The sleek NW-A800 series is a slim video MP3 player that can playback up to 8hours of video while the trendy NW-E010 series is a small, elegant and easy-to-use player that comes in 5 distinct colours. Integrated into the players are Sony’s original Clear Audio technologies that reproduce sounds to satisfy even the most demanding audiophiles. The two new players, combining superior sound quality, exceptional design and long battery life, provide an unparalleled listening experience for users on the move.
The Walkman® NW-A800 comes with 4 Clear Audio technologies – newly developed Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE), Clear Bass, Clear Stereo and bundled 13.5Ohm EX headphones - to generate faultless sounds. More than just a music player, this Walkman® can playback videos encoded in high quality codecs like AVC (H.264/AVC) baseline profile and MPEG-4, at up to 30 frames per second (fps). The bright 2-inch QVGA (320X240pixel) TFT LCD screen can display videos and JPEG images with high resolution, high contrast ratio and vivid colour reproduction. With a thickness of only 8.3mm and weighing only a mere 53g, it is the ideal portable MP3 player for music and video lovers.
Alternatively, users who are looking for a small, lightweight player to play music can go for the Walkman® NW-E010. As small as a thumb-drive, this Walkman® comes with 2 built-in Clear Audio technologies - Clear Bass and Clear Stereo, to provide up to 30 hours of pure listening pleasure. The direct USB jack and intuitive operating controls make it an easy-to-use player providing greater convenience when transferring music or data. The beautiful, colour LCD can display cover art and up to 3-lines of text to provide more track information. Available in 5 different colours, this is a music player that marries superior sound technology with a stylish design.
“The Walkman® brand has long been associated with the highest quality in audio playback and the two latest Walkman® series continue to uphold this standard by integrating Sony’s Clear Audio sound technologies. With the NW-A800 series, audiophiles can now own a Walkman® MP3 player that not only delivers outstanding sound quality but also comes with exceptional video playback quality.” said Ikeda Shinichiro, General Manager of Personal Audio Division, Sony Marketing Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
Sound Quality at its Best Developed by Sony for MP3 Walkman® players, both of these new series integrate Clear Audio technologies to realize superb sound quality. The players utilizes clear stereo technology to prevent the audio signal leaking from one channel to another and clear bass technology to enhance bass without any distortion. DSEE is integrated into the players from NW-A800 series to restore the high frequency ranges lost due to compression and to reproduce sound quality that is as close to the original source as possible. These features are further enhanced by the addition of a 5-band equalizer system and “virtual phone technology”, a process that converts playback music to include 3D acoustic effects.
User friendly Interface Searching for songs in your music library has never been easier with the Walkman® NW-A800. Users can find any song easily by filtering through album, artist or genre and also choose to display the lists of album or video with image thumbnails. What’s more, the directional control buttons will switch according to the display direction when users of NW-A800 views images or videos vertically or horizontally (left or right direction).
Convenient File Transfer With Image Converter 3, Sony’s proprietary video conversion software bundled together with NW-A800 series, users can convert and transfer popular formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Quick Time and WMV files into MPEG-4 or AVC (H.264/AVC) baseline profile format for playback on the Walkman® player. Compatible video files can even be transferred directly through simple drag and drop interface. Sony’s Cyber-shot digital camera and Handycam camcorder users will also find it easy to transfer photos and videos through the PC. For transferring music and album cover art, the bundled SonicStage™ CP software also allows users to easily manage album art and playlists. For greater convenience, a Walkman® launcher automatically starts when connecting a NW-A800 player to the PC, allowing users to simply choose from the music or photo and video applications.
