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2-547-453-91(1)
Mini Hi-Fi
Component
System
Operating Instructions
Owner’s Record
The model and serial numbers are located on the rear of the unit. Record the serial
number in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your
Sony dealer regarding this product.
Model No. Serial No.
MHC-LX10000
©2006 Sony Corporation
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WARNING WARNING This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to To reduce the risk of fire or electric Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful shock, do not expose this apparatus to interference in a residential installation. This rain or moisture. equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. frequency energy and
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Table of Contents About this manual ...................................4 Selecting the MP3 Booster effect ......... 20 Playable discs..........................................4 Selecting the sound system................... 20 Flashing sound effect............................ 20 Getting Started — SOUND FLASH Singing along........................................ 21 Hooking up the system............................6 Positioning the speakers..........................8 Timer Setting the clock........
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Discs that this system cannot About this manual play back This manual mainly explains operations using CD-ROMs other than those has MP3 audio the buttons on the unit, but the same operations a) tracks that conforms to ISO 9660 Level 1, can also be performed using the buttons on the Level 2, Joliet in expansion format. remote having the same or similar names or CD-Rs/CD-RWs other than those recorded in symbols. the following formats: – audio CD format Playable discs – data CD format wi
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Notes on discs Music discs encoded with copyright protection This system can play back CD-R/CD-RW technologies discs edited by the user. However, note that playback of some discs may not be possible This product is designed to play back discs that depending on the recording device used for conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. recording or the disc condition. Recently, various music discs encoded with Discs recorded on CD-R/CD-RW drives may copyright protection technologies ar
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Getting Started Hooking up the system Do the following procedures 1 to 4 to hook up your system using the supplied cords and accessories (page 35). AM loop antenna Surround speaker Surround speaker (Left) (Right) 3 FM lead antenna 3 2 2 4 1 Front speaker (Right) Unit Front speaker (Left) 1 1 Connect the front speakers. 2 Connect the surround speakers. Connect the speaker cords of the front Connect the speaker cords of the surround speakers to the FRONT SPEAKER speakers to the SURR SPEAKER ter
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Getting Started AM 3 Connect the FM and AM antennas. Inserting two R6 (size AA) Set up the AM loop antenna, then connect batteries into the remote it. AM loop antenna Note If you do not use the remote for a long period of time, remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage and corrosion. Extend the FM lead Tip antenna horizontally With normal use, the batteries should last for about six months. When the remote no longer operates the 4 Connect the power cord to a
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Positioning the speakers Setting the clock Place the front speakers at an angle of 45 Use buttons on the remote for the operation. degrees from your listening position. 1 Press ?/1 to turn on the system. Unit 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET. Front Front “CLOCK” appears in the display. Then, the speaker speaker (L) (R) hour indication flashes in the display. 3 Press –. or >+ repeatedly to set the hour. 45° 4 Press ENTER. The minute indication flashes in the display. Surround speaker Surround speake
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Disc – Playback Playing a disc Disc – Playback — Normal Play/Shuffle Play Loading a disc This system lets you play back audio CDs and discs with MP3 audio tracks in different play 1 Press Z OPEN/CLOSE. modes. The disc tray slides out. When playing an audio CD 2 Load a disc with the label side facing Elapsed Disc tray up on the disc tray. playing time number Track number When you play back a 8 cm disc such as CD single, place it on the inner circle of the tray Disc playing Disc pres
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1 Press CD. Other operations 2 When playback is stopped, press PLAY To Do this MODE on the remote repeatedly until Stop playback Press x. the indication of the play mode you Pause playback Press X. Press X again to resume want lights up in the display. playback. Select To play back Select a track Turn . > clockwise or counterclockwise (or press –. ALL DISCS The tracks on all discs in the or >+ on the remote (Normal Play) disc tray continuously. repeatedly). 1DISC The tracks on the disc y
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Disc – Playback Notes You cannot change the play mode during playback. Playing repeatedly The following discs take a longer time to start playback. — Repeat Play – a disc recorded with complicated tree structure. You can play back all the tracks or a single track – a disc recorded in Multi Session. on a disc repeatedly. – a disc to which data can be added (non-finalized disc). Press REPEAT on the remote repeatedly When the disc is loaded, the system reads all the during playback until
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3 Press one of DISC 1 ~ 3 buttons or 6 To program additional discs or tracks. EX-CHANGE/DISC SKIP (or DISC SKIP To program Repeat steps on the remote) to select a disc. Other discs 3 and 5 To program all the tracks on a disc at once, Other tracks on the 4 and 5 proceed to step 5 while “AL” appears in the same disc display. Other tracks on 3 to 5 To program all the MP3 audio tracks on other discs an album at once, turn and hold ALBUM +/– clockwise or 7 Press nN (or N on the remote). counter
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Tuner 4 Press TUNER MEMORY on the remote. A preset number flashes in the display. Tuner The stations are stored from preset number 1. Presetting radio stations Preset number You can preset up to 20 FM stations and 10 AM stations. You can then tune in any of those stations simply by selecting the corresponding preset number. Automatic tuning preset You can automatically tune in all of the stations 5 Turn TUNING +/– clockwise or that can be received in your area and then store counterclo
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4 Press TUNER MEMORY on the remote. To set to “CD POWER ON” A preset number flashes in the display. Repeat the procedure above and “CD POWER The stations are stored from preset ON” appears in the display. number 1. Notes Preset number When “CD POWER OFF” is selected, disc access time is increased. You cannot change the CD power manage function setting in the Power Saving Mode (page 24). To change the AM tuning interval Use buttons on the unit for the operation. The factory settings fo
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Tuner Listening to a non-preset Listening to the radio radio station You can listen to a radio station either by — Manual Tuning selecting a preset station, or by manually tuning in the station. 1 Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly to select “FM” or “AM”. Listening to a preset station 2 Press TUNING MODE on the remote repeatedly until “MANUAL” lights up in — Preset Tuning the display. 3 Turn TUNING +/– clockwise or Before tuning to preset stations, be sure to preset counterclockwise (or press –
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Tape presence indicator Tape – Playback Loading a tape 1 Push b (Deck A) or B (Deck B) on the selected deck. Front side Reverse side indicator indicator *1 Only for the tape in Deck B. Playback stops automatically after repeating the sequence for five times. *2 Relay Play follows this cyclic sequence up to five times, then stops: 2 Load a tape into Deck A or B. Deck A (front side) t Deck B (front side) t Deck B (reverse side) With the side *3 you want to You can only play back front side
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Tape – Playback/Tape – Recording To record a disc by specifying track order Tape – Recording — Program Edit Recording your favorite You can record tracks on all the discs in the order you want using Program Play. Between tracks on a disc into a steps 2 and step 3 of “CD Synchro Recording” tape (page 17), do steps 2 to 6 of “Creating your own program” (page 11). When programming, make — CD Synchro Recording sure the playing times for each side do not exceed the length of one side of the
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Tips When you record on both sides, be sure to start from Recording on a tape the front side. If you start from the reverse side, recording stops at the end of the reverse side. manually For recording from the radio: — Manual Recording If noise is heard while recording from the radio, move the respective antenna to reduce the noise. You can record just the portions you like from a For recording from a disc to a tape manually: disc, tape or radio program on a tape. You can turn . > clo
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Sound Adjustment Adjusting the graphic Sound Adjustment equalizer or selecting the Adjusting the sound surround effect You can reinforce the bass and create a more You can adjust the sound by raising or lowering powerful sound. the level of specific frequency band, then store Press GROOVE repeatedly. up to three user equalizer setting in the memory. Each time you press the button, the display 1 Press EQ BAND repeatedly to select a changes cyclically as follows: frequency band or surround
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Other operations Selecting the sound To Do this Call up a user Turn OPERATION DIAL system equalizer setting clockwise or counterclockwise until the user equalizer setting You can enjoy different sounds by selecting the number you want appears in the sound mode you want. display. Press SURR SPEAKER MODE repeatedly to Notes select the sound mode you want. When you select certain preset effects, the surround Each time you press the button, the display effect may be canceled. changes cycl
