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