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3-257-257-11 (1)
Portable
CD Player
Operating Instructions
XP-SN70
© 2003 Sony Corporation
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Owner’s Record WARNING The model number is located at the rear and the serial number is located inside the lid of To prevent fire or shock the CD player. Record the serial number in hazard, do not expose the AC the space provided below. Refer to these power adaptor to rain or numbers whenever you call upon your Aiwa moisture. dealer regarding this product. Model No. XP-SN70 Do not install the appliance in a confined Serial No. ___________________________ space, such as a bookcase or built-in ca
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Table of Contents Available features Enjoy your ATRAC Portable CD Player! The E•A•S•S GP function ........................ 20 Checking the time remaining on the CD Create original ATRAC CDs! ..................... 4 and the number of tracks left Music sources playable on this (audio CD) ............................................ 20 CD player ............................................... 6 Checking information on a CD with ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3........................ 6 ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 f
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Enjoy your ATRAC Portable CD Player! Thank you for purchasing the XP-SN70. This portable CD player is called an “ATRAC Portable CD Player,” because you can enjoy “ATRAC CDs” on it. Create original ATRAC CDs! You can make your own ATRAC CD. The procedure is very simple. Just perform Steps 1, 2 and 3. Step 1 Step 2 Install Burn Install the supplied Create a disc image and burn it on “SonicStage Simple Burner” a CD-R/RW using your PC. software. Audio CDs MP3 files
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Enjoy your ATRAC Portable CD Player! What is an ATRAC CD? An ATRAC CD is a CD-R/RW on which audio data compressed in the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format has been recorded. About 30 audio CDs* can be recorded on a CD-R/RW. You can also record MP3 files by converting the files to the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format. *When recorded at 48 kbps (ATRAC3plus) Step 3 Listen You can enjoy listening to your own ATRAC CDs on your ATRAC Portable CD Player. ATRAC CD , You can also enjoy audio CDs and MP3 CDs on your ATRA
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Music sources playable on this CD player You can play the following three music sources on this CD player: • Audio CDs •ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format files • MP3 files Usable disc formats You can use ISO 9660 Level 1/2 and Joliet extension format discs only. ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3 “ATRAC3plus,” which stands for “Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3plus” is audio compression technology, developed from the ATRAC3 format. Though the ATRAC3plus format can compress music content to about 1/20 of its origina
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Enjoy your ATRAC Portable CD Player! MP3 files MP3, which stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer3, a standard for audio files compression supported by the Motion Picture Experts Group, an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) working group, enables compression of audio files to about 1/10 of the data size of a standard compact disc. Since the MP3 encoding algorithm is public, there are various encoders/decoders that are compliant with this standard, including freeware that is available for
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Difference between ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 and MP3 Groups and folders The ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format has a very simple structure. It consists of “files” and “groups.” A “file” is equivalent to a “track” of an audio CD. A “group” is a bundle of files and is equivalent to an “album.” A “group” has no directory-type structure (a new group cannot be made within an existing group). This CD player is designed to recognize an MP3 file folder as a “group” so that it can play CD-Rs/RWs recorded in both the ATR
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Getting started Getting started Locating the controls For details, see pages in parentheses. CD player (front) FOLDER SKIP +/– buttons u* (play/pause) button (page 12) (pages 11, 12, 16, 18, 19) x (stop) button (pages 12, 22) DISPLAY button (pages 20, 21) ./> (skip/search) buttons (pages 12, 16, 19) Display SOUND button (pages 21, 22) (pages 13, 16, 19-23) OPEN/LOCK knob i (headphones) jack (pages 10, 11) (page 10) DC IN 4.5 V (external PLAY MODE/ (repeat) power input) jack (page 23) button (pag
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Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files You can also use house current (AC power adaptor) as a power source (see page 23). 1.Prepare your CD player. 1Connect the headphones. 2 Open the battery compartment lid inside your CD player. to i Headphones 2Insert LR6 (size AA) batteries. 1 Turn the OPEN/LOCK knob fully 3 Insert two LR6 (size AA) alkaline to OPEN until it stops and open batteries by matching 3 to the the lid. diagram in the battery compartment and close the battery compartment
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Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files 2. Insert a CD. 3. Play a CD. 1Place a CD on the tray and close the lid. Press u. Labeled side up Adjust the volume by pressing VOLUME + or –. 2 Turn the OPEN/LOCK knob fully to LOCK until it stops to fasten the lid securely. The LOCK arrowhead should be beyond the dotted line of the above figure. (Continued) 11
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Basic operations To Do this Play (from the point you stopped) Press u. Playback starts from the point you stopped. Play (from the first track) While the CD player is stopped, press and hold u until the play of the first track starts. Pause/resume play after pause Press u. 1 Stop Press x.* 1 Find the beginning of the current track Press . once quickly.* 1, 2 Find the beginning of previous tracks Press . repeatedly.* * 1, 2 Find the beginning of the next track Press > once quickly.* * 1, 2 Find th
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Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files About the display While the CD player is playing, the following indications appear in the display. You can also check the remaining time, track name, etc. using DISPLAY (see pages 20 and 21). While playing an audio CD Playing time Track number While playing an audio CD Track name containing CD text information Playing time Track number File name While playing an ATRAC3plus/ ATRAC3 file File number Playing time File name When playing an MP3 file
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Example of ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 groups and files Group ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 file 1 1 2 3 2 4 5 3 6 7 8 9 4 q; qa qs File mode Plays all ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files from 1, 2, 3...qa, qs. Group mode Plays all ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files in the selected group. Notes • Maximum number of groups: 255 Maximum number of files: 999 •The characters A - Z, a - z, 0 - 9, and _ can be displayed on this CD player. •When referring to ATRAC CDs, “group” is equivalent to an “album” and “file” is equivalent to a “track.” 14
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Playing an audio CD or ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files Example of group structure and playing order (MP3 CD) The playing order of groups and files is as follows: CD-R Group CD-RW MP3 file 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 5 7 8 9 6 q; 2 3 File mode Plays all MP3 files from 1, 2, 3...9, 0. Group mode Plays all MP3 files in the selected group. (Example: If you select group 3, the CD player plays file 4. If you select group 4, the CD player plays files 5 and 6.) Notes •A group that does not include an MP3 file is skippe
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Playback options You can enjoy various playback options using PLAY MODE/ (repeat), ./> and u. PLAY MODE/ button Display Play mode • If you press the button repeatedly during playback, you can change the play mode. t No indication (Normal play) r 1 “ ”* CD text information, ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/ (Play all files in a selected MP3 file information, playing time, etc. are group) displayed. r “1” (Play a single track) r u button “SHUF” (Play tracks in random order) • Press and hold u. r 1 You can add
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Playback options Playing tracks in random order (Shuffle play) During playback, press PLAY MODE/ repeatedly until “SHUF (shuffle)” appears. When playing ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files In shuffle mode, the CD player plays all files on a CD in random order. Playing all files in a selected group in random order (Group shuffle play) (ATRAC/MP3 CD only) During playback, press PLAY MODE/ repeatedly until “ SHUF (group shuffle)” appears. Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play) You can play tracks (“files”
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Playing your favorite tracks by adding Bookmarks (Bookmark track play) You can add Bookmarks to up to 99 tracks for each CD. You can use this function for up to 10 CDs. While playing ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files You can add Bookmarks to up to 999 tracks for each CD (up to 5 CDs). While playing MP3 files You can add Bookmarks to up to 400 tracks for each CD (up to 10 CDs). To add Bookmarks 1 During playback of the track to which you want to add a Bookmark, press and hold u until “ (Bookmark)” flashes
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Playback options Playing your favorite play lists (m3u play list play) (MP3 CD only) You can play your favorite m3u play lists.* * An “m3u play list” is a file for which an MP3 file playing order has been encoded. To use the play list function, record MP3 files on a CD-R/RW using encoding software that supports the m3u format. During playback, press PLAY MODE/ 1 repeatedly until “ ” appears. Play list Press . or > to select a play list 2 you want. Press u. 3 Note You can only play the top two p
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B Available features Checking the time The E•A•S•S GP remaining on the CD function and the number of The E•A•S•S GP function has been tracks left (audio CD) developed to provide excellent protection against sound skipping during many active Each time you press DISPLAY, the display uses. changes as follows. When you set the E•A•S•S GP switch inside For an audio CD containing CD text the CD player to “2,” the E•A•S•S GP information, information in parentheses also function will be enhanced compar
