Playing tracks using SensMe™ channels
“SensMe™ channels” is a function that analyzes and automatically categorizes music tracks according to their mood and tempo using the 12 TONE ANALYSIS technology developed by Sony.
You can enjoy channels that suit your mood or the time of the day.
- Tap [SensMe™ channels] in the Home screen.
If you are using a smartphone, the screen changes to a list of the channels.
If you are using a tablet, a list of the channels appears in the browse area on the right. - Tap the desired channel.
Playback of tracks in the channel starts. Tracks are played in random order.
Details of displayed items
You can select from the following channels:
Morning / Daytime / Evening / Night / Midnight:
Play music for various times of the day.
Energetic:
Plays up-tempo and high-energy music.
Relax:
Plays calm and relaxing music.
Upbeat:
Plays cheerful and uplifting music.
Mellow:
Plays soft and slow-tempo music.
Lounge:
Plays jazz and easy listening music.
Emotional:
Plays ballads.
Dance:
Plays rhythm, rap and R & B music.
Extreme:
Plays loud and powerful music.
Note
- All channels are displayed even if no tracks are stored in some channels.
- Some tracks may be categorized into a channel that differs from the feel of the track.
- Shuffle mode is set to “Shuffle: Tracks” and repeat mode is set to “Repeat: All tracks” automatically while playing a channel. These modes will change back to their previous settings when you stop playing SensMe™ channels.
- Tracks will be removed from SensMe™ channels in the following cases:
- The track has been deleted from the hard disk drive of the HDD AUDIO PLAYER.
- The track is stored in an externally connected hard disk drive and this has been disconnected from the HDD AUDIO PLAYER.
- You have performed the Factory Reset or Format External HDD function on the HDD AUDIO PLAYER.
- Music files that cannot be analyzed may not be categorized into SensMe™ channels automatically even if they are correctly transferred and registered in the HDD AUDIO PLAYER.
Hint
- You can check the music files that are not registered to SensMe™ channels in [Unregistered Tracks].
- The (playback) icon appears to the left of the channel being played.
- On the Playback screen, the name of the channel being played appears.