1For the Japanese Market Only:September 15, 2005JVC Releases Alneo XA-HD500 Studio Quality Digital Audio PlayerFeaturing JVC’s Unique Audio Quality Enhancing TechnologyBuilt-in 1-inch Hard Drive Enables World’s Longest*1 Continuous Playback ofApproximately 30 Hours for Digital Audio PlayersVictor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) will release the alneo XA-HD500 digital audio player featuringJVC’s unique K2 technology and the studio tuning for high fidelity reproduction of compressed musicfiles. The XA-HD500 has a built-in 1-inch hard drive and is capable of a world-leading approximately30 hours of continuous playback.*1: According to JVC research of digital audio players with built-in 1-inch hard drive as of September 15, 2005.(Based on 64 kbps bit rate and 44.1 kHz sampling frequency of MP3 file playback with backlight and sound modesettings off.)ProductDescriptionProductName Model No.HDDMemorySizeMSRP(includingtax)ReleaseDateMonthlyProductionDigital AudioPlayer alneo XA-HD500-S/-B 6GB Open price Nov. 1 5,000 units(S: silver, B: black)Main features1. Studio quality digital audio player featuring JVC’s unique audio quality enhancingtechnologyz The XA-HD500 is equipped with JVC's CC Converter to improve sound quality fromcompressed audio files using JVC’s unique K2 Technology for creating high-fidelity soundand featured in JVC’s Hi-Fi components. The CC Converter reclaims audio information lostduring compression to WMA or MP3 format, enabling a more natural audio playbackexperience.z Victor Studio recording engineers, who are experts in music software for original mastersound recordings, have helped design the audio tuning in the XA-HD500, combining highfidelity the inner-ear headphones that feature powerful neodymium driver units. Therecording engineers created audio quality that faithfully reproduces the intent of the artist.XA-HD500-S XA-HD500-B