Operating Instructions Owner’s Record
Mini Hi-Fi Component System
3-862-008-111
1998 by Sony Corporation
INFORMATION
NOTICE FOR THE CUSTOMERS IN THE U.S.A
NOTICE FOR THE CUSTOMERS IN CANADA
Sound Adjustment
Table of Contents
Other Features
Getting Started
Getting Started
Step 1 Hooking up the system
1Connect the speakers
2Connect the FM/AM antennas
When carrying this system
Step 2 Setting the time
1 2,4 3,5
Step 1 Hooking up the system continued
1 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET
Step 3 Presetting radio stations
2 Turn the jog dial to set the hour
3 Press ENTER/NEXT
To tune in a station with a weak signal
Step 3 Presetting radio stations continued
To change the preset number
To change the AM tuning interval
Connecting audio components
Connecting optional AV components
Connecting an MD deck for digital recording
Connecting an MD deck for analog recording
Connecting optional AV components continued
Connecting a VCR
FM antenna
Connecting outdoor antennas
AM antenna
Basic Operations
Playing a CD
Normal play
2 Press one of the DISC 1~3 buttons
Do this
Basic Operations
CD Synchro Recording
Recording a CD
1 Press ¤and insert a blank tape into deck B
2 Press ¤ and place a CD
Listening to the radio
Preset Tuning
Operations
2 Turn the jog dial to tune in a preset station
To listen to non-presetradio stations
Recording from the radio
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3 Press ¤and insert a blank tape into deck B
Playing a tape
4 Press rREC
6 Press PPAUSE
Searching for the beginning of a track AMS
Playing a tape continued
High-speedDubbing
Recording from a tape
2 Press HI-DUB
4 Press P PAUSE
The CD Player
Using the CD display
Press DISPLAY/DEMO during playback
Playing the CD tracks repeatedly
To cancel Repeat Play
Repeat Play
Shuffle Play
To cancel Shuffle Play
To select a desired CD
Playing the CD tracks in random order
Program Play
Programming the CD tracks
2 Press NON-STOPto light the indicator
To cancel Program Play
To cancel Non-StopPlay
Playing CDs without interruption
The Tape Deck
Recording on a tape manually
1 Insert a blank tape into deck B
3 Press rREC
11, EDIT
Recording a CD by specifying track order
Program Edit
Selecting tape length automatically
To cancel Program Edit
10 Press CD SYNC
12 Press PPAUSE
To adjust the flash length
To adjust the loop length
Looping part of a CD
Flashing part of a CD
Sound Adjustment
Adjusting the sound
To listen through the headphones
For a powerful sound GROOVE
1 Press FILE SELECT
Selecting the audio emphasis
3 Press ENTER/NEXT
Music menu options
To cancel the effect
To change the spectrum analyzer display
Selecting the surround effect
Adjusting the graphic equalizer
6 Press ENTER/NEXT when finished
4 Turn the jog dial to adjust level
Making a personal audio emphasis file
5 Repeat steps 3 and
4 Press ENTER/NEXT
Making a personal audio emphasis file continued
To call up the personal file
Other Features
Using the Radio Data System RDS
What is the Radio Data System?
2,3,4,5
To cancel PTY search
Using the Radio Data System RDS continued
List of program types PTY
4 Start playing the music and adjust the volume
Adjusting the microphone echo
When you are done
Turn ECHO LEVEL to adjust the echo effect
To stop recording
Mixing and recording sounds
When you choose “AUTO”
Sleep Timer
To cancel the Sleep Timer function
— Wake-upTimer
9 Turn off the power
2 Adjust the volume 3 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET
Waking up to music continued
1 Prepare the music source you want to play
To check the setting
Timer-recordingradio programs
To cancel the timer operation
3,4,5
2 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET
Timer-recordingradio programs continued
6 Insert a recordable tape 7 Turn off the power
4 Set the time to start recording
On safety
Precautions
On placement
Cleaning the cabinet
Precautions continued
Troubleshooting
When using a tape longer than 90 minutes
Cleaning the tape heads
CD Player
Speakers
Tape Deck
Troubleshooting continued
Tuner
Canadian models MHC-RX77
Specifications
MHC-RX66
European and Russian models MHC-RX900
CD player section
Specifications continued
Tape player section
Tuner section
SS-RX900for MHC-RX900 SS-GRX9000for MHC-GRX9000
AM tuner section
SS-J75for MHC-RX77Canadian models
MHC-GRX7/GRX7J
General
Specifications continued
For customers in Canada
F, G
Index
H, I, J
L, M
