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Walkman®
Enjoy your favorite music
 Getting started Walkman®

Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................... 2
Overview ................................................................................................ 2
Installing Disc2Phone ................................................................................ 2
System requirements ............................................................................. 3
Installing from the PC Suite CD ............................................................. 3
Downloading from the Web and installing ............................................. 3
Connecting the USB cable ........................................................................ 4
Transferring music ..................................................................................... 5
Using Disc2Phone to transfer music ..................................................... 5
Using Windows® Explorer to transfer music ......................................... 6
Using Walkman® player to listen to music ............................................... 6
Walkman® player controls .................................................................... 7
Browsing your music ............................................................................. 8
Playlists .................................................................................................. 8
Walkman® player options ..................................................................... 9
Online music and videos ........................................................................... 9
TrackID™ ................................................................................................. 10
Handling files in your phone .................................................................... 10
Walkman® player options via the file manager ................................... 12
Shake control ........................................................................................... 12
Related information ................................................................................. 12
Trademarks and acknowledgements ...................................................... 13

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Introduction
Instruction symbols
The following instruction symbols may appear in this Getting started guide:

Note
Indicates an important note or a tip.

Indicates that a service or function is network- or subscription-dependent.

Contact your network operator for details.

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} Use the selection keys or the navigation key to scroll and select.

Press the navigation key center.

Press the navigation key up.

Press the navigation key down.

Press the navigation key left.

Press the navigation key right.

Overview
You can add music to your phone by using a computer connected to your phone via the USB cable.
Use one of the following to transfer music from a computer to your phone:

• Disc2Phone, which is included on the CD that comes with your phone

• Windows® Explorer

Installing Disc2Phone
The Disc2Phone software enables you to transfer music from CDs or your computer to your phone.
You can also download Disc2Phone from www.sonyericsson.com/support.

Disc2Phone requires Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 and .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 (these are
available on the CD and can be installed if needed).

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System requirements
General requirements
• At least 1.5 GB free hard disk space.

• .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 (is available on the CD and can be installed if needed).

• Internet connection (for application activation and Gracenote CD identification).

Operating system requirements

• Windows 2000 (SP3/SP4): 128 MB RAM, 500 MHz.

• Windows XP (SP1/SP2): 256 MB RAM, 500 MHz.

• Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit): 512MB RAM, 1 GHz.

Installing from the PC Suite CD

It is recommended that you install PC Suite before installing Disc2Phone.

To install Disc2Phone from the PC Suite CD

1. Insert the CD that came with the phone. The CD should start automatically, if not: click Start/Run...
and type in D:/start.exe and click OK (D: is the CD drive letter on the system).
2. Select language.
3. Click Install in the Disc2Phone section.
4. If needed, follow the instructions to install .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 from the CD.
5. In the installation wizard: Click Next to continue the installation.
6. Read and accept the license agreement, then click Next.
7. Click Next to install to the default folder.
8. Click Install to begin the installation.
9. Click Finish to exit the wizard.

When you start Disc2Phone for the first time, the software needs to be activated. Enter your email
address in the text field and click Register to activate the software.

Downloading from the Web and installing

It is recommended that you install PC Suite before installing Disc2Phone.

To download the latest version of Disc2Phone

1. In your Internet browser, go to www.sonyericsson.com/support, then navigate to the software area.
2. Select Software downloads.
3. Select Disc2Phone Setup X.X.X.X for your preferred language under Applications.
4. Select Download and save the file to your computer.

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To install Disc2Phone from the downloaded file

1. Double-click the downloaded Disc2Phone file.
2. If needed, follow the instructions to download and install .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 from the Internet.
3. In the installation wizard: Click Next to continue the installation.
4. Read and accept the license agreement, then click Next.
5. Click Next to install to the default folder.
6. Click Install to begin the installation.
7. Click Finish to exit the wizard.

When you start Disc2Phone for the first time, the software needs to be activated. Enter your email
address in the text field and click Register to activate the software.

Connecting the USB cable

Before you can begin transferring music to your phone, you need to establish a connection between
your phone and your computer. The Sony Ericsson USB cable that comes with your phone can be used
to connect the computer and the phone.

Your phone can be either on or off when you connect the USB cable. If the phone is on, select File transfer
in the pop-up that appears on the phone.

To connect your phone to a computer with the USB cable

1. Connect the USB cable to your phone and computer.
2. Computer: If the Found New Hardware Wizard appears, click Cancel to exit the wizard.
3. Phone: When your phone is on, } File transfer in the pop-up.
4. Wait for your phone to prepare for file transfer.
5. Computer: Your phone memory and Memory Stick PRO Duo™ are added as removable disks
in Windows® Explorer.
Hard Disk Drives

Local Disk (C:)

Devices with Removable Storage

DVD/CD-RW Drive (D:) DVD Drive (E:)

PHONE (F:) Removable Disk (G:)

Phone memory Memory Stick PRO Duo™ (memory card)

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6. Computer: If a dialog box asks what you want to do with the files on the removable disks (the phone
memory and memory card), select Take no action.

7. Use one of the following to transfer music:

• Disc2Phone % 5 Using Disc2Phone to transfer music
• Windows Explorer % 6 Using Windows® Explorer to transfer music

Transferring music
Using Disc2Phone to transfer music
To transfer music using Disc2Phone
1. Make sure the USB cable is connected to the computer and the phone. % 4 Connecting the USB
cable.
2. Start Disc2Phone from PC Suite by clicking the Disc2Phone icon, or double-click the shortcut to
Disc2Phone on your desktop.
When you start Disc2Phone for the first time, the software needs to be activated. Enter your email
address in the text field and click Register to activate the software.
3. Select My Music, Audio CD or My Computer as the music source.
4. Locate and select the folder with the tracks you want to transfer.
5. Add tracks to the Transfer List:
• To add all the tracks from the folder, click Add.
• To add specific tracks from the folder, open the folder, mark the tracks and click Add.
Tracks found on a music CD will be displayed in the Transfer List.

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6. Select the location to transfer the tracks to in the drop-down list (Removable Disk).
7. Click Transfer to transfer the tracks from the Transfer List to your phone.
8. For information on transferring music, please refer to Disc2Phone Help. Click in the top right corner
of the Disc2Phone window.
Do not disconnect the USB cable during file transfer as this may harm the phone memory or
memory card.
9. Close the Disc2Phone software, right-click both Removable Disk icons in Windows Explorer and
select Eject to disconnect the USB cable. A pop-up will appear in the phone saying that it is safe to
disconnect the USB cable. After disconnecting the cable, the phone will restart. This is normal.

Using Windows® Explorer to transfer music

To transfer music using Windows® Explorer
1. Make sure the USB cable is connected to the computer and the phone. % 4 Connecting the USB
cable.
2. Open Windows Explorer.
3. Find the folder where you have stored music you want to transfer. Music is usually saved in the My
Music folder under Windows Explorer/My Documents, unless you have specifically changed folders.
4. Browse to the music you want to transfer.
5. Open My Computer/Removable Disk (drive:) in a new window.
6. Keep the Windows Explorer windows open side by side.
7. Select the tracks from the folder where you have saved them and drag and drop them to a folder in
My Computer/Removable Disk (drive:), either one by one, or several at a time by pressing Shift or Ctrl
and clicking the tracks.
Do not disconnect the USB cable during file transfer as this may harm the phone memory or
memory card.
8. Right-click on both Removable Disk icons in Windows Explorer and select Eject to disconnect the
USB cable. A pop-up will appear in the phone saying that it is safe to disconnect the USB cable.

Using Walkman® player to listen to music

To play music
1. } WALKMAN } More } My music and browse by artists, albums, tracks or playlists. Press to open
a list and to go back in a list.
2. Highlight a track } Play.

AMR and MIDI files are only visible and possible to play with Walkman® player if they are copyright-
protected. However, you can listen to other AMR and MIDI files through the file manager.
% 10 Handling files in your phone.

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Walkman® player controls

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1 Volume buttons: Press and hold one of the volume buttons to skip a track.

2, 6 Areas used to show functions such as More, My music, Play, Stop and Open. To select a function,
press the relevant selection key.

3, 7 Selection keys.

4 Back key: Press to go back one level in the Walkman® player browser. Press and hold to
return to standby.

5 Walkman® key: Press to open or minimize Walkman® player.

8 Navigation key:

• Press to pause the playback. Press again to resume playing.

• Press to go to the next track and press to go to the previous track.

• Press and hold or to fast forward or rewind when playing tracks.

• Press or to view a current play queue.

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Browsing your music

In the Walkman® player browser you can search tracks by:
• Artists – lists tracks by artist in Artist-Title order.
• Albums – lists tracks by album in Album-Title order.
• Tracks – lists all tracks in the phone memory and on the memory card.
• Playlists – lists the playlists you have created.
• Online channels – lists of bookmarks for streaming music.

Playlists
To organize your tracks, you can create playlists. A playlist is a selection of tracks.

You can add a track to more than one playlist. When you delete a playlist or a track from a playlist,
it is not deleted permanently from the phone memory or memory card. When you remove a track
from a playlist, the track (music file/MP3) is not deleted from phone memory or memory card.
Playlists cannot be saved to a memory card.

To create a playlist
1. } WALKMAN } More } My music } Playlists } New playlist } Add to enter the name of the playlist } OK.
2. } Mark to select the tracks you want to add to the playlist. You can add several tracks at a time and
you can also add folders. All tracks in a folder are added to the playlist.
3. } Add to add the tracks and folders to the playlist. The playlist is saved and can be found in the
browser under Playlists.

To add tracks to a playlist

1. } WALKMAN } More } My music } Playlists select a playlist } Open } More } Add media.
2. } Mark to select the tracks you want to add to the playlist. You can add several tracks at a time and
you can also add folders. All tracks in a folder are added to the playlist.
3. } Add to add the tracks and folders to the playlist. The changes to the playlist are saved.

To remove tracks from a playlist

1. } WALKMAN } More } My music } Playlists to select a playlist } Open.
2. Select a track and press .

To delete a playlist
} WALKMAN } More } My music } Playlists to select a playlist and press } Yes.

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Walkman® player options

You have different options when you press More.

} More to view a selection of the following options:

• My music – browse for music by artists, albums, tracks or playlists.
• Now playing – go to the play queue view.
• Add media – add tracks or folders to a playlist.
• Queue – add tracks to the play queue.
• Delete – remove tracks. In playlists you have created, the tracks are only removed from the playlist.
• Rename – rename a playlist. You can only rename playlists you have created.
• Delete playlist – delete a playlist. The tracks can still be found in the file manager. You can only
delete playlists you have created.
• Minimize – minimize Walkman® player and return to standby with your music still playing.
• Information – view information about a current track.
• Play mode – select Shuffle to play tracks randomly in a playlist, or Loop to restart a playlist after the
last track ends.
• Equalizer – change the settings of the treble and bass when playing a track.
• Send – send a track using an available transfer method.
• Stereo widening – change the output sound.
• Visualizations – change visualizations to accompany your tracks.
• Skins – change the appearance of Walkman® player.
• Save playlist – save a current play queue to a new playlist.

Online music and videos

You can view videos and listen to music by streaming them to your phone. A video player opens
automatically when a link is selected.

In order to stream you must have a data account. Your phone may be pre-configured with a data account.
If it is not, please contact your network operator or visit www.sonyericsson.com/support.

To select a data account for streaming

1. } Settings } the Connectivity tab } Streaming settings.
2. } Connect using to select the data account to use.

To stream new videos and music

1. } Internet } More } Go to } Enter address.
2. Enter or choose the address of a Web page and select a link to stream from.

To stream saved music and videos

1. } Internet } More } Go to } Bookmarks.
2. Select a link to stream. A video player opens and plays the music or video.

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TrackID™
TrackID™ is a free music recognition service. You can automatically search for title, artist and album
names about a track you hear playing through a loudspeaker or playing on the radio.

To search for track information

• When you hear a track playing through a loudspeaker } Entertainment } TrackID™.

To obtain a good sample of the music, hold the phone close to the speaker, and ensure the volume
is loud enough to overcome the ambient room noise.

• When you hear a track playing on the radio } More } TrackID™.

Handling files in your phone

Pictures, videos, sounds, themes, Web pages, games, applications and other files are saved in folders
in your phone memory or on a memory card, if inserted. These folders are found in the file manager.
You can:

• Browse, move, copy, edit and send files.

• View memory status of files and folders in the phone and on the memory card.

• Free memory in the phone and on the memory card.

• Open Walkman® player to play tracks in a folder and queue tracks in Walkman® player.

If all available memory is full, you cannot save any files until content is removed.
% 11 To free memory on the memory card or % 11 To free memory in the phone.

File manager menu tabs

The file manager is divided into three tabs and icons are included to indicate where the files are saved.

• All files – all content in the phone memory and on a memory card.

• On Memory Stick – all content on a memory card.

• In phone – all content in the phone memory.

File information
View file information by highlighting a file } More } Information. Items that are downloaded, or received
using one of the available transfer methods, may be DRM-protected (copyright-protected by DRM, Digital
Rights Management). A DRM-protected file has a key symbol and this is called an activation key.

If a file is DRM-protected, you may not be able to copy, send or transfer this file. You can delete
some DRM-protected files. % 11 To free memory on the memory card, % 11 To free memory in the
phone or % 12 To free memory by deleting activation keys.

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To move or copy a file

1. } File manager and open a folder.
2. Scroll to a file } More } Manage file } Move to move the file or } More } Manage file } Copy to copy
the file.
3. Select to move or copy the file to Phone or Memory Stick } Select.

To rename a file or a folder

1. } File manager and scroll to a file or a folder.
2. } More } Manage file } Rename to rename it.
3. Enter a new name } OK.

To create a subfolder
1. } File manager and open a folder.
2. } More } New folder and enter a name for the folder.
3. } OK to save the folder.

To select several files

1. } File manager and open a folder.
2. } More } Mark } Mark several.
3. Scroll to select files } Mark or Unmark.

To select all files in a folder

} File manager and open a folder } More } Mark } Mark all.

To delete a file
1. } File manager and open a folder.
2. Scroll to a file } More } Delete.

To send a file or a folder

} More } Send and select a transfer method.

To sort files in a folder

} More } Sort by and select how to sort the files.

To use a file as a ringtone, alarm signal or message alert

Scroll to a file } More } Use as and select how you want to use the file (as a ringtone, as an alarm signal,
as a message alert or as a contact ringtone).

To view memory status

1. } More } Memory status. The available memory is shown.
2. } Memory Stick or } Phone. The number of files and the amount of memory you have used can
be viewed.

To free memory on the memory card

1. } More } Memory status } Memory Stick } More.
2. } Format M.S. } Yes to delete all information on the memory card or } Delete to delete a specific file.

To free memory in the phone

1. } More } Memory status } Phone } More.
2. } Delete to delete a specific file.

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To free memory by deleting activation keys

1. } More } Memory status.
2. } Memory Stick or } Phone.
3. } More } Clean up keys.
4. Select the type of activation keys you want to remove (Keys without content, Keys owned by other or
Content not used).
5. Select the time period (not used for months, weeks or days) } Select. The selected activation keys are
removed from the memory.

Walkman® player options via the file manager

To play tracks stored in the file manager
1. } File manager and open a folder containing tracks and highlight a track.
2. } More } Music player.
3. } Play all. Walkman® player opens and the tracks begin playing.
AMR and MIDI files are only visible and possible to play via Walkman® player if they are copyright-
protected. However, you can listen to other AMR and MIDI files, via the file manager.

To add tracks to the play queue

1. } File manager to open a folder containing tracks and highlight a track.
2. } More } Music player.
3. } Queue. The tracks are added to the play queue in Walkman® player.

Shake control
You can shuffle songs in the playlist by physically shaking the phone when using the Walkman.

To use Shuffle Shake

With the Walkman turned on, hold the Walkman button and shake the phone back and forth.

Related information
Support documents, software, settings and more information are available at
www.sonyericsson.com/support.

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Formats
The following formats are supported in your phone:

File types Formats Extensions

Music AAC, AAC+, Enhanced ACC+ .mp4, .3gp

MP3 (192 kbit/s for local playback) .mp3
MP4 .mp4
M4A .m4a
3GP .3gp
AMR .amr
WAV .wav
G-MIDI (level 1 with 40-voice polyphony) .mid
IMY (in file manager only)
EMY (in file manager only)
RealAudio® 8
WMA 9 (Windows Media Audio) .wma

Video (including MP4 (video: MPEG4, audio: AAC) .mp4

soundtrack) 3GP (video: MPEG4 or H.263, H.264, .3gp
audio: AAC or AMR)
RealVideo® 8

Streaming transport RTSP according to 3GPP™

Trademarks and acknowledgements

WALKMAN® is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

Memory Stick PRO Duo™ is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation.

RealAudio and RealVideo are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc.

Microsoft® and Windows® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries.

TrackID™ is a trademark or a registered trademark of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

3GPP is a trademark or registered trademark of ETSI.

All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

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