Aiwa AWP-ZX7 User Manual

4-254-179-12(1)

Operating Instructions Owner’s Record

The model and serial numbers are located on the rear of the unit. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Aiwa dealer regarding this pro duc t.

Model No. ______________ Serial No. ______________

WARNING

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or mo ist u r e.

To prevent fire, do not cover the ventil at ion of the apparatus with news papers, table-cloths, curtains, etc. And don’t place lighted candle s on the apparatus.

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place obje c ts filled with liquids, such as vases , on the ap pa ratus.

Do not install the appliance in a confined space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabi ne t.

This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product. This marking is locat ed on the rear exterior.

Don’t throw away the battery with general house waste, dispose of it correctly as chemical waste.

NOTICE FOR THE CUSTOMERS IN THE U.S.A.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

CAUTION

The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard.

WARNING

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protectio n against harmful interference in a residential installation. Th is equipment generates, uses, and ca n r adia te radio frequency energy and, if not in sta ll ed and used in accordance with the instructi ons , may cau s e harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installa tion. If this equipmen t doe s cause harmful interference to r a dio or te le vision reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correc t the interference by one or more of the following measures: – Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. – Increase the separatio n bet w een the eq uip ment and

receiver.

– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit

different from that to which the receiver is connected.

– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV

technician for help.

Note to CATV system installer:

This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer’s attention to Article 820-4 0 o f th e N E C that provides guidelines for proper ground ing a nd, in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as practical.

CAUTION

You are cautioned that any changes or modif icat ions not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipm ent .

NOTICE FOR THE CUSTOMERS IN THE U.S.A.

If you have any questions about this product, you may call; Aiwa Customer Information Service Center 1-800-289-2492 or http://www.us.aiwa.com/

The Number below is for the FCC related matters only. Regulatory Information

Declaration of Conformity

Trade name: AIWA Model No.: AWP-ZX7 Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc. Address: 16450 W. Bernardo Dr, San

Diego, CA 92127 U.S.A. Telephone No.: 858-942-2230 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two

conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

NOTICE FOR THE CUSTOMERS IN CANADA CAUTION

TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT.

CAUTION

The use of optical instruments with this product will increase ey e h azard.

Except for European model

ENERGY STAR® is a U.S. registered mark. As an E

NERGY

STAR® partner, S ony Corpor a tion has determined that this product meets the E

NERGY STAR

guidelines for energy efficiency.

• Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are trademarks or registere d trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

• IBM and PC/AT are registered trad emarks of International Busine ss Machines Corporati on.

• Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

• MMX and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.

• All other trademarks and regi s te r ed trademarks are trademarks or registere d trademarks of their respective holders.

• ™ and ® marks are omitted in this manual .

Table of Contents

How to use this manual........................... 5

Playable discs....................... .... .... ... ........5

Getting Started

Hooking up the system...... ... ...................7

Setting the clock......................................9

CD/MP3 – Play

Loading a disc.......................................10

Playing a disc........................................10

— Normal Play/Shuffle Play

Playing repeatedly.................................12

— Repeat Play

Creating your own program..................13

— Program Play

Tuner

Presetting radio stations........................14

Listening to the radio............................15

— Preset Tuning — Manual Tuning

Using the Radio Data System (RDS)....16

(European model only)

Tape – Play

Loading a tape.......................................17

Playing a tape........................................17

Tape – Recording

Recording your fav o r ite CD trac k s on a

tape..................................................18

— CD-TAPE Synchro Rec or din g

Recording on a tape manually...............19

— Manual Recording

Sound Adjus t ment

Adjusting the sound..............................20

Timer

Falling asleep to music.........................20

— Sleep Timer

Waking up to music.............................. 21

— Play Timer

Timer recording radio programs........... 22

— Rec Timer

Display

Turning off the display.........................23

— Power Saving Mode

Viewing information about the d isc in th e

display............................................23

Optional Personal Computer

Connecting a personal computer to the

system.............................................25

Installing the driver............................... 26

Listening to audi o files on a personal

computer.........................................29

Optional Components

Hooking up optional components.........30

Listening to audio from a connected

component......................................31

Troubleshooting

Problems and remedies.........................32

Messages............................................... 35

Additional Info rm at io n

Precautions ........................................... 36

Specifications ....................................... 37

List of button locations and reference

pages...............................................39

How to use this manual

This manual mainly explains operations using the remote, but the same operations can also be performed using the buttons on the system having the same or similar names.

Playable discs

You can play back the following disc s on this system. Other discs cannot be played back.

List of playable discs

Format of discs Disc logo

Audio CDs

CD-R/CD-RW (audio data/MP3 fil es )

Discs that this system ca nnot play

• An 8 cm disc

• An 8 cm disc converted to a standard disc using an adaptor

•CD-ROMs

• CD-Rs/CD-RWs other than those recorded in the following formats: – music CD format – MP3 format that conforms to ISO9660

Level 1/Level 2, Joliet, Romeo or Multi

Session

• A disc that ha s a non-standard shape (e.g., card, heart).

• A disc with paper or stickers on it.

• A disc that has the adhesive, cellophane tape, or a sticker still left on it.

ISO 9660 Format The most common in te rnational standard for the logical format of files and folders on a CD-ROM. There are several specificati o n le ve ls. In Level 1, file names must be in the 8.3 format (no more than eight characters in the name, no more than three characters in th e e x te nsion “.MP3”) and in ca pital letters. Folder names can be no long er tha n e ight characters. There can be no more than eight nested folder levels. Level 2 specific ations allow file names and folder names up to 31 cha r acte r s long. Each folder can have up to 8 trees. For Joliet or Romeo in the expansion format, mak e sure of the contents of the writing softwar e , etc.

Multi Session This is a recording method that enables adding of data using the Track-At-Once me thod. Conventional CDs begin at a CD control area called the Lead-in and end at an area called Lead-out. A Multi Session CD is a CD having multiple sessions, with each segment from Lead-in to Lead -o u t regarded as a single session. CD-Extra: This format records audio (audio CD data) on the tracks in session 1 and data on the tracks in session 2. Mixed CD: This format records data on the first track and audio (audio CD data) on the se cond and subsequent tracks of a session.

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Notes on CD-R and CD-RW

• Some CD-Rs or CD-RWs canno t be pl ayed on this system depending upon the recording quality or physical condition of the disc, or the characteristics of the recording device. Furthermore, the disc will not play if it has not been correctly finalized. For more information, see the opera ting instructions f or the recording device.

• Discs recorded on CD-R/CD-RW drive s may not be played ba ck be ca use o f sc rat che s, d irt , recording condition or the driver’s characteristics.

• CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in multisession that have no t en ded by “closing the session” are not supported.

• The system ma y be unable to play MP 3 format files tha t do not have the “.MP 3” extension.

• Attempting to play non-MP3 format f iles that have the “.MP3” extension may result in noise or malfunction.

• With formats oth er tha n ISO 966 0 le vel 1 and 2, folder names or file names may not be displayed correctly .

• The following discs take a longer time to start playback.

– a disc recorded with complicated tree

structure. – a disc recorded in Multi Session. – a disc to which data can be added (non-

finalized disc).

Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies

This product is designed to playback discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright protect io n technologies are m arketed by some record companies . Plea se be awar e that among those discs, there are some that do not conform to the CD standard and may not be playable by this prod uct.

Cautions when playing a disc that is recorded in Multi Session

• If the disc begins with a CD-DA session, it is recognized as a CD- D A (audio) disc, an d playback continues until an MP3 session is encountered.

• If the disc begins with an MP3 session, it is recognized as an MP3 disc, and playback continues until a CD - D A (audio) session is encountered.

• The playback range of an MP3 disc is determined by the tree structure of files produced by analyzi ng of the disc.

• A disc with a mixed CD format will be recognized as a CD- D A (audio) disc.

Getting Started

Hooking up the system

Perform the following procedures 1 to 4 to hook up your system using the supplied cords and accessories.

AM loop antenna

FM lead antenna

Right speaker Left speaker

Getting Started

1 Connect the speakers.

Connect the right and left speaker cords to the SPEAKER terminals as shown below.

Main Unit

Insert only the stripped portion

Copper (3) Silver (#)

Speakers

Insert only the stripped portion

Copper (3)Silver (#)

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2 Connect the FM and AM antennas.

Set up the AM loop antenna, then connect it.

Plug type A

AM loop antenna

FM (C

LOO

OAXIAL)

3 For models with a voltage selector, set

VOLTAGE SELECTOR to the local power line voltage.

Refer to the print on your sys tem’s VOLTAGE SELECTOR for available settings.

4 Connect the power cord to a wall

outlet.

If the plug does not fi t t he w all socket,

Ω

detach the supplied plug adaptor (only for models equipped w ith an adaptor). To turn on the system , press ?/1.

Extend the FM lead antenna horizontally

Plug type B

AM loop antenna

Extend the FM lead antenna horizontally

Note

Keep the antennas away from the speaker cords.

LOOP

(COAXIAL)

Inserting two R6 (size AA) batteries into the remote

Ω

Note

If you do not use the remote for a long period of time, remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage and corrosion.

Tip

When the remote no longer operates the system, replace both batteries with new ones.

Attaching the speaker pads

Attach the supplied speaker pads to th e bottom of the speakers to stabilize the speakers and prevent them from sl ip pi ng.

When carrying this system

Perform the following procedure to protect the CD mechanism.

1 Make sure that all discs are removed

from the system.

2 Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch

the function to CD.

3 Hold down Z CD and then press M on

the unit until “STANDBY” appears. After “STANDBY” disappears, then “LOCK” appears.

4 Unplug the power cord.

Setting the clock

Getting Started

Use buttons on the remote for the operation.

1 Press ?/1 to turn on the system. 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET. 3 Press . or > repeatedly to set the

hour.

4 Press ENTER. 5 Press . or > repeatedly to set the

minute.

6 Press ENTER.

The clock starts worki ng.

To adjust the clock

1 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET. 2 Press . or > until “CLOCK SET?”

appears, then press ENTER.

3 Do the same procedures as step 3 to 6

above.

Notes

• The clock settings are canceled when you disconnect the power cord or if a power failure occurs.

• You cannot set the clock in Power Saving Mode (page 23).

CD/MP3 – Play

Loading a disc

Use buttons on the unit for the operat ion.

1 Press DISC 1 – 5 to select a disc

stocker.

If a disc is loaded, press Z CD to remove a disc from the di sc slot. “No Disc” appears.

2 Insert a disc in the disc slot with the

label side facing right .

When you pl ay a disc, insert it with the label side facing right.

To insert additional discs, repeat steps 1 through 2.

Notes

• When you turn on the system, the disc is not pulled into the disc slot until “No Disc” appears in the display . Do not attempt to push in the disc until “No Disc” appears.

• When pressing Z CD and then reinser ting the disc that appears in the disc sl ot, do not si mply pu sh in th e disc. Remove the disc fr om the disc slot and then reinsert it.

• Do not turn off the system with a disc halfway inserted in the disc slot. Doing so may cause the disc to fall.

• Do not use a disc with tape, seals or paste on it as this may cause malfunction.

• Do not load an 8 cm disc with an adaptor. Doing so may cause the system to malfunction.

• When you eject a disc, handle the disc by its edge. Do not touch the surfac e.

• If you load a disc that is not playable by this system, it will be ejected automatically.

Playing a disc

— Normal Play/Shuffle Play

This system lets you play audio CDs and discs with MP3 audio tracks.

Example: When a disc is loaded

Disc indicato

Track number

AUTOPRESETMP3 MONOSTEREO TUNEDTRACKALBUM

ALL

DISC S ALBM REP1 PGM SHUF

BASS

LEVEL L

PLAYTITLEID3TRKALBM

Playing time

SLEEPREC

TREBLE

LEVEL R i - Bass

SYNC

REC

1 Press CD (or FUNCTION repeatedly) to

switch the function to CD.

2 Press PLAY MODE in stop mode

repeatedly until the mode you want appears.

Select To play

ALL DISCS (Normal Play)

1DISC (Normal Play)

ALBM (Normal Play)

ALL DISCS SHUF (Shuffle Play)

1DISC SHUF (Shuffle Play)

ALBM SHUF (Shuffle Play)

PGM (Program Play)

All discs in the disc slot continuously.

The tracks on the disc you have selected in original order.

All MP3 audio tracks in the album on the disc you have selected in original order. When playing a non-MP3 disc, Album Play becomes 1DISC Play.

The tracks on all discs in random order.

The tracks on the disc you have selected in random order.

The MP3 audio track s in t he album on the disc you have selected in random order. When playing a non-MP3 disc, Album Shuffle Play becomes 1DISC SHUF Play.

The tracks on the di sc in the order you want them to be played (see “Creating your own program” on page 13).

Other operations

To Do this

Stop play Press x. Pause Press X (or CD NX on the unit).

Select a track Press . or > repeatedly. Select an album

of MP3 Find a point in a

track

Select a disc Press DISC SKIP

Switch to CD function from another source

Remove a disc Press DISC 1 – 5, then press Z CD

You may not be able to search between multiple files. Also, the time may not be displayed correctly for some files.

You cannot select an empty disc stocker.

Press again to resume play.

Press ALBUM – or + repeatedly after step 2 .

Keep pressing m or M during playback and release it at the desired point.

on the unit). Press DISC 1 – 5 on the unit

(Automatic Source Selecti on) .

on the unit.

(or DISC 1 – 5

CD/MP3 – Play

3 Press N (or CD NX on the unit).

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Notes

• You cannot change the play m ode dur ing pl ayb ac k.

• Some time may be needed to start playback of discs recorded in complex configurations such as many layers.

• When the disc is inser t ed, the player reads all th e tracks on that disc. If there are many a lbum s or nonMP3 audio tracks on the disc, it may take a long time for play to begin or for the next MP3 audio tra ck to start play.

• Do not save unnecessary albums or tracks other than MP3 ones in the disc to be used for MP3 li stening. We recommend that you do not save othe r types of tracks or unnecessary alb ums on a disc that has MP3 audio tracks.

• An album that does not include an MP3 audio track is skipped.

• Maximum album number: 150 (inc luding root folder)

• The maximum number of MP3 a udio tracks and albums that can be contained on a singl e dis c is 300.

• Playback is possible up to 8 level s.

• MP3 audio tracks are played back in alpha b eti cal order.

• Depending on the encoding/writ ing so ftwa re, recording device, or the record ing media used at the time an MP3 audio track is recorded, you ma y encounter such problems as disabled playback, sound interruptions, and noise.

Tip

When disc access takes a lo ng ti me, set “CD POWER ON” by CD power manage function (page 15).

Playing repeatedly

— Repeat P lay

You can pl ay a ll th e tr acks o r a si ng le t ra ck o n a disc repeatedly.

Press REPEAT repeatedly during playback until “REP” or “REP1” appears.

REP: For all the tracks on a disc, or all the MP3 audio tracks in an alb um up to five times. REP1: For a single trac k only.

To cancel Repeat Play

Press REPEAT repeatedly until both “REP” and “REP1” disappear.

Notes

• You cannot select “REP” and “ALL DISCS SHUF” at the same time.

• When you select “REP1”, that track is repe at ed endlessly until “REP1” is canc eled.

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