Playing audio files on your CLIÉ handheld

Connecting/attaching the supplied headphones

Connect the headphones to the headphones jack of your CLIÉ handheld.

Notes

•	Do not connect equipment that is connected to other equipment such as an amplifier, to the headphones jack of your CLIÉ handheld. It may damage your CLIÉ handheld.
•	If you connect the headphones to your CLIÉ handheld, you will hear the tapping sounds or the beep of the CLIÉ handheld through them as well. The tapping sounds will be silenced altogether while the Audio Player application is running.
•	Put the headphone with the “R” mark on your right ear and the headphone with the “L” mark on your left ear.

Playing audio files

You can play audio files using the Audio Player application.
You can also play music in the background while you are using other applications. Select Menu

, Options, Preference, then tap and select the check box of Enable background play.
Charge the battery before starting playback.

Notes

•	The automatic shutoff of the CLIÉ handheld does not function during playback.
•	If the battery power level runs low, playback stops automatically. You can still use other applications such as Memo Pad or Address Book with the battery left in your CLIÉ handheld, but it is recommended to get the battery charged before the it becomes completely empty.
•	If you cannot start playback, make sure that the HOLD switch on your CLIÉ handheld is not set to HOLD.

After making sure that the write-protect tab is not in the LOCK position, insert the “Memory Stick” media into the “Memory Stick” slot.

Connect the headphones.

On the Application Launcher screen, rotate the Jog Dial navigator to select Audio Player and then press the Jog Dial navigator.

Or, tap the Audio Player icon on the Application Launcher screen.
Do not remove the “Memory Stick” media at this time. If you do so, the audio data may be damaged and a malfunction may occur.

•	The Audio Player application starts and then reads the TOC information such as the song name and artist name of the songs in the “Memory Stick” media. This may take several seconds.
•	If write-protect tab is the LOCK position, you may be unable to start playback a part of song.

Tap

Playback starts from the first song.
The track information appears during playback.

Playback stops automatically when the song reaches the end.

To stop playback

Tap

On other operations

Pause	Tap .
Go to the beginning of the current track	Tap .
Go to previous tracks	Tap repeatedly.
Go to the beginning of the next track	Tap .
Go to the beginning of succeeding tracks	Tap repeatedly.
Go backward	Tap continuously.
Go forward	Tap continuously.

Adjusting the volume

You can adjust the volume in the following ways:

•	Tap or .
•	Rotate the Jog Dial navigator (Only if you select Volume Control in the Jog Dial navigator function select screen).
•	Press the scroll buttons of the CLIÉ handheld on the Normal view screen.
•	Rotate the dial on the volume controller. If you turned in the direction of MAX, volume will increases large gradually. If you turn in the direction of MIN, it will decrease (the indication of the volume indicator displayed on the screen does not change).

Turning on Mega Mass

When you turn MEGA BASS on, lower frequency signals are boosted for a more clear and powerful bass sound.
Tap

and change it to

in the Normal view screen.

Protecting your hearing (AVLS)

The AVLS (Automatic Volume Limiter System) function keeps down the maximum volume to protect your ears.
Tap

to change it to

Notes on battery life during audio playback

With a fully-charged battery, your CLIÉ handheld can play music for approximately the following length of time. The battery life varies depending on the conditions and environment where you use your CLIÉ handheld.

•	If you do not set the HOLD switch to HOLD and turn on the backlight to the maximum level, your CLIÉ handheld can playback audio continuously for about 4 hours.
•	If you set the HOLD switch to HOLD and turn off the backlight, your CLIÉ handheld can playback audio continuously for about 10 hours.

Since the battery power level falls rapidly during audio playback, the Battery Low warning appears earlier than with normal use. In this case, if you stop audio playback immediately, you may still be able to use other applications.

Playing in various modes

Playing tracks repeatedly

Tap the Repeat button to select the desired repeat playback item. The indication changes as you tap.

•	REP OFF: normal playback
•	REP ALL: repeats all tracks
•	REP 1: repeats current playback track

You can use repeat playback during shuffle or reverse playback

For example, when you set shuffle playback to On during repeat playback, the Audio Player application plays all tracks repeatedly in random order.

Repeating a specific part of a song (A-B repeat function)

1	During playback, tap at the repeat starting point. The icon changes to . Playback starts from the first song.
2	Tap at the repeat end point. The icon changes to , and repeat playback starts between the specified points.

To cancel the AB repeat function

Tap

to change the icon to

Playing tracks in random order/reverse order

Tap the repeat button to select the desired playback item.
Each time you tap the playback mode icon, the playback mode changes.

•	CONTINUE: normal playback
•	SHUFFLE: plays in random order
•	REVERSE: plays backwards from the last track

Note

When you tap REVERSE or SHUFFLE, , the playback sound is interrupted for a moment. This is not a malfunction.

Selecting playback audio files (Pick up)

You can choose to only play the audio files that you select (pick up).

1	Tap , Tools, and PickUp. The Pickup screen appears.
2	Tap to select the check boxes of the audio files that you want to play.
3	After selecting, tap OK.
4	Start playback. The Audio Player application plays only the selected audio files.

To play all audio files

Tap Select All in the Pick up screen.

Switching the display

You can select and switch the display from Normal view and List view.

•	Normal view: Displays the title and artist name of the currently playing audio file, the number of the audio files recorded on a “Memory Stick” media, and playback controls. You can also display the album information such as album name, format, sampling rate, and bit rate when you expanding the screen.
•	Visual Effect view:Displays the visual effect or spectrum analyzer with playback progress. Playback controls are also displayed. InVisual Effect view, you can change the effect by tapping .
•	List view: Displays a title, an artist name, and the number of audio files stored in the (MagicGate) “Memory Stick” media. Playback controls are also displayed. You can tap to select and play audio files. You can change the displayed items by tapping . Visual Effect view List view

To change the view, tap the icon on the Audio Player.

•	Normal view:Tap .
•	Visual Effect view:Tap .
•	List view:Tap .

Switching the Jog Dial navigator function for Audio Player

You can select the Jog Dial navigator function for when you use the Audio Player application. You can select to either adjust the volume, go to specific tracks, scan forwards or backwards with the Jog Dial navigator.

Tap the Jog Dial icon at the top left of the screen, or hold the Jog Dial navigator down for a few seconds.

The Jog function select screen appears.

Tap the desired setup, or rotate the Jog Dial navigator to select the desired setup.

•	1 (Volume control):You can adjust the volume by rotating the Jog Dial navigator. When you press the Jog Dial navigator, the playback starts/stops.
•	2 (AMS):You can go to the beginning of the previous/succeeding tracks by rotating the Jog Dial navigator, the playback starts/stops.
•	3 (Speed):You can backward/forward by rotating the Jog Dial navigator. When you press the Jog Dial navigator, the playback starts/stops.
•	4 (Position):You can control the playback point manually by rotating the Jog Dial navigator. When you press the Jog Dial navigator, the playback starts/stops.
•	5 (Select track):When you use the Audio Player application in List view, you can select the playback audio file by rotating the Jog Dial navigator. When you press the Jog Dial navigator (in List view), playback starts from the selected file.

Tap OK, or press the Jog Dial navigator.

The Jog Dial navigator icon at the top left of the screen changes to the icon you selected, and the Jog Dial navigator function for the Audio Player application is switched to the one of your choice.

Protecting your CLIÉ handheld from accidental damage

Slide the HOLD switch of your CLIÉ handheld to HOLD.

The screen display turns off even during an operation, and none of the controls on your CLIÉ handheld will operate.

To check whether your CLIÉ handheld is playing audio files while the HOLD switch of your CLIÉ handheld is set to HOLD

Check the “Memory Stick” indicator of your CLIÉ handheld. If the indicator is flashing, your CLIÉ handheld is in the playback mode.

Switching the album (Custom album)

MP3 audio files and ATRAC3 audio files in the “MagicGate Memory Stick” media are separately managed as the custom album. In the default setting, if you insert the “MagicGate Memory Stick” media that stores both MP3 and ATRAC3 format audio files and start the Audio Player application, only the ATRAC3 format audio files are displayed and played.
In this case, you can switch the album from ATRAC3 format to MP3 format by following the steps below.

1	Tap Menu , Tools, and then About Memory Stick. The album information of the albums stored on the “Memory Stick” media appears.
2	Tap MP3. The playback album is switched to the MP3 custom album. The next time you start playback, MP3 format audio files stored in the “MagicGate Memory Stick” media are played.
3	Tap OK.

To return to the ATRAC3 custom album

Tap ATRAC3 in step 2.