Sony Net MD Walkman

Sony’s new Net MD Walkman player/recorder creates great-sounding music mixes in record time. The MZ-N505 features a direct USB connection that can transfer 80 minutes of music from PC to MD in less than three minutes. In addition to transferring music in up to 32x speed, title and track information created in the Jukebox is transferred to the device.

With the Easy Skip group folder function, songs can be arranged into groups or "albums" in the OpenMG Jukebox and be easily transferred to the Net MD recorder. If five hours of music is recorded, the user can simply skip from group to group for personalized playback.

The player provides up to 56 hours of playback time on one "AA" type battery and features multiple playback modes. The MZ-N505 will be available in March for about $200. www.sel.sony.com