The time below may differ depending on ambient temperature or the status of use.

Battery Life (continuous playback)

Actual battery life may vary depending on settings. The estimated battery usage hours shown below are based on typical usage conditions with “Settings for battery life measurement” as shown in the table below.

Music

MP3 128 kbps

Bluetooth OFF: approx. 32 Hrs

Bluetooth ON: approx. 23 Hrs

Linear PCM 1,411 kbps

Bluetooth OFF: approx. 34 Hrs

Bluetooth ON: approx. 24 Hrs

FLAC 96 kHz/24 bit

Bluetooth OFF: approx. 25 Hrs

Bluetooth ON: approx. 16 Hrs

FLAC 192 kHz/24 bit

Bluetooth OFF: approx. 16 Hrs

Bluetooth ON: approx. 7 Hrs

DSD (*1) (2.8224 MHz/1 bit)

Bluetooth OFF: approx. 10 Hrs

Bluetooth ON: approx. 6 Hrs

Video

MPEG-4 384 kbps

Bluetooth OFF: approx. 5 Hrs

Bluetooth ON: approx. 5 Hrs

Note

• Even if the player is turned off for an extended period, a small amount of battery power is still consumed.
• Battery life may vary depending on volume setting, conditions of use and ambient temperature.

Settings for battery life measurement

Display

Brightness (*2): Default

Sound adjustment

ClearAudio+ (*3): OFF (default setting: OFF)

Equalizer (*4): OFF (default setting: OFF)

Surround sound (*4): OFF (default setting: OFF)

DSEE HX (*4)(*5): OFF (default setting: OFF)

Dynamic normalizer (*4): OFF (default setting: OFF)

xLOUD (*4): OFF (default setting: ON)

Clear Phase (*4): OFF (default setting: ON)

^(*1) DSD format is available for Walkman software that has been updated to Ver.1.10 or later.

^(*2) The maxmum brightness setting shortens the battery life for continuous video playback by about 27 % compared with the default setting.

^(*3) The [On] setting shortens the battery life about 37 % compared with the [Off] setting.

^(*4) Setting [Equalizer] to other than [None], [Surround sound] to other than [None], [DSEE HX] to [On], [Dynamic normalizer] to [On], [Clear Phase] to [On] and [xLOUD] to [On] shortens the battery life for continuous music playback by about 77 %.

^(*5) The [On] setting shortens the battery life about 66 % compared with the [Off] setting.