
KEY TECHNOLOGY
Music Formats Supported
ony dedicated Walkmans and the su
P (v4.0) software supports a wide
e of today’s most popular audio file formats.ˇ
ormats
natively, meaning that there is no conversion
needed to transfer these music files onto the
alkman. This makes it easy
or anyone who
already has a collection of music to transfer and
enjoy them without any hassles.
ATRAC (Adaptive Transform
Acoustic Coding)
is an advanced form of audio
ompression that utilizes a more efficient audio
encoding process to deliver superior quality
pecifically designed for use in portable audio
players in light or the requirements for longer
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
AA
is the latest addition to the famil
s the successor to the popular MP3 format and
is a widely accepted format amongst key digital
y
major companies including Dolby, Fraunhofer,
AT
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compound layer in the screen to
enerates its own light so there
is no need
ht, which
would consume more power
Rapid Recharge
Rapid Recharge is a feature that allows the user to gain up to
hours of
battery power, after only char
hould a user forget to charge their battery, all they need to do is charge
ew minutes and they will have enou
hem for a workout at the gym, travel to work, or even an interstate trip.
s
available on ALL dedicated
a bus or a
plane and even in places such as shopping
malls and
his background noise can interfere with your
even a great set of headphones
For this reason Sony offer head
ancelling’ technology. This means that
signal that effectively ‘neutralises’ or ‘cancels’
ancellation, you can have u
series Walkmans have noise
ancelling technology† built-in as well, making
erious about sound or simply just want to cut
he clutter.
† Noise cancellin
function reduces the ambient noise by up
%. It does not cancel all ambient noise
Ambient Noise Detected
Neutralising Output Signal
Resultant Noise Level
dB
0
Time
pposite signal effectively
neutralising the sound wave
Audio format support varies on Walkman phones. Please check phone specifications
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