Ishiyoshi

Welcome to ATRACLife! It seems that the regional version (usually either EU or US) of SonicStage you have installed requires you to reinitialize your Network Walkman. For future reference, if you do not require CONNECT music service, please try installing the Asia-Pacific version of SonicStage. Most users have reported that the Asia-Pacific version does not require re-initialization of the ATRAC device. I personally utilize the Japanese version and never had to reinitialize any of my ATRAC devices thus far. Please note this is not a recognition problem per say. This is actually a well-known issue regarding SonicStage's cumbersome re-initialization requirements. There are many discussions about this issue within the "Software" section of the forum – where a user using SonicStage (regardless version number) especially of US or European region are required to initialize their respective ATRAC device for every version update. If you are updating from a US or European version of SonicStage, you will likely experienced this cumbersome re-initialization issue. At the moment, you will need to re-initialize your device for SonicStage use - especially for the facilitation of ATRAC music. However, if you only employ Mp3s, you may want to check out independent utilities designed by our members, e.g. GYM, ML_SONY and VoidMP3FM. Further notes on re-initialization: read this post

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Try downloading the MDAC repair utility in the downloads section and fixing the MDAC and JET databases.

@ El Chupacabra: Your thread will be moved to our "Equipment Reviews + Pictorials" section shortly.

@ Jillako: Thanks for taking the time to share with us your pictorial. Thread moved to "Equipment Reviews + Pictorials" section.

She is brilliant indeed! In addition, her rendition of this particular Chopin set included all 21 Nocturnes, which is amazing.

Listening to Maria João Pires | Frédéric Chopin - The Nocturnes in ATRAC3plus 352kbps.

Happy Birthday, gr00vy0ne! Three cheers to you mate!

TDK "わ" [WA] | 2006 Series The new TDK "わ" [WA], which debut in summer of 2006 is indeed a masterpiece. The new awe-inspiring "わ" series comes in five color scheme adorned with unique design. Like any standard TDK offerings, this series is available in both 74min and 80min variant (5pack and 10pack).

The PrimeDisc Color Mix series are from my archives indeed; and I believe they were released sometime in 1999-2000.

I would say it is related to Vista. Please review this thread for discussion pertaining to running SonicStage under Windows Vista.

Just out of curiosity, do you employ any sort of codec packs? One such that may cause playback issue with SonicStage is FFDSHOW. If you do have codec packs within your system, you may want to try uninstalling the codec packs. In the future, don't install codec packs. Rather, install the individual codec by itself - codec packs are bad for your system.

This is a known issue resulting from using codec packs such as FFDSHOW. As outlined within our Hi-MD/NetMD SonicStage Software FAQ: Previous installations of codec packs [namely, FFDSHOW] may affect playback of ATRAC3/plus and Mp3 files. To fix this, try uninstalling the codec packs. In the future, don't install codec packs. Rather, install the individual codec by itself - codec packs are bad for your system!

topic moved to The Lounge.

Most users with similar issue will tend to retag those affected files, i.e. remove the old tags and rename them from the title to the comments. I hope this method will work for you. Good luck.

Happy Birthday, Mr_Bass_Man!

Where are those music files located? Is it within the default folder of SonicStage "My Library" or elsewhere? If it’s the former, you may want to consider importing "new" music (e.g. wav or Mp3) into SonicStage from another folder. If you just attempt to drop those new music into the default folder and attempt to import, that error message: "Cannot find files that are not registered to Sonic Stage. Error code 00007180" will appear.

You may need to re-tag (with utility such as Tag&Rename) those Mp3s in question for it to playback properly with Sonictage.

Listening to Miles Davis | Miles Davis in Tokyo in ATRAC3plus 352kbps. 1. Introduction By Teruo Isono 2. If I Were A Bell 3. My Funny Valentine 4. So What 5. Walkin' 6. All Of You 7. Go-Go (Theme And Announcement)

PrimeDisc MD | Color Mix Series The PrimeDisc's Color Mix series (designed in Germany) comes in the typical five color scheme: Red, Purple, Blue, Yellow and Green. ; available in both 80min and 74min variant.

Upon inspection, the disc shutter appears to be of metal. But I am not 100% certain.

Update: Pictorial updated.

Maxell MD | Music Gear MD The "Music Gear MD" series from Maxell debut sometime in August of 2001. According to Maxell, the “Music Gear MD” employs a special “Vibration Proof” technology that prevents any foreseeable vibration due to music-on-the-go. This series was available in two color scheme: Gold and Platinum; and in both 74min and 80min.

Update: Pictorial updated.

Just watched Nowhere in Africa.