Sony MDS-JE480 manual

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    master page:Right filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB01CO V -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE 770] model name 2 [MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] ©2002 Sony Cor poration 4-238-553- 11 (1) MiniDisc Deck Oper ating Inst ructions MDS-JE480[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB 02REG-CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE 770] model name 2 [MDS-JE470] [4-233-926- 13 (1)] 2 GB T o pr event fi re or shock hazard, do not expose th e unit to ra in or moi stur e. T o prevent fir e, do not cover the venti lat ion of t he appara tus with ne ws papers, table-c[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB 02REG-CEL T OC. fm] model name1[MDS-JE 770] model name 2 [MDS-JE470] [4-233-926- 13 (1)] 3 GB Main unit .............. .......... ........... ........... ... 4 Remote con trol ........ ....... ........... ........... ... 5 Getting Started Hookin g up the au dio compo[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB 03P AR-CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480]] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 4 GB AMS MDLP lL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 q; qa qs qf qd qg qh qj qk ql List of Bu tton Location s and Refere nce Page s How to use this page Use thi s page t o find t he locat ion a nd button s and othe r pa rts o [...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB 03P AR-CEL.fm] List of Button Locations and Ref erence P ages model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 5 GB A y B qs (15) CD- SYNCHRO ST ANDBY 7 (14) CD-S YNCHRO ST ART 7 ( 14) CD-S YNCHRO ST OP 7 (14) CLE AR 6 (1 7) (22) DISPLA Y ws (8) (12) F ADER 3 ( 25) GR OUP [...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB04GET -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 6 GB Getting Star ted Hooking up th e audio com ponents AB AC power cord Ampli fier , et c. to a wall outlet CD playe r , DBS tuner Requi red c or ds A A udio connecting cords ( 2) (supplied) When connec ting a[...]

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    Getting St arted master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB04GET -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480]] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 7 GB Othe r connec tio ns T o connect the AC power cor d Co nnect the A C p ow er cord of th e deck to a w all o utlet. Note If you us e a ti mer , conne ct t he A C power cord t o the ou tlet[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] 8 GB model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] Recording to MDs If th e M D has be en p arti ally reco rded , reco rding starts after the reco rded track s. 1 T urn on the ampl ifier and pr ogram source, and select the source on the amplifier . 2 Press[...]

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    Record ing to MDs filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] master page:Left (3 c olum n) 9 GB T o preven t acci dental erasure of the re cor ded ma terial T o p rote ct a n M D re cord in g, slid e the r ecor d- prot ect t ab in t he dir ecti on of t he arrow (se e illu stra tion [...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 10 GB Recordi ng tips (contin ued) Mark ing tra ck numb ers w hile reco rdin g — Manua l/A utomatic T rac k Marking Y ou ca n mark t rack n umbers e ither manual ly or auto matic ally wh ile rec ordin g. By m[...]

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    Record ing to MDs filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] master page:Left (3 c olum n) 11 GB • A track numbe r might not be marked for tracks less than 4 s econds lo ng (in St ereo mode, Monaura l mode, a nd LP2 Ster eo mode) or 8 se conds l ong (i n LP4 Ster eo mode) duri ng [...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 12 GB Recordi ng tips (contin ued) Adju sting t he recording leve l Y ou can ad just th e reco rdin g lev el fo r bo th ana log an d d igita l re cord ings. 1 Do steps 1 to 5 of “ Recording to an MD ” on pa[...]

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    Record ing to MDs filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] master page:Left (3 c olum n) 13 GB W hen reco rdin g f rom an FM or sa tellite broad cast, the firs t few seconds of m ate rial are often lost due to the tim e it takes you to asce rtain th e cont ents an d p ress the r e[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 14 GB Synchr o-recor ding with a Son y CD play er (contin ued) 4 Press CD-SYNCHRO ST ANDBY on the remote. The CD playe r change s to pl ay stan dby and the MD deck chan ges to re cordi ng sta ndby . 5 Press CD-[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] Play ing MDs 15 GB Play ing MD s Lo ad an M D as il lustr ate d b elo w . 1 T urn on the amplifier and select MD on the amplifier . 2 Press ?/1 to turn on the deck. The ST ANDB Y in dic at or t ur ns off. 3 Loa[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 16 GB Playi ng an MD (con tinued) Other Op erat ions 1) Aut oma t ic Music Sensor 2) When you l ocat e a point w hil e monitor ing t he sound. 3) When you l ocat e b y obs erving t he ti me indi cati on. Tips ?[...]

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    Editing Re corded MDs master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 17 GB T o clear the last entered track Press C LE A R to erase th e track num ber . T o enter a track number over 10 Use >10. S ee this p age for det ails . 3 Repeat step 2 to enter o t[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 18 GB The MD deck lets yo u eras e un wa nted track s quick ly and easily . The thr ee optio ns for eras ing r ecordi ngs are: • Erasin g a single trac k (T rack Erase Funct ion) • Eras ing all trac ks (All[...]

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    Editing Recor ded MDs filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] master page:Left (3 c olum n) 19 GB 4 While monitoring the sound, press PUSH ENTER or YES at the st arting point of the portion to be erased (point A). “ -R ehearsal - ” and “ Point A ok? ” a ltern ate in the d[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 20 GB Dividing recor ded tracks (contin ued) 5 Press PUSH ENTER o r YES again i f the dividing point is correct. “ Co m ple te! ” appe ars and the de ck starts to play the newly creat ed tr ack. Note tha t [...]

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    Editing Recor ded MDs filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] master page:Left (3 c olum n) 21 GB Y ou can us e thi s fu ncti on t o chang e the or der of any trac k on the disc. W hen yo u mo ve tra cks, the t racks are auto matica lly r enumbered. Example: Movi ng track 3 to po[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 22 GB Naming a trac k or an MD (conti nued) 7 Repeat steps 4 t o 6 to enter the rest of the name . T o change a c haracter Pre ss m/ M rep ea ted ly u ntil the ch aracter to b e ch ang ed flashe s, then repea t[...]

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    Editing Recor ded MDs filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] master page:Left (3 c olum n) 23 GB 3 T urn AMS (or p ress ./> repeatedly) until the n umber of the track (when erasing the track name) or “ Disc ” (when erasing the di sc name) flashes, then press PUSH ENTER or[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 24 GB Changing the recor ded le vel after recor ding (contin ued) T o canc el the o perati on Pr es s MENU/ NO o r x in st eps 1 to 6. I f y ou pre ss PUSH ENTER or YES in s te p 7 and rec ordi ng sta rts , you[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] 25 GB model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] Other Functi on s Fade-i n Record ing gr aduall y inc reas es the sign al le ve l at the s tart of re co rdin g. F ade- out Record ing grad uall y decrea ses t he signa l level at t he end of record ing. [...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] 26 GB model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] Additional Information On safet y • Should any soli d objec t or l iquid fa ll into the cabine t, unpl ug the dec k and have it ch ecked by qualified personnel be fore operating i t any further. • Cau[...]

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    Additiona l Inform ation filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] master page:Left (3 c olum n) 27 GB The r emaining reco rdi ng time do es not i ncre ase e ven after erasin g numerous shor t tra cks T r acks under 12 s econds 1) in length are n ot count ed and so e rasi ng them m[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 28 GB If yo u experi ence any of t he fol lowing dif ficul ties w hile u sing the deck, use this troublesho oting guid e to help y ou rem edy the pro blem. Sho uld any pr oble m persis t, consul t you r neare s[...]

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    Additiona l Inform ation filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] master page:Left (3 c olum n) 29 GB C71/Din Unlock • The sporadic a ppearance of this m essage is caus ed by t he digi tal si gnal be ing recor ded. Th is will no t affe ct the reco rding. • While r ecordi ng fr[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] model name1[MDS-JE480] [4-238-553- 11 (1)] 30 GB Displa y messa ges (continue d) (S.F) E dit NO W Y ou pr essed ?/1 while in S .F Ed it (chang ing the reco rding lev el afte r record ing, F ade-in, F ade -ou t) mode. If you turn of f the deck while in S[...]

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    master page:Left (3 c olum n) filename[D:Data Foldersem4238553111MDSJE480CELGB05OPE -CEL.fm] Sony Corporation Printed in Malaysia model name1[MDS-JE 480] model name 2 [MDS-JE470] [4-238-553- 11 (1)][...]