- Windows® XP Home Edition (*6) (Service Pack 3 or later)
- Windows® XP Professional (*6) (Service Pack 3 or later)
- Windows Vista® Home Basic (Service Pack 2 or later)
- Windows Vista® Home Premium (Service Pack 2 or later)
- Windows Vista® Business (Service Pack 2 or later)
- Windows Vista® Ultimate (Service Pack 2 or later)
- Windows® 7 Starter (Service Pack 1 or later)
- Windows® 7 Home Basic (Service Pack 1 or later)
- Windows® 7 Home Premium (Service Pack 1 or later)
- Windows® 7 Professional (Service Pack 1 or later)
- Windows® 7 Ultimate (Service Pack 1 or later)
- Windows® 8
- Windows® 8 Pro
- Mac OS® X v10.6 or later

Not supported by OSs other than above
[Compatibility mode] for Windows XP (included with Windows Vista and Windows 7) is not supported.


・CPU: 1 GHz processor (2.6GHz recommended for video playback)
・RAM: 1 GB or more (2 GB RAM required for Windows 8 64-bit)
・Hard Disk Drive / Solid State Drive: 600MB or more of available space
・Internet Explorer 7 or later
・ Internet connection (for Gracenote® MusicID® service, podcast features, Store access, or online help)
We do not guarantee operation for all computers even if they meet the above System Requirements.
Not supported by the following environments:

-Personally constructed computers or operating systems

-An environment that is an upgrade of the original manufacturer-installed operating system

-Multi-boot environment

MP3:

Media File format: MP3 (MPEG-1 Layer 3) ;

File extension:.mp3 ;

Bit rate : 32  to 320kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR)) ; Sampling frequency*2: 32ã€�44.1ã€�

48kHz; Media File format: ASF

WMA*1: File extension: .wma; Bit rate: 32 to 192kbps (Supports variable bit

Rate (VBR)); Sampling frequency*2: 44.1kHz; Compatible with WM-DRM 10

AAC-LC*3: Media File format : MP4;

File extension : .mp4, .m4a, .3gp;  Bit rate:

16 to 320 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR))*4 ;

Sampling frequency*2:8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

Linear PCM: Media File format: Wave-Riff;􀂠
File extension: .wav;  Bit rate : 1411kbps;

 Sampling frequency*2: 44.1kHz

Headphone: approx. 20Hrs;
Speaker: approx. 5Hrs

*1     Copyright protected WMA files cannot be played back.

*2     Sampling frequency may not correspond to all encoders.

*3     Copyright protected AAC LC files cannot be played back.

*4     Non-standard bit rates or non-guaranteed bit rates are included depending on the sampling frequency.

*5     Available capacity may vary. 
*6     Excluding 64-bit OS versions.