Sony NW-A806 User Manual

Photo: NW-A808

2007L05-1
© 2007.12

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Codec

MP3

Bit rate: 32 to 320 kbps, variable bit rate-compliant (VBR)
Sampling frequency

*

1

: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

WMA

*

2

Bit rate: 32 to 192 kbps, variable bit rate-compliant (VBR)
Sampling frequency

*

1

: 44.1 kHz

ATRAC

Bit rate: 48 to 352 kbps (66

*

3

, 105

*

3

, 132 kbps for ATRAC3)

Sampling frequency

*

1

: 44.1 kHz

ATRAC
Advanced
Lossless

*

4

Bit rate: 64 to 352 kbps (132 kbps for ATRAC3 base layer)
Sampling frequency

*

1

: 44.1 kHz

AAC

*

2

Bit rate: 16 to 320 kbps, variable bit rate-compliant (VBR)

*

5

Sampling frequency

*

1

: 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

The number of songsMax. 65,535

File format

MP3(MPEG1 Layer3) file format, ASF file format, MP4 file format, Wave-Riff file
format

File extension

File extension MP3 (.mp3), WMA (.wma), AAC-LC

*

1

 (.mp4, .m4a, .3gp), Linear PCM

 (.wav)

Codec

MP3

Bit rate: 32 to 320 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR))
Sampling frequency

*

2

: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

WMA

*

2

Bit rate: 32 to 192 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR))
Sampling frequency

*

2

: 44.1 kHz

Bit rate: 16 to 320 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR))

*

3

Sampling frequency

*

2

: 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

AAC-LC

*

2

Linear PCM

Bit rate: 1,411 kbps
Sampling frequency

*

2

: 44.1 kHz

File format

MP4 file format, “Memory Stick” video format

File extension

.mp4, .m4v

Codec

MP3

MPEG-4
(NW-A805/A806/A808)

Profile: Simple Profile
Bit rate: Max. 2,500 kbps

AVC
(H.264/AVC)

Profile: Baseline Profile
Level: 1.2, 1.3
Bit rate: Max. 768 kbps

Frame rate: Max. 30 fps
Resolution: Max. QVGA (320 

× 240)

Audio

AAC-LC

Channel number: Max. 2 channels
Sampling frequency: 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz
Bit rate: Max. 288 kbps per 1 channel

File size

Max. 2 GB

The number of files

Max. 1,000

US Model

NWZ-A815/A816/A818

Canadian Model

AEP Model

UK Model

Australian Model

New Zealand Model

Hong Kong Model

Singapore Model

NW-A805/A806/A808/NWZ-A815/A816/A818

E Model

Chinese Model

Tourist Model

NW-A805/A806/A808

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