Sharp MD-MX20 manual

MD COMP A CT COMPONENT SYSTEM OPERA TION MANU AL MODEL MD-MX20 Thank you f or purchasing this SHARP product. T o obtain the best performance from this product, please read this manual carefully . It will guide you in operating your SHARP product. MD-MX20 MD Compact Component System consisting of MD-MX20 (main unit) and CP-MX20 (speaker system).[...]

1 Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against har mful interf erence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can r adiate radio fre- quency energy and, if n[...]

2 IMPORT ANT SAFEGU ARDS CAUTION All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated, and should be retained for future reference. Electrical energy can perform many useful functions. This unit has been engineered and manufactured to assure your personal safety . Improper use can result in potential electrical [...]

3 Pa g e A CCESSORIES ................................................................ 3 PRECA UTIONS ................................................................ 4 NAMES OF CONTROLS AND INDICA T ORS ................... 5-7 PREP ARA TION FOR USE ........................................... 8-10 SETTING THE CLOCK .................................[...]

4 ■ General ● Please ensure that the equipment is positioned in a well ventilated area and ensure that there is at least 4" (10cm) of free space along the sides and back. There must also be a minimum of 4" (10cm) of free space on the top of the unit. ● Do not use oil, solvents , gasoline, paint thinners or insecti- cides on the unit[...]

5 1. On/Stand-by Button 2. Timer Stand-by Indicator 3. Name/T OC Edit Button 4. Timer/Delete Button 5. T uning Down/Review Button NAMES OF CONTROLS AND INDICA T ORS 91 0 1 3 12 11 16 17 18 19 20 26 22 21 28 27 14 15 24 23 25 ■ Fr ont panel 6. MD Stop Button 7. MD Play/P ause Button 8. T uning Up/Cue Button 9. Display (Demo) Button 10. MD Compartm[...]

6 1. FM Stereo Indicator 2. FM Stereo Mode Indicator 3. T rack Edit Indicator 4. Play/P ause Indicator 5. Repeat Indicator 6. T OC Indicator 7. Level Meter s 8. Digital Recording Indicator 9. CD Indicator 10. High Speed Edit Indicator (Continued) 1. FM 75 Ohms Antenna T erminal 2. Antenna Ground T erminal 3. AM Loop Antenna T erminal 4. Auxiliary I[...]

7 (Continued) 1. T weeter 2. W oofer 3. Bass Reflex Duct 4. Speaker T erminals 3 4 1 2 ■ Remote control ■ Speaker section 1. Remote Control T ransmitter LED 2. Preset Equalizer Button 3. Surround Button 4. Clock Button 5. Sleep Button 6. Memory/Enter Button 7. MD Stop Button 8. MD Play/P ause Button 9. MD T rack Do wn/Review Button 10. MD T rac[...]

8 1 2 3 Red Red Black Right Left Red Black Red Black PREP ARA TION FOR USE ■ Antenna connection ■ Speaker connection Unplug the A C power cord from the A C outlet before connecting or disconnecting any component. Connect each speaker wire to the SPEAKER terminals as shown. Use speakers with an impedance of 6 ohms or more, as lo wer impedance sp[...]

9 (Continued) To AC INPUT AC 120 V, 60 Hz To an AC outlet ■ Removing the speaker grilles ■ Connecting the A C power cor d Connect the A C power cord to the A C INPUT jack, then connect its plug to an A C outlet. Notes: ● Unplug the A C power cord from the AC outlet if the unit will not be in use for a prolonged period of time. ● Ne ver use [...]

10 15 ● 2 "AA" size batter ies ● Ba t ter ies are not included. (UM/SUM-3, R6, HP-7 or similar) 15 Remote sensor 8" - 20' (0.2 m - 6 m) (Continued) ■ Remote control ■ T o change the brightness of the display When bright Lights up When dark Goes out DIMMER 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY button to turn the power on. 2 Press the [...]

11 SETTING THE CLOCK ● In this e xample, the cloc k is set f or the 24-hour (0:00) sys- tem. 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY b utton to turn the po wer on. 2 Press the CLOCK button. 3 Within 5 seconds, press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button. 4 T urn the jog dial to select the time display mode . "0:00" → The 24-hour displa y will appear. → (0:00 -[...]

12 SOUND CONTR OL ■ V olume (Main unit operation) When the VOLUME contr ol is turned clockwise, the vol- ume will increase. When it is turned countercloc kwise, the v olume will decrease . (Remote control operation) Press the V OLUME button to increase the volume and the V OLUME button to decrease the v olume . FLAT VOCAL SOFT HEAVY (Main unit) ([...]

13 COMP A CT DISC OPERA TION ■ CD pla yback 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY button to turn the power on. 2 Press the CD ■ button. 3 Press the 7 7 7 7 7 button to open the disc tra y . 4 Place the CD on the disc tray , label side up. ● Be sure to place 3" (8 cm) CD in the middle of the disc tra y . 5 Press the 7 7 7 7 7 button to c lose the disc[...]

14 MINIDISC OPERA TION 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY button to turn the power on. 2 Press the MD ■ button. 3 Load a MiniDisc in the direction indicated b y the ar- ro w on the MiniDisc, with the labeled side facing up. ● The disc name will be display ed only when the name has been programmed onto the disc. Disc name ● The total number of trac ks a[...]

15 CONVENIENT CD AND MINIDISC OPERA TIONS 1 Load a disc and begin pla yback. 2 Hold the MD/CD 2 2 2 2 2 button do wn for audible fast for - ward, and hold the MD/CD 3 3 3 3 3 button do wn for au- dible fast rever se . 3 Normal playbac k will resume when the button is re- leased. Notes: ● When the end of the last trac k is reached, "END"[...]

16 (Continued) 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 f or any other tracks. Up to 20 tracks (P-20) can be pr ogrammed. 6 (CD operation) T o complete programming, press the CD ■ b utton. (MiniDisc operation) T o complete programming, press the MD ■ b utton. Total playing time Total number of tracks 7 (CD operation) T o begin playback of y our programmed select[...]

17 ■ Repeat and random play 1 Select the desired program sour ce, CD or MiniDisc. 2 Press the P-MODE (play mode) b utton. ● Each time this button is pressed, the mode will change in the follo wing order : Repeat indicator Random indicator Disappears 3 Press the CD 06 06 06 06 06 or MD 06 06 06 06 06 b utton to start playback. MD 06 CD 06 P-MODE[...]

18 ■ Switching the time displa y Each time the TIME button is pressed during playback or when in the pause mode, the displa y will change. (Continued) ■ Changing the display during MiniDisc pla yback Each time the DISPLA Y button is pressed during playback or when in the pause mode, the displa y will change as descr ibed below . 1 The track nam[...]

19 ■ T uning 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY b utton to turn the power on. 2 Press the TUNER (BAND) button. 3 Press the TUNER (BAND) button to select the desired frequency band (FM ST , FM or AM). FM ST FM AM 4 Press the TUNING ( X X X X X or W W W W W ) button to tune into the desired station. Manual tuning: Press the TUNING ( X or W ) button as man y [...]

20 (Continued) ■ Preset tuning Y ou can store up to 40 stations in memory (40 stations con- sisting of any combination of AM and FM stations y ou like) and recall them. T o enter stations into memory: 1 Perf orm steps 1 - 5 in the "T uning" section. 2 Press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button. MEMORY 3 Within 5 seconds, turn the jog dial or press [...]

21 ■ Differences fr om tape recordings Y ou cannot record music on the re verse side of a Mini- Disc. MiniDiscs are single sided and should only be inser ted with the correct side up in the direction of the arrow on the top of the MiniDisc. Y ou don't need to search f or the star ting point at which to record. The unit automatically finds th[...]

22 (Continued) ■ Recor ding from a CD onto a MiniDisc (One-T ouch Editing) A CD can be recorded to a MiniDisc, starting from the first trac k, with one-touch operation. T o cancel the operation: Before pressing the CD 0 MD EDIT (HIGH or NORMAL) button, press the CD ■ b utton. T o stop recording: Press the MD ■ button. ● Playbac k and record[...]

23 ■ T rack editing fr om a CD onto a MiniDisc Y ou can record se ver al consecutive tracks , star ting from the first track of a CD , to a MiniDisc. 6 Press the CD 0 0 0 0 0 MD EDIT (HIGH or NORMAL) button. 0 REC ● The CD loaded will be recorded in order , star ting from the first track. When a MiniDisc runs out of recording space or when a CD[...]

24 ■ APMS recording fr om a CD onto a MiniDisc 1 Select tracks for APMS pla yback (page 16). 2 Load a recordable MiniDisc. 3 Press the CD 0 0 0 0 0 MD EDIT (HIGH or NORMAL) button. ● APMS playbac k will star t, and recording will star t auto- matically . ● Programmed trac ks will be recorded in order. After the unit has finished recording the[...]

25 ■ Recording fr om the built-in radio onto a MiniDisc 1 T une in to the desired station (pages 19 - 20). 2 Load a recordable MiniDisc. 3 Press the ● REC button. ● The unit will enter the recording stand-by mode. 4 Check the recor dable time by pressing the DISPLA Y button. Notes: ● Bef ore recording an AM broadcast, enter the recording st[...]

26 ■ T o create a disc name 6 After entering all of the characters in the name, press the NAME/T OC EDIT button. ● The disc name will be recorded. T o erase a disc name: After perf orming steps 1 to 3. Press the TIMER/DELETE b utton f or 2 seconds or more . ● "NAME CLEAR" will flash. Press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button. Notes: ● Up to [...]

27 1 During playbac k or in the pause mode , press the NAME/T OC EDIT button. 2 Within 10 seconds, press the MEMORY/ENTER b utton. TRACK ● The unit will enter the character input mode. ● The trac k you are listening to will be play ed repeatedly . 3 Select the character y ou want using the jog dial. TRACK 4 Press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button to ent[...]

28 ■ T o change disc names and track names ● T o add a character: (Example: T o change "BET" to "BEST") 1 T o change disc names, perform steps 1 - 3 on pa ge 26. T o change track names, perform steps 1 - 2 on page 27. 2 Press the 3 3 3 3 3 or 2 2 2 2 2 button to flash the character at the place you want to ad d a letter. DIS[...]

29 ■ Divide ■ Combine 1 Play the trac k which you want to divide into tw o, and press the MD 06 06 06 06 06 b utton at the point where you want to divide the track. 2 Press the NAME/TOC EDIT b utton, and within 10 sec- onds, select "DIVIDE" using the jog dial. 3 Within 10 seconds, press the MEMORY/ENTER b utton. ● T o cancel the ope[...]

30 ■ Move 1 While in the stop mode, select the trac k you want to move using the jog dial. Or start playing the track to be mo ved, and then press the MD 06 06 06 06 06 b utton. 2 Press the NAME/T OC EDIT b utton, and within 10 sec- onds, select "MOVE" using the jog dial. 3 Within 10 seconds, press the MEMORY/ENTER b utton. 4 Select the[...]

31 ■ Erase T o erase all of the tracks at once: 1 Press the MD ■ button. ● The total number of tracks and the total pla ying time on a MiniDisc will appear . 2 Press the NAME/T OC EDIT b utton, and within 10 sec- onds, select "ALL ERASE" using the jog dial. 3 Within 10 seconds, press the MEMORY/ENTER b utton. ● T o cancel the oper[...]

32 TIMER OPERA TION ■ Timer playbac k/Timer recording 6 T urn the jog dial to set the minute to star t, and then press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button. I If the ending time is not set manually , it will automatically be set for one hour after the starting time. 7 T urn the jog dial to set the hour to stop, then press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button. 8 T urn th[...]

33 ➁ Sleep timer setting ➀ Timer playback (record) setting Timer playback (record) start time 30 minutes - 2 hours Desired time Sleep operation will automatically stop. End time T o confirm the timer setting: Press the TIMER/DELETE button once. ● The turn-on time, the turn-off time will be displayed. T o cancel timer operation: While in the t[...]

34 ■ Connecting external units ■ Headphones Notes: ● Before plugging in or unplugging the headphones , make sure the volume le vel is reduced. ● Be sure your headphones hav e a 1/8" (3.5 mm) diameter plug and are between 16 ohms and 50 ohms impedance. The recommended impedance is 32 ohms. ● When headphones are connected, the speakers[...]

35 ■ Listening to sound from an e xternal unit T o listen to sound from an e xter nal unit connected to the AUX input terminals: ■ Manual recor ding Y ou can start a recording manually while listening to play- back from other e xter nal equipment (tape deck, tuner) con- nected to the auxiliary input. 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY button to turn the [...]

36 The disc is stored in a car tridge. Y ou can handle it easily with- out worrying about dust, finger pr ints, etc. Howe ver , dust en- tering the opening of the car tridge, dir t on the car tridge, warp- ing, etc. may cause malfunctions . Please note the following. ■ Handling the MiniDisc Do not touch the disc directly! Do not open the shutter [...]

37 ■ If a prob lem occurs If this unit functions abnormally dur ing operation, first check the f ollowing items. If the unit continues to function abnormally , or if an abnormality appears other than listed below , set this unit to the stand-by mode and disconnect the AC po wer plug, then consult your SHARP dealer or service personnel. MINIDISC S[...]

38 (Continued) Symptom ● A recording cannot be made. ● Even though a disc has been loaded, "NO DISC" or "CAN'T READ" is dis- play ed. ● Pla yback sounds are skipped. P ossible cause ● Is the MiniDisc protected against accidental erasure? ● Did you try to make recording on a playbac k-only MiniDisc? ● Can you see[...]

39 When an error message is displa yed, proceed as follo ws: Error messages BLANK MD CAN'T COPY CAN'T READ ( :Number or symbol) CAN'T EDIT CAN'T REC CAN'T WRITE DISC FULL E-CD 20 E. O VER EDIT O VER Er-MD ( :Number or symbol) NAME FULL NO DISC NOT A UDIO PLA Y MD PRO TECTED TEMP O VER T OC FORM ( :Number or symbol) T OC FUL[...]

40 ■ External care ● P eriodically wipe the cabinet with a soft cloth and a diluted soap solution, then wipe with a dir ty cloth. ● Do not use chemically treated cleaning cloths or other chemicals. MAINTENANCE SPECIFICA TIONS As par t of our policy of continuous improv ement, SHARP reser ves the right to make design and specification changes [...]

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TINSE0306A WZZ Pr inted in Mala ysia A0002.YT MD-MX20 MD Compact Component System CONSUMER LIMITED W ARRANTY SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORA TION warrants to the first consumer purchaser that this Sharp brand product (the “Product”), when shipped in its original container , will be free from defective workmanship and materials, and agrees that it wil[...]