Playback
Before Playback
The following procedures using the
SonicStage installed on your computer are
necessary before playback.
• Importing tracks (audio data), which you
want to listen to with the player, to your
computer (
right)
• Transferring audio data from your computer
to the player (
page 14)
Playable audio data
This player can play audio data compressed in
the ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3 formats.
ATRAC3 (Adaptive Transform Acoustic
Coding3) is an audio compression technology
that satisfi es the demand for high sound
quality and high compression rates.
ATRAC3plus is developed from the ATRAC3
format and can compress audio fi les to about
1/20 of their original size at 64 kbps.
Importing audio data to
your computer
Record and store tracks (audio data) from an
audio CD to the SonicStage “ My Library” on
the hard disk drive of your computer.
You can record or import tracks from
other sources such as the Internet and your
computer’s hard disk. Refer to SonicStage
Help for details (
page 16).
Source indication
“Format/Bit Rate”
“CD Info”
“Music Source”
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