Sony MHC-GRX30, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ... 3 866 375 13 1 MHC RXD5 R550 MHC GRX30 GRX30J Owner s Record The model and serial numbers are located on the rear panel Record the serial number in the space provided below Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product Model No Serial No f TEXT ...

Page 2: ...s Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority t...

Page 3: ...interruption 22 The Tape Deck Recording on a tape manually 23 Recording a CD by specifying track order 24 DJ Effects Looping part of a CD 26 Flashing part of a CD 26 Sound Adjustment Adjusting the sound 27 Selecting the audio emphasis 28 Changing the spectrum analyzer display 29 Selecting the surround effect 29 Other Features Using the Radio Data System RDS 30 Singing along Karaoke 32 Falling asle...

Page 4: ... system using the supplied cords for European model only and accessories Getting Started Notes Keep the speaker cords away from the antennas to prevent noise The type of speakers supplied varies according to the model you purchased see Specifications on page 44 1 AM loop antenna Front speaker Left Front speaker Right Insert only the stripped portion Black Red FM antenna 2 4 3 1 ...

Page 5: ...ug does not fit your wall outlet detach it from the plug only for model equipped with an adaptor To connect optional components See page 37 To deactivate the demonstration When you set the time see Step 2 Setting the time the demonstration is deactivated To activate deactivate the demonstration again press DISPLAY for MHC RXD5 R550 or DEMO STANDBY for MHC GRX30 GRX30J while the system is off FM75 ...

Page 6: ... stabilize the speakers and prevent them from slipping Inserting two size AA R6 batteries into the remote Tip With normal use the batteries should last for about six months When the remote no longer operates the system replace both batteries with new ones Note If you do not use the remote for a long period of time remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage When carrying thi...

Page 7: ...he time while the power is off To change the time while the power is on do the following 1 Press CLOCK TIMER SET 2 Turn the jog dial to select SET CLOCK 3 Press ENTER NEXT 4 Perform steps 2 through 5 above Note The clock settings are canceled when you disconnect the power cord or if a power failure occurs 2 continued Step 3 Presetting radio stations You can preset the following number of stations ...

Page 8: ...reset number you want to store the other station You can add a new preset number after the last preset number To erase the preset station 1 Hold down TUNER MEMORY until a preset number appears in the display 2 Turn the jog dial to select the preset number you want to erase Select ALL ERASE when you want to erase all the preset stations 3 Press ENTER NEXT COMPLETE appears When you erase a preset nu...

Page 9: ...s The system is turned on off by pressing Tips Each time you press POWER SAVE DEMO STANDBY in the Power Saving Mode the display switches between the Power Saving Mode and the demo mode indicator and timer indicator when the timer is set light up even in the Power Saving Mode The timer works in the Power Saving Mode Notes You cannot set the time in the Power Saving Mode One Touch Play function does...

Page 10: ...GE to rotate the disc tray 2 Press one of the DISC 1 3 buttons The disc tray closes and play starts If you press CD P or CD on the remote when the disc tray is closed play starts from the CD loaded on the tray whose button is lit green With the label side up When you play a CD single place it on the inner circle of the tray 2 1 Disc tray number Playing time Track number SHUFFLE REPEAT1 ALL 1DISCS ...

Page 11: ...emove the CD Press Exchange other Press DISC SKIP CDs while EX CHANGE playing Adjust the Turn VOLUME or press volume VOL on the remote Tips Pressing CD P when the power is off automatically turns the power on and starts CD playback if there is a CD in the tray One Touch Play When the system is in the Power Saving Mode the One Touch Play function does not work You can switch from another source to ...

Page 12: ...dly to select A to record on one side Select ß or RELAY to record on both sides 5 Press REC PAUSE START Recording starts To stop recording Press p Tips If you want to record from the reverse side press TAPE B 9 to light its indicator after pressing CD SYNC When you record on both sides be sure to start from the front side If you start from the reverse side recording stops at the end of the reverse...

Page 13: ...ppears in the display The bands you can receive vary depending on the model you purchased Be sure to check which bands you can receive Every time you press the button the band changes as follows 2 band model FM AM 3 band model FM n MW n SW 2 Turn the jog dial or press or on the remote to tune in the desired preset station When only one station is preset ONE PRESET appears in the display To Do this...

Page 14: ... hold or or 0 on the remote Tips Pressing TUNER BAND when the power is off automatically turns the power on and tunes to the last received station One Touch Play When the system is in the Power Saving Mode the One Touch Play function does not work You can switch from another source to the radio just by pressing TUNER BAND Automatic Source Selection When an FM program is noisy press STEREO MONO so ...

Page 15: ...SE START Recording starts To stop recording Press p Tips If you want to record from the reverse side press TAPE B 9 to light its indicator after pressing REC PAUSE START in step 4 When you record on both sides be sure to start from the front side If you start from the reverse side recording stops at the end of the reverse side To record non preset stations use and in step 2 to tune in the desired ...

Page 16: ...uch Play When the system is in the Power Saving Mode the One Touch Play function does not work You can switch from another source to the tape deck just by pressing TAPE A or TAPE B or 9 Automatic Source Selection When you want to reduce the hiss noise in low level high frequency signals press DOLBY NR so that DOLBY NR appears Searching for the beginning of a track AMS During playback turn the jog ...

Page 17: ...m the front side If you record from the reverse side recording stops at the end of the reverse side If you set DIRECTION to ß when the tapes you use have different lengths the tape in each deck reverses independently If you select RELAY the tapes in both decks reverse together You don t have to set DOLBY NR since the tape in deck B is automatically recorded in the same state as the tape in deck A ...

Page 18: ... of the current track or that of the CD When a CD TEXT disc is loaded you can check the information stored on the disc such as the titles or artist names The CD Player Power With CD TEXT discs only certain characters cannot be displayed When the CD contains more than 20 tracks CD TEXT is not displayed from track 21 on nPlaying time on the current track µ Remaining time on the current track µ Remai...

Page 19: ...o the following procedure to change the repeat mode To cancel Repeat Play Press REPEAT so that REPEAT or REPEAT 1 disappears from the display To repeat Press All the tracks on PLAY MODE repeatedly the current CD until 1 DISC appears in the display All the tracks on PLAY MODE repeatedly all CDs until ALL DISCS appears in the display Only one track REPEAT repeatedly until REPEAT 1 appears in the dis...

Page 20: ...ffles all the CDs in the player 1 DISC shuffles the CD whose DISC indicator is green 3 Press CD P All the tracks play in random order To cancel Shuffle Play Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until SHUFFLE or PROGRAM disappears from the display The tracks continue playing in their original order To select a desired CD Press DISC 1 3 Tips You can start Shuffle Play during normal play by pressing PLAY MODE ...

Page 21: ...s one of the DISC 1 3 buttons to select a CD 4 Turn the jog dial until the desired track appears in the display 5 Press ENTER NEXT The track is programmed The program step number appears followed by the total playing time 6 To program additional tracks repeat steps 3 to 5 Skip step 3 to select tracks from the same disc 7 Press CD P All the tracks play in the order you selected continued 2 4 5 3 7 ...

Page 22: ... program twice while playing Tips The program you made remains in the CD player even after it has been played back Press CD P to play the same program again If appears instead of the total playing time during programming this means you have programmed a track number which exceeds 20 the total playing time has exceeded 100 minutes Programming the CD tracks continued 2 3 1 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedl...

Page 23: ... record on one side Select ß or RELAY to record on both sides 5 Press REC PAUSE START Recording starts 6 Start playing the source to be recorded To Press Stop recording p Pause recording REC PAUSE START Tips If you want to record from the reverse side press TAPE B 9 to light its indicator after pressing REC PAUSE START in step 3 When you want to reduce the hiss noise in low level high frequency si...

Page 24: ...buttons to select a CD 5 Turn the jog dial until the desired track appears in the display 6 Press ENTER NEXT The track is programmed The program step number appears followed by the total playing time 7 To program additional tracks to be recorded on side A repeat steps 4 to 6 Skip step 4 to select tracks from the same disc 8 Press P on the remote to insert a pause at the end of side A P appears in ...

Page 25: ...disappears from the display Tip When you want to reduce the hiss noise in low level high frequency signals press DOLBY NR so that DOLBY NR appears after pressing CD SYNC Selecting tape length automatically Tape Select Edit You can check the most suitable tape length for recording a CD Do the following steps before recording 1 Insert a CD 2 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until CD appears in the display ...

Page 26: ... remote to select different flash lengths FLASH 1 20 To use LOOP and FLASH together Press and hold both LOOP and FLASH at the same time Notes The loop and flash length cannot be adjusted during this operation Adjust the loop and flash lengths independently beforehand if necessary To record the loop or flash effect use the analog MD VIDEO AUDIO OUT connections or this unit s tape deck Jog dial DJ E...

Page 27: ...when you use the DBFB system with the sound effect if the bass is too strong Set the DBFB to DBFB or OFF or cancel the sound effect see page 28 Cancelling GROOVE sets DBFB to DBFB and flattens the equalizer curve To cancel the DBFB level press DBFB until the indication disappears To listen through the headphones Connect the headphones to PHONES jack No sound will come from the speakers Note except...

Page 28: ... to the sound you are listening to ON OFF v V 6 6 2 3 1 Power 1 Press FILE SELECT The last effect chosen appears in the display 2 Use the jog dial or press on the remote to select the preset you desire The preset name appears in the display See the chart Music menu options 3 Press ENTER NEXT To cancel the effect Press ON OFF on the remote repeatedly so that EFFECT OFF appears in the display Music ...

Page 29: ...s as follows IMAGE PATTERN NORMAL PATTERN SPECTRUM ANALYZER 6 6 Power Selecting the surround effect You can enjoy the surround effect Press SURROUND to turn the surround effect on or off Every time you press the button the display changes as follows Note When you choose other sound effects the surround effect will be canceled SURROUND 6 6 nSURROUND ON SUR µ SURROUND OFF off Power ...

Page 30: ...eck with your local radio stations for details on RDS services in your area Receiving RDS broadcasts Simply select a station from the FM band When you tune in a station that provides RDS services the station name appears in the display Using the Radio Data System RDS For European model only To check the RDS information Each time you press DISPLAY the display changes as follows n Station name µ Fre...

Page 31: ...dio plays and serials CULTURE Programs about national or regional culture language and social concerns SCIENCE Programs about the natural sciences VARIED Programs containing celebrity interviews panel games and comedy POP Popular music programs ROCK Rock music programs EASY MUSIC Easy listening middle of the road music L CLASSICAL Classical music such as instrumental vocal and choral works S CLASS...

Page 32: ...tivated VOLUME 6 6 Power JAZZ Jazz programs COUNTRY Country music programs NATION Programs featuring the popular music of the country or region OLDIES Programs featuring oldies music FOLK Folk music programs DOCUMENTARY Investigative features ALARM TEST Test signal for emergency broadcasts ALARM ALARM Emergency broadcasts NONE Any programming not defined above Note NO PTY appears when the program ...

Page 33: ...ss REC PAUSE START again Recording starts 5 Press CD P to start playing the CD player or TAPE A for tape deck A Playback starts Start singing along with the music To stop recording Press p Tips If acoustic feedback howling occurs move the microphone away from the speakers or change the direction of the microphone If you want to record your voice through the microphone only you can do so by selecti...

Page 34: ...dly until SLEEP OFF appears SLEEP 1 Prepare the music source you want to play CD Insert a CD To start from a specific track make a program see Programming the CD tracks Tape Insert a tape with the side you want to play facing forward Radio Tune in the preset station you want see Step 3 Presetting radio stations 2 Adjust the volume 3 Press CLOCK TIMER SET SET DAILY 1 appears Falling asleep to music...

Page 35: ... or 2 then press ENTER NEXT ON appears and the hour digits flash in the display 5 Set the time to start playback Turn jog dial to set the hour then press ENTER NEXT The minute indication starts flashing Turn jog dial to set the minute then press ENTER NEXT The hour indication flashes again 6 Set the time to stop playback following the above procedure 7 Turn jog dial until the music source you want...

Page 36: ...LECT and turn the jog dial to select REC then press ENTER NEXT To change the setting start over from step 1 To cancel the timer operation Press TIMER SELECT and turn the jog dial to select TIMER OFF then press ENTER NEXT Note If the power is on at the preset time the recording will not be made 1 Tune in the preset radio station see Listening to the radio 2 Press CLOCK TIMER SET SET DAILY 1 appears...

Page 37: ...ional components Connecting an MD deck for analog recording Make sure to match the color of the plugs and the connectors To listen to the sound of the connected MD deck press FUNCTION repeatedly until MD appears Tip When you connect a Sony MD deck you can use the MD P and p buttons on this unit s remote to perform play pause and stop operations Note If you cannot select MD even when you have press...

Page 38: ...nd is distorted or too loud when selecting VIDEO or you want to switch back to MD repeat the operation described above for switching to MD To the audio output of the VCR Connecting a super woofer speaker except for European model You can connect an optional super woofer speaker Note If you have connected a super woofer please note that sound comes from the super woofer even when the headphones are...

Page 39: ...Jack type A Jack type B FM75 AM COAXIAL IEC standard socket connector not supplied FM75 AM COAXIAL 75 ohm coaxial cable not supplied AM antenna Connect a 6 to 15 meter 20 to 50 feet insulated wire to the AM antenna terminal Leave the supplied AM loop antenna connected Jack type A Jack type B FM75 AM COAXIAL Insulated wire not supplied FM75 AM COAXIAL Insulated wire not supplied ...

Page 40: ...is placed in a very damp room moisture may condense on the lens inside the CD player Should this occur the unit will not operate properly Remove the CD and leave the unit turned on for about an hour until the moisture evaporates When you move the unit take out any discs If you have any questions or problems concerning your unit please consult your nearest Sony dealer Notes on CDs Before playing cl...

Page 41: ...ng If you run into any problem using this unit use the following check list First check that the power cord is connected firmly and the speakers are connected correctly and firmly Should any problem persist consult your nearest Sony dealer General The display starts flashing as soon as you plug in the power cord even though you haven t turned on the power demonstration mode For MHC RXD5 R550 Press...

Page 42: ...Decrease the volume level Move the microphone away form the speakers or change the direction of the microphone The color irregularity on a TV screen persists Turn off the TV set once then turn it on after 15 to 30 minutes If the color irregularity still persists place the speakers farther away from the TV set PROTECT and PUSH POWER appear alternately A strong signal was input Press to turn off the...

Page 43: ... the high frequencies are erased The record playback heads are magnetized Demagnetize them see Demagnetizing the tape heads on page 41 After pressing 9 or 6 there is a mechanical noise EJECT appears in the display and the unit enters standby mode automatically The cassette tape was not inserted correctly Eject the tape and turn the power back on Tuner Severe hum or noise TUNED or STEREO flashes in...

Page 44: ...sette Wow and flutter 0 15 W Peak IEC 0 1 W RMS NAB 0 2 W Peak DIN Tuner section FM stereo FM AM superheterodyne tuner FM tuner section Tuning range 87 5 108 0 MHz Antenna FM lead antenna Antenna terminals 75 ohm unbalanced Intermediate frequency 10 7 MHz Specifications AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS USA models only POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION with 6 ohm loads both channels driven from ...

Page 45: ... 220 x 340 x 280 mm 85 8 x 133 8 x 11 in Mass Approx 4 0 kg net per speaker 8 lb 10 oz SS RXD5 for MHC RXD5 North American model SS GRX30 for MHC GRX30 SS GRX30G for MHC GRX30 Middle Eastern model SS GRX30J for MHC GRX30J Speaker system 3 way 3 unit bass reflex type Speaker units Woofer 15 cm cone type Center Tweeter 5 cm cone type Super Tweeter 2 cm ceramic type Nominal impedance 6 ohms Dimension...

Page 46: ... Resetting the system 43 S Saving recordings 40 Selecting the audio emphasis 28 Setting the time 6 Shuffle Play 20 Sleep Timer 34 Sound adjustment 27 Speakers 4 38 Station name 31 T U V W X Y Z Tape deck 15 23 Timer falling asleep to music 34 timer recording 36 waking up to music 34 Troubleshooting 41 Tuner 7 13 Tuning interval 8 44 A Adjusting the audio emphasis 28 the sound 27 the volume 11 13 1...

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