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Audio Library System
3-242-073-12 (1)
Audio Library
System
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Operating Instructions
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Mode d’emploi
Owner’s Record
The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom of the unit.
Record these numbers in the space provided below.
Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product.
Model No. MEX-1HD Serial No.
For installation and connections, see the supplied installation/connections manu
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Warning Welcome ! This equipment has been tested and found to Thank you for purchasing this Sony Audio comply with the limits for a Class B digital Library System. device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Storage of about 2000 tracks on the internal These limits are designed to provide reasonable HDD using the latest compression technique 1 protection against harmful interference in a (ATRAC3)* residential installation. This equipment High-speed recording at a maximum speed 2 genera
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Car G-PROTECTION Gracenote Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote and the G-PROTECTION is originally developed for ® SM Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition Service . Walkman and performs supreme skip-free Gracenote is the industry standard in music against shock. Car G-PROTECTION is designed recognition technology and related content and tuned for car audio based on the technology delivery. For more information visit of original G-PROTECTION. Car G- www.gr
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Table of Contents Location of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Recording and Editing HDD Recording an album/track onto the HDD Getting Started — Track recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Labeling a folder/album/track Detaching the front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 — Name In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Initial settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Creati
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Sound effect Sound list display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer — DSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Setting the equalizer — EQ7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Adjusting the bass and treble — BAS/TRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Adjusting the balance — BAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Adjusting the fader — FAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Location of controls REC MEX-1HD When the front panel is opened When the front panel is removed 6
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a L (left) dial o Z (OPEN/CLOSE) 8, 19, 42 Rotate to: p “MG Memory Stick” Slot – Adjust the volume q LED (“MG Memory Stick”) – Select a sound item Lights up while the unit is accessing the Press to: “MG Memory Stick.” – Display the sound menu r LED (HDD) – Enter a setting Lights up while the unit is accessing the – Cancel the list display HDD. b SOURCE button s LED (I/O) To select the source. Lights up while the unit is accessing the c DSPL button 10, 13, 14, 20, 27, 30, 32, Digital I/O. 39
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Notes If you detach the panel while the unit is still turned on, the power will turn off automatically. Getting Started Do not drop or put excessive pressure on the front panel and its display window. Close the front panel before you detach it. Do not subject the front panel to heat/high temperature or moisture. Avoid leaving it in a parked Resetting the unit car or on the dashboard/rear tray. Tip Before operating the unit for the first time, or When carrying the front panel with yo
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Initial settings Deactivating the Demonstration display The following settings are required before you operate the unit for the first time, after replacing In the default setting, Demonstration is set to the car battery, or changing the connection. If the “On” (to active the demonstration display). After date or the time on the unit is not set correctly, initial setting, you must set Demonstration to the HDD may trace the playback history “Off.” incorrectly. 1 Press (MENU). 1 Press the
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Basic operations Listening to a track on a CD 2 1 3 CD 1Press . To stop playback The front panel slides down and the disc tray Press (OFF). slides out automatically. 2 Place a CD (labeled side up). When a CD is already inserted Set the CD on the disc tray until it clicks. Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select “CD,” and playback starts automatically. 3 Push the disc tray. To play back a CD automatically Set “CD Auto Play” (page 20) to “On.” The unit automatically plays back a CD when the disc tr
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Listening to the radio 1 2 1 Press (SOURCE) to select “FM” or To receive a station automatically “AM.”* — Automatic tuning Press (FUNCTION) repeatedly to display the 2 Rotate the R dial to select the desired function menu “ SEEK” and “SEEK .” station. You can select the station only when the (F1) ( SEEK) : To search for preceding stations station is stored in the preset memory (page (F2) (SEEK ) : To search for succeeding 24 or 26). stations * When AM reception has been canceled, “AM” is
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Recording audio CDs onto the HDD 1 2 3 4 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select To listen to the radio while recording “CD.” Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select “FM” or “AM.” Note If no CD is inserted, you cannot select “CD” as the Each time you press (SOURCE), the source source. changes as follows: FM t AM t AUX* t CD t FM REC 2Press . When you select “CD,” the track being recorded The record setting display appears. is played. * If “AUX” is not displayed when selecting the source, 3 Adjust
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Listening to tracks on the HDD 2 1 3 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select To locate a specific point in a track “HDD.” — Manual searching Playback starts automatically from the first Press (FUNCTION) repeatedly to display the track in the last album recorded on the HDD. function menu “m” and “M.” Note When you use the HDD for the first time, or when (F1) (m) : To search backward there is nothing recorded on the HDD, you cannot (F2) (M) : To search forward select “HDD” as the source. In this
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Listening to audio files 4 1 2 3 Note 1 Press (OPEN). If no “MG Memory Stick” is inserted, you cannot select The front panel slides down automatically. “MEMORY STICK” as the source. 2 Insert an “MG Memory Stick” until it Tip clicks. “NO CONTENTS” will be displayed when there are no audio files that can be played back. 3 Press (OPEN) again. The front panel is closed. To locate a specific point in a track 4 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select — Manual searching “MEMORY STICK.” Press (FUNCTION
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Tip Menu items appear depending on the source selected. Menu display For details, see “Changing the sound and display settings” on page 51. You can change the function modes or the various settings of the unit accordingly. MENU R dial To change the settings Example: To set “Screen Saver” to “Auto” 1 Press (MENU). indicates you are in the first level of the menu settings indicates there are other levels below the current level 2 Rotate the R dial to select “Display,” then press the R dial.
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To display the folder name list, or source list List display Display the album name list in step 2, then press (F1) (). The radio station names or the folder/album/track Each time you press (F1), the list display names are displayed depending on the source changes as follows: selected. You can simply select an item on the list Album name list t Folder name list t Source to play or listen to. list SOURCE F1 List structure : Storage folder :Play List folder :Sort folder MEX-1HD R dial CD 00
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The following items are displayed depending on the situation Function menu You can change the various settings or modes During radio reception or playback easily with the function menu. Some specific SEEK/SEEK : searches for radio stations functions frequently used are assigned to the manually or automatically. function buttons (F1) to (F3) according to the BTM: stores stations with the strongest signals. source selected. LOCAL: changes the local mode to “On” or “Off.” SOURCE F2 F1 FM/AM:
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During the sound setting operation : to return to the previous display. CD/HDD/“MG Memory : to return to the normal display. INIT: to restore the default settings. Stick” TUNE: to move to the tuning display. LPF: to move to the low-pass filter display. HPF: to move to the high-pass filter display. Playing a track Checking the information on When playing a music CD, a track recorded on the HDD or “MG Memory Stick,” text the contents selected information (folder name, album name, track name,
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To remove the disc, press down the center The playback order of MP3 files spindle, and lift up the edge of the disc from the The playback order of the folders and files is as relief in the disc tray. follows. Example: Folder (album) 1 1 MP3 file (track) 2 2 Notes 3 Do not touch the lens in the disc tray. Do not use a commercially available lens cleaner. 3 Depending on the recording method used on the disc, it may take a minute or more before playing the first track. 4 Depending on th
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Gracenote CDDB data may contain inaccuracies. If title information is incorrect, you can edit it with this Display items unit (page 30) or Mobile Library Manager (page 54). Notes on MP3 When the folder/album (disc)/track changes, any If an MP3 file has an ID3 tag, the ID3 tag information prerecorded title of the new folder/album (disc)/ has priority over other information. track is automatically displayed. When an MP3 file is being played back, the disc volume name and the folder name
