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Published Bluetooth communication frequency range is transmission bandwidth and is excluded from acoustic frequency_response_hz.","weight_g":"Approximate mass of one earbud including M tip. Pair mass is not stored.","case_weight_g":"Maker charging-case weight, separate from earbud weight.","wireless_range_m":"Approximate line of sight. Obstacles and radio conditions change actual range.","drivers":"Maker explicitly publishes 5 mm driver diameter. Newly added dynamic technology and one per-bud transducer are independently proved by exact reviews and complete published mechanical diagram, not inferred from maker diameter."}},{"url":"https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/2986/v1/en/print.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["manual_url","model_numbers","form_factor","single_bud_use","connection_types","multipoint","multipoint_device_count","paired_device_memory","charging_port","charge_time_0_100_min","case_charge_time_min","quick_charge_min","quick_charge_playback_h","control_types","volume_control","customizable_controls","voice_assistant","sidetone","ear_tip_sizes","ear_tip_materials","companion_app","companion_app_platforms","firmware_updatable","compatible_platforms","platform_connections","in_the_box","fast_pair"],"notes":{"manual_url":"Original exact English guide, 135 pages. Identity on cover. Parts page 13, box/tips page 10, controls page 21, runtime page 27, specifications page 134.","multipoint":"Two concurrent sources. Only one music stream plays at a time. Pairing memory is eight, separately documented in pairing chapters.","charge_time_0_100_min":"Approximate empty-to-full earbuds time in case. Case-only time is separately published. Not combined charging time.","quick_charge_playback_h":"Available operating time chapter states approximately one hour of earbud playback after five-minute charge. ANC, codec and volume for this claim are not separately named.","customizable_controls":"Left/right control function groups can be assigned through the app. Individual gestures are not freely remappable.","platform_connections":"Separate Android, iPhone, Windows and Mac pairing chapters. Phone/computer calls require compatible HFP/HSP application settings.","in_the_box":"Complete standard box list. C510 includes no USB cable. C710N includes one USB-A to USB-C cable. Tips are silicone rubber, despite Hybrid being their marketing name.","fast_pair":"The exact WF-C710N feature page explicitly supports Google Fast Pair and popup pairing with a nearby compatible Android device. A separate chapter describes Swift Pair for Windows 10 and 11. Local ringing does not establish a crowd finding network."}},{"url":"https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/2986/v1/en/print.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["battery_life_claimed","transparency_mode","transparency_adjustable","ip_rating"],"notes":{"battery_life_claimed":"Printed page 27 exact codec/mode table. EQ, DSEE and Service Link shorten runtimes. Case excluded. Call runtime matches across all published noise modes, so one call row is retained.","ip_rating":"IEC 60529 splash resistance of earbuds only. Manual explicitly excludes charging case from water resistance.","transparency_adjustable":"App ambient sound adjustment. This does not establish adjustable ANC strength or a hearing-aid function."}},{"url":"https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/2986/v1/en/print.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["wear_detection","sensors","cables_included"],"notes":{"wear_detection":"Parts page 13 and wearing pages 17-19 name built-in IR sensors and pause/resume detection. No unproved skin or heart sensor assigned."}},{"url":"https://www.sony.co.uk/store/product/wfc710nb.ce7/WF-C710N-Wireless-Noise-Cancelling-Headphones","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["anc","anc_type","wind_noise_reduction"],"notes":{"anc_type":"Exact maker store feature text names feedforward and feedback microphone placement. Pair total is independently resolved by maker inside/outside voice-pickup release and exact teardown two unique MEMS per bud. Shared roles are counted once.","wind_noise_reduction":"Physical Wind Noise Reduction Structure around microphone. No selectable wind-processing mode inferred.","anc":"Exact current maker store feature paragraphs name feedforward and feedback microphone placement. Original feature URL direct access unavailable."}},{"url":"https://www.sony.co.uk/headphones/products/wf-c710n","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["manufacturer_url","segment","microphone_noise_reduction","bud_shape","markets"],"notes":{"microphone_noise_reduction":"Maker Crystal clear calls explicitly names AI voice pickup. Music DSEE is a separate feature.","bud_shape":"Exact maker 360-degree product images show compact bodies without stems. SoundGuys description corroborates.","markets":"Exact UK maker product page establishes GB marketing."}},{"url":"https://www.sony.co.uk/store/product/wfc710nb.ce7/WF-C710N-Wireless-Noise-Cancelling-Headphones","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["virtual_surround","sound_personalization","feature_requirements"],"notes":{"sound_personalization":"Maker personalised 360 Reality Audio experience uses individual ear-shape analysis. No hearing assessment or automatic inner-mic EQ calibration inferred.","virtual_surround":"Exact current maker store feature paragraphs name 360 Reality Audio with individual ear-shape analysis. Original feature URL direct access unavailable."}},{"url":"https://www.soundguys.com/sony-wf-c710n-review-136737/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["eq_bands","wireless_charging","measured_battery_life","measured_frequency_response_notes","measured_microphone_notes"],"notes":{"measured_battery_life":"Provided sample tested one week, ran 9 h 25 min. ANC state, codec and firmware not explicitly stated and remain unknown.","measured_frequency_response_notes":"Exact review lab curve commentary. No graph extraction or score-to-dB conversion. Firmware unknown.","measured_microphone_notes":"Exact review standardized speech demos. Codec and individual recording firmware are unknown.","eq_bands":"Five independently adjustable custom EQ frequency bands. CLEAR BASS is separate. Onboard persistence not proved.","wireless_charging":"Review explicitly says the charging case has no wireless charging."}},{"url":"https://www.soundguys.com/how-we-test/","kind":"measurement","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["measured_battery_life","measured_frequency_response_notes","measured_microphone_notes"],"notes":{"measured_battery_life":"Standardized continuous music peaks at 75 dB SPL. This method does not establish an unstated ANC or codec setting for a particular sample.","measured_frequency_response_notes":"Bruel & Kjaer 5128 fixture, SoundCheck analysis and source preference curve.","measured_microphone_notes":"Calibrated artificial mouth, with simulated background noise, wind and reverberation."}},{"url":"https://sony.mediaroom.com/2025-03-25-Sony-Electronics-Announces-the-WF-C710N-Truly-Wireless-Noise-Canceling-Earbuds-and-Adds-New-Colors-to-the-WH-CH720N-and-WH-CH520-Wireless-Headphones","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["announce_date","launch_price_usd","markets"],"notes":{"launch_price_usd":"Original Sony US maker MSRP 119.99 USD. Current store 129.99 USD and SoundGuys commerce widget 129.99 are later amounts.","announce_date":"Maker March 25 announcement explicitly opens preorders. It is not used as actual retail date.","markets":"Original Sony US launch establishes US marketing."}},{"url":"https://www.sony.com.hk/press/pdf/20250409_e.pdf","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["release_date","battery_life_claimed","markets"],"notes":{"release_date":"Same-day maker availability April 9, 2025 in Hong Kong, corroborated contemporaneous April 11 Tom’s Guide shopping availability. March 25 US maker was preorder. Reviewer metadata calls March 25 release, but does not prove retail shipments. Actual retail month stored April.","battery_life_claimed":"Footnote 1 explicitly 30 h including case with ANC and 40 h with ANC off. No case total calculated from one-charge runtime. Codec unstated.","markets":"Exact Hong Kong maker launch establishes HK marketing."}},{"url":"https://www.tomsguide.com/audio/earbuds/sony-wf-c710n-wireless-earbuds-review","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["release_date"],"notes":{"release_date":"April 11, 2025 contemporaneous Price & availability section names current Amazon US and Sony UK shopping routes. Unqualified case runtime 33.5 h conflicts maker 40 h and is excluded."}},{"url":"https://www.sony.jp/headphone/products/WF-C710N/feature_1.html","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["markets","anc","anc_type","wind_noise_reduction"],"notes":{"markets":"Exact Japanese maker model feature page and Sony Store links establish JP marketing. Public Japanese page decoded as CP932."}},{"url":"https://www.sony.co.uk/presscentre/sony-announces-the-wf-c710n-truly-wireless-noise-cancelling-earbuds-and-adds-new-colours-to-the-wh-ch720n-and-wh-ch520-wireless-headphone-ranges","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["launch_price_eur","microphone_count","microphone_count_total","anc_mic_count"],"notes":{"launch_price_eur":"Exact March 25 2025 Sony Europe launch release MSRP EUR 120, across four named colors. GBP 100 is separate. Preorder is not actual shipment date.","microphone_count":"Total across both buds. Precise Voice Pickup explicitly uses microphones outside and inside each earbud. Each bud has two physical microphones shared by calls and ANC, so four across pair, no case microphone. Teardown enumerates one shared voice/feedforward MEMS and one feedback MEMS per bud.","microphone_count_total":"Four unique physical microphones across both buds, two per bud. Shared call/ANC use counted once. Maker inside/outside voice pickup and exact teardown confirm. IR sensor and RF antenna excluded.","anc_mic_count":"Four ANC microphones across pair, two per bud, feedforward and feedback. Maker dual sensors plus inside/outside paragraph, exact teardown enumerates two NC MEMS on one bud flex PCB. No 2+2 call microphones added."}},{"url":"https://thewalkmanblog.com/2025/04/01/sony-wf-c710n-fcc-teardown/2/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["chipset","case_battery_capacity_mah"],"notes":{"chipset":"Exact YY2986/WF-C710N published FCC-photo teardown identifies installed MediaTek MT2822M, Sony V1 family. No feature capabilities borrowed from other MT2822M devices. Certification sample source, global retail firmware unknown.","case_battery_capacity_mah":"Exact published FCC-photo teardown identifies case cells VDL772130 and High-Power/Springpower 772030 at 500 mAh, 3.85 V. Independently viewed case label teardown 11 explicitly says Rated Capacity 500 mAh and Rated Energy 1.925 Wh. Rated cell capacity, not USB output or combined buds. Earbud 0.269/0.27 Wh not converted to mAh."}},{"url":"https://nextrift.com/202540685/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["driver_type"],"notes":{"driver_type":"Exact WF-C710N tested review explicitly 5 mm dynamic drivers. Independently corroborated TechRadar exact comparison table. Maker only diameter does not itself establish technology."}},{"url":"https://nextrift.com/202540685/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["drivers"],"notes":{"drivers":"Exact review dynamic 5 mm transducers. Published YY2986 complete exploded mechanical diagram in TheWalkmanBlog FCC teardown shows one acoustic unit assembly per bud, so count one. No assumed full-range role, diaphragm material or impedance."}},{"url":"https://thewalkmanblog.com/2025/04/01/sony-wf-c710n-fcc-teardown/2/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["drivers"],"notes":{"drivers":"Published complete exact YY2986 exploded mechanical diagram labels one UNIT ASSY in one earbud, with one UNIT MAGNET. Diaphragm/coil acoustic unit is distinct from two MEMS microphones and IR sensor. Per-bud transducer count one. Raw published diagram viewed in scratch exploded.jpg."}},{"url":"https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/2986/v1/en/print.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["gesture_controls"],"notes":{"gesture_controls":"Exact guide About touch sensor table, printed page 21, and phone-control section. Default assignments left noise control and Quick Access, right music. Touch and hold Quick Attention/voice assistant, depending assignment. Four or more taps changes music volume. Individual gestures are not all freely remappable."}},{"url":"https://www.soundguys.com/sony-wf-c710n-review-136737/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["eq_presets"],"notes":{"eq_presets":"Exact reviewed presets named in frequency-response measurement sections. This is a partial list of explicitly observed names, no fixed eight-preset count inferred across app versions."}},{"url":"https://www.tomsguide.com/audio/earbuds/sony-wf-c710n-wireless-earbuds-review","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["eq_presets"],"notes":{"eq_presets":"Exact review app paragraph names Vocal and listening paragraph tests Excited preset. SoundGuys independently tests Bass Boost and Bright. App version unstated. Ambient Sound twenty levels are not ANC levels or EQ presets."}},{"url":"https://services.sony.co.uk/support/en/warranty/general","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["warranty_years"],"notes":{"warranty_years":"Sony UK/European voluntary guarantee one year from original purchase when accompanying guarantee leaflet applies. Exact WF-C710N UK store links Sony Original Warranty. Not statutory two-year consumer remedy, not Xperia two-year exception or Japan Sony Store three-year promotion. Source market GB."}},{"url":"https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/sony/wf-c710n","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["wireless_receiver","stabilizers"],"notes":{"wireless_receiver":"Exact public gaming verdict says Bluetooth headphones do not come with wireless dongle. Exact maker connections guide only Bluetooth. No official 2.4 GHz receiver or USB audio route documented. Third-party Bluetooth dongles excluded.","stabilizers":"Exact public sports verdict says no stability fins. Complete maker unit/tip diagrams show conventional tips with no wings, hooks or separate bands. No third-party accessory inferred."}},{"url":"https://fccid.io/AK8YY2986","kind":"regulatory","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["fcc_ids"],"notes":{"fcc_ids":"Published FCC grant mirror table identifies Sony Group, YY2986 Wireless Noise Canceling Stereo Headset and identifier AK8YY2986, original grant 16 December 2024. Covers device authorization, not an invented independent case radio ID. Original submitted user-manual metadata matches WF-C710N YY2986. Confidential operational description and parts list not accessed."}},{"url":"https://www.sony.jp/headphone/products/WF-C710N/feature_5.html","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["fast_pair"],"notes":{"fast_pair":"The exact WF-C710N feature page explicitly supports Google Fast Pair and popup pairing with a nearby compatible Android device. A separate chapter describes Swift Pair for Windows 10 and 11. Local ringing does not establish a crowd finding network."}},{"url":"https://www.bestbuy.com/product/sony-wf-c710n-truly-wireless-noise-cancelling-earbuds-black/J7XSRH5QZZ","kind":"retailer","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["status"],"notes":{"status":"Exact standard WF-C710N/B in Black, Best Buy SKU 6620461, sold by Best Buy. The product Availability section offers pickup within one hour, shipping tomorrow and Add to Cart. This proves current availability. Current price, other bundles and finish barcodes are not used as launch facts."}},{"url":"https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/sony-wf-c700n","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["predecessor"],"notes":{"predecessor":"What Hi-Fi's WF-C700N review calls the WF-C710N the successors of the WF-C700N."}}],"fields_filled":85,"updated":"2026-10-23"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://arkivo.dev/api"}}