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Personal MiniDisc System
PMC-MD55
3-866-600-21(1)
Personal MiniDisc
System
GB
GB
Operating Instructions page 2
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Manual de instrucciones página 2
PMC-MD55
1999 by Sony Corporation
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CAUTION Warning • You can use this player on AC power To prevent fire or shock hazard, do source only. You cannot use it on batteries. not expose the player to rain or When you use this player for the first time, moisture. or when you have not used it for a long time, leave it connected to AC power source for about one hour to charge the To avoid electrical shock, do not open built-in backup battery for the clock, timer, the cabinet. Refer servicing to preset radio stations, etc. You can use the
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Basic Operations Table of contents Basic Operations 4 Playing a CD 6 Recording a whole CD (Synchronized recording) 8 Playing an MD 10 Listening to the radio The CD Player•The MD Editing recorded tracks on Player the MD 12 Using the display 39 Before editing 16 Checking CD text information 41 Erasing recordings (Erase Function) 18 Locating a specific track 44 Dividing recorded tracks 19 Playing tracks repeatedly GB (Repeat Play) (Divide Function) 20 Creating your own programme 46 Combining record
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Basic Operations Playing a CD 2 1 For hookup instructions, see pages 60 - 65. 1 Press 6 CD OPEN/CLOSE (direct power-on) and place the CD on the CD compartment. With the label side up Display 2 Press CD ^ (CD ( on the remote). The lid of the CD compartment closes and the player plays all the tracks once. Position Track Playing pointer number time GB 4 Basic Operations
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations OPERATE CD ^ CD p 6 CD OPEN/CLOSE VOL +, – Jog dial Tips To Do this • Next time you want to listen to a CD, just press adjust the volume Press VOL +, – CD ^. The player stop playback Press CD p. turns on automatically and starts playing the pause playback Press CD ^ (CD P on the CD. remote). • What is the position Press the button again to pointer in the display? resume play after pause. It shows about where on the CD track the player
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Recording a whole CD (Synchronized recording) 451 3 2 For hookup instructions, see pages 60 - 65. Display 1 Insert a recordable MD (direct power-on). With the label side up After “TOC Reading” is displayed, the disc name will be displayed if it is Insert in the direction of labelled. the arrow 2 Press 6 CD OPEN/CLOSE and place the CD on the CD compartment. Press 6 CD OPEN/CLOSE again to close the CD compartment. With the label side up 3 Press CD p. GB 6 Basic Operations
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Basic Operations 4 To record at high speed, press HIGH SPEED. The indicator on the button lights up. To record at normal speed, skip this step. Position pointer (showing 5 Press SYNCHRO REC CD ( playing position on the CD and MD. recording position on the MD) The player starts recording automatically. If the MD has any previous recording, recording will be made from the last recorded position. Track number Remaining of MD recording time of MD Notes Use these buttons for additional operations • A
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Playing an MD 2 1 For hookup instructions, see pages 60 - 65. 1 Insert the MD (direct power-on). Display With the label side up After “TOC Reading” is displayed, the disc name will be displayed if it is Insert in the direction of labelled. the arrow 2 Press MD ^ (MD ( on the Track name is displayed if it is labelled. remote). The player plays all the tracks once. Track number Playing time GB 8 Basic Operations
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations OPERATE MD ^ MD p VOL +, – 6 MD EJECT Jog dial DISPLAY Tip To Do this Next time you want to adjust the volume Press VOL +, – listen to an MD, just press MD ^. The stop playback Press MD p. player turns on automatically and starts pause playback Press MD ^ (MD P on the playing the MD. remote). Press the button again to resume play after pause. go to the next track Turn the jog dial clockwise. (On the remote, press +.) go back to the pre
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Listening to the radio 12 For hookup instructions, see pages 60 - 65. 1 Press RADIO BAND until the Display band you want appears in the display (direct power-on). “FM”, “MW” or “LW” appears 2 Hold down TUNE + or TUNE – until the frequency digits begin to change in the display. The player automatically scans the radio frequencies and stops when it finds a clear station. Indicates an FM stereo broadcast If you can’t tune in a station, press TUNE + or TUNE – repeatedly to change the frequency step
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations OPERATE VOL +, – MONO/ST Tips To Press • If the FM broadcast is adjust the volume VOL +, – noisy, press MONO/ST (MODE on the remote) turn on/off the radio OPERATE until “Mono” appears in the display and radio will play in monaural. To improve broadcast reception • Next time you want to FM: listen to the radio, just press RADIO BAND. Keep the FM lead aerial as horizontal as possible and The player turns on reorient it. automatically and
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The CD Player•The MD Player Using the display DISPLAY You can check information about the CD and MD using the display. Tip During stop (CD) When using the CD The total track number and playing time are containing text displayed. information, the disc name, the artist name, CD indication Position pointer etc. appear in the display (page 16). Total playing time Total track number Music calendar If the CD has more than 20 tracks, “OVER 20” appears in the display. GB 12 The CD Player•The MD Player
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The CD Player•The MD Player Note During play (CD) During repeat play The current track number and playing time are (page 19), programme displayed. The track numbers in the music calendar play (page 20) and disappear after they are played. shuffle play (page 22), the number of tracks left and remaining time on the CD will not be To check the remaining time displayed. Press DISPLAY. To display Press DISPLAY the current track number and once remaining time on the current track the number of tracks
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Using the display (continued) Tip During stop (MD) The disc name or the The total track number and playing time are track name is displayed displayed. only with the MDs that have been electronically MD Disc name Total playing time labelled. indication Total track number Music calendar If the MD has more than 20 tracks, “OVER 20” appears in the display. To check the remaining recording time on the MD Press DISPLAY. The position pointer also appears in the display. GB 14 The CD Player•The MD Playe
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The CD Player•The MD Player Note During play (MD) During repeat play The current track number, playing time and the track (page 19), programme name are displayed. The track numbers in the music play (page 20) and calendar disappear after they are played. shuffle play (page 22), the number of tracks left and remaining time on the MD will not be To check the remaining time, recording date and displayed. time, etc. Press DISPLAY. To display Press DISPLAY the current track number, once remaining tim
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Checking CD text DISPLAY information You can display the CD text (the disc name, the artist name, the track name, etc.) when this information is recorded on the CD. Tips During stop (CD) • This mark The total track number and playing time are appears on displayed. the CD, the CD case, etc., when the CD text CD contains text indication Disc name/artist name* information. • This player can display up to 1,500 characters of text information per Total playing time CD. If a CD has text information of
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The CD Player•The MD Player During play (CD) The current track name, the current track number and playing time are displayed. If you press DISPLAY, indications in the display change as follows: To display Press DISPLAY the position pointer, the current once track number and remaining time on the current track the disc name/artist name, twice the number of tracks left and remaining time on the CD the current track name, three times the current track number and playing time GB The CD Player•The MD
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Locating a specific track You can quickly locate any track on a CD or an MD using the number buttons on Number the remote. You can also find a specific buttons point in a track while playing a CD or an MD. =, + Note To locate Press You cannot locate a a specific track directly the number button of the track. specific track if “REP PGM”, “REP SHUF”, a point while listening to + (forward) or = (backward) “PGM” or “SHUF” is lit the sound while playing and hold down in the display. Turn off until y
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The CD Player•The MD Player Playing tracks MD ^ CD ^ repeatedly (Repeat Play) You can play tracks repeatedly in normal, shuffle or programme play modes (page 20). REPEAT SHUF/PGM On the remote To repeat Do this During stop, press a single track 1 Play the track you want. MODE repeatedly until 2 Press REPEAT until “REP 1”, “REP ALL”, “REP 1” appears in the display. “REP SHUF” or “REP PGM” appears in the all the tracks 1 Start normal play. display. Then play the 2 Press REPEAT until CD or the MD.
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Creating your CD ^ MD ^ own programme (Programme Play) You can arrange the playing order Jog dial of up to 20 tracks on a CD or an MD. YES ENTER SHUF/PGM NO CANCEL On the remote Before you begin, make sure that the CD or MD player Press MODE until is in stop mode. “PGM” appears in the display, then press the number button to select 1 Press SHUF/PGM until “PGM” appears in the the track. display. 2 Turn the jog dial to select the track you want to Tip programme, and press YES•ENTER. If you made a
