SERVICE MANUALSony CorporationAudio Business GroupPublished by Sony Techno Create CorporationNWZ-A826/A826K/A828/A828K/A829DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER9-889-048-012008C05-1© 2008.03US ModelNWZ-A828K/A829Canadian ModelNWZ-A826K/A829AEP ModelUK ModelNWZ-A826/A826K/A828/A828K/A829E ModelNWZ-A826/A826K/A828/A829Australian ModelNWZ-A826KChinese ModelNWZ-A826/A828Tourist ModelNWZ-A829Photo : NWZ-A828Ver. 1.0 2008.03• ATRAC is trademark of Sony Corporation.• “WALKMAN” and “WALKMAN” logo are registered trademarks of SonyCorporation.• and are trademarks of Sony Corporation.• Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and Windows Media are trademarks or registered trademarks ofMicrosoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.• Adobe, Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player are trademarks or registered trademarks of AdobeSystems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.• MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and patents licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.• IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.• Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Inc.• QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Inc., used underlicense therefrom.• Pentium is a trademark or a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.••This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.• THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSEFOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER FOR(i) ENCODING VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPEG-4 VISUAL STANDARD(“MPEG-4 VIDEO”) AND/OR(ii) DECODING MPEG-4 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN APERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND/OR WAS OBTAINED FROM AVIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED BY MPEG LA TO PROVIDE MPEG-4 VIDEO.NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE. ADDITIONALINFORMATION INCLUDING THAT RELATING TO PROMOTIONAL, INTERNAL ANDCOMMERCIAL USES AND LICENSING MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA, LLC. SEEHTTP://WWW.MPEGLA.COMTHIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE AVC PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THEPERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO(i) ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AVC STANDARD (“AVC VIDEO”) AND/OR(ii) DECODE AVC VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN APERSONAL ANDNON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND/OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDERLICENSED TO PROVIDE AVC VIDEO. NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FORANY OTHER USE.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA, L.L.C. SEEHTTP://MPEGLA.COM• NWZ-A826K/A828K, Wirless stereo headset (DR-BT21G), it attaches.About DR-BT21G, refer to the following service manual.US, Canadian, E, Australian models: 9-887-599-[][]AEP, UK models: 9-887-601-[][]•••The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by theBluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by SonyCorporation is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.US and foreign patents licensed from Dolby Laboratories.All other trademarks and registered trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of theirrespective holders. In this manual, TM and ® marks are not specified.This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use ordistribution of such technology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microsoftor an authorized Microsoft subsidiary.Content providers are using the digital rights management technology for Windows Media containedin this device (“WM-DRM”) to protect the integrity of their content (“Secure Content”) so that theirintellectual property, including copyright, in such content is not misappropriated.This device uses WM-DRM software to play Secure Content (“WM-DRM Software”). If the securityof the WM-DRM Software in this device has been compromised, owners of Secure Content (“SecureContent Owners”) may request that Microsoft revoke the WM-DRM Software’s right to acquire newlicenses to copy, display and/or play Secure Content. Revocation does not alter the WM-DRMSoftware’s ability to play unprotected content. A list of revoked WM-DRM Software is sent to yourdevice whenever you download a license for Secure Content from the Internet or from a PC.Microsoft may, in conjunction with such license, also download revocation lists onto your device onbehalf of Secure Content Owners.Program ©2008 Sony CorporationDocumentation ©2008 Sony Corporation