r/walkman Apr 19 '25

I have documented here all the Walkman DAP user interfaces

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139 Upvotes

r/walkman 7h ago

showing off The Perfect Setup For Me

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24 Upvotes

Xteink 3x + Sony nw-a45: Nothing like finding peace and comfort from reading a good book and listening to some LoFi music with no notifications/distractions to disturb my groove. Happy Wednesday good people and Live Well!!!


r/walkman 9h ago

showing off NW-A46

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33 Upvotes

I bought this DAP when I was in middle school (Currently in Uni final year) but haven’t use it much. So I decided to give it a spin as a change of pace from streaming.


r/walkman 1d ago

showing off New case for the WM1Z

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74 Upvotes

Picked up a couple of Minerva cases on EBay and they just arrived yesterday. Well built and far more fitting in my opinion than the Fatbear option


r/walkman 7h ago

need help NBL22 VS NBL12R

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I'm looking to purchase a new motor for my Walkman (WM-31) and the motor model installed is NBL22. Unfortunately on Sparesforsony it is listed as £80. However the website also states that the NBL12R can fit and is at a much more reasonable price of £26. My question is what are the differences between the 2 as i cant find any documentation about the NBL12R


r/walkman 7h ago

need help Sony cassette walkman EX674 - not working

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1 Upvotes

hi all,

put battery in this ex674, the motor was spinning for awhile then stopped. but no sign of movement when i pressed playback, FW and RWD. but the red light ON for function.

Any clue or input? cleaned and lubed the capstan, new belt and pinch rollers. no idea what’s going wrong with it. please advise 😞


r/walkman 9h ago

need help Walkman WM-EX500 Repair Help

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Hello. I have a vintage Sony Walkman WM-EX500. Whenever I press play, fast-forward or rewind, it beeps and switches off. I have tested it with a new AA alkaline battery and several cassettes.

I understand that it is an older, out-of-warranty product, but I cannot currently afford a commercial repair here in London as they cost over £60.

Really cannot afford a repair, but the walkman itself is quite precious to me and I'd love to hear it once again as it belonged to someone that has now passed away.


r/walkman 1d ago

Rediscovering my entire music library

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33 Upvotes

r/walkman 15h ago

SONY WM-EX511 struggles to rew/ffw on all tapes. Playback is fine

2 Upvotes

as the title says, my EX511 is struggling with FFW and REW altogether, it grinds the gears and just cant get into motion. What can i do to fix it? Oddly enough the playback speed or playback overall isnt affected by it


r/walkman 1d ago

showing off Zx300 in the big 26 🫪

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157 Upvotes

Wanted to upgrade my nw-a27 and got this eBay for 300 flat. Was gonna choose the zx100 for the buttons and proprietary os but saw this had a balanced port and dac/wireless receiver mode and folded immediately. I like how it’s also not android so I only missed out on the center buttons, but they are still placed on the side so it’s not bad on that aspect either. You can also make playlists on here unlike the old model I had so HUGE plus for me. 10/10 I still gotta stress test battery


r/walkman 1d ago

question Nw-a300 music transfer help

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Hi bought one of these last year with a large micro sd card and working my way through my cd collection and itunes library and adding them to the sony music centre. I have a few questions hopefully someone can help with.

1 is it best to only use the sony music centre software to transfer a small number of files because when you have thousands it seems to take a huge amount of time to move? ie just drag and drop

2 when i connect the walkman to the pc after adding a new cd for some reason it seems to add loads of other tracks back onto the walkman that are already there. It doesnt just add the new cd tracks as itunes would with an ipod etc. is there some setting i am not aware of that refreshes a lot more than the newly added cd tracks?

3 i assumed that if i imported music files from say itunes it would add them to the music centre folder. Doesnt look like its doing that as far as i can tell. Almost as if its just using a link to the original file location ie itunes in this case.

Sorry for so many newbie questions but sony music centre seems to be less user friendly than itunes and i seem to be spending more time trying to get my music on the walkman than actually using it . Are people using some other software instead?

Thanks in anticipation.


r/walkman 23h ago

NW-E407 stuck on HOLD despite being disengaged

2 Upvotes

As the title might suggest, my walkman is stuck on HOLD mode even though I have the shuttle switch on NORMAL or GROUP. I was wondering if any else has had this issue before and if it was able to be resolved. Another thing about it is that I have tried using the RESET button on the back and that didn't fix it so I'm wondering if it's an internal/mechanical issue. Please let me know! Thanks.


r/walkman 2d ago

showing off My pride and joy :)

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62 Upvotes

i used to have this very model, but then it broke so i was lucky enough to find this lil guy on ebay


r/walkman 1d ago

showing off First DAP

0 Upvotes

r/walkman 2d ago

need help Walkman WM-F10 ribbon cable connecting the radio torn, doesn't work anymore.

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This is actually just really disappointing, the cable just completely tore off on one side. Please help me, I really want to fix this player.


r/walkman 2d ago

Android Auto

3 Upvotes

Has anyone managed to get android auto installed on their Sony Walkman ? Specially I have a NW ZX707. Wouldn’t mind trying android auto in my car instead of using Apple CarPlay with my iPhone.

Thanks in advance.


r/walkman 3d ago

need help SONY Hi-MD Walkmann MZ-DH 10P

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108 Upvotes

DAS ist der beste Hi Minidisc mit Kammera und auch für Netz ( Internet )

Wie kann ich auf die Hi Aufnehmen habe eine Mac OS System ?


r/walkman 2d ago

need help discman power problem "lo dc in"

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8 Upvotes

hi, i am using the adaptor that is mentioned in the manual. when play is pressed, the backlight turns on for a split sec and shows this error code which seems strange since it is the correct voltage, and it works normally with aa batteries too.

any ideas on whats causing this?

thank you!


r/walkman 2d ago

NW-A307 vs Samsung Galaxy S24 Sound Quality

10 Upvotes

Hi all,

I've had my NWZ-X1050 MP3 player since 2010, really enjoyed using it all these years and it's still going strong. It's sound quality trumped the IPhone and Samsung Galaxy flagship phones I've owned until I got the S24 a year and a half ago.

I was thinking of picking up an NW-A307 but would only do so if the sound quality is better than the S24's or at least as good.

So how would you say it rates for sound quality? Better than flagship Samsung phones?

I won't be listening to FLAC, it will be MP3 and YouTube music. Is it still worth picking up? Or shall I just stick with the S24?

Thanks!


r/walkman 2d ago

what kind of files does music cd has? I cant play music on my discman

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r/walkman 3d ago

In 1987, Sony launched the Walkman WM-51 with built-in headphones that could be wound and stored within the device.

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147 Upvotes

r/walkman 3d ago

question Sony MDR-4 Walkman Headphones

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31 Upvotes

Is anyone interested in these headphones? I’m wanting to sell them but I have no idea how to price them since I can’t find any like this anywhere online, any help would be appreciated thanks 🙏


r/walkman 2d ago

need help Need help fixing my CD Walkman

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3 Upvotes

r/walkman 3d ago

SONY 007

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13 Upvotes

Leider ist der Anschluss für den Strom nicht in Ordnung kann das Kabel nich anschließen.


r/walkman 3d ago

As a followup...

5 Upvotes

...to yesterday's post, much of my work did not survive a reboot.

(sad trombone)

Actually, to be honest, almost none of the cool stuff did. I learned that I couldn't PERSONALLY reboot it unless I put it through ADB.

"Not a big deal," I thought. So, I let it be.

Overnight, Dave (I named it Dave, don't ask) took a nap, and when I woke it back up, Dave went through the boot sequence.

Now, I've lost the controls on the bottom. The packages are still gone (take THAT SONY!!!! lol) but it boots into the regular screen again and my pull down menu is back.

Next is to see if I can force it to use Poweramp as the default launcher, replacing the Sony-branded one.

On the plus side, it's still loads better than it was when I got it. Snappier even with the stupid Android layout.