Sony MZ-RH710 Manual

Hi-MD Music Transfer for Mac.GB.2-889-117-11(3)

You can download MP3- and (depending on your Hi-MD Walkman

®

 model) WAV-format 

audio data from your computer to your Hi-MD Walkman

®

. (See “Hi-MD Walkman

®

 

models that work with Hi-MD Music Transfer for Mac Ver. 2.0” on page 1.)
Make sure the disc in the Hi-MD Walkman

®

 is not record-protected.

The progress indicator window appears and downloading starts.
Tracks or groups that are downloaded are saved at the end of the disc.
Downloaded folders are treated as groups on the Hi-MD Walkman

®

.

Example: When downloading the “Sound” folder from the computer to a Hi-MD Walkman

®

Macintosh

Hi-MD Walkman

®

•  If there are folders nested within the 

downloaded folder, each folder is 
treated as a single group on the Hi-
MD Walkman

®

.

•  Hi-MD Music Transfer ignores files 

other than MP3- or WAV-format files 
(e.g., “Data3.txt”).

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After downloading a WAV-format file, make sure to open and close the lid of the Hi-
MD Walkman

®

 or disconnect the USB cable (in accordance with the procedure in “To 

disconnect the USB cable or remove the disc from the Hi-MD Walkman

®

”). If you do not, 

the files will not be able to play on other devices.

•  Audio data downloaded from a Macintosh computer to a Hi-MD Walkman

®

 using Hi-MD Music 

Transfer cannot be re-imported to the same Macintosh computer. For this reason, you should make 
double check the contents of the original files before deleting them on the computer.

•  Audio data cannot be downloaded if the disc in the Hi-MD Walkman

®

 is record-protected.

•  Audio data that exceeds 2,047 tracks or 255 groups cannot be downloaded.
•  Make sure not to delete the original file on the Macintosh computer while the progress indicator 

window is displayed.

•  All types of MP3 audio data can be downloaded to the Hi-MD Walkman

®

. However, the types of 

MP3 audio data that can be played on the Hi-MD Walkman

®

 depends on the model. Refer to the 

operating instructions supplied with your Hi-MD Walkman

®

 for details concerning the types that are 

supported.

It is important that you follow the steps below when disconnecting the Hi-MD Walkman

®

 

from the computer or removing the disc. If you do not, damage to the data may occur. 
When Hi-MD Music Transfer is active, start the procedure from step 2.

 • CANCEL on the Hi-MD Walkman

Make sure that the operation lamp on the Hi-MD Walkman

®

 is off.

“EJECT DISC OK” appears in the display window of the Hi-MD Walkman

®

. Depending on 

the conditions, it may take some time until “EJECT DISC OK” appears in the display.

To change a track or group title that appears in the main window, first select it by double-
clicking on the title, and then type in the new title on the computer keyboard.

To change the order of a track or group in the main window, first select the track or group, 
and then drag it to the desired location.

•  Only one track or group can be moved per operation. You cannot move multiple tracks or groups at 

one time.

•  You cannot move a group into another group.
•  If the disc contains groups with no tracks, those groups are displayed at the end of the main window. 

For this reason, even if you move a track or a group to the end of the disc, empty groups will still 
appear last.

Select the track or group you want to erase, and then click [Delete] in the main window 
or press the [Delete] (or the [Del]) key on the computer keyboard. You can select multiple 
tracks and groups also and delete them at the same time.

•  Note that once a track or a group has been erased, it cannot be recovered. Make sure to confirm the 

contents of the selected track or group before erasing it.

•  If you erase a track that has been transferred from a Windows computer using the SonicStage 

software, the transfer authorization for that track is restored automatically when you insert the disc 
into the Hi-MD Walkman

®

 and then connect it to the Windows computer.