Sony Walkman NWZ-S636F User manual

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Operation Guide for
Bundled Best Buy Digital Music Store
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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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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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