Sony Walkman NWZ-S636F User manual

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Operation Guide for
Bundled Best Buy Digital Music Store
NWZ-S636F/S638F/S639F/S736F/S738F/S739F
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About the Home menu.......................... 3
About the bundled soware ...........................3
Using Rhapsody Service
Listening to Rhapsody Channels .......... 4
Adding songs transferred from Rhapsody
Channels to the “Music Library”.................6
Displaying the Account Information.... 7
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting.................................... 8
Messages................................................ 9
Additional Information
About Copyrights ............................... 10
Index ................................................... 11
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About the Home menu
You can listen to Rhapsody Channels transferred from Best Buy Digital Music
Store to the player. First you need to install Best Buy Digital Music Store from
the supplied CD-ROM onto your computer, and then follow the on-screen
instructions to create your account for Rhapsody membership. For details
about usage or support of the software, refer to the following web site:
http://www.bestbuy.com/digitalmusic
When you connect Best Buy Digital Music Store and transfer Rhapsody
Channels to the player, (Intelligent Shuffle) on the Home menu changes to
(Rhapsody Channels).
Intelligent
Shue
Rhapsody Channels
Hint
Even if (Intelligent Shuffle) is not selected in the Home menu, you can select
“Intelligent Shuffle” play from “Music Library”.
About the bundled software
Best Buy Digital Music Store
With the Best Buy Digital Music Store, you can purchase individual songs, and/
or sign up for a membership to create a subscription account. Songs that are
purchased, subscribed to, or ripped from CDs using this software can be
transferred to your player. However, to transfer purchased or subscription
songs, you need to apply for a membership. For details, refer to the Help
dropdown in the software, or visit the following web site:
http://www.bestbuy.com/digitalmusic
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Using Rhapsody Service
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Listening to Rhapsody Channels
You can listen to Rhapsody Channels transferred from Best Buy Digital Music
Store to the player.
Rhapsody Channels
5-way button
BACK/HOME
button
Press and hold the BACK/HOME button until the Home menu
appears.
Press the ///button to select (Rhapsody Channels), and
then press the button to conrm.
The Rhapsody Channel list screen appears.
Press the ///button to select a channel, and then press the
button to conrm.
The channel you selected starts to play back and the playback of songs
continues in order.
About the subscription indicator
During song playback, the subscription indicator appears in the upper right of
the “Now Playing” screen.
Subscription
indicator
indicates free trial membership.*
indicates more than 8 days remain of subscription.
indicates less than 7 days remain of subscription.
indicates less than 2 days remain of subscription.
indicates your subscription is expired.
* The indicated number shows days remaining of your
trial membership.
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Displaying artist information
You can display the artist information by pressing the OPTION/PWR OFF button and
selecting “Artist Information” on the “Now Playing” screen.
Hints
The Rhapsody Channel list screen can be also displayed by selecting (Music Library)
in step , and then selecting “Rhapsody Channels.”
As the days pass and your subscription expiration gets near, a notice appears in the
display when the player turns on. When the message appears, follow the instructions to
renew your license.
Y
ou can add the currently playing song on a Rhapsody Channel to the “Music Library”
from the option menu.
Y
ou can register songs in the wish list from the “Now Playing” screen. Press the
OPTION/PWR OFF button, and then select “Add to Wishlist” from the option menu.
You can also remove songs from the wish list from the “Now Playing” screen. Press the
OPTION/PWR OFF button, and select “Remove from Wishlist” from the option menu.
Songs registered in the wish list can be confirmed with the Best Buy Digital Music Store.
Notes
When playing back a Rhapsody Channel, you cannot set the play mode or playback
range from the option menu on the “Now Playing” screen.
Rhapsody Channels do not have song lists.
The currently playing song/total number of songs is not displayed on the “Now Playing”
screen.
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Adding songs transferred from Rhapsody Channels to the“Music
Library”
You can add songs transferred from Rhapsody Channels to the “Music Library.”
When the player is connected to Rhapsody service, songs transferred from
Rhapsody Channels, once played back, will be deleted on the player. However,
the songs added from Rhapsody Channels to the “Music Library” can be
searched from “Music Library” or managed just like songs transferred from
other than Rhapsody Channels.
Press the OPTION/PWR OFF button and select “Add to Library” on
the “Now Playing” screen.
The message asking if you want to add the currently playing song to the
“Music Library” appears.
Press the ///button to select “Yes,” and then press the 
button to conrm.
The song is added to the “Music Library.”
Hint
The song added to the “Music Library” is displayed with the icon in the “Now
Playing” screen.
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Displaying the Account Information
You can see information such as user ID, etc., to renew your subscription.
5-way button
BACK/HOME
button
Settings
Note
If you do not use Rhapsody service, “Account Information” is not displayed in
(Settings) menu.

Press and hold the BACK/HOME button until the Home menu appears.
Press the ///button to select (Settings), and then press
the button to conrm.
Press the ///button to select “Common Settings,” and then
press the button to conrm.
The list of “Common Settings” options appears.
Press the ///button to select “Account Information,” and then
press the button to conrm.
The “Account Information” screen appears.
Account Information
Option Description
Service name: The name of the service currently in use appears.
User ID: Your user ID appears.
Updated: The date you last renewed your subscription appears.
Expires: The date that your subscription will expire appears.
Connect to music service
software within [XXX]
days to update the license.
Period of time that you have to renew your
subscription appears in [XXX].
License expired. Connect
to music service software
to update the license.
If this message appears, renew your license.
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Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting
For issues about Rhapsody Channels consult the following troubleshooting
tables.
Rhapsody Channels
Symptom Cause/Remedy
No artist information is
displayed in the “Artist
Information” screen.
The artist information may not exist, depending on
the artist.
Though the subscription
has not expired yet, the
message of subscription
expiration notice or
appears.
Your settings for date and time may have been reset
because the battery power was used up.
Connect the player to your computer and
recharge the battery, then connect to Rhapsody
service using Best Buy Digital Music Store.
Cannot search for other
songs, albums, and artists
by the song information of
the currently playing song.
When playing back Rhapsody Channels, this
function is not available.
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Messages
The followings are messages about Rhapsody Channels.
Message Meaning Remedy
Could not add this song to
Library. Not enough free space in
memory.
You could not add the
selected song to the
“Music Library” because
the player’s available
capacity is insufficient.
Connect the player to
your computer using the
supplied USB cable, and
then delete any
unnecessary data from the
player using appropriate
software.
No songs in this channel. No songs exist in the
channel you selected from
the Rhapsody Channel
list.
Re-connect to Rhapsody
service and try the same
channel again.
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About Copyrights
Information on Expat
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Clark Cooper.
Copyright ©2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Expat maintainers.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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