Sony NWZ-E436F инструкция обслуживания

©2008 Sony Corporation 4-109-569- 12 (2) NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-12 (2) Operation Guide NWZ -E435F / E436F / E438F T able of Contents Menu Index[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 2 2 Bro wsing the Operation Guide T o use the buttons in the Operation Guide Click the bu tton s loc at ed in t he up per rig ht o f this man ua l to jum p to “T able o f Cont ents, ” “H om e Men u List, ” or “I ndex. ” Jumps to the table of cont ents Find what y ou are looking for from a [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 3 3 T o change the page la yout The bu tton s at the bot tom of the A dobe Reader screen enable yo u to select how pages ar e displa yed. Single Page P ages ar e display ed one at a time . When y ou scroll, the disp lay cha nges to a pr evious or succeeding pag e. Continuous P ages ar e display ed as [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 4 4 Continued  T able of C on tents Ho me Menu List .................................... 6 Suppli e d Acces sor ie s .. ........................... 8 A bout the bundled soware ........................... 9 Pa r ts and Controls .............................. 11 Fr ont ............................[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 5 5 Note  D epending on the co untr y/region in which y ou hav e purchased the pla yer , s ome models may n ot be available . Common Settings Limiting the V olume (A VLS (V olume Limit)) .......................................................... 73 T urning O the Beep S ound .. ............. 74 [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 6 6 Home Menu List Y o u can displa y the Ho me menu b y pr essing and ho lding the BA CK/H OME bu tton o f the play er . The H om e menu is the sta r ting poin t of each function, such as p laying songs, videos an d photos, sear ching fo r songs, listenin g to FM radio , and cha nging settings. Shu?[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 7 7 Settings M usic Settings Play M ode ............................... 41 Equalizer .................................. 43 V ideo Settings Zo om Settings ......................... 51 V ideo Orienta tion .................. 48 Displa y ..................................... 50 Phot o S ettings Phot o Ori[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 8 8 Supplied Ac c essories Please check the accessories in the package .  H eadphones (1)  USB cab le (1)  A ttachmen t (1) U se when connecting the pla yer to the op tional cradle, etc.  CD-R O M * 1 * 2 (1)  W indows M edia Pla yer 11  M edia Manag er for W ALKMAN* 3  Cont ent T[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 9 9 About the bundled software Windows Media Play er 11 W indo ws Media Pla yer can im port audio data fro m CDs and tran sfer data to the play er . When you use co pyright-pr otected WMA a udio f iles and cop yright- pr otected WMV video f iles, use this software. T ran sferable files: M usic (MP3, W[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 10 10 Content T ransfer Cont ent T ra nsfer can tran sfer mu sic, vide os or ph otos fro m a comp uter to y our “W ALKMAN” by a sim ple drag-an d-drop o p eratio n. Y ou can u se Win dows Explor er or iT unes® int uitivel y to drag and dr op data to Con ten t T ransf er . F or details on o perati[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 11 11 P ar ts and C ontr ols Front  BA CK/HOME button * 1 Pr ess to go up o ne list screen level, o r to ret urn to the previous m enu. Pr ess and hold the B A CK/HO ME bu tton t o display the H om e menu (  page 14).  Headphone jack Fo r connecting the headph ones. In ser t the plug un ti[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 12 12  HOLD switch Y o u can pro tect the player a gainst accidental opera tion by usin g the HO LD switch when carr ying it. B y sliding the H OLD switch in the direction of the a rrow  , all opera tion but tons a re disabled. I f you slide the HO LD switch to the op p osite posi tion, the H[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 13 13 Rear  RESET button Resets the player when y ou pr ess the RESET b utto n with a small pin, etc. (  page 92). T able of Contents Menu Index[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 14 14 Pla yer C ontr ols and Screens U s e the 5-way b utto n and the B ACK/H OME b utto n to na vigate thro ugh screens, pla y songs, videos, and FM radio , and t o view photos or c hange the pla yer’ s settings. The H ome men u ap pe ars when y ou pr ess and hold the B A CK/HO ME but ton. The diag[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 15 15 How to use the 5-wa y button and screen The 5-wa y butt on performs differ ent functions o n the list screens, o n the thumb nail screens, and o n the “N ow P laying ” screen. * 1 Ther e are tactile dots. U se them to hel p with but ton operatio ns. How to use the 5-w ay butt on on the list [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 16 16 List Photo Buttons Description  Confirms the item of the lis t. Pr ess and hold to p lay back a slide sho w of ph otos in the selected item.  /  M oves the cursor u p or down. Pr ess and hold to scr oll up or do wn faster .  /  Displa ys the previous o r next screen of the list. C[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 17 17 How to use the 5‑w ay butt on on the “Now Playing” screen Music Song name Artist name Album title Genre Playing status Release year Buttons Description  Starts song p layback. When pla yb ack starts,  a ppears on the displa y , and if the  bu tton is p ressed again,  a ppears a[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 18 18 Playing status Video When y ou chan ge the displa y orienta tion to ho rizontal, the  /  /  /  bu tto n orien tation an d funct ions will also be changed . Buttons Description  Starts video playback. W hen playback starts,  ap pe ars o n the displa y , and if the  bu tton is[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 19 19 Photo Playing status When y ou chan ge the displa y orienta tion to ho rizontal, the  /  /  /  bu tto n orien tation an d funct ions will also be changed . Buttons Description   ap pears on the displa y and a slide sh ow starts. If the  bu tton is p ressed again,  a ppear[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 20 20 About the inf ormation area The icon s, shown in the table below , a ppears in the informa tion ar ea. The icons vary accor ding to the playback sta tus, settings or the screens. Fo r details about the ico ns, see e ach ref erence pages. Icons description  ,  ,  ,  , , , , , , , etc [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 21 21 Displaying the “Now Playing” screen Y o u can quickly disp lay “N o w Playing ” screen from va rious screens. 5-way butt on BACK/HOME button Now Playing   Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.   Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t ([...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) 22 22 U sing the OPTION Button Y o u can chang e various settings o f each funct ion when yo u pres s the OPTION/ PWR OFF bu tto n. The OPTIO N/PWR OFF bu tton is u s eful since you can displa y the setting screen immediate ly withou t selec ting setting it ems from the (Settings) men u of the H ome m[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (2) Getting Star ted Getting Star ted 23 23 Pr eparing the Pla y er Charging the play er The pla yer’ s batt er y is rechar ged whi le the pla yer is connected to a running com put er . When y ou connect the pla yer to yo ur comp uter , use the sup plied USB cable . When yo u inser t the connecto r of t[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Getting Star ted 24 24 Notes  Charge the bat ter y in an amb ient tem peratur e of between 5 to 35 ºC (41 to 95 ºF).  The n umber of times the ba tter y can be recha rged before i t is used up is ap pro ximate ly 500 times. This num ber may vary , depending o n the conditio ns under which you [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Getting Star ted 25 25 T urning the play er on and o OPTION/PWR OFF button T o turn on the pla yer Pr ess an y but ton to t urn t he pla yer on. T o turn o the pla yer If y ou pr ess and hold the O PTION/PWR O FF butt on(  page 12), the pla yer ent ers the standb y mode and the screen turns o[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Getting Star ted 26 26 Getting Da ta T o enjoy m usic, pho tos and videos on the pla yer , you need to p repar e the data on yo ur com put er . T o impo r t the data in to your co mp uter , use ap pro priate software . Fo r details about s upported file forma ts, see “S upported file forma t” ( ?[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Getting Star ted 27 27 T r ansferr ing Da ta Y o u can directly transfer da ta by dragging an d drop ping using W indows Explor er on yo ur comp uter . Playa ble data hierar ch y has rules. T o transf er data pr operly , see the followin g instructions. Fo r details about the b undled software that ca[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Getting Star ted 28 28 F or songs (On Windows Explorer) Drag and dr op files or folder s on to the “MUS IC” folder o r one of i ts subf olders. There is n o limit to fo lder depth, although accessib ility to an y files and folders beyond the 8th level is no t ensured. (On the player) Fo lders are [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Getting Star ted 29 29 F or photos (On Windows Explorer) Drag and dr op files or folder s on to the “PI CTURE” folder o r one o f its sub folders. There is n o limit to fo lder depth, although accessib ility to an y files and folders beyond the 8th level is no t ensured. (On the player) Only folde[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music Playing Music 30 30 Searching for Songs (Music Library) Y o u can search fo r songs b y title of songs, alb ums, artist, and genr e, etc. Music Library 5-way butt on BACK/HOME button Note  It m ay take time to start up the pla yer or disp lay the file/folder list when man y files or f[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music 31 31 Searching for songs by album   Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.   Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t (Music Libr ar y), and then press the  button to c onrm. The “ M usic Library” s creen a ppears.   Pres[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music 32 32 Searching for songs by ar tist   Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.   Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t (Music Libr ar y), and then press the  button to c onrm. The “ M usic Library” s creen a ppears.   Pr[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music 33 33 Searching for songs by genre   Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.   Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t (Music Libr ar y), and then press the  button to c onrm. The “ M usic Library” s creen a ppears.   Pres[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music 34 34 Searching for songs by release y ear   Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.   Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t (Music Libr ar y), and then press the  button to c onrm. The “ M usic Library” s creen a ppears.  [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music 35 35 Searching for songs by f older   Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.   Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t (Music Libr ar y), and then press the  button to c onrm. The “ M usic Library” s creen a ppears.   Pr[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music 36 36 Pla ying a Pla ylist Y o u can play lis ts of songs (pla ylists). Also , you can cr eate pla ylists using the bundled W indo ws Media Pla yer 11, or a nother transf er capable softwar e. H owever , some pla ylists may n ot be recognized by the pla yer , depending on software . For [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music 37 37 Pla ying A ll S ongs in Random Order All the songs sto red on the pla yer ar e played in ra ndom or der . Shue All 5-way butt on BACK/HOME button   Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.   Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music 38 38 Deleting Songs fr om Music Library When you delete songs from “Music Library , ” use the software you used to transfer the songs, or W indo ws Explorer . For details about using the softw are, see the Help of the software. T able of Contents Menu Index[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music 39 39 Displaying the Music Option Menu Y o u can displa y the Mu sic option men u by p ressin g the OPTION/PWR O FF bu tton o n a list screen, such as a son g list, or o n the music “ No w Playing ” screen. Fr om the M usic op tion men u, various settings o f music a re ava ilable. T[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Music 40 40 Option items appear on the “Now Pla ying” screen Option items Description/reference page Play M ode Sets the play mode (  page 41). Equalizer Cust omizes the sound quality (  pag e 43). Cover Art* 1 Displa ys a cover a rt. Detailed Info rmation* 2 Disp lays the detailed i[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Setting the Music Setting the Music 41 41 Setting the Pla y Mode (Pla y Mode) The pla yer offers a va riety of play modes, incl uding rando m play a nd selected repeat p lay . Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button   Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.   Pres[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Setting the Music 42 42 The list of play modes The pla yer pla ys back songs only in the lists fr om which the playback starts (album list, a rt ist list, et c.). Play mode type/icon description N ormal/No ico n The songs wi thin t he pla yb ack ran ge are p layed back in the song list o rder . Repeat[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Setting the Music 43 43 Setting the Sound Quality (Equalizer) Y o u can set the s ound q uality accordin g to the music g enre, etc. Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button Changing the sound quality Y o u can customize the pla yer’ s sound quali ty .   Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un t[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Setting the Music 44 44 T o return to the normal sound quality Selec t “N on e ” in st ep  , and then pr ess the  but ton to co nfir m.  Hint  Y ou can also set t he sound quality fro m the “N ow Pla ying” screen. Pr ess the OPTIO N/ PWR OFF bu tton, a nd select “Equalizer” fro[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Setting the Music 45 45 Customizing sound quality Y o u can preset the value o f 5 bands Equalizer as “ Cu stom 1” o r “ Custo m 2. ”   Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.   Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t (Settings), and then press[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Videos Playing Videos 46 46 Pla ying a V ideo Y o u can play videos con tained in the “V ideo L ibra r y . ” V ideo Librar y 5-way butt on BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t ( Video [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1)   Playing  Videos 47 47 On video pla yback operations T o (icon) 5-way butt on operation Find the beginning o f the next video Pr ess the BA CK/HO ME but ton to r eturn to the video list, and then select the next video from the list (  page 15). Find the beginning o f the current video Pr[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Videos 48 48 Setting the V ideo Orien tation Y o u can set the vide o orien tation to “ V ertical” o r “H orizon tal (rig ht). ” Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Videos 49 49  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t the desired setting , and then press the  button to c onrm.  “V ertical”: Disp lays a t 240 × 180 pixels. (Defa ult setting)  “ H o rizontal (right)”: Disp lays a t 320 × 240 pixels. The opera tion of the[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Videos 50 50 Setting the Displa y of the V ideo Screen Y o u can displa y or hide the detailed informa tion of a video , such as i ts title, pla y back icon, a nd elapsed playin g time, etc., during p layback. Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un t[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Videos 51 51 Setting the Z oom F unc tion Y o u can zoom in the currently p laying video . Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t (Settings), and then press the  but[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Videos 52 52  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t the desired setting , and then press the  button to c onrm.  “ A uto ”: The video imag e is enlarged/red uced by fully fitting it t o the ava ilable displa y area, keep ing the aspect ratio . When a 16:9 video ima[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Videos 53 53 Deleting V ideos from the V ideo Libr ar y When y ou delete the videos from “ V ideo Library , ” us e M edia Manag er for W ALKMAN o r W indows Explo rer . Fo r details about u sing M edi a Ma nager fo r W ALKMAN, see its H elp . T able of Contents Menu Index[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Videos 54 54 Displaying the V ideo Option Menu Y o u can displa y the V ideo optio n menu b y pres sing the OPTIO N/PWR OFF bu tton o n a list screen, such as the video list, o r on the video “N ow Pla ying ” screen. Fr om the V ideo o ption men u, various video settings a re ava ilable. T[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Photos Playing Photos 55 55 Displaying a Photo Y o u can either displa y one p hoto fully on the screen (single disp lay) or a num ber of phot os con tinuousl y (slide show p lay) (  page 60). Photo Library 5-way butt on BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the H[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-12 (2)   Playing Photos 56 56  Hints  Playback of songs o r FM tuner receptio n contin ues even while you are sear ching fo r phot os in the photo fo lder lists or pho to lists, or when the “ No w Playing ” screen of the Phot o is display ed.  Y ou can displa y the photos in a selected folde[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Photos 57 57 Setting the Phot o Orien tation Y o u can set the photo o rientatio n to “V er tical, ” “H orizon tal (r ight), ” or “H orizo ntal (left). ” Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Photos 58 58  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t the desired setting , and then press the  button to c onrm.  “V ertical”: Disp lays a t 240 × 320 pixels. (Defa ult setting)  “ H o rizontal (right)” o r “H orizon tal (left)”: Displays a t 320 × 240 [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Photos 59 59 Setting the Displa y of the Phot o Screen Y o u can displa y or hide the detailed informa tion of a ph oto , such as a n icon that sh ows pla yb ack sta tus, etc., while displa ying a phot o. Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til th[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Photos 60 60 Pla ying a Slide S how Y o u can displa y photos in a selected folder co ntin uously . Photo Library 5-way butt on BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t (Photo Library), and th[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Photos 61 61 Setting the S lide S how Pla y Mode Y o u can displa y photos as a s lide show r epe at edly . Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t (Settings), and then [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Photos 62 62 Setting the In ter val of a Slide Show Y o u can set the t ime each pho to is displa yed. Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t (Settings), and then press[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Photos 63 63 Deleting Photos from Photo Libr ar y When y ou delete the pho tos from “ Phot o Librar y , ” use Media M anager f or W ALKMAN o r W indows Explo rer . Fo r details about u sing M edi a Ma nager fo r W ALKMAN, see its H elp . Note  Media Ma nager for W ALKMAN cannot delete p[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Playing Photos 64 64 Displaying the Photo Option Menu Y o u can displa y the Photo o ption men u by p ressing the O PTION/PWR OFF bu tton o n a list screen, such as the ph oto fo lder list, or on the p hoto “ No w Playin g” screen. F rom the Ph oto op tion men u, various pho to settings ar e ava i[...]

65 65 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Listening to FM R adio Listening to FM R adio Listening to F M Radio Y o u can listen to FM radio . The head phone co rd ser ves as an an tenna, so connect the headph ones and ext end it as far as possib le. FM Radio 5-way butt on BACK/HOME butt on OPTION/PWR OFF button 1 Switching to the FM rad[...]

66 66 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Listening to FM R adio 2 Presetting broadc ast stations aut omatic ally (Auto Preset) Y o u can preset r eceivable br oadcast station s (up to 30 sta tions) in yo ur area au toma tically by selecting “ A ut o Preset. ” When yo u use the FM tuner fo r the first time, or when y ou mov e to a n[...]

67 67 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Listening to FM R adio 3 S elec ting broadcast sta tions T o Operation Selec t the pr evious frequency Pr ess the  butt on. Selec t the next frequency Pr ess the  butt on. Search the pr evious receivab le br oadcast station * 1 P ress and ho ld the  but ton. Search the next r eceivable [...]

68 68 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Listening to FM R adio Pr esetting Br oadcast S tations Manually Y o u can preset b roadcast statio ns which “ A u to Preset ” cannot det ec t (  page 66). 5-way butt on OPTION /PWR OFF button Fr equenc y Preset number  Press the  /  butt on to selec t the desired frequency durin[...]

69 69 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Listening to FM R adio Deleting preset broadc ast stations  Selec t a desired preset number f or the frequency by pressing the  /  button during FM r eception.  Press the OPTION/P WR OFF button. The op tion men u appears.  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t “Dele[...]

70 70 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Listening to FM R adio Setting the Rec eption (Scan Sensitivity) When y ou select stations usin g the “ A ut o Preset ” funct ion (  pag e 66) or the  /  bu tton, the FM r eceiver ma y receive ma ny un wan ted broadcast s tations because sensitivity is t oo hig h. In this case, set [...]

71 71 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Listening to FM R adio Changing to Monaur al/Stereo (Mono/Aut o) If no ise occ urs during FM r eception, set the receiv er to “M o no ” for mo naural. If y ou set it to “ A uto , ” mona ural/ster eo reception is selected au toma tically , depending on r eception con ditions. “ A uto ?[...]

72 72 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1)   Listening to FM R adio Displaying the F M T uner Option Menu Y o u can displa y the FM tuner op tion menu b y pr essing the OPTI ON/ PWR OFF bu tto n whi le the FM radio screen is displa yed. F rom the FM t uner op tion menu , various FM tuner set tings are a vailable. Option items Des[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings Common Settings 73 73 Limiting the V olume ( A VLS (V olume Limit)) Y o u can set “ A VLS (V olum e Limit)” (A uto matic V olum e Limiter Syst em) to limit the maxim um vol ume to pr event a udito r y disturbance or di stract ion. W ith “ A VLS (V olum e Limit), ” you can list [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 74 74 T urning O the Beep Sound Y o u can turn off the beep s ounds o f the play er . “ On ” is set by defa ult. Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t ([...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 75 75 Setting a Screensa v er T yp e Y o u can set the s creensa ver to either “ Clock ” o r “Blank ” for when there is no opera tion for mo re than 30 seconds d uring song pla yback or FM tuner receptio n. Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button   Press and hold the BACK/[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 76 76 A djusting the Brigh tness of the Screen (Brightness) Y o u can set the display b rig htnes s to one o f 5 levels. Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1)   Common Settings 77 77 Setting the C urr ent T ime (Set Da te - Time) Y o u can set the c urren t time by adj usting it ma nually . Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  /  butt on to selec t [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 78 78 T o displa y the current time  Selec t (Clo ck Displa y) on the H ome men u.  Pres s the OPTION/PWR O FF but ton on the “ No w Pla ying” screen an d sele ct “ Clock Displa y” f ro m the option m enu.  Hint  Y ou can select the date fo rmat from a mong “ YY Y[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 79 79 Setting the Da te F ormat Y o u can set the date fo rmat disp layed fo r the cur ren t time (  page 77) as “YYYY/MM/DD , ” “ MM/DD/YYYY , ” or “D D/MM/YY YY . ” Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu app[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 80 80 Setting the T ime F ormat Y o u can selec t the time forma t displa yed for the curren t time (  page 77) from ei ther a “12-hour” o r “24-hour ” display . Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears. [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 81 81 Displaying the Pla yer Inf ormation (Unit Information) Inf ormatio n such as model name , fir m ware ver sion, etc., can be displa yed. Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  / ?[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 82 82 Resetting to F ac tory Settings (Reset all Settings) Y o u can reset the play er to the defaul t s ettings. Resetting the p layer does not delete da ta such as audio a nd phot o data. Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button Note  This func tion is o nly available in the pa use [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 83 83 F ormatting Memory (F ormat) Y o u can forma t the built-in flash memory of the pla yer . If the mem or y is forma tted, all da ta w ill be eras ed. Be sure to verify the data sto red in memory prior to fo rmat ting and export an y importan t data to the har d disk of yo ur com p[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 84 84 T o cancel the opera tion Selec t “N o ” in step  o r  and pr ess the  bu tton t o confirm. Y ou can also cancel the o p era tion by p ressing the B A CK/HOME b utt on in step  o r  . Notes  Do not forma t the built-in flash memory using software o r W indow[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 85 85 Selec ting the Displa y L anguage Y o u can selec t from a va riety of languages f or the displa y of men us and messages o n the play er . Settings 5-way button BACK/HOME button  Press and hold the B ACK/HOME button un til the Home menu appears.  Press the  /  /  [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Common Settings 86 86 Display language settings Setting Description Deutsch M essages and men us ar e display ed in Ger man. English M essages and men us ar e display ed in English. Español M essages and men us ar e display ed in Spanish. Fra nçais M essages and men us ar e display ed in Frenc h. I [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Useful F ac ts Useful F ac ts 87 87 Maximizing Battery Lif e By adj usting the settings o r managing the pow er supp ly pro perly , it is possible to sav e the battery power and u s e the pla yer for a lo nger time. Turn o the pla yer manually If y ou pr ess and hold the O PTION/PWR O FF b utt on, [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Useful F ac ts 88 88 Wha t are F ormat and Bit Rate? What is audio forma t? A udio fo rmat r efers to the method used when importing audio da ta from the In ternet or a udio CDs to a co mpu ter and sa ving it as a n audio file. Common f ormats inc lude MP3 and WMA, et c. MP3 : MP3 (MPEG-1 A udio Lay e[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Useful F ac ts 89 89 What is video forma t? V ideo fo rmat r efers to the method used when importing video and a udio data to a com pu ter and sa ving it as a video file. Common f ormats inc lude MPEG-4 and A V C, etc. MPEG-4 : MPEG-4 ref ers to M oving P icture Experts Grou p phase 4, developed by th[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Useful F ac ts 90 90 Stor ing Da ta Y o u can stor e com puter da ta into the b uilt-in flash memory of the player b y transf err ing the data fro m your co mpu ter using W in dows Explor er , or another transf er capable softwar e. If the p layer is co nnected to the comp uter , the built- in flash m[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Useful F ac ts 91 91 Upgrading the Pla yer’ s F irm war e Y o u can update the p layer ’ s firmwa re, allowin g you to add new fea tures t o the pla yer by ins ta lling the lat est play er’ s f irmwa re to the pla yer . Fo r details about the lates t fir m ware info rmation a nd how t o install [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting T roubleshooting 92 92 T r oubleshooting If the p layer does not function as expected, tr y the followin g steps to resol ve the issue. 1 Find the symptoms of the issue in the f ollowing troubleshooting tables, and try any corrective actions listed. 2 Connect the play er to your compu[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 93 93 Operation Symptom Cause/Remedy There is n o sound.  The v olume level i s s et to zer o.  T ur n the vol ume up (  page 11).  The h eadphone p lug is no t connected pro perly .  C o nnect the headpho ne plug p roperly (  pag e 11).  Th e h eadphone p lug is [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-12 (2) T roubleshooting 94 94 Symptom Cause/Remedy T ran sferred data is no t displa yed in its list.  The maxim um number of files tha t can be displayed is reached. Th e maximum n umber of files is 1,000 fi les for videos, 8,000 files for p hotos. Also , the maximum num ber of folders is 1,000 f olders [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 95 95 Symptom Cause/Remedy N oise is genera ted.  A dev ice emit ting radio signals, such as a mob ile pho ne is being used near the player .  Wh en using devices such as mo bile phon es, keep them awa y from the pla yer .  M u sic da ta imported from CD s, etc., is damaged. [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (2) T roubleshooting 96 96 Symptom Cause/Remedy The pla yer does not work.  Th e r emaining ba ttery p ow er is insufficient.  C harge the bat ter y by co nnect ing the pla yer to a running com puter (  pag e 23).  I f you c harge the ba ttery and nothing cha nges, pr ess the RESET bu tto n to[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 97 97 Symptom Cause/Remedy Thum bnails a re not displa yed.  S o ngs do no t have co ver art info rmation whose file forma t is sup ported by the pla yer . Thum bnails a re displa yed only when songs h ave cov er art informa tion whose f ile forma t is sup ported by the pla yer . ?[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 98 98 Display Symptom Cause/Remedy is displa yed instead o f (Clock Displa y) on the H ome men u.  The ico n has been chang ed b ecause the pla yer has accessed an online ser vice (ava ilable only in the U . S.A.).  T o r es tore (Clock Displa y), forma t the player (  pag e [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 99 99 Po wer Symptom Cause/Remedy Batt er y life is short.  The o perating t emperat ure is below 5 °C (41 °F).  B a t ter y life becomes sho rter due to the bat ter y characteristics. This is n ot a malfunction.  Ba tter y char ging time is not sufficient.  Ch arge the [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 100 100 Connection with a computer Symptom Cause/Remedy M edia Manag er for W ALKMAN does not start up .  Y o ur co mpu ter’ s system en vironmen t has chan ged, perhaps d ue to an upda te of the W indo ws operating system. “ Connecting” o r “ Connected USB (MTP)” does no[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 101 101 Symptom Cause/Remedy Data canno t be transferr ed to the player from y our com puter .  T ra nsferring ma y be stopped due to n oise such as static electricity , etc. This ha ppens to p rotect data informa tion.  Di s connect the player , then reco nnect it.  I f y ou[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 102 102 Symptom Cause/Remedy Data canno t be transferr ed to the player from y our com puter . (con tinued)  Th e d a ta may be damag ed.  De lete the data that cann ot be transferred fro m your co mp uter , then import it to y our com put er again. W hen importing da ta to your[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 103 103 F M Tuner Symptom Cause/Remedy Y ou ca nnot hear an FM br oadcast well.  The r eceiving frequency is not fully tun ed in.  S e lect the f requen c y man ual ly to im pr ove receptio n using the  /  but ton (  page 68). Reception is weak an d sound quality is poo[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 104 104 Messages Fo llow the instructions below if a m essage ap pe ars in the dis play . Message Meaning Remedy All group numbers ha ve been used.  The t otal number o f list item s (except fo r the song lists) ex ceeds the limit (8,192 i tems).  Th e t otal number o f songs r [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) T roubleshooting 105 105 Message Meaning Remedy Cannot sav e more than 30 Pr eset stations . 30 br oadcast stations a re already pr eset. Delete unnecessary stations first (  page 69), then pr eset t he statio ns you wa nt within the limit n umber . Do not disconnect. The pla yer is connected to a [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 106 106 Pr ec autions Th e f o ll o wi n g F CC s ta t e me n t a p p li e s o nl y t o th e v e rs io n of th is m od e l m an uf act u r ed f o r s al e in th e US A . Ot he r v er s io n s m a y n o t co m p l y w it h F CC t ec hn i cal r eg ul a ti o ns . NO TE: Th i s eq [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 107 107 Disposal of Old Electric al & Electronic Equipment (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separat e collec tion systems) This symbol on the p roduct or o n its packaging indica tes tha t this pr oduct shall not be treated as ho usehold w[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 108 108 Notice f or customers: the follo wing informa tion is only applicable to equipment sold in countries applying EU directives The man ufacturer o f this product is Son y Corp ora tion, 1-7-1 K onan, Mina to-ku, T oky o, J a pan. The A u thorized Represen tative fo r EMC a[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 109 109 On saf ety  Be sure no t to short-circui t the terminals of the play er with other metallic objects.  D o n ot t ouch the rech argeable ba ttery with bare han ds if it is leaking. Since bat ter y liquid ma y remain in the pla yer , consul t your near est Son y dea[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 110 110 On installa tion  Do not p ut an y heavy ob je ct on to p of the pla yer or a pply a s trong sh o ck to the play er . I t may ca use a malf unction or da mage.  N e ver use the pla yer where it will be subjected to extremes o f light, tem peratur e, moist ure or v[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 111 111 On heat build‑up H eat ma y build up in the pla yer while charging if i t is used for an ext ended perio d of time. On the headphones Road saf ety A void list ening with yo ur headphon es in situa tions where h earing must n ot be impa ired. Prev enting hearing damage[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 112 112 On the L CD  Do not a ppl y stron g for ce to the surface of the LCD . This m ay ca use a disto rt ion in colo rs or b rig h tness, or cau s e a malfunction of the LCD .  If y ou use the play er in a cold location, imag es may a ppear with black ban ds ar ound the[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 113 113 Important Notice  Cop yr ight la ws pro hibit r epr o ducin g the s oftwar e or the man ual accom pan ying it in whole o r in part, or ren ting the software witho ut the permission of the co pyright ho lder .  I n n o event will SONY be liable f or an y financial [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 114 114 About sample da ta * 1 The pla yer is pr e-installed with sample da ta. If y ou delete the sam ple data, yo u cannot r estor e it, an d we will not sup ply an y replacem ent da ta. * 1 In some coun tries/regions some sa mple da ta is not installed.  The r ecorded son[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 115 115 Lic ense and T r ademark Notic e  A TRA C is trademark of Son y Corporation.  “W ALKMAN” an d “W ALKMAN” log o are r egistered trademarks o f Sony Corp ora tion.  M icr osoft, W indows, W indows V ista a nd W indows M edia ar e trademarks or regist ered[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (2) Additional Informa tion 116 116  THIS PR ODUCT IS LICENS ED UNDER THE A V C P A TENT POR TFOLI O LICENS E FOR THE PERSON AL AND N ON-COMMERCI AL US E OF A CONSU MER TO (i) EN CODE VID EO IN COMPLI ANCE WITH THE A V C ST AND ARD (“ A V C VIDEO ”) AND/O R (ii) D ECOD E A V C VID EO TH A T W AS EN[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 117 117 Cont ent pr oviders a re using the digital rights ma nagemen t technology for W indo ws Media con tained in this device (“WM-DRM ”) to pr otect the integrity of their co nten t (“ S ecure Cont ent ”) so that their in tellectual property , includin g cop yrig ht,[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-12 (1) Additional Informa tion 118 118 Specications Suppor ted le f ormat Music A udio Forma ts (Codec) MP3 Media F ile format: MP3 (MPEG-1 Lay er3) fi le forma t File extensio n: .mp3 Bit ra te: 32 to 320 kbps (S upports variable b it rate (VBR)) Samp ling frequency* 1 : 32, 44.1, 48 kHz WMA M edia Fi[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 119 119 Photo * 5 Photo F ormat (Codec) JPEG Media File fo rmat: Compa tible with Exif 2.21 fi le forma t File extensio n: .jpg Pro fi le: Baseline Pro fi le N umber of pixels: M ax. 4,000 × 4,000 pixels (16,000,000 p ixels) The num ber of files Max. 8,000 * 1 Samp ling freque[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 120 120 Maximum recordable number of songs and time (Appro x.) The ap pro ximate times a re based on the case in which you transf er or recor d only 4 minu tes songs (no t including videos and p hotos) in the MP3 fo rmat. Other playa ble audio file format so ng numbers a nd tim[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 121 121 Capacity (User a vailable capacity) * 1 NWZ-E435F: 2 GB (A pp rox. 1.69 GB = 1,811,415,040 b ytes) NWZ-E436F: 4 GB (A pp rox. 3.49 GB = 3,744,464,896 b ytes) NWZ-E438F: 8 GB (A pp rox. 7.05 GB = 7,572,815,872 b ytes) * 1 A vailable storag e capacity of the p layer ma y [...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (2) Additional Informa tion 122 122 Battery life (continuous playback) By setting as f ollows, a long er battery life can be expected. The times below ar e ap pro ximated when “Eq ualizer” (  page 43) is deactivated, a nd “ S creensa ver” (  page 75) is set to “ Blank. ” Furthermor e, fo[...]

NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) Additional Informa tion 123 123 System Requirements  C om puter IBM PC/A T or com patible com put er preinstalled with the follo wing W indows o p eratin g systems* 1 : W indows V ista Hom e B asic (Ser vice Pack 1 o r later) W indows V ista Hom e Premium (Ser vice Pac k 1 or later) W indows V ista[...]

Additional Informa tion 124 124 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (1) D Data ................................................... 90 Date-T ime ............................ 77, 79, 80 Date Di splay F orma t ....................... 79 Displa y ........................................ 50, 59 E Equalizer ......................................[...]

Additional Informa tion 125 125 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (2) M M edia Manag er for W ALKMAN ..... 9 M essages ......................................... 104 M odel ................................................ 81 M ono/A u to ....................................... 71 MP3 ........................................... 88, 118 MPEG[...]

Additional Informa tion 126 126 NWZ-E435F / E436F / E438F .GB. 4-109-569-11 (2) W W indows Exp lorer ........................... 90 W indows M edia Pla yer ..................... 9 WM-POR T ................................. 11, 81 WMA ........................................ 88, 118 WMV ........................................ 89, 118 Z Zo om ......[...]