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Personal
MiniDisc System
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Operating Instructions page 2
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Manual de instrucciones página 2
ZS-M30
© 2000 Sony Corporation
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Notice for customers in the United Warning Kingdom To prevent fire or shock hazard, A moulded plug complying with BS 1363 is fitted do not expose the player to rain to this equipment for your safety and convenience. or moisture. Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to be To avoid electrical shock, do not replaced, same rating fuse approved by ASTA or open the cabinet. Refer BSI to BS 1362, (i.e. marked with or mark) must be used. servicing to qualified personnel only. If the plug supplied
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Basic Operations Editing recorded tracks on Table of contents the MD Before editing ............................................... 25 Erasing recordings Basic Operations (Erase Function) ....................................... 25 Playing a CD .................................................. 4 Dividing a recorded track into two tracks Recording a whole CD (Divide Function) ..................................... 27 (Synchronized recording) ........................... 6 Combining two adjacent tra
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Basic Operations Playing a CD 3 1, 2 For hookup instructions, see pages 40 and 41. 1 Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE down to open the CD compartment and place the CD on the CD compartment. With the label side up 2 Close the lid of the CD compartment. 3 Press CD u (CD N on the Display remote). The player turns on (direct power-on) and the player plays all the tracks once. Track Playing number time GB 4
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations CD u OPERATE Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE VOLUME –, + Jog dial CD x Tip To Do this Next time you want to adjust the volume Press VOLUME +, – listen to a CD, just press (VOL +, – on the remote). CD u. The player turns on automatically and starts stop playback Press CD x. playing the CD. pause playback Press CD u (CD X on the remote). Press the button again to resume play after pause. go to the next track Turn the jog dial clockwise. (On the remote
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Recording a whole CD (Synchronized recording) 34 5 1 2 For hookup instructions, see pages 40 and 41. 1 Insert a recordable MD (direct Display power-on). After “TOC Reading” is displayed, the disc name will be displayed if it is labelled. With the label side up Insert in the direction of the arrow. 2 Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE and place the CD on the CD compartment. Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE again to close the lid of the CD compartment. With the label side up 3 Press CD x. GB 6
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Basic Operations 4 To record at high speed, press HIGH SPEED. The indicator lights up. To record at normal speed, skip this step. 5 Press SYNCHRO REC CD N MD. The player starts recording automatically. Track Playing time number If the MD has any previous of CD of CD recording, recording will be made from the last recorded position. Notes Use these buttons for additional • After you operations stop recording, do not disconnect the mains NO lead or move the player OPERATE CD x CANCEL while “TOC ED
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Playing an MD 2 1 For hookup instructions, see pages 40 and 41. Display 1 Insert the MD (direct power-on). After “TOC Reading” is displayed, the disc name will be displayed if it is labelled. With the label side up m Insert in the direction of the arrow. 2 Press MD u (MD N on the remote). The player plays all the tracks once. Track name is displayed if it is labelled. m Track number Playing time GB 8
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations OPERATE MD u VOLUME –, + Jog dial MD x Z Tip To Do this Next time you want to adjust the volume Press VOLUME +, – listen to an MD, just press (VOL +, – on the remote). MD u. The player turns on automatically and starts stop playback Press MD x. playing the MD. pause playback Press MD u (MD X on the 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
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Listening to the radio 12 For hookup instructions, see pages 40 and 41. 1 Press RADIO BAND•AUTO Display PRESET until the 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 Indicates an FM radio frequencies and stops when it stereo broadcast finds a clear station. If you can’t tune in a station, press TUNE + or TUNE – repeatedly to change the
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations OPERATE MODE VOLUME –, + Tips To Press • If the FM broadcast is adjust the volume VOLUME +, – noisy, press MODE until (VOL +, – on the remote) “Mono” appears in the display and radio will play turn on/off the radio OPERATE in monaural. • Next time you want to listen to the radio, just press To improve broadcast reception RADIO BAND•AUTO FM: PRESET. The player turns Reorient the aerial. on automatically and starts playing the previous s
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The CD Player•The MD Player During play (CD) The current track number and playing time Using the display are displayed. You can check information about the CD To check the remaining time and MD using the display. Press DISPLAY. DISPLAY To display Press DISPLAY the current track number and once remaining time on the current track the number of tracks left and twice remaining time on the CD the current track number three times and playing time (normal indication) Note During repeat play (page 14),
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The CD Player•The MD Player Tip The disc name is displayed only with the MDs that Locating a specific have been electronically labelled. If the MDs have not been labelled, the track name will not be track displayed. You can quickly locate any track on a CD or an MD using the number/character buttons During play (MD) on the remote. You can also find a specific point in a track while playing a CD or an The current track number and the track name MD. are displayed first, then the current track numb
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Locating a specific track (continued) Playing tracks Note repeatedly (Repeat Play) You cannot locate a specific track if “REP PGM”, “REP SHUF”, “PGM” or “SHUF” is lit in the You can play tracks repeatedly in normal, display. Turn off the indication by pressing x. shuffle or programme play modes. Tips CD u MODE • To locate a track numbered over 10, press >10 first, then the corresponding number/character buttons. Example: To play the track number 23, press >10 first, then 2 and 3. To play the tr
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The CD Player•The MD Player Playing tracks in Creating your own random order (Shuffle Play) programme (Programme Play) You can play tracks in random order. You can arrange the playing order of up to 20 tracks on a CD or an MD. CD u MODE YES CD u MODE ENTER Jog dial MD u MD u NO Before you begin, make sure that the CD or CANCEL MD player is in stop mode. Before you begin, make sure that the CD or 1 Press MODE until “SHUF” appears in MD player is in stop mode. the display. 1 Press MODE until “PGM”
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Creating your own programme To cancel Programme Play (Programme Play) (continued) Stop playing first. Then, press MODE until “PGM” disappears from the display. (In case of MD) Total programmed To check the order of tracks Playing order time before play Before starting the programme play, press YES•ENTER. Every time you press YES•ENTER, the track number appears in the programmed Track number order. 3 Press CD u ( or MD u) to start To change the current programme play. programme Change before star
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The Radio The Radio If a station cannot be preset automatically Presetting radio You need to preset a station with a weak stations signal manually. Also, when you want to replace preset stations with a new one, You can store radio stations into the player’s proceed as follows: memory. You can preset up to 40 stations, 1 Press RADIO BAND•AUTO PRESET 20 for FM and 10 each for MW and LW in until the band you want appears in the any order. display. 2 Press TUNE + or TUNE – repeatedly until RADIO you
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Playing preset radio stations Once you’ve preset the stations, use the jog dial on the player or the number/character buttons on the remote to tune in your favourite stations. RADIO BAND AUTO PRESET Jog dial DISPLAY 1 Press RADIO BAND•AUTO PRESET until the band you want appears in the display. 2 Turn the jog dial to display the preset number of the station you want. To check the station name Press DISPLAY. Press DISPLAY again to return to the frequency indication. On the remote 1 Press BAND unti
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Recording Recording 4 Press SYNCHRO REC CD N MD. Recording the track you The player goes back to the beginning are listening to of the track you are listening to, and starts recording. (Synchronized recording of a single If the MD has any previous recording, track – REC IT) recording will be made from the last recorded position. You can record the track you are listening to When recording is finished, MD player from its beginning using the SYNCHRO will stop operation automatically but REC CD N M
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5 Press SYNCHRO REC CD N MD. Recording the tracks The player starts recording you programmed automatically. If the MD has any previous recording, (Synchronized recording of the tracks recording will be made from the last you programmed) recorded position. You can record the tracks you programmed up to 20 tracks. If “CD>MD OK?” alternates with time display SYNCHRO REC CD N MD Jog dial There is not enough space on the MD to record the whole programme. MODE If it is all right to record as much as p
