Sony MHC-GRX40AV, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...ructions 3 866 222 11 1 f MHC RXD6AV MHC GRX40AV 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 ...

Page 2: ...re is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between th...

Page 3: ...CD Player Using the CD display 22 Playing the CD tracks repeatedly 23 Playing the CD tracks in random order 24 Programming the CD tracks 25 The Tape Deck Recording on a tape manually 26 Recording CDs by specifying track order 27 Sound Adjustment Adjusting the sound 29 Selecting the audio emphasis 30 Selecting surround effects 31 Enjoying Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound 32 Other Features Falling asl...

Page 4: ...orizontally AM loop antenna Extend the FM lead antenna horizontally AM loop antenna AM loop antenna FM antenna Connect the FM AM antennas Set up the AM loop antenna then connect it Jack type A Jack type B Getting Started Step 1 Hooking up the main unit ...

Page 5: ...e damage from battery leakage Step 2 Setting up your speakers Connecting the supplied rear and center surround speakers enables you to fully enjoy Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound Dolby Pro Logic Surround is a decoding system standardized in TV programs and movies Dolby Pro Logic Surround improves the sound image by using four separate channels These channels manipulate the sound to be heard and enh...

Page 6: ...he rear surround speakers facing each other at about 60 to 90 cm 2 to 3 feet above your listening position To attach the speaker pads Attach the supplied speaker pads to the bottom of the center surround speaker to stabilize the speaker and prevent it from slipping Connecting the speakers Refer to illustration at right 1 Connect the front speakers Connect the speaker cords to the FRONT SPEAKER jac...

Page 7: ...s from the rear surround speakers to the appropriate REAR SPEAKER jacks Connect the solid cords to the red jacks and connect the striped cords to the black jacks Keep the speaker cords away from the antennas to prevent noise Notes Do not place the rear surround speakers on top of a TV This may cause distortion of the colors in the TV screen Be sure to connect both left and right rear surround spea...

Page 8: ...e antennas to prevent noise 4 Connect the power cord to a wall outlet Demo mode appears in the display 5 Deactivate the demo mode by pressing DEMO when the system is turned off The demo mode is also deactivated when you set the time Tip You can reinforce the bass sound by connecting an optional super woofer to the super woofer connector Adjusting the speaker volume To enjoy Dolby Pro Logic Surroun...

Page 9: ...n the remote PRO LOGIC ON appears 2 Press T TONE ON OFF on the remote The test tone is heard from the speakers in the following order Adjust the volume of the test tone Front left n Center n Front right Rear 3 From your listening position press CENTER and REAR on the remote to adjust the volume The volume levels from each speaker must become the same 4 Press T TONE ON OFF when you are done adjusti...

Page 10: ...en the system is off Note The previous explanation shows you how to set the time while the system is off To change the time while the system 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 Step 4 Presetting radio stations You can preset up to 30 stations 20 for FM and 10 for AM 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly...

Page 11: ...the exist preset number Start over from step 1 After step 3 press or repeatedly to select the preset number you want to store the station To erase a preset number 1 Press and hold TUNER MEMORY until the preset number flashes in the display 2 Press or repeatedly to select the preset number you want to erase If you want to erase all preset numbers select ALL ERASE 3 Press ENTER NEXT When you erase a...

Page 12: ...igital recording You can record from CD into the MD deck digitally by connecting an optical cable 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 Note If you cannot select MD by pressing FUNCTION press 1 u while pressing FUNCTION when the system is turn...

Page 13: ...ptional super woofer speaker Connecting a VCR Make sure to match the color of the plugs and the connectors To listen to the sound of the connected VCR press FUNCTION repeatedly until VIDEO appears Connecting outdoor antennas AM FM 75Ω Connect the outdoor antenna to improve the reception FM antenna Connect the optional FM outdoor antenna You can also use the TV antenna instead Jack type A Jack type...

Page 14: ... play up to three CDs in a row 1 u Power Insulated wire not supplied Insulated wire not supplied Connecting outdoor antennas continued 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 Jog dial P p 0 VOL p P CD ...

Page 15: ...laying time Track number To Do this Stop play Press p Pause Press CD P P on the remote Press again to resume play Select a track During play or pause turn the jog dial clockwise to go forward or counterclockwise to go back and release it when you reach the desired track Or press to go forward or to go back on the remote Find a point in Press and hold down or a track 0 during play and release it at...

Page 16: ... CD in the tray One Touch Play You can switch from another source to the CD player and start playing a CD just by pressing CD P or DISC 1 3 Automatic Source Selection If there is no CD in the player CD NO DISC appears in the display When a disc tray holding a CD is selected or playing the DISC 1 3 button for that tray lights green When a disc tray holding a CD is not selected the DISC 1 3 button f...

Page 17: ...both sides 5 Press PAUSE 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 in step 3 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 Note You cannot listen to other sources while recording With th...

Page 18: ...ber Frequency 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly until the band you want appears in the display Every time you press the button the band changes as follows FM AM 2 Turn the jog dial or press or on the remote to tune in the desired preset station To Do this Turn off the radio Press 1 u Adjust the volume Turn VOLUME or press VOL on the remote To listen to non preset radio stations from front panel only U...

Page 19: ...nds by for recording The indicator on TAPE B for front side lights up 5 Press DIRECTION repeatedly to select A to record on one side Select ß or RELAY to record on both sides 6 Press PAUSE 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 in step 4 When you record on both sides be sure to start from ...

Page 20: ...select RELAY relay play With the side you want to play facing forward Playing a tape You can use TYPE I normal tapes You can also use the jog dial s AMS functions to quickly search for songs you want to hear To select either deck A or B press DECK A or DECK B on the remote AMS Automatic Music Sensor 1 u Power 1 VOLUME 3 2 PAUSE 0 p 1 Jog dial P p 0 VOL 0 p P DECK A DECK B ...

Page 21: ...ts tape playback if there is a tape in the deck One Touch Play You can switch from another source to the tape deck just by pressing TAPE A 9 or TAPE B 9 Automatic Source Selection Searching for the start of the current or the next track AMS During play turn the jog dial to the same direction as the 9 or indicator to go forward TAPE A or TAPE B 1 appears Turn to the opposite direction to go back TA...

Page 22: ...on DISPLAY n n n n n You can check the remaining time of the current track or that of the CD Press DISPLAY during playback Each time you press the button during normal playback the display changes as follows nPlaying time on the current track Remaining time on the current track Disc number of the current track and PLAY Clock display for 10 seconds Effect name or FLAT Name of spectrum analyzer disp...

Page 23: ...procedure to change the repeat mode 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 display while playing the track you want to repeat To cancel Repeat Play Press REPEAT so that REPEAT or REPEA...

Page 24: ... DISCS shuffles all the CDs in the player 1 DISC shuffles the CD whose DISC indicator is green 3 Press CD P J appears and then 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 norma...

Page 25: ... CD appears in the display then place CDs on the disc tray 2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until PROGRAM appears in the display 3 Press 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 t...

Page 26: ...repeatedly After the last track CHECK END appears Clear a track from CLEAR on the remote in the end stop mode Clear a specific CHECK on the remote track repeatedly until the number of the track to be erased lights up then press CLEAR Add a track to the 1 Select the disc tray with a program DISC 1 3 button 2 Select the track by turning the jog dial 3 Press ENTER NEXT Clear the entire p once in stop...

Page 27: ...rom the reverse side press TAPE B 9 to light its indicator after pressing REC in step 3 When recording from a CD you can use the jog dial to select tracks during rec pause mode after pressing REC in step 3 and before pressing PAUSE in step 5 Recording CDs by specifying track order Program Edit You can record tracks from all the CDs in the order you want When programming make sure the playing times...

Page 28: ...after programming In order to use this function you must first cancel the program by pressing PLAY MODE repeatedly until PROGRAM or SHUFFLE disappears from the display 1 Follow steps 1 to 6 in Programming the CD tracks see page 25 2 Press and insert a blank tape into deck B 3 Press CD SYNC Deck B stands by for recording and the CD player stands by for playback The indicator on TAPE B for front sid...

Page 29: ... changes and the GROOVE button lights up Press GROOVE again to return to the previous volume Adjusting the sound Sound Adjustment PHONES GROOVE DBFB Notes With some songs the music will sound distorted when you use the DBFB system with the sound effect if the bass is too strong Set the DBFB to NORMAL or OFF or cancel the sound effect see page 30 Cancelling GROOVE sets DBFB to DBFB and return to th...

Page 30: ...display To cancel the effect Press FILE SELECT repeatedly until FLAT appears in the display Tip SUR appears if you select an effect with surround effects To change the spectrum analyzer display Press DISPLAY repeatedly to select one of the displays below Pattern 1 Changes with music Pattern 2 Note The spectrum analyzer display changes each time you cycle through the information display i e functio...

Page 31: ...LL Reproduces the acoustics of a concert hall THEATER Reproduces the acoustics of a movie theater ENHANCED THEATER Reproduces the acoustics of a large movie theater DSP OFF Turns off the DSP mode The indicator on the front panel s DSP button lights up Note When you choose other sound effects the surround effects will be canceled You can enjoy surround effects ...

Page 32: ...ress DOLBY PROLOGIC or PRO LOGIC ON OFF on the remote again to turn off the indicator on the front panel s DOLBY PROLOGIC button Notes You can t use both Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound and the DSP surround effects at the same time When recording the sound be sure to turn off Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound DOLBY PROLOGIC You can enjoy the Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound of videos that are Dolby Surr...

Page 33: ...emaining time Press SLEEP once To change the time to turn off Select the time you want by pressing SLEEP To cancel the Sleep Timer function Press SLEEP repeatedly until OFF appears Other Features Waking up to music Daily Timer You can wake up to music at a preset time every day Make sure you have set the clock see Step 3 Setting the time on page 9 1 Prepare the music source you want to play CD Pla...

Page 34: ... 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 appears The indications change as follows n TUNER CD PLAY...

Page 35: ...CT 3 4 6 2 1 u Power 1 2 REC SLEEP VOLUME ALL DISCS ß 1 2 REC SLEEP VOLUME ALL DISCS ß 4 Set the time to start recording Turn the jog dial to set the hour then press ENTER NEXT The minute indication starts flashing Turn the jog dial to set the minute then press ENTER NEXT The hour indication flashes again 5 Set the time to stop recording following the above procedure The start time appears followe...

Page 36: ...old Dusty or dirty Very humid Vibrating Subject to direct sunlight On operation If the system is brought directly from a cold to a warm location or is placed in a very damp room moisture may condense on the lens inside the CD player Should this occur the system will not operate properly Remove the CD and leave the system turned on for about an hour until the moisture evaporates When you move the s...

Page 37: ...tape Otherwise the tape may get entangled in the parts of the tape deck and become damaged When using a tape longer than 90 minutes The tape is very elastic Do not change the tape operations such as play stop and fast winding etc frequently The tape may get entangled in the tape deck Cleaning the tape heads Clean the tape heads after every 10 hours of use When the tape heads become dirty the sound...

Page 38: ...eakers farther away from the TV set Troubleshooting If you run into any problem using this system 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 t...

Page 39: ... or shuffle mode Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until PROGRAM or SHUFFLE disappear OVER is displayed You have reached the end of the CD Press and hold 0 to return continued Tape Deck The tape does not record No tape in the cassette holder The tab has been removed from the cassette see To save a tape permanently on page 37 The tape has reeled to the end The tape does not record nor play or there is a d...

Page 40: ...at 1 kHz 1 THD MHC RXD6AV European model Front Speaker DIN power output rated 50 50 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz DIN Continuous RMS power output reference 60 60 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz 10 THD Music power output reference 100 100 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz 10 THD Specifications Tuner Severe hum or noise TUNED or STEREO flashes in the display Adjust the antenna The signal strength is too weak Connect the external...

Page 41: ... rated 12 5 12 5 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz DIN Continuous RMS power output reference 15 15 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz 10 THD continued Inputs MD VIDEO IN voltage 450 mV 250 mV phono jacks impedance 47 kilohms Outputs MD VIDEO OUT voltage 250 mV phono jacks impedance 1 kilohm PHONES accepts headphones of stereo phone jack 8 ohms or more FRONT SPEAKER accepts impedance of 6 to 16 ohms REAR SPEAKER accepts im...

Page 42: ...1 3 kg 2 lb 14 oz net per speaker Specifications continued Tape player section Recording system 4 track 2 channel stereo Frequency response 60 13 000 Hz 3 dB DOLBY NR OFF using Sony TYPE I cassette 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...

Page 43: ... AC 60 Hz European model 230 V AC 50 60 Hz Australian and South African model 240 V AC 50 60 Hz Mexican model 120 V AC 50 60 Hz Power consumption 190 watts Dimensions w h d Approx 280 x 340 x 390 mm 11 1 8 x 13 1 2 x 15 3 8 in Mass North American model Approx 9 4 kg 20 lb 12 oz Other models Approx 9 2 kg 20 lb 5 oz Supplied accessories AM loop antenna 1 Remote 1 FM lead antenna 1 Speaker cords 2 C...

Page 44: ...ng a CD 14 a preset radio station 17 tracks in random order Shuffle Play 24 tracks in the desired order Program Play 25 tracks repeatedly Repeat Play 23 Presetting radio stations 10 Preset tuning 17 Program Edit 27 Program Play 25 Protecting recordings 37 R Radio stations presetting 10 tuning in 17 Recording a CD 16 a radio program 19 timer recording 35 Repeat Play 23 Resetting the system 40 S Sav...