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4-229-130-12(1)
MiniDisc Deck
GB
Operating Instructions ____________________________________________
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Mode d’emploi _________________________________________________
MDS-JA333ES
©2000 Sony Corporation
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® E S product meets the NERGY TAR guidelines for energy efficiency. WARNING This symbol is intended to alert the user to For customers in Canada the presence of important operating and To prevent fire or shock This Class B digital apparatus complies maintenance (servicing) instructions in the With Canadian ICES-003. hazard, do not expose the unit literature accompanying the appliance. to rain or moisture. CAUTION CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO You are cautioned that any changes or
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Location and Function of Editing Recorded MDs Controls Before you start editing 30 Erasing tracks (ERASE) 31 Front panel description 4 Dividing tracks (DIVIDE) 33 Remote control description 6 Combining tracks (COMBINE) 34 Display window description 8 Moving tracks (MOVE) 34 Rear panel description 9 Naming a track or MD (NAME) 35 Undoing the last edit (UNDO) 37 Getting Started Changing the recorded level after recording Before you start the hookup 10 (S.F EDIT) 38 Hooking up th
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Location and Front panel description Function of Controls This chapter describes the location and function of the various buttons, controls, and jacks on the deck and the supplied remote. Further details are provided on the pages indicated in the parentheses. It also describes the information that appears in the display window. A?/1 (power) switch/STANDBY indicator (14) (23) Press to turn on the deck. When you turn on the deck, the STANDBY indicator turns off. When you press the switch
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Location and Function of Controls 12345678 90 qaqsqd qf qg wf wd ws wa w; ql qk qj qh J CLEAR button (27) (35) R MDLP indicator (16) (23) Press to cancel the selection. Lights when the deck is playing or recording to an MD in LP2 or LP4 Stereo mode. K MENU/NO button (19) (27) (30) (39) (52) Press to display the Edit Menu or Setup Menu. S MD disc tray (14) (23) Insert an MD as illustrated below. L AMS control (12) (14) (23) (30) (39) Turn to locate tracks, set the clock, select the input With t
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Location and Function of Controls Remote control description A?/1 (power) switch (14) (23) Press to turn on the deck. When you turn on the deck, the STANDBY indicator on the deck turns off. When OPEN/CLOSE ` / 1 you press the switch again, the deck turns off and the wg Z 1 MENU/NO YES indicator lights up. wf B DATE RECORDED button (13) Z DISPLAY SCROLL TIME Press to display the recording date and time. wd PLAY MODE DATE DATE PRESENT button (13) Z CONTINUE SHUFFLE PROGRAM RECORDED PRESENT ws
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Location and Function of Controls O CD PLAYER X button (21) Z W DISPLAY button (9) (15) (17) (24) (27) Press to pause the CD play. Press again to resume CD Press to select the information to be displayed in the play. window. CD PLAYER ./> buttons (21) Z SCROLL button (24) Z Press to locate tracks on the CD. Press to scroll the name of a track or an MD. P CD-SYNC STOP button (21) Z TIME button (18) (21) Press to stop CD Synchro-recording. Press to display the remaining time. CD-SYNC START butto
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Location and Function of Controls Display window description 1 2 3 4 5 6 78 A REMOTE indicator D Recording and editing indicators Lights when the MD is being controlled by an external L.SYNC indicator (19) device connected to the deck. Lights when the deck is set to assign track numbers B Disc name and track name indicators display automatically during analog recording. DISC indicator Rec mode indicators (16) Lights when the disc information (etc.) is shown. These indicators turn off during s
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Location and Function of Controls Rear panel description F Music calendar Shows all the track numbers within a grid if the MD is a premastered disc, or without a grid if the MD is a recordable disc. If the total number of tracks exceeds 1234567 15, B appears to the right of number 15 in the music calendar. G SLEEP indicator (41) Lights when the deck is set to turn off automatically after specified minutes. H Level meters Display the audio signal levels during playing and recording. Note
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Getting Before you start the hookup Started Checking the supplied accessories This chapter provides information on This MD deck comes with the following items: the supplied accessories and hookups. Audio connecting cords (2) Remote commander (remote) (1) Be sure to read this chapter thoroughly R6 (size-AA) batteries (2) before you actually connect any equipment to the deck. Inserting batteries into the remote Insert two R6 (size-AA) batteries into the battery compartment with the +
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Getting Started Hooking up the audio components CONTROL A1ΙΙ AC power cord D A CB to a wall outlet 1) Amplifier, etc. CD player, DBS tuner, etc. , Digital 2) amplifier, DAT deck, MD deck, etc. 1) Digital equipment with a DIGITAL OUT connector only 2) Digital equipment with both DIGITAL IN and OUT connectors Required cords Hookup considerations A Audio connecting cords (2) (supplied) Turn off the power of all components before making any When connecting an audio connecting cord, be sure to ma
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Getting Started Other connections Setting the clock To connect a CONTROL A1ΙΙ compatible component Once you set the MD deck’s internal clock, the MD deck D Monaural (2P) mini-plug cables (2) (not supplied) will automatically record the date and time of all recordings. For USA and Canadian models, date is displayed in the order of month, day, year, and time on a 12-hour clock. For European model, date is displayed in For details, see “Using the CONTROL A1 control ΙΙ the order of day, month
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Getting Started 3 Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to change the setting, then press AMS. 4 To complete the setting, press AMS or m/M repeatedly until the minute indication flashes, then press AMS or YES. Displaying the current date and time Z You can display the current date and time any time while the power is on. Press DATE PRESENT. Each press of the button changes the display as follows: Current display r Date r Time z For precise date and time stamping of recordings Reset th
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Recording to Recording to an MD MDs If the MD has been partially recorded, recording starts after the recorded tracks. ?/1 AMS This chapter explains the various ways to record to an MD, as well as how to mark track numbers and perform synchro-recording with other components. See also “System limitations” on page 47 before OPEN/CLOSE A N Xz INPUT recording. 1 Turn on the amplifier and program source, and select the source on the amplifier. 2 Press ?/1 to turn on the deck. The STANDBY ind
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Recording to MDs z You can play from the first track of the MD after 8 Press N or X. recording Recording starts. 1 Press x again after stopping recording. 9 Start playing the program source. 2 Press N. The deck starts to play from the first track of the MD. Operations you may want to do during Note recording You cannot record over existing material when Shuffle Play To Press (page 27) or Program Play (page 27) has been selected. Stop recording x “Impossible” appears in the display at this ti
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Recording to MDs Notes on recording Recording for long times In addition to normal stereo recording, this deck has two About indications that appear during/ long time recording modes: LP2 and LP4. When after recording recording in LP2 Stereo mode, you can record 2 times the normal recordable time, and in LP4 Stereo mode, you can When “Tr” flashes in the display during record 4 times the normal recordable time. In addition, the recording recordable time for monaural recording is approximate
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Recording to MDs If “LPstamp:On” is set, “LP:” is recorded as part of the track name, so the number of characters that can be input in a single Adjusting the recording MD is reduced. Furthermore, “LP:” is automatically copied if the track name is copied or if the track is divided by using the level Divide function. MDs recorded in MD LP (LP2 or LP4 Stereo) mode should be played back on a deck that supports MD LP mode. These MDs You can adjust the recording level for both analog and c
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Recording to MDs To turn off the Peak Hold Function, select “P.Hold Off” in step 3 above. Recording tips z You can use the remote to turn the Peak Hold TIME MENU/NO AMS YES Function on or off Z Press P.HOLD to display “P.Hold On” or “P.Hold Off”. Note The volume can only be increased up to 18.0 dB. Therefore, if the output level of the connected component is low, it may not be possible to set the recording level to maximum. Adjusting the analog recording level OPEN/CLOSE A z INPUT 1 Do step
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Recording to MDs To stop Input Monitor Press x. Marking track numbers while recording (Track Erasing blank portions automatically Marking) (Smart Space/Auto Cut) The deck can be set to automatically erase any blanks that You can mark track numbers either manually or are produced when the signal is interrupted during automatically while recording. By marking track numbers recording. The function that activates (Smart Space or at specific points, you can quickly locate the points later Aut
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Recording to MDs 4 Press MENU/NO. When you set Automatic Track Marking to on, Starting recording with six “L.SYNC” lights up. seconds of prestored The deck marks a track number whenever the input signal level drops to –50 dB (the trigger level for audio data (Time Machine Automatic Track Marking) or below for at least 1.5 Recording) seconds. To change the trigger level for Automatic Track Whenever the deck is in recording pause, the deck’s buffer Marking memory continuously stores the l
