Sharp CD-MPX100E Operation Manual

Thank you for purchasing this SHARP product.
To obtain the best performance from this product, please read this
manual carefully. It will guide you in operating your SHARP product.

MINI COMPONENT SYSTEM

MODEL

CD-MPX100E

OPERATION MANUAL

CD-MPX100E Mini Component System consisting of CD-MPX100E (main
unit) and CP-MPX100H (speaker system).

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Special notes

Warning:

● When the ON/STAND-BY button is set at STAND-BY position,
mains voltage is still present inside the unit. When the ON/
STAND-BY button is set at STAND-BY position, the unit may be
brought into operation by the timer mode or remote control.

● This unit contains no user serviceable parts. Never remove covers
unless qualified to do so. This unit contains dangerous voltages,
always remove mains plug from the socket before any service
operation and when not in use for a long period.

● To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to
dripping or splashing. No objects filled with liquids, such as vases,
should be placed on the apparatus.

Note for users in Australia:

Copyright may exist in material you wish to record. Copying or broad­casting such material without permission of the relevant licensees or
owners of the copyright is prohibited by law. SHARP is not in a posi­tion to authorise the copying or broadcasting of copyright materials
and nothing in this OPERATION MANUAL should be implied as giv­ing that authority.
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For other countries:

Audio-visual material may consist of copyrighted works which must
not be recorded without the authority of the owner of the copyright.
Please refer to the relevant laws in your country.

Important Instruction

CAUTION

This product is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product.
This product contains a low power device. To ensure continued

safety do not remove any cover or attempt to gain access to the
inside of the product. Refer all servicing to qualified personnel.

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Accessories

Please confirm that the following accessories are included.

Remote control 1 FM/AM loop aerial 1

Note:

Only the above accessories are included.

Contents

Page

General Information

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 - 7

Preparation for Use

System connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 10

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Basic Operation

General control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

CD or MP3/WMA disc Playback

Listening to a CD or MP3/WMA disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - 16

Advanced CD or MP3/WMA disc playback . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 - 19

Radio

Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 - 21

Tape Playback

Listening to a cassette tape (TAPE 1 or TAPE 2) . . . . . . .22 - 23

Tape Recording

Recording to a cassette tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - 25

Advanced Features

Timer and sleep operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 - 29

Enhancing your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

References

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 - 33

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

CD-MPX100E

General Information

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .End of the manual

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Precautions

General

Please ensure that the equipment is positioned in a well ventilated
area and ensure that there is at least 10 cm (4") of free space
along the sides, top and back of the equipment.

10 cm (4") 10 cm (4")

Use the unit on a firm, level surface free from
vibration.

Keep the unit away from direct sunlight,
strong magnetic fields, excessive dust,
humidity and electronic/electrical equip­ment (home computers, facsimiles, etc.)
which generate electrical noise.

Do not place anything on top of the unit.
Do not expose the unit to moisture, to temperatures higher than

General Information

60˚C (140˚F) or to extremely low temperatures.
If your system does not work properly, disconnect the AC power
lead from the wall socket. Plug the AC power lead back in, and
then turn on your system.

In case of an electrical storm, unplug the
unit for safety.

10 cm (4")

Hold the AC power plug by the head when
removing it from the wall socket, as pulling
the lead can damage internal wires.

Do not remove the outer cover, as this
may result in electric shock. Refer inter­nal service to your local SHARP service
facility.

10 cm (4")

The ventilation should not be impeded by
covering the ventilation openings with
items, such as newspapers, tablecloths,
curtains, etc.

No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be
placed on the apparatus.
Attention should be drawn to the environmental aspects of battery
disposal.
This unit should only be used within the range of 5˚C - 35˚C (41˚F­95˚F).

Warning:

The voltage used must be the same as that specified on this unit. Us­ing this product with a higher voltage other than that which is speci­fied is dangerous and may result in a fire or other type of accident
causing damage. SHARP will not be held responsible for any dam­age resulting from use of this unit with a voltage other than that which
is specified.

Volume control

The sound level at a given volume setting depends on speaker effi­ciency, location, and various other factors. It is advisable to avoid ex­posure to high volume levels. Do not turn the volume on to full at
switch on and listen to music at moderate levels.

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Controls and indicators

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DISPLAY

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Front panel

Reference page

1. Disc Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2. Timer Set Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3. Memory/Set Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 19, 21, 26, 29

4. On/Stand-by Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

5. Display Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

6. Clock/Timer Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 26, 29

7. Tuning Up Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

8. Tuning Down Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

9. Headphone Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

10. Tape 2 Record Pause Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25

11. Tape 1 Cassette Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

12. Equalizer Mode Select Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

13. Extra Bass/Demo Mode Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12

14. Volume Up and Down Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 26

15. Disc Skip Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

16. Disc Tray Open/Close Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

17. Tape 2 Cassette Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

18. CD Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

19. Tape (1 2) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

20. Disc or Tape Stop Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 22

21. Disc Track Down or Fast Reverse, Tape 2 Rewind,

Tuner Preset Down, Time Down Button . . . . . 13, 16, 21, 23

22. Tuner (Band) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

23. Video/Auxiliary Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

24. Disc Play or Repeat, Tape Play Button . . . . . . . . . 14, 18, 22

25. Disc Track Up or Fast Forward, Tape 2 Fast Forward,

Tuner Preset Up, Time Up Button . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16, 21, 23

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Controls and indicators (continued)

General Information

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1. Disc Number Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2. CD Play Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3. CD Pause Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4. Memory Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5. CD Repeat Play Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

6. WMA Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

7. CD Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

8. MP3 Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

9. Extra Bass Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

10. Tape Play Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

11. FM Stereo Mode Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

12. Daily Timer Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

13. FM Stereo Receiving Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

14. Tape 2 Record Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

15. Sleep Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

16. Timer Play Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

17. Timer Recording Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Reference page

■ Rear panel

1. AC Power Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10

2. FM/AM Loop Aerial Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9

3. Video/Auxiliary (Audio Signal) Input Sockets . . . . . . . . . . 30

4. Speaker Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9

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1. Piezo

2. Woofer

3. Bass Reflex Duct

4. Speaker Wire

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1. Remote Control Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2. Disc Number Select Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 24

3. MP3/WMA Display Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4. Disc Clear/Dimmer Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 19

5. Memory Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 19, 21, 26, 29

6. Disc Random Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

7. Tape 2 Record Pause Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25

8. Disc Track Down or Fast Reverse, Tape 2 Rewind,

Tuner Preset Down, Time Down Button . . . . . 13, 16, 21, 23

9. Equalizer Mode Select Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

10. Tuner (Band) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

11. CD Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

12. On/Stand-by Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

13. Extra Bass Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

14. Clock/Timer Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 26, 29

15. Disc Direct Search Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

16. Disc Pause Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

17. Disc Track Up or Fast Forward, Tape 2 Fast Forward,

Tuner Preset Up, Time Up Button . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16, 21, 23

18. Disc/Tape Stop Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 23

19. Disc Play or Repeat/Tape Play Button . . . . . . . . . . 14, 18, 22

20. Video/Auxiliary Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

21. Tape (1 2) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

22. Volume Up Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

23. Volume Down Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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System connections

Preparation for Use

AM loop aerial

FM aerial

Left speakerRight speaker

Red

Black

Wall socket
(AC 230 - 240V, 50Hz)

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FM/AM loop aerial connection

Connect the FM/AM loop aerial to the ANTENNA socket.

Position the FM aerial wire and rotate the AM loop aerial for optimum
reception. Place the AM loop aerial on a shelf, or attach it to a stand
or a wall.

Notes:

Placing the aerial on the unit or near the AC power lead may
cause noise pickup. Place the aerial away from the unit for better
reception.
Do not connect the attached FM aerial to an external FM aerial.
Otherwise trouble may occur.

Installing the AM loop aerial:
<Assembling>

<Attaching to the wall>

Speaker connection

Connect the black wire to the minus (-) terminal, and the red wire to
the plus (+) terminal.

Caution:

Use speakers with an impedance of 6 ohms
or more, as lower impedance speakers can
damage the unit.
Do not mistake the right and the left chan­nels. The right speaker is the one on the right
side when you face the unit.

Do not let the bare speaker wires touch
each other.

Do not allow any objects to fall into or to be
placed in the reflex ducts.
Do not stand or sit on the speakers. You may be injured.

Incorrect

Placing the speaker system

There is no distinction between the right and the left speakers.

Left speaker Right speaker

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Note:

The speaker grilles are not removable.

Preparation for Use

Wall

Screws
(not supplied)

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System connections (continued)

AC power connection

After checking all the connections have been made correctly, plug
the AC power lead of this unit into the wall socket. If you plug in the
unit first, the unit will enter the demonstration mode.

Notes:

The unit will start the tape initialisation when plugged in to the AC
socket. During this process, initialising sound will be heard and
the unit cannot be turned on. Wait until the process is finished.
Unplug the AC power lead from the wall socket if the unit will not
be in use for a prolonged period of time.

Preparation for Use

Wall socket
(AC 230-240V,
50Hz)

Demonstration mode

The first time the unit is plugged in, the
unit will enter the demonstration mode.
You will see words scroll.

To cancel the demonstration mode:

When the unit is in the power stand-by mode (demonstration mode),
press the X-BASS/DEMO button. The demonstration mode will be
cancelled and the display will disappear.

To return to the demonstration mode:

When the unit is in the power stand-by mode, press the X-BASS/
DEMO button again.

Note:

When the power is on, the X-BASS/DEMO button can be used to
select the extra bass mode.

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To turn the power on

Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on.

After use:

Press the ON/STAND-BY button to enter the power stand-by
mode.

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Battery installation

Use 2 "AA" size batteries (UM/SUM-3, R6, HP-7 or similar).
Batteries are not included.

1 Open the battery cover.
2 Insert the batteries according to the direction indicated in

the battery compartment.

When inserting or removing the batteries, push them towards the

battery terminals.

3 Close the cover.

Precautions for battery use:

Replace all old batteries with new ones at the same time.
Do not mix old and new batteries.
Remove the batteries if the unit is not to be used for long periods
of time. This will prevent potential damage due to battery leakage.

Caution:

Do not use rechargeable batteries (nickel-cadmium battery, etc.).
Installing the batteries incorrectly may cause the unit to malfunc­tion.

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Notes concerning use:

Replace the batteries if the operating distance is reduced or if the
operation becomes erratic.
Periodically clean the transmitter on the remote control and the
sensor on the unit with a soft cloth.
Exposing the sensor on the unit to strong light may interfere with
operation. Change the lighting or the direction of the unit.
Keep the remote control away from moisture, heat, shock, and
vibrations.

Test of the remote control

Check the remote control after checking all the connections (see
pages 8 - 10).
Point the remote control directly at the remote sensor on the unit.

The remote control can be used within the range shown below:

Press the ON/STAND-BY button. Does the power turn on? Now, you
can enjoy music.

Remote sensor

Preparation for Use

0.2 m - 6 m
(8" - 20")

Battery removal:

Remove the battery cover. Push each battery toward the battery
terminal and take them out.

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