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Mode Buttons

The mode buttons are displayed above the

PC pane

and allow you to choose which type of media you want to

browse and transfer to your WALKMAN.

Each mode has one or more action buttons — located above the PC pane — that are used to perform a
specific action.

The WALKMAN pane displays all media types in each of the modes.

Button

Description

Music Mode

C lic k to loc ate

audio trac ks

on your c omputer and trans fer them to your

WA LKM A N .

Audio CD Rip Mode

C lic k to rip trac ks from your

audio C Ds

and trans fer them to your WA LKM A N .

Photo Mode

C lic k to loc ate

photos

on your c omputer and trans fer them to your WA LKM A N .

Video Mode

C lic k to loc ate

video files

on your c omputer and trans fer them to your WA LKM A N .

RSS Media Feed Mode

C lic k to download and s ubs c ribe to

feeds

(podc as ts , video blogs , etc ).

Settings Mode

C lic k to c hange

s ettings

for M edia M anager for WA LKM A N .

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Page 1: ... it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law http www sonycreativesoftware com Sony C reative Software Inc may have patents patent applications trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Sony C reat...

Page 2: ...C lose selected book Enter or Left A rrow O pen selected link Enter when right hand pane is active Toggle selected link Tab or Shift Tab when right hand pane is active Toggle C ontents Index Search and Favorites tabs C trl Tab when left hand pane is active C ontents A lt C Index A lt N Search A lt S Favorites A lt I Back A lt Left A rrow Forward A lt Right A rrow Print topic C trl P Using the Onli...

Page 3: ... trademark of A pple Inc in the United States and other countries FLAC Ogg File Formats 2007 Xiph org Foundation Neither the name of the Xiph org Foundation nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors as is and any express or impl...

Page 4: ...o are registered trademarks of Sony C orporation Microsoft Windows Media Portions utilize Microsoft Windows Media Technologies C opyright 1999 2007 Microsoft C orporation A ll rights reserved Main Concept Main C oncept plug in is a trademark of registered trademark of Main C oncept Inc in the United States or other countries A ll rights reserved Thomson Fraunhofer MP3 MPEG Layer 3 audio coding tec...

Page 5: ...isplay click a pane to give it focus and then press F5 The status bar between the PC and WALKMAN panes displays the name of the selected WALKMAN and the available space The progress indicator in the target pane displays the progress of encoding and transferring files The panes and tree list views can be sized to your preference by dragging the dividers between them Which area of the window do you ...

Page 6: ...ption Music Mode C lick to locate audio tracks on your computer and transfer them to your WA LKMA N Audio CD Rip Mode C lick to rip tracks from your audio C Ds and transfer them to your WA LKMA N Photo Mode C lick to locate photos on your computer and transfer them to your WA LKMA N Video Mode C lick to locate video files on your computer and transfer them to your WA LKMA N RSS Media Feed Mode C l...

Page 7: ...of the mode buttons to choose the type of media you want to transfer The tree view located on the left displays the hard drive s CD drives and any virtual drives depending on your selection Any media found on the drive or network is displayed in the list view located on the right Which mode do you want to learn more about Music mode Audio CD Rip mode Photo mode Video mode RSS Media Feed mode Setti...

Page 8: ...s and click the Delete button to remove them from your WALKMAN The progress bar between the PC and WALKMAN panes displays information about the number of files being transferred and the progress of the transfer You can click the Cancel button at any time during the transfer to cancel all tasks Media Manager for WALKMAN keeps track of each WALKMAN that you ve used with the application so you can ch...

Page 9: ...ur computer and WALKMAN The software also has the ability to rip audio tracks from CDs and transfer them to your WALKMAN In addition you can transfer files from your WALKMAN to your computer What do you want to learn more about What you ll need Connecting a WALKMAN Music mode Audio CD Rip mode Photo mode Video mode RSS Media Feed mode Settings mode Page 9 ...

Page 10: ... For more information about the specific cable required for your WALKMAN please refer to your WALKMAN s documentation If you want to use the Media Manager for WALKMAN CD ripping features you ll need a CD drive and an Internet connection to obtain CD information from Gracenote MusicID If you want to download RSS media feeds you ll need an Internet connection Page 10 ...

Page 11: ...le to your WALKMAN 2 Start Media Manager for WALKMAN The status bar between the PC and WALKMAN panes displays the space available on the selected WALKMAN Media Manager keeps track of each WALKMAN that you ve used with the application so you can choose the device you want to view by choosing it from the Selected Device drop down list between the PC and WALKMAN panes Page 11 ...

Page 12: ...u find music on your computer preview it and transfer it to your WALKMAN What do you want to learn more about Browsing your computer for music Searching your computer for music Previewing your music Viewing file properties Updating cover art Transferring music to your WALKMAN Shuffling tracks to fill your WALKMAN Deleting music Page 12 ...

Page 13: ...u select a music file information about the selected track is displayed at the top of the PC pane Tips To add files to your WALKMAN quickly drag files from the Windows Explorer to the WALKMAN pane in the Media Manager for WALKMAN window The transfer will begin when you drop the files If album art is not available a is displayed You can click the icon to open your Web browser and perform an image s...

Page 14: ... the word Brat in the title artist Phantom Finds all songs that contain the word Phantom in the artist name album Guest Finds all songs that contain the word Guest in the album title genre A lternative Finds all songs that have their genre set to A lternative You can also use A ND O R or NO T operators to search multiple fields For example search genre alternative A ND title landed to find alterna...

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Page 16: ...iew 3 Click the Preview button or double click the track to preview it in the lower half of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window if the software cannot play the file it will attempt to start the player associated with the file type You can use the transport controls at the bottom of the window to pause resume stop playback skip to the previous next track and adjust the playback volume Hold Ctrl an...

Page 17: ...he shortcut menu to display the Properties window where you can view additional information about the selected file Notes If information is not available a is displayed The File Size value reflects the actual size of the file on disk which can be different from the file size displayed in the PC pane The file size displayed in the PC pane is an estimate of the encoded file size Page 17 ...

Page 18: ...um art is not available a is displayed You can click the icon to open your Web browser and perform an image search To update the album artwork for all files in the current folder drop a graphic file or URL on the image If you want to replace existing album art drag a graphic file or URL and drop it on the current album art in the PC pane Page 18 ...

Page 19: ...rom your PC For example d my music Desktop 05 Gracie mp3 would appear on your WALKMAN in Music Desktop 05 Gracie if the file does not contain metadata there s no way to determine the album or track title so the folder and file name are used instead 1 Click the Music Mode button at the top of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window 2 On the left side of the PC pane choose the folder that contains the ...

Page 20: ...ansfer to WALKMAN button to begin transferring the tracks The selected files are encoded if necessary and transferred to the WALKMAN To add files to your WALKMAN quickly drag files from the Windows Explorer to the WALKMAN pane in the Media Manager for WALKMAN window Encoding will begin when you drop the files To stop the transfer at any time click the Cancel button If there is not enough free spac...

Page 21: ...ge the amount of space you specified will not be filled Shuffle Half Fill C reates a random collection of songs from the selected folder to fill the half of the available space on your WA LKMA N Shuffle One Hour C reates a random collection of songs from the selected folder to create a playlist of the specified length Shuffle Two Hours Shuffle Four Hours Media Manager for WALKMAN shuffles and adds...

Page 22: ...our computer or WALKMAN If you want to remove a folder from the PC pane without removing the files from your computer select a folder in the PC pane and click the Remove Shortcut button What do you want to do Delete music from your computer Delete music from your WALKMAN Page 22 ...

Page 23: ...llows you to rip audio tracks from CDs and transfer them to your WALKMAN What do you want to learn more about Ripping audio from CD and transferring it to your WALKMAN Obtaining or editing CD information Updating cover art Page 23 ...

Page 24: ...er if this information is not available the software displays a dialog box where you can edit the CD information and submit it for inclusion in the Gracenote Media Database If you do not want to edit the CD information click the Cancel button 3 Select the tracks you want to extract Hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple tracks Tracks that have already been extracted are displayed in bright text tra...

Page 25: ...el button If there is not enough free space available on your WALKMAN for the selected tracks a warning message is displayed indicating that not all files may be transferred You can click the Cancel button and consider making the following adjustments o Change your target bit rate o Decrease the number of tracks you selected to transfer o Remove files before transferring Page 25 ...

Page 26: ...racenote MusicID it is saved to a local cache so the information displays more quickly the next time the tracks are displayed If the software cannot connect to the Gracenote Media Database and the appropriate CD information is not available on your computer the tracks are simply listed numerically In this case you can click the Edit MusicID Disc Information button to enter information about the di...

Page 27: ...um art is not available a is displayed You can click the icon to open your Web browser and perform an image search To update the album artwork for all files in the current folder drop a graphic file or URL on the image If you want to replace existing album art drag a graphic file or URL and drop it on the current album art in the PC pane Page 27 ...

Page 28: ...ia Manager for WALKMAN helps you find photos on your computer preview them and transfer them to your WALKMAN What do you want to learn more about Browsing your computer for photos Previewing your photos Viewing file properties Transferring photos to your WALKMAN Deleting photos Page 28 ...

Page 29: ...lays the photos from the location you specified Once you have located your photos you can preview and transfer them to your WALKMAN Tips Hover over a photo s thumbnail image to magnify it To add files to your WALKMAN quickly drag files from the Windows Explorer to the WALKMAN pane in the Media Manager for WALKMAN window The transfer will begin when you drop the files To locate a file on your hard ...

Page 30: ...or click the button to display them in list format 3 Click the Preview button or double click a photo to preview it in the lower half of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window if Media Manager for WALKMAN cannot play the file it will attempt to start the player associated with the file type If you selected multiple photos they will be displayed sequentially in a slideshow You can adjust the slidesho...

Page 31: ...he shortcut menu to display the Properties window where you can view additional information about the selected file Notes If information is not available a is displayed The File Size value reflects the actual size of the file on disk which can be different from the file size displayed in the PC pane The file size displayed in the PC pane is an estimate of the encoded file size Page 31 ...

Page 32: ...ales larger images to 640x480 pixels Notes The original photo on your computer is unaffected by the re encoding process The status bar between the PC and WALKMAN panes displays the space available on the selected WALKMAN and the file size of the selected photos 5 Click the Transfer to WALKMAN button to begin transferring the photos The selected files are encoded if necessary and transferred to the...

Page 33: ...our computer or WALKMAN If you want to remove a folder from the PC pane without removing the files from your computer select a folder in the PC pane and click the Remove Shortcut button What do you want to do Delete photos from your computer Delete photos from your WALKMAN Page 33 ...

Page 34: ... Media Manager for WALKMAN helps you find videos on your computer preview them and transfer them to your WALKMAN What do you want to learn more about Browsing your computer for video Previewing your video Viewing file properties Transferring video to your WALKMAN Deleting videos Page 34 ...

Page 35: ...LKMAN Go Pro WA LKMA N supports the use of mp4 video files that are Q V GA size 320x240 and conform to these profiles MPEG4 Simple Profile A V C Baseline Profile v1 2 v1 3 V ideo encoding of other formats is available only in Media Manager PRO for WA LKMA N Tips Hover over a video s thumbnail image to magnify it To add files to your WALKMAN quickly drag files from the Windows Explorer to the My WA...

Page 36: ...e video you would like to preview Click the button to display your video thumbnails in grid format or click the button to display them in list format 3 Click the Preview button or double click the video to preview it in the lower half of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window You can use the transport controls at the bottom of the window to pause resume stop playback skip to the previous next video ...

Page 37: ...he shortcut menu to display the Properties window where you can view additional information about the selected file Notes If information is not available a is displayed The File Size value reflects the actual size of the file on disk which can be different from the file size displayed in the PC pane The file size displayed in the PC pane is an estimate of the encoded file size Page 37 ...

Page 38: ...you to the breach remedies set forth in the End User License Agreement When you transfer videos they will appear in the Videos section of the WALKMAN pane 1 Click the Video Mode button at the top of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window 2 On the left side of the PC pane choose the folder that contains the videos you want to transfer by expanding and collapsing folders as necessary 3 On the right si...

Page 39: ...the transfer at any time click the Cancel button If there is not enough free space available for the selected videos a warning message is displayed indicating that not all files may be transferred Click the OK button to proceed and transfer the videos that will fit on your WALKMAN You can also click the Cancel button and consider making the following adjustments o Decrease the number of videos you...

Page 40: ...our computer or WALKMAN If you want to remove a folder from the PC pane without removing the files from your computer select a folder in the PC pane and click the Remove Shortcut button What do you want to do Delete videos from your computer Delete videos from your WALKMAN Page 40 ...

Page 41: ...llow explicit content check box is cleared on the RSS Feed Settings page in Settings mode you will not be able to subscribe to explicit feeds If individual episodes contain explicit content those episodes descriptions will not be displayed in the PC pane when the Allow explicit content check box is cleared For your convenience Media Manager for WALKMAN provides links to various feeds via the Direc...

Page 42: ...eared on the RSS Feed Settings page in Settings mode you will not be able to subscribe to explicit feeds If individual episodes contain explicit content those episodes descriptions will not be displayed in the PC pane when the Allow explicit content check box is cleared For your convenience Media Manager for WALKMAN provides links to various feeds via the Directory Users should exercise their own ...

Page 43: ...Trailers When you want to switch your subscribed feeds just delete your currently subscribed feeds and import a different OPML file 1 Click the RSS Media Feed Mode button at the top of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window 2 Choose the feed or feeds you want to export 3 Select the My Feeds folder in the Subscribed Feeds list to export all subscribed feeds 4 Select a single feed in the Subscribed fe...

Page 44: ...nded to reflect any endorsement or support by Sony Creative Software Inc If you have a concern please report it to Customer Service 1 Click the RSS Media Feed Mode button at the top of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window 2 Select a feed from the My Feeds folder The feed s episodes are displayed on the right side of the tree view pane Click the More Feed Details button to open your browser to the ...

Page 45: ...he shortcut menu to display the Properties window where you can view additional information about the selected file Notes If information is not available a is displayed The File Size value reflects the actual size of the file on disk which can be different from the file size displayed in the PC pane The file size displayed in the PC pane is an estimate of the encoded file size Page 45 ...

Page 46: ... Feeds page in Settings mode If you want to refresh feeds manually click the Refresh button If the Allow explicit content check box is cleared on the RSS Feed Settings page in Settings mode you will not be able to subscribe to explicit feeds If individual episodes contain explicit content those episodes descriptions will not be displayed in the PC pane when the Allow explicit content check box is ...

Page 47: ...you to open the rss file or save it to disk Click the Open button 3 Media Manager for WALKMAN will ask whether you want to subscribe to the feed Click Yes 4 The feed is added to the My Feeds folder in the tree view If another application is associated with rss files Media Manager for WALKMAN will ask whether you want to use it to manage your RSS subscriptions If you click Yes Media Manager for WAL...

Page 48: ...he Refresh Feeds button or are downloaded automatically if you ve enabled the Automatically refresh feeds every setting on the RSS Media Feed page in the Settings pane How many items to keep C hoose a setting from the drop down list to indicate how many episodes you want to preserve on your computer O lder episodes will be removed from your computer Episodes on your WA LKMA N are not affected Auto...

Page 49: ...e the Delete button to delete individual episodes from your computer or WALKMAN or use the Remove button to unsubscribe from a feed you can choose whether or not you want to delete the feed s episodes What do you want to do Delete an episode from your computer Delete an episode from your WALKMAN Remove a feed unsubscribe Page 49 ...

Page 50: ...ize Media Manager for WALKMAN software To display the Settings mode click the Settings button Which page do you want to learn more about General Settings Video Settings Music Settings Photo Settings Audio CD Rip Settings RSS Media Feed Settings Support About Page 50 ...

Page 51: ... the Settings button at the top of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window and then click the General button on the left side of the window Item Description Restore all settings to defaults C lick to restore all application settings to their default values Page 51 ...

Page 52: ...ngs click the Settings button at the top of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window and then click the Video button on the left side of the window Go Pro This page is available only in Media Man Item Video target Always encode video as MP4 Page 52 ...

Page 53: ...code music as AAC MP3 Select this check box if you want to re encode all music files to the selected file type before transferring them to your WA LKMA N When the check box is not selected MP3 and A A C files will be transferred without re encoding Perform SensMe music analysis when music is transferred Select this check box if you want to save extended information about your music files when musi...

Page 54: ... Description Slide show speed C hoose a setting from the drop down list to adjust the rate at which images change when you preview multiple images Photo target C hoose a setting from the drop down list to indicate the target resolution for transferring photos to your WA LKMA N or choose Automatic to convert images to JPEG format if necessary preserving the original image dimensions Page 54 ...

Page 55: ...e a setting from the drop down list to indicate the default bit rate for encoding audio files that you rip from C D Enable CD Lookup Select this check box if you want to obtain track or C D information from the Gracenote Media Database in C D mode C lear the check box if you do not want to download C D information Location for tracks ripped from CD Type a path in the box or click the Browse button...

Page 56: ...C pane when the Allow explicit content check box is cleared If you want to prevent other users from changing rating restrictions click the Lock button The Parental Lock dialog is displayed so you can specify a password that will be required to change the Allow explicit content setting Location for files downloaded from feeds Type a path in the box or click the Browse button to choose the folder wh...

Page 57: ...ger for WALKMAN window and then click the appropriate Support link for your country and language Item Description Update User Information C lick to start the Registration Wizard where you can update your registered user information Enter Your Serial Number C lick to type your serial number Page 57 ...

Page 58: ...KMAN To view information about the installed version of Media Manager for WALKMAN click the Settings button at the top of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window and then click the About button on the left side of the window Page 58 ...

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