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## Other

There is no beep sound when the player is operated.

- [Beep Settings] is set to [Off].

- Set [Beep Settings] to [On] [Details].

- The beep does not sound when the player is connected to the cradle (not supplied), or another device.

The player gets warm.

- The player may become warm when the battery is being charged and just after charging. The player also may get warm when a large amount of data is transferred. This behavior is normal and not cause for a concern. Set the player aside for a while to allow it to cool down.

The date and time have been reset.

- If you left the player for a while with the battery used up, the date and time may be reset. This is not a malfunction. Charge the battery until appears on the screen, and set the date and time again [Details].

Noise is generated when plugging or unplugging the headphones.

- Take off the headphones when plugging or unplugging the headphones. If you plug or unplug the headphones while playing a song, you may hear noise from the headphones. This is not a malfunction.

Cannot add audio podcasts to a bookmark list.

- You can add transferred songs only to a bookmark list, and you cannot add audio podcasts.

The slide show is not displayed as the screensaver.

- The slide show is displayed only when the player is connected to the AC outlet.

- If there are no photos to be displayed for the slide show, the screensaver dims the screen [Details].

The alarm does not go off.

- [Alarm On/Off] is set to [Off].

- Set [Alarm On/Off] to [On] [Details].

- The alarm will not sound in the following situations.

- Connected to a computer.

The alarm is delayed

- In the following situations, the alarm will be postponed until the process is finished.

- Deleting data.

- Formatting memory.

The sleep timer does not work.

- The sleep timer will not activate in the following situations.

- Connected to a computer.

- Using [Auto Preset] function of the FM radio.

- Analyzing songs for “SensMe™ Channels.”

- Sounding the alarm.

- The sleep timer will be canceled in the following situations.

- Entering standby mode.

- Connecting the player to a computer.

The sleep timer is delayed.

- In the following situations, the sleep timer will be postponed until the process is finished.

- Deleting data.

- Formatting memory.

The preset alarm sound is produced instead of the selected alarm song.

- You have deleted the song selected as the alarm song.

- Select another song as the alarm song and set [Alarm Sound Settings] to [Alarm Song] [Details].

Cannot adjust the playback speed.

- You cannot adjust the playback speed when using the karaoke function.

- Set [Karaoke/Language Study] to [Off] or [Language Study] [Details].

Cannot suppress the vocal of the song.

- The effects of vocal suppression differ among songs. Depending on the song, the vocal may hardly be suppressed.

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