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Water resistant specifications

Scenarios (*1)

Water resistant performance of this “WALKMAN”

Notes on charging the battery

Notes on using your “WALKMAN”

Cleaning after use

Scenarios (*1)

You can use your Walkman while jogging or walking in the rain.

You can continue to use your Walkman after perspiring.

After using your Walkman, you can wash it with fresh water at room temperature or gently running tap water. (*2)

You can use your Walkman while swimming in a pool. (*3)

(*1) Do not use your Walkman in places where inability to hear surrounding sound would be dangerous.

(*2) Follow the instructions described in “Cleaning after use.”

(*3) When you use your Walkman in public or private swimming facilities, follow the rules of that facility.

Water resistant performance of this “WALKMAN”

The water resistant specifications (*1) of this Walkman are equivalent to IEC60529 “Degrees of protection against ingress of water (IP Code)” IPX5/8 (*2) that specifies as “Degrees of protection against ingress of water.”

If you use your Walkman incorrectly, there is a risk of causing fire, electric shock, or a malfunction of the Walkman. If you use your Walkman in a swimming pool, do not exceed a depth of 2 m while wearing it. Before use, be sure to read and understand the water resistant specifications completely.

(*1) The headphone sections are not water-tight.

(*2) IPX5 (Degrees of protection against jets of water): Your Walkman will maintain its operability even when exposed to direct streams of water from any direction in a situation where approximately 12.5 l/min of water is supplied for more than 3 minutes from a distance of about 3 m using a nozzle with an inner diameter of 6.3 mm. However, this does not apply with the headphone sections.
IPX8 (Degrees of protection against continual water submersion): Your Walkman will maintain its operability even when submersed in water to a depth of 2 m for 30 minutes.

Headphone sections (not water-tight)

Liquids that the water resistant performance specifications apply to

Applicable	fresh water, tap water, perspiration, pool water
Not applicable	liquids other than those above (examples: soapy water, detergent water, water with bath agents, shampoo, hot spring water, seawater, etc.)

The water resistant performance of your Walkman is based on our measurements under the conditions described above. Note that malfunctions as a result of water immersion caused by misuse by the customer are not covered by the warranty.

Notes on charging the battery

The USB cradle (supplied) with your Walkman is not water resistant.

Before charging the battery, make sure your Walkman is not wet.

If there is moisture on your Walkman, wipe it off completely, and leave the Walkman at room temperature to dry it until no moisture remains on the Walkman before you start charging.

Be careful not to splash water or allow moisture to form on the USB cradle (supplied).

Never use the USB cradle (supplied) with wet hands or with your Walkman wet. Doing so may cause an electric shock, smoke emission, or a fire, etc.

When you charge the battery, be careful of the following.

Make sure that the location where you are using the USB cradle (supplied) is not wet.

Charge the battery in an ambient temperature of 5 °C (41 ºF) to 35 °C (95 ºF). If you charge the battery in an ambient temperature out of this range, charging may stop to protect the internal circuitry of your Walkman.

Notes on using your “WALKMAN”

Do not immerse your Walkman in soapy water, shampoo, chemicals, water with detergent or bath agents, hot spring water, or seawater, etc., and do not pour these liquids on the Walkman. Do not allow foreign objects such as sand or dirt to get on the Walkman. If foreign objects get on the Walkman, rinse them off with fresh water at room temperature or gently running tap water immediately, and dry the Walkman using a soft dry cloth.

Do not expose your Walkman to strong running water from a tap, etc.

Do not pour hot water directly on your Walkman and do not blow hot air from a hair dryer, etc., directly on the Walkman. Never use the Walkman in high temperature locations such as in saunas or near a stove.

Do not bring your Walkman from a cold location to a warm location suddenly. Rapid temperature change causes condensation, and moisture may condense inside of the Walkman.

The earbuds seal your ears. Therefore, be aware that there is a risk of damage to your ears or eardrums if strong pressure is applied to the earbuds, or the earbuds are suddenly removed from your ears. Due to this risk, do not do vigorous exercise, dive into a swimming pool, etc., while wearing your Walkman.

Cleaning after use

If perspiration, sand, or dirt gets on your Walkman, rinse it off with fresh water at room temperature or gently running tap water immediately. When you wash the Walkman, wash it by hand without using a brush, etc. However, do not expose the headphone sections to direct strong streams of water when doing so. Do not wash the Walkman in a washing machine or ultrasound bath, etc. Do not use detergent, chemicals, or wet wipes.

After washing your Walkman, wipe away the water on the Walkman, using a soft cloth, and then leave the Walkman in a well-ventilated shady place to dry. Do not dry the Walkman using hot air from a hair dryer. Doing so may cause deformation and deterioration of the water resistant performance.

Because the headphone sections (see the figure above) are not water-tight, sound quality of your Walkman may deteriorate if water gets inside the headphones. If water gets in the headphones, follow the procedures below to remove water. Do not use the Walkman until it dries completely.

Wipe the moisture off your Walkman using a dry cloth.

Pat the headphones dry with a soft dry cloth. Repeat patting about 20 times.

Put a dry cloth under the headphones, and leave your Walkman at room temperature for about 2 or 3 hours.

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