Sony MHC-EX700 manual

4-267-386- 12 (1) Mini HI-F I Comp onent System Operating Instructions MHC-EX99/EX88/EX66 MHC-EX900/EX700/EX600 Getting Started Additional Information Oper atio ns[...]

2 GB To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover the ventilati on opening of the apparatus wit h newspapers , tablecloths , curtains, et c. Do not p lace th e naked f lame so urces such as lighted candles on the appa ratus. To reduce t he risk of fi re or elect ric shock, do not exp ose t his appa ratus t o drippi ng or splashi ng, and do not place ob[...]

3 GB Dispos al of was te batter ies (ap pli cable in the Euro pean Union an d ot her Euro pean coun tries with se parate collect ion s ystem s) This symbol on th e battery or on the packaging indicate s that t he batte ry prov ided with th is prod uct shal l not be tr eated as household waste. On cer tain batt eries th is symbol migh t be used in c[...]

4 GB Table of Con tents Guide to parts and controls.......... 5 Getting Started Hooki ng up the syst em securely.............. .......... ........... ..... 8 Setting the clo ck .......... ........ ........ 9 Operat ions Playing a CD/MP3 di sc .......... ... 10 Listening to the radio.............. ... 11 Befor e using the US B devi ce .... 12 Transf[...]

5 GB Guide to parts and con trols This m an ual m ainl y exp lain s o perat io ns usin g the rem ote , bu t the s ame oper ati ons ca n also be perform ed using the but tons on the un it having the same or similar names. Main unit To lock the bu tton s on th e unit ( Chi ld loc k fun ction ) You ca n lo ck th e b utton s exce pt ? / 1 on the u nit [...]

6 GB Remote 1 ? / 1 (o n/standby) butto n Press to turn on or off the system. B Remote sensor C Z (o pen /clo se) butt on Pres s to lo ad o r e jec t a disc. D x (stop) but ton Press to stop playback or tran sfer ring. E REC TO USB button (page 1 3) Press to tran sfer music from a disc to the conn ected op tional U SB devi ce. F DSGX button (page 1[...]

7 GB R CLOCK/TIMER SE LECT button (page 20) CLOCK/TIMER SET but ton (page 9, 20) Press to set the cl ock and the P lay Timer. S REPEAT/FM MODE button (page 10, 11, 15) Press to lis ten t o a di sc, a U SB device , a single trac k or file repeat edly. Press to select the FM rec eption mode ( monaura l or st ereo). T TUNER/BAND button Press to selec [...]

8 GB Hooking up the system securely A Power Conn ect the power co rd to a wall outlet . If th e plug doe s no t fit th e wa ll ou tle t, detach t he supp lied pl ug adapt or (only f or mod els e quipp ed w ith an adap tor). B Ante nnas Find a locati on an d an o rientati on th at provide good recepti on whe n you se t up the ante nnas. Keep the ant[...]

9 GB Getting St ar ted Insert the two supp lied R 6 (size AA) batt erie s, ma tch ing th e pol ar ities show n below. Notes • Do not mix an old battery with a new one or mix different t ypes of batter ies. • If yo u do not use the remote for a long period of time, rem ove the batt eries to avoi d damage from battery leakage and corrosion. • B[...]

10 GB Playing a CD/M P3 disc 1 Select the CD function. Press C D (or FUNCT ION repeated ly). 2 Place a disc. Press Z on the uni t, and plac e a disc with the labe l side up on the disc tra y. To clos e the di sc tr ay, pr ess Z on the unit. 3 Start playback. Press N (or NX on the unit) . Other op erations To chan ge th e play mode Press PLAY MODE r[...]

11 GB Oper ations Listening to the rad io 1 Select “TUNER FM” o r “TUNER AM.” Press TUNER/BAND (or FUNCTION) repeatedly. 2 Perform tuning. For automatic scanni ng Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until “AUT O” appear s, and then pre ss +/– (or TUN ING +/– on the unit). When a station is fo und, scann ing stops au tomati cally, and “TU[...]

12 GB Before using the USB device Check the websit es below f or the info rmatio n about compat ible US B devices. For customers in Europe and Russia: <http://supp ort.sony- europe .com/> For customers in Latin America: <http://www.sony-latin .com/index.crp> For custom ers in other c ountries/re gions: <http://www.sony-as ia.com/supp[...]

13 GB Oper ations To use the system as a battery charg er You can use th e sys tem as a bat tery char ger for USB de vice s that have a recharg eabl e funct ion when th e sys tem is on. The cha rging begi ns when the US B devi ce is con ne cted to th e (U SB) por t on the unit. T he cha rging status appears on th e USB devi ce’s d ispla y. Fo r d[...]

14 GB REC1: Star t play back of the t rack or MP3 f ile you want to tran sfer , then press REC TO USB on the un it. 5 Press ENTER to start transferring. When using CD S YNC When th e transfer is comple ted, acce ss to the USB device and the CD player stop au tomatical ly. When using REC1 When th e transfer is comple ted, acce ss to the U SB devi ce[...]

15 GB Oper ations Notes • When transferring music fr om a CD, the tracks are transferred as 128 kbps MP3 files. When transferring m usic from an MP3 di sc, MP3 files ar e transferred at the same bit r ate as that of the ori ginal MP3 files . • If you start transferring in shuffle play mode, repeat play mode or in program play mode (when no trac[...]

16 GB To chan ge th e play mode Press PLAY MODE repeatedly wh ile the USB devic e is stopped. You c an select normal play (“ ” for all files in the fold er on th e USB d evice ), sh uffle p lay (“SHUF” or “ SHUF”), or program play (“ PGM”). Note on Repeat Play “REP” indicates that all audio files on a USB device are repeated unt[...]

17 GB Oper ations 4 Program the selected track or file. Pre ss ENTER to enter the se lected tr ack or fi le. CD “– –.– – ” app ears whe n th e tota l program t ime ex ceed s 100 minut es for a CD or when yo u select a n MP3 file. USB The to tal pr ogr am time canno t be displayed, so “– –.– –” appears. 5 Repeat steps 3 throu[...]

18 GB Adjusting the sound To tu rn on t he su bwoof er (MHC - EX99/E X900 on ly) 1 Pr ess OPTIONS on the unit. 2 Pr ess . / > repeatedly to select “S-WO OFER,” an d then press ENT ER. 3 Pr ess . / > repeatedly to select “SW ON,” and then press ENTE R. To tu rn off the su bwoofer , select “SW OFF, ” and th en pr ess E NTER . Changi[...]

19 GB Oper ations Notes on the display information • Characters that cannot be displayed appear as “_”. • The f ollowing are not displayed: – total playing time for an MP3 disc and USB device. – remaining playi ng time for a file. • The followin g are not displayed correctly: – elapsed playing time of an MP3 file encoded using a VBR[...]

20 GB Using the timers The system offers two timer f unctions. If you use both t imers, t he Slee p Time r has priority. Use butto ns on the r em ote to use th e tim er functions. Sleep Ti mer: You can fall as leep to music. Pres s SLEE P repe ated ly. If you select “AUTO,” t he syst em automa tically t urns off after t he curre nt disc or USB [...]

21 GB Additional Inf ormation Precautions Discs that this sy stem CAN play • Audio CD • CD-R/CD-RW (audio dat a/MP3 files) Discs that this system CANNOT play •C D - R O M • CD-R/CD-RW other than those recorded in musi c CD format or MP3 format confo rming to ISO9 660 Leve l 1/Leve l 2, Joliet • CD-R/ CD-RW reco rded i n mul tises sion t h[...]

22 GB On the spea ker system This sp eaker syst em is not magn etical ly shie lded, and th e pictur e on nearb y TV sets ma y become ma gnetical ly dist orted. In this situati on, turn off the T V, wait 15 to 30 minut es, and turn it back on. If th ere is no i mprov ement, move the spe akers fa r away from th e TV. Cleaning th e cabinet Clean this [...]

23 GB Additional Inf ormation Gene ral The demonstrati on appears on the display after plugging in the power cord even thoug h the system is not turned on. Press DISPLAY once while the system i s off. The dem onstra tion disap pears. The system doe s not turn on. Is the power co rd plugg ed in? The system has entered standby mode unexpectedly. This[...]

24 GB USB de vice The connected USB device can not be charged. Select a functio n other t han tuner fu nction or turn on the CD play er/USB de vice power . See “To i mprov e disc load ing perform ance ” (page 26). You cannot sta rt transferring to a USB device. The f ollowing probl ems m ay have occurr ed. – The US B devi ce is ful l. – The[...]

25 GB Additional Inf ormation There is noise , skipping, or distorted sound. • Turn off the system and reco nnect the USB devi ce, then tur n on the syst em. • The music data itse lf co ntains nois e, or the sound is distort ed. Nois e may have entered d uring the t ransfe r process. Delete th e file, and try tra nsferring again. • The bit ra[...]

26 GB • The n umber o f files ha s exce eded 5,000. • Fi les t hat are encr ypted or p rotec ted by password s, etc. cann ot be playe d back. * This system s upports FA T16 and FAT 32, but some USB stor age devices may not support all of these FAT. For details, ref er to the operation manual of each USB storage device or contact the manufacture[...]

27 GB Additional Inf ormation 2 Pres s x , FUNCTION and ? / 1 at the same time . All user-co nfigured se ttings, such as preset rad io station s, time r, and the clock, are d eleted . To tur n off the auto matic stand by function This system is equippe d with an automa tic stan dby fu nction. Wit h this function, the system enters standby m ode aut[...]

28 GB NO DISC There i s no disc in t he player, or you ha ve loade d a disc t hat ca nnot be playe d. NO MEMORY The me mory se lect ed for pl aybac k or transfe r has no memory media inserted in the US B device . NO STEP All of the pr ogramm ed track s have bee n erased . NO SUPPORT An un suppo rted USB de vice is co nnecte d. NO TRACK Play able fi[...]

29 GB Additional Inf ormation Specificati ons Main unit Amplifi er section The following m easured at AC 127 V, 60 Hz (Mexican model) The following m easured at AC 220 V, 50/60 Hz (Argenti ne model) The following m easured at AC 230 V, 50/60 Hz (Other mod els) MHC-EX99/EX 900 Front S peaker: Power output (rated): 80 W + 80 W (at 3 Ω , 1 kHz, 1% TH[...]

30 GB CD play er secti on System: Compact dis c and digita l audio syst em Laser Diode Prop erties Emission Dura tion: Co ntinuous Laser Output*: Le ss than 44.6 µW * This output is the value measurement at a distance of 200mm from the objective lens surface on the Optical Pick-up Block with 7m m aperture. Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz Sign[...]

31 GB Additional Inf ormation Subwoof er SS-WG900 for MHC-EX99/EX900 Speaker syst em: Subwoofe r syste m, Ba ss re flex Speaker unit : Subwoofer: 200 mm , cone type Rated im pedance : 8 Ω Dimensio ns (W /H/D): Approx. 282 mm × 30 6 mm × 295 m m Mass: Approx. 4.6 kg Quanti ty: 1 piec e Genera l Power require ments Mexi can model: AC 127 V, 60 Hz [...]

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