Sony PMC-DR45 manual

Personal Component System Operating Instructions 3-044-713- 71 (2) © 2000 Sony Corporation PMC-DR45[...]

Introduction 2 Warning To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the player to rain or moisture. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. This symbol is intended to a[...]

Basic Operations 3 Introduction T able of contents Basic Operations 4 Playing a CD 6 Listening to the radio 8 Playing a tape 10 Recording on a tape The CD Player 13 Using the display 14 Locating a specific track 15 Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat Play) 16 Playing tracks in random order (Shuffle Play) 17 Creating your own program (Program Play) Th[...]

Basic Operations 4 Playing a CD Basic Operations For hookup instructions, see pages 32 - 36. 1 Press Z CD OPEN/CLOSE (direct power-on) and place the CD on the CD tray. 2 Press u . (On the remote, press N on the CD section.) The CD tray closes and the player plays all the tracks once. With the label side up Display Playing time Track number 21[...]

Basic Operations Basic Operations 5 Use these buttons for additional operations Tip Next time you want to listen to a CD, just press u . The player turns on automatically and starts playing the CD. T o Press adjust the volume VOLUME +, – (VOL +, – on the remote) stop playback x pause playback u ( X on the remote) Press again to resume play afte[...]

Basic Operations 6 Listening to the radio For hookup instructions, see pages 32 - 36. 1 Press BAND • AUTO PRESET until the band you want appears in the display (direct power-on). 2 Hold down TUNE TIME SET + or – (TUNE + or – on the remote) until the frequency digits begin to change in the display. The player automatically scans the radio freq[...]

Basic Operations Basic Operations 7 Use these buttons for additional operations Tips • The “ FM1 ” and “ FM2 ” bands have the same functions. You can store the stations you want separately in “ FM1 ” and “ FM2 ” . • If the FM broadcast is noisy, press MODE until “ MONO ” appears in the display and the radio will play in mona[...]

Basic Operations 8 Playing a tape For hookup instructions, see pages 32 - 36. 1 Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE to open the tape compartment and insert a recorded tape. Use TYPE I (normal), TYPE II (high position) and TYPE IV (metal) tapes. 2 Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE to close the compartment. 3 Press N . (On the remote, press TAPE N .) The player turns on ([...]

Basic Operations Basic Operations 9 Use these buttons for additional operations T o Press adjust the volume VOLUME +, – (VOL +, – on the remote) stop playback x play the reverse side n fast-forward or rewind the tape TAPE M or m eject the cassette Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE turn on/off the player POWER To select the direction mode of the tape Press DIR [...]

Basic Operations 10 Recor ding on a tape For hookup instructions, see pages 32 - 36. To record on a MiniDisc or DAT recorder, connect the component (see page 38). 1 Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE to open the tape compartment, and insert a blank tape. Use TYPE I (normal) tape only. Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE again to close the compartment. 2 Select the progra[...]

Basic Operations Basic Operations 11 continued 3 Start recording. To record the whole CD Press CD DUBBING. When is displayed: If the tape is reversed with the recording of the track unfinished, the player will record the track again from its beginning on the reverse side. When is displayed: If the tape reaches to its end, the player stops. To recor[...]

Basic Operations 12 Recording on a tape (continued) Tips • Adjusting the volume or the audio emphasis (page 22) will not affect the recording level. • When or is displayed, recording will be made on both sides of the tape. To record on one side, press DIR MODE to display . • If the AM radio makes a whistling sound after you ’ ve pressed z/X[...]

The CD Player The CD Player 13 Using the display You can check information about the CD using the display. The CD Player DISPLAY Checking the total track number and playing time Press DISPLAY in stop mode. Total track number Checking the remaining time Press DISPLAY while playing a CD. To display Press DISPLAY the current track number once and the [...]

The CD Player 14 Locating a specific track You can quickly locate any track using the number buttons. You can also find a specific point in a track while playing a CD. To locate Press a specific track directly number button of the track. a point while listening to . or > while playing the sound and hold down until you find the point. a point whi[...]

The CD Player The CD Player 15 Playing tracks r epeatedly (Repeat Play) You can play tracks repeatedly in normal, single, shuffle or program play modes (see pages 16 - 18). 1 Press x on the CD section. “ CD ” appears in the display. 2 Proceed as follows: To repeat Do this a single track 1 Press MODE until “ REP 1 ” appears. 2 Select the tra[...]

The CD Player 16 Playing tracks in random or der (Shuffle Play) You can play tracks in random order. 1 Press x on the CD section. “ CD ” appears in the display. 2 Press MODE until “ SHUF ” appears in the display. 3 Press u . To cancel Shuffle Play Press MODE until “ SHUF ” disappears from the display. u MODE x On the remote Use N instea[...]

The CD Player The CD Player 17 Cr eating your own pr ogram (Program Play) You can arrange the playing order of up to 20 tracks on a CD. 1 Press x on the CD section. “ CD ” appears in the display. 2 Press MODE until “ PGM ” appears in the display. 3 Press . or > to select the track you want to program, and press ENTER MEMORY. Repeat this [...]

The CD Player 18 To cancel Program Play Press MODE until “ PGM ” disappears from the display. To check the order of tracks before play Press ENTER MEMORY on the player. Every time you press the button, the track number appears in the programed order. To change the current program Press x on the CD section once if the CD is stopped and twice if [...]

The Radio The Radio 19 The Radio Pr esetting radio stations You can store radio stations into the player's memory. You can preset up to 30 radio stations, 20 for FM (10 each for FM-1 and FM-2) and 10 for AM band in any order. 1 Press BAND • AUTO PRESET to select the band. 2 Hold down BAND • AUTO PRESET for 2 seconds until “ AUTO ” flas[...]

The Radio 20 Playing pr eset radio stations Once you've preset the stations, use PRESET +, – on the player or the number buttons on the remote to tune in your favorite stations. BAND AUTO PRESET 1 Press BAND • AUTO PRESET to select the band. 2 Press PRESET + or – to display the preset number of the station you want. On the remote 1 Press[...]

The Tape Player The Tape Player 21 Finding the beginning of a track The player detects a blank between the tracks, and locates the beginning of the next/following track. The Tape Player TAPE m , M While playing a tape, press TAPE M or m . Playing side The beginning The beginning of the next track of the current track Upper side ( N ) Mm Reverse sid[...]

22 The Audio Emphasis Selecting the sound characteristic Press SOUND to select the audio emphasis you want. Choose To get ROCK powerful, clean sounds, emphasizing low and high range audio P O P light, bright sounds emphasizing high and middle range audio JAZZ percussive sounds, emphasizing bass audio VOCAL the presence of vocals, stressing middle r[...]

The Timer 23 The Timer Setting the clock “– – : – –” indication appears in the display until you set the clock. The Timer Tip The time display system of this player is the 12-hour system. Before you begin, hook up the system (see pages 32 - 36). 1 Press and hold CLOCK until the hour digit flashes. 2 Set the clock. 1 Press TUNE TIME SET [...]

The Timer 24 To change the display to the daylight saving time (summer time) indication Press and hold SUMMER TIME for 2 seconds. “ SUMMER ON ” appears in the display for a few seconds. To cancel the summer time indication Press and hold SUMMER TIME again. “ SUMMER OFF ” appears in the display for a few seconds. Setting the clock (continued[...]

The Timer 25 The Timer Before you begin, make sure the (clock) indication is not lit in the display. If it is lit, press STANDBY. 1 Prepare the music source you want to play. Source Do this CD Insert a CD. RADIO Tune in a station. TAPE Insert a tape. LINE Turn on the equipment connected to LINE IN. 2 Press TIMER to display the indication. Do the fo[...]

The Timer 26 Waking up to music (continued) 4 Set the timer to the hour and the minutes you want the music to go on. 1 Press TUNE TIME SET + or – to set the hour and press ENTER MEMORY. 2 Press TUNE TIME SET + or – to set the minutes, and press ENTER MEMORY. 5 Set the timer to the hour and the minutes you want the music to go off. (Do as step 4[...]

The Timer 27 The Timer To stop play Turn off the power. To doze for a few more minutes Press SNOOZE. “ SNOOZE ” appears in the display and the power goes off. The player turns on automatically after about 5 minutes. You can repeat this process by pressing SNOOZE. To cancel the snooze function Press POWER to turn on the power. Note To activate t[...]

The Timer 28 Timer -r ecording radio programs You can set timer to record the radio at a certain time. You can also record the sound of the component connected to the LINE IN jack, using the timer. Make sure you have set the clock (see “ Setting the clock ” on page 23). Before you begin, make sure the (clock) indication is not lit in the displa[...]

The Timer 29 The Timer 5 Set the timer to the hour and the minutes you want to start recording. 1 Press TUNE TIME SET + or – to set the hour and press ENTER MEMORY. 2 Press TUNE TIME SET + or – to set the minutes, and press ENTER MEMORY. 6 Set the timer to the hour and the minutes you want to stop recording. (Do as step 5.) 7 Press TUNE TIME SE[...]

The Timer 30 Note During timer-recording, the SNOOZE function does not work. To check/change the recording timer settings Press TIMER, then ENTER MEMORY. Each time you press ENTER MEMORY, a stored setting is displayed in the set order. To change the setting, display the setting you want to change and re-enter it. To use the player before a timer-re[...]

The Timer 31 The Timer Falling asleep to music You can set the player to turn off automatically after 10, 20, 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes, allowing you to fall asleep while listening to music. SLEEP 1 Play the music source you want. 2 Press SLEEP to display “ SLEEP. ” 3 Press SLEEP to select the minutes until the player goes off automatically. E[...]

Setting Up 32 Setting Up Hooking up the system According to the illustrations, connect the cords firmly. Wrong connections cause malfunctions. Connect the AC power cord last. Notes • Be sure to turn off the power of the player before connecting/ disconnecting the AC power cord. • Connect the supplied speakers to this player. If you connect any [...]

Setting Up 33 Setting Up 2 Connect the audio connecting cord (supplied) to the SIGNAL OUTPUT jacks of the player and the SIGNAL INPUT jacks of the left speaker. Connect the white plugs to the L (left) jacks and the red plugs to the R (right) jacks. 3 Connect the speaker cord of the right speaker to the SPEAKER OUTPUT R-ch terminals of the left spea[...]

Setting Up 34 Note Keep the AM loop antenna away as far as possible from the player. If you do not, noise may be heard. 2 Hooking up the antennas 1 Strip the coating from the end of the cable and twist the wires. 2 Connect the wires of the AM loop antenna and the FM lead antenna to the terminals. 1 Press and hold the tab of the terminal. 2 Connect [...]

Setting Up 35 Setting Up 3 Connecting the AC power cord Connect the AC power cord of the left speaker to a wall outlet. 4 Inserting batteries into the remote Insert two AA (size R6) batteries (not supplied) Replacing batteries With normal use, the batteries should last for about six months. When the remote no longer operates the player, replace all[...]

Setting Up 36 To improve the FM reception Connect the FM outdoor antenna (not supplied). If you use a distributor, you can also use the TV antenna. To improve the AM reception Connect a 6- to 15-meter (20- to 50 feet) insulated wire (not supplied) to the AM antenna terminal. Keep the wire as horizontal as possible near the window or outdoor. You do[...]

Setting Up 37 Setting Up DISPLAY Saving power Even when power is turned off, this player consumes about 7.4 W for time indication, timer operation and remote control reception. If you use the saving power function, you can reduce power consumption to less than 1W. When power is turned off, press and hold DISPLAY for about 2 seconds. The player ente[...]

Setting Up 38 Recording a CD on a MiniDisc recorder and DAT recorder * Select a connecting cable depending on the type of the digital input jack of the recorder to be connected. For details, refer to the instruction manual of the component to be connected. The OPTICAL DIGITAL OUT (CD) jack of this player is square-shaped jack. The type of the jack [...]

Setting Up 39 Setting Up Tip You can record the sound of the connected component. Insert a blank tape into the tape compartment, and press z/X then N (page 11). Notes • As long as “ CD ” appears in the display, the optical digital output jack is in operation and the jack lights even if the CD is in stop mode. • If you play a CD-ROM that is [...]

Setting Up 40 Listening through the speakers of other audio equipment 1 Connect the LINE OUT jack of this player with the analog line input jack of the amplifier using the audio connecting cable (not supplied) . 2 Turn on the power of this player and the amplifier and start playing sound on this player. Amplifier to LINE OUT jack to analog line inp[...]

Additional Information 41 Pr ecautions Additional Information On placement • Do not leave the player in a location near heat sources, or in a place subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust or mechanical shock. • Do not place the player on an inclined or unstable place. • Do not place anything within 10 mm of the side of the cabinet. The ven[...]

Additional Information 42 Notes on CDs • Before playing, clean the CD with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the CD from the center out. • Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner, commercially available cleaners or anti-static spray intended for vinyl LPs. • Do not expose the CD to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts, nor leave it[...]

Additional Information 43 T r oubleshooting Symptom There is no audio. Noise is heard. “ NO DISC “ lights in the display even when a CD is in place. The CD does not play. The sound drops out. General Remedy • Press POWER to turn on the player. • Connect the AC power cord to a wall outlet securely. • Connect the power cord to the POWER IN [...]

Additional Information 44 Troubleshooting (continued) Symptom The audio is weak or has poor quality. The audio is not stereo. The picture of your TV becomes unstable. The tape does not move when you press an operation button. The z/X button does not function/ The tape does not play. The tape does not erase completely. The tape does not record. The [...]

Additional Information 45 Symptom The timer does not operate. The remote does not function. After trying the above remedies, if the problem persists, please consult your nearest Sony dealer. Remote Timer Remedy • Make sure the time on the clock is correct. • Check to see if the AC power had been cut off. • Make sure the tape has not wound to [...]

Additional Information 46 Cleaning the tape heads and tape path Wipe the heads, the pinch rollers and the capstans with a cleaning swab slightly moistened with cleaning fluid or alcohol after every 10 hours of operation for optimum playback and recording quality. To make the best possible recording, however, we recommend that you clean all surfaces[...]

Additional Information 47 Specifications AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION With 4-ohm loads, both channels driven from 150 - 10,000 Hz; rated 13 W per channel- minimum RMS power, with no more than 10 % total harmonic distortion in AC operation. Other Specifications CD player section System Compact disc digital au[...]

Index A Audio emphasis 22 B Batteries for remote 35 C CD player 13 Cleaning cabinet 46 tape heads and tape path 46 Connecting AC power cord 35 optional components 38 the system. See Hooking up the system Creating your own program 17 D, E Demagnetizing the tape heads 46 DIMMER 36 Display 13 F, G Finding the beginning of a track 21 H Hooking up anten[...]