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## Playing songs using “SensMe™ Channels”

You can play songs to fit your mood, activity or time of day, etc., by selecting channels.

1. From the Home menu, select [SensMe™ Channels].

The playback screen of “SensMe™ Channels” appears and the player starts playing back songs.

1. Press the / button to select a desired channel.

When changing channels, the song starts from the middle of it. You can use the button and the / button to play/pause, fast forward/rewind, and find the beginning of a song in the same way as music playback [Details].
Hint

- Songs are played in random order. Each time you select a channel, the order of playback will vary.

- If you transfer songs using Content Transfer, the songs are played back from the most melodic and rhythmical section.

Note

- Depending on the file format, certain songs cannot be analyzed by 12 TONE ANALYSIS of Content Transfer. For those files, perform [Updating Channels] from the option menu [Details].

- You cannot play back recorded voice files or podcast episodes using “SensMe™ Channels.”

- You cannot display lyrics while using “SensMe™ Channels.”

- According to the analysis, a song may be selected by several channels or not selected at all. However, all songs can be played back using the [Shuffle All] channel.

- Every time you perform [Updating Channels], the result of analysis may vary.

#### List of channels

Channel | Description
[Morning] | Plays music for various times of the day.
[Daytime]
[Evening]
[Night]
[Midnight]
[Shuffle All] | Plays all songs in random order.
[Energetic] | Plays uptempo and high-energy music.
[Relax] | Plays calm and relaxing music.
[Upbeat] | Plays cheerful and uplifting music.
[Mellow] | Plays soft and slow-tempo music.
[Lounge] | Plays jazz and easy listening music.
[Emotional] | Plays ballads.
[Dance] | Plays rhythm, rap and R & B music.
[Extreme] | Plays loud and powerful music.

Note

- Channels that do not contain any songs are not displayed in the list.

- To listen to [Morning], [Daytime], [Evening], [Night] or [Midnight] according to the timetable, [Set Date-Time] [Details] needs to be set. If [Set Date-Time] is not set, [Morning] will be selected.

- While playing back a time-based channel, the channel will not shift to the next time-based channel even if the set time has passed. To listen to the next time-based channel, change to another channel and go back.

- If there are no songs for [Morning], [Daytime], [Evening], [Night] or [Midnight], all songs will be played back in random order in those channels.

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