2• SonicStage, OpenMG, “Magic Gate”, “MagicGate Memory Stick”, “Memory Stick”, “Memory StickDuo”, ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and their logos are trademarks of Sony Corporation.• “Walkman” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphone Stereo products.is a trademark of Sony Corporation.• Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT and Windows Media are trademarks or registered trademarks ofMicrosoft Corporation in the United States and /or other countries.• IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.• Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.• MMX and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.• All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.• ™ and ® marks are omitted in this manual.• CD and music-related data from Gracenote, Inc., copyright © 2000-2003 Gracenote.Gracenote CDDBR Client Software, copyright 2000-2003 Gracenote.This product and service may practice one or more of the following U.S. Patents: #5,987,525;#6,061,680; #6,154,773, #6,161,132, #6,230,192, #6,230,207, #6,240,459, #6,330,593 and otherpatents issued or pending.Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype, theGracenote CDDB logo, and the “Powered by Gracenote” logo are trademarks of Gracenote.Program © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Sony CorporationDocumentation © 2004 Sony Corporation• Copyright laws prohibit reproducing the software or the manual accompanying it in whole or inpart, or renting the software without the permission of the copyright holder.• In no event will SONY be liable for any financial damage, or loss of profits, including claims madeby third parties, arising out of the use of the software supplied with this player.• In the event a problem occurs with this software as a result of defective manufacturing, SONY willreplace it. However, SONY bears no other responsibility.• The software provided with this player cannot be used with equipment other than that which is sodesignated.• Please note that, due to continued efforts to improve quality, the software specifications may bechanged without notice.• The ability to display the languages on your SonicStage will depend on the installed OS on yourPC. For better results, please ensure that the installed OS is compatible with the desired languageyou want to display.—We do not guarantee all the languages will be able to be displayed properly on your SonicStage.—User-created characters and some special characters may not be displayed.