digital Sound Pr eset) Y ou can adjust the treble and bass to suit you r tas te. The player ca n store two sets of treble -bass adjustme nts, which can then be selected la te r during pl ay back. Selecting the sound quality Factor y settings Fact ory setti ngs of the dig ital soun d preset are as follo ws: •“ SOUND[...]

20 T o cancel the procedure Press M EN U. T o return the preceding settings Press x /CANCEL. Note When using a di gita l so und pre se t, the sound may break or beco me dist orted if the volume is turned up too high, depending on the settings or the tr ack. In th is cas e, chang e the sett ings o f th e sound quali ty.[...]

21 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[...]

22 Selecting the pla y mode for gro up play (Group P lay Mode) The sh uffle pl ay a nd repeat play function can be us ed during grou p play mode. 1 Press MENU. 2 Press . or > until “ P-MODE” appear s in the displ ay , and then press ENT/ NX . 3 Press . or > repeated ly to sele ct the play mod e, and t hen pr ess ENT/ NX . After n or m al [...]

23 Other O perations Viewing various information Y ou can chec k th e tr ac k nam e, di sc name , etc. d uring playback . Group-re lated items appea r only when a trac k with grou p setti ngs is pla yed. 1 Press ME NU. 2 Pres s . or > repeatedly until “DISP” a ppear s in th e displ ay , and then press ENT/ NX . 3 Pres s . or > repeatedly [...]

24 Starting the playback quickly (Quick Mode) Aft er pres sing th e play back b utton or cuei n g to the tr ac k, the pl ay back ca n st a rt quickly. 1 Press MENU. 2 Press . or > repeat edly until “OPTIO N ” ap pears in the display , and the n pr ess ENT/ NX . 3 Press . or > repeat edly until “Power” ap pears in the di s play , and t[...]

25 Protecti n g your hearing (A VLS) The A VLS (Automatic V olume Limiter Syst em) fu nction keeps do wn t he maximum v olume to protect your ears. 1 Press ME NU. 2 Pres s . or > repeatedly until “OPT ION” appea rs in the disp lay , and the n press ENT / NX . 3 Pres s . or > repeatedly until “A VLS” appe ars in th e dis play , and the[...]

26 Additi ona l informatio n Precauti o ns On safety • Do not carry or stor e the dry ba tt ery in th e same p la ce with meta lli c objects suc h as coins, key rings , or necklaces. Th is may cause a short -circuit and t he generatio n of heat. • Incorrect ba tt ery usage may cause th e ba tt ery fluid to leak or b attery to b urst. T o preven[...]

27 On clea ning • Afte r wi ping t h e r e corder casing w i t h a soft cloth s lightly m oistened w ith water, wipe it again with a dry cloth. Do not use any t ype of abrasive pad, scouring po wder or solvent suc h as al cohol or be nzene as th is may ma r the f ini sh on the casing. • W ipe the di sc cart r idge wit h a dry cloth to remov e d[...]

28 Specifications MD Play er 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 obje c tive lens surface on the optical pic k- up blo [...]

29 T rou bleshootin g and explanat 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 29). 2 If you can not solve the pro bl em af ter you made che cks, consul t yo ur nearest Sony deal er . While playing Sympt om Cause/Re me[...]

30 While using g roup function Other s No s ound com es through th e headph ones/ earp hones. • The headphones /earphones p l ug i s no t f irm l y co nnected. , Plug in the pl ug of the headphon es/earphones f irmly to i . • V olume is too lo w . , Adjust the v olume by pressi ng V OL + or –. • The plug is dirty . , Cle an the pl ug. The r[...]

31 Explanations About the DSP TYPE-S for A TRAC/A TRAC3 This record er supports playbac k wit h th e D SP T Y PE- S sp ec ification fo r high-lev el Sony MiniDi sc de cks equipped with digi ta l signal pr ocessors (DSP). This specification al lo ws trac ks record ed in MDLP mode t o be pl a y ed b ac k wi th high quality soun d. Sinc e t hi s re co[...]

32 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 40). 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 47). Inte rnet Audi o CDs[...]

33 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[...]

34 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[...]

35 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[...]

36 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 [...]

37 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[...]

38 4 Follo w the displayed instructions. Read t he inst ructions careful ly . The installati on may tak e 20 to 30 minutes, depen ding on your sys tem en viro nment (page 5 9). 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 [...]

39 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 Make sure the remaining power of the dr y batte ry is suff icient. Note Disco nnect the d e di c ated USB ca bl e be fore repl aci ng the dry b at te ry . 2[...]

40 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[...]

41 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[...]

42 4 Click in the middle of the recording window and select the recording mode. Whe 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 lef[...]

43 Labeling audio data After recor ding has comple ted, you can la bel the audio da ta in the Music Driv e. Once a udio data in the Music Driv e is labeled, the label informati on will be tran sferred to a d isc along with the audi o data, allo wing you to vi ew the data on your Net MD. 1 Start u p SonicSt age (pa ge 40) and clic k (Mus ic Dri ve )[...]

44 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 61) . Checki ng out audio [...]

45 3 Click in the middle of the display and select the recor d i ng mo de ( pa g e 42). 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[...]

46 Notes • Make sure the batt ery power is sufficient befor e chec king out (or checking in) audio dat a. If the battery becomes e xhausted d uring a che ck-out (or check-in), the chec k-out (or ch eck-in) wil l not be compl eted . If th is ha ppe ns, repl ace the dry batt e ry with a new one and try again. • Make sure not to dis connect the de[...]

47 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[...]

48 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 [...]

49 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[...]

50 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[...]

51 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[...]

52 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[...]

53 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 [...]

54 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[...]

55 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[...]

56 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 ?[...]

57 Comp ute r • Manu f ac turer: • Model : • T ype: De sktop type / Laptop type 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 ) • Cap acity of the dr ive: • Fr ee space: 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 e [...]

58 If y our computer does not recognize the Ne t M D • Is the Net MD c onnected correc tly to your computer ? — I f the Net MD is no t firmly co nnected to the comp uter, the Net MD will not be recogni zed by your com p uter . — Reconne ct the dedica te d U SB cable. If the com p uter still does no t recognize the Net MD, dis co nnect the Ne [...]

59 • If the in st al lat io n see m s 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 installati on i s still unsucce ssful after all that y o u ha ve done . —[...]

60 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 [...]

61 On copyri ght prot ectio n The OpenMG technology* allo w s you to enjoy digital music, while maintainin g the copyri ght s o f i ts ho lders. Ope nM G Jukebox en cr ypts audio files i n Ope nM G form at and stores th em on the hard d isk of your comp uter to pre vent un authorized dist ributi on. * The copyrig ht pr ote c tio n technology of thi[...]

62 Restrictions on aud io con tent High-quality digita l audio content is widely av ailable throug h musi c distr ibution serv ic es on th e Inte r net. T o p rote ct the co py right s o f its hol ders fr om una u thoriz ed dis t ribution , some a udio conte nt is distribute d w i th c er t ain restric t io ns on record ing and pla yba ck. For exam[...]

63 Glossary A TRAC3 A TRA C3, whic h stan ds for Ad apti ve T ransf orm Acous tic Co ding3, is aud io comp ression techn ology that sati sfi e s t he d emand for h i gh s oun d quality and high compre ssion rates . The A T RAC3 compre ssion rate is approximately 10 t imes higher tha n that of the Aud io CD, resulti ng an increa sed data capac ity f[...]

64 Recording mode (Bit rate) This is a measure of data v olu me per second . The rat e is ex presse d in bps (bit s per second). In Soni cSt a ge, the bit ra te can b e s elected for r ec ording an au di o CD or con ver ting MP3 and W A V fo rm a t audio files into A TRAC3 form at from among th ree rates: 13 2 kbps, 105 kbps or 66 k bps. In t he ca[...]

65 Index A Access ories opti onal 28 supplied 11 ATRAC3 60 , 63 Audio CD 32 , 41 AVLS 25 B back u p 53 Batt er y li fe 14 C CD-RO M 35 Chec k-in 60 , 63 Check -out 44 , 60 , 63 Clea ning 27 Conn ecting 39 copyri ght protecti on 61 D delete (softwar e) 54 Devi ce/Media 44 , 49 Digital Sou nd Preset 19 DSP TYPE-S 31 E EMD servic es 63 G G-PROTECTION [...]

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