Kenwood DM-SG7, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...MINIDISC RECORDER B60 4366 00 00 MA T 9902 KENWOOD CORPORATION INSTRUCTION MANUAL DM SG7 AP ...

Page 2: ...If nonetheless the mains plug is cut off remove the fuse and dis pose of the plug immediately to avoid a possible shock hazard by inadvertent connection to the mains supply IMPORTANT The wires in the mains lead are coloured in accord ance with the following code Blue Neutral Brown Live Do not connect those leads to the earth terminal of a three pin plug Europe and U K AC 230 V only China and Russi...

Page 3: ...put 24 Analog recording 24 Recording digital input 26 Digital recording 26 Digital recording and SCMS 28 Simplified CD recording 29 Recording a single CD track O T E 29 Recording all tracks on a CD O T E 29 Synchro recording with CD player 29 Changing the displayed contents 30 TIME DISPLAY key 30 TEXT DISPLAY key 30 Editing 31 Selecting the editing function type 31 Changing tracks during playback ...

Page 4: ...osition does not interfere with its proper ventilation To maintain good ventilation do not put records or a table cloth on the appliance Place the appliance at least 10 cm away from the walls Do not use the appliance on a bed sofa rug or similarsurfacethatmayblocktheventilationopen ings This appliance should not be placed in a built in installation such as a bookcase or rack unless properventilati...

Page 5: ...le cart stand tripod bracket or table The appliance may fall causing serious injury to a child or adult and serious damage to the appliance Use only with a cart stand tripod bracket or table recommended by the manufacturer or sold with the appliance Any mounting of the appliance shouldfollowthemanufacturer sinstructions and should use a mounting accessory recommended by the manufacturer An applian...

Page 6: ...aterials for use should you transport or ship the unit in the future Audio cord 2 Systemcontrolcord 1 Optical fiber cable 1 Remote control unit 1 Batteries 2 Check that the following accessories are present Keep this manual handy for future reference Accessories For the U S A Use of controls or adjustments or performance of pro cedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radi...

Page 7: ...cks Music tracks or an entire disc you do not want to listen to can be erased or all titles are erased Convenient editing features When this unit is combined with the CD player DP SG7 the O T E One Touch Edit function allows to record desired tracks with a one touch operation Simplified CD recording O T E This unit incorporates a high performance 1 bit DAC for playback with a high sound quality Di...

Page 8: ... the music When this unit and a CD player corresponding to CD TEXT are connected by digital connection the CD character information can be copied to the MD However as of 1997 some CDs contain a copy prohibi tion code so that the character information can not be copied In such a case the character information will be displayed on the screen but it can not be copied CD text Edition operation becomes...

Page 9: ... original position when you want to record signals on the disc Care Wipe periodically dust and dirt attached on the cartridge with a dry cloth Write protect tab Slide close Recording enabled Disc back side Do not touch the disc directly Do not touch the disc by opening the shutter with your hand The cartridge will be damaged if it is forced open Storage position Do not leave Mini Discs in place wh...

Page 10: ...easure against vibration is taken using semiconductor memory chip Playback only Mini Disc This type of MD can be used only for playback and is used by the commercially available music MD software packages The playback only MD is an optical disc like the Compact Disc CD The signals are recorded as the presence or absence of small pits and read out by an optical non contact pickup Recordable Mini Di...

Page 11: ...audible to human ears if it is produced at the same time as a large sound Mask ing effect Sound does not affect the sensitivity of ears High efficiency coding technology ATRAC Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding The Mini Disc has only a half the size of the Compact Disc but provides the same recording time This is made possible by ATRAC a newly developed high efficiency coding technology The ATRAC ...

Page 12: ...er cord from the AC outlet Plugging unplugging connection cords without removal of the power cord can cause malfunctions or damage to the unit Malfunction of microprocessor If operation is not possible or erroneous display appears even though all connections have been made properly reset the microprocessor refer ring to In case of difficulty o For CD recording the CD TEXT function and for posi tiv...

Page 13: ...the remote control unit provided with the R SG7 This connection also makes possible the easy operation function which activates operations according to the input selection made on the R SG7 two way operations For details refer to the Instruction Manual of the R SG7 Timer recording playback When this unit is connected with the amplifier tuner R SG7 via a system control cord timer playback of a disc...

Page 14: ... Edit O T E key ª Use this key to record the track being from a CD immediately 0 Fast forward and fast backward 1 rec level keys During playback this key is used to move the played position forward or backward During recording this key is used to adjust the record ing level At the time of editing the cursor movement and the selected title can be confirmed t Skip 4 keys Press to skip disc tracks du...

Page 15: ... 5 Basic operation applied operation keys Basic operation keys 1 Fast forward and fast backward keys Same function as the keys on the main unit 4 Skip keys Same function as the keys on the main unit Record key 8 Pause key 7 Stop key 3 Play key AUTO MANU key This is used for selection of automatic AUTO or manual MANU track number assignment at the time of recording Applied operation keys REC INPUT ...

Page 16: ...operation checking and their service life may be short 2 When the remote controllable distance becomes short replace both of the batteries with new ones 3 If direct sunlight or the light of a high frequency fluorescent lamp inverter type etc is incident to the remote sensor malfunction may occur In such a case change the installation position to avoid malfunction Notes Notes Notes Remote sensor 6 ...

Page 17: ...he slot of this unit READING blinks while the unit checks the contents of the disc If a title has been assigned to the disc that title will be displayed S T A N D B Y dB N O D I S C R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 3 on standby dB SINGLE 0 0 1 0 0 0 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 dB SINGLE 0 0 1 0 1 2 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 Elapsed time of track being played Track No being played minidisc recorder DM SG7 In the direction of the a...

Page 18: ...f the amount required in the stereo mode the play record time of a disc recorded in the monaural mode is twice max 160 minutes as that of a disc recorded in the stereo mode Operate in stopped condition Tolistenfromanintermediatepositionofatrack Listening from the middle of track 7 7 5 Press 7 5 in this order Listening from an intermediate position of the title being played 3 Press 3 in this order ...

Page 19: ...ayed from the beginning The track in the direction of the pressed button is skipped and the selected track will be played from the beginning When the 4 key is pressed once during playback the track being played will be played from the beginning If it is pressed within 2 seconds from the start of a track the previous track to the current track will be played from the beginning To pause playback Eac...

Page 20: ...bort operation press the TITLE SEARCH key again dB SINGLE TITLE 0 0 2 T I T L E R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 SEARCH dB TITLE 0 0 2 T I T L E R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 SEARCH dB TITLE 0 0 1 T I T L E R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 SEARCH Characters flow toward the left Characters flow toward the left Track played P MODE CHARACTER Let the PGM indicator go off Title Searching a desired track by its title TITLE SEARCH Keys and contr...

Page 21: ...back tracks will be skipped in the direction of the pressed key The input operation is aborted if theP MODE CHARAC TER key is not pressed while the track number indicator is blinking Press numeric keys in the following order To select track No 12 Press in order of 0 2 then the P MODE CHARACTER key 1 Select the track number to be played 7 P MODE CHARACTER dB TOTAL SINGLE 0 0 0 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 PGM...

Page 22: ...d condition Clearing all tracks Clearing tracks from the end The entire program is cleared dB P 1 4 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 PGM CLEAR DELETE Checking the order of tracks Each press displays the next track in the program A ABC DEF 1 2 3 GHI JKL MNO 4 5 6 PRS TUV WXY 7 8 9 QZ f F H I 100 0 10 i j P MODE CHARACTER CHECK SPACE dB 0 1 4 P 0 3 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 PGM P MODE CHARACTER or Main unit Remote control...

Page 23: ... CHARACTER 1 Let the PGM indicator go off 2 Let the REPEAT indicator light 3 3 Start playback To stop repeated playback Press the REPEAT key again REPEAT PGM REPEAT Preparation Enter stop mode P MODE CHARACTER PGM REPEAT PGM All of the programmed tracks will be repeated In case only one track is programmed only that track will be repeated PGM lights up REPEAT lights up PGM goes off REPEAT lights u...

Page 24: ... manually REC INPUT AUTO MANU 1 rec level To decrease level To increase level Main unit dB 0 0 1 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 DIGITAL 1 2 Each press switches the mode 1 ANALOG Analog stereo mode 2 DIGITAL 1 3 DIGITAL 2 4 MONO Analog mono long time mode Adjust so that the 0 dB segments of the level meter light occasionally Decrease the level if the red segments of the peak level meter light The recording leve...

Page 25: ...amming tracks Select before starting recording AUTO If a no sound input has lasted for 2 seconds during record ing the track number will be incremented automatically by 1 Usually use this position for recording Use this mode when recording all of the tracks in a CD When recording music containing a continuous section with a very low level for example when recording classic music the track number m...

Page 26: ...udio The input digital signal is not an audio signal Also DISC FULL PROTECTED PLAY ONLY REC INPUT DIGITAL 1 2 REPEAT dB SINGLE 0 0 1 0 0 1 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 Load a CD in the CD player Open the write protect tab of the Mini Disc to make it recordable 9 Load the Mini Disc Check the remaining recording time º Select the CD input on the amplifier DIGITAL 1 or 2 lights up When the EDIT key is pressed d...

Page 27: ...ted by 1 Recording can also be started by pressing the key After recording eject the Mini Disc Main unit only 0 While WRITING is displayed do not ap ply shock or vibration to the unit because information is being written on the Mini Disc N O D I S C WRITING EJECT Information is being written Mini Disc has been ejected 5 Note Note Keys and control used in the operations de scribed on this page dB 0...

Page 28: ...etc 48 kHz Standard mode of DAT B mode broadcasting of BS tuner etc DAT Digital Audio Tape deck In general high quality recording based on digital signal transmission is not possible unless the source and recorder components use the same sampling frequency As this unit has a built in sampling rate converter digital signals with 32 kHz and 48 kHz can be recorded by conversion to the MD sampling fre...

Page 29: ...ssed while the CD player is in stop mode all of the tracks of the CD will be recorded After all of the CD tracks have been recorded both the MD recorder and CD player stop By connecting a KENWOOD CD player equipped with a system control jack DP SG7 to this unit via a system control cord and starting recording with the following procedure the recording MD and playback CD can be started simultaneous...

Page 30: ...nformation data at the same time can be read in and displayed on the side of this unit 1 CD TEXT flashes CD TEXT display mode 2 CD TEXT not lit MD display mode BLANK DISC is displayed if the disc does not contain any recording NO TRACKS is displayed if the disc has a title dB REMAIN TOTAL SINGLE 0 0 1 1 2 3 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 DIGITAL 1 2 CD TEXT One will light Indication of the remaining time 1 Sel...

Page 31: ...ase pressing and holding the 1 or key allows to move the displayed characters to the left or right so that other information which has been hidden can be displayed This leftward or rightward movement of the display characters is referred to as scrolling Erasing a single track during playback TRACK ERASE w ALL ERASE Example of scrolling D C B A C B A Combining tracks during playback TRACK COMBINE A...

Page 32: ...0 5 dB MANUAL 0 0 2 0 0 1 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 SET 1 Press the EDIT key EDIT 3 Set it 4 SET To increase track No To decrease track No dB MANUAL 0 0 2 0 0 5 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 dB MANUAL o k 2 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 Destination track No Track to be moved Editing is aborted if no operation has been performed for 8 seconds Each press of the 4 keys switches the operation 1 DIVIDE 2 COMBINE 3 ERASE 4 MOVE Prepar...

Page 33: ...ording and editing is being writ ten to the Mini Disc N O D I S C WRITING EJECT Information is being written Mini Disc has been ejected 4 Display after execution EDIT NOW Editing COMPLETE When editing is completed suc cessfully CAN T EDIT When editing is impossible Note Note When this operation has been performed unintention ally return to the status before editing can be made by EDIT CANCEL opera...

Page 34: ...der of tracks Pressing the CLEAR DELETE key allows to cancel the last selected track only To erase previously selected tracks press the EDIT key and restart from the begin ning dB MANUAL 0 0 3 0 4 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 0 dB MANUAL Q M O V E R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 dB MANUAL 0 0 1 0 0 1 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 Track No to be moved Selected track No 2 Select the Q MOVE 3 Set it 4 Keys and control used in the op era...

Page 35: ... is displayed do not im pact or move the unit because information about recording and editing is being writ ten to the Mini Disc N O D I S C WRITING EJECT Information is being written Mini Disc has been ejected 4 Note Note 1 Select the move destination 3 Execute the move 2 Set it 4 SET When this operation has been performed unintention ally return to the status before editing can be made by EDIT C...

Page 36: ... 4 MOVE This operation is also possible during play pause Dividing a track during playback TRACK DIVIDE dB MANUAL D I V I D E 0 2 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 1 Press the EDIT key Keys and control used in the operations de scribed on this page 4 SET EDIT dB MANUAL 0 0 1 0 0 2 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 If no preview is to be performed press the ENTER key once and then go to step 4 1 Set to track divide mode 2 Preview...

Page 37: ... When this operation has been performed unintention ally return to the status before editing can be made by EDIT CANCEL operation There is no blank space left between the two tracks Track division may sometimes be impossible due to the limitations of the MD standard 4Execute the track divide operation Up to 255 track numbers can be inserted additionally by repeating 1 to 4 for each of them ENTER I...

Page 38: ...ng played is to be com bined with the next title press the ENTER key and then go to step 4 2 Select COMBINE 3 Set it EDIT 4 To decrease track No To increase track No SET Connecting tracks 2 and 5 dB MANUAL o k R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 dB MANUAL 0 0 2 0 0 5 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 Editing is aborted if no operation has been performed for 8 seconds dB MANUAL C O M B N E I R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 1 DIVIDE 2 COMBINE 3 E...

Page 39: ... is adjusted Should be approx 2 sec or longer Track No and title of the second track are cleared Track No and title of the first track are left Eject the Mini Disc Main unit only 0 While WRITING is displayed do not im pact or move the unit because information about recording and editing is being writ ten to the Mini Disc N O D I S C WRITING EJECT Information is being written Mini Disc has been eje...

Page 40: ...Keys and control used in the operations de scribed on this page 3 Set it 4 dB MANUAL E R A L L A R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 To delete all titles ALL ERASE All of the tracks are erased together with the disc title Press the SET key and the ENTER key in this order while ALL is displayed 1 Select the title to be erased 2 Set it 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 above 4 End the selection 4 SET ENTER dB MANUAL E R A 0 5 0...

Page 41: ...n unit only 0 While WRITING is displayed do not im pact or move the unit because information about recording and editing is being writ ten to the Mini Disc N O D I S C WRITING EJECT Information is being written Mini Disc has been ejected 4 Note Note Display after execution EDIT NOW Editing COMPLETE When editing is completed suc cessfully CAN T EDIT When editing is impossible A B D 1 2 4 3 C Image ...

Page 42: ...A S E R A S R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 dB MANUAL E R A 0 0 3 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 Erasing a single track during playback TRACK ERASE Eject the Mini Disc Main unit only While WRITING is displayed do not im pact or move the unit because information about recording and editing is being writ ten to the Mini Disc N O D I S C WRITING EJECT Information is being written Mini Disc has been ejected 3 Note Note 2 Select...

Page 43: ...left after erasing is filled by subsequent tracks which move along A B C 1 2 5 3 4 A B C 1 2 4 3 Track No is adjusted Execute TRACK ERASE once Part to be erased A B C 1 2 5 A B 1 2 3 C 3 4 Should be approx 2 sec or longer Part to be erased Execute TRACK DIVIDE twice Should be approx 2 sec or longer TRACK ERASE w Eject the Mini Disc Main unit only While WRITING is displayed do not im pact or move t...

Page 44: ...phanumeric characters When deleting a title it is not recommended to overwrite spaces on previous characters but use the CLEAR DELETE function TITLE INPUT 4 To advance To return SET In case of disc title In case of track title dB MANUAL TOTAL TITLE D I S C R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 Select the desired track No How to edit titles Keys and control used in the operations de scribed on this page With repeated ...

Page 45: ...r dB MANUAL TOTAL TITLE T I H J K R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 I The cursor moves and stands by for the next character input 3Execute title assignment 1 Enter the title in memory 2 Complete the operation ENTER TITLE INPUT The title is scrolled Eject the Mini Disc Main unit only N O D I S C WRITING EJECT Information is being written Mini Disc has been ejected 4 dB MANUAL TOTAL TITLE D I S C S T O R E R L 3 0 ...

Page 46: ... of a title by repeating steps 1 to 5 Press the CLEAR DELETE key to erase the title delete the characters The cursor moves The correct character is selected The display can be scrolled so that any character in a single group can be selected Keys and control used in the operations de scribed on this page 3 Select overwrite or insert mode The character keys can be used for direct selection of charac...

Page 47: ...he cursor becomes large Insert mode The cursor becomes small In regard to preset titles When a preset title PRE1 to 9 is used at the time of title character input input with individual characters is not required and the efficiency is improved Long titles or frequently used titles can be recorded to any preset title To return rewritten preset titles to the initial setting refer to Resetting the mic...

Page 48: ...ation is being written Mini Disc has been ejected 3 Note Note 0 dB TOTAL SINGLE 0 0 1 T 0 0 R L 3 0 1 30 10 5 DIGITAL 1 2 CD TEXT 0 DIGITAL 1 2 CD TEXT To copy the CD text When a disc corresponding to CD TEXT is inserted into a system connected CD player the recorded text information data and the tracks can be copied to the MD This operation is not possible when the CD character information contai...

Page 49: ... of the erased track exceeds 12 seconds When a Mini Disc has been subjected to repeated editing the remaining time may not increase even after a short track has been erased The recordable time does not increase after a short track has been erased Tracks cannot be combined A track created as a result of an editing operation may sometimes be impossible to be combined with another track The total of ...

Page 50: ...cks but has a disc title NO TRACKS This is a normal operation The TOC 1 data of the disc is being read READING This is a normal operation The data related to editing or record ing is being written in the disc WRITING Perform QUICK ERASE to delete all titles ALL If this is not possible use another disc The contents of UTOC 2 are abnor mal DISC ERROR Perform editing following the re strictions An at...

Page 51: ...Change the position of the write protect tab to the write position or use a recordable disc 90 Use analog recording Adjust the recording level again Use a recordable disc 0 Use another disc Set it according to the actual input source Set the amplifier s input selector to other position than MD Sound is distorted The recording level has not been ad justed A disc in which distorted sound has been re...

Page 52: ...it Analog input sensitivity input impedance 300 mV 70 kΩ Analog output level load impedance 1 2 V 3 2 kΩ Digital input Optical Wave length 660 nm 15 dBm 21 dBm General Power consumption 14 W Dimensions W 200 mm 7 7 8 H 77 mm 3 1 16 D 247 mm 9 3 4 Weight Net 2 1 kg 4 6 lb 1 KENWOOD follows a policy of continuous advancements in development For this reason specifications may be changed without notic...