Sony MDS-S37 - Mini Disc Player, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...MiniDisc Deck Operating Instructions GB F 1996 by Sony Corporation MDS S37 3 858 293 21 1 ...

Page 2: ...e deck is brought directly from a cold to a warm location or is placed in a very damp room moisture may condense on the lenses inside the deck Should this occur the deck may not operate properly In this case remove the MD and leave the deck turned on for about an hour until the moisture evaporates On the MiniDisc cartridge Do not open the shutter to expose the MD Do not place the cartridge where i...

Page 3: ... Editing 20 Erasing Recordings Erase Function 20 Dividing Recorded Tracks Divide Function 22 Combining Recorded Tracks Combine Function 23 Moving Recorded Tracks Move Function 24 Labeling Recordings Title Function 24 Undoing the Last Edit Undo Function 27 Additional Information Display Messages 28 System Limitations 28 Troubleshooting 29 Specifications 30 Beep Output During Operations 31 Guide to ...

Page 4: ... point it at the remote sensor g on the deck When to replace batteries With normal use the batteries should last for about six months When the remote no longer operates the deck replace all the batteries with new ones Notes Do not leave the remote near an extremely hot or humid place Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing particularly when replacing the batteries Do not expose the r...

Page 5: ...mpling rates during recording A built in sampling rate converter automatically converts the sampling frequency of various digital sources to the 44 1 kHz sampling rate of your MD deck This allows you to record sources such as 32 and 48 kHz DAT or satellite broadcasts as well as compact discs and other MDs Notes If Din Unlock or Cannot Copy appears in the display recording through the digital conne...

Page 6: ...esponding input connector To record through Set INPUT to LINE ANALOG IN DIGITAL ANALOG DIGITAL IN To record in Set REC MODE to Monaural sound STEREO MONO Stereo sound In the monaural recording you can record about two times longer than in the stereo recording 5 Set REC MODE to the mode you want to record in r ANALOG LEVEL HEADPHONES NO YES MAX MIN DIGITAL REC LEVEL 0 10 REPEAT SCROLL PLAY MODE DIS...

Page 7: ...flashing and goes out you can pull out the AC power cord To Press Stop recording Pause recording p Whenever you pause recording the track number increases by one For example if you paused recording while recording on track 4 the track number increases by one and recording continues on the new track when restarted To protect an MD against accidental erasure To make it impossible to record on an MD ...

Page 8: ...he volume on the amplifier Pause playing Stop playing Do the following Press p Press fl or P Press the button again to resume playing To Turn AMS counterclockwise or press on the remote Go to the preceding track Go to the next track Turn AMS clockwise or press on the remote Press after stopping playing Take out the MD To use headphones Connect them to HEADPHONES jack Use HEADPHONES LEVEL to adjust...

Page 9: ...automaticallymarkstracknumberswhenrecording analogsourceordigitalrecordingofDATorsatellite broadcasts see Markingtracknumbersautomatically onpage12 WhenrecordingfromDATorsatellitebroadcastswith INPUTatDIGITAL thedeckautomaticallymarksatrack numberwheneverthesamplingfrequencyoftheinput signalchanges When TOC flashes in the display ThedeckiscurrentlyupdatingtheTableOfContents TOC Donotmovethedeckorp...

Page 10: ...Space There has been an extended silence of 4 to 30 seconds in length when INPUT is set to DIGITAL and the source is connected through DIGITAL IN The silence is replaced with a blank of about 3 seconds and the deck continues recording To turn off the Smart Space Function and Auto Cut Function 1 Duringrecordingpause pressEDIT NOrepeatedlyuntil S Space appearsinthedisplay 2 PressYES 3 PressEDIT NOto...

Page 11: ...6in RecordingonanMD on page7 Note Youcannotrecordfromthemiddleofanexistingtrackwhen the PROGRAM or SHUFFLE ison Adjusting the Recording Level When recording with INPUT at ANALOG and the signal input through LINE ANALOG IN jacks use REC LEVEL to adjust the recording level before starting recording You cannot adjust the recording level during digital recording 1 Do Steps 1 to 6 in Recording on an MD...

Page 12: ...e program source the recording actually begins with the 2 seconds of audio data stored in the buffer memory in advance as shown in the illustration below Marking track numbers manually Manual Track Marking You can mark track numbers at any time while recording on an MD Press r at the place you want to add a track mark while recording Marking track numbers automatically Automatic Track Marking The ...

Page 13: ...c Synchro Recording Press p Note WhenMusicSynchro Recording theSmartSpaceFunction andtheAutoCutFunctionturnonautomaticallyregardless oftheirsetting ONorOFF andtypeofinput digitalor analog 1 Do Steps 1 to 6 in Recording on an MD on pages 6 and 7 The deck changes to recording pause 2 Start playing the program source you want to record The most recent 2 seconds of audio data is stored in the buffer m...

Page 14: ...r starts playback The track number and elapsed recording time of the track appear in the display If the CD player does not start playing SomeCDplayermodelsmaynotrespondwhenyou pressSTARTontheremoteofthedeck Press Ponthe remoteoftheCDplayerinstead 7 Press STOP to stop synchro recording To pause recording PressSTANDBYorCDPLAYER P Torestartrecording pressSTARTorCDPLAYER P A new track number is marked...

Page 15: ... power cord the display will show the total track number and total playing time of all recorded tracks the next time you turn on the deck no matter what the last display was Checking remaining time and the title of a track Each time you press DISPLAY CHAR or DISPLAY while playing an MD you can change the display as shown below The track numbers in the music calendar disappear after they are played...

Page 16: ... the playing time you want 6 10 or 20 seconds appears in the display Each press changes the time in order of 6 to 20 then from 6 again To pause playing at the beginning of a track Turn AMS or press or after pausing playback To go quickly to the beginning of the last track Turn AMS counterclockwise or press while the display shows the total track number and total disc playing time remaining recorda...

Page 17: ...he track you want to repeat is playing in normal play press REPEAT several times until REPEAT 1 appears in the display Continued REPEAT To locate a point Press While monitoring the sound forward or 0 backward and keep pressing until you find the point Quickly by observing the display during playback pause or 0 and keep pressing until you find the point There is no sound output during this operatio...

Page 18: ...splay 2 Continue playing the track or press until you reach the new ending point point B then press A B again REPEAT A B lights continuously and the deck starts playing repeatedly the newly specified portion Note If you turn off the deck or disconnect the AC power cord the deck will recall the last setting of the Repeat Function the next time you turn on the deck The A B Repeat settings however ar...

Page 19: ...PROGRAM disappears r 6 0 p P PROGRAM CLEAR p 25 You can program the same track repeatedly While the track number appears in the display press AMS as many times as you want The program remains even after Program Play ends When you press fl or you can play the same program again Notes The program created by the Program Play Function is lost when you turn off the deck or disconnect the AC power cord ...

Page 20: ...track Note however that once erased MD data cannot be recovered Useful Tips When Recording From MDs to Tape g The Auto Space and Auto Pause Functions described in this section make recording from MDs to tape more easy Inserting blank spaces while recording to tape Auto Space The Auto Space Function inserts a 3 second blank space between each track while recording from MDs to tapes allowing you to ...

Page 21: ...ps 1 to 3 to erase more tracks To cancel the Erase Function Press EDIT NO p or turn AMS to change the track number Note If Erase appears in the display the track was recorded or edited on another MD deck and is record protected If this indication appears press YES to erase the track 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 A B C D A C D B is erased Erasing all tracks on an MD Erasing a recordable MD deletes the disc name al...

Page 22: ...rting position is still incorrect repeat Step 5 until it is correct 7 Press YES or AMS when the position is correct When the track has been divided Complete appears for a few seconds and the newly created track begins playing The new track will have no track title even if the original track was labeled To cancel the Divide Function Press p You can undo a track division Combine the tracks again see...

Page 23: ... the display the tracks cannot be combined This sometimes happens when you ve edited the same track many times and is due to a technical limitation of the MD system not a mechanical error 1 Turn AMS until the second track of the two to be combined appears For example when combining tracks 3 and 4 turn AMS until 4 appears 2 Press EDIT NO repeatedly until Combine appears in the display 3 Press YES R...

Page 24: ...ion appears New track position Track number to be moved 4 Turn AMS until the new track position appears 5 Press YES or AMS After you have moved the track Complete appears for a few seconds and the moved track begins playing back if the deck is in playback mode To cancel the Move Function Press EDIT NO or p AMS 0 YES EDIT NO DISPLAY CHAR p r 0 Use the following procedure to label a track or an MD Y...

Page 25: ...Press p Note You cannot label a track or an MD while you are recording over an existing track Continued 3 Press DISPLAY CHAR to select the character type as follows 4 Turn AMS to select the character The selected character flashes Letters numbers and symbols appear in sequential order as you turn AMS You can use the following symbols in titles _ You can press DISPLAY CHAR to change the character t...

Page 26: ... the display then do the following To select To label Make sure that the deck is A track Playing pausing recording the track to be labeled or stopped after locating the track to be labeled An MD Stopped with no track number appearing in the display 2 Select the character type as follows Press Uppercase letters CHAR repeatedly until Selected ABC appears in the display Lowercase letters CHAR repeate...

Page 27: ... of the following after the edit Press the r button on the front panel Press the r button the MUSIC SYNC button or the CD SYNC STANDBY button on the remote Update the TOC by turning off the power or ejecting the MD Disconnect the AC power cord To change A track title Make sure that the deck is Playing pausing the track whose title is to be changed or stopped after locating the track whose title is...

Page 28: ...characterized by the limitations described below Note however that these limitations are due to the inherent nature of the MD recording system itself and not to mechanical causes Disc Full lights up even before the MD has reached the maximum recording time 60 or 74 minutes When 255 tracks have been recorded on the MD Disc Full lights up regardless of the total recorded time More than 255 tracks ca...

Page 29: ...n the display longer than for MDs that have been used Limitations when recording over an existing track The correct remaining recording time may not be displayed You may find it impossible to record over a track if that track has been recorded over several times already If this happens erase the track using the Erase Function see page 20 The remaining recording time may be shortened out of proport...

Page 30: ...dB during playback Wow and flutter Below measurable limit General Power requirements 120 V AC 60 Hz Power consumption 19 W Dimensions approx w h d incl projecting parts 280 83 270 mm 11 1 8 3 3 8 10 3 4 in Mass approx 3 3 kg 7 lbs 4 oz Supplied accessories See page 4 Optional accessories Recordable MDs MDW 60 60 min MDW 74 74 min Optical cable POC 15A U S and foreign patents licensed from Dolby La...

Page 31: ...emaining time on the MD has dropped below 3 minutes Several short beeps high fl or P was pressed and the deck has started playing One short beep high p was pressed One short beep low PLAY MODE was pressed while the deck is stopped and continuous normal play mode has been selected canceling Shuffle or Program Play mode One short beep low Beep sound EDIT NO was pressed while the deck is recording an...

Page 32: ...8 kHz You can then record the contents of this recorded DAT tape or MD first generation onto another DAT tape or recordable MD via digital input jack on the DAT or MD deck to create a second generation digital copy Subsequent recording from the second generation copy onto another recordable DAT tape or MD is possible only through the analog input jack on the DAT or MD deck Note however that on som...

Page 33: ...rding v v Playing Recording v v Playing Digital input jack Digital output jack DAT deck or MD deck DAT deck or MD deck DAT deck or MD deck Recording DAT deck or MD deck DAT deck or MD deck Microphone amplifier DAT or MD Optical cable or coaxial digital connecting cable DAT or MD First generation DAT tape or MD recorded via digital to digital connection Line analog output jacks Line analog input ja...

Page 34: ...ating a particular point in a track 17 a specific track 17 M N MD inserting 6 8 premastered 15 recordable 6 15 taking out 7 8 Moving 24 Music scan 16 synchro recording 13 O Optical cable 4 5 32 Optional accessories 30 P Q Pausing playback 8 recording 7 Playing normal play 8 program play 19 repeat play 17 shuffle play 18 Precautions 2 R Recording normal recording 6 7 over existing tracks 11 time ma...

Page 35: ...L 15 SHUFFLE 18 STANDBY 14 START 14 STOP 14 T REC 13 eject 7 8 fl play pause 7 8 18 19 22 r recording 7 10 12 play 7 8 16 18 19 P pause 7 8 22 p stop 7 8 19 21 23 26 0 manual search 17 24 26 AMS Automatic Music Sensor 8 11 16 19 25 16 19 Switches BEEP 31 INPUT 6 10 POWER 6 8 REC MODE 6 Connectors DIGITAL IN OUT 5 Controls AMS 8 11 13 16 19 20 22 to 24 HEADPHONES LEVEL 8 REC LEVEL 7 11 Indicator PO...

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