Document Outline

• WARNING
  • Owner's Record
  • INFORMATION
  • CAUTION
  • For the customers in Canada CAUTION
• Table of Contents
  • Weicomei
    • CD-like performance
• What is the MiniDisc?
  • Premastered MDs
  • Recordable MDs
  • ■ Recording Mechanism
  • ■ Parts Making Up a MiniDisc
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    • Preparations
    • ■ Shock-Resistant Memory System
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    • On safety
    • On power sources
    • On operation
    • On the MiniDisc cartridge
    • On cleaning
• Unpacking
  • Do not throw away the carton and the packing material
  • On battery life
  • 1 Open the remote commander cover.
  • 2 Insert two Sony SUM-3 (NS) batteries with correct polarity.
  • (D POWER switch and STANDBY indicator
  • CLOCK SET button
  • [U POWER switch
  • |4] CD-SYNC operation buttons
  • Q] LINE IN (line input) jacks (phono jack)
  • Digital sources with different sampling frequencies cannot be recorded through the digital input jack
• Setting the Clock
  • Hold down CLOCK SET for about 2 seconds until the year starts to flash.
  • After setting the minutes, press the AMS dial in synchronization with a time signal.
  • Playing an MD (Normal Play)
    • Press POWER to turn on the recorder.
    • Disc name
    • Music calendar
    • (SONGS
    • 3 Press or the AMS dial.
    • Current track number
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    • To pause playback
    • To stop play
    • To eject the disc
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      • Press to go to
      • To locate the beginning of the current track
      • To pause playback at the beginning of a track
      • To go quickly to the beginning of the last track
  • Playing an MD (Normal Play)
    • To forward scan a track
    • To backward scan a track
    • 'o go forward or backward quickly
    • Locate the track.
    • Press DATE RECORDED.
    • 2 Press the AMS dial or PLAY MODE.
    • Repeat step 2 to enter other tracks.
    • 4 Press ►'
    • Press ► or the AMS dial.
    • Checking the order of programmed tracks
    • To erase programmed tracks
    • To stop program play
    • To cancel program play * •
  • Playing Tracks Repeatedly
    • While the MD is playing, keep pressing REPEAT until "REPEAT" lights up.
    • o play tracks repeatedly during shuffle or program »lay
    • ’o stop repeated playback
    • ‘o cancel the repeat function
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      • Changing the specified portion
      • To cancel A-B repeat playback
  • Pausing After Each Track (Auto Pause)
    • Press A. SPACE twice.
    • To cancel the auto pause function
    • Pausing in the middle of selections
    • Press EDIT/NO.
    • Restoring the recording mode to its factory setting
    • If you start recording with All REC ON mode
    • Press YES.
    • To erase the entire content of an MD in All REC OFF mode (factory setting)
    • Press YES.
    • Press & EJECT to eject the disc
    • Select the input signal to be monitored with the INPUT selector switch.
    • Press • REC
    • To stop the input monitor function
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  • Notes on recording mode
• Recording a Digital Source
  • 3 Press • REC (•).
  • 4 Press ► or II.
  • Play the sound source (CD player, etc.) to be recorded.
  • To check the remaining time on the disc
  • To pause recording
  • To eject the disc
  • If there is no sound for more than 20 seconds
  • Using EDIT/NO to specify track marking
• Recording From the Line (Analog) Input Jack
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    • Select ANALOG with the INPUT selector switch.
    • 3 Press «RECC*).
    • Play the sound source (CD player, cassette deck, etc.) to be recorded.
    • Stop the sound source to be recorded.
    • 7 Press ^ or II.
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  • Restart the sound source to be recorded.
  • 9 Press ■ to stop recording.
  • To check the remaining time on the disc
  • To pause recording
  • Pre^ II.
  • To eject a disc
  • Using EDIT/NO to specify track marking
  • 1 Press • REC (•) to change the recorder to recording pause.
  • Piay the sound source to be recorded.
  • Whiie monitoring the sound through the headphones, adjust the recording levei with the REC LEVEL controi.
  • Set the amplifier function seiector to CD.
  • For digital recording, select DIGITAL with the INPUT selector switch.
  • Insert a CD into the CD player.
  • Select the playback mode (shuffle play, program play, etc.) on the CD player.
  • Press STANDBY.
  • Press START.
  • If the CD player does not start playing
• Just Recorded
  • Successive CD synchro-recording of another CD
  • To pause recording
  • To check the remaining time on the disc.
  • Press immediately after finishing recording.
  • Playing back from the first track of the disc after recording
• Marking Track Numbers While Recording (Track Marking)
  • Press REC • (•) at the place you want to add a track mark while recording.
  • Press EDIT/NO to display "LevelSync ?" during recording or recording pause.
  • 2 Press YES twice to display "LevelSync ON."
  • To cancel Automatic Track Marking
  • When you want to mark track numbers after you've done the recording
  • ■Editing a Recorded MiniDisc
• Editing Functions for a Recorded MiniDisc
  • Turn the AMS dial until the number of the track to be erased lights up.
  • Keep pressing EDiT/NO until "Erase?" lights up.
  • Repeat steps 1 to 3 to erase additional tracks.
  • To cancel the erase function
  • Press YES.
  • Press YES again.
  • To cancel the erase function
  • Press EDlT/NO or ■.
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  • 2 Keep pressing EDIT/NO until "Divide ?" lights up.
  • Press YES to divide the track.
  • If the starting portion is incorrect, press EDIT/NO. (If it is okay, go to step 7.)
  • Press YES or the AMS dial when the correct position is attained.
  • To cancel the divide function
  • To undo a track division
  • Turn the AMS dial until the second track of the two to be combined appears.
  • Keep pressing EDIT/NO until "Combine ?" lights up.
  • Press YES.
  • Verify the tracks, then press YES.
  • To cancel the combine function
  • To undo a track combination
  • 4 Turn the AMS dial to specify the new track position.
  • Press YES or the AMS dial.
  • To cancel the move function Press!.
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    • If you entered the wrong character
    • Press NAME again.
    • 1 Press NAME while the recorder is stopped.
    • 2 Repeat steps 2 to 4 of "Labeling a track with the remote commander" on this page.
    • Entering lowercase letters
    • Entering numbers
    • To cancel the title function
    • Changing an existing title
    • Erasing all recorded titles simultaneously (name erase function)
    • If the "Protected" indication lights up
    • When "TOC" flashes in the display window
    • Timer-activated recording
    • 1 Turn on the timer.
    • 3 Set the starting time on the timer.
    • 4 Set TIMER to REC.
    • Notes on timer-activated recording
    • Timer-activated playback
    • 1 Turn on the timer.
    • When timer-activated playback is completed
    • When timer-activated recording is completed
• Specifications
  • MD recorder section
  • General
  • Supplied accessories
  • Optional accessories
• Display Messages
• System Limitations
  • "Disc Full" lights up before the maximum number of tracks is reached
  • The remaining recording time does not increase even after erasing numerous short tracks
  • Some tracks cannot be combined with others
  • Tracks created through editing may exhibit sound dropout during search operations.
  • Track numbers are not recorded correctly
  • "TOC Reading" indication appears for a long time
  • Your MiniDisc recorder can be used to play back monaural format MDs.
  • Guide to the Serial Copy Management System
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