About SonicStage About System requirements About Installation About Connecting and Recognition About Recording About Playback About Check-in/out About Operation About Data About Backing up and Recovery Troubleshooting

About SonicStage Q1. What can I do with SonicStage? About System requirements Q1. What are the system requirements for using SonicStage on my computer? Q2. Can SonicStage be used when changing from one user to another with Fast User Switching on Windows XP Home Edition / Windows XP Professional Edition? Q3. I have Net MD (MZ-N1/N707) with OpenMG Jukebox. Can I use my Net MD with SonicStage Ver.1.5 which bundled with other Net MD models (MZ-N10/N710/N510./N910/NF810) or NW-MS70D? Q4. Can both OpenMG Jukebox and SonicStage be used together? Q5. Which USB specification is supported? Q6. Can SonicStage be used with Macintosh computers? Q7. If a computer shifts to the system suspend or hibernation mode while SonicStage is running, can SonicStage be kept running? About Installation Q1. I have a few devices with SonicStage Ver.1.5. Do I need to install SonicStage over and over again? Q2. If OpenMG Jukebox / earlier version of SonicStage / SonicStage Premium has been installed, Do I need to uninstall it and then need to install SonicStage Ver.1.5? Q3. Can I use music files from OpenMG Jukebox or SonicStage Ver.1.5? Q4. If I reinstall SonicStage, will I be able to use data I recorded prior to the reinstallation Q5. When I install SonicStage, won't other music-player software that I have already installed refuse to run? About Connecting and Recognition Q1. I have a computer with Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 2000 Professional -Whenever my portable device is disconnected to my computer, a warning message about a device disconnection appears About Recording Q1. Can the music data downloaded on the Internet be recorded to a MiniDisc? Q2. Can I record music data from a CD with stereo recording mode on my music drive? Q3. How can I change the file format or bit rate when I record music data from a CD? Q4. How long does it take to record from a CD-ROM drive in SonicStage Ver.1.5? Q5. Can I record music data from another CD-ROM drive via a network to my computer? About Playback Q1. Can I play back recorded voice data from the IC Recorder or other devices in SonicStageVer.1.5? Q2. I cannot play back WMA files in SonicStageVer.1.5 Q3. When I playback a MiniDisc in SonicStage, the volume from a device will not be adjusted although I operate the volume key in SonicStage.

About Check-in/out Q1. What are "Check-In" and "Check-Out"? Q2. How many times can I "Check-Out"? Q3. Why are there restrictions on the number of Check-Out times? Q4. Can music Checked-Out to the Net MD Walkman be edited (e.g. Divide, Combine)? Q5. Can music contents from the PC be Checked-Out into a specified group on the Net MD Walkman? Q6. Can music data be checked out to an existing group in NW-MS70D? Q7. What type of data formats are available for the check-out into a MiniDisc in SonicStageVer.1.5? Q8. What type of data format are available for checking out to NW-MS70D? Q9. Can the recording mode be set when music is Checked-Out to a MiniDisc? Q10. Can the recording mode (transfer mode) be changed for checking out music data to NW-MS70D? Q11. Can I check-out music with monaural recording mode? Q12. Can music contents, which are Checked-Out with Stereo Recording mode, be recorded in ATRAC Type-S algorithm? Q13. How long does the check-out operation take in SonicStageVer.1.5? Q14. How long does it take to check out audio files to NW-MS70D? Q15. Can music that is Checked-Out to the MiniDisc be played back on other MD players? Q16. Can music that is Check-Out to a MiniDisc be digitally copied to another MiniDisc? Q17. Can audio files with a limited playing period (Timeout contents) be checked out to an MD? Q18. Can audio file with a limited playing period (Timeout contents) be checked out to NW-MS70D? Q19. Is it possible that audio file that is downloaded from EMD be checked out with LP4? Q20. Can an audio file that has the term of validity be checked out to an MD? Q21. Can the music data that was checked-out from my computer be checked-in to another computer with SonicStageVer.1.5? Q22. Can I take a song that a friend has Checked-Out of his or her personal computer and then check it in my own PC? About Operation Q1. Can the title of music/groups recorded to the NW-MS70D / MiniDisc and the MiniDisc label under SonicStage be edited? Q2. Can I edit groups in NW-MS70D / MiniDisc in SonicStage? Q3. Can I use group functions in SonicStage? Q4. I use NW-MS70D with a “Memory Stick Duo”. How to view the built-in flash memory and the “Memory Stick Duo” on SonicStage Ver.1.5? Q5. What is the difference between importing and recording? Q6. Is it possible to import other information, such as track titles and artist name when the CD-TEXT and/or CD-EXTRA were recorder in SonicStage Ver.1.5? About Data Q1. What files formats are the supported in SonicStage? Q2. After a file is converted into ATRAC3/ATRAC3plus, does the original data remain? Q3. Is ATRAC3/ATRAC3plus data on SonicStageVer.1.5 converted to MP3 or WAV file format? Q4. When I import MP3 files to SonicStageVer.1.5 (for an ATRAC3/ATRAC3plus conversion), can deterioration in the sound quality occur? Q5. Can I import or check-in/check-out VBR-format MP3 files as they are? Or do I convert them into ATRAC3 files and then import or check them in/out? Q6. How is it possible to make changes in the Save as option of the music data in SonicStage? Q7. Is it possible to share a song on a computer with several Network Walkman / Net MD devices? Q8. Can I copy music content from SonicStage to other folders on the hard drive or CD-R of my computer? Q9. What are ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus? Q10. What kinds of music sources can I use? About Backing up and Recovery Q1. What is backup tool? Q2. How can I backup music files with SonicStage? Q3. I have a computer with Windows Millennium Edition or Windows XP Home Edition/Professional -What happens when I perform a System Restore on my computer? Q4. After installing SonicStage Can I return my backup data that is done in OpenMG Jukebox? Q5. I want to backup/restore a part of audio data. Q6. Is it possible to backup audio data that is compatible with WMT and downloaded on the Internet? Q7. I am using both SonicStageVer.1.5 and OpenMG JukeboxVer.2.2. Which backup tool should I use? Q8. Can audio files that are backed up in SonicStageVer.1.5 be restored in OpenMG Jukebox Ver.2.2? Q9. I have checked-out some music data, but I wish to recover my computer and reinstall SonicStageVer.1.5. Can the music checked-out before format be checked-in again? Troubleshooting Q1. I'm using Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional but I can not use SonicStageVer.1.5. Q2. I cannot use SonicStage with Windows 2000 Professional. Q3. I am experiencing difficulties when trying to install SonicStage Q4. When installing SonicStageVer.1.5 with Windows XP Home Edition / Windows XP Professional / Windows 2000 Professional, an error massage appears and fails to install. Q5. When I connect the portable player to my computer it is not recognized. Q6. The CD recording process was aborted with Windows 98 Second Edition (or Windows Millennium Edition) Q7. I can not playback an audio file that is checked out. Q8. I am unable to check-out music using my portable player and SonicStageVer.1.5 Q9. If I try to check-out numerous music files at the same time in SonicStage, an error message appears on the screen. Q10. I can not check out audio data that are downloaded in EMD service on the Internet. Q11. An audio file checked out from SonicStage can not be checked in. Q12. The massage which says ' Database is not founded or damaged' (something like this) appears and can not start SonicStage.

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