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3-263-073-13(1)
Portable
CD Player
GB
Operating Instructions........................................................................
ES
Manual de instrucciones........................................................................
XP-ZV610
©2004 Sony Corporation
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Owner’s Record WARNING The model number and the serial number are located at the rear of the CD player. Record To prevent fire or shock these numbers in the spaces provided below. hazard, do not expose the unit Refer to them whenever you call upon your to rain or moisture. Aiwa dealer regarding this product. Model No. XP-ZV610 Do not install the appliance in a confined Serial No. ___________________________ space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet. For customers in the USA This equipment h
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Table of Contents Playing tracks in your favorite order Enjoy your ATRAC Portable CD (PGM play) ............................................ 19 Player! Searching for groups or tracks/files ........... 20 Music sources playable on this CD player .. 6 Available features ATRAC3plus and ATRAC3 ......................... 7 MP3 ............................................................. 7 Adjusting sound quality (Parametric equalizer) ........................... 21 The structure of ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3
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Enjoy your ATRAC Portable CD Player! Thank you for purchasing the XP-ZV610. This CD player is called an “ATRAC Portable CD Player,” because you can enjoy “ATRAC CDs” on it. You can make your own ATRAC CD easily. How to use the SonicStage Refer to the supplied booklet “SonicStage.” 1 Install Install the supplied “SonicStage” software. 2 Store and burn Store music data on your PC gathered from audio CDs or music files, select your favorite tracks, then burn your own CDs. Audio CDs Music 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 total playing time of one CD (album) is estimated at 60 minutes and you are recording on a 700 MB CD-R/RW at 48 kbps in ATRAC3plus format. What is the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format? Refer to pages
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Music sources playable on this CD player You can play the following 3 music sources on this CD player: •Audio CDs (CDDA format) • CDs with ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 format files (ATRAC CD) • CDs with MP3 format files (MP3 CD) Usable disc formats You can use ISO 9660 Level 1/2 and Joliet extension format discs only. About CD-Rs/RWs This CD player can play CD-Rs/RWs recorded in the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3, MP3 or CDDA* format, but playback capability may vary depending on the quality of the disc and the conditi
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Enjoy your ATRAC Portable CD Player! 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 original size at 64 kbps, you can still enjoy high quality sound. The available transfer bit rates are 256 kbps, 64 kbps and 48 kbps. “ATRAC3,” which stands for “Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3” is audio compression tech
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The usable number of groups and files • Maximum number of groups: 255 • Maximum number of files: 999 Settings for compression and writing software •This CD player is able to play MP3 files with the following specifications: Bit rate: 16 - 320 kbps, and sampling frequencies: 32/44.1/ 48 kHz. Variable Bit Rate (VBR) file can also be played. To compress a source for an MP3 file, we recommend setting the compression software to “44.1 kHz,” “128 kbps,” and “Constant Bit Rate.” •To record up to the m
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Enjoy your ATRAC Portable CD Player! ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 file structure and playing order • ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 • MP3 Group Group MP3 file ATRAC3plus/ ATRAC3 file Notes •A group that does not include an MP3 file is skipped. • If ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files and MP3 files are recorded on the same CD, this CD player plays the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 files first. •Depending on the method used to record MP3 files on the disc, the playing order may be different from the one shown above. GB 9
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Getting started Checking the supplied accessories AC power adaptor (1) (not supplied with USA model) Earphones (1) Headphones (1) (for USA model) (for other models) CD-ROM* (SonicStage) (1) * Do not play a CD-ROM on an audio CD player. User’s guide for SonicStage (1) AC plug adaptor (1) (supplied with the model for Latin American countries except Mexico) GB 10
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Getting started Locating the controls CD player For details, see the pages in parentheses. 1 DSPL (display)/MENU button 8 DC IN 4.5 V (external power input) jack (15, 16, 19 - 24, 27) (13) * Use to enter the menu. Also use to enter 9 VOL (volume) + /– buttons (13) the selection as well as u/ENT. q; OPEN switch (13, 25) Slide the switch to open the CD player 2 (group) – button (14, 19, 20, 23, 27) 3 (group) + button (14, 19, 20) lid. 4x (stop) button (20, 22, 23, 27) qa HOLD switch (rear) (23) 5
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Display For details, see the pages in parentheses. 1 Character information display (15) 5 Play list indication (17) While playing an audio CD, disc name, For MP3 CD only track name, etc. appear on the 2 lines of 6 Group indication (17) the display, if recorded on the CD. For ATRAC CD/MP3 CD only While playing an ATRAC CD/MP3 CD, 7 Play mode indication (16, 17, 19) group name, file name, etc. appear on the Shows various playmodes such as shuffle 2 lines of the display, if recorded on the play and
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Playing a CD Playing a CD 1. Insert a CD. 1 Slide OPEN to open the CD 2 Place the CD on the tray and close player lid. the lid. OPEN switch Label side up 2. Connect your CD player. to an AC outlet You can use the following power sources: AC power • LR6 (size AA) alkaline batteries adaptor (page 25) •AC power adaptor u/ENT We explain how to use your CD player on house current on this page. Connect the plugs securely. 1 Connect the AC power adaptor. 2 Connect the headphones/earphones to the CD pla
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Basic operations To Do this Play (from a point where you stopped previously) Press u/ ENT. Playback starts from the point where you stopped. While the CD player is stopped, press and hold Play (from the first track) u/ ENT until the play of the first track starts. Pause/resume play after pause Press u/ ENT. 1 Stop* Press x. 1 Press .. Find the beginning of the current track * 2 Find the beginning of previous tracks * Press . repeatedly. 1, 2 Press >. Find the beginning of the next track * * 2 Pr
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Playing a CD Checking CD information on the display You can check CD information by pressing DSPL/MENU repeatedly. When you are playing a CD containing text information such as CD-TEXT, “track name,” “album name,” “artist name,” etc. are displayed as shown in parentheses in the following table. When you are playing an ATRAC CD, information you input using the SonicStage software is 1 displayed. When you are playing an MP3 CD containing MP3 files with an ID3 tag* , ID3 tag information is displaye
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B Playback options You can enjoy the following playback 3 Press U or u to select the playback option options using the menu function. you want. The default setting is “ALL” (normal • Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat play). play) • Playing all files in a selected group PLAY MODE (Group play) >GROUP • Playing a single track (Single play) • Playing all tracks in random order Playback options appear. (Shuffle play) • Playing files in a selected group in random order (Group shuffle play) • Pla
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Playback options Playing a single track Playing your favorite (Single play) play lists (m3u play list play) (MP3 CD only) Perform steps 1 and 2 of “Selecting You can play your favorite m3u play lists.* playback options” (page 16), press * An “m3u play list” is a file for which an MP3 file playing order has been encoded. To use the play U or u to select “1,” then press u/ list function, record MP3 files on a CD-R/RW ENT to enter the selection. using encoding software that supports the m3u format
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To check the tracks with Bookmarks* Playing your favorite During playback of the tracks with Bookmarks, “ ” lights up in the display. tracks by adding Bookmarks * Perform these operations only when screen 1 is displayed (page 15). (Bookmark track play) Notes While the CD player is playing, you can add • During play of tracks with Bookmarks, tracks are Bookmarks to the tracks you want and play played in order of track number, and not in the them only. order you added the Bookmarks. • If you try
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Playback options Playing tracks you Playing tracks in your have played most favorite order (PGM play) frequently in random You can program the CD player to play up to order (Auto ranking shuffle play) 64 tracks in your favorite order. The CD player plays up to 32 tracks which While play is stopped, perform 1 the player has automatically memorized as steps 1 and 2 of “Selecting the most frequently played ones. In Auto playback options” (page 16), press ranking shuffle play, these tracks are play
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Playing tracks in your favorite Searching for groups order or tracks/files While the CD player is playing, you can Repeat step 2 to select the tracks 3 search for and play the group (ATRAC CD/ in your favorite order. MP3 CD only) or track/file you want quickly using Press u/ENT to start PGM play. 4 U or u on the CD player. During play, press U or u until the 1 Checking the program search screen appears. While programming: Mysterious Press DSPL/MENU repeatedly before step In Your Hou 4. Notes
