KEY TECHNOLOGY
Music Formats Supported
ony dedicated Walkmans and the su
lied
onicStage
P (v4.0) software supports a wide
an
e of today’s most popular audio file formats.ˇ
hese include MP3
WMA
AAC and ATRAC
ll current
lash Walkman su
ort these
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)
TRA
is an advanced form of audio
ompression that utilizes a more efficient audio
encoding process to deliver superior quality
u
o at very
compress
on
eve
s.
t was
pecifically designed for use in portable audio
players in light or the requirements for longer
attery li
e and limited
ile s
aces
or
ong storage
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
AA
is the latest addition to the famil
of
alkman-supported
ormats. It was desi
ned
s the successor to the popular MP3 format and
is a widely accepted format amongst key digital
u
o
ayers to
ay.
t was co-
eve
o
e
y
major companies including Dolby, Fraunhofer,
AT
T, Nokia and of course
on
Organic EL Display
The
rganic EL
Electro
uminescent
Dis
lay is a
tec
no
ogy t
at ut
ses an organ
c
compound layer in the screen to
e
ver a s
ar
er
s
ay t
at
s
asy on t
e eyes.
e organ
c
ayer
enerates its own light so there
is no need
or a backli
ht, which
would consume more power
n summary, users
et
mprove
visual clarit
and batter
er
ormance
Rapid Recharge
Rapid Recharge is a feature that allows the user to gain up to
hours of
battery power, after only char
in
the Walkman for
minutes!
hould a user forget to charge their battery, all they need to do is charge
heir Walkman
or a
ew minutes and they will have enou
h power to last
hem for a workout at the gym, travel to work, or even an interstate trip.
ap
ec
ar
e
s
available on ALL dedicated
s
m
ns.
Noise-Cancelling
oise is a
actor in man
o
our li
est
les.
e hear it in the en
ine noise o
a bus or a
plane and even in places such as shopping
malls and
arks where all sorts o
sounds mix.
his background noise can interfere with your
u
o en
oyment an
can st
come t
rou
even a great set of headphones
For this reason Sony offer head
hones with
‘Noise-
ancelling’ technology. This means that
he head
hones have micro
hones built-in to
em t
at can
c
u
am
ent no
se an
out
ut
signal that effectively ‘neutralises’ or ‘cancels’
he noise out. Dependin
on the de
ree o
ancellation, you can have u
to
0
o
m
ent
ac
roun
no
se cut out
s removes more unwante
soun
s, an
a
ows
more pure mus
c to reac
your ears
nstea
.
n a
t
on to no
se-cance
n
ea
p
ones,
he new
series Walkmans have noise
ancelling technology† built-in as well, making
oth these devices
er
ect
or those who are
erious about sound or simply just want to cut
he clutter.
† Noise cancellin
function reduces the ambient noise by up
o 7
%. It does not cancel all ambient noise
Ambient Noise Detected
Neutralising Output Signal
Resultant Noise Level
dB
0
Time
e m
cro
one use
n
no
se-cance
n
tec
no
o
icks u
ambient noise
rom
he back
round environment
nd outputs an equal and
pposite signal effectively
neutralising the sound wave
f the noise
Audio format support varies on Walkman phones. Please check phone specifications
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