Transferring audio files to a digital music player from your computer is called “Check-Out.” Returning Checked-Out audio files to that computer is called “Check-In.”
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What is “Check-In/Check-Out”?
You can check out the same song up to three times at any one time. There may be an exception with the EMD contents which can be checked out only once. If you check in the song at least once, you can check out the same song again.
Here, the “Check-In” and “Check-Out” means transferring ATRAC3 audio files between the SonicStage software and your CLIÉ™ handheld.
About copyright protection
OpenMG™ technology* allows you to enjoy digital music while maintaining the copyrights of its holders. The SonicStage software encrypts audio files in OpenMG format and stores them on the hard disk of your computer to prevent unauthorized distribution.
* The copyright protection technology of your CLIÉ™ handheld conforms to SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) specifications.
Your CLIÉ™ handheld has some restrictions on recording and playback to protect copyrights. You can check in audio files only to the same computer from which they were checked out. They cannot be copied or checked in to other computers. For details, see Restrictions on copyright protection by OpenMG™.
Restrictions on audio content
High quality digital audio content is widely available through music distribution services on the Internet. To protect the copyrights of its holders from unauthorized distribution, some audio content is distributed with certain restrictions on recording and playback. For example, the playback period or playback count for the data may be limited.
You can check in audio files only to the computer from which they were checked out.
You cannot copy or move audio files to another computer.
Differences between the HotSync® operation and the Check-In/Out procedure
The Check-In (transferring digital audio files to your computer)/Out (transferring digital audio files to your CLIÉ™ handheld) procedure differs from the HotSync® operation in several ways.
When you perform the HotSync® operation
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Since the HotSync Manager of the Palm Desktop for CLIÉ software manages the operation, the computer recognizes your CLIÉ™ handheld as a Palm OS® compatible handheld. |
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The data transfer starts when you tap the HotSync® icon of your CLIÉ™ handheld. |
When you perform the Check-In/Out procedure
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Since the SonicStage software manages the operation, the computer recognizes your CLIÉ™ handheld as a USB Mass storage device. |
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You cannot perform the Check-In/Out procedure if your CLIÉ™ handheld is turned off. |
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The Check-In/Out procedure is performed without tapping HotSync® icon on the Applications screen. |
However, you must connect your CLIÉ™ handheld to your computer using the USB cable before putting your CLIÉ™ handheld into Transfer mode.
Refer to Transferring audio files from your computer to your CLIÉ™ handheld for details.
Transferring songs from your CLIÉ™ handheld to your computer (Check-In)
You can return audio files recorded on your CLIÉ™ handheld to your computer’s hard disk (Check-In). You can return them only to the same computer from which the audio files were checked out.
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Start the SonicStage software and place your CLIÉ handheld and connect your CLIÉ handheld to your computer using the USB cable.
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Tap Applications tab, and tap the Audio Player application icon from the Applications screen.
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Tap Menu
 , Options, then Transfer. Your CLIÉ™ handheld enters the transfer mode. The SonicStage software enters Check-In/Out mode at this time, and your computer recognizes the CLIÉ™ handheld. The list of audio files stored on “MagicGate Memory Stick™” appears on the right side of Check-In/Out Window displayed on your computer.
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Select the song to be checked-in from the song list of the “MagicGate Memory Stick™” media in your CLIÉ™ handheld.
To check-in multiple songs at the same time, hold down the Ctrl key and click the songs to be selected.
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Click
 (In). Check-in starts.
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To stop Check-In
Click 
(Stop).
(Stop). Note
Once the Check-In has started, do not disconnect the USB cable or “Memory Stick™” media until the Check-In is completed. Doing so may damage the data or cause a malfunction.
If you want to check-in all the audio files on your CLIÉ™ handheld, click (In All). All the songs in the “MagicGate Memory Stick™” media in your CLIÉ™ handheld are checked in.
(In All). All the songs in the “MagicGate Memory Stick™” media in your CLIÉ™ handheld are checked in.Notes on playing audio files
For the latest information on the SonicStage software, see the website of the portable audio customer support http://www.openmg.com/.
On installing the SonicStage software
Be sure to install the SonicStage software from the supplied Installation CD-ROM before connecting the unit to your computer.
If you connect your CLIÉ™ handheld to your computer using the USB cable and set it to the transfer mode before installing the software properly on your computer, your computer selects an inappropriate driver and the unit may not work correctly.
On backing up audio files
When operations that modify the operating system (for example, system recovery or system restoration) are performed, be sure to use the SonicStage Backup Tool beforehand to make a backup of your audio files, and then run the operation.
For details, see the online help of SonicStage.
On system suspend/system hibernation mode
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Do not change to system suspend/system hibernation mode during the following modes:
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When you put your computer in system suspend/system hibernation mode during CD recording, file import, Check-In, or Check-Out, songs may be lost and the system may not recover properly. |
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When you replace the “MagicGate Memory Stick™” media during system suspend/system hibernation mode, songs may be lost when the system resumes. |
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If you are using Windows® 2000 Professional: |
When you put the computer in suspend/system hibernation mode while you connect your CLIÉ™ handheld to your computer using the USB cable, and the SonicStage software is started immediately upon system resume, the message “Cannot initialize OpenMG PD Manager” may appear.
In this case, click OK, disconnect and reconnect your CLIÉ™ handheld, and then restart the SonicStage software.
On the write-protect tab of the “MagicGate Memory Stick™” media
When you insert a write-protected “MagicGate Memory Stick™” while using the SonicStage software, its contents may not appear. In this case, remove the “MagicGate Memory Stick™” media, unlock, and reinsert.
If the contents still do not appear, remove your CLIÉ™ handheld from your computer and restart the SonicStage software.
Restrictions on copyright protection by OpenMG™
The SonicStage software features OpenMG™ , a copyright protection technology developed by Sony to protect music copyrights.
OpenMG™ uses a high-level cryptographic technology to protect music contents with computers.
Users should be notified of the restrictions mentioned below.
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This product can only be used with a computer on which the supplied SonicStage software has been installed. |
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Music recorded on the hard disk using the SonicStage software cannot be played if copied onto other computers. |
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Music contents checked-out from a computer cannot be played if copied onto other computers. |
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Music contents checked-out from a computer must be checked-in to the same computer. You cannot check-in to other computers. |
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Installation of the same SonicStage software onto other computers is not permitted. |
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Usage Rules for using music: |
If a Usage Rule is included in the music by way of the copyright holder or the distributor, operation will be restricted to use permitted by the Usage Rule. For music (such as compact discs) that do not contain a Usage Rule, the Default Usage Rule of SDMI will be followed. This Default Usage Rule states that one file can be checked-out up to three times only.
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On music contents that are not compatible with the SonicStage software: |
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Under the supervision of SDMI, this software prohibits recording of music with a copy prohibition signal.
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Upgrading the supplied SonicStage software: |
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This software was developed in accordance with the current arrangement between Sony and SDMI. If this arrangement is modified in the future, some of the software functions may become unavailable. Sony may offer an upgrade kit in this case at additional user expense.