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CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING THIS UNIT 1 To assure the finest performance, please read this 17 Before moving this unit, press STANDBY/ON to set the manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future unit in standby mode, then disconnect the AC power reference. plug from the wall outlet. 2 Install this unit in a well ventilated, cool, dry, clean 18 VOLTAGE SELECTOR (China and General models place away from direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, only) dust, moisture or cold. In a cabin
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English FEATURES • MINI DISC digital audio system • Synchronized recording/timer recording • Digital optical input (2)/output by system connection • Sampling rate converter • Digital rec level control • EDIT function • MDLP (Long play and recording) CONTENTS FEATURES .............................................. 1 RECORDING ........................................ 13 Adjusting recording levels .................................. 14 SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ....................... 2 Track marking ...
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SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES Check that the following items are included. • Remote control • Optical cable TITLE DELETE SET CANCEL ENTER EDIT CHAR NUMBER A B C D E F G H I J K L 12 3 4 M N O P Q R S T U V W X 56 7 8 Y Z / SPACE 90 +10 +100 REC/ PAUSE SYNC M-MARK REC MODE INPUT • System control cable RANDOM PROGRAM REPEAT A-B S/F DISPLAY SCROLL POWER • Batteries (AA, R6, UM-3) • Audio pin cable NOTES ABOUT MINIDISCS Care of MDs Do not open the shutter on the MD cartridge • Do not expose the MD to direct
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English NAMES OF BUTTONS AND CONTROLS Front panel 12 3456 NATURAL SOUND MINIDISC RECORDER MDX-E300 INPUT REC/PAUSE STANDBY/ON REC LEVEL ANALOG – DIGITAL + MIN MAX 78 90q 1 STANDBY/ON (P.9) 7 Remote control sensor (P.5) 2 Disc insertion slot (P.9) 8 Display (P.3) 3 (P.9) 9 INPUT (P.13) 4& (P.9) 0 ANALOG REC LEVEL (P.14) 5#/* (P.9) q Jog dial ($ ›)/DIGITAL REC LEVEL (P.9/P.14) 6 REC/PAUSE (P.13) Display 123 4 56 7 8 ANALOG DISC TRACK DIGITAL TOTAL OPT.12 REMAIN COAX. 32 44.1 48 RANDOM L MANU
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NAMES OF BUTTONS AND CONTROLS Remote control 1 DELETE/CANCEL (P.21) 2 TITLE (P.21) 3 CHAR (P.21) 4 NUMBER (P.21) 1t TITLE DELETE SET CANCEL ENTER EDIT 2 y 5 Numbers [Characters] (P.9/P.21) CHAR NUMBER 6# (P.9/P.14) 3 A B C D E F G H I J K L 4 7! (P.9/P.21) 12 3 4 M N O P Q R S T U V W X 8$ (P.9/P.21) 56 7 8 5 Y Z / SPACE 9 REC/PAUSE (P.13) 90 +10 +100 0 M-MARK (P.14) 6 u 7 i q REC MODE (P.15) 8 o REC/ w RANDOM (P.11) PAUSE SYNC 9 p e PROGRAM (P.12) M-MARK REC MODE INPUT a r POWER (P.9) 0 s RANDO
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English 30° GETTING STARTED Remote control operation range Remote control NATURAL SOUND MINIDISC RECORDER MDX-E300 INPUT REC/PAUSE Battery installation STANDBY/ON REC LEVEL ANALOG – DIGITAL + MIN MAX 2 1 Remote control 3 sensor Within approximately 1 Remove the battery compartment cover. 6 m (20 feet) 2 Insert batteries into the battery compartment. 3 Replace the battery compartment cover. Battery replacement If you find that the remote control must be used closer to the main unit than usu
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GETTING STARTED System connections Never plug the AC power cord to the wall outlet until all connections are completed. • Connections should be made to the correct input/output jacks on the other component. • Also refer to the owner’s manual supplied with the components you are connecting. • If the placement of this unit causes noise in other equipment, such as a tuner, move them farther apart. • The connection using the SYSTEM CONNECTOR jack allows you to control this unit as well as the connec
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English GETTING STARTED Connecting RX-E400 and CDX-E400 Receiver (RX-E400) C IN To wall outlet MD OUT FM ANT D 75Ω UNBAL. A R L IN GND TAPE OUT AM ANT + B Audio pin cables – IN SUBWOOFER SYSTEM CONNECTOR CD OUT E (included) IN 6Ω MIN./SPEAKER AUX SPEAKERS R L System control cable CD player (CDX-E400) To RX-E400 ANALOG DIGITAL SYSTEM OPTICAL CONNECTOR E OUT L OUT R Optical cable System control cable (included) (included) This unit (MDX-E300) To RX-E400 ANALOG SYSTEM DIGITAL IN OUT CONNECTOR OPTI
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GETTING STARTED Connecting your audio system Digital connections This unit (MDX-E300) To AC outlet ANALOG SYSTEM DIGITAL IN OUT CONNECTOR OPTICAL D C L Amplifier/Receiver 1 2 OUT CD player (etc.) with IN with optical IN/OUT optical OUT R DIGITAL IN DIGITAL OUT DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL Optical cable OPTICAL OPTICAL Optical cable Optical cable Notes for digital connections • The DIGITAL OPTICAL IN jacks can be connected to any component with an optical output so you can make direct digital recordings.
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English English PLAYBACK Preparation To pause • Press STANDBY/ON (POWER on the remote control) Press #/* (* on the remote control). to turn this unit on. Press again to resume playback (or press # on the remote • Select “MD” as the input source of the connected control). receiver. To stop Press &. 2 1 & To eject the MD NATURAL SOUND MINIDISC RECORDER MDX-E300 Press . INPUT REC/PAUSE STANDBY/ON REC LEVEL ANALOG – DIGITAL + Skipping tracks MIN MAX To skip to the next track STANDBY/ON Jog dia
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PLAYBACK During playback Switching the display Press DISPLAY repeatedly to display the following information. Press DISPLAY during stop or playback to display other information, such as the remaining time and track titles. 1 Current track number and elapsed time Track number Elapsed time REC/ PAUSE SYNC ANALOG DISC TRACK DIGITAL TOTAL M-MARK REC MODE INPUT OPT.123 REMAIN COAX. 32 44.1 48 RANDOM L REC MONO kHz PROGRAM RANDOM PROGRAM REPEAT dB –00–– 60 30–10 –6 4–2–1 0 OVER REPEAT A-B S F MANUAL T
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English English PLAYBACK Press REPEAT S/F repeatedly to light the REPEAT S or Random play REPEAT F indicators. You can have the unit play all the tracks on a disc in To repeat the single track, light the REPEAT S indicators. COAX. random order. 32 44.1 48 RANDOM L MONO REC kHz PROGRAM dB –00–– 60 30–10 –6 4–2–1 0 OVER REPEAT A-B S F MANUAL TOC R REC/ To repeat the full disc, light the REPEAT F indicators. PAUSE SYNC COAX. 32 44.1 48 RANDOM L MONO REC M-MARK REC MODE INPUT kHz PROGRAM dB –00–– 60
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PLAYBACK To check the programmed data Program play 1 Stop or pause program playback. This function lets you enjoy listening to your favorite 2 Press $ or › to skip through the step tracks in any order you desire. information (or use the jog dial on the front panel). To change a step 1 Stop program playback. TITLE DELETE SET DELETE/ CANCEL ENTER EDIT CANCEL CHAR NUMBER 2 Press PROGRAM. A B C D E F G H I J K L 12 3 4 3 Press $ or › to skip through the step M N O P Q R S T U V W X 3 56 7 8 informat
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English English RECORDING 1 Insert an MD. Note Please check the copyright laws in your country to Label facing up record from records, compact discs, radio, etc. Recording of copyright material may infringe copyright laws. This unit allows you to make recordings from a wide variety of program sources (both analog and digital). When recording an analog source (such as an FM Arrow pointed toward disc insertion slot broadcast or cassette) this unit converts the analog signals to a 44.1 kHz digital
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RECORDING 7 Adjust the recording levels. (See “Adjusting Setting the analog recording level recording levels” on this page.) For best results, play the loudest passage of the source to • Before proceeding to the next step, be sure to reset be recorded and watch the recording level meter in the the source to be recorded to the beginning. display. 8 Press #/* (# on the remote control) to start Adjust ANALOG REC LEVEL so that the highest peak recording. causes the 0 dB level indicators to flicker.
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English English RECORDING Music synchro recording Setting the recording mode The synchronized recording function lets you set this unit to start recording automatically when a sound signal is This unit incorporates various recording modes. Choose input. the one that suits your needs. REC/ PAUSE SYNC REC/ SYNC PAUSE SYNC & M-MARK REC MODE INPUT INPUT M-MARK REC MODE INPUT RANDOM PROGRAM REPEAT A-B S/F REC MODE RANDOM PROGRAM REPEAT DISPLAY SCROLL A-B S/F POWER DISPLAY SCROLL POWER 1 Load the soun
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RECORDING Monitor out Protecting a recorded MD When a disc is not loaded, you can use the monitor out function to monitor the sound of the input source. The monitor out function can also be used to set recording Tab levels without loading a disc. 1 & NATURAL SOUND MINIDISC RECORDER MDX-E300 Slide the tab to open the slot. INPUT REC/PAUSE STANDBY/ON REC LEVEL ANALOG – DIGITAL + MIN MAX • To protect a recorded MD, slide the tab on the side of the MD to open the slot. 23 In this position, the
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English English EDITING One of the main advantages of MD is its editing capabilities. You can remove the commercials from a radio broadcast, reorder songs into the order you want, remove songs, combine songs, and even remove part of a EDIT TITLE DELETE SET song. CANCEL ENTER EDIT CHAR NUMBER SET/ENTER This unit offers the following editing operations. A B C D E F G H I J K L 12 3 4 M N O P Q R S T U V W X 56 7 8 Erase Y Z / SPACE 90 +10 +100 Lets you erase a track, the entire disc, or part of a
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EDITING Part erase Erase This operation lets you erase part of a track. The ability to erase sound without having to re-record is a Erase convenient function of MD. You can erase the entire disc, 1 23 Before a single track, or just part of a track. AC B erasing Disc erase 1234 This operation lets you erase all audio and title (character) After A1 A2 B C data to create a blank MD. Please note that once erased, erasing this data can be recovered using the UNDO function. 1 Play the track containing
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MDX-E300
GB
CAUTION
CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT
Use of controls or adjustments or performance of
LASER KLASSE 1 PRODUKT
LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE
procedures other than those specified herein may
KLASS 1 LASER APPARAT
result in hazardous radiation exposure.
ATTENTION
L’emploi de commandes, de réglages ou un choix
de procédures différents des spécifications de cette
brochure peut entraîner une exposition à
d’éventuelles radiations pouvant être dangereses.
ACHTUNG
MDX-E300
Die Verwendung von Bedienungsele
