Walkman cassette players were very popular during the 1980s, which led to "walkman" becoming an unofficial term for personal stereos of any producer or brand.[6] 220 million cassette-type Walkman were sold by the end of production in 2010;[7] including digital Walkman devices such as DAT, MiniDisc, CD (originally Discman then renamed the CD Walkman) and memory-type media players,[8][9] it has sold approximately 400 million at this time.[7] The Walkman brand has also been applied to transistor radios, and Sony Ericsson mobile phones.
1, I have a mp3 player the NWZ-E585 i wish to remove the demonstration music that was put there by sony but on looking for a solution on the sony guide/help site for this item i cannot find any information to guide me. I also telephoned their helpline but the sony representative could not find a solution!.Help.
Hi myketyke, you cannot simply delete files straight from your MP3 player although you should be able to do this by connecting your MP3 player to your pc then click and open Computer > Walkman > Storage Media then look for your walkmans music file select the track you want to remove & press Delete. Make sure you do not delete the actual Music folder though.
If you used Windows Media player or something similar then you could use that to remove the ones you no longer want. When the software recognises your MP3 player browse to files you want to remove & press delete basically the opsite way you would have done to add music to your device.
Thank you both, for your responses this is my first mp3 player so as you may guess i am a novice when it comes to the world of music uploading/downloading etc, and for that matter computers!.:smileyexclaim:
The inventor of the Walkman thought people would want to listen to music together, so he put two headphone jacks on the player (remember that the headphones went over your head instead of the earphones most of us use today, where you can share one pair between two people). The Walkman TPS-L2 also had a HOT LINE button, which when pressed, muted the music on the Walkman and turned on an inbuilt microphone. This meant you could talk to someone without having to take your headphones off.Both of these features were later removed from the Walkman because people didn't use them. This is important as it shows a change in what was considered the norm. Previously, walking around with headphones would have been seen as rude and antisocial, but it soon became accepted behaviour.
The Sony Walkman cassette player revolutionised the way that we listen to music. It enabled people to create soundtracks to their lives in ways that hadn't been possible before. The fact that you could use your Walkman anywhere changed that; music had never been so personal.
Who would want an expensive dedicated mobile music player in 2019, when any mobile phone is capable of excellent sound quality, more likely streamed from Spotify or Apple Music than played directly from music files on the device? It is a bit crazy; but Sony is still out there promoting high resolution audio and believes that smartphones are not the last word in audio quality. The new NW-A105, which retails at 320 in the UK, is not even the top of its range. The Walkman WM1Z Signature Series is 2500, complete with gold-plated oxygen-free copper chassis, making the humble A105 seem quite a bargain.
Having an MP3 player can allow you to store and listen to your favorite music albums anywhere and on the go. However, figuring out the perfect device to get can be a daunting challenge especially if you don't have the right information.
The new Walkman, targeting audiophiles and set to cost about US$1,200, is a high-end version of a model Sony released in 2013 after retiring the classic cassette player in 2010. The first-generation, clunky-looking Walkman went on sale in July 1979, redefining the way people listened to music.