Owner’s Record For the customers in the USA The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the player. INFORMATION: Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the *210286112* these numbers whenever you call upon your dealer regarding limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC this product. Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection Model No. NW-HD1 against harmful interference in a residential installation. This Serial No. ______equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy Portable Hard Disk Audio Player and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, Network Walkman may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a NW-HD1 WARNING particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be To prevent fi re or shock hazard, do not expose determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is the unit to rain or moisture. encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the QQuickuick SStarttart GGuideuide following measures: Do not install the appliance in a confi ned space, such as a – Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. bookcase or built-in cabinet. – Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. – Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from To prevent fi re, do not cover the ventilation of the apparatus with that to which the receiver is connected. newspapers, table cloths, curtains, etc. And don’t place lighted – Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for candles on the apparatus. help. You are cautioned that any changes or modifi cations not expressly To prevent fi re or shock hazard, do not place objects fi lled with PPrintedrinted oonn 1100%00% rrecycledecycled ppaperaper uusingsing approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this liquids, such as vases, on the apparatus. VVOCOC ((VoltileVoltile OOrganicrganic CCompound)-ompound)- equipment. ffreeree vvegetableegetable ooilil bbasedased iink.nk. If you have any questions about this product: Note on installation If you use the unit at a place subject to static or electrical noise, the Visit: www.sony.com/walkmansupport This Quick Start Guide briefly explains the preparation and basic track’s transferring information may be corrupted. This would Contact: Sony Customer Information Service Center at playback procedures of the player. prevent successful transferring authorization on your computer. 1-(866)-456-7669 Write: Sony Customer Information Services Center12451 For the customers in the USA and Canada © 2004 Sony Corporation Printed in Japan SStarttart Gateway Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33913 RECYCLING LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Lithium-ion batteries are recyclable. Declaration of Conformity You can help preserve our environment by returning your used rechargeable batteries to the collection and Trade Name: SONY recycling location nearest you. Model No.: NW-HD1 For more information regarding recycling of rechargeable batteries, Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc. Address: 16450 W. Bernardo Dr, Checking the supplied accessories call toll free 1-800-822-8837, or visit http://www.rbrc.org/. 1 San Diego, CA 92127 USA Caution: Do not handle damaged or leaking Lithium-ion Telephone Number: 858-942-2230 batteries. • Headphones (1) • AC power adaptor (1) This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation (For the supplied USB cradle) is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may • Carrying pouch (1) not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept • CD-ROM (1) * any interference received, including interference that may Includes: cause undesired operation. − SonicStage software − Operating Instructions for the player (PDF) On the softwares • Quick Start Guide (this book) (1) • USB cradle (1) • SonicStage and SonicStage logo are trademarks or registered * Do not play this CD-ROM on an audio CD player. trademarks of Sony Corporation. • OpenMG, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and their logos are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

• “WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphone Stereo products. is a trademark of Sony Corporation. • Dedicated USB cable (1) • Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT and Windows Media are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. • IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. • Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. • Pentium is a trademark or a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. • US and foreign patents licensed from Dolby Laboratories. • All other trademarks and registered trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. In this manual, TM and ® marks are not specifi ed. • Adobe Reader is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. • CD and music-related data from , Inc., copyright © 2000-2003 Gracenote. Gracenote CDDB® Client Software, Preparing a power source copyright 2000-2003 Gracenote. This product and service may 2 practice one or more of the following U.S. Patents: #5,987,525; #6,061,680; #6,154,773, #6,161,132, #6,230,192, #6,230,207,  Slide the BUILT-IN BATTERY switch to ON.  Place the player on the USB cradle until it clicks #6,240,459, #6,330,593 and other patents issued or pending. Power is supplied from the built-in lithium-ion into place. Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. rechargeable battery. Charging of the battery starts. The CHG lamp lights up on The Gracenote logo and logotype, the Gracenote CDDB logo, the USB cradle, and if the player is on, the battery and the “Powered by Gracenote” logo are trademarks of indicator in the display changes. Gracenote. Charging is completed and the CHG lamp goes off in approximately 3 hours. The lighting mark lights up in the Program ©2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Sony Corporation display if the player is on. When the player display is off, Documentation ©2004 Sony Corporation it takes approximately 1 hour to charge up to 80%. To remove the player from the USB cradle, press  Connect the AC power adaptor to the USB RELEASE. cradle, and then connect the AC plug to an AC outlet. CHG lamp to an AC outlet RELEASE USB cradle

When installing is not successful  Check the following items.  Close all Windows applications before installation. Note  Check that there is at least 200 MB free space on the hard to DC IN  Check the required hardware and software below disk of your computer. If not, delete the unnecessary fi les jack If the player will not be used for three months or more, set the for using SonicStage. on your computer. BUILT-IN BATTERY switch to OFF to prevent degradation of the battery.  When the installation appears to have stopped before it has AC power adaptor Computer fi nished, check for the appearance of an error message • IBM PC/AT or Compatible beneath the installation window. Press the “Tab” key while • CPU: Pentium II 400 MHz or higher (Pentium III 450 holding down the “Alt” key. If an error message has MHz or higher is recommended.) appeared, follow the instructions on the screen. If there is • Hard disk drive space: 200 MB or more (1.5 GB or more no message, the installation is still in progress. Wait for a is recommended.) (The amount of space will vary little while longer. according to the Windows version and the number of  When the progress bar on the display of your computer is music fi les stored on the hard disk.) not moving or the access lamp of your computer has not lit • RAM: 64 MB or more (128 MB or more is for a few minutes, the installation is progressing normally. recommended.) Please wait. The installation may take 30 minutes or more, depending on your CD drive or system environment. Installing SonicStage on your computer • Others 3 – CD drive (capable of digital playback by WDM)  Should any problem persist after you have – Sound Board checked these symptoms, consult your nearest Make sure to use the supplied CD-ROM for installing  Click “Install SonicStage,” and then follow the – USB port (Hi-Speed USB is supported.) Sony dealer. SonicStage. If SonicStage or OpenMG Jukebox has been displayed instructions. installed, the existing software will be overwritten by the new Notes version. You will still be able to use the existing functions and Factory installed: Windows XP Media Center Edition audio data registered by the existing software. • We do not guarantee trouble-free operation on all computers that “Install 2004/Windows XP Media Center Edition/Windows XP satisfy the system requirement. The PDF of Operating Instructions is also installed at the same Professional/Windows XP Home Edition/Windows 2000 SonicStage” • The NTFS format of Windows XP/Windows 2000 Professional can time. Professional/Windows Millennium Edition/Windows 98 be used only with the standard (factory) settings. Second Edition • For Windows 2000 Professional users, install Service Pack 3 or later  Turn on your computer and start up Windows. Display version before using the software. Close all other software. “Get Adobe Reader” High Color (16 bit) or higher, 800 × 600 dots or better • We do not guarantee trouble-free operation of the system suspend, Make sure to close any virus-check software, as such (1024 × 768 dots or better is recommended.) sleep, or hibernation function on the computers. software usually demands a large amount of system ggoo toto resources. Others Read the instructions carefully. Depending on your 4 • Internet access: for Web registration, EMD services and  Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD drive of region, the buttons other than “Install SonicStage” may CDDB your computer. differ from those in the illustration above. The • (version 7.0 or higher) installed The setup program starts up. installation may take 20 to 30 minutes, depending on for playing WMA fi les your system environment. Make sure to restart your computer only after the SonicStage is not supported by the following installation is completed. If any problem occurs during environments: OSs other than those indicated above, the installation, see  “When installing is not personally constructed PCs or OSs, an environment that is successful” on the left. an upgrade of the original manufacturer-installed If necessary, click “Get Adobe Reader” and follow the operating system, Multi-boot environment, Multi-monitor instructions on the screen. environment, and Macintosh. Using SonicStage more SonicStage See the SonicStage Help.

SonicStage window

Select “Help” – “SonicStage Help” Audio data to display the Help. The player is Importing audio data Transferring audio explained as “ATRAC HDD” in to your computer data to the player SonicStage Help.

Music CD SonicStage Help window Internet

Music fi le Click “ About This Help File” (MP3, WAV, WMA* format) in the “ Overview” to see how * WMA fi les protected by copyright to use the Help. cannot be transferred.

4 Importing audio data to 5 Transferring audio data to the player your computer Record and store tracks (audio data) from an audio CD to the SonicStage “My Transfer the tracks (audio data) stored in SonicStage “My Library” to the player in  Click “Transfer” in the SonicStage window. Library.” ATRAC3plus or ATRAC3 format. ATRAC3plus (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3plus) and ATRAC3 are audio  Double-click (SonicStage) on the desktop of your computer. compression technologies that satisfy the demand for high sound quality and high Select “ATRAC HDD” SonicStage starts up. compression rates.  from the transfer  Insert the audio CD that you want to record into the CD drive of  Connect the USB cradle to your computer and the AC power adaptor destination list. your computer. in the order of  to  below. Then, place the player on the USB cradle as shown in  until it clicks into place.  Click “Music Source” on the SonicStage window. “PC Connect” appears in the display. To stop transferring, click .  Click to start recording.  to USB port  Click to  Click the tracks you start transferring. To stop recording, click want to transfer. . USB cable (supplied) You can also automatically transfer albums include tracks which have not been previously transferred to the player (Automatic Transfer function). For details, see the SonicStage Help. To change the format and  to AC outlet bit rate, click “Format/Bit rate” before . Notes  • Do not disconnect the USB cable or remove the player from the USB cradle while transferring  to USB jack on the audio data. bottom of the USB cradle • The number of transfers for a track is limited for reasons of copyright. If CD information does not appear, click “CD Info” before  while connecting to the Internet. USB cradle

 to DC IN jack on the bottom of the USB cradle AC power adaptor (supplied)

Selecting the transferred tracks to play back 6 Playing back

By grouping the tracks into a “MODE,” such as by “Artist” or “Album,” you can select Five MODEs and displays You can change the language to your own for the menu and the messages in the tracks you want to listen to. You can select the searching MODE by pressing MODE repeatedly. The list displays display. There are fi ve MODEs, and the explanation here uses the “Artist” MODE as an in each MODE are changed as follows. Select a track you want to listen to by the Connect headphones to  (headphones)/LINE OUT jack. example. same procedure as an Artist MODE. 

MODE List display (Press  or  to change.)  Press MODE. The list of artists appears. To start playback from the  Artist ( ) Artist  Album  Track

fi rst track of the fi rst album of the artist listed on the   Press  (play/stop) to start Album ( ) Album  Track top, press here. playback.   To stop playback, press  again. Genre ( ) Genre  Artist  Track  Press / to select the artist you want to  listen to. Group ( ) Group  Track To select an album or a track of the selected artist,  Press VOLUME +/– to press . The list of albums or tracks appears, and Others (New Tracks or Bookmark) (Group)  Track   adjust the volume. you can select the album or the track by pressing /.

 Press . Playback starts from the fi rst track (or an album, a track) of selected artist.

To search tracks Use  and  on the player. Displays and operations in Artist MODE To Operation on the player Find the beginning of the current track Press  once. Find the beginning of previous tracks Press  repeatedly. List of artists List of albums List of tracks for the audio data stored for the artist selected for the album selected Find the beginning of the next track Press  once. Find the beginning of succeeding tracks Press  repeatedly. Selected artist Selected album Go forward/backwards quickly Press and hold /. MODE appears. appears. appears. Press . Press .

Press Press Press /. /. /.

Press . Press .

Press .

Press . Press . Using the player more Playing back You can enjoy various play modes and setup items on the player. See the PDF of the Operating Instructions for details on functions and troubleshooting. The PDF installed together with SonicStage from the supplied CD-ROM. To use the Operating Instructions, click “Start” – Press / .   “SonicStage” – “Operating Instructions” (or double-click “NW-HD1 Manual” on the desk top).