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Personal MiniDisc System
S ZS-M50
3-864-598-11(1)
Personal MiniDisc
System
GB
GB
Operating Instructions page 2
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Manual de instrucciones página 2
ZS-M50
1999 by Sony Corporation
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Notice for customers in the United Warning Kingdom To prevent fire or shock hazard, do A moulded plug complying with BS 1363 is not expose the player to rain or fitted to this equipment for your safety and moisture. convenience. Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to To avoid electrical shock, do not open be replaced, same rating fuse approved by the cabinet. Refer servicing to ASTA or BSI to BS 1362, (i.e. marked with qualified personnel only. or mark) must be used. Information If the p
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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 Connect the mains lead (see page 61). 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 VOLUME +, – Jog dial Tips To Do this • Next time you want to listen to a CD, just press adjust the volume Press VOLUME +, – CD ^. The player (VOL +, – on the remote). turns on automatically stop playback Press CD p. and starts playing the CD. pause playback Press CD ^ (CD P on the • What is the position remote). pointer in the display? Press the button again to It shows about where on resume play afte
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Recording a whole CD (Synchronized recording) 41 3 2 Connect the mains lead (see page 61). Display 1 Insert a recordable MD (direct power-on). With the label After “TOC Reading” is side up displayed, the disc name will be displayed if it is Insert in the direction of labeled. 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 Position pointer (showing 4 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 Track number position. Remaining of MD recording time of MD Notes Use these buttons for additional operations • After you MD p CD p stop OPERATE recording, do not disconnect the mains lead or move the player while “TOC EDIT” is flashing in
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Playing an MD 2 1 Connect the mains lead (see page 61). 1 Insert the MD (direct power-on). Display With the label After “TOC Reading” is side up displayed, the disc name will be displayed if it is Insert in the direction of labeled. the arrow 2 Press MD ^ (MD ( on the Track name is displayed if it is labeled. 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 VOLUME +, – 6 MD EJECT Jog dial DISPLAY Tip To Do this Next time you want to adjust the volume Press VOLUME +, – listen to a MD, just press MD ^. The player (VOL +, – on the remote). turns on automatically stop playback Press MD p. and starts playing the MD. pause playback Press MD ^ (MD P on the remote). Press the button again to resume play after pause. go to the next track Turn the jog dial clockwise. (On the remot
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Listening to the radio 1 2 Connect the mains lead (see page 61). 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 until you tune in the station you
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations OPERATE VOLUME +, – MONO/ST To Press adjust the volume VOLUME +, – (VOL +, – on the remote) Tips • If the FM broadcast is turn on/off the radio OPERATE noisy, press MONO/ST (MODE on the remote) until “Mono” appears in To improve broadcast reception the display and radio FM: will play in monaural. • Next time you want to Set the FM ANTENNA SELECTOR at the rear of the listen to the radio, just player to “ ” (telescopic aerial). press RAD
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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 changes 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 M
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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 MD ^ CD ^ Jog dial own programme (Programme Play) You can arrange the playing order YES of up to 20 tracks on a CD or an MD. 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
