
The NW-A100 supports hi-res music through DSD and PCM files up to 32-bit/384kHz. It does this by recognising instruments, voices and genres and calculating what has been lost during digital compression. Inside this PMP, Sony’s S-Master HX digital amp reduces noise and distortion as it delivers the hi-res audio, while the DSEE HX processor upscales any lower quality music whether locally stored or streamed.

The Android 9.0 OS makes the device perfectly usable and gives access to all of your favourite music streaming apps, but the big sell is the Walkman app itself. It will set you back £320 (€350) when it launches in November. The NW-A100 comes in a tasteful choice of black, blue, ash green, red and orange, and has 16GB of internal storage. On the right hand side of the device are extra large volume controls and slightly smaller track controls, while on the bottom you'll find the USB-C charge port and microSD slot. It measures around 10cm x 5cm, weighs 108g and offers somewhere between nine and 26 hours of battery life, depending upon whether you also use noise cancelling or ambient sound modes. That includes the fine sound resistor chosen for its delicate handling of audio detail. It’s a palm-sized rigid aluminium frame that holds a 3.6in Full HD touchscreen, and it uses many of the same high quality audio components as the ZX line. Connect your Walkman to a computer via USB and transfer the song to the Walkman again using software.The NW-A100 series is similar to the premium NW-ZX507 model. Connect the Walkman to a computer via USB and transfer the video content to the Walkman again using software.ĭepending on the software used to register the cover art to the song, the cover art may not be sent if the song is sent via a Bluetooth connection.

Your Walkman is unable to display a thumbnail for video content that has been transferred to the Walkman via a Bluetooth connection. To attach cover art to a song that has already been transferred to your Walkman, delete the music content from the Walkman, add the cover art to the content on your computer, and then transfer the content to the Walkman again.If photos do not have thumbnails that comply with Exif file format, the thumbnails cannot be displayed.

When you transfer video content to your Walkman using Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder, transfer a JPEG file with the same name as the video content in the “VIDEO” folder as well. Cover art may not be displayed for songs transferred from Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder. Register the cover art in Media Go or iTunes.
