The AVLS button on my sony walkman is jammed and won;t allow playing above a reading of 3

settings, common settings, AVLS(volume limit)

AVLS stands for Automatic Volume Limiter System - and it basically limits the maximum volume being output which is why your volume control isnt working properly. You will need to go into settings to turn this option off.

Press and hold the back/home button until the HOME menu appears, press the arrows to select Settings then press the Play button to confirm, press the arrows to select Common Settings then press the Play button to confirm, press the arrows to select AVLS(Volume Limit) then press Play button to change it to OFF.

Hi,
Thanks for update, yes, AVLS limits the volume control to minimum level and it wont advance, turning off AVLS will give you control to change volume level.
Click Sony Support to download required user manual copy of D-EJ621 portable cd player that has all operational details.
Thanks.

it stands for auto volume level stability (for sound) u can turn it off by the setting for settings refer to ur user manual provided with the thing or u can download form ur company website the player that u own of that company.

sound like ur volume avls(volume limit is on) so go to settings thengo to common settingsin that the second one down should be AVLS or (volume limit) contoller. also does it go up at all or does nothing happen.

I used the following solution and it worked. The person who provided this solution is very good. THANKS TO THEM! Please read the additional comments at the end too.


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Download the firmware update from sony, burn it to a cd in case ithappens again, or you wanna pass it on. HOLD THE PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON ONTHE WALKMAN BUTTON WHEN PLUGGING IT INTO YOUR COMPUTER'SUSB PORT. WITHOUT LETTING GO OF THE PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON, START THEFIRMWARE INSTALLER & HOLD THE PLAY BUTTON ALL THE WAY THROUGH tocompletion. ET VOILA! YOU SHOULD HAVE A WORKING WALKMAN AGAIN! Yay!!!

OK.. here's what else I did. I followed exactly what is stated above and found I needed to try it a few times, for whatever reason, to get it to "take." Then, the player would still not open properly so I did the above routine AGAIN and this time checked the FORMAT option, which I also had to do a couple times to get that to "take" too. Finally, after working at this for awhile, I was able to install some new music to the player. It is now totally back in working order.

PLEASE: Be patient when you do this. And you can do these routines numerous times if need be with no apparent problem as it just keeps redoing the routine like it was the first time. I was so frustrated in talking with a SONY TECH REP in on-line chat before I came here. I was told the player "had experienced an internal malfunction" which would require service and that there was no was to restore the "system files" to the player, obviously not true as that's what the FIRMWARE (and the FORMAT routine too) upgrade does. Phewww.. I'm elated! take care.

you need a video converter then convert the vids from the dvd to mp4 then open the folder that the converted videos go in then copy and paste the vids in the VIDEO folder in the walkman

Hold the sound button for a few seconds (the button that boosts the bass depending on which model walkman)!!!!   That should do it.....

Check the reset circuit!

Hold the Menu button until u see: Search.
Then go down to AVLS: then it will say "on" next to it. hit vol. up, then the down button, play/stop.
Finally hit "Menu" again to go back to music