D-NF400

The D-NF400 folded broadcast functionality directly into the compressed-audio CD Walkman platform, combining ATRAC3plus, ATRAC3, MP3, and standard CD playback with AM, FM, TV, and weather-band radio. Styled under the Psyc branch, it used a more playful and colorful design language than the restrained silver and black models elsewhere in the range.

Late portable audio had already become a multi-role category by then. The D-NF400 belongs to that moment where one machine is expected to cover music, radio, and general daily convenience without feeling especially strange for doing so.