HD-5MD/EN
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Preparation

Contents

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Before applying power

Preparation section

Basic section

Application section

Knowledge sections

Before applying power........................................ 2
Safety precautions................................................. 2
Special features........................................................... 3
Accessories.................................................................. 4
Contents......................................................................... 5
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS................................ 6
System connections.................................................. 8
Connection of accessory antennas......................... 8
Connection of FM outdoor antenna
(sold separately)....................................................9
Connection of the speaker system...........................9
Connection of a subwoofer (sold separately).......10
Connection of a cassette deck (sold separately) ....10
Connection to an external source
(audio equipment)............................................... 11
Controls and indicators...........................................12
Main unit......................................................................12
Display..........................................................................13
Remote control unit ...................................................14
Operation of remote control unit...........................15
Basic use method.....................................................16
Adjusting the tone...................................................... 18
Playback of CD......................................................... 20
Playback of MD........................................................ 22
Receiving broadcast station.................................. 24
Channel space setting...............................................25
RDS (Radio Data System) (For U.K. and Europe).....27
Listening to an AUX/TAPE input source...............30
In regard to long-play MD stereo recording
and playback....................................................... 31
Recording to MD...................................................... 32
Various CD/MD playback features....................... 36
Listening to the desired sequence
(program playback).............................................36
Repeated playback.................................................... 38
Listening in random order (random mode)............ 39
Playback only the first track of selected CDs
(BEST HITS program playback)........................ 40
Convenient recording methods............................. 41
Recording of all tracks or a single track of a CD by
one-touch recording (O.T.E.).............................. 42
Recording only the first track of selected CDs
(BEST HITS program recording)....................... 45
MD Edit Functions....................................................46
Selection of the type of edit function..................... 46
Recording by groups (GROUP)................................. 47
Dividing a recorded MD into groups...................... 48
Deleting group information...................................... 49
Changing the range of a group................................ 50
Group selection for playback.................................. 51
Moving individual tracks (MOVE)........................... 52
Dividing tracks (DIVIDE)........................................... 54
Combining tracks (COMBINE)................................. 56
Erasing individual tracks (ERASE)/Erasing all
tracks on an MD (ALL ERASE)...........................58
Assigning a title (name) to a minidisc or a track. 60
Use of title memo (TITLE MEMO)............................ 63
Deletion of the edited contents (EDIT CANCEL)....... 64
Convenient functions...............................................65
Setting auto power save (A.P.S.).............................65
Adjusting the brightness of the display part
(DIMMER)..............................................................65
Clock adjustment..................................................... 66
Timer operation........................................................ 67
Sleep timer (SLEEP)................................................... 67
Setting the timer program (PROG. TIMER).............68
Important Items.........................................................71
Maintenance............................................................... 71
Reference.................................................................... 71
In case of difficulty.................................................. 74
Specifications...........................................................79