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## About the timer

Using the alarm timer
Using the sleep timer
You can set the timer to play back songs at a specified time (Alarm). You can also set the period of time after which the player automatically enters standby mode and the screen turns off (Sleep Timer).
Note

- If the [Set Date-Time] setting is not accurate, timer settings cannot be set correctly. Set the current date and time before setting the timer [Details].

### Using the alarm timer

You can set the alarm timer to play back a selected song at a specified time as an alarm. To use the alarm timer, follow the instructions below. Click [Details] to see the detailed instructions for each operation.

1. Select a song as the alarm sound [Details].

1. Set the alarm time [Details].

1. If necessary, set the repeat setting [Details].

1. Set the alarm to on [Details].

1. When the alarm sounds, press the button to stop it.

Note

- The alarm will automatically stop after 60 minutes.

- To prevent damage to the ears, the alarm volume of headphones is limited by the AVLS function regardless of whether [AVLS (Volume Limit)] is set to [On] or [Off] [Details]. The alarm volume of speakers is not limited.

- Do not fall asleep while wearing headphones. If you sleep wearing headphones, the headphone cord may wind around your neck, which may cause suffocation.

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

- Deleting data.

- Formatting memory.

- The alarm will not sound in the following situations.

- Recording voice (though the alarm icon flashes in the information area).

- Connected to a computer.

### Using the sleep timer

You can also set the sleep timer to turn off the player automatically after a preset duration. For how to set the sleep timer, see [Details].
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