Sony MZ-NF610 manual

3-255-343- 32 (1) FM/AM Por table MiniDisc Recor der Operating Instructions Rec order Opera tion _ ________________________ ___ _ Softw are Operati on _ _________________________ ___ _ page 11 page 80 © 2002 Sony Cor poration MZ-NF610 “W ALKMA N” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphon e Stereo products. is a tradem[...]

2 T o prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to r ain or moisture. T o prev ent fir e, do not cov er the ventil ation of th e apparatus wit h news papers , table cloths , curtains , etc . And don’t plac e l ig ht ed candles on the appa ratus. T o pre vent fir e or sh ock haza rd, do not place obje cts fi lled with liqu ids, such as [...]

3 Notice for users On the supplied sof twa r e • Copyright laws pr ohibit reprodu cing the softwa re or the m anual acc ompanying i t in whole or in part, or renting the softw are without the p ermission of th e copyrigh t holder . • In no e ven t will SONY be liabl e for any fi nancial damage, or loss of prof its, includi ng claims made b y th[...]

4 T able of co ntents Recorder Operations Looking at controls .............. ... ............ .... ........ 12 Getting started ........ ............ ........... ............... . 16 Recordi ng an MD right a way! ......... ........... ..... 20 Playing an MD righ t away! ...... .... .... ........... .... . 23 Listening to the radio .......... .......[...]

5 Editing re corded tracks ........... ............ ........... 38 Before editin g .. .... .... ........... ... .... ........... ... .... ........... .... ... ........... .... ... .... . 38 Labeling recordings (N ame) ............ ............... ........... .............. ........... . 38 Labeli ng ........ ............... ........... ............[...]

6 Other ope rations .................. ........... ............... . 51 Useful settin gs ............... ............... .............. ........... .............. ........... .......51 How to use the menu items .......... ........... .............. ........... ..............53 Turning off the beep sound .................. ........... ..............[...]

7 Troublesh ooting and e xplanation s ......... ....... 69 Troubles and solut ions .......... ........... ............... ........... .............. ........... . 69 While cha rging ............. .............. ............... ........... .............. ........... . 69 While rec ording ........... ........... .............. ........... ...........[...]

8 Software Operation What is a Net MD? ........... ........... ............... ..... 81 Basic Ope rations ..... ............ ............... ........... . 82 Basic opera tio na l flow us in g the Net MD ........ ........... .... ... ........... .... ...82 Provid ing the requ ired system environment ......... .............. ........... ....... 8 3 S[...]

9 Other in formation ..... ............ ............... ........... 98 Settings and Precaution s .... .............. ........... ............... .............. ........... . 98 Setting s accordin g to O S ..... .... ... ........... .... ... ........... .... ... ........... .... . 98 For use r s w it h OpenMG Jukeb ox, SonicStage, or SonicStage Prem[...]

10 Befor e using this product This manual e xplains the rec order operations and the installati on and basic use of th e supplie d SonicStage s oftware. For details on t he v ari ous operations, r ef er to the pages indicated belo w . When usin g the recorder Recorder Operation (pages 11 to 79) Pages 11 to 79 in thi s manual explain the us e of the[...]

11 Checking the supplied accessories Optical cable ( 1) Battery c arrying case (1) CD-ROM (S onicStage V er . 1. 5) (1 ) * Carrying case with a belt clip (1) ∗ Do not play a CD- ROM on an audio CD playe r. A C p o we r adapto r (1) NH-7WMAA Nickel metal hydrid e rechargea bl e battery (1) Dedica ted USB cabl e (1) Head phones/e arphones with a re[...]

12 Looking at controls The recor der A Display windo w B GR OUP button C X (pau se ) button D END SEARCH button E MENU butt on F OPEN button G VOL + * , – button * VO L + has a tact ile dot. H 4-wa y contro l k ey ENTER • N * . , > (sea rch/AMS) x • CANCEL/CHG (stop/cancel / char ge) * N has a ta ct ile dot. I REC (record) • T MARK butto[...]

13 The display window of t h e recor der A MONO (monaural) indication B LP mode indicatio n C Sound i ndication s D Disc in dication Sho ws that the disc is rotating for reco rd ing or playin g an MD. E Lev el meter Sho ws the vo lume of the MD be ing played o r recorded . F Disc nam e /track nam e in dication Ligh ts up w hen labe ling a disc o r [...]

14 The headphones/earphones with a r em ote control A VOL +, – b utton s Press to adjust the v olume. B Jog le ver ( . • NX /ENT • > , TUNE – • B AND • TUNE +) NX / ENT (to press) : pla y , pause, ente r . (to slide towa rds): REW > (to slide to w ards): FF B AND (to press): se lect a band TUNE – (to sli de towa rds): tune backw[...]

15 The display window of t he remote contr ol A Disc in dication B PRESET indication C Char acter i nformati on dis play D Play mode indicatio n E SOUND indication F Battery le vel indicatio n G T rack numb er/Ban d/Pres et num ber displa y H Grou p indi ca tion F H G B AC D E[...]

16 Getting star ted Char ge the rechar g eab le ba tter y b efore usin g. Ev en if the rec har geab le batter y is not char ged, you can use t he recorder a s long as the A C po wer adapto r is connecte d. 1 Inser t the r echargeable batt ery Using th e dry batt ery Inser t on e LR6 (size AA) al ka line dry batter y ( not supplie d) instead of the [...]

17 2 Charge t he r echar geable battery . 1 Conne ct the AC po wer adaptor t o DC IN 3V. 2 Pre ss x • CANCEL/CHG w hile th e rec order is stopped. “Charge” flashes, e a ppe ar s i n th e di spl ay , and cha r gi ng st art s. Wh en c har ging is completed , th e battery indica tion disapp ear s. Full cha rging of a com pletely discha rged rec [...]

18 3 Make connections and unlock the controls. 1 Connect the headphon es/earphones with t he remote control to i . 2 Slide H OLD to th e opposite d irection o f the arrow ( . ) to unlo ck the con trols. Battery life For d etails, re fer to “Batte ry life” (page 64) When recording (Unit: Approx. hours) Batteries SP Stereo LP2 Stereo LP4 Stereo N[...]

19 When pla ying (Unit: Approx . hours) When using t h e radio (Unit: Approx . hours) Batt eri es SP Ster eo LP2 Ster eo LP 4 Ster eo NH -7WMAA nickel m etal hydride re chargeab le battery 14.5 15.5 17.5 LR6 (SG) Sony alka li ne dry battery 36 42.5 48 Batt eri es FM/ AM NH -7 WMAA ni ckel metal hydri de rechar geable ba ttery 7.5 LR6 (SG) Sony alka[...]

20 Recor ding an MD right away! This sect ion expl ains the bas ic procedure for making digi tal recordi ngs using an op tical cable connected to a CD player , Digital TV or other digital eq uipment. F or other re cording oper ations, see “V arious w ays of record ing” (page 27). Note that y ou cannot recor d a radio br oadcast that i s being r[...]

21 2 Make connections. (Insert the cables firmly and completely int o the appr opr iate jacks.) 3 Recor d an MD. 1 Set the sound sourc e you want to re cord to pause . 2 While the re cor der is stopped, hol d down REC • T MA RK an d press N . The re corder starts recordi ng . 3 Play t h e so urce yo u wa n t to reco rd . Track marks are au tomati[...]

22 If the recording does n ot start • Ma ke s u r e the reco rder is n o t locked ( pages 12, 18). • Make sure the MD is not record-protec ted (pages 20, 66). • Premast ered MDs ca nnot be recorde d over . Notes • Do not change the rechar geabl e battery durin g operatio n ev en if the r ecorder i s connecte d to AC power adaptor . T he ope[...]

23 Playing an MD right aw ay! 1 Inser t an MD. 1 Pres s O P EN to ope n the lid. 2 Insert a n MD with the lab el side fa cing front, and press the lid d own to clos e. 2 Play an MD. 1 Press N on the reco rder . (Press t he jo g lev er ( NX ) on the remote c ontrol.) A short bee p so und s in the headphone s/ earphone s. 2 Press VO L + or – to ad [...]

24 If the play does no t start Make sure t he recorder i s not lo c ked (pages 1 2 , 18). Note The playback soun d ma y skip if: • the recor de r rece ives stronger co nti nuous shock. • a dirty or scratc hed MD is played. T o Oper at ion on th e recor der Operatio n on t h e re m ote control Pause Pre ss X . Press X agai n to resum e play . Pr[...]

25 Listening to the radio Y o u can en j oy radi o p rogram s with th e b ui lt-in dig ital tun er in the remote cont ro l. Wh il e lis tenin g to th e ra d i o • Controls on the record e r cannot be us ed t o ope rate the tuner . Only the remote cont r ol can b e used. • Radio programs cannot be recorded on the recorder . 1 T ur n on the radio[...]

26 T o improve the broadcast reception • For FM: Exte nd t he headphones / earpho nes cord , whic h act as the FM ante nna. • For AM: Orient the buil t-in AM antenna inside the remote contr ol horizontal ly to obtain opt imum AM recept ion. If an FM broadcast is hard to tune in Press SOUND repeate dly until “Mono” (monau ral) appe ars in th[...]

27 V arious ways of recor ding Viewing various information Y ou can check the remaining time, track number , etc. w he n re cordin g or du ring stop. G roup-rela ted items ap pear only when a tr ack w ith gr oup setti ngs i s play ed and th en stopped . On the r ecor der 1 Press ME NU. 2 Pres s . or > repeatedly unti l “DISP” a ppear s in th[...]

28 On the remote contro l 1 Press DI SPLA Y. Each time you p ress the b utton, the disp la y change s as follo ws: Display window on the remote control Displa y: C / D Note Depending on whethe r the group fu nction is used or not, the ope rat ing c ondi tions, and the disc set tings, you m ay not be a ble to select certain indi cati ons or the indi[...]

29 6 Pres s N whi le pres sing REC • T MARK. The re corder st ands b y for reco rding. 7 Play t he sou rce you want to rec ord. The re corder starts recordi ng automatically wh en it recei ves the playi n g sound. “REC ” light up in the displ ay . T o stop r ecording Pres s x . z When th ere is no sou nd from the player for about 3 se con ds [...]

30 4 Press . or > repeated ly to select the desired r ecording mode, and the n pr es s ENTER. 5 Press N wh ile pressing REC • T MARK. The reco rding start s . 6 Play the s ource you want to r ec ord. T o st o p rec ord ing Press x . The reco rder keeps th e s etting of the record ing mode wh en you reco rd the next time. z Audio compo ne nts t[...]

31 1 Make co nnections. Use the app ropriate co nnecting cor d to suit the source equipment * . When connec ting the cabl e, mak e su re to inse rt the conn ectors firml y . ∗ For det ails, see “Option al accessori es” (page 68) 2 Pres s N whi le pres sing REC • T MARK. The reco rding sta rts. 3 Play t he sou rce you want to rec ord. Adding[...]

32 Using Auto Time Mark to add track marks w hile recording When the elapsed recording time exceeds the time in terv al for Auto Time Mar k: The reco rder adds track mark s at the poi nt you set th e time interv al and fro m that point th e recorder adds a track mark whene ver the time interv al has elaps ed. Exampl e: Eigh t m i nu t e s of record[...]

33 7 While observing the lev el meter in t he display , adjust the reco rding lev el by press ing . or > . Set the le vel so that th e maximum input lig hts up the fifth segme nt on the le vel meter . If the si xth segment lig ht s up , lower the level by pressing . . Rec ordi n g does no t start in this step. If your sou rc e is an externa lly [...]

34 V ar ious w ays of playba ck In thi s section, the o peration using the remote co ntrol is mainly explained . For details on operations do ne on the recor der , see th e pages i ndicated for each operation. Viewing var ious info rma tion Y ou ca n ch eck the track o r di s c na me, track number , the elapsed playing time of the cu rrent trac k, [...]

35 For the reco r der operation , see page 54. Playing a track rep eatedly (Rep eat Pla y) Y ou can us e t h e repeat fu nc tion for norm al play , si ng le-play , and shuffl e pl ay mode . 1 During pla yback in the se lected play mode , pre ss and hold P-M O D E / for 2 se conds or m or e. appear s in the dis pl ay . T o cancel repeat play Press a[...]

36 Adjusting tr eble or bass (Digital Sound Preset) Y ou ca n ad just the tre ble and bass to sui t your ta st e. The player can st or e two s ets of trebl e-bass adjus tm ents, which ca n then be se lected late r during playback . Selecting the sound quality Factor y se ttings Facto ry settings of the Digital So und Preset ar e as follows: • “[...]

37 4 Press t he jog lev er to enter . The soun d setti ng s are sa ved and the playb ack display a ppe ars again. T o cance l the setting Press SOUND repe atedly until no thing appear s in t he dis play i n step 1. T o cance l the procedure Press and hold the D ISPLA Y button or x button fo r 2 second s or m ore. For the reco r der operation , see [...]

38 Editing r ecord ed tracks This se ct io n expl ains the oper at i ons that are done on the record e r . Fo r de ta ils on operations done on the remote co ntrol, see the pa ge s indi ca ted for eac h operat ion. Before edi ting Y ou ca n ed it your recor di ng s b y add ing/ erasing track marks or labeling tra cks and MDs. Notes • Premast ered[...]

39 4 Pres s . or > repeatedly unti l the follo wing item appe ars in the disp lay , and t hen press ENT ER . The curs or flas he s in the let t e r input area a nd the track, gro up, or disc is ready to be labeled. 5 Press V OL + or – to select a lett er and press ENTER. The sel e cted let t e r appear s an d the cursor mo ves to t he next inp[...]

40 Moving recor ded tracks (Move) Y ou ca n ch ange the ord er of the recor ded tracks. Note T o m ov e tr acks in a disc with gro up settings, see page 48. Exampl e Move tr ac k C (track numb er 3) from t he third to t he se cond track. 1 While pl aying the trac k you want to move, pres s M E N U . 2 Press . or > repeate dly until “EDI T” a[...]

41 Dividing a track directly 1 While pl aying or pausin g an MD, press T MA R K on the re co rder at the point you w ant to mark. “MK ON” appe ars i n the di spl ay , and a trac k m ar k i s a dde d. The track numb er will i ncrease by one. T o add track ma rks wh ile recording (except w hile synchro-recording) Pres s T MARK o n the r ecorder a[...]

42 3 Pres s T MARK t o er ase the ma rk . “MK OFF” ap pe ars in the di s play . The tr ac k mark is er ased and th e tw o track s ar e c ombined. z When you e rase a trac k mark, the date, tim e, and name assi gned to the mark are also erased. Note When you erase a trac k mark between th e two consecu tive tracks th at are ass igned int o diffe[...]

43 T o erase the whole disc Y ou can qu i c kly er as e all the tr a cks and data of t he MD at the same time. Note tha t on ce a r ecording has been erased, you cannot retrieve it. Be sure to check the con te nts of the di sc bef ore y ou erase it . 1 Play t he d is c y ou want to erase t o check t h e conten ts. 2 Pres s x to stop . 3 Press ME NU[...]

44 Using th e gro up fun ction What is the gr oup function? The grou p function is pr ovide d t o allo w playba ck of discs wi th group setting s. The group fu nction is convenient fo r playback of MD s on which several albums or CD sing l e s ha ve been r ec orded in MDLP (LP2/L P4) m od e. What is a disc with group settings? The rec order ca n op[...]

45 Recording a tra c k to an existing gr oup Y ou can ad d a t r a ck to an e xisti ng group . 1 Press GR OUP, and then pr ess . or > until the group you want to add a tr a c k to ap pears in the di sp lay . 2 Pres s N while pressi ng REC • T MARK. 3 Play the so urce sou nd. Newly rec or d e d trac k is added aft er the cu rrent conten ts in t[...]

46 Repeat p la y for the sele cted gro up play mode (Gr oup Repeat Play) 1 Duri ng playback in the sele cted group mode, pr es s and hold P- M O D E / for 2 seco nds or more. “ ” app ears in the di sp lay . Playba ck repeats in th e re spective group pl a y mode. Editing gr oups This se ct io n expl ains the oper at i ons that are done on the r[...]

47 Notes • Y ou can create a m aximum of 99 groups on a disc. It will not be po ssible to make a group setting if the tr acks , groups and disc name on a disc contain mo re than the maximum number of charac te r s tha t can be stor e d. • The tracks or groups m ust be sequent ial. If the desired tra cks or groups are not conse c utive, you must[...]

48 3 Press MENU. 4 Press . or > until “E DIT” appear s in the displ ay, and then pre ss ENTER. 5 Press . or > until “ G : Rls” appear s in the displ ay, and press ENTER. “G : Rls? ” and “ENTER ” appear alte rnately in the d isplay . 6 Press E NTER. The grou p setting of the sel e ct ed group is re leased. T o return the preced[...]

49 3 Pres s . or > until “Mov e” appear s in t he dis play , and then pr ess ENTER . 4 Pres s . or > until “T : Move” appear s in t he dis play , and then pr ess ENTER . 5 When moving a track ou t o f a gr ou p, skip this step . When moving a track int o a di fferent grou p, pres s . or > until the dest in at ion group ap pe ars in[...]

50 5 Press . or > to se le ct the destina tion point on t he disc, an d then press EN TER. T o return the preceding settings Press x . T o cancel mo ving Press x for 2 seconds or more. For the r emote control operation, see page 59 . T o e rase a group Y ou ca n er ase tracks i n a se lected grou p. Note that onc e a recording has been er ased, [...]

51 Other ope ration s Useful settings The r ec order has ma ny menus with u se ful functio ns f or re cording, pl ayback, ed it i ng, et c. The follo wing table shows the menu items that you can select. Some items can be set with both the record er and the re mote contr ol, and some can be s et with eit her the record er or the remote contr ol. Cat[...]

52 Displa y Vi e w i n g informatio n Di sp lays various informatio n such as th e remaining time, et c. in the di splay wi nd ow . recor de r pa ge s 27 and 34 remote contr ol page 28 and page 57 Ed iting La be ling (Name) Labels trac ks , grou ps, or the disc. recor der pa ge 38 (track and disc) page 4 8 (group ) remote contr ol page 58 Moving Ch[...]

53 How to use the menu items T o set the menu items, do the fo ll owing proce dure . On the r ecor der: 1 Press MENU to ente r the menu . 2 Pres s . or > to sele ct the item. 3 Press ENTER to enter the selection. 4 Repeat st ep s 2 and 3. The se tting will b e ente red whe n you pr ess ENTER at the last. T o return the preceding set ting Press x[...]

54 T urning off the beep sound Y ou ca n tur n on/off t he beep soun d on the record er and the re mote con trol. 1 Ente r the menu and se lect “ OPTIO N” - “BEEP” . 2 Sele ct “OFF ”. T o tur n on the bee p sound Select “O N ”. Recor ding without over writing existing material If you wish to a voi d record ing ov er the curren t con[...]

55 3 Sele ct “R e pON” (pla ying a trac k repeate dly) o r “RepOFF ”. When you se lect “Re pON”, “ ” appear s on A and the pla yba ck repeats with th e play mode selected in step 2. Listening to selected tra cks only (Book mark Play) T o bookmark the tracks 1 While pla yin g the track you want to bookma rk , pre ss an d h old N for [...]

56 Adjusting treble or bass (Digital Sound Preset) For d etails and r emote control op eration, see page 36. Selecting the sound qua lity 1 Enter the menu an d select “SOUND” - “SOUND1” or “SOUND2 ” . T o cancel Digital Soun d Preset Sele ct “OFF ”. Adjusting the sound qua lity 1 Enter the menu an d select “SOUND” - “SET”. 2[...]

57 Notes • When the power mode i s set to “QUI CK”, the powe r remains on within the recorder ev en when nothing appe a rs in the disp la y. This leads to a s hor te r bat te ry l ife. For th is r ea so n, it is recomm e nde d tha t you charge the battery daily . • If no recorder operation (includ ing opening or closing of the lid) occu rs [...]

58 Labeling ( Name) 1 Enter the m enu and select “EDI T” - “Name” 2 Select one o f the follo wing: The cur sor appears i n the displ ay and the track, grou p, or disc is ready to be labele d. 3 Press V OL + or – re pe atedly to selec t a letter a nd press t he jog lev er . The s elected letter stops flashin g and the curs or move s to the[...]

59 Moving a track in a disc with group setting 1 Whil e p la yi ng th e track you want to move enter th e m e nu and select “EDI T” - “M o ve” - “ : Move”. 2 When moving a track ou t o f a gr ou p, skip this step . When moving a track int o a di fferent group, sl ide the jog le ver until th e dest in at ion group ap pe ars in the disp l[...]

60 T o erase a group 1 Selec t a gr ou p you want to eras e and check t he conten ts (see “T o cue to the start of a gr oup (Group Sk ip)” (page 45 )). 2 Press x t o st op. 3 Enter the m enu and select “EDI T” - “Eras e” - “ : Er ase”. “GP Eras e?” and “Push EN T ER” appear alternatel y in the displa y . 4 Press the jo g lev[...]

61 Lis t of menu s Menus on th e recorder Items l ist ed und er “M enu 1” ar e t he se le ct abl e it ems whi ch a ppea r wh en yo u pres s MEN U, items lis te d under “Menu 2” are the s el ec ta ble items which a p pear wh en you sele ct a n item in Men u 1, and “Men u 3” are the sele ctable items w hich appea r when you sele ct an ite[...]

62 On the remote contro l R-SET R - MODE SP (factory setting) y LP2 y LP4 y MONO RecV o l Auto (factory setting) y Manual T ime Mk MK OFF (fact or y se ttin g ) y MK ON G-REC G-OFF (fact or y se tti ng) y G-ON SYNC-R OFF (factory setting) y ON OPTION A VLS OFF (factory settin g) y ON BEEP OFF y ON (factory setting) R-Posi FrHere (factory setting) y[...]

63 V arious way to use t he radio Presetti ng radio stations Y ou can preset up to 40 radio s tations (30 for FM and 10 for AM). 1 Press RADIO ON/OFF t o turn on th e radi o. If “PR ESE T” is display ed, pr ess P- MODE/ to make it disa ppear from the display . 2 Press the j og lev er repeate dly to select “FM” or “AM” . 3 Sl id e the j [...]

64 Power sou rces Y ou ca n use the re corder on house cu rrent or as fo llows. — a nicke l metal hydr id e re chargeable battery N H - 7W MAA — an L R6 ( size AA) alka line dry battery It is pref er able to use th e recorder on house current when rec ording f or a long time. When using a b attery , ma ke sure it is a fully ch ar g ed rechargea[...]

65 Addit io nal information Precautions On safety Do not put any foreign object s in the DC IN 3V jack. On po wer sources • Use house curre nt , nickel metal hydride rechar g ea ble battery , LR6 (size AA) battery , or car batt er y . • For use in your house: Do not use any other A C powe r adaptor si nce it may cause the recorder to malfunct i[...]

66 On the M iniDisc cartridge • When c arrying or stor ing the MiniDis c, keep it in its ca se. • Do not break ope n th e shutter . • Do not pl ace the cartr idge where i t will be subject t o light, e xtreme tem peratures, moistur e or dust. • Attach the suppl ie d MD la be l only in the space de sign ated for it on the disc. Do not stick [...]

67 Specifications MD reco rde r Audio pla ying system MiniDis c digital audio syst em Laser diode properties Material: GaAlAs W avelength: λ = 790 nm Emis sion duration : continuous Laser output: less t han 44.6 µW (This outpu t is the v alu e mea sure d at a distance of 200 mm f rom the lens su rf ac e o n th e optic al pick-up blo ck with 7 mm [...]

68 Option al accessor ies Optica l Cable POC-15B, P OC-15AB, POC-DA12SP MDR-ser ie s ste r e o headp hones/earphones * SRS-series acti ve speak ers Y our dealer may not h andle some of the a bove listed accessories. Please ask the dealer for detailed i nf or ma ti on about the accesso ri es in your country. ∗ When using option a l headphones, use[...]

69 T rou bl eshooting and explanatio ns T roubles and solutions If you find any tr ou bles opera ti n g the record er , follow the st ep s below . 1 Che c k t hi s s ection, “Troubles an d solutio ns ” (page 69). Y ou may find the so lution of your troubl e on “Mess ages” (page 75) as w ell. Check t he info rmatio n. 2 If you can not solve [...]

70 Record ing cannot be done c orrectly . • Audi o so urces ma y no t be securely c onn ected. , Disco nnect the au di o s our ces once an d connect them ag ain (pages 18, 21 ). • There i s no di gital signal fro m the portab le CD pl ayer . , Wh en record ing digita lly from a portable C D player, use the A C po wer adapt or and disabl e th e [...]

71 While playing “T rFULL” ap pears even before the disc has r eached t he maximum recording time (60, 7 4, or 80 minutes) and th e record ing cann ot be done. • T his is due to the MiniDisc syste m limitation. When 2 54 tracks have been rec orded on th e disc, “TrFULL” a ppears regar dless of the total r ecord ed t ime. More than 2 54 tr[...]

72 While Edit ing No s ound com es through th e headph ones/ earp hones. • The headp hones/ea rp hones plug is no t firml y co nnected. , Plug in the pl ug of the headphon es/earphon es firmly to the remote contr ol . Plug in the plug of th e r emote c o ntr ol f irmly to i . • The plug is d irty . , Cle an the plug. The re co rder skip s to se[...]

73 While using gro up function While using the radio Tr a c k ma r k s canno t be er ased. • This is due to the Min iDisc system l imitations. When the data of a track is f ragmented , the track ma rk of a fragm ent under 12 secon ds long (re co rded in SP ster eo ), 24 second s l ong (recor de d in LP2 stereo mo de or mona ur al mo de), or 48 s [...]

74 Other s e flashes in the disp l a y on the remote c ontrol a nd the rad io does not operat e. • The r echar geable b attery or th e alka line dr y batte ry is used up . — Charge the batte ry or replace t he battery with ne w LR6 (size AA) al kaline dry ba ttery (page 16). Sympt om Cause/R emedy The re co rder does not wor k or works poorl y [...]

75 Messages If the fol l owing er ror messag es flash in th e di s play window , che ck the char t be lo w . Error message Me aning/Re m edy A VLS • A VLS is set to “ ON” so t hat t he volume will not i ncre as e an y mo re. , Set A V LS to “OFF” (page 57). FULL • Y ou trie d to se t the 21st book m ar k. , Y ou c an set up to 20 bookma[...]

76 LoB A TT • Battery is we ak. , Repl ace th e dry ba ttery (page 16). MEM O RY • Y ou t ri ed to record w ith the re co rder place d where it re ceives conti nuo us vibration. , Put the re corder on a stab le place, and start recor d i ng a gai n. NO CHG • Y ou trie d to ch arg e at a place wh ere th e temper atur e is too high. , Charge th[...]

77 Rec ER R • R ec or ding was not corr ect l y do ne. , Place t he r ec order at a plac e w i th no vibration s and recor d again. • T he disc is soil ed with an oil f ilm or f inger prin ts, is scratch ed, or is not a s tandard disc. , T ry r ec ording again w i th another di s c. SA VE D • Y ou tried t o record or edi t on a MD with the ta[...]

78 Explanations Differ ence between di gital (optical) and analog (line) inputs The input ja ck of this recor der works as both digital an d analog input ja cks. Connect the recor der to a CD pla yer or a casset te reco rder usi ng eit her digi tal ( optica l) input or analo g (line ) i np ut. T o reco rd, see “R ec ording an M D r ight away!” [...]

79 The meani ng of “no soun d” “No sound” d esc ri bes a rec orde r condition in whi ch the inp ut l evel is about 4.8 mV du ring analo g inp ut or le ss tha n –89 dB during optical (dig ital) input (with 0 dB as fu ll bit (the maximum recordable lev el for a MiniDisc)). Note on digital recording This recor de r use s the Se ria l C o py [...]

80 Recording audio data to your computer Y o u can re cord audio data to yo ur computer from sources s uch as audio CDs and the Internet (pa ge 88) . On the computer Listening Y ou can listen to an audio CD in the CD- ROM dri ve o f yo ur co mputer , or a udi o data in the hard di sk drive (page 95). Inte rnet Audi o CDs[...]

81 What is a Net MD? Net MD is a stand ard tha t enables th e transf er of audio data from a compute r to a MiniDisc de vice. T o use this Net MD wi th your computer requires a so ftware applic ation called “Son icSt age”. SonicStage s oftware pro vides a da tabase for manag ing audio data in the computer and functions f or playing the audio da[...]

82 Basic Operat i ons Basic operational f low using the Net MD The fo llowing is the bas i c steps th at you will tak e fo llowing th e purc h a s e of you r reco rd er . Thro ugh these st eps, you will prepare and s et up your c omputer fo r use of you r recorder as a Net MD. Do th e follo wing steps, a nd refer to t he indicated pa ges for detai [...]

83 Providing the r eq uir ed system envir onment System requirements The f ol l owing har dware and sof tware are req ui re d i n order to use th e SonicStage software for the Ne t MD. This so f tware is not sup ported by t he following environme nts: • Macintosh • W indows XP versions other than Hom e Edition or Professional • W indows 2000 [...]

84 Installing the softwar e onto your computer This section e x plains t he inst allat ion of the So nicSta ge V er .1.5 software suppli ed with y our Net MD. Before installing the software 1 Make sur e t o not e th e following before ins ta lli ng t he so ftware . Do not connec t the de dicat ed US B cable before the installation! The Soni cSt age[...]

85 Installing SonicStage V er .1.5 1 T urn on your compute r and start up W indows . 2 Insert the installation CD-R OM for SonicStage into the CD-R OM drive of your c omputer . The setu p program st ar ts up automa tically and the So nicStage V er .1.5 inst allation window appe ars. 3 Click to select [SonicStage 1.5]. T o u se th is softwa re wi th[...]

86 4 Follo w the displayed instructions. Read the in struct ions care fully . The installati on may tak e 20 to 30 minutes, depen ding on your sys tem environment (page 10 7). 5 After the installation is completed, click [Restart] to restart the compu ter . Make sur e to r estart your c omput er only aft er the insta llation has co mpleted. W as t [...]

87 Connecting the Net MD to your computer After the s oftware insta llation is compl eted, connect t he Net MD to your c omputer . Refer to the operating i nstructions of t he Net MD as well . 1 Insert a recordable disc into the Net MD. 2 Make the power source and th e dedicated USB cable co n nection s with the Net MD and the computer . 3 Check th[...]

88 Storing audio data to your computer This se ct ion ex pl ai ns ho w t o reco rd and st or e au dio d ata from an aud io CD t o the h ard disk drive of your com put e r . The proc edure in this se ction is used to rec ord all tracks o n an audio CD. T o r eco rd only speci fic trac ks from a CD, or fr om other soun d sources, se e the online he l[...]

89 Recording audio CDs to the hard disk drive In Soni cS tage V er .1. 5, th e ha rd disk drive is called th e “Music Dr ive”. The Mus i c D r i ve manag es all audio d ata st ored b y SonicSt age. 1 Insert the audio CD that you want t o recor d into the CD -R OM dri ve of your comp uter . The CD w i ndow ap pe ars in the dis pl ay . Note When [...]

90 4 Click in the middle of the recording window and select the recording mode. Whe n re cording da ta in LP2 mo de : select A T RAC3 132kbps Whe n re cording da ta in LP4 mo de : select A T RAC3 66kbps 5 If the list panel is not displayed, click . List panel s a ppear under th e re cording w i nd o w . The cont ents of the audio CD appe ar in t he[...]

91 Labeling audio data After reco rding has complete d, you can labe l the audio data in the Music Driv e. Once audio data in the Mus ic Dri ve is labeled, th e label informatio n will b e tr an sf erred to a disc alon g with the audi o dat a, all ow ing you t o vie w the da ta on y our Net MD. 1 Start u p SonicSt age (pa ge 88) and click (Mus ic D[...]

92 T ransferring audio data from your computer to the Net MD (Check-out) Audi o da ta stored on the M usic Drive can be tran sf erred to yo ur N et MD. This proce ss is called “ C heck-out”. The n umber of times a tr ack can be checke d out is re stricted in this soft ware f or the pr otect ion of c opyri ghts (p age 110). Checki ng out audio f[...]

93 3 Click in the middle of the display and select the recor d i ng mo de ( pa g e 90). Standard tr ansfer mode: Da ta are transfe rred in the fo rmat of the or iginal fi les. Maximum a vailable t ransfer space: All data are tra nsferred in LP4 mode. SP transfer mode: All da ta a re conv erted an d tr ansferred in n or mal st ereo mode. Se lec t th[...]

94 Notes • Once a check -out ( or chec k- in) ha s sta r te d, do not disc on nect the dedicated USB cable o r power source unt il th e check-out oper at ion has c om pleted. These ac tion s may damage the dat a or caus e the syst em to ma lfunction. • Make sure not to bump the Net M D after chec k- out ha s st arted. If you do, the conten ts o[...]

95 Listening to an MD Y ou can listen to an MD o n the Net MD while it is connected to your computer . When disc onnect ed from your com puter , the Net MD c an be use d as a n ordi nary Min iDisc de vice . For de tails on Net MD oper ations, refer to the “Re corder Operations” se ction. Listening to an MD wit h the Net MD connected to the comp[...]

96 Advanced ope ration s Using other functions! Using the Sonic Stage online help This man ual explains onl y the basic oper ations of the Son icStage so ft w ar e. Ho wever, the soft ware has a host of oth er fun ctions that al low you to carry out v ario us opera tions, such as imp or t in g audio files from the Internet , cl assifying a nd manag[...]

97 Viewing online help Let’ s find out how to use th e on line help first. An expl ana tion on the use of the o nl in e he lp can al so be found in th e online help . 1 Double click [Overvie w] in the le ft-hand frame. 2 Click [About t his Help f ile]. The explan ation will a ppe ar in the righ t-hand frame . 3 Read the text. Scroll th e display [...]

98 Other informat ion Settings and Pr ecautions Settings accor ding to OS The settings and precautions will differ according to th e operating system bein g used. Check th e i te m s that apply to yo ur system. For Windows XP use rs Restrictions whe n ru nning t he Son icSt age softwa re unde r Windows XP • T o instal l this software , you must l[...]

99 For Windo ws Millennium Edi tion users When us ing SonicS tage under Windows Millennium Edition If you u se the “Syste m Restore ” func tion in W indows “Sy stem T ools”, audi o data manage d by SonicS tage may beco me corrup te d a nd rendered unp layable. Bef or e execut in g the system re st oration pro ced ure, you sh oul d f ir st b[...]

100 For users with OpenMG J ukebox , SonicStage, or SonicStage Premium inst alle d on their computer Note Confirm wh et he r any tracks have been che cked out from yo ur computer. If tracks have been c hecked out fr om O pe nMG Jukeb ox, an e ar l ier version of So ni cS tage, or SonicStage Premium, it may n ot be possible to c heck those tracks ba[...]

101 Precautions on the co-existence of SonicStage V er . 1.5 with OpenMG Ju kebox V er .2.2 or Soni cStage Premium • Make sure the OpenMG Jukebox V er .2.2 icon is not displaye d in the task tray. If it is, th e Net MD may not be recognized by your computer . • Audio data reco rd ed on the com puter are stored in a common f ile and use d by bot[...]

102 Uninstalling the SonicSt age software T o un in st al l th e SonicStage s oftware, fo llow th e pr oc edures bel ow . For Window s XP use r s Log on with a us er name with “Computer Admi nistrator” as an attr ibute. Refer to the operating instr uctions of your computer for deta ils on logging o n as an administra tor . 1 Click [Start]–[Co[...]

103 2 Double-click [Add/Re mo ve Programs]. The Ad d/ Re mov e Pr ogr ams Proper ties window appe ar s. 3 Click [SonicStage 1.5.XX] in the list of programs for automatic remov al, and then c lick [Add/Remove]. 4 Click [OpenMG Secure Module 3.1]* in the list of programs for automatic remov al, and then click [Add/Remove]. Do as in st r ucted by the [...]

104 T roubl eshooting Please do the follo wing steps if you encounter a problem while usin g the SonicSta ge softwar e. In case a m e ssage appea rs, it is recom m ended th at y ou write it down. Step 1: Chec k the symptoms in this “T roubleshooting” section. A v ari ety of infor mati on can a lso be found in the op erat ing p roce dures a nd ?[...]

105 Comp ute r • Manu facturer: • Model : • T ype: Deskto p type / Lapt op ty pe Name of opera ting system: RAM capaci ty: Har d di sk dri ve (con taining Soni c Stage and aud io data) • Capac ity o f the driv e: • Free spa ce: Inst al le d f older contai ni ng SonicStag e ( if other than th e de fault folder ) 1) • Location of the inst[...]

106 If y our computer does not recognize the Ne t M D • Is the Net MD conne cted correctly to your computer ? — If the Net MD i s not f irmly connected to the computer , the Net MD will not be recogni zed by your com p uter . — Rec on nect the de di ca ted USB cab le . I f the computer st ill doe s not recog ni ze the Net MD, dis co nnect the[...]

107 • If the installat io n see ms to be stopped It may tak e 30 minutes or more for t he installat ion to complete, depending on your compu t e r or CD-R OM dri ve. During the in stallation, watch out for the occurre nce of any o f the follo wing proble ms. • If the installation is still unsucce ssful after all that y o u have done . — Th e [...]

108 Information and expl anations Net MD F AQ This se ct ion introdu ce s frequent ly as k e d qu estions and a nswers on th e N et M D. On the Net MD What is a “N e t MD”? Net MD is a sp ecification tha t allows audio dat a in a co mputer to be tr ans ferred to a MiniDi s c throug h a USB cable. Ti ll now , Mini Discs cou ld be used t o record[...]

109 On Editing Can checked-out trac ks be edited on the Net MD? • Things yo u ca n do on the Net MD : — Label conte nts. — As si gn or release group s — Mov e tr acks o r grou ps. • Things yo u ca nnot do on the N et M D: — Add track mar ks (div ide)/erase track marks (c ombine). — Delete track s, gr oups, or the entir e disc con tent[...]

110 On copyr ight protection The Ope nM G techno logy* allows you to enj oy di gital music , wh ile maintai ni ng t he copyrig ht s of its holde rs . OpenMG Juke box encrypt s a ud io files in Op en MG format a nd store s t hem on the har d di sk o f y our compute r to prevent unauthor i zed distribution . * The cop yr ight pro te ction technology [...]

111 Restrictions on audio conte nt Hig h- quality dig ital audio conten t is widely available th rough mus i c di stribution se rv ices on the I nt ernet. T o pr ot ec t the copyrights o f i ts hol d ers from una uthorized di st r ib utio n, some aud io conten t i s dis tributed with ce rt ai n restricti ons on recor di ng and playbac k. For exampl[...]

112 Glossary A TRAC3 A TRAC3, which s ta nds for Adaptive T ran sform Aco u s tic Coding3, is au dio compres si on techno logy that satis fies th e de mand for hi g h sound qua l ity a nd high com pr ession rate s. The A TRA C3 compression rate is approximately 1 0 times higher th an that of the Au dio CD, resultin g an increased data capacity for [...]

113 Recording mod e (Bit rate) This is a measur e of data v ol ume per se cond. The ra te is e xpre ssed in bps (bits per secon d). In Soni cS tage, the bi t r at e ca n be selected for recordin g an a ud io CD or converting MP3 and W A V for m at au dio files into A TR AC3 format f ro m a m on g three rates: 132 k bps, 105 kbp s or 66 k bps. In th[...]

114 Index A Acce ssories optional 68 supplied 11 ATRAC3 108 , 11 2 Audi o CD 80 , 89 Auto Time Mark 31 AVLS 57 B back u p 101 Bookma rk add 35 , 55 play 35 C CD-ROM 83 Char ging 17 Check-i n 108 , 112 Checki ng playin g posi tion 34 remain ing time 27 , 34 Check-o ut 92 , 108 , 112 Cleaning 66 Com bin ing tra ck s 41 Connect ing 87 analo g 30 digit[...]

115 P Play mo de groups 45 tracks 34 , 36 Playlist 92 , 11 2 Pres etting radi o stati ons 63 Q Quick m ode 56 R Radi o 63 Recor ding addin g track mark s 31 analog 30 digi tal 20 level 32 MDL P mode 29 without ove rw ri ti ng tra cks 54 Record in g mode (Bit rate) 90 , 93 , 113 Record in g na vigation window 89 Rela beling 39 S SDMI 113 SonicStage [...]

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