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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.

The alarm does not function.

- When setting the alarm, the setting was stopped halfway or the player was turned off without confirming the setting of the hour and minutes.

- The alarm does not function while the player is connected to a computer.

- Disconnect the USB cable.

- The remaining battery power is low or insufficient.

- Charge the battery by connecting the player to a running computer [Details].

The alarm does not go off.

- 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.

- 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.

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