Sony MHC-F50 manual

Mini Hi-Fi Component System Owner’s Record The model and serial numbers are located on the rear panel. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. Serial No. 3-860-078- 11 (1) MHC-F50 MHC-F100 MHC-FR1 f ©1997 by Sony Corporation Operating Instructio[...]

2 WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only. Do not install the appliance in a confined space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet. Laser component in this product is capable of emitting radiation exceeding t[...]

EN 3 T able of Contents Getting Started Step 1 : Hooking up the system ........... 4 Step 2 : Setting the time ........................ 6 Step 3 : Presetting radio stations ......... 7 Inserting CDs .......................................... 8 Connecting optional AV components .................................... 10 Basic Operations Playing a CD ..[...]

4 FM75 AM R + L + – Step 1: Hooking up the system Connect the FM/AM antennas. Set up the AM loop antenna, then connect it. Connect the speakers. Connect the speaker cords to the SPEAKER jacks of the same color. Keep the speaker cords away from the antennas to prevent noise. 1 Getting Started 2 AM loop antenna Extend the FM lead antenna horizontal[...]

5 Inserting two size AA (R6) batteries into the remote Tip With normal use, the batteries should last for about six months. When the remote no longer operates the system, replace both batteries with new ones. Note If you do not use the remote for a long period of time, remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage. Note on plac[...]

6 1 Press t /CLOCK SET. The hour indication flashes. 2 Turn the jog dial to set the hour. The clock is on a 12-hour system. 3 Press ENTER. The minute indication flashes. Step 2: Setting the time You must set the time before using the timer functions. 4 Turn the jog dial to set the minute. 5 Press ENTER. The clock starts working. Tips • If you’v[...]

7 n Step 3: Pr esetting r adio stations For Singaporian model, you can preset up to 40 stations, 20 for FM, 10 for MW and 10 for SW. For North and South American and Australian models, you can preset up to 30 stations, 20 for FM and 10 for AM. 4 Press TUNER MEMORY. A preset number appears in the display. 5 Turn the jog dial to select the desired pr[...]

8 4 Turn the jog dial until you find the disc slot where you want to insert a disc, while checking the disc number (written beside every slot and also indicated in the display). The disc number* or disc title (for MHC-F100/MHC-FR1 only, see page 26 for details) at the loading position appears in the display. As you turn the jog dial, the disc numbe[...]

9 5 Insert a disc with the label side facing right. Notes • Make sure you have inserted the disc into each slot at a right angle to the rotary table. If the disc is not put in straight, it may damage the player or the disc. • Make sure the rotary table comes to a complete stop before inserting or removing discs. 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to insert[...]

10 Connecting optional A V components To enhance your system, you can connect optional components. Refer to the instructions of each component. MHC-FR1 is used for illustration purpose. Connecting a VCR Make sure to match the color of the plugs and the connectors. To listen to the sound of the connected VCR, press FUNCTION repeatedly until “VIDEO[...]

11 Connecting surround speakers (For MHC-F100/MHC-FR1 only) You can connect an optional surround speakers. Note You need to connect both left and right surround speakers. Otherwise, the sound will not be heard. Connecting an MD deck for analog recording Make sure to match the color of the plugs and the connectors. To listen to the sound of the conn[...]

12 Connecting optional AV components (continued) Connecting outdoor antennas Connect the outdoor antenna to improve the reception. FM antenna Connect the optional FM outdoor antenna. You can also use the TV antenna instead. AM antenna Connect a 6- to 15- meter (20- to 50- feet) insulated wire to the AM antenna terminal. Leave the supplied AM loop a[...]

Basic Operations 13 Playing a CD — Normal play 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until “CD” appears. 2 Turn the jog dial until the desired disc number or the disc title* appears. 3 Press ENTER or CD fl (or CD ( on the remote) The selected disc is set to the playing position, and starts playing. * For MHC-F100/MHC-FR1 only, see page 26 for details.[...]

14 Playing a CD (continued) To specify the next CD to play While playing a disc, turn the jog dial until the desired disc number (or disc title) and “NEXT” appears. To skip to the next disc right away, press ENTER. To cancel the specified disc, press CONTINUE twice so that “NEXT” disappears. Tips • Pressing CD ·∏ when the power is off [...]

Basic Operations 15 Recording a CD — CD Synchro Recording The CD SYNCHRO button lets you record from a CD to a tape easily. You can use TYPE I (normal) or TYPE II (CrO 2 ) tapes. The recording level is adjusted automatically. 1 Press § EJECT and insert a blank tape into deck B. 2 Turn the jog dial until the desired disc number or the disc title [...]

16 n n Listening to the r adio –– Preset Tuning Preset radio stations in the tuner's memory first (see “Step 3: Presetting radio stations”). 1 Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly until the band you want appears. Each time you press the button, the band changes as follows: Singaporian model: FM n MW n SW North and South American and Australian [...]

Basic Operations 17 You can record the radio program on a tape by calling up a preset station. You can use TYPE I (normal) or TYPE II (CrO 2 ) tapes. The recording level is automatically adjusted. continued To listen to non-preset radio stations Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until “MANUAL” or “AUTO” appears in step 2, then tune in the statio[...]

18 Playing a tape You can use any type of tape, TYPE I (normal), TYPE II (CrO 2 ) or TYPE IV (metal) , since the deck automatically detects the tape type. 4 Press § EJECT and insert a blank tape into deck B. 5 Press REC ® . Deck B stands by for recording. 6 Press DIRECTION repeatedly to select A to record on one side. Select ß (or RELAY) to reco[...]

Basic Operations 19 1 Press § EJECT and insert a recorded tape in deck A or B. 2 Press DIRECTION repeatedly to select A to play one side. Select ß * to play both sides. To play both decks in succession, select RELAY (relay play).** 3 Press TAPE A · or TAPE B · . Press ª (or TAPE A ( or TAPE B ( on the remote again) to play the reverse side. Th[...]

20 Recording fr om a tape — High-speed Dubbing 4 Press PAUSE ∏ . Dubbing starts. To stop dubbing Press π STOP. Tips • When you dub on both sides, start recording from the front side. If you record from the reverse side, recording stops at the end of the reverse side. • If you set DIRECTION to ß when the tapes you use have different length[...]

21 Using the CD display You can check the remaining time of the current track or that of the CD. The CD Player 1) For labeled CD or CD with CD-TEXT (For MHC-F100/MHC-FR1 only) 2) CD with CD text (For MHC-F100/MHC-FR1 only) 3) TOC = Table of Contents; displays current disc number, track number, playing time of the track. / Press DISPLAY/DEMO. Each t[...]

22 Playing the CD tr acks in r andom order –– Shuffle Play You can play all the tracks on one CD or all CDs in random order. 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until “CD” appears. 2 Press SHUFFLE to select ALL DISCS or 1 DISC Shuffle Play mode. Each time you press SHUFFLE, “ALL DISCS” or “1 DISC” appears. 3 When you want to specify the dis[...]

23 4 Press ENTER or CD ·∏ . “ J ” appears and then all the tracks play in random order. To cancel Shuffle Play Press CONTINUE. Tips • You can start Shuffle Play by pressing SHUFFLE while playing. • You can specify the next disc to play during 1 DISC Shuffle Play. Turn the jog dial to specify the next disc. After all the tracks on the cur[...]

24 To Check the program Clear a specific track or disc Clear from the last track or disc Add tracks or discs to the end of the program Clear a specific program You need to Press CHECK repeatedly. After the last track, “END” appears. Press CHECK until the track or disc you do not want appears, then press CLEAR. Press CLEAR. Each time you press t[...]

25 Playing your favorite CD independently — Plus One Play When you insert a disc into the PLUS ONE slot, you can play the disc independently from other discs. When using this function, the player is automatically set to 1 DISC Continuous Play mode. 1 Open the front cover. 2 Press CD PLUS ONE (or PLUS ONE on the remote). The indicator on the CD PL[...]

26 Labeling a CD (For MHC-F100/MHC-FR1 only) — Disc Memo You can label each disc using up to 12 characters. When you select a CD-TEXT disc, the first 12 characters of the disc title are stored as a disc memo. Whenever you load the labelled CD, the label (disc title) appears in the display. Playing Your Favorite CD Independently (continued) Tips ?[...]

27 4 Turn the jog dial until the desired character appears. The cursor disappears and the first space for the disc title flashes. To select characters on the unit As you turn the jog dial clockwise, the characters appear in the following order. Turn the jog dial counterclockwise to go back to the previous character. To select characters on the remo[...]

28 3 Press ENTER when the disc title of the disc you want to play appears. The disc is set to the playing position, and the player starts playing. In Program Play mode, the disc will be added to the end of the program. Note If “NO ENTRY” appears, no disc has been labeled. Try the Memo Scan function again after labeling the discs. Locating a dis[...]

29 4 Turn the jog dial to find the disc title you want. As you turn the jog dial, the Disc Memos starting with the input character appear in the display. 5 Press ENTER to select the disc. In Program Play mode, the disc will be added to the end of the program. To locate a disc on the remote Press the B or b key on the remote until the disc title in [...]

30 5 Press PAUSE ∏ . Recording starts. 6 Start playing the source to be recorded. Tips • If you want to record from the reverse side, press TAPE B ª so that ª (for reverse side) lights up. • When you want to reduce the hiss noise in low- level high-frequency signals, press DOLBY NR so that “DOLBY NR B” appears before step 5. • To skip[...]

31 Recording a CD by specifying tr ack order 1 Insert a blank tape into deck B. 2 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until “CD” appears. 3 Press PROGRAM repeatedly until the program number (PROGRAM 1, 2 or 3) appears. 4 Turn the jog dial until the disc number you want appears. You can record tracks from all the CDs in the order you want. When programmin[...]

32 To stop recording Press π STOP. To check the order Press CHECK repeatedly. After the last track, “END” appears. To cancel Program Edit Press CONTINUE. Tip If the track cuts off during recording, because the tape ended while recording on the A side, the track will automatically be recorded from the beginning on the B side. Recording a CD by [...]

33 Looping part of a CD — Loop With the loop function, you can repeat part of a CD during playback. This lets you create original recordings. Flashing part of a CD — Flash With the flash function, you can “flash” the CD sound during playback. This lets you create original recordings. DJ Effects / Press and hold LOOP/DELETE during playback a[...]

34 n Sound Adjustment Notes • With some songs, the music will sound distorted when you use the DBFB system with the graphic equalizer if the bass is too strong. Adjust the bass slowly while listening to music so that you can monitor the effect of the adjustment. • Cancelling GROOVE sets DBFB to “DBFB ” and flattens the equalizer curve. To c[...]

35 To cancel the effect Press EFFECT repeatedly so that “EFFECT OFF” appears in the display. Music menu options “SUR ” appears if you select an effect with surround effects. Selecting the audio emphasis The audio emphasis menu lets you select the sound characteristic according to the sound you are listening to. The personal file function (s[...]

36 To change the equalizer display Each time you press SPECTRUM ANALYZER, the equalizer display changes to show one of the three displays below. Spectrum analyzer pattern 1 Spectrum analyzer pattern 2 Graphic equalizer curve Selecting the audio emphasis (continued) µ µ m / Press SUR repeatedly so that “SUR ” appears in the display. Note When [...]

37 4 Turn the jog dial to adjust level. 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4. 6 Press ENTER when finished. Note If you choose another menu audio emphasis (other than “EFFECT OFF”) the adjusted sound effect is lost. To retain the adjusted sound effect for future use, store it in a personal file. (See “Making a personal audio emphasis file”.) Adjusting the[...]

38 Making a personal audio emphasis file — Personal file You can create a personal file of audio patterns (surround effect and graphic equalizer) and store them in the memory of the unit. Later call up an audio pattern to play a favorite tape, CD, or radio program. Create up to five audio files. Before operation, first select the audio emphasis y[...]

39 n N Singing along: Kar aoke (For Singaporian model only) Other Features 1 Turn MIC LEVEL to 0 to turn down the microphone control level. 2 Connect an optional microphone to MIX MIC. 3 Press KARAOKE PON/MPX repeatedly to obtain the karaoke effect you desire. Every time you press the button, the display changes as follows: KARAOKE PON n MPX R n MP[...]

40 / Press SLEEP on the remote. Every time you press the button, the minute display (the turn-off time) changes as follows: AUTO n 90min n 80min n 70min n … n 10min n OFF n AUTO … When you choose auto The power turns off when the current CD or tape finishes playback (for up to 100 minutes). To check the remaining time Press SLEEP once. To chang[...]

41 n n 4 Turn the jog dial to select DAILY 1 or 2, then press ENTER. “ON” appears and the hour digits flash in the display. 5 Set the time to start playback. Turn the jog dial to set the hour, then press ENTER. The minute indication starts flashing. Turn the jog dial to set the minute, then press ENTER. The hour indication flashes again. 6 Set [...]

42 To check the setting Press TIMER SELECT and turn the jog dial to select the respective mode (DAILY 1 or DAILY 2), then press ENTER. To change the setting, start over from step 1. To cancel the timer operation Press TIMER SELECT and turn the jog dial to select “OFF”, then press ENTER. Tip The power turns on 15 seconds before the preset time. [...]

43 4 Set the time to start recording. Turn the jog dial to set the hour, then press ENTER. The minute indication starts flashing. Turn the jog dial to set the minute, then press ENTER. The hour indication flashes again. 5 Set the time to stop recording following the above procedure. The start time appears, followed by the stop time, the recording s[...]

44 Pr ecautions 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 benzene, 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 in a car p[...]

45 Before placing a cassette in the tape deck Take up any slack in the tape. Otherwise the tape may get entangled in the parts of the tape deck and become damaged. When using a tape longer than 90 minutes The tape is very elastic. Do not change the tape operations such as play, stop, and fast-winding etc. frequently. The tape may get entangled in t[...]

46 Troubleshooting (continued) There is severe hum or noise. • A TV or VCR is placed too close to the stereo system. Move the stereo system away from the TV or VCR. The sound from the connected source is distorted. • If “VIDEO” appears in the display when you press FUNCTION, switch the display to “MD” (see “Before connecting an MD dec[...]

47 Tape Deck The tape does not record. • No tape in the cassette holder. • The tab has been removed from the cassette (see “To save a tape permanently” on page 44). • The tape has reeled to the end. The tape does not record nor play or there is a decrease in sound level. • The heads are dirty. Clean them (see “Cleaning the tape heads?[...]

48 Specifications CD player section System Compact disc and digital audio system Laser Semiconductor laser ( λ =780nm) Emission duration: continuous Laser output Max. 44.6 µ W* *This output is the value measured at a distance of 200 mm from the objective lens surface on the Optical Pick-up Block with 7 mm aperture. Wavelength 780 – 790 nm CD OP[...]

49 Tuner section FM stereo, FM/AM superheterodyne tuner FM tuner section Tuning range 87.5 – 108.0 MHz Antenna terminals 75 ohm unbalanced Intermediate frequency 10.7 MHz AM tuner section Tuning range North American models: 530 – 1,710 kHz (with the AM tuning interval set at 10 kHz) 531 – 1,710 kHz (with the AM tuning interval set at 9 kHz) S[...]

50 Index L, M Loop 33 N Normal Play 13 O One Touch Play 14 P , Q Personal file 38 Playing a CD 13 a preset radio station 16 a tape 18 tracks in random order (Shuffle Play) 22 tracks in the desired order (Program Play) 23 tracks repeatedly (Repeat Play) 21 Plus One Play 25 Presetting radio stations 7 Preset tuning 16 Program Play 23 Protecting recor[...]

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