Sony MHC-RX90, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...Mini Hi Fi Component System 1996 by Sony Corporation Operating Instructions 3 859 544 12 1 f MHC RX90 ...

Page 2: ...t is capable of emitting radiation exceeding the limit for Class 1 This caution label is located inside the unit This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product The CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT MARKING is located on the rear exterior This stereo sytem is equipped with the Dolby B type noise reduction system Dolby noise reduction manufactured under licence from Dolby Laborotories Licencing Corpora...

Page 3: ...ption 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 Waving the equalizer 27 Using the drum pads 27 Using the beat function 28 Sound Adjustment Adjusting the sound 29 Selecting the audio emphasis 30 Adjusting the audio emphasis 31 Making a personal audio emphasis file 33 Switching the speaker ...

Page 4: ...ND SPEAKER jacks of the same colour Keep the speaker cords away from the aerials to prevent noise Connect the speakers 1 Connect the speaker cords of front speakers to the SPEAKER jacks of the same colour Keep the speaker cords away from the aerials to prevent noise 1 AM loop aerial Front speaker Left Front speaker Right Surround speaker Right Surround speaker Left R L Insert only the stripped por...

Page 5: ... the demo mode by pressing DISPLAY DEMO when the system power is turned off The demo mode is also deactivated when you set the time R L Insert only the stripped portion Extend the FM lead aerial horizontally 2 4 3 Gray Note Do not place the surround speakers on top of a TV This may cause distortion of the colours in the TV screen Connect the FM AM aerials Set up the AM loop aerial then connect it ...

Page 6: ...s 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 this system Do the following to protect the CD mechanism 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until ...

Page 7: ... POWER continued n n Step 3 Presetting radio stations The 3 band model lets you preset up to 40 stations 20 for FM 10 for MW and 10 for LW The 4 band model lets you preset up to 45 stations 20 for FM 10 for MW 10 for LW and 5 for UKV 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly until the band you want appears in the display The bands you can receive vary depending on the model you purchased Be sure to check whic...

Page 8: ...rn the jog dial The frequency indication changes and scanning stops when the system tunes in a station TUNED and STEREO for a stereo programme appear TUNED STEREO MHz VOLUME AUTO 4 Press TUNER MEMORY A preset number appears in the display 5 Turn the jog dial to select the preset number you want 6 Press ENTER NEXT The station is stored 7 Repeat steps 1 to 6 to store other stations To tune in a stat...

Page 9: ...ors To listen to the sound of the connected MD deck press FUNCTION repeatedly until MD appears Note If you cannot select MD even when you have pressed FUNCTION press POWER while pressing FUNCTION when the power is turned off VIDEO will be switched to MD To return to VIDEO do the same procedure Tip If you connect a turntable with MM cartridge connect it to VIDEO MD IN using the optional MM cartridg...

Page 10: ...M aerial terminal Leave the supplied AM loop aerial connected Important If you connect an outdoor aerial ground from y terminal with the screw clamp To prevent a gas explosion do not connect the earth lead to a gas pipe y FM75 AM COAXIAL IEC standard socket connector not supplied Screw clamp Earth lead not supplied Earth lead not supplied FM75 AM COAXIAL y Insulated wire not supplied Screw clamp C...

Page 11: ...ons The disc tray closes and play starts If you press or on the remote when the disc tray is closed play starts from the CD loaded on the tray whose button is lit green Basic Operations You can play up to three CDs in a row With the label side up When you play a single CD place it on the inner circle of the tray Æ 0 2 1 Disc tray number Playing time Track number continued VOLUME ALL 1DISCS Æ Æ b B...

Page 12: ...epeatedly until 1 DISC selected appears Play all CDs Press 1 ALL DISCS repeatedly until ALL DISCS appears Remove the CD Press OPEN CLOSE Exchange other Press DISC SKIP CDs while EX CHANGE playing Adjust the Turn VOLUME or press VOL volume on the remote Playing a CD continued Tips Pressing when the power is off automatically turns the power on and starts CD playback if there is a CD in the tray One...

Page 13: ...cording and the CD player stands by for playback for front side lights up 4 Press EDIT DIRECTION repeatedly to select A to record on one side Select a or RELAY to record on both sides 5 Press on deck B Recording starts To stop recording Press on deck B or on the CD player Tips If you want to record from the reverse side press ª so that ª for reverse side lights up When you record on both sides be ...

Page 14: ...eatedly until the band you want appears in the display The bands you can receive vary depending on the the model you purchased Be sure to check which bands you can receive Every time you press the button the band changes as follows 3 band model FM n MW n LW 4 band model FM n MW n LW n UKV STEREO PLUS is displayed when you select UKV 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly so that PRESET appears in the disp...

Page 15: ...ress TUNING MODE repeatedly so that MANUAL appears in step 2 then tune in the station by turning the jog dial Tips Pressing TUNER BAND when the power is off automatically turns the power on and tunes to the last received station One Touch Play You can switch from another source to the radio just by pressing TUNER BAND Automatic Source Selection When an FM programme is noisy press STEREO MONO so th...

Page 16: ...from the reverse side press ª so that ª for reverse side lights up 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 select MANUAL in step 2 then turn the jog dial to tune in the desired station When you want to reduce the hiss noise in low level high frequency signals p...

Page 17: ... repeatedly to select A to play one side Select a to play both sides To play both decks in succession select RELAY relay play 3 Press Press ª to play the reverse side The tape starts playing The deck stops automatically after repeating the sequence five times Relay play always follows the following sequence Deck A front side Deck A reverse side Deck B front side Deck B reverse side To Do this Stop...

Page 18: ... 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 REPEAT DOLBY NR since the tape in deck B is automatically recorded in the same state as the tape in deck A You can use TYPE I normal or TYPE II CrO2 tapes The recording level is automatically adjusted 1 Press EJECT and insert a re...

Page 19: ...ining time on the current track µ Remaining time on current CD 1 DISC mode or PLAY display ALL DISCS mode µ Clock display for eight seconds µ Effect P FILE name or EFFECT ON OFF Æ 0 POWER REPEAT DOLBY NR To repeat Press All the tracks on 1 ALL DISCS repeatedly the current CD until 1 DISC appears in the display All the tracks on 1 ALL DISCS repeatedly all CDs until ALL DISCS appears in the display ...

Page 20: ...ll the CDs in the player 1 DISC shuffles the CD whose DISC indicator is green 4 Press 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 normal play by pressing PLA...

Page 21: ... To programme additional tracks repeat steps 3 to 5 Skip step 3 to select tracks from the same disc 7 Press All the tracks play in the order you selected To cancel Programme Play Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until PROGRAM or SHUFFLE disappears from the display 1 5 7 3 Disc number Track number VOLUME 1DISC PROGRAM VOLUME 1DISC PROGRAM Total playing time The last programmed track Æ 0 POWER b B v V CD ...

Page 22: ...3 Press ENTER NEXT Clear the entire once in stop mode or programme twice while playing Tips The programme you made remains in the CD player even after it has been played back Press to play the same programme 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...

Page 23: ... a tape press or º on deck A Deck B stands by for recording and you can skip tracks To resume dubbing press on deck B You can record from CD tape or radio as you like For example you can record just the songs you want or record from the middle of the tape The recording level is adjusted automatically 1 Insert a blank tape into deck B 2 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until the source you want to record ...

Page 24: ... the display 4 Press one of the DISC 1 3 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 programme step number appears followed by the total playing time 7 To programme additional tracks to be recorded on side A repeat steps 4 to 6 Skip step 4 to select tracks from the same disc Total playing time including se...

Page 25: ...display and the total playing time resets to 0 00 in the display 9 Repeat steps 5 and 6 for tracks from the same disc or steps 4 to 6 for tracks from another disc to programme the remaining tracks to be recorded on side B 10 Press CD SYNCHRO Deck B stands by for recording and the CD player stands by for playback for front side lights up 11 Press EDIT DIRECTION repeatedly to select A to record on o...

Page 26: ...sh the CD sound during playback This lets you create original recordings Press and hold FLASH during playback at the point you want to start the Flash function and release to resume normal play To adjust the flash length Turn the jog dial while holding FLASH or press BEAT MENU B or b while holding FLASH on the remote to select different flash lengths FLASH 1 20 To use LOOP and FLASH together Press...

Page 27: ...fect can be used with any source to create original recordings Tap drum pad A or B to produce the respective sound To change the drum sound Press and hold down pad A or B and turn the jog dial to select the sound you desire You can select from 21 different drum sounds The name of the drum sound appears in the display KICK SNARE SCRATCH PUSH The sound you select will be stored in pad A or B To crea...

Page 28: ...ith the source jog dial LEVEL BEAT ON OFF Æ 0 POWER BEAT SPEED BEAT SELECT BPM CONTROL To change the speed Hold down BEAT SPEED and turn the jog dial or press BEAT SPEED on the remote to select the speed you desire BPM 70 140 To change the beat pattern You can select from 8 different beat patterns Hold down BEAT SELECT and turn the jog dial or press BEAT SELECT on the remote to select the pattern ...

Page 29: ...c will sound distorted when you use the DBFB system with the graphic equalizer if the bass is too strong Adjust the bass slowly while listening to music so that you can monitor the effect of the adjustment Cancelling GROOVE sets DBFB to DBFB and flattens the equalizer curve To cancel the DBFB level press DBFB until the indication disappears Adjust the equalization to obtain the effect you desire T...

Page 30: ...that menu appears in the display 2 Use the jog dial to select the preset you desire The preset name appears in the display 3 Press ENTER NEXT To cancel the effect Press EFFECT ON OFF repeatedly so that EFFECT OFF appears in the display Music menu options SUR appears if you select an effect with surround effects Æ 0 POWER EFFECT ON OFF 2 3 1 MENU button MUSIC MOVIE GAME Effect ROCK POP JAZZ DANCE S...

Page 31: ...ur basic sound 1 Select the audio emphasis you want for your basic sound see Selecting the audio emphasis 2 Press HIGH FREQUENCY or LOW FREQUENCY repeatedly to select a frequency band Æ 0 POWER 2 3 5 VOLUME To change the equalizer display Each time you press SPECTRUM ANALYZER the equalizer display changes to show one of the four displays below Spectrum analyzer pattern 1 Spectrum analyzer pattern ...

Page 32: ...it into a personal file see Making a personal audio emphasis file Æ Æ 0 Æ POWER SURROUND 3 Turn the jog dial to adjust level 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 5 Press ENTER NEXT when finished Note If you choose another menu audio emphasis other than EFFECT OFF the adjusted sound effect is lost To retain the adjusted sound effect for future use store it in a personal file See Making a personal audio emphasis ...

Page 33: ...urite tape CD or radio programme Create up to five audio files Before operation first select the audio emphasis you want for your basic sound 1 Obtain the sound effect you want by using the graphic equalizer and surround effect 2 Press MEMORY The personal file number appears in the display 3 Use the jog dial to select the file number P FILE where you want to store the sound effect 4 Press ENTER NE...

Page 34: ...to set the surround speakers on either side of the bed FRONT SPEAKER R SURROUND SPEAKER R SURROUND SPEAKER R SURROUND SPEAKER L FRONT SPEAKER L FRONT SPEAKER L FRONT SPEAKER R SURROUND SPEAKER L SONIC FORMATION Æ Æ 0 Æ POWER n N Switching the Speaker Formation Sonic formation You can select from four speaker formations depending on your listening situation Press SONIC FORMATION repeatedly until th...

Page 35: ... the same sound in two rooms it is suitable to set the front speakers and the surround speakers in each room FRONT ONLY mode No sound is output from the surround speakers Sound comes from the front speakers only Note Do not place the surround speakers on top of a TV This may cause distortion of the colours in the TV screen FRONT SPEAKER L FRONT SPEAKER R SURROUND SPEAKER L SURROUND SPEAKER R ...

Page 36: ... station name appears in the display Using the Radio Data System RDS For Western European model only To check the RDS information Each time you press DISPLAY DEMO the display changes as follows n Station name µ Frequency µ Programme type µ Clock display µ Effect P FILE name or EFFECT ON OFF If the RDS broadcast is not received the station name and programme type may not appear in the display Locat...

Page 37: ...nd weather LIGHT MUSIC Classical music such as instrumentals and vocal and choral works M O R MUSIC Easy listening middle of the road music NEWS News programmes OTHER MUSIC Music such as jazz rhythm and blues and reggae POP MUSIC popular music programmes ROCK MUSIC Rock music programmes SCIENCE Programmes about the natural sciences CLASSICS Performances of major orchestras chamber music opera etc ...

Page 38: ... tape by turning down the singer s voice You need to connect an optional microphone 1 Turn MIC LEVEL to 0 to turn down the microphone control level 2 Connect an optional microphone to MIX MIC 3 Press KARAOKE PON MPX repeatedly to obtain the karaoke effect you desire Every time you press the button the display changes as follows KARAOKE PON n MPX R n MPX L EFFECT OFF ON N The h indicator appears in...

Page 39: ... 4 Press 5 Press to start playing the CD player or tape deck A Playback starts Start singing along with the music To stop recording Press p on deck B and the CD player 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 selecting the CD function an...

Page 40: ...Timer 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 TUNER n CD PLAY n TAPE PLAY 8 P...

Page 41: ...IMER SELECT and turn the jog dial to select the respective mode DAILY 1 or DAILY 2 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 OFF then press ENTER NEXT Tip The power turns on 15 minutes before the preset time Note When setting the wake up timer set the equalizer display to anything other than S...

Page 42: ...e 3 Turn jog dial to select REC then press ENTER NEXT ON appears and the hour digits flash in the display 4 Set the time to start recording 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 5 Set the time to stop recording following the above procedure The start time appe...

Page 43: ...component checked by qualified personnel before operating it any further The mains lead must be changed only at the qualified service shop On placement Place the stereo system in a location with adequate ventilation to prevent heat build up in the stereo system Do not place the unit in an inclined position Do not place the unit in locations where it is Extremely hot or cold Dusty or dirty Very hum...

Page 44: ...ion of the speaker cord will obstruct the speaker connections Before placing a cassette in the tape deck Take up any slack in the 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...

Page 45: ...ophone The colour irregularity on a TV screen persists Turn off the TV set once then turn it on after 15 to 30 minutes If the colour irregularity still persists place the spearkers farther away from the TV set Speakers Sound comes from one channel or unbalanced left and right volume Check the speaker connection and speaker placement There is no sound from the surround speakers Press SONIC FORMATIO...

Page 46: ...excessive wow or flutter or the sound drops out The capstans or pinch rollers are dirty Clean them see Cleaning the tape heads on page 44 Noise increases or the high frequencies are erased The record playback heads are magnetized Demagnetize them see Demagnetizing the tape heads on page 44 Troubleshooting continued Tuner Severe hum or noise TUNED or STEREO flashes in the display Adjust the aerial ...

Page 47: ... 8 ohms at 1kHz DIN Continuous RMS power output 100 100 watts 8 ohms at 1 kHz 10 THD Music power output 160 160 watts 8 ohms at 1 kHz 10 THD Inputs VIDEO MD IN phono jacks voltage 250 mV impedance 47 kilohms MIX MIC phone jack sensitivity 1 mV impedance 10 kilohms Outputs VIDEO MD OUT phono jacks voltage 250 mV impedance 1 kilohms PHONES stereo phone jack accepts headphones of 8 ohms or more SPEAK...

Page 48: ...system 1 way 1 unit bass reflex type Speaker units Full range 8 cm cone type Nominal impedance 16 ohms Dimensions w h d Approx 205 x 95 x 240 mm Mass Approx 1 1 kg net per speaker General Power requirements 220 230 V AC 50 60 Hz Power consumption 230 watts Dimensions w h d Approx 280 x 330 x 366 mm Mass Approx 9 5 kg Supplied accessories AM loop aerial 1 Remote RM SD80 1 Sony SUM 3 NS batteries 2 ...

Page 49: ...ystem 46 S Saving recordings 43 Selecting the audio emphasis 30 Setting the time 6 Shuffle Play 20 Sleep Timer 39 Sound adjustment 29 Speakers 4 9 Sonic formation 34 Station name 36 T U V Timer falling asleep to music 39 timer recording 41 waking up to music 40 Troubleshooting 44 Tuner 7 14 Tuning interval 8 47 W X Y Z Wake up timer 40 Wave 27 A Adjusting the audio emphasis 31 the sound 29 the vol...

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