The below is translated from Japanese to English using Babel Fish

New commodity

Industry longest approximately 40 hours* actualizing1 continual playback
Network walkman ' NW-HD5 ' sale of 20GB hard disk built-in


Sony Network walkman ' NW-HD5 '
(From the left) silver, black and lead-lead


The SONY marketing corporation continual playback of industry longest approximately 40 hours* actualizes1, network walkman ' NW-HD5 'of 20GB hard disk built-insells.


*1: At the time of ATRAC3Plus/48kbps mode. As a hard disk built-in portable audio prayer. (At the time of 2005 March SONY investigation and built-in charge pond use. You exclude external battery type.)

Type name Sale day Desired retail price Color
Network walkman ' NW-HD5 '
(20GB hard disk built-in) 2005 April 21st Open price Silver, black and lead-lead

Network walkman which this time is sold until recently the model* the industrylongest approximately 40 hours which approximately 10 hours are longer than 1* actualizedthe continual playback of 2. In addition removing simply, you adopt the lithium ion charge pond which you can exchange to the charge pond. Weight approximately 135g* inthe compact body of the vertical type form which is settled entirely in the palm of 3, the hard disk is protected from impact, "the G sensor (the acceleration of free fall sensor)" and so on function is loaded. The substance color < silver >, < black >, arranges 3 colors of < lead-lead, > corresponds to the needs of the your wide customer.


*1: Network walkman ' NW-HD1 ', ' NW-HD2 ' and ' NW-HD3 '.
*2: At the time of ATRAC3Plus/48kbps mode. As a hard disk built-in portable audio prayer. (At the time of 2005 March SONY investigation and built-in charge pond use. You exclude external battery type.)
*3: The lithium ion charge pond it includes.

- ' NW-HD5 ' main merit

1. Industry longest approximately 40 hours*continual playback of 1 is possible
Low continual playback of industry longest approximately 40 hours * actualizing 1 with the lithium ion charge pond by adoptingthe electric power consumption circuit.
As for the charge pond removing for the first time simply as hard disk built-in network walkman, you adopt the removable battery which can exchange.


*1: At the time of ATRAC3Plus/48kbps mode. As a hard disk built-in portable audio prayer. (At the time of 2005 March SONY investigation and built-in charge pond use. You exclude external battery type.)


2. Largest approximately 13,000 tunes (CD approximately 900) * recordof 2is possible with ATRAC3plus type
Largest approximately 13,000 tunes (CD approximately 900) * it is possible inthe 20GBhard disk to record the music of 2. In addition we correspond to also the playback of the music data of MP3 type, largest approximately 5,000 tunes (CD approximately 330) * 3 thingmusics can recordwith MP3/128kbps mode.


*2: At the time of ATRAC3plus/48kbps mode. 1 tune 4 minute conversion, CD1 60 minute conversions.

*3: 1 tune 4 minute conversion, CD1 60 minute conversions.

3. Adopting vertical type form for the compact body
Width approximately 59.9mm× height approximately 88.7mm× depth approximately 14.2mm, weight approximately 135g* actualizingthe compact body of 4. The substance body of the vertical type form which this time is adopted for the first time has reached the size which is settled in the palm. In addition < silver >, < black >, it arranges 3 colors of < lead-lead, > corresponds to the needs of the your wide customer.


*4: The lithium ion charge pond it includes.

4. Loading large-sized 7 line indication displays
Being bright, loading the liquid crystal display whose 7 line indications which load easy to see LED back light are possible. Background color black (the negative) with white (positive) reversing display is possible. In addition, the new model font was adopted, letter became easy to see. Furthermore, indication display length and breadth bidirectionally 90 degrees has loaded the function which turns anew according to use style.


At the time of lengthwise use

At the time of cross direction use


5. It can return being 1 step in the first search picture, "SEARCH" button loading
From in any selection of music state it can return being 1 step in the first search picture, search characteristic has improved substantially loading and tune name "of the SEARCH" button can be searched with alphabet by adopting "initial search function". Furthermore the cruciform key which can do simplicity operation with the one hand is adopted.

6. The hard disk is protected from impact, "the G sensor (the acceleration of free fall sensor)" loading
Loading the "G sensor" and the "shock resistant damper" in the substance. The "G sensor" when falling of the substance is inspected, makes the head evacuate instantaneously from on the hard disk, protects the hard disk from impact. In addition the "shock resistant damper" wraps the hard disk easily, protects the hard disk from physical impact* 5.


*5: It is not something which guarantees vis-a-vis all impacts.

7. Other merits
* Boosting charge & USB charge* it correspondsto 6
If the AC adapter of attachment is used, boosting charge is possible. In 1.5 hours approximately 80%, full charge is possible in 3 hours. In addition while connecting with the personal computer and charge possible in "USB charge* it is corresponding 6 ". Furthermore the USB jack and the DC IN jack are arranged in the substance, portability has improved.


*6: At the time of USB charge full it can charge in approximately 6 hours.

* "SonicStage Ver.3.1" attachment
Pull down menu application software "SonicStage Ver.3.1" in regard to attachment - the empty it accesses to music transmission sight "Mora" directly, the audition of music and it is possible at "the SonicStage" top to enjoy download.
In addition, in "SonicStage Ver.3.1" music of music CD of marketing Advanced Capability such that it can take in to the personal computer with MP3 type is loaded. Also play list function was complete, combination of music of the taste reached the point where simply it can draw up & can select music.

* Prejudice to the pleasure which "is heard"
The virtual phone technology acoustic engine which reproduces the appearance impression rich sound quality with the headphone and 6 band equalizers which can choose the sound quality of your own taste adoption* 7. Furthermore bass and the treble it loads also the digital sound pre-setting function which can be adjusted favorite the sound quality, music it pursues the pleasure which "is heard" with good sound.


*7: As for the virtual phone technology acoustic engine and 6 band equalizers it cannot use simultaneously. In addition at the time of MP3 file playback you cannot use.

* As a data storage enabled
Taking in also the picture and the text data etc. other than the music data from the personal computer, it can utilize as external data storage.

- Optional accessory

Lithium ion charge pond ' LIP-880PD B ' sale day: June sale schedule desired retail price: 4,935 Yen (4,700 Yen in tax removal price)


- ' NW-HD5 ' main specification

Model name NW-HD5
Record capacity 20GB* 1
Standard of the maximum number of record tunes* 2
ATRAC3plus


48kbps
64kbps
256kbps
Approximately 13,000 tunes (CD approximately 900)
Approximately 10,000 tunes (CD approximately 680)
Approximately 2,500 tunes (CD approximately 170)
ATRAC3
66kbps
105kbps
132kbps
Approximately 10,000 tunes (CD approximately 660)
Approximately 6,000 tunes (CD approximately 420)
Approximately 5,000 tunes (CD approximately 330)
MP3
128kbps
Approximately 5,000 tunes (CD approximately 330)
Speech compression system ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3* 3
On SonicStage as for corresponding possible speech compression system ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/WAV/MP3/WMA
Indicatory language Japanese (Chinese character correspondence), English, French, German, Italian and Spanish
Input/output terminal Headphone/remote control
USB jack
DC IN jack
Power source AC power adapter (attachment)
Lithium ion charge pond "LIP-880PD"
Charge time AC power adapter charge: Approximately 3 hours
USB charge: Approximately 6 hours
Electric battery duration (at the time of continual playback) < ATRAC3plus >
48kbps: Approximately 40 hours
64kbps: Approximately 37 hours
256kbps: Approximately 30 hours
< ATRAC3 >
66kbps: Approximately 40 hours
105kbps: Approximately 37 hours
132kbps: Approximately 35 hours
<MP3>
128kbps: Approximately 30 hours
Substance display
LED back light loading liquid crystal display
Size: Diagonal 1.5 inch
Substance size

Width 59.9× height 88.7× depth 14.2mm
* Projection not being included
Maximum external size
Width 59.9× height 89.3× depth 14.5mm
Mass
Approximately 135 g (the removable lithium ion battery charge pond it includes)
Accessory
Application software "SonicStageVer.3.1" (CD-ROM), headphone and USB cable (1.0m), carrying case and AC adapter etc.

* 1: It is numerical value when 1GB was calculated at 10 hundred million bytes.
Windows (R) in the system, 1GB is calculated at 1,073,741,824 bytes.
Windows (R) with when starting the capacity which can be recognized is approximately 18.6GB (19,995,295,744 bytes).
The file system is FAT32.
* 2: It converts in 1 tune 4 minute. As for CD 1 in 60 minutes conversion (at the time of ATRAC3plus/48kbps mode).
* 3: ' With NW-HD5 ' substance reproducible MP3 file format:
Format: MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
Bit rate: 32 - 320 kbps (CBR/VBR)
Sampling frequency: 32/44.1/48 kHz
Playing back and corresponding to CBR/VBR with the substance.
In case of VBR, on SonicStage ' NW-HD5 ' to the normality transfer of MP3 (the transfer which does not convert) only the time we are corresponding.
However, it is not something which corresponding to the file of all MP3 types preservation is proven.
In addition at the transfer which accompanies the playback and conversion "SonicStage" above is outside operation guarantee.

Market presumption price: ' Approximately NW-HD5 ' 3 ten thousand 5 thousand Yen
* As for "market presumption price", it is something where this corporation presumes the selling price in the market concerning the product before the selling.
Furthermore, actual selling price of the product is decided depending upon each store.