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DESTINATION  SETTING
When the MAIN board is replaced, you must perform the destina-
tion setting. Refer to following procedures, and do the work corre-
sponding to “WALKMAN” repaired.

1.  PREPARATION  OF  DESTINATION  SETTING
Prepare the following before checking service mode.

• Windows 

PC

•  USB cable for the WM-PORT (accessory)

•  Destination setting tool
• Newest 

fi rmware update tool

Note: Confi rm the method of obtaining each tool to each service head-

quarters.

2.  METHOD  OF  THE  DESTINATION  SETTING
Procedure:
1.  On PC, refer to following procedures, and unzip the destina-

tion setting tool corresponding to “WALKMAN” repaired, and 
confi rm that the folder has been created.

US

RegionChanger-NWZ-F800Series-0001-
releasekey-20120425B.zip

European 
(CEW1)

RegionChanger-NWZ-F800Series-0003-
releasekey-20120425B.zip

European 
(CEW2)

RegionChanger-NWZ-F800Series-0004-
releasekey-20120425B.zip

European 
(CEW3)

RegionChanger-NWZ-F800Series-0005-
releasekey-20120425B.zip

European 
(CEW4)

RegionChanger-NWZ-F800Series-0014-
releasekey-20120425B.zip

European 
(CEW5)

RegionChanger-NWZ-F800Series-0015-
releasekey-20120425B.zip

Asian (E3)

RegionChanger-NWZ-F800Series-0009-
releasekey-20120425B.zip

Chinese

RegionChanger-NWZ-F800Series-0013-
releasekey-20120425B.zip

East European

RegionChanger-NWZ-F800Series-0016-
releasekey-20120425B.zip

Latin American 
(MX3)

RegionChanger-NWZ-F800Series-0012-
releasekey-20120425B.zip

Note 1: Refer to “ABBREVIATION AND COLOR VARIATION” (page 

9) about Destination.

Note 2: Do not use the wrong fi le by any means.

2. 

Connect PC and “WALKMAN” with the USB cable for the 

WM-PORT (accessory).

USB cable

with        facing upward, 
making sure the
connection is secure.

3. Confi rm that the USB connection screen is displayed on 

“WALKMAN”, then confi rm that “USB storage in use” is dis-
played.

Note 3: If the USB connection screen is not displayed, swipe the status bar 

on the top of the screen then tap “USB connected” on the notifi ca-
tion panel.

USB storage in use

USB Mass storage

6:09

Before turning off USB storage, make sure

you have unmounted (”ejected”) your

Android’s USB storage from your computer.

Turn off USB storage

4.  On PC, confi rm that “WALKMAN” drive has been recog-

nized.

 

(In this example, “WALKMAN” is recognized as F drive)

Note 4: When Windows XP is used, after recognizing a drive, the instal-

lation screen of a driver may be displayed. In that case, install a 
driver according to screen.

5.  On PC, open the folder created in step 1, and start “Digital 

Player Software Update tool” by double-clicking “FWUpdat-
er.exe”.

6.  On PC, check into the [I agree] box on “Digital Player Soft-

ware Update tool”, and click the [Next] button.

Note 5: The language displayed in “Digital Player Software Update tool” 

changes with linguistic environment of PC.

7.  On PC, confi rm that all applications are terminated, and click 

the [OK] button on “Digital Player Software Update tool”.

8.  On PC, confi rm that the following screen is displayed, and 

click the [OK] button on “Digital Player Software Update 
tool”.

You have selected an older version (Version=0.00) than the current version (Version=0.91) in the NWZ-F800Series (MSC) device. Do you still want to 
proceed with the update?

9.  On PC, wait for a while until progress will be 100%.

Note 6: “WALKMAN” is rebooted automatically.

The software of the NWZ-F800Series (MSC) device will be updated from
Version=0.91 to Version=0.00.

The software of the NWZ-F800Series (MSC) device will be updated from
Version=0.91 to Version=0.00.

10. On PC, confi rm that the following screen is displayed, and 

click the [Finish] button on “Digital Player Software Update 
tool”.

Note 7: The contents which have failed in updating may be displayed, 

but there is no problem.

The software of the NWZ-F800Series (MSC) device is updated to 

Version=0.00.

11. Confi rm that the following screen is displayed on “WALK-

MAN”, and tap the [OK] button.

USB Mass storage

6:09

Turn off USB storage

System Update

Update to version NONE
completed successfully.

OK

12. On PC, unzip the newest fi rmware update tool, and confi rm 

that the folder has been created.

13. On PC, open the folder created in step 12, and start “Digital 

Player Software Update tool” by double-clicking “FWUpdat-
er.exe”.

14. On PC, check into the [I agree] box on “Digital Player Soft-

ware Update tool”, and click the [Next] button.

Note 8: The language displayed in “Digital Player Software Update tool” 

changes with linguistic environment of PC.

15. On PC, confi rm that all applications are terminated, and click 

the [OK] button on “Digital Player Software Update tool”.

16. On PC, confi rm that the following screen is displayed, and 

click the [OK] button on “Digital Player Software Update 
tool”.

The software of the NWZ-F800Series (MSC) device will be updated from Version=0.91 to Version=1.01. Do you still want to proceed with the update?
(You cannot cancel it, Approx, 8minutes are required for the update.)

17. On PC, wait for a while until progress will be 100%.

Note 9: “WALKMAN” is rebooted automatically.

The software of the NWZ-F800Series (MSC) device will be updated from
Version=0.91 to Version=1.01.

The software of the NWZ-F800Series (MSC) device will be updated from
Version=0.91 to Version=1.01.

18. On PC, confi rm that the following screen is displayed, and 

click the [Finish] button on “Digital Player Software Update 
tool”.

Note 10: The contents which have failed in updating may be dis-

played, but there is no problem.

The software of the NWZ-F800Series (MSC) device is updated to 

Version=1.01.

19. On PC, unmount the USB storage, and disconnect the USB 

cable for the WM-PORT (accessory) from PC and “WALK-
MAN”.

20. Perform initialization by the following procedure.
 

Tap the “ ” (Menu) button with the home screen displayed 
on “WALKMAN”, then tap “System settings” - “  Backup & 
reset” - “Factory data reset” - “Reset device” - “Erase every-
thing”.

 

(“WALKMAN” restarts automatically after being initialized)

21. Tap “ ” (Apps) on “WALKMAN”, and the list of applications 

is displayed.

 (The 

following 

fi gure is example of display)

22. Tap “Settings” icon.
 

(The display position in the following fi gure is an example)

23. Tap “About device” icon.

Accounts & sync

Location services

Securuty

Lannguage & input

Back

Date & time

Accessibility

Developer options

About device

SYSTEM

24. Confi rm that the last four digits of “Build number” are changed 

into the value corresponding to “WALKMAN”.

 

(Displayed characters/values in the following fi gure are ex-
ample)

Status

Battery level, Up time, etc.

Model number

NW-F800Series

Android version

4.0.4

Karnel version

2.6.39.4
release@build06 #1

WM-PORT version

1.3

Build number

1.01.0001

About device

Legal information

US

0001

European (CEW1)

0003

European (CEW2)

0004

European (CEW3)

0005

European (CEW4)

0014

European (CEW5)

0015

Asian (E3)

0009

Chinese

0013

East European

0016

Latin American (MX3)

0012

Note 11:  Refer to “ABBREVIATION AND COLOR VARIATION” (page 

9) about Destination.