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CMT-PX3

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Sony Corporation 2000

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Preparation

Functional restrictions that vary with the connected system stereo component
The functions that can be used and the icons displayed on the M-crew Tool bar depend on the system stereo component connected to your computer. For example, M-crew may not support timer and CD-TEXT information display functions for certain system stereo components, even if those components have timer and CD-TEXT information display functions. For more information about the system stereo components that are compatible with M-crew and the functions that are supported, please go to the following URL on the World Wide Web. http://www.sony.co.jp/en/Products/homeaudio/ Notes
In this manual, the term system stereo component refers specifically to component stereo systems (incorporating CD and MD decks) and discrete MD decks that support PC-LINK connections. The displays shown in this manual are those for a CMT-PX3 stereo system.
Display items and functions

Main bar

The Main bar is referred to as the CD bar (page 9) when CD is selected in 2 Function Name display, as the MD bar (page 13) when MD is selected, as the TUNER bar (page 18) when TUNER is selected, and as the OTHERS bar (page 21) when OTHERS is selected. 58
1 SONY logo Drag the logo with the left mouse button to move the Main bar up or down. Right-click the logo to display a pop-up menu. 2 Function Name display Displays the name of the selected function. Click to display and select a function. The selectable functions will depend on the nature of the system stereo components connected to your computer. 3 URL button Opens the website for the selected disc or radio station. Notes
To view websites, we recommend that you use Microsoft Internet Explorer (Ver.4.0 or higher) or Netscape Navigator (Ver.4.0 or higher) as your Internet browser. Internet access is necessary for viewing websites. For details on how to gain access to the Internet, consult the manufacturer of your computer.
4 Volume control (only when connected to certain system stereo components) Adjusts the volume.

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5 Tool bar switch Click to show or hide the Tool bar (page 7). 6 Help button Click to open Help (see Using Help on page 29 of Operating Instructions for M-crew Version 1.05E). 7 Minimize button Click to reduce the size of the window. 8 Close button Click to exit M-crew.

0 Internet search button Initiates a search for websites based on keywords entered in the dialog box. Notes
qa MD edit buttons : Undo button Click to cancel the most recent edit action performed (except during a data entry or S.F edit operation). : MOVE button Click to open the Move dialog box (page 64). : COMBINE button Click to open the Combine dialog box (page 67). : A-B ERASE button Click to open the A-B Erase dialog box (page 69). : DIVIDE button Click to open the Divide dialog box (page 66). : FADE IN button Click to open the Fade in dialog box (page 71). : FADE OUT button Click to open the Fade out dialog box (page 73). : LEVEL SHIFT button Click to open the Level Shift dialog box (page 75). : ERASE (recycle bin) button Click to open the Erase dialog box (page 76).

qs Disc Capacity display

Disc space already used

Free space

Disc space to be used
qd Time display to select the time display mode. Click Display mode Remain Time Total Time Elapsed Time Track Remain Disc Remain Display contents Total remaining recording time of the MD Total playing time of all tracks on the MD Elapsed playing time of the current track Remaining playing time of the current track Remaining playing time of the MD
qf Track Name display Displays the track names. Click the track number to select it. Click the track name to modify it (page 48). Right-click the track name to display a pop-up menu, and then select Save to CSV file to save the disc name track names to a CSV (Comma Separated Value) formatted file (page 52). You can also copy and paste text that has already been entered (page 48). qg Disc Information display Displays the disc number and disc name. Click the disc name to modify it (page 48). Right-click the disc name to display a pop-up menu, and then select Save to CSV file to save the disc and track names to a CSV (Comma Separated Value) formatted file (page 52). You can also copy and paste text that has already been entered (page 48). qh Close button Click to close the MD window. Note

TUNER bar

To view the TUNER bar, select TUNER on the Function Name display in the Main bar (page 5). Use this bar when operating the tuner (page 86).
1 Radio Band display Click to select a band. 2 Preset Number/Broadcasting Station Name display Click to select a preset station. 3 Frequency display 4 Tuner operation buttons : BAND button : Preset up button : Preset down button : URL button Click to open the website set to the current preset number (page 90). Notes

* The monaural recording time is about twice that of stereo.
7 Erase (recycle bin) button Erases a recorded track (This function does not work when the system stereo component is in recording pause mode.). Deselects a track selected for recording. Drag the track number from the Track Name display in the MD window and drop it into.
8 Close button Click to close the Rec window. Note
To deselect currently selected track, click on an empty area (i.e., a place with no button or function key) in the Time display.

Manual recording mode

1 REC button Changes the unit to recording pause mode. Click window to start recording to the MD.

in the MD

* To start recording immediately, click the Rec button before playing the source CD or sound file.
2 Fader button Starts the fade-in/fade-out effect. 3 Synchro button Activates synchro recording mode. 4 System recording mode button (The system recording mode button appears only when your system stereo component is equipped with an MD changer.) ALL DISCS : Recording is performed in sequence to all MDs loaded in the system stereo component. 1 DISC : Recording is performed to a single MD. MD SEAMLESS ON/OFF : Selects MD seamless mode or normal recording mode. When ALL DISCS and normal recording mode are selected, playback will continue even while the MD is being changed, resulting in a break in the recorded sound. In MD seamless mode, playback is paused while the MD is changed. Tracks recorded and played back in MD seamless mode will have no break in the recorded sound.
5 Recording level adjustment button Opens the Rec Level Adjust dialog box (pages 56, 60, 61, 63). 6 Set up button Opens the Set Up dialog box for use of the following functions: Smart Space : The gaps between recorded tracks are trimmed to about 3 seconds. Track Mark Level Sync : Sets the gap detection level for automatic track marking. Fader : Sets the fade-in/fade-out effect. 7 Recording Mode display STEREO : Stereo recording MONO : Monaural* recording LP2 : 2 (2 normal recording time) stereo recording LP4 : 4 (4 normal recording time) stereo recording
8 Erase (recycle bin) button Erases a recorded track. Drag the track number from the Track Name display in the MD window and drop it into. 9 Close button Click to close the Rec window. Note

Option dialog box

To view the Option dialog box, click the Option icon in the Tool bar (page 7). Use this dialog box to enter settings for PC Input, search engine, and original genre.
1 PC Input tab Click to open the PC Input dialog box (page 103). 2 Search Engine tab Click to open the Search Engine Default Setting dialog box (page 104). 3 Original Genre tab Click to open the Original Genre Setting dialog box (page 105).

Timer window

To view the Timer window, click the TIMER icon in the Tool bar (page 7). Use this window to set a timer (pages 107, 109). If the clock has not been set yet, the Clock Set dialog box (page 106) will appear. The clock must be set before the Timer window can be displayed.

z Tips

The bitmapped image file that is dragged and dropped is copied to the Jacket folder (default location: C:\Program Files\M_crew\Jacket), which is located in the same folder as the M-crew application. When the image in the Jacket folder is deleted, the image in the Jacket display will not disappear. To delete the Jacket display image, right-click the Jacket display, and then click Initialize image. The image file in the Jacket folder, on the other hand, is not affected when the Jacket display image is deleted.

Performing MD operations

Listening to an MD
Listening to an MD using the MD bar
Display the MD bar (page 13). Click the Disc Information display on the MD bar. A list of MDs appears. (An MD list is displayed only when your system stereo component is equipped with an MD changer. Otherwise, proceed to step 4.) Click the MD (in the list) that you want to play. MD text data are read in. Click the Track Number/Track Name display in the MD bar. A list of tracks appears. Click the track (in the list) that you want to play. Sequential playback of the tracks starts with the selected track.
Listening to an MD using the MD window
Open the MD window (page 14). Click the MD (in the Function Tree display) that you want to play. A list of the tracks on the selected MD appears in the Track Name display. Click the track number of the track (in the Track Name display) that you want to play. Playback of the track also starts when you double click the track number. Click in the MD window (only if you clicked a track number in step 3). Sequential playback of the tracks begins with the track selected in step 3.

Assigning names to MDs

Assigning disc or track names

Before you begin

Only alphanumeric characters and the symbols listed below can be used in disc and track names: !#$%&()*+,./:;<=>?@_ All other characters will not be correctly displayed. Disc or track names cannot be recorded or edited on a writeprotected MD. To do so, first slide the write-protect tab on the MD to enable writing.
Open the MD window (page 14). Click the MD (in the Function Tree display) that you want to name, and then click the Disk Information display. To assign a name to a track, click the track name of the track in the Track Name display. The edit mode for entering the name is activated. Input the name. Right-clicking in the edit mode opens up a pop-up menu that lets you copy and paste previously entered text data. Press the ENTER key. The name that you typed in is entered and the system becomes ready for input of the next name.
Disc and track names are saved to both the MD and your computers hard disk. If you modify the name of a track on the system stereo component, the track name may no longer match the one displayed in M-crew. To correctly display track names that have been modified on the MD, click the Reload button in the MD window (page 15).

Assigning track names with the text data stored in the Disc Library
Track names that have been assigned to a disc and stored in the Disc Library can be reassigned in a single operation to another disc with the same contents.
Open the Disc Library window (page 32). Right-click the Track Name display. A pop-up menu appears. Click Copy all text information in the pop-up menu. The text information is temporarily stored.
Open the MD window (page 14). Right-click the Track Name display. A pop-up menu appears. Click Paste all text information in the pop-up menu.
Type in the track names as shown in the example below, using Notepad or other text editing software. Example Track name of the third track<ENTER> Track name of the fourth track<ENTER> Track name of the fifth track<ENTER> : Track name of the eighth track<ENTER> Copy the text and paste it to the clipboard using the editing menu of the text editing software. The copy and paste procedure may vary according to the text editing software. For details, refer to the instructions provided with the text editing software. Click the track name of the track (in the Track Name display) that you want to name. Following the example text given in step 1, click the third track. The edit mode for entering track names is activated.
Right-click to display a pop-up menu, and click Paste. In this example, the track names created and copied through the text editing software are entered as the track names of the third to eighth tracks.
Open the MD window (page 14). Right-click the Track Name display. A pop-up menu appears. Click Save As CSV File in the pop-up menu. A Save As dialog box appears. Input a CSV file name and click Save. The CSV file is saved and becomes available for use in database software or spreadsheets.
M-crew cannot read CSV files, but it can record disc and track names that have been created by and input from another application (page 50).
Adding an image to the MD Jacket display
Open the MD window (page 14). Drag a bitmapped image file from the Explorer and drop it onto the Jacket display. The bitmapped image will appear in the Jacket display.

Recording to an MD

Recording from a CD to an MD
You cannot record to a write-protected MD. Slide the write-protect tab on the MD to enable writing. Before you begin the recording, double-click the disc icons of all the MDs to be recorded to. This will cause the system to upload TOC information necessary for the recording operation. Click on the Recording Mode display (page 35) to select the recording mode. z Tip
You can also record from a PC-CD to an MD using the same procedure described below.
Synchro recording from a CD to an MD

Recording to an MD from other audio sources
Open the Rec window (page 34). Click the Manual button (page 35). Click the desired function (audio source) in the Function Tree display you want to record from. Click the REC button in the Rec window. MD recorder changes to record-pause mode. Start playing the source you want to record. Click or the Fader button in the MD window. Recording from the selected source to the MD starts. To start recording with the fade-in effect, click the Fader button. To stop recording, click in the MD window. If you click the Fader button, the fade-out effect is recorded and the MD recorder changes to record-pause mode.
1 Open the Rec window (page 34). 2 Click the desired function (audio source) in the Function Tree display and start playing the source that you want to record. 3 Click the REC button. 4 Click the Recording level adjustment button (page 37). The Rec Level Adjust dialog box appears and a red line points to the peak level. Drag the slider to adjust the recording level. Note

Editing recorded MDs

Moving tracks
You can rearrange the order of tracks on an MD, but you cannot move tracks from one MD to another. Note
While this dialog box is displayed, the MD cannot be operated by the system stereo component.
Open the MD window (page 14). Click the number of the track in the Track Name display in the MD window that you want to move. The name of the track is highlighted in yellow. Note
You can move only one track per move operation. If you select more than one track, the move function is disabled.
Click the MD edit button. The Move dialog box appears.
To cancel the move, click
Click to select the number to which you want the selected track moved. Click. The track that you selected in step 2 moves to the track number specified in step 4.
Moving a track by drag-and-drop operation
1 Open the MD window (page 14). 2 Drag the number of the track in the Track Name display in the MD window that you want to move and drop it at the desired destination.
Moving a track that is being played
1 Open the MD window (page 14). 2 Play the track that you want to move (page 46). 3 Click the MD edit button. The Move dialog box appears. To cancel the move, click Note
Verify that the track you want to move is indicated in the Move dialog box.
4 Select the new number to which you want to move the track. 5 Click. The track being played moves to the track number specified in step 4. Note
To deselect a track, click in an empty area in the MD window (e.g., the empty area in the Time display).

Dividing tracks

You can divide a single track into two tracks. Note
Open the MD window (page 14). Play the track you want to divide (page 46). Note
Only the track being played can be divided.
Click the MD edit button where you want to divide the track. The division point is selected temporarily. The Divide dialog box appears and Rehearsal playback starts from the position you clicked.

To cancel the erasure, click
Adjust the starting point (point A). Each click of or in the A-B Erase dialog box moves point A by 1-frame interval* (1 frame = 1/86 second) during stereo recording. You can also slide to the left or right to adjust point A. * In Monaural and LP2 stereo mode : 2-frame intervals In LP4 stereo mode : 4-frame intervals When adjustment of point A is completed, click.
The track starts playing from point A. Clicking or moves the track position backwards or forwards, allowing you locate the ending point (point B) of the erasure easily.
Click when the part of the track that you want to erase finishes playing. The ending point (point B) is set temporarily. Rehearsal playback is performed for about 4 seconds of a segment that begins about 2 seconds before point A and ends about 2 seconds after point B. Adjust the ending point (point B). Adjust the location of point B using point A.

as you did with

When adjustment of point B is completed, click The part from point A to point B is erased.
Adding the fade-in effect after recording
You can add a fade-in effect at the beginning of a track. The fade-in can range from 1 second to 15 seconds. Notes
The fade-in effect cannot be added to a track that has been recorded in an LP mode (LP2 or LP4). While this dialog box is displayed, the MD cannot be operated by the system stereo component.
Please note that it is impossible to undo the results of this MD edit operation.
Open the MD window (page 14). Select the track in the Track Name display in the MD window for which you want to add the fade-in effect. Click the MD edit button. The Fade in dialog box appears, and Rehearsal playback of the track starts.
To cancel the fade-in procedure, click
Adjust the fade-in starting and ending points in three steps. 1 Drag in Start Point to roughly locate the starting point. 2 Drag in Rate to fine-tune the starting point. 3 Click or to adjust the position in increments of 0.1-second within a range of 1 to 15 seconds. Set the fade-in curve type. Select Curve1, Curve2, or Curve3. When the adjustment is completed, click Updating of the track begins.
Adding the fade-out effect after recording
You can add a fade-out effect at the end of a track. The fade-out can range from 1 second to 15 seconds. Notes
The fade-out effect cannot be added to a track that was recorded in an LP mode (LP2 or LP4). While this dialog box is displayed, the MD cannot be operated by the system stereo component.

Open the MD window (page 14). Select the track in the Track Name display in the MD window for which you want to add the fade-out effect. Click the MD edit button. The Fade out dialog box appears, and Rehearsal playback of the track starts.
To cancel the fade-out procedure, click
Adjust the fade-out starting and ending points in three steps. 1 Drag in Start Point to roughly locate the starting point. 2 Drag in Rate to fine-tune the starting point. 3 Click or to adjust the position in increments of 0.1-second within a range of 1 to 15 seconds. Set the fade-out curve type. Select Curve1, Curve2, or Curve3. When the adjustment is completed, click Updating of the track begins.
Changing the recording level
You can change the recording level setting of a track. Notes
The recording level of a track that was recorded in an LP mode (LP2 or LP4) cannot be changed. While this dialog box is displayed, the MD cannot be operated by the system stereo component.
Open the MD window (page 14). Select the track in the Track Name display in the MD window whose recording level you want to change.
Click the MD edit button. The Level Shift dialog box appears, and Rehearsal playback of the track starts.
A red line points to the peak level. To cancel the recording level change, click
Click to change the recording level. The recording level can be adjusted within a range of -12 dB to +12 dB. When the desired recording level is attained, click Updating of the track begins.

Erasing tracks

You can erase recorded tracks. Note
Open the MD window (page 14). Select the track in the Track Name display in the MD window that you want to erase. To erase only one track, click the track number. To erase multiple tracks, click the track numbers in sequence while holding down the CTRL key. To select all the tracks on an MD, click the Jacket display (page 15). To erase the track being played, proceed to step 3 without selecting a track. Click the MD edit button. The Erase dialog box appears.
To erase the selected tracks, click. All the selected tracks are erased. If you did not select a track, the track being played is erased.

Dragging tracks to

to erase them
1 Open the MD window (page 14). 2 Select the track in the Track Name display in the MD window that you want to erase. To erase only one track, click the track number. To erase multiple tracks, click the track numbers in sequence while holding down the CTRL key. 3 Drag the selected tracks and drop them on the MD edit button. All the selected tracks are erased.

Erasing all tracks

You can erase all the tracks recorded on an MD and the all the track and disc names registered for the MD.

1 Open the MD window (page 14). 2 While the MD is stopped and no track has been selected, drag the Disc Information display of the disc to be erased (page 17) and drop it on the MD edit button. To erase all the tracks on an MD while the MD is stopped and no track has been selected, do the following:. 1 Click 2 A dialog box appears. Follow the instructions that appear. Note
Printing MD labels with Label Maker
You can use Label Maker to print out disc and track names to MD labels. Note
Do not affix labels outside the designated area on the MD, e.g., in the area near the shutter. Be sure to affix the label within the embossed label boundary, which varies in shape from one disc type to another.

Launching Label Maker

Open the MD window (page 14). Select the MD (in the Function Tree display) for which you want to print a label. The names of the tracks on the MD appear in the Track Name display in the MD window. If the track names do not appear, double-click the MD in the Function Tree display. Click in the MD window. Label Maker is started up. You can now make a label.
is functional only if you have installed the Label Maker software.
Alternatively you can double-click PicLabel located in the PictureGear folder (default location: C:\Program files\Sony\PictureGear\Goodies) to launch the Label Maker.
Creating labels with Label Maker
You can create labels with graphics or text to print for MDs and other media.
Open the MD window (page 14). Click to launch the Label Maker. A template of an MD label appears in the main display. The disc and track names currently displayed in the MD window appear on the MD label. If you want to print the label as it is shown on the MD label go to step 9.
To adjust the display size
Select the zoom magnification from the drop-down list in the main window.
To select another template
Click Open Template in the File menu. The Open Template dialog box opens. Select the file and click Open to display the template in the main window. The templates available are: 3.5-inch floppy disk, 3.5-inch MO disk, Hi8/8mm video cassette, CD-R, DV, Memory stick, MD, Mini DV, VHS video cassette, and Audio cassette
Click Add Image in the File menu. The Add Image dialog box opens.
Select the file containing the image of your preference, and then click Open. The main window appears again with the image displayed on the image palette located at the right side of the window. The table below lists the file formats supported by the Label Maker and their file extensions. File format Bitmap JPEG TIFF FlashPix GIF Mavica Slipclip File extension.BMP.JPG.TIF.FPX.GIF.JPG.BMP (16-bit colour)

Click. The frequency 3, reception mode 4 (FM only), radio station name 5, and URL 6 are saved to the preset number selected in 7 for the radio band selected in 1. Click. The Edit dialog box disappears.

Operating the computer

Listening to file albums
Music files must be registered to file albums before they can be played by M-crew. M-crew can play the following kinds of music files: MP3 files* WAVE files MIDI files * Certain music files cannot be played back. As a rule, if Windows Media Player cannot play an MP3 file, M-crew cannot play it either.
Registering music files to a file album
Open the File window (page 28). My Album appears in the Function Tree display. Click the icon of the file album in the Function Tree display to which you want to register a music file. The File window appears. Click the icon. The dialog box for registering music files appears. Select a music file and click Open. The track name of the registered music file appears in the Track Name display.
You can also register a music file from the list in Explorer on your computer by dragging and dropping the track name onto My Album or onto the Track Name display in the File window. At this time, you can drag and drop more than two files at once. The location of the actual music files does not change after they have been registered to a file album. To find out where music files are stored, click the Display mode selector (page 31) to change to the File Name display.
Listening to file albums using the AudioFile bar
Display the AudioFile bar (page 27). Click the File Information display in the AudioFile bar. A list of file albums appears. Click the file album (in the list) that you want to play. The selected file album appears in the File Information display. Click the Track Number/Track Name display in the AudioFile bar. A list of tracks appears. Click the track (in the list) that you want to play. Sequential playback of the tracks starts with the selected track.
Listening to file albums using the File window
Open the File window (page 28). Click the file album that you want to play in the Function Tree display. A list of the tracks in the selected file album appears in the Track Name display. Click the track number of the track you want to play in the Track Name display. Double-clicking the track number starts playback of the track. Click in the File window (only if you clicked a track number in step 3). Playback starts in sequence with the track you clicked in step 3.

Editing a file album

Music files registered to My Album can be moved to newly created file albums or folders for easier management of the music files.
Creating a new file album or folder
Open the File window (page 28). Click the top of the Function Tree display (File Album). The window for creating a new file album or folder appears.
Click or. A new file album or folder will be created in the Function Tree display.
To create a new file album in a folder, open the File window with the folder selected.

Moving music files

Open the File window (page 28). Click the file album (in the Function Tree display) with the music file to be moved. Drag the track number of the track to be moved in the Track Name display and drop onto the destination file album in the Function Tree display. To select multiple tracks at the same time, click the track numbers while holding down the CTRL key.
Multiple file albums can be placed within a single folder for easier management. To add a new file album to a folder, select the folder and click. You can also move file albums with the same procedure used to move music files. File albums can be moved to the end of another folder or the Function Tree display.
A music file cannot be moved to another file album while it is being played. Folders cannot be moved. My Album cannot be moved nor erased.
Erasing file albums or folders
Open the File window (page 28). Click the folder containing the file album that you want to erase. To erase a file album that is not contained in a folder, click File Album at the top of the Function Tree display. Select the file album or folder (in the Track Name display) that you want to erase. Two or more file albums or folders can be selected at the same time by clicking them while holding down the CTRL key. Click. The Erase dialog box appears. Click.

Erasing a music file

To erase a music file, select it in the Track Name display and click the. Notes
File albums displayed in the Main bar cannot be erased. Erasing a folder also erases all file albums contained within it.
Assigning names to file albums
You can assign names to file albums and the tracks contained in them. As in the case of MDs, track names can be entered from another application (page 50) and the completed file album and track name data can be used by other applications (page 52).
Open the File window (page 28). Click the file album name (in the Function Tree display) that you want to name, and then click the File Information display. To assign a name to a track, click the track name of the track in the Track Name display. The edit mode for entering the name is activated. Input a file album name (or track name). Right-clicking in the edit mode opens up a pop-up menu that lets you copy and paste previously entered text data. Press the ENTER key. The name that you typed in is entered and the system becomes ready for input of the next name.

You can also use the above steps to assign names to folders.
Adding an image to the File Jacket display
You can add one jacket image (bitmapped or JPEG file) for each file album.
Open the File window (page 28). Drag a bitmapped image file from the Explorer and drop it onto the Jacket display. The bitmapped image will appear in the Jacket display.
If you add a JPEG image to the Jacket display while playing a file album, the track being played may be interrupted. Do not add a JPEG image to the jacket display, especially when recording to an MD. Doing so will cause distortion in the recorded sound.

Using the disc library

The names of discs and track are saved to the M-crew disc library automatically after they have been recorded or played back. The disc library, like other functions, appears in the Function Tree display.

Viewing the disc library

Open the Disc Library window (page 32). Click the icon of the disc library (in the Function Tree display) that you want to view. A list of the tracks stored in the selected disc library appears in the Track Name display.
Searching the disc library
You can search through the disc library by specifying the type of a disc library and keyword as search keys.
Open the Disc Library window (page 32). Click. The Disc Library Search dialog box appears.
Select the medium and the search category (Item), and enter the keyword. Then click. The Search Result Display dialog box appears.
Click the field that you wish to view. The Disc Library window for the selected data opens.
The data storage media appear as icons in the Media field in the Search Result Display dialog box.
Recording disc information in the disc library
You can add artist names, website URLs, and genres to the disc library.
Open the Disc Library window (page 32). Open the window for the function (audio source) for which disc information is to be recorded. Click the icon. The dialog box for setting disc properties appears.
Enter the artist name and URL, choose the genre, and then click. The settings you entered are reflected in the disc library. Artist names may be entered automatically in the case of CDs containing MP3 files, or CDs containing CD text.
When entering an URL, make sure the URL is related with the artist or the genre. If you click the URL button in the Main bar while the disc is displayed, the website of the URL will be displayed (except for discs displayed in the disc library). You can choose from a supplied set of 148 genres or from a set of six genres provided under the Original Genre tab in the Option dialog box (page 38). Artist names may be entered automatically in the case of CDs containing MP3 files, or CDs containing CD text.

Erasing data in the disc library
You can erase discs in the disc library one by one.
Open the Disc Library window (page 32). In the Function Tree display, click the beginning part of the tree (the letters MD, CD, or PCCD, etc.) in which the disc to be deleted is contained. Click the disc you want to erase. To select multiple discs at the same time, click the discs while holding down the CTRL key. Click Click. to display the Erase dialog box.
You cannot erase data that is currently being used.

Setting optional items

Setting the audio input from the computer
The following setting must be made when you play or record from CDs in the CD-ROM drive of the computer or from music files on the hard disk of your computer. The PC Input tab in the Option dialog box specifies the input terminal of the system stereo component that is connected to the audio output terminal (analog/digital) of the PC cabling kit. Notes
Before setting the audio input, make sure that the input terminal that you want to specify in the PC Input tab is correctly connected to the PC link kit. (For certain system stereo components) If the PC Input setup is not made, your computer continues to play CDs or music files even if you select another function.
Open the Option dialog box (page 38). Click the PC Input tab. A list of the system stereo component input terminals appears. (The actual input terminals that are displayed depend on the audio equipment connected).
Select the input terminal and click. Clicking a button selects it. Clicking it again deselects it.
Choosing an Internet search engine
Choose the Internet search engine to be used to locate the websites registered to the Internet search buttons in the various function windows.
Open the Option dialog box (page 38). Click the Search Engine tab. A list of search engines supported is displayed.
Choose a search engine and click. Click to select the appropriate item. More than one search engines cannot be selected at the same time.
Creating an original genre
You can create your own original genres to categorize disc information in the disc library (page 101) more efficiently. Original genres that you create are added to the selection items displayed in the Genre field in the Disc Property dialog box.
Open the Option dialog box (page 38). Click the Original Genre tab. The Original Genre Setting dialog box appears.
Input the genre name and click. The genre name entered in this dialog box is added to the Genre field in the Disc Property dialog box.

Using the timers

How to use the timers

Setting the time

Right-click the SONY logo in the Main bar. Click Clock Set in the menu.
1 Set the day of the week. Use to set the day. 2 Set the time. Use to set the minutes. Then, point to the position before the colon (:) and set hours using.