Comments on: Connect Player or SonicStage? Not even Sony know…

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:42:23 +0000

The new sonic stage is sooo confusing.!!! i have an old bean walkman and the ssongs will not go on my mp3player!

By: ann

ann — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:16:20 +0000

i agree with everyone who has tried and tried over and over to make it work well , it just will not and i have wanted to take a hammer to the ****** NIGHTMARE TO USE EVEN WITH ALL THE UPDATES after seing how fast and easy my daughter ipods and samsung mp3s are to use i have decided to bin my 20g NW-A3000 AND I AM SO SAD AT HAVING TO BECAUSE I JUST LOVE THE LOOK OF IT

By: Olly

Olly — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:22:35 +0000

Thanks Hugo — It’s http://www.drvoid.com/ for those following along at home. From their FAQ:

Does the program work with HD-based walkman?
No. It works only with Sony NW-E002,NW-E003,NW-E005,NW-A608.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:27:29 +0000

Connect Player or SonicStage? None!
Shame on Sony for having sutch a bad applications for a simple thing…

Try voidMP3FM…

By: not well pleased

not well pleased — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:18:55 +0000

Same old Sony..I must admit I’ve always liked SONY, 2 Bravia tv, video cams, etc.But now I’m more inclined towards other ‘better’ brands which are more consumer friendly as regards computer software. After my last struggle with sonic stage, I simply ‘dumped’ the mp3 player and purchased an ipod…the best thing I ever did.
Now I will replace existing SONY products with easier to use and less annoying customer unfriendly items.
You can tell i’m pretty ****** off withe them..can’t you.
SONY…your loss!

By: Olly

Olly — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:28:17 +0000

I think it’s to do with the connect store module. You could try here? http://esupport.sony.com/

By: cjsfpa

cjsfpa — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:26:45 +0000

I have a Sony hi-MD I purchased in Amsterdam about 5 years ago — one of the earlier ones. I use it in Canada mainly. I want to download Sonic Stage for it, but the link above goes to a page with a warning “It may not function properly with products purchased from or used in other countries.” There is also a European Sonic Stage download based in UK. What is the incompatibility? Is it more important where the recorder came from or where the computer is?

By: Stacy

Stacy — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:36:27 +0000

This is an interesting article. I hated Connect Player, it would freeze constantly and I thought it stupid having to update it as soon as it was installed, just shows how rubbish the software was to begin with. So I used my sisters SonicStage and I loved it, except it mucked up my songs for some reason and a lot of them went under the “etc” index instead of A-Z. I still can’t fix that, grrr.

I never knew they’d working on the Connect software. Interesting.

By: Don Lapre is a Superstar

Don Lapre is a Superstar — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:28:35 +0000

It is a good thing that Sony finally decided one as you urged on this post. Thy decided correctly. SonicStage in my opinion is the best choice here. I want to thank Robert Mulroney for download link as well.

By: richard

richard — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:02:37 +0000

like the player,software more than sucks.guess i will use player for fm listening only.and buy an ipod that has decent software.good job sony!!!!!!!

By: Freddie

Freddie — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:20:09 +0000

AAArrrrgh, I know I know everyones bitching about sonic stage and connect player, but with all reason; this software SUCKS. It stalls all activity on my computer, and yes I’ve re-installed again and again. It puts combilation albums in 100 different folders, its impossible to get a clue of what your working with. Christ, I wish I bought another player, I’ve always used Sony gear, but this time.… AAAARRRRGGHHHHHHH

By: Robert Mulroney

Robert Mulroney — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 13:13:35 +0000

I’ve found a site to download SS v4 for anyone who’s interested:

http://esupport.sony.com/perl/swu-download.pl?mdl=MZNHF800&upd_id=1468&os_id=99

By: Robert Mulroney

Robert Mulroney — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 13:11:41 +0000

I have to say I’m a bit of a fan of Sonic Stage v3.4. I can’t believe that sony hasn’t added podcasting support though. What’s the deal?

By: tonio

tonio — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:03:09 +0000

i agree , the sony software is the worst ive come across , an is driving me mad.!

By: Olly

Olly — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:26:14 +0000

It doesn’t do it natively. You’ll need to find another piece of podcast software — there’s some at http://www.ipodder.org/directory/4/ipodderSoftware/windows

Set it to download them into a folder, then set up SonicStage to keep an eye on that folder.

Does that help?