Kenwood MDX-F1 manual

MINIDISC PERSONAL STEREO SYSTEM INSTRUCTION MANUAL KENWOOD CORPORA TION B60-4535-10 01 MA (M) AP 9909 MDX-F1 DIGITAL AUDIO COMPACT COMPACT[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 2 Preparation section Before applying power Before applying power The marking is located on the rear panel and says that the compo- nent uses laser beams that have been classified as Class 1. It means that the unit is utilizing laser beams that are of a weaker class. There is no danger of hazardous radiation outside the unit. CLASS 1 LA[...]

Preparation section MDX-F1 (EN) 3 Before applying power Contents Preparation section Operation Knowledge section Before applying power .............................. 2 Safety precautions ........................................................... 2 Special features ................................................................ 4 System connection[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 4 Preparation section Before applying power CD player and auto-reverse cassette deck as standard equipment A CD player and auto-reverse cassette deck are also provided in addition the MD recorder , making the unit an integrated minidisc personal stereo system for enjoyment of multiple music sources. Special features An MD recorder is eq[...]

Preparation section 5 MDX-F1 (EN) Controls and indicators Contents FM 75 Ω AM GND AC IN ANTENNA 10mm 10mm FM 75 Ω AM GND ANTENNA PHONES AC IN System connection AM loop antenna The supplied antenna is for indoor use. Place it as far as possible from the main system, TV set and power cord, and set it to a direction which provides the best recepti[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 6 Preparation section Controls and indicators Contents Controls and indicators 1 Cassette holder ¢ 2 (POWER) key 9 3 “ STANDBY/TIMER ” indicator 9u 4 Remote sensor 5 Display 6 ( 7 ) STOP key (CD/MD/TAPE/TUNING MODE) 9$(∞§ 7 4 / ¢ key (CD/MD/TAPE/tuner tuning) $(∞ 8 “ SOUND ” key ! 9 “ MENU ” key 79 0 “ REPEAT ” ke[...]

Preparation section 7 MDX-F1 (EN) Controls and indicators Contents Display ( The displays given in this manual are approximations only . They may differ from what actually appears on the display .) 1 PGM (program) indication 2 Indication related to CD and MD 3 Timer-related indicators 4 A.P.S. (Auto Power Save) indicator 5 Character information dis[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 8 Preparation section Controls and indicators Contents The keys on the remote control unit with the same names as on the main unit have the same function as the keys on the main unit. Operation of remote control unit ¢ 123 TITLE SEARCH CLEAR /DELETE FM/AM TAPE EQ. 14 1 66 7 SET ENTER VOLUME MD TAPE STOP AUTO/MANU. CD 456 789 +10 0 PGM [...]

Preparation section 9 MDX-F1 (EN) Controls and indicators Contents Setting the current time ÷ The time display starts to blink. ÷ The “ CLOCK ” display starts to blink during time setting. 0 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 1 MENU ADJUST ST E A M 1200 A.P.S. REC REC PGM V O L U M E / M U L T I C O N T R O L D e m o SET V O L U M E / M U L T I C O N T R O L D [...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 10 Operation Let's put out some sound Contents Let's put out some sound Basic use method PHONES CD TRACK NO. 01 000 REC REC TRACK NO. 01 000 REC REC VOLUME 20 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 VOLUME Standby mode While the standby indicator of the unit is lit, a small amount of cur - rent is flowing into the unit’ s in- ternal circuitry to back[...]

11 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Let's put out some sound Contents SOUND BASS -6 TREBLE +4 TONE VOLUME Adjusting the bass and treble One-touch enhancement of bass and treble Each press switches the modes as follows. 1 “ EX.BASS ” lights. 2 “ LOUD ” lights. 3 Both indicators off. The tone adjusted using the “ TONE ” key (see below). “ EX.[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 12 Operation Let's put out some sound Contents AUTO POWER SA VE function When the unit is ON and the unit is left for 30 minutes with CD, MD and T APE not operating, the unit is switched off automatically by this function. This is convenient when you forget to turn power off after listening. This function can be activated or deacti[...]

13 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Playback of CD Contents 1 Open the CD cover. (by pressing the PUSH OPEN button) 2 Place a disc. 3 Close the CD cover. The label side must be on top. CD TRACK NO. 01 012 0 2 2 1 Load a disc. 1 13 ÷ Do not touch the played side of disc. ÷ Be sure to place a disc horizontally. Placing it with an inclination will result in ma[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 14 Operation Playback of CD Contents Skipping tracks T o skip backward T o skip forward ÷ The track in the direction of the key pressed is skipped, and the selected track will be played from the beginning. ÷ When the 4 key is pressed once during playback, the track being played will be played from the beginning. ÷ Operation also is p[...]

15 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Playback of CD Contents Use the following procedure to program desired tracks in a desired order . (up to 32 tracks) Select the “CD” input. (Also press the 7 to enter stop mode.) # Lights ÷ Up to 32 tracks can be programmed. When “ FULL ” is displayed, no more tracks can be programmed. ÷ If you made a mistake, pre[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 16 Operation Playback of CD Contents Repeated playback Y ou can repeatedly listen to a favorite track or disc. (The REPEA T key is provided only on the main unit.) Select the “CD” input. # Setup for repeating a single track or all tracks 1 Confirm that the “ PGM ” indicator is not lit. ( If the “ PGM ” indicator is lit, pres[...]

17 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Playback of CD Contents Select the “CD” input. # Listening to an unexpected title sequence (random playback) As the titles each time are selected randomly , the music can be enjoyed without getting tired of it. (Remote control only) Confirm that the “PGM” indicator is not lit. 1 ( If the “ PGM ” indicator is lit[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 18 Operation Playback of Mini Disc Contents Turn power on and insert a Mini Disc into the insertion slot of the main body. ÷ When a title has been recorded for the disc, the title is displayed. CAUTION The MD cannot be loaded or ejected while the unit is in standby mode. Do not force insert a Mini Disc during the STANDBY mode, for this[...]

19 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Playback of Mini Disc Contents Disc recorded in monaural mode This unit is capable of playing a disc recorded in the monaural mode. As the amount of data required to record informa- tion in the monaural mode is half the amount re- quired in the stereo mode, the play (record) time of a disc recorded in the monaural mode is t[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 20 Operation Playback of Mini Disc Contents Goes off ÷ When the “ PGM ” indicatior is lit, press the PGM key on the remote control unit to switch it off. ALL 3 REPEAT PGM Searching a desired track by its title (TITLE SEARCH) When the titles of the tracks recorded on a minidisc for recording are entered in advance, search by title i[...]

21 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Playback of Mini Disc Contents ÷ When no track name (track title) and no disc name (disc title) has been recorded, “ NO TITLE ” is displayed. ÷ “ BLANK DISC ” is displayed when not even one track has been recorded. (When there is a disc title, the disc title will be displayed.) When a title recorded in a MD disc i[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 22 Operation Playback of Mini Disc Contents Use the following procedure to program desired tracks in a desired order . (up to 32 tracks) Select the “MD” input. (Also press the 7 to enter stop mode.) * Lights ÷ Up to 32 tracks can be programmed. When “ FULL ” is displayed, no more tracks can be programmed. ÷ If you made a mista[...]

23 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Playback of Mini Disc Contents Repeated playback Y ou can repeatedly listen to a favorite track or disc. (The REPEA T key is provided only on the main unit.) Select the “MD” input. * Setup for repeating all tracks in a disc 1 Confirm that the “ PGM ” indicator is not lit. ( If the “ PGM ” indicator is lit, press[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 24 Operation Contents If you load a tape in the cassette deck in advance while the power is off. pressing the T APE key ( 2 , 3 ) turns power on automatically and starts the tape playback. 1 Open the door. Push the area marked 0 PUSH OPEN. 2 Insert a tape and close the door. During playback, the tape running direction changes each time [...]

25 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Contents A M 845 A M 000 0 T o wind tape at high speed ÷ Press the 7 key to stop fast winding. T o fast wind in direction | T o fast wind in direction Selection of T APE EQ. (Remote control unit only) The T APE EQ. system minimizes the hiss noise heard when playing tape. When playing a tape prerecorded with Dolby NR ON, [...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 26 Operation Contents Receiving broadcast station It is also possible to receive them by one-touch operations by storing up to 40 stations in the preset memory . When the “ TUNER FM/AM ” key is pressed, the unit will automatically be switched on and reception status will be reached. TUNER MHz AUTO FM 01 8900 TUNER FM/AM TUNER MHz ST[...]

27 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Contents Presetting radio stations automatically (auto preset) Keep the ENTER key depressed (about 2 seconds). ÷ Presetting begins with FM stations then proceeds to the AM stations. ÷ A maximum of 40 stations of the band presently being received will be preset. ÷ When there are many stations and the intended station has [...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 28 Operation Let's recording Contents Recording on MD This unit cannot record audio in monaural mode. MD recording is possible as “digital recording”, where the digital signal of the CD is used as it is, and as “analog recording”, where the analog signal of a broadcast etc. is converted to a digital signal. Let's recor[...]

29 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Let's recording Contents Pause the recording The recordable time for the MD is displayed. Lights ÷ The track number is incremented by “1”. Press the key again to resume recording. ÷ Recording can also be started by pressing the “ MD REC ” key. In regard to track numbers at the time of recording Press during r[...]

MDX-F1 (EN) 30 Operation Let's recording Contents Recording on T APE CD 0 P U S H O P E N 2 3 T APE D e m o MENU SET V O L U M E / M U L T I C O N T R O L V O L U M E / M U L T I C O N T R O L 23 D e m o SET CD 6 • T APE REC 0 1 2 5 4 3 1 Select “ TAPE RVS. ” . 1 Open the door of deck. 2 Insert a tape. 3 Close the door. ÷ Remove tape sl[...]

31 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Let's recording Contents Pause the recording ÷ Press the “ TAPE REC ” key during recording. It stops after leaving a non-recorded blank of 4 seconds. (Press the key again to resume recording.) Stop the recording Blinks Points in CD recording When recording CD tracks onto a tape, if you leave the cassette deck in r[...]

32 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Convenient Recording Methods Contents Convenient Recording Methods One-touch recording (CD = MD /CD = T APE) The one-touch recording can record all tracks in a CD with a one-touch operation (all-track recording). It can also record the current CD track being played from the beginning (single-track recording). Simultaneous r[...]

Operation 33 MDX-F1 (EN) Convenient Recording Methods Contents Program recording (CD = MD / CD = T APE) Desired CD tracks can be programmed in the desired sequence and recorded onto an MD or tape. Simultaneous recording onto MD and T APE is not available. Recording preparation is required. •º (Be sure to put the MD recorder and cassette deck in [...]

34 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) Convenient Recording Methods Contents Program recording (MD = T APE) Desired MD tracks can be programmed in the desired sequence and recorded onto a tape. Recording preparation is required. º (Be sure to put the cassette deck in stop mode.) 1 2 Perform steps 1 and 2 of the procedure in ” Lis- tening in the desired sequen[...]

35 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) MD Edit Functions Contents MD Edit Functions Assigning a title to a disc or track When titles are assigned to a disc and its tracks, the titles can not only be displayed during play- back but title search (searching a track by the title) is also made possible. The assigned titles can be changed or deleted with the same proc[...]

Operation MDX-F1 (EN) 36 MD Edit Functions Contents 4 After editing, eject and remove the mini disc. The “ WRITING ” display indicates that the re- corded and edited data are written in the MD. Be careful not to apply impact to the unit during it. If the power cord is unplugged before comple- tion of “ WRITING ” , the recorded and/or edited[...]

37 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) MD Edit Functions Contents 3 Changing or deleting a title 1 Perform step 1 of “Assigning a title to a disc or track”. fi 2 Change or delete characters one by one. 1 Move the cursor to the de- sired character (the character to be changed). ( All characters of a title can be changed by repeat- ing steps 1 to 5 .) The inp[...]

Operation MDX-F1 (EN) 38 MD Edit Functions Contents 1 2 Moving several tracks at a time (QUICK MOVE) The tracks can be reordered in the desired order by moving up to 20 tracks at a time. Select the “MD” input. (Please execute operation in stopped condition.) * Perform the operations in the following procedure while the display is blinking. Pres[...]

39 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) MD Edit Functions Contents 1 This procedure shows you how to select and move (insert) a track to the track number you desire. The surrounding tracks are renumbered automatically . Repeating this procedure lets you arrange the tracks in the order you desire. Select “MOVE ?”. Each press switches the operation. 1 MOVE ? 2 [...]

Operation MDX-F1 (EN) 40 MD Edit Functions Contents 1 3 2 4 Dividing a track (TRACK DIVIDE) Use the following procedure to divide a track into two by inserting a track number in its middle. Note that the track numbers of the tracks located after the divided track are automatically incremented. Play the track to be divided. Press the TRACK EDIT key [...]

41 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) MD Edit Functions Contents 1 2 Combining two tracks (TRACK COMBINE) Use the following procedure to combine two tracks into one by deleting a track number .After this operation, the track numbers of tracks lo- cated after the combined tracks are decreased automatically . Select “COMBINE ?”. ÷ To combine two tracks durin[...]

Operation MDX-F1 (EN) 42 MD Edit Functions Contents 1 2 Erasing a single track (TRACK ERASE) or erasing all tracks on a disc (ALL ERASE) TRACK ERASE During playback, it is possible to erase only the track being played. The track numbers of the tracks after the erased track will be adjusted. Be careful in using this operation because a track cannot [...]

43 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) MD Edit Functions Contents Execute the erase operation. ÷ The track is erased (together with the track title). ÷ All tracks on a disc are erased (together with the disc title). 3 4 After editing, eject and remove the mini disc. COMPLETE ! ENTER ENTER COMPLETE ! BLANK DISC The “ WRITING ” display indicates that the rec[...]

Operation 44 MDX-F1 (EN) T imer operation Contents T imer operation Adjust the clock before setting the timer. Wake-up timer(O.T .T .) Playback of the selected input source starts at the specified time, and the unit is switched off after one hour . This timer operates only once directly after setting. T imer playback, timer recording (PROG.1, PROG.[...]

45 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) T imer operation Contents 1 2 Setting the Program T imer T wo 24-hour timer systems (PROG.1, PROG.2) (which can be used every day) are available. With PROG 1 and PROG 2, two sets of time zones and operation contents can be programmed and executed as required. Make preparations for the play (recording). ÷ Timer reservation [...]

Operation 46 MDX-F1 (EN) T imer operation Contents 1 Adjust the time. 3 4 Set the ON time then the OFF time. The time is advanced. The time is returned. ÷ For each of the ON time and OFF time, enter the figure of “hour” by performing steps 1 and 2 then enter the figure of “minute” in the same manner. ÷ If you make a mistake, restart from [...]

47 Operation MDX-F1 (EN) T imer operation Contents 1 3 Execution and cancellation of timer Select the timer program No. to be used. (Remote control unit only) 1 O.T.T. ......... Executes O.T.T. only. 2 PROG.1 ...... Execution of program 1 only. 3 PROG.2 ...... Execution of program 2 only. 4 PROG.1, 2 .. Execution of programs 1 and 2. 5 Off ........[...]

48 Knowledge section MDX-F1 (EN) Important Items Contents Maintenance Important Items Maintenance of the unit When the front panel or case becomes dirty , wipe with a soft, dry cloth. Do not use thinner , benzine, alcohol, etc. for these agents may cause discoloration. In regard to contact cleaner Do not use contact cleaners because it could cause [...]

49 Knowledge section MDX-F1 (EN) Important Items Contents Reference Stored contents which are cleared immediately when power plug is unplugged from power outlet Stored contents which are cleared in at least a day after power plug is unplugged from power outlet Clock display MD recorder section Amplifier section "on/standby" status (ON or [...]

50 Knowledge section MDX-F1 (EN) Important Items Contents Handling of discs DIGITAL AUDIO DIGITAL AUDIO COMPACT COMPACT Label side Playing side Cleaning If fingerprints or foreign matter be- come attached to the disc, lightly wipe the disc with a soft cotton cloth (or similar) from the center of the disc outwards in a radial manner . Storage When a[...]

51 Knowledge section MDX-F1 (EN) Important Items Contents Notes on cassette tape 2. Endless tapes Do not use an endless tape, as this could damage the mechanism of the unit. To re-record Safety tab (accidental erasure prevention tab) After an important recording has been finished, break the safety tab, to prevent the recorded contents from being er[...]

52 Knowledge section MDX-F1 (EN) In case of difficulty Contents In case of difficulty Operation to reset The microcomputer may fall into malfunction (impos- sibility to operate, erroneous display , etc.) when the power cord is unplugged while unit is ON or due to an external factor . In this case, execute the following procedure to reset the microc[...]

53 Knowledge section MDX-F1 (EN) In case of difficulty Contents Symptoms related to MD standard Symptom ÷ More than 255 tracks (track No. 256 or more) cannot be recorded. (There may be also cases in which recording is impossible while the track number is less than 256.) In such a case, the REMAIN time display shows “ 0:00 ” . ÷ When the remai[...]

54 Knowledge section MDX-F1 (EN) In case of difficulty Contents Action Meaning Displayed Message ÷ No disc is placed on the tray. ÷ An attempt is made to record digital signal from a source while its digital copy has been prohibited by SCMS. ÷ There is no recordable area on the disc. ÷ An attempt is made to record a 256th track. ÷ An attempt i[...]

55 Knowledge section MDX-F1 (EN) In case of difficulty Contents Remedy Cause Symptom CD player section ÷ Place the disc properly, with the label side facing upward. ÷ Clean the disc referring to “ Disc han- dling precautions ” . ÷ Refer to “ Caution on condensation ” and remove the condensation by evaporation. ÷ Clean the disc referring[...]

56 Knowledge section MDX-F1 (EN) In case of difficulty Contents Specifications [Amplifier section] Rated output power during STEREO operation 10 % T .H.D., at 4 Ω .................................... 4 W + 4 W [Tuner section] FM tuner section T uning frequency range .......... 87.5 MHz ~ 108 MHz MW (AM) tuner section T uning frequency range .....[...]