4-653-879-11(1) Chapter 1 Playing audio files (Audio Player) Chapter 2 Add-on Application Guide Viewing image files (PictureGear Pocket) Chapter 3 Playing a movie (gMovie player) Chapter 4 Setting the “Memory Stick” automatic start function (MS Autorun) Personal Entertainment Organizer Chapter 5 Trouble Shooting PEG-N710C © 2001 Sony Corporation
WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only. Owner’s Record The model number and serial number are located at the rear of the product. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. PEG-N710C Serial No.
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Table of contents About this manual .......................... 6 Playing in various modes ................ 39 Chapter 1 Selecting playback audio files (Pick up) .......................................... 40 Playing audio files (Audio Player) Switching the display view ............. 41 What you can do with the Audio Player .............................................. 8 Switching the JogDial navigator function for Audio Player ................
Chapter 2 Viewing image files (PictureGear Pocket) What you can do with PictureGear Pocket ....................... 64 Installing ....................................... 65 Installing the PictureGear 4.3Lite software to your computer ............. 65 Viewing image files stored in your CLIE handheld ....................... 66 Transferring image files to your CLIE handheld ......................................... 66 Viewing image files with your CLIE handheld .........................................
About this manual Welcome to the Sony Personal Entertainment Organizer (referred to as the “Sony CLIE Handheld” or “CLIE handheld” in this manual). Your Sony CLIE Handheld comes with three manuals: Read This First The Read This First manual gives an overview of your CLIE handheld’s features, hardware and software setup, installation instructions, and other important details. Before reading the rest of the manuals, read the Read This First manual.
Playing audio files (Audio Player) This chapter explains how to play audio files on your CLIE handheld.
What you can do with the Audio Player Audio Player is an application used to play audio files on your CLIE handheld. The following two versions of Audio Player are supplied with your CLIE handheld. • Audio Player Version 1.1: you can play ATRAC 3 format audio files managed by the OpenMG Jukebox software. This version of Audio Player is pre-installed; you do not have to install it. • Audio Player Version 2.0: you can play both MP3 and ATRAC 3 format audio files.
Chapter 1 To Listen to MP3 format audio files on your CLIE handheld You need to use; • AudioPlayer Version 2.0 application for managing MP3 format audio file on your CLIE handheld. We supplied it with CD-ROM. • A “MagicGate Memory Stick” media (not supplied) or a standard “Memory Stick” media (supplied). To listen to MP3 format audio files with your CLIE handheld, please follow these steps. 1 Install Audio Player version .2.0 on your CLIE handheld.
What you can do with the Audio Player To Listen to ATRAC3 format audio files managed by OpenMG Jukebox on your CLIE handheld You need to use; • AudioPlayer Version 1.1 or Version 2.0 application for managing ATRAC3 format audio file on your CLIE handheld. Version 1.1 is pre-installed on your CLIE handheld. Version 2.0 is supplied with CD-ROM. • OpenMG Jukebox software for managing ATRAC3 format audio file on your computer. We supplied it with CD-ROM. • “MagicGate Memory Stick” media (not supplied).
Installing the software • When you select the setting not to install Audio Player Ver.2.0 on your first setup of your CLIE handheld • When you hard-reset your CLIE handheld • When you delete Audio Player Ver.2.0 For playing MP3 audio file with Audio Player Ver.2.0 Make sure finishing the installing Up-date file on supplied CD-ROM in procedures on Read This First manual before installing Audio Player ver.2.0. If you do not finish it, install “Update Yo-2.0.prc” with AudioPlayer20E.prc and AudioPlayerSkin.
Installing the software 5 6 Double-click the AudioPlayer folder. Click AudioPlayer20E.prc. AudioPlayer20E.prc is added to the File Name list. 7 Repeat steps from 4 to 5, and then click AudioPlayerSkin.prc. AudioPlayerSkin.prc is added to the File Name list. 8 9 Click Done. Press the HotSync button on the cradle. AudioPlayer20E.prc and AudioPlayerSkin.prc are installed on your CLIE handheld during the HotSync operation. 10 After the HotSync operation ends, tap Reset on your CLIE handheld screen.
Before installing RealJukebox software and/or OpenMG Jukebox software, make sure that your computer meets the following hardware requirements. • Operating System: Windows® 98/Windows® 98 Second Edition/ Windows® 2000 Professional/Windows® Me (manufacturer installed) The following environments are not supported: – Windows® 95, Windows® NT – A system upgraded from Windows® 3.
Installing the software Installing RealJukebox software Install the RealJukebox software to the hard disk of your computer. Note If the “Installing:” message continues to appear without advancing to the next step for some time, click the “InstallShield Wizard” on the taskbar. 1 Exit all applications and follow the steps below on your computer. 2 Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. The setup program starts automatically. 3 4 Click to select Audio Software.
Setting recording preferences 1 Playing audio files (Audio Player) Double-click the RealJukebox icon on your Windows desktop, or click Start, point to Programs, Real, RealJukebox, and then click RealJukebox. RealJukebox starts. 2 3 4 5 6 Chapter 1 After installing the RealJukebox software, you have to change recording preferences of the RealJukebox to encode in MP3 audio files. Click Preferences from the Tool menu. Click the Audio Quality tab. Click MP3 Audio in the Select a Format group. Click OK.
Installing the software Installing OpenMG Jukebox software Notes on using OpenMG Jukebox with Windows 2000/ Windows Me Notes on using OpenMG Jukebox with Windows 2000 OpenMG Jukebox software users with Windows 2000 models should be aware of the following: • Only Administrators are allowed to install and uninstall the OpenMG Jukebox software. • To use the application, log on with the user name Administrator or Power User.
Note Chapter 1 If songs become unplayable because you executed System Restore, an error dialog box may be displayed when you try to play a audio file. In this case, follow the messages displayed. If you already have OpenMG Jukebox installed If you have following devices, OpenMG Jukebox Ver.1.x may already be installed on your computer. • VAIO Music Clip MC-P10 • Network Walkman NW-E3 • Memory Stick Walkman NW-MS7 Get and install the plug-in files for your devices.
Installing the software Installing the OpenMG Jukebox software Install the OpenMG Jukebox software to the hard disk of your computer. Notes • Be sure to install the software before placing your CLIE handheld which is in the transfer mode in the cradle. Do not install the software while a dedicated USB cable is connected to your computer. • If the “Installing:” message continues to appear without advancing to the next step for some time, click the “InstallShield Wizard” on the taskbar.
Importing audio files into your computer Chapter 1 If you manage your audio files with RealJukebox software This manual describes the basic operations. For more information regarding RealJukebox, please refer to the online manual. • And a RealJukebox FAQ and user help section can be found at http://service.real.com/rjoptions.html The RealJukebox software is the product of RealNetworks, Inc.
Importing audio files into your computer To pause recording Click (Pause). The recording is paused. To resume recording, click (Record) again. When recording is resumed, it starts from the beginning of the song that was previously paused. If you want to select the songs to be recorded 1 Click “No, I do not record the CD at this time” in step 3 above. 2 Click to clear the check box of songs that you do not want to record.
Note Do not remove your CLIE handheld while you use OpenMG Jukebox software. Songs recorded from audio CDs can be registered on the hard disk to Playlists and managed with OpenMG Jukebox. 1 Double-click the OpenMG Jukebox icon on the Windows desktop, or click Start, point to Programs, OpenMG Jukebox, and then click OpenMG Jukebox. OpenMG Jukebox starts. 2 Insert the CD you want to record into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. The CD window and the tracks of the audio CD appear.
Importing audio files into your computer 4 Confirm that a check mark want to record. appears by the songs you To clear the songs you do not want to record, click the song numbers (track numbers). The disappears. 5 Click (Rec to Jukebox). The Select Playlist dialog box appears.
To stop recording Chapter 1 Click (Rec Stop). The recording is stopped. To resume recording, click (Rec to Jukebox) again. When recording is resumed, it starts from the beginning of the song that was previously stopped. In OpenMG Jukebox, the bit rate for recording an audio CD can be chosen from among 132 kbps/105 kbps/66 kbps. The sound quality and available recording time after the conversion will be different depending on the selected bit rate.
Importing audio files into your computer To use an EMD service 1 Click the Internet tab to display the Internet window. An introduction to the OpenMG Home Page appears on the window. [Internet] tab 2 Click the button or logo on the window. The connection to the Internet starts and the OpenMG Home Page appears. The OpenMG Home Page provides a guide to EMD service Web sites that support OpenMG and information on how to use EMD services.
Import downloaded audio files to OpenMG Jukebox. If audio files are imported automatically, they are registered as playlists, determined by the EMD service. If they are not imported automatically, select the audio files you want in the Import window and then import to OpenMG Jukebox (see “Importing MP3, WAV and WMT format audio files” below). Audio files cannot be imported automatically by clicking if you use a Web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.
Importing audio files into your computer Notes on importing MP3 files To import MP3 files to the supplied OpenMG Jukebox software using the Windows® 98 operating system, Microsoft® Windows Media™ Player Version 6.4 or later is necessary. If Windows Media™ Player is not installed on your computer, it can be downloaded from the OpenMG Web site (http://www.openmg.com/us/).
Select the audio format you want to import from the Format drop-down list. 5 To import data while converting it into the ATRAC3 format, select the recording bit rate (see page 23) from the Bit Rate drop-down list. Chapter 1 4 When you select “Without External Device/Media” from “Set the default External Device/Media” in step 2, you cannot change the recording bit rate. 6 In the File Tree view, click the folder containing the audio file you want to import.
Importing audio files into your computer Hint • You can import all of the audio files on the drive dedicated on your computer to OpenMG Jukebox at one time. For details, refer to “Importing audio files from your computer” - “Importing songs” in the OpenMG Jukebox Help. • If the music title is included in the data, as it is in the ID3 data of MP3 format files, the title is displayed in the Title column of the Playlist view of OpenMG Jukebox.
Transferring audio files from your computer to your CLIE handheld 1 After making sure that the write protect tab is not set to LOCK, insert the “Memory Stick” media into the “Memory Stick” slot. Playing audio files (Audio Player) “Memory Stick” indicator The “Memory Stick” indicator lights in orange while accessing a “Memory Stick” media Note If you want to transfer and play ATRAC 3 format audio files that are recorded by OpenMG Jukebox, use “MG Memory Stick” media.
Transferring audio files from your computer to your CLIE handheld Audio Player starts. 3 4 Place your CLIE handheld in the cradle. Tap Menu , Options, and then Transfer. CLIE handheld enters the file transfer mode. Transfer mode screen of Audio Player Ver.2.0 Proceed to transfer audio files on page 31. When you use Audio Player • Once transfering has started, do not do any of the following until transfering is complete. – Disconnect the USB cable. – Remove the “MG Memory Stick.
Chapter 1 Transferring MP3 format audio files to your CLIE handheld After preparing your CLIE handheld in the procedures on page 29, you can copy MP3 format audio files to your CLIE handheld using Windows Explorer. Double-click the My Computer icon on your Windows desktop. 2 3 Double-click the Removable Drive icon. Double-click the Palm, Programs, and then MSAudio folder. If these folders does not exist, make them manually in the “Memory Stick” media using Windows Explorer.
Transferring audio files from your computer to your CLIE handheld Transferring audio files managed with OpenMG Jukebox Make sure to finish the preparing your CLIE handheld in the procedures on page 29. You can use only “MG Memory Stick” media (white). 1 2 Start OpenMG Jukebox. Click the Check-In/Out tab to display the Check-in/Checkout window. Your computer recognizes the digital music player and a list of audio files appears on the right side of the window.
Click (Out). Check-out starts and the song is added to the end of the song list in your CLIE handheld. Note To stop check-out Click (Stop). Note Once check-in has started, do not do any of the following until the check-in/out is complete. • Disconnect the USB cable. • Remove the “MG Memory Stick” media • Remove your CLIE handheld from the cradle. • Tap Exit on the Audio Player. • Press any application buttons on your CLIE handheld or the HotSync button on the cradle.
Playing audio files on your CLIE handheld Connecting/attaching the supplied headphones The headphones supplied with your CLIE handheld include a turning mechanism for easy wearing. Connecting the headphones to your CLIE handheld 1 Connect the headphones to the mini-plug of the supplied remote controller. 2 Connect the connecting cord of the remote controller to the headphones jack of your CLIE handheld.
Putting on the headphones Holding the cap (housing) with your thumb and index finger, rotate the hanger with your middle finger until it opens fully. Chapter 1 1 Hanger Playing audio files (Audio Player) Cap (housing) 2 Put the hanger on your ear, keeping it open. 3 Pivot the cap (housing) to best fit your ear. Note Put the hanger with the “R” mark on your right ear, and the hanger with the “L” mark on your left ear.
Playing audio files on your CLIE handheld Playing audio files Play songs using Audio Player. You can use other applications during playback. Charge the battery before starting playback. Notes • The automatic shut-off does not function during playback. • If the battery power level runs low, playback stops automatically. In this case, however, you can still use other applications such as Memo Pad or Address Book. Charge the battery before it becomes completely empty.
Tap . Chapter 1 4 Playback starts from the first song. Song information appears during playback. If you cannot start playback Make sure that the HOLD switch on your CLIE handheld is not set to ON. To stop playback Tap . On other operations Pause Tap . Go to the beginning of the current track Tap . Go to previous tracks Tap repeatedly. Go to the beginning of the next track Tap . Go to the beginning of succeeding tracks Tap repeatedly. Go backward Tap continuously.
Playing audio files on your CLIE handheld Adjusting the volume You can adjust the volume in the following way: • Tap or . • Rotate the Jog Dial navigator. • Press the scroll buttons of the CLIE handheld. Protecting your hearing (AVLS) The AVLS (Automatic Volume Limiter System) function keeps down the maximum volume to protect your ears. To use AVLS, tap to change it to .
Chapter 1 Playing in various modes Playing tracks repeatedly Tap the repeat button to select the desired repeat playback item. • REP OFF: normal playback • REP 1: repeat current playback track You can use repeat playback during shuffle or reverse playback For example, when you set shuffle playback to On during repeat playback, Audio Player plays all tracks repeatedly in random order. Repeating a specific song portion (A-B repeat function) You can choose to play a specific song portion repeatedly.
Playing audio files on your CLIE handheld Selecting playback audio files (Pick up) When you use Audio Player version 2.0, you can select playback audio files. 1 Tap Menu , Tools, and then PickUp. The PickUp screen appears. 2 Tap to select the check box of the audio file that you want to play. 3 4 After selecting, tap OK. Start playback. Audio Player plays only selected audio files. To play all audio files Tap Select All in the Pick up screen.
Chapter 1 Switching the display view When you use Audio Player version 2.0, you can switch the display. You can use following three types of view. Playing audio files (Audio Player) • Normal view: displays the title and artist name of the currently played audio file, the number of audio files, and playback controls. • Visual Effect view: displays the visual effect or spectrum analyzer with playback progress. Playback controls are also displayed.
Playing audio files on your CLIE handheld Switching the JogDial navigator function for Audio Player You can switch the JogDial navigator function for Audio Player. Simply using the JogDial navigator, you can adjust the volume, go to specific tracks, fast-forward or fast-rewind. 1 Tap the JogDial icon at the top left of the screen, or hold the JogDial navigator down for a few seconds. The jog function screen appears. 2 Tap the desired setup, or rotate the JogDial navigator to select the desired setup.
Tap OK. The JogDial icon at the top left of the screen changes to the icon you select, and the JogDial navigator function for Audio Player is switched to your choice.
Playing audio files on your CLIE handheld Playing audio files with the supplied remote controller You can start playback even when your CLIE handheld is turned off by using the supplied remote controller. Volume adjustment button ./> button N/x button 1 After making sure that the write protect tab is not set to LOCK, insert the “Memory Stick” media into the “Memory Stick” slot. 2 3 Connect the headphones. Press N on the remote controller. Playback starts from the first song.
On other operations Go to the beginning of the current track Press .. Go to previous tracks Press . repeatedly. Go to the beginning of the next track Press >. Go to the beginning of succeeding tracks Press > repeatedly. Go backward Press . and hold. Go forward Press > and hold. Adjust the volume Press + or –. Playing audio files (Audio Player) Press x.
Playing audio files on your CLIE handheld Protecting your CLIE handheld from accidental pressure on its controls Slide the HOLD switch of your CLIE handheld to ON. HOLD switch The screen display turns off even during an operation, and none of the controls on your CLIE handheld will operate. Note While the HOLD switch of your CLIE handheld is set to ON, you can only operate the controls of the remote controller.
Notes on “Memory Stick” media What is “Memory Stick” media? There are two types of “Memory Stick” media: – “MagicGate Memory Stick” media (hereafter referred to as MG Memory Stick) (white) that is equipped with “MagicGate” copyright protection technology. – “Memory Stick” media (purple) that is not equipped with “MagicGate” copyright protection technology.
Notes on “Memory Stick” media What is “MagicGate”? “MagicGate” is a copyright protection technology for the “MG Memory Stick” media and compliant products, such as your CLIE handheld. Authentication ensures that protected content is transferred only between compliant devices and an “MG Memory Stick” media, and that protected content is recorded and transferred in an encrypted format to prevent unauthorized copying or playback.
Notes on using RealJukebox Caution • Do not start both OpenMG Jukebox and RealJukebox concurrently. If you start both software, audio files on your computer or “Memory Stick” media may be damaged and cannot be played. • With the RealJukebox software, you cannot move audio files that are compatible with the “Move Music” feature from “Memory Stick” media. Note that if you delete audio files that are compatible with the “Move Music” feature using RealJukebox software, these files are completely erased.
Notes on using OpenMG Jukebox What is “Check-in/Check-out”? After storing audio files on the hard disk of your computer, you can transfer them to a digital music player, such as the CLIE handheld, using OpenMG Jukebox. Transferring audio files to a digital music player from your computer is called “check-out.” Returning checked-out audio files to that computer is called “check-in.” check-out You can check-out the same song up to three times at any one time.
Chapter 1 On copyright protection OpenMG technology* allows you to enjoy digital music while maintaining the copyrights of its holders. OpenMG Jukebox encrypts audio files in OpenMG format and stores them on the hard disk of your computer to prevent unauthorized distribution. Your digital music player has some restrictions on recording and playback to protect copyrights. You can check-in audio files only to the same computer from which they were checked-out.
Notes on using OpenMG Jukebox Differences between the HotSync operation and the check-in/out procedure The check-in (transferring digital audio files to your computer)/out (transferring digital audio files to your CLIE handheld) procedure differs from the HotSync operation in several ways. When you perform the HotSync operation • Since the HotSync Manager of the Palm Desktop for CLIE software manages the operation, the computer recognizes your CLIE handheld as a Palm OS compatible handheld.
