OK great, I'd prepare the flash drive as NTFS format, with MBR, just one single partition.
The A3 script will actually use the same player settings as the other Sony methods, i.e. it needs to be setup for sleep mode.
Here are the complete settings you will use via the Sony's onscreen display menus:
1. Setup -> Audio Settings -> DSD Output Mode (Off)
2. Setup -> BD/DVD Viewing Settings -> BD Internet Connection (Do not allow)
3. Setup -> Music Settings -> Super Audio CD Playback Layer (SACD)
4. Setup -> System Settings -> Quick Start Mode (On)
That last one (#4) is what enables sleep mode. This means when you press power OFF it doesn't really turn off, it enters standby or sleep.
You will insert the flash drive with the player already sleeping (OFF), but that only works after you've ensured the above 4 settings.
So that's really it, if you have a choice of a flash drive with an LED activity indicator, choose that one as it is quite useful in seeing what is happening. With no LED you just have to sit tight.
With a properly formatted flash drive and the A3 script, on an S7200 already sleeping (front panel display has ceased flashing "OFF"), you do the following:
- Insert flash drive, watch tray open
- place an SACD in the tray within 10 seconds
- watch tray auto-close after 10 seconds has elapsed
- observe LED activity indicating ISO write in process
- observe LED go dark, tray auto-opens
Please note there is an AutoRip basic instruction document on the same download page as the A3 script.