Sony HDD MP3 Walkman A1200 Manual

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Playing Tracks
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Rating Tracks
You can assign ratings of one to five stars ( ) to tracks and then search for 
tracks by their star ratings ( page 15).
There are two types of ratings: ratings that you manually assign to tracks and 
ratings automatically assigned by SonicStage or CONNECT Player.
To rate a track manually
1
  Press OPTION while playing the track you want to rate.
An Option menu appears.
2
  Press 
/ to select “ Rating,” and then press 
.
The setup screen appears.
3
  Press 
/ to move the cursor to the star rating (), press / to 
select your desired number of stars, and then press 
.
The Now Playing screen reappears.
Notes
•  When you apply ratings to tracks, the ratings are not available for searching until the 
next time you connect the player to SonicStage or CONNECT Player.
•  If you transfer a track which has not yet been rated on “  Rating” using SonicStage, 
the rating of the track is displayed as “
” (manual rating) on the player. 
The “  Rating” status of a track cannot be restored to the status it had before the track 
was rated on the player.
To rate a track automatically based on its rating in SonicStage or 
CONNECT Player
1
  Press OPTION while playing the track you want to rate.
An Option menu appears.
2
  Press 
/ to select “ Rating,” and then press 
.
The setup screen appears.
3
  Press 
/ to select “Auto,” and then press 
.
The track’s rating from SonicStage or CONNECT Player appears, and then the 
Now Playing screen reappears.
 Hints
•   Automatic ratings are indicated by hollow starts ( ). Manual ratings are indicated by 
filled starts ( ).
•  Automatic ratings are assigned by SonicStage or CONNECT Player based on the 
history of tracks played and on other operations in the SonicStage or CONNECT Player 
software. 
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