topic NWZ-A845 To quiet. in Portable Audio

NWZ-A845 To quiet.

popplewolf — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:48:35 GMT

Not realy a question, just a point to Sony in the U.K.

You've made the thing to damb quiet to listen to.

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Thalamus. — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:59:23 GMT

Hi popplewolf,

welcome to the Club VAIO Questions & Answers forum..

I believe new MP3 players have had there output levels reduced due to new EU rules..

The EU has passed a ruling, following concerns that listening to the portable music players at high volume could cause hearing damage, that MP3 players must not be louder than a maximum setting at 85 decibels.

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w4rmachin3 — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:45:48 GMT

I just got an NWZ-E453 and it has the same problem, way too quiet. This just ruins an otherwise great product.
My NWZ-B135 stick walkman is just as loud at only half volume.

It seems Sony has a history of crippling walkmans by adhering to EU loudness guidelines. They did the same thing on the old NZ-A1000's, luckily a way was found to disable the volume limitation through a hidden service menu.

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Thalamus. — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:07:44 GMT

Hi w4rmachin3,

welcome to Questions & Answers..:smileyhappy:

I think you'll find that Sony are not alone in following this EU ruling..:smileywink:

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mikaelbille — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 15:00:50 GMT

Have the same problem with my NWZ-E453. Anyone have a solution?

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Propheticus — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:15:22 GMT

I've been reading all the complaints about the volume being too low just after I ordered my NWZ-A845. I was afraid I would be disappointed, but with the 'standard' (they're really good actualy) earplugs 20/30 on older music and 16/30 on newer (due to loudness war) music sounds really loud to me. I don't think I'll listen to anything over 20/30 as it actually hurts my ears....

So my questions to you: are you either a: starting to become deaf (which this whole law is supposed to prevent :smileygrin:) or b: using large (high impedance) over-ear headphones?

A possible solution in both cases; buy a battery powered headphone amplifier. Amazon or ebay have them. Another possibility: use more efficient headphones or ones with a lower impedance.

Anyway, In my opinion mp3-/mp4-players should still give the option to increase the volume. It's a good thing the EU wants to 'protect' people from deafening themselves but sometimes you need more power. For example when hooking up to an amplifier or carstereo that work best with 5v in. Just make the default setting 'save' and add a setting to change this default to a higher output. You can display a clear warning of the risks every time someone raises the volume past a certrain level. If people ignore that it's their own fault and their own responsability. You could even add some sort of parental control for the parents that want to protect younger kids that don't/can't read the warning (or just ignore it :smileysilly:) .

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nwz-e453 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:26:42 GMT

Hi,

Here is the combination for the servicemenu:

Back 1,5 seconds

Hold ON

Right

Left

Volume UP

Volume Down

Right

Left

Option

Back

Option

Back

Now it should restart, then set Hold to Off.

Under Audio you can change the settings.

Remember to be careful.

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ale.epifanio — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:27 GMT

I followed your advice and it worked.
But then the radio was not working.
I did a reset and the mp3 and you 'reset and you and' the language is set japponese
I reset the language, but since then the radio sees only the bands ranging
76 to 90 mhz .....
What can I do??

please help me!!!

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Taiji971 — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:29:28 GMT

Hi,

it doesn't work for me.

I Have a NWZ-A844 but i think it's the same (just mine is a 8go).

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greendust — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:13:19 GMT

The LCD Screen for my NWZA 845B walkman cracked at the top left corner and has the potential to crack downwards. Does any one know how I can have it replaced and would it be anything like the original after repairs. It is so fragile.. even with a soft case. Many thanks

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stevethedog — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:44:19 GMT

I've only had my NWZ-A845 for a couple of days and the volume was my worry as I'm certainly not great at hearing following years of loud music. However I've not had a problem with it on all the new music I've listened to so far.

Remember you can increase the volume of the tracks in ITunes slightly.

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santacrunch — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:22:07 GMT

It's just about ok for rock/rop, music that is dynamically compressed to be at or around 100% most of the time.

But classical music and other music with a full dynamic range is very low indeed.

And the build quality is a bit slap-dash for such an expensive player.

I will certainly be avoiding Sony products in the future.

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Rayman86 — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:18:33 GMT

Exactly the same problem here (with the model NWZ-E453). The FM radio range is 76 to 90 mhz. Someone know where the region settings are? I think the player is now set to Japan... Please help, thanks!

Greetings

Ray

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santacrunch — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:50:10 GMT

Are you saying you went into the "service menu", changed some things around, and then exited and this problem with the radio was there?

I have tried to change the "region" in the service menu of my NWZ-A845 and it won't remain changed. I can changed it from CEW to J but it doesn't really change the region, it always stays at CEW.

Is this what happend?

I don't know how you managed to change anything since it all seems to be locked down, please reveal what you did!

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santacrunch — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:06:50 GMT

Ray, I have read that a "reset" will get the player radio settings back to normal. Don't know if this is correct but worth a try.

My understanding is this is NOT the reset hole on the back of the unit but the reset in the COMMON SETTINGS submenu, in the SETTINGS menu.

Be care to only select RESET and not FORMAT since a format will erase all the songs you have on the player, although no harm done of course.

Message was edited by: santacrunch

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Rayman86 — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:06:28 GMT

santacrunch, I went into the service menu and now I can't change anything. It doesn't save the settings (or I don't know the button to do that). The region is set to "J", it always stay at "J", I can't change it.

I will try the reset in the service menu! I didn't see it yesterday... But I will be next week, because I don't have the player here (it's not mine *oh my god* )

Stay tuned, I will post feedback here, thank you!

Ray

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Rayman86 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:53:21 GMT

OK, I've tried to reset the player in the NORMAL player setting menu. After that, the player language was set to Japanese I think. I was able to change it back to German, but the radio still doesn't work (only area 76 to 90 mhz).

In the SERVICE menu the dest (destination) is set to "J". How can I change this back? There is no reset function in the service menu. Thank you guys...

Ray

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santacrunch — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:02:41 GMT

Ray, to change things in the service menu you press [option] and it toggles through the various options.

I think pressing play is supposed to save/confirm this change but it does nothing on my unit. I supposed you have tried all this?

In looking for a way to get rid of the volume limiting I have found reports of people with your problem after going into the service menu, someone said they had reset the unit and it had fixed itself.

Obviously it does not always work!

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Rayman86 — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:03:45 GMT

Yes, I have tried all these things, but nothing helps. I hope there's a simple solution for this issue!

Ray

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Rayman86 — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:23:12 GMT

Nobody knows a solution for this problem with the fm radio?

Greetings