“Memory Stick” media is a new compact, portable and versatile Integrated Circuit recording medium with a data capacity that exceeds that of a floppy disk. The “Memory Stick” media is specially designed for exchanging and sharing digital data among “Memory Stick” media compatible products. Because it is removable, a “Memory Stick” media can also be used for external data storage.

There are two types of “Memory Stick” media:

To play ATRAC3 format audio files that are recorded or converted using the SonicStage software on your CLIÉ handheld, you have to use a “MagicGate Memory Stick” media with the logo.
When you play MP3 format audio files, you can use the standard “Memory Stick” media.

Your CLIÉ handheld supports “Memory Stick” media with a capacity of up to 128 MB.

“MagicGate” is a copyright protection technology for “MagicGate Memory Stick” media and compliant products, such as your CLIÉ handheld. Authentication ensures that protected content is transferred only between compliant devices and “MagicGate Memory Stick” media, and that protected content is recorded and transferred in an encrypted format to prevent unauthorized copying or playback.

To avoid damaging data, do not:

When you start the Audio Player application, the application starts reading the TOC information such as the song name and artist name of the songs in the “Memory Stick” media.
Depending on the number of songs stored in the “Memory Stick” media, this may take a few seconds. You cannot operate the Audio Player application while it is reading the TOC information; this is not a malfunction.

The “Memory Stick” media is shipped with FAT fomat as the standard format.

If you format your “Memory Stick” media using your computer, further operation with your CLIÉ handheld is not guaranteed. Format “Memory Stick” media using the CLIÉ handheld according to the procedures described in the Handbook supplied to your CLIÉ handheld.