Works like a charm in July 2024, had to turn on and off before the "language" setting would come up but other than that perfect instructions. Thank you!

@nuraman00

11 күн бұрын

I had the same problem. @Scott, please add in your video that the device needs to be powered off before the "language" setting appears. Otherwise, I was going into a freak out at having bought a device overseas that I couldn't understand because the language wasn't changing.

This worked on a NW-A55, I had to reset the device settings after these steps and then I could change the language.....YOU JUST SAVED ME FROM HAVING TO LEARN JAPANESE......THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought I was going to have to find a good sushi restaurant to help me figure this out...LOL

Worked perfectly for my "new" A45. Thanks you so much sir ! 🙂

This worked great on my NW-WM1A…was having a bit of trouble at first, but that is because you do need to turn off and turn back on the device to see the new option for language. Thank you!!

@imosolar

Ай бұрын

Will it work for SONY NW-WM1Z

Hi Scott, You saved the day! The tool worked on converting a Sony nw-wm1z to english. I had to restart unit and then the English language showed up. I love the gold brick, did not want to return it.

It worked! But like another person said, I had to restart the Walkman after I completed the steps in the video before the option to change the language became visible. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for all the help!

It worked on my NW-A35! I had to turn it off and reboot it but it worked! I've been trying to use it with the Japanese setting for 4 years. Thank you!

THANK YOU! I just bought an NW A25 and this worked like a charm to reveal the language option. Very clear video with easy to follow directions. Bravo!

Very good video! Excellent job explaining the process. The screen shots were also very useful. I did have to restart the A55 prior to being able to see the word (language). Thank you for making this.

@tofutots

2 жыл бұрын

agree this is a really important step. while it was still plugged in - i was wondering why i couldnt see the "English" option. and wasnt till i unplugged it - powered the device down and turned it back on that it worked.

Thanks for the tutorial, just got a Japanese A55 and changing the language make a big difference in usability of the device.

worked like a charm on my a55, you're a saint scott!

This was so immensely helpful, thank you. I was on the cusp of returning this before I found your video.

Amazing!!! I saw this video some weeks ago. My SONY NW-A55 arrived today from Japan... and now it is in Spanish. Thank you so much.

Thankyou Scott! You are a life saver. Been struggling with the Japanese for ages lol😂

Worked perfectly for my NW-S745 :) Thank you so much!

Great video. To the point and simple instruction but should mention that some devices require to be turned off and then turned on inorder to see the language option.

Thanks so much for this video! I thought I had bought an unusable Walkman, but the tool works for A40 series players as well. Clear steps, easy prompts, quick fix!

Worked a charm Thank you so much. note*. 1)The U in the command line as Scott has shown us here, must to be in Cap. 2) I could not find or see (Languages) but as many pointed out, once you reboot it apears. Thanks again Scott very appreaciated.

Thank you so much, I follow your video and I success to convert my Sony NW- A55 from Japanese to Englis.

I had trouble at first. I typed "set u off" instead of "set U off" Use that upper case for "U" !! Like others, I had to do a restart, but ultimately, it worked! Thank heavens for this obscure app.

Confirmed it worked on NW-A25 as well!

This worked spectacularly. Thanks for the help.

Thank you ever so much!! I picked up a NW-A55, last walkman not to use android I could not be happier. Thanks again brother

You totally ROCK, Scott. This was soooo helpful!

Thanks a lot! I recently bought a sony walkman nw-a16 in buyee online store, and I did´t realize that was a japanese version, I did not found a solution until your video. Simple and clear. Thanks again.

Adding to the chorus that this worked without incident. I did have to factory reset the device to see the English option, but I think that a simple restart would've had the same effect. Thanks!

Great help! Thank you for sharing! The only thing I would say that once all are done as you have advised, we need to restart the walkman to see the updates else it wouldnt show "Language" option. Thank you!

Booyah. Thanks - worked like a charm. Like others, still had to turn the player off/on after doing the dos prompts (man that takes me back) to get the language setting to appear. Now I can read my cool Walkman.

Scott .. GOT IT !! thank you for sharing knowledge. kept redoing your steps, 1 space bar was the difference. THANK YOU

all i get from the link is a Gateway Timeout error....only successful to reach the site once and even then it did not have the screen shown in the video. I am not blaming any of this on the content creator. I am mostly mad at Sony for not have 101 language options available on the very first screen you see. I spent all this money and now I have to do even more digging just to use the thing. Someone please help

it worked, does using this U variant though chagne the sound signature from J? ive heard J and one other region had t he best "sound" i also wanna do walman mod

It worked for me perfectly. But you do have to restart the walkman to see the option. Thank you!

if you try on a AW-A17 you will have to go to settings icon as in the video, scroll to last option (common settings), then one before last (initialise) and then the first option (reset all settings). This restores device to factory mode (english)

thank you!! this worked fantastically for my NW-A40!! did have to restart before the language option showed up as many others have stated already, but apart from that this was a perfect tutorial

It works if you follow the website instructions. Thank you so much!

I am working on my 日本語 but this was extremely helpful and worked perfectly !!!! どうもありがとうございます !

Thanks a lot man! I was having trouble with the "set U off" part but because I didn't realize that the U was capitalized.

Thank you so much 😊😊😊 almost cried when it successfully changed language from Japanese to English

A+++ Material, Saved me an Aneurism and a broken Walkman. Followed the steps and it worked. HOWEVER - Need to add that you will most likely need to unplug USB, shut off and restart the walkman so the language option shows up. I was freaking out because it wasn't there until someone else in the comments mentioned this final piece.

I have followed your very clear instructions on my brand new A55 and everything has gone well except the last bit: I don't see the word Language coming up. I get the same four Japanese characters but without (Language) after them. I have tried restarting as described below but this didn't make a difference. Any suggestions?

@dupalopez

Жыл бұрын

In case of my Japanese NW-A55 I tried to change it to CA (Canada) first (to enable high gain output) - this did not work, the language option was not showing in the menu (yeah I tried resetting a few times, no change). However I tried changing to U (US) and this worked fine the first time. After this I was able to change it to CA (Canada). So.. try changing to U (US) first followed by power off/power on.

@boballen9836

Жыл бұрын

@@dupalopez Many thanks but I regret I sent it back (at no small cost to me!) because I didn't think I would be able to convert it. 'Really appreciate your response, though.

I have tried to open the file on a couple different computers. It will download and when I try to open it the screen briefly pops up and then immediately crashes. If anyone knows what is going on and what I can do to troubleshoot this issue I would appreciate any ideas.

Graciaaaaaaassss!!!!!!, tenía un mes batallando y con esta herramienta, en 5 minutos todo quedó en español.

My computer won’t allow me to download the software tool. Any suggestion

Thank you so much for this video! ☺️ The instruction and visual helped so much! It actually worked 😭 the only thing i had to do was to restart the device so I can see see the language option. Thanks again! 👊🏻

yesyesyesyes.you are the man .GODBLESS!

Thanks very much you're a star, was really worried about my Walkman being Japanese, this tutorial was brilliant, even a numpty like me sorted it 👍👏

this worked thanks alot!. Had to turn device off and on after to get the language option to show and Mcafee real time scanning was temp switched off

I was able to set it to Spanish!! Thanks, it worked perfectly!!

Thank you, worked perfectly! Just had to restart before changing the language to English.

Scott thanks, just bought a unit from Japanese eBay seller, this player is now a bargain. Instructions and the utility worked OK after reboot.

Is there a different option? The website won't open for me no matter what I do

@keaihal4901

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't open the website as well. Could I ask have you find any other method yet?

@dangflabbit

Жыл бұрын

@@keaihal4901 I think the website was down. It’s working for me now

@keaihal4901

Жыл бұрын

@@dangflabbit ohh lovely, thank you very much.

Thank you for your helpful information! My question is, in the latest versions of Windows, when I type D: dest_tool set U off, the system refuses to do so. Is there any solution? thank you.

Heck, I'd leave it in Japanese for aesthetics but awesome tutorial.Does this work on a Mac?

Just bought Sony WM1Z Japanese version, hope i can follow same steps to set language as English?

amazing guide, thanks for making it quick and easy!

I do as your instructions but it not worked and I find "cannot open device " letter . PLease help me my japanese nwza55 to change to english language.

I'm Korean... thank you very much I give up there's no language change system very thank you

I assume you could change the language on the unit itself if you read Japanese? I hate the idea of having to use a standalone program to do this, plus one of your comments said they got a virus doing this.

@fzr1000981

4 ай бұрын

No you can't change it without the file. Virus? It's a non android very basic format, no one uses these things for anything financial

You are the genius. Thank you so much!

For anybody else who does this to theirs, if the language option doesen't appear after the steps above try turning the Walkman off and on again.

Muchas gracias, gracias a tu tutorial lo, cambie a español.

@moisespale6553

Ай бұрын

Solo le das clip para desactivar ?.. en mi computadora no me deja abrir el archivo

Well done! You really helped me out. I'm now a subscriber!

tq bro,,,tqtqtqtqtqttqtqtqtqtqtqhhahahhahahah...working for my nw-40 series.. for years i used this device, i do not know that i used a japanese version.. i format my device and i can's change the language to english. feel want to cry until i found this video.. tq bro....hahahhahahahha

you are amazing!! I love this player and recently lost mine while traveling and ended up w a Japanese version and was so sad. So happy you took the time to share this simple fix!!! Thanks so very much

is there a do this in a Mac environment?

fantastic !!! thanks so much...

Scott any help you can give me ? trying to locate language section on my Sony NW-ZX300 that is currently in Japanese - thx amigo

Is it possible to perform a similar action on the NW-A45HN? They seem to be similar UI, and the menus are also very similar.

@tony_potsandpans

Жыл бұрын

It worked!

@91Definite

Жыл бұрын

@@tony_potsandpans how you fix it? Cause everytime I do this it’s said it’s not compatible to my NW A45

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I had this same Sony NW-A55 but recently it developed an unrepairable problem so I stopped using it. and was able to find one from Walmart. Before that I ordered a HIDIZS AP80 PRO from Amazon. It came with an instruction sheet which looks like a long thin comic strip and explained nothing. No aid from customer service either so I sent it back. From the first Sony NW-A55 that I purchased I remembered the 140 page user manual that explained everything. I feel very happy to get it back and running. Maybe you could help with another problem concerning exterior Samsung SSD's and windows 11. Windows 11 has stopped recognizing these drives but they do work on windows 10. Anyways, thanks again for your help. It maybe easy for you but I would never have been to to do it on my own.

Thanks so much for this

wont work for nvz s313. it says not compatible.

not working for NW-S784. thank you for the information. Update: working, need to reset the nw-s784 for the english to be apply thanks

My man. Appreciate this!

thanks!! Just a restart is required for language option appears...

Could i change on NWZ-A16 walkman ? There's no language option available in setting All functions are shown in English

Does it still work now 2023? Im planning to buy nwa55 from japan japan made have no english language at all

"Cannot get model ID from device: -3 Your device is most likely not compatible with this tool." It's a NW-A55HN/LM Why doesn't work?

Excellent tutorial you are a life saver!

On cmd it says ‘scsitool’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I watched few vids to fix this error still didnt worked i need help

What if when u type in downloads it says downloaded are not recognized by intrnal ir external command, operable program or batch file?

Hi Scott, I just bought the NW-A50. I tried to download and it's said is not compatible. any advice. Thank you

@beyourself7378

11 ай бұрын

It said Cannot get model ID from device: -3

Scott, This video is incredibly helpful. Do you have any option for the NW-S313 (NW-S310) series Walkman's? I tried but it doesn't seem to work for this model. In any case, your video is still quite helpful. I spent hours with Sony support, but your video was way more insightful. They should pay you for this. My output was this: C:\Users\jmcshea\Downloads>scsitool-nwz-v27.exe D: dest_tool set U off Cannot get model ID from device: 2 Your device is most likely not compatible with this tool.

@ChamalMcv

Жыл бұрын

same here

@91Definite

Жыл бұрын

@@ChamalMcv I got the same thing for my Sony nw-a45 smh 🤦🏾‍♂️. Very upset about it

@ChamalMcv

Жыл бұрын

@@91Definite i fixed it bro

@91Definite

Жыл бұрын

@@ChamalMcv how you fix this man? please give me the run down

@ChamalMcv

Жыл бұрын

@@91Definite cmd thing worked for me and restart the walkmen

Please what about SONY NW-WM1Z

Thank you for this guide. Just a question? in the future can I revert it back to destination J?

how to do this task on sony nw-a307 64gb sony nw-a306 ( japan models) from win 10/11

thank you for video. simple to understand. * my problem is after the prompt for the tool, in my command bar it reads "cannot open device" does this mean i am stuck with this Japanese version. i am having no luck with language. any ideas?

Thanks my friend, I thought I was done for as I have a Mac system but my nephew let me run this on his Windows system.....and viola, my NW-A55 is in english 🙂

Does FM radio work after you changed to English? Thanks

What if you have mac?

Thank you my buddy. I owe you one.

If i reset the walkman it goes back to japanese software or it stays like that?

Hi Scott! Please tell me , I followed strictly your instructions several times, but at the end of the program "Command Prompt" says; Cannot open device . tell me what should I do? I have a Sony NW-WM1Z player

@dzhabrailshamilov8401

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott for this video, I figured it out, you are the best !!!

man you are amazing !! appreciated!!

Hi Scott, or anyone on here, when I type in the command prompt C:\Users\marki\Downloads>scsitool-nw-27.exe D: dest_tool get, I get the response 'scsitool-nw-27.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Any ideas at all anyone? Am I getting something wrong? Thanks !

Sony NW-ZX300 Sorted :D

Hello, can Sony walkman A35 change language? Thank you...

Is there a way to change it back to japanese?

Thank you so much for this useful video. 😘

Hey Scott, fanrastic video 👌

Hi, do you know if its possible to do it on a Mac?