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## About the software

Bundled software
Compatible software
You can use several software shown below to manage music, videos, photos and podcasts on your computer or transfer them to the player.

### Bundled software

#### Content Transfer

Content Transfer can transfer music, videos or photos from a computer to the player by a simple drag-and-drop operation. You can use Windows Explorer or iTunes, etc., to drag-and-drop data to Content Transfer. Content Transfer can also convert a video file of a format not supported by the player into a playable format. For details on operation, refer to the Help of the software.
Transferable files: Music (MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV), Photo (JPEG), Video (MPEG-4 Simple Profile, AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile, WMV (*1))
(*1) Some WMV files cannot be played back after being transferred by Content Transfer. If you retransfer them using Windows Media Player, they may become playable.
Hint

- ATRAC files managed by SonicStage can be transferred to the player after conversion to MP3 file format.

#### WALKMAN Guide

The User Guide (this manual) and a useful list of links are available to you.

### Compatible software

#### Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player can import audio data from CDs and transfer data to the player.
Transferable files: Music (MP3, WMA), Video (WMV), Photo (JPEG)
For details on operation, refer to the Help of the software, or visit the following website.
http://support.microsoft.com/

#### Media Go

If you are using Media Go with your PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) or Sony Ericsson mobile phone, you can transfer data from Media Go to the player if you have updated Media Go to the latest version (version 1.5 or later).
Related Topics
Importing music from CDs using Windows Media Player
Transferring music using Windows Media Player
Transferring music using Content Transfer
Transferring videos/photos/podcasts using Content Transfer
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