Sony D-NE830, Operating Instructions Manual

Music discs encoded with copyright 

protection technologies

This product is designed to play back 
discs that conform to the Compact Disc 
(CD) standard.  Recently, various music 
discs encoded with copyright protection 
technologies are marketed by some record 
companies.  Please be aware that among those 
discs, there are some that do not conform to 
the CD standard and may not be playable by 
this product.

Note on DualDiscs

A DualDisc is a two sided disc product 
which mates DVD recorded material on one 
side with digital audio material on the other 
side.  However, since the audio material side 
does not conform to the Compact Disc (CD) 
standard, playback on this product is not 
guaranteed.

Difference in File structures of ATRAC CDs 

and MP3 CDs

ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs consist of 
“files” and “groups.”  A “file” is equivalent 
to a “track” of an audio CD.  A “group” 
is a bundle of files and is equivalent to an 
“album.”
For MP3 CDs, this CD player recognizes an 
MP3 folder as a “group” so that ATRAC CDs 
and MP3 CDs can be operated in the same 
way.

The usable number of groups and files

•  Maximum number of groups: 256
•  Maximum number of files: 999

Playing order of ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs

For ATRAC CDs, files are played in the order 
selected in SonicStage.
For MP3 CDs, the playing order may differ 
depending on the method used to record MP3 
files on the disc.  A “play list” which contains 
an MP3 file playing order can also be played.  
In the following example, files are played in 
order of 



 to 



.

File

MP3

Group

(Maximum directory levels: 8)

Notes

•  If 

ATRAC

 files and MP3 files are recorded on the 

same CD, this CD player plays the 

ATRAC

 files 

first.

•  The playback capability of this CD player may 

vary depending on the quality of the disc and the 
condition of the recording device.

•  Acceptable characters are A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, 

and _ (underscore).

•  On a disc that has 

ATRAC

/MP3 files, do not save 

files in other formats and do not make unnecessary 
folders.

About ATRAC CDs

•  CD-Rs/CD-RWs recorded in the 

ATRAC

 format 

cannot be played on your computer.

About MP3 CDs

•  Be sure to add the file extension “mp3” to the file 

name.  However, if you add the extension “mp3” 
to a file other than an MP3 file, the player will not 
be able to recognize the file properly.

•  To compress a source in an MP3 file, we 

recommend setting the compression parameters to 
“44.1 kHz,” “128 kbps,” and “Constant Bit Rate.”

•  To record up to the maximum capacity, set the 

writing software to “halting of writing.”

•  To record up to the maximum capacity at one time 

on media that has nothing recorded on it, set the 
writing software to “Disc at Once.”

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