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Operating Instructions page 2
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Bedienungsanleitung Seite 2
PMC-D40L
1999 by Sony Corporation
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Warning CAUTION You can use this player on AC power To prevent fire or shock hazard, do source only. You cannot use it on not expose the player to rain or batteries. moisture. When you use this player for the first time, or when you have not used it To avoid electrical shock, do not open for a long time, leave it connected to the cabinet. Refer servicing to AC power source for about one hour qualified personnel only. to charge the built-in backup battery for the clock, timer, preset radio Inform
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Basic Operations Table of contents Basic Operations 4 Playing a CD 6 Listening to the radio 8 Playing a tape 10 Recording on a tape The CD Player The Timer 12 Using the display 20 Setting the clock GB 13 Locating a specific track 21 Waking up to music 14 Playing tracks repeatedly 23 Falling asleep to music (Repeat Play) 24 Timer-recording radio programs 15 Creating your own program (Program Play) Setting Up 26 Hooking up the system The Radio 30 Connecting optional components 17 Presetting radio
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Basic Operations Playing a CD 3 1,2 For hookup instructions, see pages 26 - 29. 1 Press 6 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 ( on the CD section Display (direct power-on). The player plays all the tracks once. GB 4 Basic Operations
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations OPERATE P p 6 OPEN/CLOSE VOLUME +/– =/+ Tip To Press Next time you want to Adjust the volume VOLUME +/– listen to a CD, just press (. The player Stop playback p turns on automatically and starts playing the Pause playback P CD. Press again to resume play after pause. Go to the next track + Go back to the previous track = Remove the CD 6 OPEN/CLOSE Turn on/off the player OPERATE GB Basic Operations 5
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Listening to the radio 1 2 For hookup instructions, see pages 26 - 29. Display 1 Press BAND until the band you want appears in the display (direct power-on). 2 Hold down TUNE +/– until the Indicates an FM frequency digits begin to change stereo broadcast. in the display. The player automatically scans the radio frequencies and stops when it finds a clear station. If you can't tune in a station, press the button once at a time. GB 6 Basic Operations
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations PLAY MODE OPERATE MONO/ST/ISS VOLUME +/– Tips To Press • If the FM broadcast is noisy, press PLAY Adjust the volume VOLUME +/– MODE/MONO/ST/ Turn on/off the radio OPERATE ISS on the player until “Mono” appears in the display and the radio To improve broadcast reception will play in monaural. FM • Next time you want to listen to the radio, just Connect the supplied FM lead aerial. If the FM press BAND. The broadcast is still noisy, dis
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Playing a tape 1 2 For hookup instructions, see pages 26 - 29. 1 Press 6 PUSH to open the tape compartment and insert a recorded tape. Use TYPE I (normal) tape only. Close the compartment. With the side you want to play facing forward 2 Press ( on the TAPE section. Display The player turns on (direct power-on) and starts playing. Tape counter GB 8 Basic Operations
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations OPERATE 9p VOLUME +/– 0/) 6 PUSH DIR MODE Tips To Press • Press COUNTER Adjust the volume VOLUME +/– RESET on the remote to reset the counter to Stop playback p “000” (on the remote only). Play the reverse side 9 • Next time you want to Fast-forward or rewind the tape ) or 0 listen to a tape, just press ( or 9 . The Eject the cassette 6 PUSH player turns on Turn on/off the player OPERATE automatically and starts playing the tape. To se
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Recording on a tape 3 3 1 For hookup instructions, see pages 26 - 29. 1 Press 6 PUSH to open the tape compartment and insert a blank tape. Use TYPE I (normal) tape only. With the side you want to record on facing forward 2 Select the program source you Display want to record. To record from the CD player, insert a CD (see page 4) and press p on the CD section. To record from the radio, press BAND and tune in the station you want (see page 6). GB 10 Basic Operations
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Basic Operations Recording from the CD 3 Start recording. player r/P 1 Press r/P. The 9/( indication in the display flashes. 2 Press ( (for the front side) or 9 (for the reverse side) on the Recording from the TAPE section to select the radio recording side of the tape. Recording will start automatically. (On the remote, while keeping r/P pressed, press ( or 9 on the TAPE section.) Note If recording does not start, press r/P and then ( or 9 again. Tips Use these buttons for additional operatio
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The CD Player Using the display You can check information about the CD using the display. DISPLAY/ ENTER Checking the total track number and playing time Press DISPLAY/ENTER in stop mode. If the CD has more than 10 tracks, “OVER 10” appears in the display. Total playing time Total track number Music calendar Checking the remaining time Press DISPLAY/ENTER while playing a CD. The track numbers in the music calendar disappear after they are played. To display Press DISPLAY/ENTER The current track
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The CD Player Locating a specific track You can quickly locate any track using the number buttons. You can also find a Number specific point in a track while playing a buttons CD. 0/–, )/+ Note To locate Press You cannot locate a a specific track directly number button of the specific track if “PGM” track. or “SHUF REP” is lit in the display. Turn off a point while listening to )/+ (forward) or 0/– the indication by the sound (backward) while playing pressing p on the CD and hold down until you
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Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat Play) Number You can play tracks repeatedly in buttons normal, shuffle or program play modes (see pages 15 and 16). MODE p ( Note 1 Press p on the CD section. When you repeat a “Cd” appears in the display. single track or all the tracks, make sure 2 Press MODE until the repeat mode you want neither “PGM” nor appears in the display. “SHUF REP” is lit in the display. If either is To repeat Select lit, turn it off by pressing p on the CD a single track REP 1 sectio
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The CD Player Creating your own program (Program Play) Number You can make a program of up to 20 buttons tracks in the order you want them to be played. MODE p ( Tips 1 Press p on the CD section. • To create your own program on the player “Cd” appears in the display. by selecting the track 2 Press MODE until “PGM” appears in the display. you want while listening to the CD, 3 Press the number buttons for the tracks you want proceed as follows: to program in the order you want. 1 Press ( on the CD
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Creating your own program (Program Play) (continued) Notes To cancel Program Play • You can play the same Press MODE until “PGM” disappears in the display. program again, since the program is saved until you open the CD To check the order of tracks before play compartment. Press + on the player. • You can record your own program. After Every time you press the button, the track number you’ve created the appears in the programmed order. program, insert a blank tape into the tape compartment and p
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The Radio The Radio Presetting radio PGM SET/AUTO PRESET BAND stations You can store radio stations into the player's memory. You can preset up to 30 radio stations, 10 for each band in any order. 1 Press BAND until the band you want appears in the display. 2 Press PGM SET/AUTO PRESET until “AUTO ” appears. The stations are stored in memory from the lower frequencies unless a station has a weak signal. If a station cannot be preset automatically You need to preset a station with a weak signal m
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Playing preset radio stations Once you've preset the stations, use the number buttons to tune in your favorite Number stations. buttons BAND Tip 1 Press BAND to select the band. You can tune in a 2 Press the number buttons to tune in a stored preset station with the player. Use PRESET station. +/– instead of the number buttons. GB 18 The Radio
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The Tape Player The Tape Player Finding the beginning of a track The player senses where a track begins by detecting the pauses between the tracks. 0/) Notes While playing a tape, press ) or 0. • If a soft sound like pianissimo continues for some seconds in a Playing side The beginning The beginning track, the player may of the next track of the current start to play as the next track track. • If you press the ) or Front side (())0 0 when there is no Reverse side (9)0) sound in the track, this f
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The Timer Setting the clock “0:00” indication appears in the display until you set the clock. As long as the clock goes, “:” flashes. TIMER/ CLOCK DISPLAY/ ENTER 0/–, )/+ Tip Before you begin, hook up the systems (see page 26). The time display system: 24-hour system 1 Press and hold TIMER/CLOCK for about 2 seconds until the hour digit flash. 2 Set the clock. 1 Press 0/– or )/+ to set the hour and press DISPLAY/ ENTER. . 2 Press 0/– or )/+ to set the minutes. 3 Press DISPLAY/ENTER. “:” flashe
