Playing songs in a playlist

You can transfer and play back playlists created by using an application like Media Go, Windows Media Player or iTunes. For information on how to create a playlist, refer to the Help of your application.

  1. Press and hold the P.LIST (Playlist)/SHUF (Shuffle) button for longer than 1 second during playback to play songs in a playlist.

Press and hold the / button for longer than 1 second during playback to skip to the beginning of the previous/next playlist.
To return to playback of all the songs transferred to your Walkman, press and hold the P.LIST (Playlist)/SHUF (Shuffle) button for longer than 1 second during playback of songs in a playlist.
Note
  • When you play songs in a playlist, only the songs registered in that playlist are played back repeatedly.

About the playlist format

Playlists are formatted as below:

OS
Application
Playlist format
Windows
Windows Media Player
.pla
Media Go (Ver. 2.5 or higher)
.m3u
Mac
iTunes (*1)
.m3u

(*1) If you create a playlist using iTunes and transfer it to your Walkman using Content Transfer, you can use the playlist on your Walkman.
Note
  • If two playlist formats are on your Walkman, the playlists are played back in alphabetical order, starting with “.pla” format, then followed by “.m3u” format.