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NWZ-W252/W253   4-180-852-12(1)

Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic 

Equipment (Applicable in the European 

Union and other European countries 

with separate collection systems)

This symbol on the product or on its 

packaging indicates that this product 

shall not be treated as household waste. 

Instead it shall be handed over to the 

applicable collection point for the 

recycling of electrical and electronic 

equipment. By ensuring this product is disposed of 

correctly, you will help prevent potential negative 

consequences for the environment and human 

health, which could otherwise be caused by 

inappropriate waste handling of this product. The 

recycling of materials will help to conserve natural 

resources. For more detailed information about 

recycling of this product, please contact your local 

Civic Office, your household waste disposal service 

or the shop where you purchased the product.

Disposal of waste batteries (applicable 

in the European Union and other 

European countries with separate 

collection systems)

This symbol on the battery or on the 

packaging indicates that the battery 

provided with this product shall not 

be treated as household waste.

On certain batteries this symbol might 

be used in combination with a chemical symbol. 

The chemical symbols for mercury (Hg) or lead 

(Pb) are added if the battery contains more than 

0.0005% mercury or 0.004% lead.

By ensuring these batteries are disposed of 

correctly, you will help prevent potentially negative 

consequences for the environment and human 

health which could otherwise be caused by 

inappropriate waste handling of the battery. The 

recycling of the materials will help to conserve 

natural resources.

In case of products that for safety, performance or 

data integrity reasons require a permanent 

connection with an incorporated battery, this 

battery should be replaced by qualified service staff 

only.

To ensure that the battery will be treated properly, 

hand over the product at end-of-life to the 

applicable collection point for the recycling of 

electrical and electronic equipment.

For all other batteries, please view the section on 

how to remove the battery from the product safely. 

Hand the battery over to the applicable collection 

point for the recycling of waste batteries.

For more detailed information about recycling of 

this product or battery, please contact your local 

Civic Office, your household waste disposal service 

or the shop where you purchased the product.

License and 

trademark notice

“WALKMAN” and “WALKMAN” logo are registered 

trademarks of Sony Corporation.
ZAPPIN and its logo are trademarks of Sony 

Corporation.
12 TONE ANALYSIS and its logo are trademarks of 

Sony Corporation.
Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and Windows 

Media are trademarks or registered trademarks of 

Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or 

other countries.
Adobe, Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player are 

trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe 

Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or 

other countries.
MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and patents 

licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.
IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of 

International Business Machines Corporation.
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Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Pentium is a trademark or a registered trademark of 

Intel Corporation.
All other trademarks and registered trademarks are 

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respective holders. In this manual, ™ and ® marks are 

not specified.

This product is protected by certain intellectual 

property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use or 

distribution of such technology outside of this 

product is prohibited without a license from 

Microsoft or an authorized Microsoft subsidiary.

Content providers are using the digital rights 

management technology for Windows Media 

contained in this device (“WM-DRM”) to protect 

the integrity of their content (“Secure Content”) so 

that their intellectual property, including copyright, 

in such content is not misappropriated.

This device uses WM-DRM software to play Secure 

Content (“WM-DRM Software”). If the security of 

the WM-DRM Software in this device has been 

compromised, owners of Secure Content (“Secure 

Content Owners”) may request that Microsoft 

revoke the WM-DRM Software’s right to acquire 

new licenses to copy, display and/or play Secure 

Content. Revocation does not alter the WM-DRM 

Software’s ability to play unprotected content. A list 

of revoked WM-DRM Software is sent to your 

device whenever you download a license for Secure 

Content from the Internet or from a PC. Microsoft 

may, in conjunction with such license, also 

download revocation lists onto your device on 

behalf of Secure Content Owners.

Information on Expat

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person obtaining a copy of this software and 

associated documentation files (the “Software”), to 

deal in the Software without restriction, including 

without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, 

merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 

copies of the Software, and to permit persons to 

whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to 

the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission 

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portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” 

WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT 

LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF 

MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A 

PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND 

NONINFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR 

COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY 

CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, 

WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, 

TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT 

OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE 

SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER 

DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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