August 21, 2000
New commodity
| Two models of the headphone model and
the 防滴(unknown word) sports model are put on the market to portable
music player "Bio- music clip" only for bio-.
|  
 Bio- music clip ‘MC-HP1'
(left) and ‘MC-P11W' (right)
The Sony marketing company (The president:林誠宏(unknown
word) and headquarters:Tokyo port district) adding combines with the
personal computer "Bio-" and puts two models (headphone model ‘MC-HP1'
and 防滴(unknown word) sports model ‘MC-P11W') on the market to portable
music player "Bio- music clip" of commodity group "VAIO GEAR (bio-
gear)" series only for bio- by which the enjoyment is expanded.
| Type name |
Sale day |
Price (excluding tax) |
Bio- music clip
MC-HP1 (headphone
model)
MC-P11W (sports model) |
The middle of September
September 2 |
Opening
Opening |
"Bio-
music clip" is a music player who enables the music contents to be
enjoyed from bio- easily by the USB cable connection because [it]
forwards, and [it] carries.
*** ‘MC-HP1' of the sale at this time
adopts <(*sutairish*)> (*nekkuband*) integration design by the
headphone type. The operations such as the reproductions and putting out
the head can be consolidated in the main body of a right headphone, and
[it] operate it by one hand while installing it. A pleasant listening in
(*keiburures*) can have the enjoyment for about six hours (continuous
reproduction) with one single 三形(unknown word) alkali dry battery.
The style to enjoy music by ‘MC-P11W' is 防滴(unknown word) sports
specification ("JIS 防滴(unknown word) II type" the main body to be able
to enjoy music even on the beach and the pool side) is expanded further.
Moreover, the installation with the arm strap in addition to the
installation with the clip and the problem strap was enabled. Music can
be had to be enjoyed by the portable method of putting on the scene
together.
"Bio- music clip" becomes three models in total by putting
two models on the market together with the sale already model (sale on
the ‘MC-P10' January 15), and the music life by bio- extends more and
more happily according to the listening style.
- Main feature of bio- music clip
- 1. Portable music player who can take out music because of
bio-
- Portable music player who builds memory of 64MB into. It is
possible to listen by connecting with bio- with USB, taking the music
file from HDD of bio-, and carrying about easily.
【 MC-HP1
(headphone model)】
*** <(*sutairish*)> (*nekkuband*)
integration design. The basic operation button is consolidated in the
main body of the headphone (right). [It] continuous reproduces for
about six hours with one single 三(unknown word) alkali dry battery.
【 MC-P11W (防滴(unknown word) sports model)】
A strong 防滴(unknown
word) specification in the sweat and the drop of water. (The main body
is JIS 防滴・型(unknown word)) A small size and a light design of about
60g(Include it one AA type alkali dry battery) in about 20mm and mass
of the diameter of the main body. It is also possible to fix to the
arm with the arm strap of another and the attachment which can be
fixed to clothes with the clip and put on the neck with the strap.
- Windows(R)
98/Windows(R)98 Second Edition/Windows(R) 2000
[It] operates by each "Bio-" model to which Professional is
(*puriinsutohru*)ed. I will guide the operation confirmation ending
model on VAIO home page (http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/)
by the sale. CD-ROM drive is necessary for the installation of
attached software.
- *** Sony <original> <software “OpenMG Jukebox">
attachment for reproduction
[It] conforms to SDMI by adopting
copyright protection technology “OpenMG".
- The music contents wired by music CD and various music file nets
are encoded by copyright protection technology “OpenMG" and [it]
records on HDD of bio-. [It] reproduces like the juke while
controlling these.; *** Attachment which can be forwarded from HDD of
bio- to this machine <Sony original software “OpenMG Jukebox">.;
The music copyright is protected according to regulations of an
examination US SDMI(Secure Digital Music Initiative) group of the
copyright protection technology, and the rights of healthy development
of the music culture and right those who buy it are secured.
- With - “OpenMG"
- Copyright protection technology to control music contents taken
on personal computer.
- The software installed in the personal computer encodes
contents, [it] records on HDD, the reproduction of music is enjoyed
on the personal computer, and illegal distribution Makoto to
Internet etc. is prevented while possible to be enjoyed because [it]
forwards it to portable audio equipment.
3. [It] corresponds to both codecs of ATRAC3･MP3.
The compression method of the voice data corresponds to both
codecs of ATRAC3･MP3. After [it] encodes it by “OpenMG", it is
possible to forward it to the reproduction and this machine even by
each method on HDD of bio-.
The stereo voice of about 60 minutes
can be collected to memory (64MB) of this machine for about 80 minutes
in 128kbps mode of MP3 in standard (105kbps) mode of ATRAC3.
Main specification of - ‘MC-HP1' ‘MC-P11W'
| Record method |
ATRAC3･MP3 |
| Frequency characteristic |
20Hz〜20kHz |
| The maximum recording time |
| ATRAC3 bit rate |
132kbps:About 60 minutes
105kbps (standard
mode):About 80 minutes
66kbps:About 120 minutes |
| MP3 |
128kbps:About 60 minutes | |
| Output terminal |
MC-HP1:It is not.
MC-P11W:Headphone terminal (stereo
mini-Jack) |
| Power supply |
AA type alkali dry battery ×1 |
| Battery duration |
MC-HP1:MC-P11W for about six hours:For about five hours |
| Size |
MC-HP1: Headphone style
MC-P11W:24.7×132.1×29.0mm in depth
in height in width |
| Mass |
MC-HP1:About 125g and MC-P11W:About 60g
(Include it one AA
type alkali dry battery) |
| Attached goods list |
Software CD-ROM(OpenMG Jukebox) and USB connection code
AA
type alkali dry battery
Only MC-P11W:Headphone, problem strap,
and arm strap |
Necessary system (system
requirements)
| Correspondence model |
Windows(R) 98/Windows(R)98 Second
Edition/Windows(R) 2000 "Bio-" series by which Professional
is (*puriinsutohru*)ed |
| CPU |
MMX(R) technology Pentium(R) processor
233MHz or more
(Pentium(R) ・(unknown word) processor
400MHz or more recommends it) |
| Empty capacity of HDD |
50MB or more (Besides, empty capacity for the music data is
necessary). |
| Memory |
64MB or more |
| Additionally, needed device |
CD-ROM drive and terminal USB |
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