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Water Resistant Specifications
Scenarios (*1)
Water resistant performance of this “WALKMAN”
Notes on charging the battery
Notes on using your “WALKMAN”
Cleaning after use
Scenarios (*1)
You can use your “WALKMAN” while jogging or walking in the rain.
You can continue to use your “WALKMAN” after perspiring.
After using your “WALKMAN,” you can wash it with fresh water at room temperature or gently
running tap water. (*2)
(*1) Do not use your “WALKMAN” in places where inability to hear surrounding sound would be
dangerous.
In all of the situations above, use your “WALKMAN” with the USB jack cover closed securely.
(*2) Follow the instructions described in “Cleaning after use.”
Water resistant performance of this “WALKMAN”
The water resistant specifications (*1) of this “WALKMAN” are equivalent to IEC60529 “Degrees
of protection against ingress of water (IP Code)” IPX5 (*2) that specifies as “Degrees of
protection against ingress of water.” Please note, however, that your “WALKMAN” is not
completely water-tight.
(*1) The water resistant specifications are met only when the USB jack cover of your “WALKMAN” is
closed securely. Also note that the headphone sections are not water-tight.
(*2) IPX5 (Degrees of protection against jets of water): Your “WALKMAN” will maintain its operability
even when exposed to direct streams of water from any direction in a situation where approximately
12.5 l/min of water is supplied for more than 3 minutes from a distance of about 3 m using a nozzle
with an inner diameter of 6.3 mm. However, this does not apply with the headphone sections.
Headphone section (not water-tight)
USB jack cover
Liquids that the water resistant performance specifications apply
to
Applicable fresh water, tap water, perspiration
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