Sony NW- A608 User Manual

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Playing Music
Basic Operation – 
Parts and Controls
Front
 Shuttle switch
Rotate the Shuttle switch in the direction of 
 or  to select a track or menu item. 
You can also skip to the beginning of the 
track, fast-forward or fast-rewind as 
follows.
•  Rotating the Shuttle switch to 
 (or 
): Skips to the beginning of the next (or 
the current) track.
•  Rotating the Shuttle switch to 
 (or 
), hold it and release at the desired 
point:
 Fast-forwards (or fast-rewinds) the 
current track. The fast-forward and fast-
rewind speed becomes gradually faster.
•  Rotating and holding the Shuttle switch to 
 (or ) while in stop mode: Skips 
to the beginning of the next (or the current) 
track, and if held longer, continues to skip 
through the next (or previous) track(s).
Album control mode
You can use Album control mode by setting 
the Shuttle switch to the ALBUM position.
ALBUM
Normal
HOLD
You can skip to the beginning of the album 
within the Play Range in Album control 
mode as follows.
•  Rotating the Shuttle switch to 
 (or 
): Skips to the beginning of the next (or 
the current) album of the Play Range.
•  Rotating and holding the Shuttle switch 
to 
 (or ) while in stop mode: 
Skips to the beginning of the next (or the 
current) album of the Play Range, and if held 
longer, continues to skip through the next (or 
previous) album(s).
HOLD function
You can protect the player against 
accidental operation by using the HOLD 
function when carrying it.
ALBUM
Normal
HOLD
By pushing the Shuttle switch to the HOLD 
position, all operation buttons are disabled. 
If you press buttons while the HOLD 
function is activated, “HOLD” appears in 
the display.
 To release the HOLD function
Set the Shuttle switch to the center (normal) 
position.
 
 button
Starts track playback. When starting 
playback, 
 appears at the bottom left of 
the display, and if the 
 button is 
pressed again, playback stops.
When a menu appears on the display, use 
this button to confirm the selected menu 
item. 
 SEARCH/MENU button
When using Music Library for track 
playback (or in stop mode), the Search 
menu appears for you to select a search 
method. 
When using Intelligent Shuffle for track 
playback (or in stop mode), the Intelligent 
Shuffle mode menu appears for you to 
select a shuffle mode. 
Press and hold this button to display the 
Setting menu. 
 Display
For details on the display and icons, see 
 
page 21.
 VOL +/– button
Adjusts the volume.
 DISP/FUNC button
Switches the display mode. Press and hold 
this button to display the Function menu 
(Intelligent Shuffle/Music Library/FM (FM 
Tuner)).