Sony NW-A3000 Series - Manual (Page 44)

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Rating Tracks
You can assign ratings of one to five stars ( ) to tracks and then search for
tracks by their star ratings ( page 15).
There are two types of ratings: ratings that you manually assign to tracks and
ratings automatically assigned by SonicStage or CONNECT Player.
To rate a track manually
1
Press OPTION while playing the track you want to rate.
An Option menu appears.
2
Press / to select “✩ Rating,” and then press  .
The setup screen appears.
3
Press / to move the cursor to the star rating (✩), press / to
select your desired number of stars, and then press  .
The Now Playing screen reappears.
Notes
• When you apply ratings to tracks, the ratings are not available for searching until the
next time you connect the player to SonicStage or CONNECT Player.
• If you transfer a track which has not yet been rated on “ Rating” using SonicStage,
the rating of the track is displayed as “ ” (manual rating) on the player.
The “ Rating” status of a track cannot be restored to the status it had before the track
was rated on the player.
To rate a track automatically based on its rating in SonicStage or
CONNECT Player
1
Press OPTION while playing the track you want to rate.
An Option menu appears.
2
Press / to select “✩ Rating,” and then press  .
The setup screen appears.
3
Press / to select “Auto,” and then press  .
The track’s rating from SonicStage or CONNECT Player appears, and then the
Now Playing screen reappears.
 Hints
• Automatic ratings are indicated by hollow starts ( ). Manual ratings are indicated by
filled starts ( ).
• Automatic ratings are assigned by SonicStage or CONNECT Player based on the
history of tracks played and on other operations in the SonicStage or CONNECT Player
software.
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