Sony MZ-R910 manual

3-243-699- E1 (1) Por table MiniDisc Recor der Oper ating I nstr u ctions ©2002 Sony Corporation MZ-R910 “W ALKMAN” is a trademark of S on y Corporation.[...]

2 B Opera ting Inst ructio ns Looking at th e c ontrols The numbers are keyed to the illustrat ions in the Englis h text (pag es 9 to 11). The reco r d er A Display windo w B T MARK b utton C Batt ery comp artmen t D END SEARCH b utton E VOLUME +*/– buttons *The VOLUME + button has a tac ti le dot. F T ermi n als for attachi ng dr y batt ery case[...]

3 List of me nus Menu fu nctions T o use me nu items on the recorder, press the jog dial to en ter th e menu , tu rn the d ial to s ele ct the item, and th en pr ess the dial again to con f irm the me nu. T o use menu item s on the remot e c ontrol , press DISPLA Y for 2 seconds or more, turn the control repeated ly to s elect the it em, and then p[...]

4 B Prep aring Getting star ted! See the illust rations in English text (page s 12 and 16). Charge the rechargeable ba tt ery be f or e using. Even if the r echargeab le batte ry is not cha rged , you can use the reco r der a s long as the AC power adaptor is conn ecte d. 1 Insert t he nickel me tal hydride recharg ea ble batter y (N H - 1 4WM) int[...]

5 B M D r ec o r d i n g Recording an M D right away ! (Sy nchr o- recording) See th e il lus trations in Engl ish text (page s 16 and 17). This section explains t he basic proc edure for making digital recordi ngs using an opt ical cable connect ed to a CD pl ayer, BS tuner or other digital eq uipm ent. The reco rder st arts and st ops record ing [...]

6 If the recording does not st a rt • Ma ke s u r e th e r e corder is not loc ked. • Make sure t he MD is not re cord-protected. • Premast ered MDs cannot be recorde d over . About the DSP TYPE-R f or A T RAC “TYPE-R” is a high-level Sony specification used in the Digital Signal Processor (DSP), whic h is the heart of th e Mi niDisc so u[...]

7 B M D p l ay i n g P lay i ng a n M D rig h t a w a y ! See th e illustration in English text (page 21 ). If you want to use the rech argeable bat ter y, be sure to rec h arge them before pla y ing (page 4). 1 Inse rt an MD. 1 Pre s s OP E N to ope n the lid. 2 Insert an MD with th e label side facing front , and press the lid to clos e. 2 Sta rt[...]

8 B V arious ways of reco rding Connect ing di gital (opt ica l) a nd an al og (line) inputs The recor der selects d igital or analog input according to how the sound source is hoo ked up. Reco rdin g in an alog (Analog Reco r di ng) See the ill ust rati on in English text (page 24) . The sound will be sent fro m the c onne c ted equipmen t as ana [...]

9 Long- time r ecor ding (MDLP) See th e illustration in English text (page 25) . Select e ach record ing mod e accordin g to t he recording time that yo u want. Stereo recordi ng is possible at 2 times (L P 2 ) or 4 times (LP4) the n ormal reco rd ing ti me (MDLP mode). MDs recorded in monaur al or MDLP mode can be pla ye d ba ck only on MD compon[...]

10 Y ou can change t he charact er strin g by performi ng th e pr oc ed ur e of “Re l a b e ling recordin gs” in “Label ing/relabeling reco rdings” (page 18). H owever , if you rewrit e th is charact er st ri n g b y mi stake, you may be unable to use the group function of tha t MD. Notes • The group function setting is stored e ven if yo[...]

11 4 T urn the jo g dia l rep eat edly unt il “From En d” flas h es in the dis pl ay , and th en press to e nter . T o start recording from the current point Sele ct “From Here” in st ep 4 . Notes • The settin g will rema in e v en after the power is turned o ff. • If you start reco rd i n g whil e the reco rd er i s in play-p aused, th[...]

12 Adju sting t he r ecor ding level manual ly (Man ual Reco rdin g) See the ill ust rati ons in English text (page 3 1). When you reco rd , the sound level is adjusted automa tically . If necessar y , yo u can se t the level manually duri ng both analog and digital recording . 1 While hol di ng down X , pre ss and slide REC to the right. The recor[...]

13 T o displ ay the cu rrent time On the reco r der 1 When t he re corder is not op erating or while recordin g, pres s the jog dial. 2 T urn the di al until “DISPLA Y ” appears in the di splay , and then pr ess to en ter . 3 T u rn the jog dial until “Clock” fl as hes in the di splay , and then pr ess to en ter . The current time appears i[...]

14 On the r emo te control 1 Press X while pla ying a di sc. 2 Turn and hold t he con trol u ntil th e desi red tra ck n umb er or trac k name appear s in th e di spla y. 3 Press X to ca ncel the pau se. Playba ck starts from t he sele cted t r ack. Searc hin g f or a specific p oint while monitoring the elap sed time (Time Search) T o do a time se[...]

15 On th e recorder 1 Press GR OUP sligh tl y while playing. “ ” fla s he s in the disp lay and the group b ecome sel ectable . 2 Within 5 seconds, turn th e jog dial to select you r de sire d gro up, and then press to e nter . The re corder start s playin g from the first track in th e group. On th e remote c ontrol 1 While the recorder is pl [...]

16 2 If you want to re pea t playback in th e selected pla y m ode , press RPT/ENT. “ ” appe ars in the dis p lay . Creating a Program (Program Pla y) Y ou can set the progr a m w i th up to 20 tr a cks. On the r ecorder 1 Press th e jog dial whil e “P GM” fla shes in th e displ ay at st ep 2 of “Select ing a play m ode”. 2 Turn the jog[...]

17 5 T urn the jo g dial to adjust the sound lev el. T o move the cur s or betwe en “T” to “ B”: Press x or X . T o switch between “SOUND 1” to “SOUND 2”: Press X repeatedl y to m ove the cu rsor to th e top row , an d then tu rn the jog d ial. 6 Pres s th e jog dial to en ter . The soun d settings are saved and the playb ack displa[...]

18 Connecting to a stereo syste m (LINE OUT ) See the ill ust rati on in English text 45. Connect the i /LIN E OUT jack of the rec o r d e r to the LINE IN jacks of an amplifier or a tape recorder with a line cable (RK-G 129 or RK- G136, not supplie d) . The out put is an alog. Th e recorder plays the MD digital ly a nd se nds a na log signals to t[...]

19 Abou t the char acter pal ette During operat ions on t he record er , characters can be selec ted from the chara cter pal ette i n the dis play . Since on ly a par t of the char acter palett e is visible on the display , use the 5-way contr ol k ey to mo ve the curso r and en ter cha racters. For c onf igurati on of t he charact er palette, see [...]

20 7 Repeat step 6, and th en ent er all chara cters o f the la bel name. 8 Press down the jog dial for 2 seconds or more. The disc is labe led. On the r emo te control 1 Insert a disc. See st ep 1 o f “On the re cor der ” to che ck the varieties of name yo u ca n la be l (pag e 19). 2 Press DISPLA Y for 2 seconds o r more. 3 T urn the con trol[...]

21 Relabeling recordings On th e recorder 1 Inser t a disc a nd do the following. T o relabel a track: Sta rt playing a track you wan t to relabe l, and ch ange a track n ame while t he recor d er is pl aying. T o relabel a group : T urn the gro up mode on (page 14) a nd sta rt play ing or r ecord ing a track w ithin the grou p you want to relabe l[...]

22 2 After ente ri n g the phr ase , pr ess C A NC E L t o re m ov e t h e cu r so r f r o m t h e cha r ac ter pale tt e to the le tter inp ut area. 3 Press END SEARCH for 2 secon ds or more. “Entry!” appea rs in th e di spl ay a nd th e cursor flashes a fter th e phrase you just stored. 4 If you co nti nu e labeling oper ation, do steps 5 t o[...]

23 Search ing for a ph rase by disp laying th e stored ph rase On the reco r der 1 Follow steps 1 to 4 of “L abeling record ings” (page 19). A track, gro up or disc is ready to be labeled . 2 Press END SEARCH so that the phrase stored in the rec order’ s memory ap pears in the d isplay . 3 Press x to mov e the curso r from t he lett er input [...]

24 Erasing phrases On the r ecorder 1 While t he record er is stopped, p ress t he jog dial . 2 T urn the dial unt il “EDIT” appears , an d then press to e nter . 3 T urn the jog di al un til “BankEras e” appear s, an d th en press to enter . 4 T urn the jog dial until the phrase you want t o erase fl ashes in t he displa y , and then press[...]

25 5 T urn the control rep e a tedly until the numbe r or na m e of t he de sir ed first track fla shes i n the display , and then pres s x to ent er . 6 T urn the control rep e a tedly until the number or na me of the desired last track flashe s in the di splay , and t he n pre ss x to ent er . 7 Follow steps 5 to 7 of “On the rem o te contr o l[...]

26 On the r emo te control 1 Press DISPLA Y for 2 seconds o r more. 2 T urn the con trol repeatedl y until “EDIT” f lashes in the dis play , and then press x to enter . 3 T urn the con trol repeatedly un til “ : M ov e” fl as h es in the dis pl ay , an d then press x to enter . 4 T urn the contro l re p eat edly to select the destin at ion [...]

27 3 T urn the jog dial until “ EDIT” flash es in the d is p lay , a n d th en press to enter. 4 Turn the jo g dial un ti l “ : Move” flashe s in the di splay , and t he n pre ss to enter . The gro up number to which t he curren tly playing track bel ongs fl ashes in the mi d dle sectio n of the d isplay . If the grou p ha s bee n la be le [...]

28 Era sing t rac ks See the ill ust ration in English text (pa g e 60). Y ou can q u i ck ly eras e reco rd e d tr acks, all the tracks an d data of the MD, o r group s. Note that once a reco rdi ng has been erased , y ou can not retri eve it. Ma ke sure of the c ontents y ou are eras ing. T o Erase a track On the r ecorder 1 While playi ng the tr[...]

29 B Othe r opera tion Setting the alar m (Melody Tim er) See th e il lus trations in Engl ish text (page s 63 and 64). Y ou can set the al a rm to go off in 1 to 99 minutes . The al arm sound s e ven wh ile the recorde r is stopped. The foll owing sou nds c an be sele cted: “TIMER 1” : Clas si cal mu sic 1 “TIMER 2” : Clas si cal mu sic 2 [...]

30 Storing the se tt ings for indivi dual discs (Per sonal Di sc Memory) See the ill ust rati ons in English text (page 6 5). The reco rder can s tore the various se ttings f o r each d isc, a nd then r etriev e them aut omatically whenever the dis c is inserted . D o th e following procedure to store the volum e, playback mod e, group m ode playba[...]

31 B Powe r sources Y ou can use the recor de r on … — house curre nt. — a nickel met a l hy d r ide rechar geable battery (sup pli ed ). — dry bat tery (not su pplied). It is prefe rabl e to use the recorder on hous e current whe n recording for a long ti me . When us ing a battery , make sure it is a fully charged rechargeable batt ery or[...]

32 B Additio nal information Messag es If the recorder cann ot carry out an operation, error me ssages may flash i n the dis play wind ow as follows. BANK FULL : The phrase bank is almost full and cann ot store the phrase you t ried to en ter . Delete some phrase s fr om th e phrase bank, and then re enter th e new phra se. BLANKDISC : Y ou trie d [...]

33 REC ER R : The rec ording is not co r rectly done . Place the recorde r at no vibr ation an d reco rd again. The disc is dir ty ( with oil stainer finger prints), scratched, o r out of st a ndard. Record ag ain with another d isc. READ ERR : The recor der cannot rea d the disc inform ation corre ct ly . Re insert the disc . SORR Y : Y ou tired t[...]

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