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## Transferring videos/photos/podcasts using Windows Explorer

You can directly transfer data by drag-and-drop using Windows Explorer on your computer.
Hint

- Some WMV files can be played back only by transferring using Windows Media Player.

1. Connect the player to your computer using the USB cable (supplied).

Insert the connector of the USB cable into the player with the mark facing up.

1. Click [start] – [My Computer] or [Computer] – [WALKMAN] – [Storage Media], and then select the [VIDEO], [PICTURE], [PICTURES], [DCIM] or [PODCASTS] folder.

Data hierarchy may differ, depending on your computer environment.

1. Drag-and-drop files or folders into the [VIDEO], [PICTURE], [PICTURES], [DCIM] or [PODCASTS] folder or one of their subfolders.

- Video files or folders: drag and drop into the [VIDEO] folder, or one of its subfolders.

- Photo files or folders: drag and drop into the [PICTURE], [PICTURES] or [DCIM] folder, or one of their subfolders. If you want to use photos as the slide show screensaver [Details], drag and drop them into the [SCREENSAVER] folder in the [PICTURE] folder.

- Podcast folders and episode files: drag and drop podcast folders into the [PODCASTS] folder and episode files into the podcast folders.

1. Video/photo/podcast files or folders in your computer

1. Video: [VIDEO] folder in your player

Photo: [PICTURE], [PICTURES] or [DCIM] folder in your player
Podcast: [PODCASTS] folder in your player

#### About the data hierarchy

Drag and drop files or folders into the correct folder as shown in the following illustrations.
The player can play back videos on the 1st to 8th level of the [VIDEO] folder, and can display photos on the 1st to 8th level of the [PICTURE], [PICTURES] and [DCIM] folders. The player can play back podcast episodes on the 2nd level of the [PODCASTS] folder.
Note

- Do not disconnect the USB cable while [Do not disconnect.] appears on the player. Otherwise, data being transferred or stored on the player may be damaged. If the player is disconnected while files are being transferred, unnecessary files may be left in the player. In this case, transfer usable files back to the computer and format the player [Details].

- Do not change folder names or delete the [MUSIC], [MP_ROOT], [MPE_ROOT], [VIDEO], [DCIM], [PICTURE], [PICTURES], [SCREENSAVER], [PODCASTS], [RECORD] and [VOICE] folders.

- Do not change folder or file names directly under the [MP_ROOT] or [MPE_ROOT] folders. Otherwise, they will not be displayed on the player.

- Some files may not be played back on the player due to copyright protection.

- If Content Transfer starts automatically after connecting the player to your computer using the USB cable (supplied), close or ignore Content Transfer as Content Transfer need not be used. For details on setting automatic start of Content Transfer, refer to the Help of Content Transfer.

Related Topics
Transferring videos/photos/podcasts using Content Transfer
Transferring music using Windows Explorer
Watching videos [Videos]
Playing podcast [Podcasts]
Viewing photos [Photos]
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