Sony MZ-NH600 manual

3-266-466- 13 (1) Por table MiniDisc Recor der Operating Instructions Rec order Operat ion _ ________________________ ___ _ Softw are Operati on _ _________________________ ___ _ page 10 page 84 © 2004 Sony Cor poration MZ-NH600 “W ALKMA N” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to represent Headphon e Stereo products. is a trademark of[...]

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 , cur tains, 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 v[...]

3 Notice for users On the supplied sof twa re • Copyright laws pr ohibit re produ cing the softwa re or the m anua l acc ompanyi ng it in whole or in part, or renting the softw are without the p ermission of th e copyrigh t hold er. • In no event will SONY be liable f or any fi nancial damage, or loss of pro fits, includi ng claims made b y thi[...]

4 T able of contents About available fun ctions and su pplied manua ls ........... ........... ............... ............ ........... ............... . 8 Recorder Operation Looking at controls ........ ............ ........... .............. 11 Getting started .... ........... ................ ........... .......... 13 Recordin g a disc righ t aw[...]

5 Editing recorde d track s .................. ........... .... ..... 4 0 Before edit ing .......... ........... ............... ........... .............. ............... .......... ........40 Adding tit les (Title) ............ ............... ........... .............. ............... .......... ........40 Assigning tracks or grou p s as a new g[...]

6 Software Operation What you can do with MD Simpl e Burner/ SonicStag e ............... ........... ............... ............ .. 84 Installing .. ........... ............... ............ ............... ...... 86 Providin g the requi red system en vironment ............. ............... .......... ......... 86 Installing the software o nto your[...]

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8 About available f unctions and supplied manuals This se ction expl ains t he funct ions of this por table MiniDi sc re cord er and th e manua ls that have been suppl ied wi t h it . Pl ea se ref er to the man ual that appl ie s t o ea ch use of the record er . The “Wha t you can do with the Hi-MD Walkman” flyer This flyer expl ai ns the m aj [...]

9 Software Operation (pages 84 to 108 ) This sectio n explains the installati on and basic ope rations of the s upplied SonicStage /MD Simple Bu rner soft ware. SonicStage Help This is an onl i ne help tha t yo u ca n view on your co mpu te r scre en. Online help explains the detai led opera tions and info rmatio n about So nicS tage softw are. Y o[...]

10 Checking the supplied accessor ies Small clamp f ilters f or the A C po wer adap tor (2) Attach th e clamp f ilters when using the optional A C power a daptor (see page 64 ). Large clam p filter fo r t he o ptio na l line ca ble (1) For detail s on the u se of the c la mp filter, refer to “How to use the suppl ie d la rge clamp filter” sup p[...]

11 Recor der Op eration Looking at controls The recor der A x (stop) • CANCEL b utton B OPEN switch C Displa y w i ndow D T MARK/REC (+ N ) butt on E •N A VI/ MENU butto n Pre ss li ghtly t o go to the NA VI (nav igation) sett ing mode (page 34). Pres s for 2 second s or mo re to go t o the MENU setti ng mo de (page 21). F GR OUP button G DC IN[...]

12 K USB ca ble co nnecti ng ja ck L LINE IN (OPT) jack M Battery co mpartment (at the b ottom) N HOLD switch Slide the switch in the directio n of the arrow to disab le the buttons on the record er . T o pr ev ent the butt ons fr om bein g acci de nt al ly op er at ed wh en you carry the recorde r , use this function. O i (headp hone s/ea rp hones[...]

13 Getting started 1 Insert an alkaline dry batter y . 2 Make connections and unlock the controls. 1 Conne ct the head pho nes/e arph ones to i . 2 Slide HOLD to the oppos ite direc ti on of the ar r ow ( . ) on the reco rder t o unl ock the con trols . When to replace the dr y bat tery Y ou can check the batt ery conditio n on the display wi ndow [...]

14 Hi-MD mode (Wh en using a 60/74/80- minute standard disc) (Unit: approx.hours)( JEIT A) MD mod e (Unit: approx.hours)( JEIT A) • Stop the recorder before replacing the battery . • It i s preferabl e to use th e re corder on hous e current ( using th e optional A C power adaptor) when re cording or editi ng. Wh en powering the record er wi th[...]

15 Recording a disc right away! This section ex plains the bas ic pro cedu r e fo r m aki ng di gi ta l reco rdi n gs us i ng an optical cable connected to a C D player , Digital TV or oth er digital equipment. Mak e sure to use the optical cable. 1 Connect the optical cable t o the recor der and an external component. (In s ert the cab les firml y[...]

16 2 Insert a recor dable disc. 1 Sli de OP EN to ope n t h e lid. 2 Insert a di s c wi th the label si de f acing front, and pres s the lid dow n to close . 3 Confirm the operation mode. This re co rder has two ope rat io n m od es, “ H i- M D mod e” and “MD m ode”. Th e oper at ion mode is a utomatically re cognized whene ver the disc is [...]

17 4 Recor d a disc. 1 Sele ct and pa use the sound so urc e to be record ed. 2 Make s u re that disc indi ca tion ha s stoppe d rot ating in th e di sp lay windo w on the rec orde r . 3 While the re corder is stopped , pres s and hold T MAR K /R EC an d press N ENT on the reco rder . “REC ” ligh ts up a nd re cordi ng sta rt s . 4 Play t h e s[...]

18 If the recording do es not s tart • Ma ke s u r e the r e co rd er is n o t loc ked ( pag es 12, 13). • Make sure the disc is n ot record-pro tected (pages 16, 62). • Premast ere d dis cs cannot be record ed over . • When you recor d on a 1GB Hi-MD disc, use a new alkaline dr y ba tte r y (b at tery level indicati on shows ), or connect [...]

19 Playing a disc ri ght away! 1 Insert a recor ded disc. 1 Slide O P EN to ope n th e li d. 2 Inser t a disc with t he label side f acing front, and press t he l id down to close. 2 Play a disc. 1 Pres s th e 5-way control ke y ( N ENT) on the rec orde r . A sho rt bee p sounds i n the head phone s/ earpho nes wh en y ou opera te. 2 Press th e 5-w[...]

20 If the play does not s tart Make sure t he recorder i s not lo c ked (pages 1 2 , 13). The playbac k soun d may skip if: • the recor der r ece ives stronger co nti nuous shock. • a dirty or scr at ch ed disc is pla ye d. When usin g a disc in Hi-MD mode, the sound may drop out fo r a ma xim um of about 12 seconds. T o Operation on the record[...]

21 Using me nus How to use the menu items The r ec orde r ha s ma ny me nus wit h usefu l f un ctio ns for re co rdin g, play back, ed iting, et c. T o set the me nu items, do th e followi ng procedure. If you a re doi n g a men u oper ation fo r the first time afte r pu rc ha sing th e reco rder, “Men u Mode” fla shes in the di splay . Before [...]

22 List of menus The follo wing table s hows t he menu items that you can select . Menu items can b e set with the reco rder onl y . Items l isted under “Men u 1” are th e se lect ab le item s whi c h appea r when you e nt er the menu, an d item s l is t ed unde r “M enu 2” are the sele ct ab le item s w hich app ear wh en you select a n it[...]

23 Sound Normal Custo m iz es th e e qua li ze r m ode settings. page 38 Sound EQ Useful * Search* Search es for t rack s by track n ame, group n ame, artist name, or album nam e. page 38 REC Set REC Mode Selects the recording mode (P CM, Hi-S P, or Hi-LP for Hi-MD mode/SP, L P2, LP4, or monau ral for MD m ode ). page 27 RECV olum e* Manually adjus[...]

24 V a rious ways of reco rding Before r ecordi ng Selecting the op erati on mo de This reco rder has tw o ope rat ion m o d es, “Hi-M D m ode” a nd “ MD m ode ”. The operation mode is automat i call y recogn ized when ever the di s c is in sert ed . After y ou ins er t a disc, ch eck th e oper a tion mo de on the di spla y w i n do w of th[...]

25 Viewing various information Y ou can check the remaining time, track number , etc. w he n re cordin g or du ring stop. 1 Enter the men u an d se lec t “D isplay ”. 2 Turn the jog dial un til t he info rma tion you w ant ap pears in the displa y , and then press N ENT to enter the selecti on. Eac h tu rn cha nges the di sp lay as follo ws. La[...]

26 While recording A / B / C • When using the disc in Hi- MD mo de, the free space wil l show as “2.0MB” when the rem ai n ing reco rd ing ti me be co mes “–0:00: 00” . Thi s is a syste m limitati on, “2.0MB” b eing the ca pacity of the reser ve doma in. • Depending on th e group set tin gs, the operati ng c onditio ns, and th e d[...]

27 Selecting the r ecor ding mode Sele ct each recor ding mo de acc ording to the recording time that you want. Discs r eco rded in Hi-MD or MD (MDLP) mode c an be played back only on MD pl ayers or recorders with Hi-MD or MD (MDLP) pla yback mode. 1 While the rec order is stop ped, e nter the m en u and se lect “R E C Se t” - “REC Mode” . [...]

28 Adjusting the recor ding level manually The recording le vel is adju sted automatic al ly whil e reco rd in g. If necess ary , you c an set th e reco rdin g l evel manua l ly dur ing bo th ana log and d igital record ing. 1 Pres s and ho ld T MAR K/REC a nd pres s X . The reco rder stan ds by for rec ordi ng . 2 Enter the menu and select “REC [...]

29 Adding track marks w h il e re c o rd in g Y ou can ad d t ra ck marks (tr ack numbe r) while recording to div ide the materia l into separa te part s, th at allo w you to go to speci f ic track qu i c kly and ea sily . While the reco rder is recordin g, pre ss T MAR K at the poi n t you want to add a track mark . Use this featur e to add tra ck[...]

30 Using the group function when recor ding What is the g roup function? The grou p func tion is pr ovided to al l ow playba ck of disc s wi th group se tting s. The group fu nction is convenient fo r playba ck of disc s on whi ch several albums or C D sing l e s hav e been rec orded. What is a disc with group settings? The rec order ca n operat e [...]

31 Y ou can ad d a t r a ck to an e xisti ng group . Adding a new track at th e end of th e selec ted gr oup 1 While th e record er is stoppe d and the group to whic h yo u want to add a trac k is selec ted, pres s N ENT wh i l e pressi ng T MARK /RE C and G R OUP. 2 Play th e so und sour ce . A new track w il l be ad ded at th e en d of the curr e[...]

32 • The pause fu nc tio n cannot be turned on or off manuall y dur ing synch ro-recor ding. • Do not switch the “ SYNC REC ” setting w hile recording . Recordi ng ma y not be done prop erly . • Even when there is no sou nd on the soun d source, t here may b e cases when re cording does not pa use au tom atica lly during synchro- reco r d[...]

33 V a rious ways of playb ack Viewing various information Y ou can chec k th e tr ac k nam e, di sc name , etc. d urin g pla yback . 1 While playin g, ent er the m enu and select “Displ ay ” 2 Turn the jog dial un til t he info rma tion you w ant ap pears in the displa y , and then press N ENT to enter the selecti on. Eac h tu rn cha nges the [...]

34 Depending on the gr oup se tt ings , the operating conditio ns, and the disc s ettin gs, you may not be able to se lect certa in indic ations or th e indica tio ns may ap pe ar differe ntl y . z If you want to ch e ck the rema ining ti me or the recording pos ition whil e re cordi ng or in sto p mode, se e “V iewing various i nformation” (pa[...]

35 Playing tracks i n norm al mode (Nor mal Play) 1 Do step 1 and sele ct “Norma l” in step 2 of “Play in g t ra cks in Mai n pl ay mode” ( pag e 34). 2 When selec ting a trac k out of a gr oup, skip this step . When selecti ng a track within a grou p, turn t he jo g dial un til th e group that the desired track belo ngs to appear s in t he[...]

36 Listening to track s of a selected album (Albu m Play) (in Hi-MD mode only) If th e track dat a incl udes the al bum nam e, you can l isten t o t ra ck s of a se le cted alb um only . 1 Do step 1 and se lect “Alb um” in step 2 of “P laying tracks in Main pl ay mode ” (p age 34). A list of the alb ums on the disc appear s in alph abet i c[...]

37 By s pecify ing Su b play modes, you ca n listen t o tracks sele cted in Main pl ay mode in various wa ys. For example, by sel ec ting “G r ou p” in Main pla y mode and “S hu ff le” in Su b play m o de, the r ecor der will pl ay the tracks in the selected group in random orde r . 1 Enter the me nu and select “SubPM ode”. 2 T urn the [...]

38 Searching for a track (Search) Y ou ca n ea sily se arch for a t ra ck by track name, gr oup na m e, ar tist nam e, or al bum name. Artis t names and alb um names can be viewed in t h e c ase of di sc s used in Hi- MD mod e only . 1 Enter the m enu and se lect “U s eful” - “Sea rch” . 2 T u rn the jo g d i al to se le ct th e it em you w[...]

39 2 Turn the jog dia l r ep eate dl y t o se lect the so und m od e and th en press N ENT to enter the selection. Each time you turn the jog dial, A change s as fol low s. When y ou press N ENT, B ap pe ars. T o modify and st ore the sound Y ou c an m o dify the so un d and st ore the results in “Custom1” and “Cu stom2”. 1 While the rec or[...]

40 Editing r ecord ed tracks Before edi ting Y ou ca n ed it your recordi n g s by adding/ erasing track marks or labeling tra cks and discs. • When you edit the co nten t s o f a 1GB Hi-MD disc, use a new alkaline dry ba tte r y (b atte r y level indication shows ) or conne ct the optional AC p ower a daptor to t he recorder . When yo u attempt [...]

41 About t he charact er palette Duri n g oper ations on the rec or der, char acters ca n be s electe d from th e character p alette in th e display . The characte r palette has the follo wing conf igu ration. Sinc e only a part of the charact er pal ette is visib le on the dis play , use the co ntrols or button s to move the cu rsor an d ente r ch[...]

42 2 Select one o f the follo wing, and the n press the jo g di al . The cursor fla shes in the lette r input area to the ch ar acte r pa lette . 3 Press the 5- way con t ro l key to war ds VO L – . The cursor sh if ts f rom the letter in put area to the ch ar acte r pa lette . 4 Select a letter us ing the 5-way control ke y and pres s N EN T to [...]

43 5 Rep eat ste p 4, and then e nt er all char ac ters of the l a bel name. 6 Pres s N ENT fo r 2 sec ond s or m or e . When th e recor di ng is stoppe d or the rec o rd ing moves on t o the next t rack while labe ling ti tles during recording, the i nput at that p oint i s enter e d au toma tically. Y ou ca n chang e the tr ack na me, ar tist nam[...]

44 • When the to tal num be r of ch ar a cte rs in th e title s on a dis c exc ee d th e maxi mum tha t c an be input: —If the disc is being used in Hi-M D mode, you can make a group se tt ing, but cannot add a group na me in st ep 4. —If the disc is being use d in MD mode, you canno t ma ke a grou p set tin g. • The trac ks or groups m ust[...]

45 3 Enter the me nu and select “Edit ” - “ : Releas e”. “Grou p Re l e ase?” an d “P U SH YES:ENTER NO:CANC EL” appear alternate ly in the disp lay . 4 Pres s N ENT to re le as e a grou p. The gr oup se tting of the sele cted grou p is re leased . Moving recor ded tracks or groups (Move) Y ou can cha nge th e or der of th e reco rd[...]

46 Y ou can move a trac k fr om on e group out of the grou p or to ano th er group . Y ou c an also mov e a track that does not belong to a gro up to a n exi sting group. 1 Do st ep 1 of “Cha ngin g th e order of a trac k on a d isc” (pag e 45). 2 When m ovi ng a t rack o ut of a gr oup , skip this step. When m ovin g a tr ack to a dif fere nt [...]

47 Erasing tracks and the entire disc (Erase) Y ou can er ase unne ce ssary t ra cks or al l trac ks o n a dis c. When e rasing t racks tha t have been trans ferred from the comput er If you erased track s that h av e been trans ferre d fr om t he c omp uter, the transfer a uthori zati on of th e tra cks wi ll be as foll ows. • If the t racks wer[...]

48 3 Enter the m enu and se le ct “Ed it” - “Era se ” - “ : Eras e” . “Grou p E rase OK?” and “PUSH YES: ENTER N O:C ANCE L” ap pear in the di splay . If the sel ec ted grou p cont ai n s tracks that have been tr an sfer red fr om the comp uter , “T rkFr omPC ERA SE OK?” ap pear s in th e di s play . 4 Press N ENT to er as e[...]

49 Dividing a track (Divide) Y ou can divide a trac k wi th a track mark , crea ting a new track f rom the part follo wing the trac k mark. The track numbers will increase as follows. • Y ou cannot add a tr ack mark on a track th at has been transfe rred f rom yo ur com puter. • Y ou can not divide a track that has been recorded in Hi-M D mode [...]

50 1 While playing the tr ack with the track mark you wan t t o er ase, pr ess X to paus e. 2 Find the track mark by pr essin g the 5- way cont r o l key towards . slightl y . For examp le, to e rase th e thi rd t rack mark , find the beginni n g of the th ir d track . “ 00: 00 ” appe ars i n t he d ispl ay . “MA R K ” ap pear s i n the di [...]

51 1 While the rec order is stop ped, e nter the m en u and se lect “E dit” - “For mat”. 2 T urn the jog dial until “YES” appear s in the disp lay , and then pres s N ENT to enter t he selection. When formattin g completes, “NO TRACK” ap pe ars in th e di s play if a 1GB Hi-MD disc is inserted in t he recorder , or “BLANKDISC” a[...]

52 Other op erations Changing the displayed menu items (Menu Mode) Y o u can specify t he displ ay of all it ems in the menu (Adv a nced mode ) or only basi c items (Simp le mode). Refer to “Li st of m enus” (page 22) to check the menu items that cannot be display ed. 1 Enter the menu and sele ct “O p tion ” - “Menu Mo de”. 2 T urn the [...]

53 T ur ning off t he beep sound Y ou can turn off/on t he b eep so und. 1 Enter the me nu and select “ Option” - “Beep ”. 2 T urn t he jog di al unt il “Bee p Of f” appear s in t he dis play , and then pr ess N ENT to enter the selection. T o tur n on the beep sou nd Sele ct “Beep On” i n step 2. Storing the sett ings for individua[...]

54 • Settings for up to 64 discs can be store d. Any settings st or ed after wards will repl ace t he settin gs with t he lowest fr equency of u se among th e 64. The numbers of disc s th at can be stored depend on the numbers of tracks recorded on the di s cs . More tr acks recorded per disc m eans f ewer discs can be stor e d. • If you try to[...]

55 Selecting the disc mode (Disc Mode) When yo u inse rt a 60 /74/80 -minute standard disc (blank) into the reco rder , you ca n u se th is fun cti on to s peci fy us e of the disc i n H i-M D m ode or MD mo de. If you w ant t o us e t he disc re cord ed on this unit on another component that does not su pport Hi -M D, re co rd the di sc w it h “[...]

56 Changing the operational dir ection of the display When you tur n th e jo g dia l cl oc kwis e, the display scrolls do wnward. This i s the factory se tting. Y ou can ch an ge t he fact ory setting to sc roll in the opposite directi on. 1 Enter the menu and sele ct “O p tion ” - “Jog Dial”. 2 T u rn the j og dia l until “Re verse ” a[...]

57 Using t he r ecorde r with a computer What you can d o through connecti on with a computer T o use the rec order co nnect ed to a computer , you must inst all the soft ware from the supplied CD-R OM. For d etails on the i ns talla tio n proc edure , ref er to th e “Softw ar e Operat io n” sectio n. When usi ng the supplie d softwa re s For d[...]

58 1 Insert a record able dis c into the record er . 2 Make co nnecti ons as follo ws. 1 Conn ec t the dedi ca ted USB cabl e to the r ecorde r and to t he com puter . 2 Make sure the reco rder is sto ppe d and HOLD is release d. 3 Chec k th e conn ection s. When t he con nection s ha ve be en prop erly m ade, “ PC – – MD” app ears in the d[...]

59 Storing non-audio data to a disc If you c onn ect th e rec orde r t o a co mpu t er with a disc in Hi-MD mode inse rted, the disc i s reco gniz ed as st orage medi a by the Windows Explorer, allowing you to sto re non- audio da ta suc h as te xt data or imag e data . For the stora ge space fo r each d isc, refe r to the next pa ge . When you ins[...]

60 The storage spa ce for each disc (for m at ted with the recorder/the Soni cSta ge sof twar e) Disc type T otal siz e Di sc management space 1)2) 1) This is spac e that is use d for managing the files on the disc. 2) The size of the disc management spac e changes acco rding to the operating conditions of your computer and other factors. Therefore[...]

61 Addit io nal information Precautions On safety Do not put any foreig n objects i n the DC IN 3V jack (The A C p o wer ad ap to r is an opti o nal accessory ). On po wer sou rces • Use house curr en t o r LR6 (size AA) batt ery . • If you a re no t goin g to use th is reco rder for a long time, be sure to di sc onnect the power supply . On he[...]

62 On batte r y Incorrect battery u sage may lead to leaka ge of battery flui d or bursting batt e ry . T o prevent such ac cidents, o bserve the follo wing precau tions: • Install the + and – p ole s of the b atte r y correctly . • When the recorder i s no t t o be used fo r a lon g time, be sure to re move th e ba tter y . • If a battery [...]

63 Specifications Audio pla ying system MiniDis c digital a udi o system Laser diode properties Material: GaAlAs W avelength: λ = 790 n m Emis sion d uration : con tinuous Laser output: less t han 44.6 µW (This outpu t is the v alu e measur ed at a dist ance of 200 mm f r om the le ns surfac e on the op tic a l pick-up blo ck with 7 mm aper tur e[...]

64 Option al acc essor ies A C powe r adaptor A C-ES 3010K (S ingapore, Aus tralia and New Zea land models) A C-E30H G (othe r models) Optica l Cable POC-151HG, P OC-152HG, POC -MZ1, POC-MZ2 , POC-15B, POC-1 5AB, POC- D A12S P Li ne Cabl e RK-G129, R K-G136 MDR-ser ies St e reo He ad phon es/earph ones* SRS-seri es Activ e Speak ers Recordab le MDs[...]

65 T r ou bleshootin g and explanat ions T roubleshooting If a pr oblem occ urs durin g recorder operatio n, follo w the steps describe d belo w before consulting th e nearest Son y dealer . If any mes sages appear , it is recommended to take note s. 1 Check to see if the proble m is listed in , “Tro ubleshooting ” (page 65). Che ck “M essa g[...]

66 Recordi ng can not be done cor r ect ly . • Aud io sourc es m ay no t be sec ure ly c onn ected. , Discon nect t he audio s ources once and conne ct them ag ain (pages 15 a nd 26). • The re i s no dig it al signa l from the port ab le CD playe r . , When r ecording digital ly from a portabl e CD play er , use th e AC po wer ada pt or and di [...]

67 The to t al re cor ded ti me and the remai ning time on th e di sc m ay no t to tal the maxi mu m re cording time (60, 74, or 80 minutes) . • T hi s is due to the Mi ni Disc system limitati on (i n MD m ode onl y). Norm al ly , re cor ding is don e in mini mum un i ts of ap proxima tely 2 seconds (i n SP ster eo ), 4 seconds (in LP2 stere o mo[...]

68 While play ing Symptom Cause/Remedy A disc is not playe d normal ly . • Repeat play is select ed. , Enter the Sub play m ode to c hange back to the normal p lay (page 37). • P layback mo de is change d. , Ente r th e Ma in pl a y mo d e or S ub p l ay mo d e to chan g e ba ck to th e normal p lay (page 3 7). A disc is not playe d from t he f[...]

69 There is no R- channel sound output wh en playi ng a trac k record ed fro m a casset te deck or through an ampl ifier, or when listenin g to sou nd from a cas sette de ck or a mplif ier . • Ther e is no R-c han nel outpu t if the cassett e de c k or an am pl ifier is conn ected with a monau ral cord. , Make sure to use a st ereo conn ecting c [...]

70 T r ac ks canno t be combine d. • This is due to the Mini Disc sy ste m limitation s. Whe n the tr acks are scattere d an d the lengt h of e ac h tra c k is short *, you ma y not be a ble to combine th e tracks. * Comb ini ng tr acks of th e f ollowing lengths may not be p ossi ble. Hi-MD mode Linear PCM ste r e o: 9 se conds or less Hi-SP ste[...]

71 While using gro up function Symptom Cause/Rem edy The grou p fun ction does not oper ate. • While usin g a disc without gr oup setting , an attempt wa s made to select some g roup-relate d men u. , Use a disc wit h gro up setting . A track c annot be record ed to a new group. A new group cannot be created . • This is due to the Mi niDisc sys[...]

72 Y ou can not tra nsfe r tracks that will f ill up the remai ning recordi ng ti m e on the disc. • The mi nimum reco rdable tim e on a disc is normally 2 seconds in stereo, 4 secon ds in LP 2 stere o mode, and 8 sec on ds in LP4 stereo mode. When you transfer a track f rom your computer , the r ecorder needs a 2-sec ond (or 4- or 8-sec ond) spa[...]

73 The re corder does not work or works poorly . • The disc i s dama ged or does not co ntain proper reco rding or ed iting data. , Reinsert the disc. Rer ecord the disc. If the error message stil l appear s, replac e it wit h an other di sc. • There i s a bu ilt-in malfu nction in the system. • While operati ng, the recorder recei ved a mech[...]

74 Messages If the followin g messages flash in the displa y window , check the chart below . Message Meaning/Remedy A VLS NO VO L U M E OPERA TION • A VLS is set to “A VLS On ” and so the v olume ca nnot ri se high er . , Set A VLS to “A VLS Of f” (page 52). BLANKDISC • A disc with no recording on i t is inserted. BUSY W AIT A MOMENT ?[...]

75 DISC FULL • Record ing may no t be done if the re maining r ecordable time on t he disc is 48 seconds or less. , Replac e the disc. D-L RE ADY • MD Sim pl e Burner is now read y to re co rd an audio CD to the disc in the reco rder usi ng Simp le mode ( see “Soft ware Op eration ”). EJECT DISC OK • The reco rder h as f inis hed com muni[...]

76 NO GROUP • Y ou tri ed to rele ase a grou p set ti ng wi th a disc that ha s no gro ups. , Insert a d isc with g roup settings. • Y ou selecte d “ : Erase ” with a di sc with out grou p setting. , Y ou cann ot erase grou ps with a disc w i th no groups. NO INPUT SIGNAL • The recor der could no t de tect digital inp ut signa ls. , Make [...]

77 REA D ER ROR • The reco rder canno t read th e dis c in form atio n co rrectly. , Reinsert the disc. REC ER ROR • Recordi ng was not cor rec tly do ne. , Plac e t he reco rder at a plac e w i th no vib ratio ns an d record again. • The disc is soiled with an o il film or finger pr ints, is scratche d, or i s not a standard disc . , T r y r[...]

78 Explanations About Hi-MD “Hi-MD” is a new Mi niDisc format. Incorpora ting the new A T RAC3plus audio c ompress ion tec hnology , Hi- MD is a new recording form at that del ivers longer re cording times than or dinary MDs. Hi -MD dis cs ca n also be used as a comput er storage medi um for non-a udi o data such as text and im ages. For more d[...]

79 List of the recording time for eac h disc When using a disc in Hi-MD mode When recording on the recorder Record ing time 1) 1) Approxima te tim e Recordi ng mod e on the recorder Codec/ Bit rate 1GB Hi-MD disc 80-minu te standard disc 74-minute standard disc 60-minute standard disc PCM Linear PCM / 1.4M bps 1 ho ur and 34 mi nutes 28 minutes 26 [...]

80 When using a disc in MD m ode When recording on the recor der Recor ding time 1) 1) Approxim ate tim e Recording mode on the recorder Codec/ Bit rate 80-minute standard disc 74-minute standar d disc 60- minute standard disc SP A TRAC3/ 292kbps 8 0 minu tes 74 mi nu tes 60 m inu tes LP2 A TRA C3/ 132kbps 2 hours and 40 minu te s 2 h ours and 28 m[...]

81 Note on digital recording This recor de r use s the Se ria l C o py Man ag em e nt Sy stem, whic h a llows only first-ge ne r at ion di git al copies to be m ade fr om prem aste red so ftw are. Y ou can only mak e copi es fro m a ho me-reco rded d is c b y using the an al o g (l in e out ) connectio n s. Restrictions on the editing of tracks tra[...]

82 Differ ence between digital (optica l) and anal og (line) i nputs 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 (lin e) input. T o record , see “R eco rd ing a di sc righ t a w ay!” (p age 15[...]

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84 What you can do with MD Sim ple Bur ner/SonicStage MD Simple Burner allo ws you to record musi c tracks fr om an audio CD in the CD driv e of your compute r to an MD W a lkman, without f irst recor ding the music tr acks to the compu ter. Sonic Stage all ow s yo u to impor t aud io data to yo ur comput er from musi c source s such as audio CD s [...]

85 Software Opera tion Basic operational flow using an MD W alkman Providing the r equired system envir onment (page 86) Installing the softwar e onto your computer (page 87) SonicStage MD Simple Burner Connecting an MD walkman to your computer (see “Recorder Operation”) Recording m usic tracks from an audio CD in the CD drive of your computer [...]

86 Installi ng Providi ng the requir ed system environment The follo wing syst em env ironment is requ ired in order to use the Soni cStage/MD Simple Burner software fo r the MD W alkman. This software is not suppor ted by th e follo w ing envi ronments: • OSs other th an the in dic a te d above • Persona ll y co nstruct ed PCs or operatin g sy[...]

87 Installing t h e software onto your computer Before installing the software • Make su re to cl os e any viru s-ch ec k so ft wa re , as s u ch soft wa re usu al l y dem an ds a la rge amount of sys tem r esour ce s. • When you use the MD W alkman, mak e sure to i nstall the sof tware with th e supplied CD- RO M . — I f O p en M G J uke b o[...]

88 3 Click [Install SonicStage and MD Simple Burner] and then follow th e displayed instructions. Read the ins tructions carefull y . Depe ndi ng on your region , the buttons oth er than [ In stall Son icStag e and M D Sim pl e Burner] may d iffer fr om those in the illustra tion abov e. The ins ta ll a tion m ay t ake 2 0 to 30 mi nu tes, de pendi[...]

89 Using MD Si mple Bur ner Before using MD Simple Burner MD Sim ple Burner allows you to re cord m usic tr acks fr om an au dio CD i n the CD drive of your computer to the MD W a lkman. There are two ways to r ec ord from an audio CD. • Simple mode (pag e 90) Y ou can use MD W alkma n op erati ons to rec ord an enti re CD or only the f irst trac[...]

90 Recor ding usin g M D W alkman op erat ion s (S imp le mo de ) 1 Insert a recordab le disc into the MD W alkman and then connect the MD W a lkm an to the computer . For detai l s about co nnect i on s, se e th e “Rec order O pe rat io n” s ection . Do not di sc onne c t the po we r sour ce or th e dedi ca te d USB cab le befo re th e tr an s[...]

91 Recording by computer operations (Standard mode) T o start MD S imple Burner, clic k [Start] – [Al l Programs]* – [MD Simple Burner] – [MD Simple Bu rner]. ∗ [Program s] in the case of Windows 2000 Prof essiona l/Windo ws Millenniu m Editio n/Windows 98 Second Ed ition z Ther e ar e othe r way s to st a r t up MD Sim ple Bu rn er as fo l[...]

92 The windo w f or recor ding select ed trac ks from an audio CD [Erase] Disc name (MD) T r a c k info r m ati on (CD) Album T itle Recordi ng mod e drop down me nu [REC/ STOP] T rac k inf ormatio n (M D) Y ou can ch ange the track n ame and track number [CLOSE] T o cl ose the disp lay as s hown on page 91, cl i ck her e. [New Group ] Rema inin g [...]

93 Using Son icStage Importing audio data This s ect ion expla in s how to re cord and st or e au dio da ta fr om an aud io CD to M y Librar y of Soni cS tage on t he hard dis k drive of your comp uter. Y ou ca n record or impo rt musi c from other sou rces s uch as t he Inter net an d your comp uter ’ s ha rd disk. R e fer t o So ni cS t a ge He[...]

94 4 If necessary , click to uncheck tracks you do not want to record. If you un ch ecked a bo x by mista ke, cl ick it aga i n to re store t he c heck. T o ch ec k all boxe s, cl i ck . T o un ch eck al l bo xes, click . 5 If necessary , change th e format and b it rate for audio CD recordin g. When you clic k [Format/Bit Rate] on the rig ht side [...]

95 T r ansferring audio data fr om your computer to the MD W alkma n Audio d ata s tored in My Li brary o f Sonic Stag e can b e transfe rred to your MD W al kman a n infi ni te number of times. 1 Connect your MD W alk man to the computer . For detail s a bout con nect io ns, see “ Rec or de r Ope ra t ion” . Do not discon nect the power sour c[...]

96 4 If necessary , change the tran sfer mo de. As the def ault setting , tracks in the OpenMG (PCM/A TRA C3/A TRA C3plus) format will be t ransferred in th e same format and bit rate (normal tran sfer). If the device co nn ecte d t o the co m pu ter d oes not s upp ort the above format , the fo rma t and bit ra te will b e co n verte d to thos e o[...]

97 T r ansferring back audio data fr om the MD W alkman to your computer Audi o d ata that ha s been trans f er red fr om your co mpu te r an d sto re d on the M D can be transf erre d ba ck to M y Li b rary of So nicS ta ge on your com p uter. 1 Connect your MD W alk man to the computer . For detail s a bout con nect io ns, see “ Rec or de r Ope[...]

98 T o stop transfer ring Click . Tracks transfer red t o the M D W a lkman from anoth er comp uter c annot b e tra nsferred back t o My Library on you r comp uter. Tracks that have been rec or ded on a Hi-MD W alkm an* can be i m po rted to My Libra ry of SonicS tage o n yo ur c omput er on ly o nce. ∗ Onl y t rack s r eco rd ed i n H i- MD mode[...]

99 T o stop impor ting Cli ck . Note • Y ou can not im port trac k s tha t were rec or de d in a Net MD mo de to your com pute r, or tracks that have been recorded on a device that does not suppo rt Hi-MD mode. • Before impo rting tra c ks r ec or d e d on th e Hi-M D W a lk man to the co mpu te r, click [Prope rties] on the right side of the s[...]

100 Using SonicStage Help SonicS tage H el p pr ovides fur t her de ta i ls on how to us e Soni cS tage . So ni cS tage H el p allo ws you to searc h easily for information f rom a list of op erations, such as “Importing Tracks” or “Transfe rri ng Tracks”, or from l arge lis t of keywords , or by typ ing in w ords th at migh t lea d you to [...]

101 1 Double click [Ov erv ie w] in the left-side frame. 2 Click [About Th is Help File]. The ex pl anatio n wil l ap pear in the r ig ht -side fra m e. 3 Read the text. Scroll th e display if necessary . Click u nderl ined words to jum p to their expl anatio ns. 1 Click [Search] to o pen the “Search” wi nd ow . 2 T yp e in the wor ds . 3 Cli c[...]

102 Referring to Soni cStage Help Click [C on tents ] on th e le ft si de of the H el p w i nd ow to view a list of ite ms for each operation. Click on an y items for detail s. Importing audio data to the computer T o SonicStage Help Impor t au di o data fr om t he Intern et [Importi ng T racks ] – [P ur chasin g Tra cks from a Musi c Serv i c e [...]

103 W e r ecomm end t hat you back up you r mu sic d ata as a prec aution against hard disk cr ashe s or co mputer replac ement. Back in g up audio data T o SonicStage Help Back up a udio dat a i n M y Libr ary [B acking Up My Librar y] – [B ac king Up D at a to a Disk] Look up a bout Soni c Stage backup [Backi ng Up My Libr ar y] – [F A Q-Abo [...]

104 Other infor mat ion Uninstalling SonicStage/MD Simple Bur ner T o uninstall SonicStage/MD Simple Burner, follo w the procedures below . 1 Click [Start]–[Control Panel]*. ∗ [Setting s]–[Con trol Panel] in the case of Windows 2000 Prof essiona l/Windo ws Millenni um Edition/Windows 98 Second Edition 2 Double-clic k [Add/Remove Programs]. 3 [...]

105 On copyright protection The OpenMG technology allo ws you to enjoy digital music, while maint aining the copyri ght s of its ho ld ers. Son icSta ge encr ypt s au dio files in Op enM G f orm at an d stores them on the h ard disk of y our computer to prev ent unauthoriz ed distrib ution. Restrictions on au dio content Hig h- qual ity di g ital a[...]

106 T roubleshooting Please refe r to the follo win g s teps if you encounter a problem while u sin g Sonic Stage/MD Simple Burner. 1 Check the symptoms in this “T roubleshoot ing” section. 2 Check th e sympt om s in So nicS t age He lp when yo u use Son icSta ge. 3 If the probl em can not be solved after che cking t he ab ove references. Check[...]

107 The software cannot be installed onto y our computer Problem Cause/Remedy The in s t allat io n was no t succes sful. Y ou ar e usi ng an OS tha t do es not su pp ort thi s soft w are . t See page 86 for more det ails. All wind ows applic at io ns are no t cl o sed. t If you s ta rt the i ns talla ti o n whil e othe r pr og ram s are runni ng, [...]

108 Using a MD Walkman connected to the c omputer Problem Cause/Rem edy Y our comp uter does not recogn ize the MD W a lkman . The MD W alkman is not f irmly connec ted with the suppl ie d dedi ca ted US B cabl e to the co mpu te r . t Reconnect the MD W alkman to the compute r firmly . t Rem ove and re conn e ct th e M D W alkm an. If th e compute[...]

109 Index Nume rics 6-Ban d Equali ze r 38 A Access ories opti onal 64 supplied 10 ATRAC 3plus 78 AVLS 52 B Batt ery batter y life 14 BEEP 53 Bookm ark add 36 play 36 C CD drive 86 CDDB 86 , 90 CD-RO M 87 Chec king playing po sition 33 remain in g ti me 25 , 33 Clea ning 61 Combin ing tra cks 49 Conn ecting 89 , 90 analog 26 comput er 57 digi tal 1[...]

110 R Record ing adding t rac k m arks 29 analo g 26 digital 15 from micr op h on e 26 level 28 mode (Hi-MD/MDLP ) 27 Record ing mode 90 Recording mod e (Bit rate) 94 , 98 Relab eling 43 S Search 38 Simple M ode 90 SonicStage 93 SonicStage Help 10 0 Start (s oft war e) MD Simple Burner 91 SonicStage 93 Sync hro-r ecordin g 31 System en vi ronm ent [...]

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