I don't own one yet, but I've highly considered buying an NW-A306 in my country. I was curious about a few things:

1: Can it be used as a phone of sorts?

2: How well is the audio reproduced?

3: Is the memory good enough?

4: Is it too laggy?

5: Can it overheat?

Overall, that's all I'm curious about the NW-A306, but more information about it would be useful!

Found a tool that can sync older Sony Walkman players on a MacBook. Much easier than dealing with old Windows-only workflows.

The author says it currently supports:
NW-A1000, NW-A1200, NW-A3000, NW-A60x, NW-E00x, NW-S20x, NW-E01x, NW-S60x/S70x, NW-S71x, NW-A80x, NW-A91x.

Support is coming soon for: NW-HD3, NW-HD5, NW-E10x/E2xx/E3xx/E4xx/E5xx.

anyone know how to fix this walkman? it’s the D-EJ001. does this weird clicking noise. see video in comments for what it sounds like
should i just buy a new disc reader? feel like that would work after i solder/wire it in maybe

I was cleaning of my pen's room when I found this Sony walkman I wanted to use it as I am a new collector I am not really this hard and if I do not know how to turn it on as I will probably just by an external player.

Even then our want to have a portable player of my CD so it would be nice to have it I have put in fresh batteries and turn off the whole button as I seen in a previous credit Post with only one answer how do I turn it on as I cannot figure out how to do it please help 🙏.

Ps: I no that there is a reading part of the walkman but the opening looks bit fired can you please tell me if it is because of this that the walkman is not turning on.

NW-A306 + IE200

Just improved my listening experience ever so slightly with the Zero 2s with memory foam tips

Body:
Hey everyone, just wanted to share a successful fix for a common mechanical failure on late-90s Sony Sports Walkmans, specifically the WM-FS495 (though this applies to similar auto-reverse mechanisms of this era).

The Symptom:
I had installed a brand new belt and found it would rewind ok but very noisy. FF was fine, but pressing Play resulted in zero movement from the spindles in either direction with a tape. (even though the motor was spinning smoothly). The left spindle was stuck

The Problem:
Upon opening the unit, it turned out that the molded black plastic return spring pivot pin near the left reel had completely snapped off the chassis. Without the pin holding it in place, the high-tension return spring had shifted and was physically pushing directly against the left reel, acting like a brake pad and locking it down during playback.

The Permanent Fix:
Don't bother trying to superglue the original plastic pin back on—the spring tension will just snap it off again. Instead:

1. Clear away the broken plastic debris.
2. Locate the original factory alignment/mounting hole in the metal chassis right where the pin used to be.
3. Thread a very short, extremely flathead micro-screw directly into that hole. I had a few of these that I had pulled off an old laptop. Those tiny screws with super flat heads come in handy for this kind of stuff. The hole was just the right size for the screw to self thread in to and enough stuck out the spring side so the threads also hold the coiled part of the spring in place.

The metal thread creates a permanent, rock-solid anchor that can easily handle the spring's tension. The hard part is holding the spring in place while threading in the screw so the spring sits fully in the new screw pivot, and the player now works perfectly!

Hope this helps someone else pulling their hair out trying to figure out why their newly-belted WM-FS495 won't spin in Play mode!

i've seen lots of people with this model and they all look very different, and i'd like to customize it to my liking. how do i do that? i assume i'd have to install new firmware which isn't a problem but where can i find something like that and how do i make it pretty?

I have an NW-S755 coming in and I was wondering about the FM radio functionality. Will that work in the US or will it not work due to the difference in frequency standard between the US and Japan?

I can’t believe i found this in the back of my drawer
I thought it may be broken but no its working fine . i’ll buy headphones and listen to my teenager songs