Sony MHC-RG441 manual

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    ©2004 Sony Cor poration 4-252-491- 12 (1) Mini Hi-Fi Component System Oper a ti ng Inst ructions Owner’ s Record The model and seri al numbers are located on the re ar of the unit. Re cord the serial n umber in the space provide d be low. Re fer to the m when ev er you c all upon your Sony dealer regardin g this produc t. Model No. ____ ____ ___[...]

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    2 GB To preven t fire or shoc k haz ard, do not expose th e unit to ra in or m oi st ur e. To prevent fir e , do not cover the ven til ation of the apparatus with ne ws papers, table-clo ths, curta ins, e tc. And don’t pla c e li ghte d c an dle s on the appa r at us. To prevent fire or sho ck haz ard, do not place objects filled wit h liq u ids [...]

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    3 GB NOTICE FOR THE CUSTO MERS IN THE U.S.A. (MHC -GX750 onl y) If you hav e any que stions a bout this product, you m ay call; Sony Customer Inf orma ti on S ervi ce Cent er 1-800-222-7669 or http://www.sony .com/ The Numb er be low is fo r the FC C rela ted matt ers only. Regulato ry Inf ormation NOTICE FOR THE CUSTO MERS IN THE CANADA ( MHC -GX7[...]

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    4 GB How to use this manual ........ ........... ........ 5 Playab le disc s ......... ... .... .... ....... .... ....... .... 5 Getting Started Hookin g up the sys tem.. .... ....... .... ........... 7 Settin g the clo ck ............ ........... ....... ...... 10 CD/MP3 – Play Loadi ng a dis c ........... ........ ....... ........... .. 11 Play[...]

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    5 GB This manu al mai nl y ex plai ns op erat io ns usi n g the rem ot e, bu t the sam e op erat io ns can al so be perfor m ed using th e bu ttons on the un it havi ng the same or similar names. You can play ba ck th e fo llow ing disc s on th i s system . O t her disc s cann ot be pla yed ba ck. List of playa ble discs * MHC-GX750/GX45 0/RG555 /R[...]

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    6 GB Notes on CD-R a nd CD-RW • Som e C D - Rs or CD -RW s can no t be pl ay ed on this syst em depending upo n the re co rd in g qual ity or ph ysi cal con diti on of the disc , o r the charac teri stics of t he re cordi ng de vice . Furthe rm ore, the d isc will not play if it has not been corr ectly fina lized. F or more informatio n, see the [...]

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    Getting Started 7 GB Perfor m th e fo llow ing proc edur es 1 to 5 to hook up your sy stem us ing the suppl i ed cords and access ories. A m odel equ ipped with a s ub w oofer is used f or illustr ation purpos e. 1 Connect the fro nt speakers. Connect the right and left speaker cords to the SPEAKER termin als as shown below. 2 Connect the sub woofe[...]

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    8 GB 3 Connect the FM and AM an tennas. Set up th e A M l oop ante nna , then co nnect it. Plug type A Plug type B Plug type C Note Keep the anten n as away from th e spea ker cords. 4 For models with a voltage selector, set VOLTAGE S ELECTOR to the local power line voltage. Refer to th e pr int on yo ur syst em ’ s VOLTAGE SELECTOR for available[...]

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    Getting Started 9 GB Attaching the front speake r pads Attach t he suppl i ed s peake r p ads to th e bottom of the sp eaker s t o sta bi li z e the s pea kers and prevent th em f rom sl ip pi ng . Front sp eake r (L ef t (4) /Rig ht (4 )) Sub w oof er (4 )* * MHC-GX750/GX450/R G551S/RG4 44S/RX550 only Placing the su b woo fer (MHC -GX750 /GX450 /R[...]

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    10 GB Use bu tt o ns on th e r em o te for th e oper at i on. 1 Press ?/1 to turn o n the system. 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET. 3 Press . or > repeatedly to set the hour. 4 Press EN TER . 5 Press . or > repeatedly to set the minute. 6 Press EN TER . The cloc k s tarts wo rk ing. To adjust the clock 1 Press CLO C K/ T IM ER SE T. 2 Press . or > [...]

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    CD/MP3 – Play 11 GB Use butto ns on the u nit fo r the opera tion. 1 Press Z . 2 Place a disc with the label side up o n the disc tray. To inse rt a ddition al d iscs, pres s DISC SKIP/EX-CHANGE to rotate the disc tray. 3 Press Z again to cl ose the disc tray. Notes • Do not use a disc with t ape, seals or pas te on it as thi s may cause ma lf [...]

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    12 GB 2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly in stop mode until the mod e you want appears in the display. 3 Press N . Other operations * You may not be able to search be tween mul tiple files. Also, the ti me ma y not be displaye d co rrectly for some f iles. Select To pl ay ALL DISCS (Normal Play) All dis cs in the disc tr a y contin uously. 1DISC (Normal [...]

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    CD/MP3 – Play 13 GB Notes • You cannot change the p lay mod e durin g playba ck. • Som e time may be needed to start play back of discs recorded in c om plex conf igur a ti ons suc h a s ma ny layers. • When t he dis c is i nserte d, the p layer read s all the tracks on that di sc. If there are many albums or non- MP3 audio tracks on the di[...]

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    14 GB You c an m ake a prog ram o f up t o 25 step s from all the d iscs in the or der you want to pla y them. You ca n sync hro re co rd t he pr ogra mm ed trac k s onto a cas sette tape ( page 19). MP3 aud io trac ks can no t be play ed on MHC-GX250 , MHC-RG 121 and M HC-RG100 . 1 Press CD (or FUNCTIO N repeatedly) to switch the function to CD. 2[...]

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    T une r 15 GB You c an pr eset up to 20 FM st atio ns an d 10 AM station s. You c an then t une in any of t ho se stations simply by s electing the correspond ing preset numb er. Auto mat ic t un ing pre s et You can automa tically tune i n all of the sta tions that can be r eceiv e d in you r a rea an d th en st or e the radi o f re quenc y of the[...]

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    16 GB To change the AM tuning interval (except for European, Russian and Saudi Arabian models) The AM tu ni ng in te rv al is fa ctory- pres et to 9 kHz (or 10 kHz for some ar eas). To chang e the AM tuni ng in terval , tune in any AM stat ion fir st, then tur n off the system. While holdin g TUNING MODE o n the unit, press ?/1 on the unit. When yo[...]

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    T une r 17 GB Listen ing to non- pr eset radi o sta tio n — Manual Tuning 1 Press TUNER BAND (or FUNCTION repeatedly) to switch the functi on to tuner. 2 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly to select “FM” o r “AM” . 3 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until “AUTO” and “PRESET ” disappear from the display. 4 Press – or + (or TUNING – or + o[...]

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    18 GB Use bu tt o ns on th e un it for the ope ra tion. 1 Press TAPE A/B repeatedly t o select deck A or B. 2 Press PU SH Z . 3 Load a recorded/recordabl e tape in deck A or B with the side yo u want to play/record facing forward. You ca n us e TYPE I (nor ma l) ta pe . For MHC-RG555 1 Load a tape. 2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly to select g to play o[...]

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    T ape – Pla y/T ape – Recor ding 19 GB Other operations Searching for the beginning of the current or the next track (AMS) 1) To go forward Press > (or tu rn l L on th e unit clockw i se ) dur in g fo rw ar d pl aybac k . “TAPE A (or TAPE B) >>> +1 ” appears. Press . (or t ur n l L on th e un it coun terc lockwi se) du ring re v[...]

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    20 GB To record a disc by specifying track order You ca n re cord only yo ur fa vor ite CD tr ac ks usin g Prog ram Pl a y. Be t w e en st ep s 3 and 4, perf or m step s 2 to 6 of “Cr eati n g you r ow n progra m” (pag e 14). Tip For MHC-RG 55 5, if you selec t bot h side s reco rdi ng and the tape reaches the en d of the front side part-way th[...]

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    Sound Adjustme nt 21 GB To stop recording Press x . Note You cannot liste n to oth er source s whil e recordi ng. Tips • For MHC-RG555 , when you record on both sides, be sure to star t from the fron t side. If you start fr om the re vers e si de, rec ord ing sto ps a t th e e nd of the re ver se side. • For reco rding fr om the tu ner: If nois[...]

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    22 GB Sel ec tin g t h e effe ct f r om t he music menu Pres s EQ (or PRE SE T EQ on the un it ) repeatedly to select the preset you desire. The pres et nam e appe ar s in the di s play . See the chart “So un d ef fe ct op ti on s”. To cancel the sound effect Press E FFECT ON/OFF on the u nit. Sound effect options “SURR” appe ars i f you se[...]

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    Sound Adjustme nt 23 GB Press SURROUND on the unit. Each time you pre ss th e bu tto n, th e di sp lay chan ges as fol lo ws: SURROUND ON (SURR) Y SURROUND OFF (off) You need to connec t a video ga me mac hine (see “Hooki ng up op tional co mpon ents” on page 29). Press GAME on the unit. Tips • In the stan dby mode, the system a utomati cally[...]

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    24 GB You ca n si ng al on g by conn ec ting an optiona l micro phon e. 1 Turn MIC LEVEL o n th e unit t o MIN t o turn down th e microphon e contr ol level. 2 Connect an opt i onal micro phone to MIC. 3 Start playing th e music. 4 Adjust the mi c r op hone vol ume by turning MIC LEV EL on t he uni t. After you have finished Turn MIC LE VEL on the [...]

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    Tim er 25 GB You can set the syst em to turn off aft er a certain time, s o th at you can fall as leep to m u sic. Press SLEEP. Each time yo u press t he button, the minute displ ay (t he turn -off time) c hange s cycli cally as follow s: AUTO* t 90M IN t 80MIN t 70MIN t … t 10MIN t OFF * The system auto maticall y tur ns off in 100 minutes or af[...]

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    26 GB 8 Press EN TER . The type of timer (“PLAY TIMER”), the start t ime, the stop ti me, and the s ound source ap pear in tu rn, befo re the original displa y re tu rn s. 9 Press ?/1 to turn o ff the sy stem. Other operations Note s • You cannot a ctivat e the Play T imer an d the R ec Time r at the sam e ti me. • If you use the Play Time [...]

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    Displa y 27 GB Other operations Notes • You cannot acti vate th e Play Timer a nd the Rec Timer at the same tim e. • If you use the R ec Tim e r, the Pl ay Time r and th e Sleep Ti me r at th e sa m e time , th e S le ep Time r has priority. • If the sy stem is on at t he pres et ti me, the R ec Time r will not be acti va te d. • The volume[...]

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    28 GB You can check t he playing time and rema ining time of the current track or that of t he disc. Checkin g the r emain ing ti me and tit le s (CD/ MP 3) Press DIS PLAY duri ng Normal Pl ay. Each time you press th e button, the disp lay chan ge s cycl ica ll y as follo ws: Curren t track nu mber and elapsed playing tim e t Current track number a[...]

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    Optional Com ponents 29 GB To enhance your system, you can connect option al componen ts. Refer to the operating instr uctions provid ed w i t h ea ch com p onent . A mo del eq ui pp ed w ith a s ub wo of er is used f or illu str ation pu rpos e. A GAME INPUT VIDEO jack Use a vide o cabl e (n ot su ppl i ed) to co nnect the video output of t he o p[...]

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    30 GB Note s • The video game ma chi ne image ma y ap pe ar on the TV screen even if th e sys te m is turned off. • See “Selecti ng the sur r ound effect” on pa ge 23 for video game sound effects. • If you press GAME on the un it whi le the system is off, th e syst em turn s on, the fu ncti on sw it ches to GAM E, a nd the equ ali zer a l[...]

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    Optional Com ponents 31 GB 2 Connect the transm itter to a wall ou tlet using the supplie d AC power ad aptor. The transmitt er automatic ally turns on. Notes • When you connec t the tr an smi tter to the an al og out jacks, do n ot set the NOISE FILTER to ON. Otherw is e, the volu me will be limit e d. • The NOISE FILTER effects the sound onl [...]

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    32 GB Listen ing to audio u sing wireless sys tem 1 Start playing the connected component. 2 Press WIRELES S on the unit to switc h the functi on to W IRELES S. When the sound is distorted 1 Move CHANNEL 1–3 on the transmitter to select a radio frequency. CHAN NEL 1: 913.4 MHz CHAN NEL 2: 914.0 MHz CHAN NEL 3: 914.6 MHz 2 Press WIRELES S on the u[...]

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    T roubles hooting 33 GB Should yo u enco unte r a p robl em with you r system , do the fo llow ing: 1 Make sure the power cord and speaker cords are corre ctly and firmly connected. 2 Find your problem in the troubleshooting checklist below and take the indicat ed corr ect iv e ac tion. If the p roblem pe rsists a fter doin g all of the above, c on[...]

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    34 GB The remote does not function. • Remo v e the o b s tacl e. • Move th e rem ote closer to the system. • Poi nt th e remot e at the s ystem’ s se nsor. • Replace the bat teries (R 6/size AA). • Locat e the system a way from the fl uorescent light. There is a coustic feedba ck. • Reduce the vol um e. • For MHC- RG555, m ove the m[...]

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    T roubles hooting 35 GB Tuner Severe hum or noise/stations c annot be received. (“TUNED” or “STEREO” flashes in the di splay. ) • Set the proper band and fre que nc y (p ag e 15). • Conn ec t the ante nna prope rl y (p ag e 8). • Find a place a nd an or ientation that pr ovide good reception, then s et up t he ant enna aga in. If you [...]

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    36 GB One of th e follo wing m es sage s ma y ap pear or flash in the disp lay du ring ope rat io n . CD/MP3 NO DISC There is no disc in the pl ayer or you hav e load ed a disc that canno t be played on this sys te m (suc h a s DVD, VCD, or CD-ROM wi thout MP3 audio tracks, et c.). OVER You have reached the end of the disc while pressing M durin g [...]

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    Additiona l Inf ormation 37 GB On oper ating voltag e Before operati ng the system, check that t he oper ating voltage of your s ystem is ide ntical with t he volta ge of your local power suppl y. On safety • The unit is not disconne c te d from the A C power source (ma ins) as long a s it is connected to the wall outlet, eve n if the u nit itsel[...]

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    38 GB Cleani ng th e cab inet Clean the cab i ne t, panel and cont ro l s wit h a sof t cl oth slig htl y moi ste ned wi th mi ld de ter gent s oluti on . Do not use any type of abra si ve pad, sco uring po wder or solvent su ch as thinne r , benz ine or alcoho l. To save a ta pe pe rmanen tly To preven t a ta pe fr om bein g accid entally record e[...]

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    Additiona l Inf ormation 39 GB MHC-GX450 Front speak er Continuous RMS power ou tput (r eference): 125 + 125 wa tts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, 10% THD) Total ha rmo nic dist ortio n less t han 0. 07% (6 o hms at 1 k Hz, 60 W) Sub woofer Continuous RMS power ou tput (r eference): 150 watts (6 ohms a t 50 Hz, 10% THD) Total ha rmo nic dist ortio n less t han [...]

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    40 GB MHC-RG222/RG221 The following me asur ed at AC 120, 127 , 220 , 240 V 50/60 Hz DIN power o utput ( rated): 10 0 + 100 watts ( 6 ohms a t 1 kHz, DIN) Continuo us RM S power out put (referen ce) : 120 + 120 watts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, 10 % THD) MHC-RG121 The following me asur ed at AC 120, 127 , 220 , 240 V 50/60 Hz DIN power outpu t (rated) : 50 +[...]

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    Additiona l Inf ormation 41 GB Speaker North American models: Front speaker SS -RG555 for MHC -GX750/ RX550 Speaker s ystem 3-way, 3-uni t, b ass-reflex type Speake r u nits Woofer: 15 cm, cone type Sub woofer: 15 cm, c one typ e Tweeter: 5 cm, cone type Nominal im pe da nce 6 ohms Dimension s (w/h /d ) Approx. 267 × 365 × 295 mm Mass Approx. 5.1[...]

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    42 GB Other models : Front speaker SS-RG555 for MHC-RG555/ RG551S/RG441 Speaker sys te m 3-way, 3-unit , bass- r e flex type Speaker uni ts Sub Woofer : 15 cm, cone type Woofer: 15 cm , cone t ype Tweeter: 5 cm, cone type Nominal i mpedance 6 ohms Dimensions (w/h/ d) Approx. 267 × 365 × 295 mm Mass Approx. 5.1 kg net pe r speaker Sub woofer S S-W[...]

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    Additiona l Inf ormation 43 GB MHC-RG100: 55 watts 0.25 watt s (a t the Powe r Saving Mode) Other mode ls: MHC-RG555: 155 watts MHC-RG551S : 275 watts MHC-RG441: 155 watts MHC-RG222: 180 watts MHC-RG221: 180 watts MHC-RG121: 110 watts Dimension s (w/h/d) incl. projecting par ts and controls Amplifier/Tu ner/Tape/ CD secti on: Approx. 280 × 327 × [...]

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    44 GB Main unit ALBUM + 1) qh (12, 14, 19) ALBUM – 1) wg (12, 14, 19) CD eg (9, 1 1, 14 , 1 9, 2 0) CD SYNC wj (19) Deck A wk (18) Deck B qj (18, 19, 20, 24) DISC 1 – 3 q; (12, 14, 35) DISC SKIP/EX-CHANGE qs (11, 12, 14, 19) Disc tray 9 (1 1) DISPLAY 2 (17, 27, 28) Display win dow 5 EFFECT ON/OFF 8 (22, 22) ENTER qa (14, 15, 22) EQ BAND 7 (22) [...]

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    Additiona l Inf ormation 45 GB Sub w oofer ( MHC-GX75 0/GX450/ RG551S/ RG444S /RX550 only) Indicator 1 SUB WOOFER ON/OFF 2 (21) ALPHABETICAL ORDER 12 conti nue d[...]

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    46 GB Remote control ALBUM –* qd (12, 14) ALBUM +* qa (12, 14) CD qk (11, 14) CLEAR qg (14) CLOCK/TIMER SELECT 2 (26, 27) CLOCK/TIMER SET 3 (10 , 25, 26) DISC SKIP q; ( 12, 14) DISPLAY wa (17, 27, 28) ENTER 9 (10, 14, 15, 25, 26 ) EQ qf (22) FM MODE 4 (17) FUNCTION 6 (11, 14, 15, 16) PLAY MODE w; (12, 14, 18) REPEAT 4 (13) SLEEP ws (25) TAPE qj T[...]

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