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Sony NW/NWZ series


See also SonyNWAnalysis and SonyNWLinuxPort.

Overview

This is the page for the Sony NW and NWZ mp3 player series. It is also known as the Walkman series. A number of these players run a modified version of linux and as a consequence, the code source is available on sony's website. It appears that a number of them use the NEC MP201 and some us the STMP3780/iMX233. This page gives an overview of what is known about them.

The NW and NWZ series are split into several subcategories: the X/E/A/S/Z series. Sony usually releases three or more players at one based on the same hardware but without little differences like the bluetooth or the amount of flash. As a consequence, there a families of players based on the same hardware within each A/E/S/Z series and sometimes even accros series. For example the NW-E060/NW-S760/NW-A860/NWZ-S760/NWZ-A860 series all share the same hardware and the NWZ-A864/5/7 are in the NWZ-A860 family.

Families

The codename is a rockbox designation only. The following table summarizes the SoC used. All entries in red are unsure. All USB PIDs are 0x54c (Sony Corporation).

Codename Manufacturer Product Comment
mp200 NEC MP200/201 aka Emma Mobile1 (EM1) See EmmaMobile1
emxx NEC Emma Mobile/EV Evolution of MP200, no doc available, linux source code available
imx233 Freescale i.MX233 See SigmaTelSTMP3xxx
rknanod Rockchip RKNanoD No datasheet or code available, see RockChipNanoD
mt8590 Mediatek MT8590 Used by newer Sony products, no doc available, linux source code available

Player list

Codename Players SoC Player page Port page
nwz-e360 E363 E364 imx233 SonyNWZE360 ImxInstall
nwz-e370 E373 E374 imx233 SonyNWZE370 ImxInstall
nwz-e380 E383 E384 imx233 SonyNWZE380 ImxInstall
nw-e390 E393 E394 E395 rknanod   No port started
nwz-e440 E443 E443K E444 E444K E445 imx233 SonyNWZE440 Will not port (see player page)
nwz-e450 E453 E454 E455 mp200 SonyNWZE450 SonyNWLinuxPort
nwz-e460 E463 E464 E465 mp200 SonyNWZE460 SonyNWLinuxPort
nwz-e470 E473 E474 E475 E476 emxx SonyNWZE470 SonyNWLinuxPort
nwz-e580 E583 E584 E585 E586 emxx SonyNWZE580 SonyNWLinuxPort
nwz-a10 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 emxx SonyNWZA10 SonyNWLinuxPort
nw-a20 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 emxx SonyNWA20 SonyNWLinuxPort
nw-a30 A35 A36 A37 mt8590 SonyNWA30 No port started
nwz-a860 A863 A864 A865 A866 A867 mp200 SonyNWZA860 SonyNWLinuxPort
nws-s540 S544 S545 imx233 SonyNWZS540 Will not port (see player page)
nwz-s750 S754 S755 S756 mp200 SonyNWZS750 SonyNWLinuxPort

Service Manuals

NB: (L)ight, poor contents

Changing destination settings and sound pressure regulation

See SonyNWDestTool.

-- AmauryPouly - 21 Jul 2012
r23 - 02 Apr 2021 - 20:46:07 - UnknownUser

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