Sony MC-P10 Operating Instructions - Page 4

Overview What you can do with the Music Clip™ Personal Network Player The Music Clip Player is a portable audio player that allows you to easily transfer digital sound data from your computer to the Music Clip Player. The OpenMG™ technology allows you to enjoy digital music, while maintaining the copyrights of its holders. The OpenMG-compliant application software that is supplied with your Music Clip Player enables you to store digital music data on your computer's hard disk and transfer it to the Music Clip Player. EMD services Audio CDs WAV3, MP3 files Music Clip Player USB connection Hard disk of your computer (OpenMG Jukebox) The supplied OpenMG Jukebox software allows you to import digital sound data as follows: - downloads sound data provided by Electronic Music Distribution (EMD) services over digital networks such as the Internet, - records audio CDs onto the hard disk of your computer (the imported songs are encoded in ATRAC3 or MP3 format), - converts the existing MP3 and WAV format audio files into OpenMG format. (WAV format audio files are converted into ATRAC3 format, and MP3 format audio files are converted into ATRAC3 format or encoded without changing the format.) The OpenMG Jukebox encrypts sound data in OpenMG format and stores it on the hard disk of your computer to prevent unauthorized distribution. The copyright protection technology of the Music Clip Player conforms to the SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) specifications. 4