User's Manual Part 2

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Music&Video Channel/Music Playback
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Format supported for playback
Format Description
WMA A sound compression technology developed
by Microsoft Corporation, which is employed
as the Windows standard sound compression
technology.
AAC-LC A sound compression technology used
in MPEG2 and MPEG4, enabling a high
compression rate while keeping the sound
quality.
HE-AAC A sound compression technology used in
MPEG4, which is an extended version of AAC
and also employed in the Chaku-Uta Full
®
.
MP3 MP3 is an abbreviation of “MPEG-1 AUDIO
Layer-3” and a sound compression technology
established by MPEG which is the working
group of ISO (International Organization for
Standardization). The music data can be
compressed about 1/10 times than CD data.
“ATRAC3” One of sound compression technologies of
“ATRAC” developed by Sony Corporation, which
is archived the high compression rate of about
1/10 times than CD data and the high sound
quality.
“ATRAC3plus” A sound compression advanced technology
from “ATRAC3”, which is archived the higher
compression rate of about 1/20 times than CD
data and the higher sound quality.
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Bit rate supported for playback
File Format Bit rate (kbps)
Chaku-Uta Full
®
AAC-LC 8
−
128
HE-AAC(v1) 8
−
128
HE-AAC(v2) 8
−
48
3GPP AAC-LC 80, 96, 128, 160, 192,
256, 320
HE-AAC(v1) 40, 48, 64, 80, 96
WMA WMA 48, 64, 80, 96, 128, 160,
192
MP3 MPEG1 Layer3 96
−
320
ATRAC “ATRAC3” 66, 105, 132
“ATRAC3plus” 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 160,
192, 256, 320, 352
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Typically, the higher the bit rate is, the better the sound
quality, however, also the larger the data size is, resulting in
the smaller number of tracks that can be saved.
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Maximum number of tracks that can be stored for
operation on the MUSIC Player
Place to save to
Maximum number
of tracks
Data Box 200
microSD memory card: 2G bytes 1,500
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“ATRAC3”, “ATRAC3plus”, or “WMA” formatted music data
which is copyrighted and saved in the microSD memory
card can be played back only on your SO905i.
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Some music data saved in the microSD memory card may
not be played back on other FOMA terminals.
Transferring Music Data
You can transfer music data from a PC to the microSD
memory card inserted in the FOMA terminal using
Windows Media Player, Napster
®
appli, or SonicStage.
Transferring a WMA File to a PC Using
Windows Media Player
You can use Windows Media Player 10/11 to import
music data from a music CD to a PC and save it in the
microSD memory card inserted in the FOMA terminal.
1
Install Windows Media Player 10/11 on your PC.
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When installing Windows Media Player 10/11 on a PC
running Windows XP, use Windows XP Service Pack 2 or
later version.
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When installing Windows Media Player on a PC running
Windows Vista, use Windows Media Player 11.
2
Save a WMA file in the PC.
For the operations on Windows Media Player 10/11, see
the Help of Windows Media Player 10/11.
3
Change the USB mode setting of the FOMA
terminal to [MTP mode].
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To change the USB mode setting, see “Using the FOMA
Terminal with a PC” (P.285, step 1 to 3).
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Make sure to insert the microSD memory card before
changing to the MTP mode.
4
Connect the FOMA terminal and PC using the
FOMA USB Cable with Charge Function 01
(optional).
5
Transfer music data from Windows Media Player
10/11.
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When you transfer a playlist, the playlist can be used as
a WMA playlist on the FOMA terminal.
6
Remove the FOMA USB Cable with Charge
Function 01 (optional) from the FOMA terminal and
PC.