Sony D-NS505 Operating Instructions - Page 16

Locking the controls (HOLD) You can prevent accidental button presses while carrying the player by locking the controls. "HOLD" flashes on the display if you press any button when the HOLD function is activated. 1 Slide the HOLD switch in the direction of the arrow. To unlock the controls Slide the HOLD switch in the direction opposite to that of arrow. Checking CD information You can check CD information on the display. When you are playing an audio CD containing text information such as CD-TEXT, information in parentheses is displayed. When you are playing an MP3 CD containing files with an ID3 tag*, ID3 tag information is displayed. (When there is no ID3 tag information, "- - - -" is displayed.) * ID3 tag is a format for adding certain information (track name, album name, artist name, etc.) to MP3 files. This player conforms to Version 1.1/2.2/2.3 of the ID3 tag format (for MP3 files only). Notes • The characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and _ can be displayed on this player. • Before playing a file, the player reads all file and group (or folder) information on the CD. "READING" is displayed. Depending on the content of the CD, it may take some time to accomplish this reading. • If the file does not belong to any group, the group name is displayed as "ROOT." To check information on the display Press DISPLAY/MENU repeatedly. Audio CD  Track number, elapsed playing time (Track name) Track01 01 01:25  Track number, remaining time of the current track (Track name, artist name) Track01 01 -05:22  Number of tracks left 1), time remaining on the CD 1) (Album name, artist name) 12 -64:30  File view screen (Track name) Track015 16