Sharp MD-MX10H manual

MD COMP A CT COMPONENT SYSTEM Pag e SPECIAL NO TES ................................................................ 1 A CCESSORIES ................................................................... 2 PRECA UTIONS ................................................................... 2 NAMES OF CONTROLS AND INDICA T ORS ...................... 3-5 PREP[...]

1 NO TE FOR USERS IN THE U .K. The mains lead of this product is fitted with a non-rewireab le (moulded) plug incorporating a 3A fuse. Should the fuse need to be replaced, a BSI or AST A appro ved BS 1362 fuse marked or and of the same rating as abov e, which is also indicated on the pin f ace of the plug must be used. Alwa ys refit the fuse cover [...]

2 AM loop aerial × 1 ■ General ● Please ensure that the equipment is positioned in a well v entilated area and ensure that there is at least 10cm (4") of free space along the sides and back. There must also be a minimum of 10cm (4") of free space on the top of the unit. ● Do not use oil, solv ents, petrol, paint thinners or insecti[...]

3 1. On/Stand-by Button 2. Timer Stand-by Indicator 3. Name/TOC Edit Button 4. Timer/Delete Button 5. T uning Down/Revie w Button NAMES OF CONTROLS AND INDICA T ORS 91 0 1 3 12 11 16 17 18 19 20 26 22 21 28 27 14 15 24 23 25 ■ Fr ont panel 6. MD Stop Button 7. MD Play/P ause Button 8. T uning Up/Cue Button 9. Display (Demo) Button 10. MD Compartm[...]

4 1. FM Stereo Indicator 2. FM Stereo Mode Indicator 3. T rack Edit Indicator 4. Play/P ause Indicator 5. Repeat Indicator 6. TOC Indicator 7. Level Meters 8. Digital Recording Indicator 9. CD Indicator 10. MD Indicator (Continued) 1. AM Loop Aerial Socket 2. Auxiliary Input Sockets 3. Speaker T erminals 4. FM 75 Ohms Aerial Socket 5. A C Input Soc[...]

5 (Continued) 1. Full-Range Speaker 2. Bass Reflex Duct 3. Speaker Wire 3 1 2 ■ Remote control ■ Speaker section 1. Remote Control T ransmitter LED 2. Surround Button 3. Preset Equalizer Button 4. Clock Button 5. Sleep Button 6. Memory/Enter Button 7. MD Stop Button 8. MD Play/P ause Button 9. MD T rac k Down/Review Button 10. MD T rac k Up/Cue[...]

6 AM loop aerial 1 2 FM aerial PREP ARA TION FOR USE ■ Aerial connection ■ Speaker connection Unplug the A C po wer lead from the AC soc ket before connecting or disconnecting any component. Connect each speaker wire to the SPEAKER terminals as shown. Use speakers with an impedance of 6 ohms or more, since lower impedance speakers can damage th[...]

7 (Continued) To AC INPUT AC 230 V, 50 Hz To an AC socket ■ Placing the system ■ Connecting the A C power lead Connect the A C power lead to the A C INPUT socket, then connect its plug to an A C socket. Notes: ● Unplug the AC po wer lead from the AC sock et if the unit will not be in use for a prolonged period of time. ● Ne ver use a power [...]

8 15 ● 2 "AA" size batt eries (UM/SUM-3, R6, HP-7 or similar) 15 Remote sensor 0.2 m - 6 m (8" - 20') (Continued) ■ Remote control ■ T o change the brightness of the display When bright Lights up When dark Goes out DIMMER 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY button to turn the po wer on. 2 Press the DIMMER button. ● The displa y wil[...]

9 SETTING THE CLOCK ● In this e xample, the cloc k is set f or the 24-hour (0:00) sys- tem. 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY button to turn the power on. 2 Press the CLOCK button. 3 Within 5 seconds, press the MEMOR Y/ENTER b utton. 4 T urn the jog dial to select the time display mode. "0:00" → The 24-hour display will appear . → (0:00 - 23[...]

10 SOUND CONTR OL ■ V olume (Main unit operation) When the VOLUME contr ol is turned clockwise, the vol- ume will increase. When it is turned anti-clockwise, the volume will decrease. (Remote control operation) Press the VOLUME button to increase the v olume and the V OLUME button to decrease the v olume . FLAT VOCAL SOFT HEAVY (Main unit) (Remot[...]

11 COMP A CT DISC OPERA TION ■ CD pla yback 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY button to turn the po wer on. 2 Press the CD ■ button. 3 Press the 7 7 7 7 7 button to open the disc tra y . 4 Place the CD on the disc tray , label side up. ● Be sure to place 8 cm (3") CD in the middle of the disc tra y . 5 Press the 7 7 7 7 7 button to c lose the dis[...]

12 MINIDISC OPERA TION 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY button to turn the po wer on. 2 Press the MD ■ button. 3 Load a MiniDisc in the direction indicated b y the ar- ro w on the MiniDisc, with the labelled side facing up. ● The disc name will be displa yed only when it has been programmed. Disc name ● The total number of trac ks and the total playi[...]

13 CONVENIENT CD AND MINIDISC OPERA TIONS 1 Load a disc and begin pla yback. 2 Hold the MD/CD 2 2 2 2 2 button do wn for audible fast for - ward, and hold the MD/CD 3 3 3 3 3 button do wn for audi- ble fast rever se . 3 Normal playbac k will resume when the button is re- leased. Notes: ● When the end of the last trac k is reached, "END"[...]

14 (Continued) 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 f or any other tracks. Up to 20 tracks (P-20) can be pr ogrammed. 6 (CD operation) Press the CD ■ button. (MiniDisc operation) Press the MD ■ button. Total playing time Total number of tracks 7 (CD operation) Press the CD 06 06 06 06 06 button to start playback of the pro- grammed selections. (MD operation)[...]

15 ■ Repeat and random play 1 Select the desired programme sour ce , CD or MiniDisc. 2 Press the P-MODE button. ● Each time this button is pressed, the mode will change in the follo wing order : Repeat indicator Random indicator Disappears 3 Press the CD 06 06 06 06 06 or MD 06 06 06 06 06 b utton to start playback. MD 06 CD 06 P-MODE (Continue[...]

16 ■ Switching the time displa y Each time the TIME button is pressed during playback or when in the pause mode, the displa y will change. (Continued) ■ Changing the display during MiniDisc pla yback Each time the DISPLA Y button is pressed during playbac k or when in the pause mode, the displa y will change as descr ibed below . 1 The track na[...]

17 ■ T uning 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY button to turn the power on. 2 Press the TUNER (BAND) b utton. 3 Press the TUNER (BAND) b utton to select the desired frequency band. (FM ST , FM or AM) FM ST FM AM 4 Press the TUNING ( X X X X X or W W W W W ) button to tune into the desired station. Manual tuning: Press the TUNING ( X or W ) button as many [...]

18 (Continued) ■ Preset tuning Y ou can store up to 40 stations in memor y (40 stations con- sisting of any combination of AM and FM stations you lik e) and recall them. T o enter stations into memor y: 1 P erform steps 1 - 5 in the "T uning" section. 2 Press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button. MEMORY 3 Within 5 seconds, turn the jog dial or pres[...]

19 ■ Differences fr om tape recor dings Y ou cannot record music on the re verse side of a Mini- Disc. MiniDiscs are single sided and should only be inser ted with the correct side up. Y ou don't need to search f or the star ting point at which to record. The unit automatically finds the point at which recording can star t. Recording will st[...]

20 (Continued) ■ Recording fr om a CD onto a MiniDisc (One-T ouch Editing) A CD can be recorded to a MiniDisc, star ting from the first trac k, with one-touch operation. T o cancel the operation: Before pressing the CD 0 MD EDIT ST ART b utton, press the CD ■ button. T o stop recording: Press the MD ■ button. ● Pla yback and recording will [...]

21 ■ T rack editing fr om a CD onto a MiniDisc Y ou can record sev eral consecutive trac ks, star ting from the first track of a CD , to a MiniDisc. 6 Press the CD 0 0 0 0 0 MD EDIT ST ART button. 0 REC ● The CD loaded will be recorded in order , star ting from the first trac k. When a MiniDisc runs out of recording space or when a CD has been [...]

22 ■ APMS recording fr om a CD onto a MiniDisc 1 Select tracks f or APMS playback (page 14). 2 Load a recordable MiniDisc. 3 Press the CD 0 0 0 0 0 MD EDIT ST ART button. ● APMS playbac k will star t, and recording will star t auto- matically . ● Programmed trac ks will be recorded in order. After the unit has finished recording the last trac[...]

23 ■ Recor ding from the built-in radio onto a MiniDisc 1 T une in to the desired station (pages 17 - 18). 2 Load a recordable MiniDisc. 3 Press the ● REC button. ● The unit will enter the recording stand-by mode . 4 Check the recor dable time by pressing the DISPLA Y button. Notes: ● Before recording an AM broadcast, enter the recording st[...]

24 ■ T o create a disc name 6 After entering all of the characters in the name, press the NAME/T OC EDIT button. ● The disc name will be recorded. T o erase a disc name: After perf orming steps 1 to 3. Press the TIMER/DELETE button f or 2 seconds or more. ● "NAME CLEAR" will flash. Press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button. Notes: ● Up to 40[...]

25 1 During playbac k or in the pause mode , press the NAME/T OC EDIT button. 2 Within 10 seconds, press the MEMORY/ENTER b utton. TRACK ● The unit will enter the character input mode. ● The track y ou are listening to will be played repeatedly . 3 Select the character y ou want using the jog dial. TRACK 4 Press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button to ente[...]

26 ■ T o change disc names and track names ● T o add a character: (Example: T o change "BET" to "BEST") 1 T o change disc names, perf orm steps 1 - 3 on page 24. T o change track names, perform steps 1 - 2 on page 25. 2 Press the 3 3 3 3 3 or 2 2 2 2 2 button to flash the c haracter at the place you want to ad d a letter. DI[...]

27 ■ Divide ■ Combine 1 Play the trac k which you want to divide into tw o, and press the MD 06 06 06 06 06 b utton at the point where y ou want to divide the track. 2 Press the NAME/T OC EDIT b utton, and within 10 sec- onds, select "DIVIDE" using the jog dial. 3 Within 10 seconds, press the MEMORY/ENTER b utton. ● T o cancel the o[...]

28 ■ Move 1 Whilst in the stop mode, select the track you want to move using the jog dial. Or start playing the track to be mo ved, and then press the MD 06 06 06 06 06 button. 2 Press the NAME/T OC EDIT b utton, and within 10 sec- onds, select "MO VE" using the jog dial. 3 Within 10 seconds, press the MEMORY/ENTER b utton. 4 Select the[...]

29 ■ Erase T o erase all of the tracks at once: 1 Press the MD ■ button. ● The total number of trac ks and the total pla ying time on a MiniDisc will appear . 2 Press the NAME/T OC EDIT b utton, and within 10 sec- onds, select "ALL ERASE" using the jog dial. 3 Within 10 seconds, press the MEMORY/ENTER b utton. ● T o cancel the ope[...]

30 TIMER OPERA TION ■ Timer playbac k/Timer recording 6 T urn the jog dial to set the minute to star t, and then press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button. I If the ending time is not set manually , it will automatically be set f or one hour after the star ting time. 7 T urn the jog dial to set the hour to stop, then press the MEMOR Y/ENTER button. 8 T urn [...]

31 2 Sleep timer setting 1 Timer playback (record) setting Timer playback (record) start time 30 minutes - 2 hours Desired time Sleep operation will automatically stop. End time T o confirm the timer setting: Press the TIMER/DELETE button once. ● The turn-on time, the tur n-off time will be displa yed. T o cancel timer operation: Whilst in the ti[...]

32 ■ Connecting external units The other MD/CD player Commercially available lead wi th 3. 5 mm ( 1/8 ") ster eo mini-plug and RCA plugs To the output/ headphone socket RIGHT LEFT To the analogue output sockets LEFT RIGHT RIGHT LEFT ● Red plug → To RIGHT ● White plug → To LEFT Commercially available RCA lead ■ Headphones Notes: ●[...]

33 ■ Listening to sound from an e xternal unit T o listen to sound from an external unit connected to the ana- logue input terminals: ■ Manual recor ding Y ou can star t a recording manually whilst listening to pla y- back from other e xter nal equipment (tape deck, tuner) con- nected to the auxiliary input. 1 Press the ON/ST AND-BY button to t[...]

34 The disc is stored in a car tridge. Y ou can handle it easily with- out worrying about dust, finger prints, etc. Howe ver , dust en- tering the opening of the car tridge, dir t on the car tridge, warp- ing, etc. may cause malfunctions . Please note the following. ■ Handling the MiniDisc Do not touch the disc directly! Do not open the shutter o[...]

35 ■ If a problem occur s If this unit functions abnor mally during operation, first check the f ollowing items. If the unit continues to function abnormally , or if an abnor mality appears other than listed belo w , set this unit to the stand-by mode and disconnect the AC po wer plug, then consult your SHARP dealer or ser vice personnel. MINIDIS[...]

36 (Continued) Symptom ● A recording cannot be made. ● Even though a disc has been loaded, "NO DISC" or "CAN'T READ" is dis- play ed. ● Playbac k sounds are skipped. P ossible cause ● Is the MiniDisc protected against ac- cidental erasure? ● Did you try to make recording on a playbac k-only MiniDisc? ● Can you s[...]

37 When an error message is display ed, proceed as follows: Error messages BLANK MD CAN'T COPY CAN'T READ ( :Number or symbol) CAN'T EDIT CAN'T REC CAN'T WRITE DISC FULL E-CD 20 E. O VER EDIT O VER Er-MD ( :Number or symbol) NAME FULL NO DISC NO T AUDIO PLA Y MD PRO TECTED TEMP O VER T OC FORM ( :Number or symbol) T OC FULL[...]

38 ■ External care ● P eriodically wipe the cabinet with a soft cloth and a diluted soap solution, then wipe with a dr y cloth. ● Do not use chemically treated cleaning cloths or other chemicals. MAINTENANCE SPECIFICA TIONS As par t of our policy of continuous improv ement, SHARP reserv es the right to make design and specification changes f [...]

TERMS OF GU ARANTEE Shar p Electronics (UK) Ltd. ("Shar p") guarantees to provide f or the repair , or at its option the replacement, of this product subject to the conditions listed below:- 1. This guarantee shall only apply to f aults which are due to inferior workmanship or mater ials . It does not co ver f aults or damage caused by ac[...]