Sony MDS-JE640 User Manual

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MiniDisc Deck

4-229-587-15(1)

Operating Instructions

MDS-JE640 MDS-JE440

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WARNING

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.

This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product. The CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT MARKING is located on the rear exterior.

The following caution label is located inside the unit.

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For customers in the U.S.A.

This symbol is intended t o alert the u ser to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient mag nit ud e 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 (servi cing) instructi ons in the literature accompanying the appliance.

CAUTION

You are cautioned that any chang e s or modificatio n not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment.

INFORMATION

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 protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction s , may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular inst allation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

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Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

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Connect the equipmen t in to a n ou tle t on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

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Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help .

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Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing the Sony MiniDisc Deck. Before operating the deck, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference.

About this manual

The instructions in this manual are for models MDS-JE640 and MDS-JE4 40. The MDS-JE640 is the model used for illustration purposes. Any difference in operation is clearly indicated in the text, for example, “MDS-JE640 only”.

Conventions

Controls in these instructions are

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those on the deck; these may, however, be substituted by controls on the supplied remote that are similarly named, or, when differ ent, appear in the instructions within parentheses. Example: Turn AMS clockwise (or press > repeatedly). The following icons are used in this

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manual:

Indicates a procedure that requires

use of the remote. Indicates hints and tips for making

the task easier.

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ABLE OF

ONTENTS

Location and Function of Controls

Front panel description 4 Rear panel description 6 Remote control description 6 Display window description 8

Getting Started

Before you start the hookup 10 Hooking up the audio components 11

Recording to MDs

Recording to an MD 13 Notes on recording 15 Recording for long times 15 Adjusting the recording level 1 6 Recording tips 17 Marking track numbers while recording (Track

Marking) 19

Starting recording with six seconds of prestored audio

data (Time Machine Recording) 20

Synchro-recording with the audio component of your

choice (Music Synchro-recording) 20

Synchro-recording with a Sony CD player (CD Synchro-

recording) 21

Playing MDs

Editing Recorded MDs

Before you start editing 30 Erasing tracks (ERASE) 31 Dividing tracks (DIVIDE) 33 Combining tracks (COMBINE) 34 Moving tracks (MOVE ) 34 Naming a track or MD (NAME) 35 Changing the recorded level after recording

(S.F EDIT) 37

Undoing the last edit (UNDO) 39

Other Functions

Changing the pitch (Pitch Control Function) (MDS-JE640

only) 40 Fading in and fading out 41 Falling asleep to music (Sleep Timer) 42 Using a timer (MDS-JE640 only) 43 Using the CONTROL A1ΙΙ control system (MDS-JE640

only) 44

Operating the MD Deck Using a Keyboard

Setting the keyboard 46 Naming a track or MD using the keyboard 47 Operating the deck using the keyboard 48 Assigning characters to keyboard keys 48

Playing an MD 23 Playing a specific track 24 Locating a particular point in a track 25 Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat Play) 26 Playing tracks in random order (Shuffle Play) 27 Creating your own program (Program Play) 27 Tips for recording from MDs to tape (MDS-JE640

only) 29

Additional Information

Precautions 50 Handling MDs 51 System limitations 51 Troubleshooting 52 Self-diagnosis function 53 Display messages 54 Specifications 55 Edit menu table 56 Setup menu table 56

Index 58

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Location and

With the labeled side up

With the arrow pointing toward the deck

Function of Controls

This chapter describes the location and function of the various buttons, controls, and jacks on the deck and the supplied remote. Further details are provided on the pages indicated in the parentheses.

Front panel description

It also describes the information that appears in the display window.

(power) switch/STANDBY indicator (13) (23)

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Press to turn on the deck. When you turn on the deck, the STANDBY indicator turns of f. When you press the switch again, the deck turns of f and the indicator lights up.

Remote sensor (MDS-JE640 only) (10)

Point the remote toward this sensor ( ) for remote operations. For MDS-JE440, the remote sensor is located on the display window.

MD insertion slot (13) (23)

Insert an MD as illustrated below.

MD LP indicator (15) (23)

Lights when the deck is playing or recordin g to an MD in LP2 or LP4 Stereo mode.

Front panel description

button (14) (23)

Press to eject the MD.

MENU/NO button (17) (27) (30) (46) (56)

Press to display the Edit Menu or Setup Menu.

YES button (17) (27) (30) (46)

Press to carry out the selected operation.

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Location and Function of Controls

STANDBY

TIMER

REC OFF PLAY

PHONES

q; qa

button (13) (23)

LEVEL

KEYBOARD IN

CONTROL

qs qd

PITCH

S.F EDIT TIME

qf9

Press to start play.

button (13) (23)

Press to pause play or recording. Press again to resume play or recording.

button (14) (23)

Press to stop play or recording, or cancel the selected operation.

button (13) (17) (19)

Press to record to the MD, monitor the input signal, or mark track numbers.

TIMER selector (MDS-JE640 only) (43)

Use to set the timer for recording (REC) or playing (PLAY). Set to OFF to turn off the timer.

PHONES jack (MDS-JE640 only) (23)

Connect headphones to this jack.

LEVEL control (MDS-JE640 only) (23)

Turn to adjust the volume of the headphones.

KEYBOARD IN jack (MDS-JE640 only) (46)

Connect a keyboard to this jack to operate the deck using the keyboard.

PITCH CONTROL button (MDS-JE640 only) (40)

Press to set the MD playback speed (pitch). When you have set the pitch to a value other than “0”, the button lights up during play.

S.F EDIT button (MDS-JE640 only) (37)

Press to change the recorded le v el after r ecording. The button lights up during the operation.

TIME button (MDS-JE640 only) (17) (21)

Press to display the remaining time.

SCROLL button (MDS-JE440 only) (24)

Press to scroll the name of a track or an MD.

MD LP

MENU/NO YES

AMS

PUSH ENTER

REC MODE

LEVEL/

Display window (8)

CLEAR

qjqh

DISPLAY/CHARREPEATPLAY MODE

INPUT

wdql wswa wfqk

Shows various information.

CLEAR button (27) (35)

Press to cancel the selection.

AMS control (13) (23) (30) (40) (46)

Turn to locate tracks, select the input characters, or

select a menu item and a setting value.

m/M

buttons (25) (27) (30) (35)

Press to locate a portion within a track, change the

contents of a program, or change the input character.

PLAY MODE button (27) (43)

Press to select Shuffle Play or Program Play or resume

normal play.

REPEAT button (26)

Press to play tracks repeatedly.

LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR button (9) (14) (16) (24) (27)

(35)

Press while the deck is To

Recording or recording pause

Stopped

Recording

Playing

Editing

INPUT button (13)

Adjust the recording level Display disc information or

the contents of a program Display information on the

track being recorded Display information on the

current track Select the type of characters

to be input

Press to select the input jack (or connector) of the

program source to be recorded.

REC MODE button (15)

Press to set the REC MODE to stereo, LP2, LP4 or

MONO.

Front panel description

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Rear panel description

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Remote control

Location and Function of Controls

MDS-JE640

MDS-JE440

ANALOG

OUT

DIGITAL

OPTICAL

ANALOG IN jacks (11) (13)

Use to input analog signals from other components.

description

ANALOG OUT jacks (11)

Use to output analog signals to other components .

DIGITAL COAXIAL IN jack (MDS-JE640 European

models only) (11) (13)

Connect a digital coaxial cable to input digital signals from other components.

DIGITAL OPTICAL IN connector (11) (13)

Connect a digital optical cable to input digital signals from other components. If your deck has IN1 and IN2 connectors, you can use either connector.

DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT connector (11)

Connect a digital optical cable to output dig ital signals to other components.

CONTROL A1ΙΙ jacks (11) (44)

Rear panel description/Remote control description

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(power) switch (13) (23)

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Press to turn on the deck. When you turn on the deck, the STANDBY indicator on the deck turns off. When you press the switch again, the deck turns off and the indicator lights up.

PLAY MODE button (27) (43)

Press to select Shuffle Play or Program Play or resume normal play.

FADER button (41)

Press to perform Fade-in Play/Recording or Fade-out Play/Recording.

YES button (17) (27) (30) (46)

Press to carry out the selected operation.

Letter/number buttons (24) (35)

Press to input letters or numbers or select a track.

CLEAR button (27) (35)

Press to cancel the selection.

CD-SYNCRO STOP bu tton (21)

Press to stop CD Synchro-recording.

CD-SYNCRO START button (21)

Press to start CD Synchro-recording.

CD-SYNCRO STANDBY button (21)

Press to enter standby for CD Synchro-recording.

MUSIC SYNC button (20)

Press to start Music Synchro-recording.

T.REC button (20)

Press to start Time Machine Recording.

button (13) (23)

Press to start play.

CD PLAYER ./> buttons (21)

Press to locate tracks on the CD.

MENU/NO button (17) (27) (30) (46) (56)

Press to display the Edit Menu or Setup Menu.

NAME EDIT/SELECT button (35)

Press to add the name, change the name of a track or

an MD or select the type of characters to be input.

DISPLAY button (9) (14) (16) (24) (27)

Press to select the information to be displayed in the

window.

SCROLL button (24)

Press to scroll the name of a track or an MD.

INPUT button (13)

Press to select the input jack (or connector) of the

program source to be recorded.

REC MODE button (15)

Press to set the REC MODE to stereo, LP2, LP4 or

MONO.

button (14) (23)

Press to eject the MD.

Location and Function of Controls

button (13) (23)

Press to pause play or recording. Press again to resume play or recording.

button (14) (23)

Press to stop play or recording, or cancel the selected operation.

LEVEL +/– buttons (16) (23)

Press to adjust the recording level or analog output level (MDS-JE640 only).

LAy

B button (26)

Press to select Repeat A-B Play.

REPEAT button (26)

Press to play tracks repeatedly.

m/M

buttons (25) (27) (30) (35)

Press to locate a portion within a track, change the contents of a program, or shift the cursor to the right.

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buttons (13) (23) (31) (40) (46)

Press to locate tracks, adjust the recording level or select a menu item.

button (13) (17) (19)

Press to record to the MD, monitor the input signal, or mark track numbers.

Remote control description

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Display window description

Location and Function of Controls

MDS-JE640

MDS-JE440

4 2 3 5 4 7 83

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REMOTE indicator

Lights when the MD is being controlled by an external device connected to the deck.

Disc name and track name indicators display

DISC indicator

Lights when the disc information (etc.) is shown.

Name display

Displays disc and track names, Edit Menu par ameters , and Setup Menu parameters (etc.). The track name appears instead of the disc name during play. When the MD or the track has no name, “No Name” appears.

TRACK indicator

Lights when the track information (etc.) is shown.

Display window description

Playback indicators

REP indicators (26)

Light when the deck is set to Repeat Play.

“REP” lights when the deck is set to repeat the entire

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disc. “REP 1” lights when the deck is set to repeat just

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one track. “REP A-B” lights when the deck is set to repeat a

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specific portion within a track.

SHUF indicator (27)

Lights when the deck is set to Shuffle Play.

PGM indicator (27)

Lights when the deck is set to Program Play.

indicator

Lights during playing or playing pause.

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Recording and editing indicators

L.SYNC indicator (19)

Lights when the deck is set to assign track numbers automatically during analog recording.

Rec mode indicators (15)

These indicators turn off during stereo recording/ playback.

“MONO” lights when the deck is set to Monaural

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Recording mode or playing an MD recorded in Monaural Recording mode. “LP2” lights when the deck is set to LP2 Stereo

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Recording mode or playing an MD recorded in LP2 Stereo Recording mode. “LP4” lights when the deck is set to LP4 Stereo

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Recording mode or playing an MD recorded in LP4 Stereo Recording mode.

SYNC indicator (20)

Lights dur ing synchro -recording.

REC indicator

Lights during recording.

TOC indicators (15) (31)

“TOC” lights to indicate the presence of TOC data

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that has not been written to the disc. “TOC” flashes when the TOC data is being written. “TOC EDIT” lights during edit operations.

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INPUT indicators (13)

“OPT” or “D-IN” lights when the program source

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connected to the DIGITAL OPTICAL IN connector is selected. For models with two digital input connectors, “OPT1 (2)” lights when the program source connected to the DIGITAL OPTICAL IN1 (2) connector is selected. “COAX” lights when th e pr ogr am s ource co nnected

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to the DIGITAL COAXIAL IN jack (MDS-JE640 European models only) is selected. “ANALOG” or “A-IN” lights when the program

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source connected to the ANALOG IN jacks is selected.

Note

The display format that you have selected in ea ch of the deck statuses (play, recording, etc.) will appear whenever the deck enters that status and you press LEVEL/DISPL AY/CHAR (or DISPLAY) or TIME (MDS-JE640 only) until you change the format to another (see the following sections for details). If you disconnect the AC power cord, however, all the displays will revert to their default (i.e., the factory set display) the next time you turn on the deck.

To change the display in stop mode

Press LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR (or DISPLAY) repeatedly to change the display.

Each press of the button changes the display as follows:

MDS-JE640

Total number of tracks, total recorded time and disc name

The contents of a program (only when “PGM” lights up)

Level of the input signal (setting value of the recording level)

MDS-JE440

Total number of tracks and total recorded time

Remaining recordable time2) on the MD (recordable MDs only)

The contents of a program (only when “PGM” lights up)

Total playing time of the program (only when “PGM” lights up)

Disc name

1) “No Name” appears when the disc has no name.

2) Time shown in the d isplay d iffers depen ding o n the se tting of

REC MODE.

Location and Function of Controls

Music calender

Shows all the track numbers within a grid if the MD is a premastered disc, or without a grid if the MD is a recordable disc. If the total number of tracks exceeds 15, B appears to the right of number 15 in the music calendar.

SLEEP indicator (42)

Lights when the deck is set to turn off automatically after specified minutes.

Level meters

Display the audio signal levels during playing and recording.

Display window description

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Getting Started

This chapter provides information on the supplied accessories and hookups. Be sure to read this chapter thoroughly before you actually connect any equipment to the deck.

Before you start the hookup

Checking the supplied accessories

This MD deck comes with the following items:

Audio connecting cords (2)

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Optical cable (1)

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Remote commander (remote) (1)

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R6 (size-AA) batteries (2)

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Inserting batteries into the remote

Insert two R6 (size-AA) batteries into the battery compartment with the + and – properly oriented to the markings. When using the remote, point it at the remote sensor on the deck.

When to replace the batteries

Under normal conditions, the batteries should last for about six months. When the remote no long er operates the deck, replace both batteries with new ones.

Notes

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Do not leave the remote in an extremely hot or humid place.

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Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing, particularly when replacing the batteries.

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Do not use a new battery with an old one.

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Do not expose the remote sensor to direct sunlight or lighting apparatus. Doing so may cause a malfunction.

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If you don’t use the remote for an extended period of time, remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage and corrosion.

Before you start the hookup

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Hooking up the audio components

MDS-JE640

CONTROL A1ΙΙ

See page 12

AC B

Amplifier, etc. CD player, DBS tuner, etc.

CD player, DBS tuner

Digital amplifier, DAT deck, MD deck, etc.

AC power cord

Getting Started

to a wall outlet

MDS-JE440

Amplifier, etc.

1) Digital equipment with a DIGITAL OUT connector only

2) Digital equipment with both DIGITAL IN and OUT connectors

CD player, DBS tuner

AC power cord

to a wall outlet

Hooking up the audio components

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Required cords

Audio connecting cords (2) (supplied)

When connecting an audio connecting cord, be sure to match the color-coded pins to the appropriate jacks: white (left) to white and red (right) to red.

White (L)

Getting Started

Red (R)

White (L)

Red (R)

For MDS-JE640 (except for the European models)

Connect To the

Amplifiers ANALOG IN/OUT jacks

CD players or DBS tuners

Digital amplifiers, D AT decks,

or another MD deck

1) Ther e is no disti nc tio n of IN1 an d IN2 connectors.

DIGITAL OPTICAL IN connector

DIGITAL OPTICAL IN OUT connectors

Optical cables (2 for MDS-JE640 European mode ls /3 for all other models) (only one supplied)

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When connecting an optical cable, take the caps off the connectors and insert the c able plugs straig ht in un til the y click into place.

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Do not bend or tie the optical cables.

Coaxial digital connecting cable (for MDS-JE640 European models only) (1) (not supplied)

Hookup considerations

Turn o ff the po wer of all components before m aking any

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connections. Do not connect any AC power cord until all the

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connections are completed. Be sure the connections are firm to prevent hum and

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noise.

For MDS-JE440

Connect To the

Amplifiers ANALOG IN/OUT jacks

CD players or DBS tuners

DIGITAL OPTICAL IN connector

Other connections (MDS-JE640 only)

To connect a CONTROL A1ΙΙ compatible component

Monaural (2P) mini-plug cables (2) (not supplied)

For details, see “Using the CONTROL A1ΙΙ control system” on page 44.

To connect the AC power cord

Connect the AC power cord of the deck to a wall outlet.

Note

If you use a timer, connect the AC power cord to the outlet of the timer.

Demonstration mode

Jacks (connectors) for connecting audio components

For MDS-JE640 European models

Connect To the

Amplifiers ANALOG IN/OUT jacks

DIGITAL COAXIAL IN jack

CD players or DBS tuners

Digital amplifiers, D A T decks, or another MD deck

Hooking up the audio components

or DIGITAL OPTICAL IN connector

DIGITAL OPTICAL IN/OUT connectors

When you turn on the MD deck and there is n o MD in the deck, demonstration mode is activated automatically after about ten minutes. To deactiv ate the demo nstr ation mod e, press any button on the deck or on the remote.

To turn off the demonstration mode

Press x and CLEAR simultaneously when there is no MD in the deck. “Demo Off” appears in the display. To turn on the demonstration mode again, perform the same procedure described above. “Demo On” appears in the display.

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Recording to

Recording to an MD

MDs

This chapter explains the various ways to record to an MD, as well as how to mark track numbers and perform synchro-recording with other components. See also “System limitations” on page 51 before recording.

If the MD has been partially recorded, recording starts after the recorded tracks.

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Turn on the amplifier and program source, and

select the source on the amplifier.

Press

The STANDB Y indicator turns off.

Insert a recordable MD into the slot.

Press INPUT repeatedly to select the input jacks

(connector) connected to the program source.

When the source is connected to the

DIGITAL OPTICAL IN1 or IN2 connector

DIGITAL OPTICAL IN connector OPT or D-IN DIGITAL COAXIAL IN jack

ANALOG IN jacks

1) MDS-JE640 European models only

to turn on the deck.

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slot

AMS INPUT

XzH

AMS

Set INPUT to

OPT1 or OPT2

COAX ANALOG or A-

Recording to MDs

If necessary, locate the point on the MD to start

recording from.

If you want to record to a new MD or start recording

from the end of the recorded portion, skip this step and

go to step 6.

To record over from the beginning of an existing

MD track

Turn AMS (or press

number of the track to be recorded over appears.

To record over from the middle of an MD track

Turn AMS (or press

number of the track to be recorded over appears, then

press H to start play . Press X at the point you want to

start recording from.

Press z.

The deck changes to recording pause.

If necessary, adjust the recording level.

For details, see “Ad ju stin g the recording level” on

page 16.

Press H or X.

Recording starts.

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repeatedly) until the

Recording to an MD

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Start playing the program source.

Operations you may want to do during recording

To Press

Stop recording Pause recording Resume recording after

pausing Eject the MD

To change the display while recording

Recording to MDs

Press LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR (or DISPLAY)

x X

after stopping recording

repeatedly to change the display. Each press of the button changes the display as follows:

To prevent accidental erasure of the recorded material

T o protect an MD recordin g, slide the record-protect tab in the direction of the arrow (see illustration below) to open the slot. To enable re-recording, close the slot.

Record-protect tab

Slide in the direction of arrow

MDS-JE640

Track number and recorded time of the current track

Level of the input signal (setting value of the recording level)

Sampling frequency indication

“FS -- kHz” appears while the analog signal is input.

MDS-JE440

Track number and recorded time of the current track

Remaining recordable time

Level of the input signal

Track name

1) Time shown in the displa y di ffers dependi ng on the se tting of REC MODE.

2) “No Name” appears when the track has no name.

When you pause recording

on the MD

The track number increases by one. For example, if you paused recording while recording track 4, the track number will be 5 when you resume recording.

Yo u can play the tracks you have just recorded

Press H immediately after stopping recording. The deck starts to play from the first track of the material just recorded.

You can play from the first track of the MD after

recording

Press x again after stopping recording.

Press H. The deck starts to play from the first track of the MD.

Note

You cannot record over existing material when Shuffle Play (page 27) or Program Play (page 27) has been selected. “Impossible” appears in the display at this time.

Recording to an MD

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Notes on recording

Recording for long times

About indications that appear during/ after recording

When “Tr” flashes in the display recording

during

The MD deck is recording over existing track(s) (see “Recording to an MD” on page 13). The indication stops flashing when the deck reaches the end of the recorded portion.

When “TOC” lights up in the display after recording

Recording has finished but the TOC (Table of Contents) on the MD has not been updated to reflect the recording results. The recording will be lost if you disconnect the AC power cord while the indication is on. The TOC will be updated only when you eject the MD or turn off the MD deck.

When “TOC Writing” flashes in the display after recording

The deck is updating the TOC. Do not disconnect the AC power cord or move the deck while the indication flashes.

In addition to normal stereo recording, this deck has two long time recording modes: LP2 and LP4. When recording in LP2 Stereo mode, you can reco rd 2 times the normal recordable time, and in LP4 Stereo mod e, yo u can record 4 times the normal recordable time. In addition, the recordable time for monaural recording is approximately double the stereo recording time.

Note

MDs recorded in MD LP (LP2 or LP4 Stereo) mode cannot be played back on a deck that does not support MD LP mode. In addition, you cannot perform S.F Edit for MDs recorded in MD LP mode.

REC MODE

AMS

Do steps 1 to 4 of “Recording to an MD” on

page 13.

Recording to MDs

Automatic conversion of digital sampling rates during recording

A built-in sampling rate converter automatically converts the sampling frequency of various digital sources to the

44.1 kHz sampling rate of the MD deck. This allows you to monitor and record sources such as 32- or 48-kHz DAT tape or satellite broadcasts, as well as the CDs and MDs.

Press REC MODE repeatedly to select the

recording mode you want to record in.

To record in Set REC MODE to

Stereo Blank (No indicator) LP2 Stereo LP2 LP4 Stereo LP4 Monaural MONO

Do steps 5 to 9 of “Recording to an MD” on

page 13.

You can automatically add “LP:” at the beginning of a track name during a long time recording

The deck is set at the factory to add “LP:” automatically. This indication is displayed when the track is played on a deck that does not support long-time recording (page 57). To turn this function On/Off, press

When you record to an MD in LP2 or LP4 Stereo mode

The MD LP indicator lights up when you press z in step 3 above.

Notes

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The recorded “LP:” is a confirmation stamp that is displayed to indicate that the trac k cannot be played back on a deck that does not support MD LP mode. It is not displayed on decks that support MD LP mode.

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Notes on recording/Recording for long times

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• If “LPstamp On” is set, “LP:” is recorded as part of the track

AMS

LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR

Avoid turnin g on these indicators

MDS-JE640

Avoid turnin g on th es e ind i cators

MDS-JE440

name, so the number of characters that can be input in a single MD is reduced. Furthermore, “LP:” is automatically copied if the track name is copied or if the track is divided by using the Divide function.

• MDs recorded in MD LP (LP2 or LP4 Stereo) mode should be

played back on a deck that supports MD LP mode. These MDs cannot be played back on other decks.

• Even if you press REC MODE during recording or recording

pause, you cannot change the recording mode.

• Even if you press REC MODE repeatedly to select MONO,

the monitor signal during recording does not become monaural.

Recording to MDs

Adjusting the recording level

You can adjust the recording level for both analog and digital recordings.

Do steps 1 to 6 of “Recording to an MD” on

page 13. Play the portion of the program source with the

strongest output. Press LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR (or DISPLAY)

repeatedly until the level of the input signal appears.

MDS-JE640

While monitoring the sound, turn AMS (or press LEVEL +/– repeatedly) to raise the recording level to its highest level without turning on the two rightmost indicators on the peak level meters.

MDS-JE440 While monitoring the sound, turn AMS (or press

./> repeatedly) to raise the recording level to its highest level without turning on “OVER” on the peak level meters.

Stop playing the program source.

Recording for long times/Adjusting the recording level

To start recording, continue from step 8 of

“Recording to an MD” on page 13.

Yo u can adjust the recording level using th e

remote

During recording or recording pause, press LEVEL +/– repeatedly.

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(MDS-JE640 only) You can use Setup Menu to adjust

the recording level

You can adjust the recording level regardless of the source selected with the INPUT button. 1 During recording or recording pause, press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

2 Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “Ain,”

“Coax,” “Opt,” “Opt1,” or “Opt2” appears, then press AMS or YES.

3 Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to adjust the

recording level, then press AMS or YES.

4 Press MENU/NO.

You can use the Peak Hold Function

The function freezes the peak level meters at the highest level reached by the input signal. 1 While the deck is stopped or playing, press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

2 Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “P.Hold Off”

(factory setting) appear s, then press AMS or YES.

3 Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select

“P.Hold On”, then press AMS or YES.

4 Press MENU/NO. T o turn of f the Pea k Hold Func tion, selec t “P.Hold Off” in step 3

above.

Note

The volume can only be increased up to +12.0 dB (for anal og recording) or +18.0 dB (for digital recordi ng). Therefore, if the output level of the connected component is low, it may not be possible to set the recording level to maximum.

Recording tips

MENU/NO YES

AMS

AMSTIME

Checking the remaining recordable time on the MD

For MDS-JE640: Press TIME repeatedly.

While the deck is

Stopped

Recording

1) Not shown for premasterd discs.

2) Time shown in the d isplay d iffers depen ding o n the se tting of REC MODE.

The following information appears

Total number of tracks and total recorded time y Tot a l number of tracks and remaining recordable time on

the MD Track number and recorded time of the

current track y Track number and remaining recordable time

on the MD

INPUT

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For MDS-JE440: Press DISPLAY on the remote repeatedly.

For the information in stop mode, see page 9. For the information during recording, see page 14.

Monitoring the input signal (Input Monitor)

You can monitor the selected input signal even when you are not recording it.

Press A to eject the MD.

Press INPUT repeatedly to select the jacks

(connector) where the signal you want to monitor is being input.

Press z.

When an analog input is selected

The analog signal input from the AN ALOG IN jacks is output to the DIGITAL OUT connector (MDS-JE640 only) after A/D conversion, and then to the ANALOG OUT jacks and PHONES jack (MDS-JE640 only) after D/A conversion. “AD – DA” appears in the display during this time.

Adjusting the recording level/Recording tips

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When a digital input is selected

The digital signal input from the DIGITAL IN connector is output to the DIGITAL OUT connector (MDS-JE640 only) afte r pass ing t hrough the sampli ng rate converter, and then to the ANALOG OUT jacks and PHONES jack (MDS-JE640 only) after D/A conv ers ion. “ – DA” appears in the display duri ng thi s time.

To stop Input Monitor

Press x.

•

If you turn off the deck or disconnect the AC power cord, the deck will store the last setting (“S.Space On” or “S.Space Off”) and recall it the next tim e you turn on the deck.

•

If the deck continues recording pause for about 10 minutes after the Auto Cut activated, recording stops automatically.

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Erasing blank portions automatically (Smart Space/Auto Cut)

The deck can be set to automatically e rase any blanks that are produced when the signal is interrupted during recording. The function that activates (Smart Space or Auto Cut) depends on the length of the interruption, as described below.

Smart Space

If the signal is interrupted for less than 30 seconds, Smart Space replaces the blank portion with a blank space of about three seconds, then continues the recording. “Smart Space” appears in the display during this time.

Auto Cut

If the signal is interrupted for about 30 seconds, Auto Cut replaces the blank portion with a blank space of about three seconds, then pauses the recording. “Auto Cut” appears in the display during this time.

Do the procedure below to tu rn Smart Space and Auto Cut on or off.

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“S.Space On” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select

the setting, then press AMS or YES.

To Select

Turn on Smart Space and Auto Cut

Turn off Smart Space and Auto Cut

Press MENU/NO.

Notes

•

If you start recording with no signal in put, Smart Space and Auto Cut will not operate regardless of the setting.

•

Smart Space does not affect the or der of the track numbers being recorded, even if the blank space occurs in the middle of a track.

•

Auto Cut is automatically turned on or off in tandem with Smart Space.

Recording tips

S.Space On (factory setting)

S.Space Off

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Marking track numbers while recording

Marking)

You can mark track numbers either manually or automatically while recording. By marking track numbers at specific points, you can quickly locate the points later or edit the MD easily.

Marking track numbers manually (Manual Track Marking)

While recording, press z at the point where you want to add a track number.

Marking track numbers automatically (Automatic Track Marking)

When recording from a CD player or MD deck connected to a DIGITAL IN connector, the deck marks track numbers in the same sequence as the source. When recording from other sources connected to the DIGITAL IN connector or a source connected to the ANALOG IN jacks, do the procedure below to mark track numbers automatically. However, you cannot mark track numbers automatically if the sound source to be recorded is noisy (e.g., tapes or radio programs).

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“T.Mark Lsyn(c)” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select

the setting, then press AMS or YES.

To Select

Turn on Automatic Track Marking

Turn off Automatic Track Marking

(Track

MENU/NO YES

AMS

T.Mark Lsyn(c) (factory setting)

T.Mark Off

Press MENU/NO.

When you set Automatic Track Marking to on, “L.SYNC” lights up. The deck marks a track number whenever the input signal level drops to –50 dB (the trigger level for Automatic Track Marking) or below for at least 1.5 seconds.

To change the trigger level for Automatic Track Marking

Do the procedure below to change the signal level that triggers Automatic Track Marking.

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“LS(T)” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select

the level, then press AMS or YES.

You can set the level at any value between –72 dB and 0 dB, in 2 dB increments.

Press MENU/NO.

Additional information on Automatic Track Marking

•

When recording from a CD player or an MD deck connected to the DIGITAL IN connector, the entire material might be recorded as a single track in the following cases: —When you consecutively record the same track two or more

times using single-tra ck r e peat play.

—When you consecutively record two or more tracks with the

same track number but from different CDs or MDs.

—When you record tracks from certain CD or multi-disc

players.

•

A track number might not be marked for tracks less than 4 seconds long (in Stereo mode, Monaural mo de, and LP2 Stereo mode) or 8 seconds long (in LP4 Stereo mode) during recording.

•

When recording from a component connected to the ANALOG IN jacks with “T.Mark Off” select ed or when recording from a DAT deck or DBS tuner connected to the DIGIT AL IN connector, the entire material may be recorded as a single track.

•

When recording from a DAT deck or DBS tuner co nnected to the DIGITAL IN connector, the deck will mark a track nu mber whenever the sampling frequency of the input signal changes, regardless of the track marking parameter setting (“T.Mark Lsyn(c)” or “T. Mark Off”).

You can mark track numbers even after recording h as

finished

See “Dividing tracks” on page 33.

Note

If you turn off the deck or disconnect the AC power cord, the deck will store the last settings (“T.Mark Lsyn(c)” or “T.Mark Off” and the trigger le v el) and re call them th e ne xt time yo u turn on the deck.

Recording to MDs

Marking track numbers while recording

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Starting recording with six

MUSIC SYNC

. >

m M

z x

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seconds of prestored

Synchro-recording with the audio component of

audio data

(Time Machine

Recording)

Whenever the d eck is in recording pause, the deck’s buffer memory continuously stores the latest six seconds worth of audio data. When you press AMS (or T.REC), the recording then starts with the data in the buffer memory. Time Machine Recording thus allows you to avoid

Recording to MDs

missing the beginning of material recorded live from an FM or satellite broadcast.

AMS

Do steps 1 to 6 of “Recording to an MD” on

page 13.

The deck changes to recording pause.

Start playing the program source.

your choice

(Music Synchro-

recording)

The Music Synchro-recording allows you to automatically synchronize recording to the MD deck with the pl aying of the selected program source. The Track Marking Function, however, will differ according to the program source. For details, see “Marking track numbers while recording” on page 19.

Press AMS (or T.REC) at the point where you want

to start recording.

Recording starts with the six seconds of prestored data in the buff er m emory, then continues recording via the buffer memory thereafter.

To stop Time Machine Recording

Press x.

Note

The storage of data in the buffer memory starts from the moment the deck chan ges to re cord ing pau se. Thus, i f yo u st art reco rdin g less than six seconds after changing to recording pause, less than six seconds worth of data will be recorded from the buffer memory. The same is true if the program source had been playing for less than six seconds at the time you start recording.

Do steps 1 to 5 of “Recording to an MD” on

page 13. Press MUSIC SYNC.

The deck changes to recording pause.

Start playing the program source.

Recording starts automatically.

To stop Music Synchro-recording

Press x.

Note

During Music Synchro-recording, Smart Space and Auto Cut will operate regardless of their setting (“S.Space On” or “S.Space Off”).

Starting recording with six seconds of prestored audio data/Synchro-recording with the audio component of your choice

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Synchro-recording with

a Sony CD player

(CD Synchro-recording)

When the deck is connected to a Sony CD player or Hi-Fi component system, you can easily copy the contents of CDs to the MD using the deck’s remote. Because the MD remote operates both the MD deck and the CD player or CD player section of the component system, make s ure to place the MD deck and the CD player as close together as possible.

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CD-SYNCRO START

CD-SYNCRO STOP

CD PLAYER ./>

Turn on the amplifier and the CD player, and select

CD on the amplifier. Do steps 2 to 5 of “Recording to an MD” on

page 13. Insert a CD into the CD player and select the

playing mode (Shuffle Play, Program Play, etc.) on the CD player.

Press CD-SYNCRO STANDBY.

z x

. >

m M

The CD player changes to play standby and the MD deck changes to recording standby.

Press CD-SYNCRO START.

The deck starts recording and the CD player starts to play. The track number and elapsed recording time of the track appear in the display.

If the CD player does not start playing

Some CD players may not respond when you press CDSYNCRO START. Press X on the CD player’s remote instead to start play on the CD player.

CD-SYNCRO STANDBY

Operations you may want to do during CD Synchro-recording

To Press

Stop recording CD-SYNCRO STOP Pause recording CD-SYNCRO STANDBY Locate the next track to be

?/1

on the MD

recorded during recording pause

Resume recording after pausing

Check the remaining recordable time on the MD

You can use the remote of the CD player during CD

Synchro-recording

Press To change the deck to

H x X

marked in the following ways:

•

When the CD player is connected to the DIGITAL IN connector, track numbers are automatically marked as they appear on the C D .

•

When the CD player is connected to the ANALOG IN jacks, track numbers are automatically marked when “T.Mark Lsyn(c)” has been selected (pag e 19).

•

When you resume recording after recording pause, a new track number is automatically marked, regardless of the track marking parameter setting (“T.Mark Lsyn(c)” or “T.Mark Off”).

Press x on the CD player’s remote.

Change the CD.

Press H on the CD player’s remote. Recording resumes.

video CD player

By reprograming the MD’s remote, you can use the procedure above to perform synchro-recording with a Sony video CD player. Press number button 2 while pressing down deck’s remote. You can now operate the MD deck and the video CD player with the remote. To control the CD player again, press number button 1 while pressing down remote.

text information (CD text and disc memos) as it is to the MD (Disc Memo Copy Function) (MDS-JE640 only)

The Disc Memo Copy Function operat es when you make a CD Synchro-recording from a Sony CD player connected wit h a control A1ΙΙ cable (not supplied) to the MD deck .

Recording Play Recording pause Stop Recording pause Pause

During CD Synchro-recording, track numbers are

You can change CDs during CD Synchro-recording

You can also perform synchro-recording with a Sony

During CD Synchro-recording, the deck copies CD

CD PLAYER ./

CD-SYNCRO START TIME on the deck (MDS-

JE640) or DISPLAY (MDSJE440) (page 17)

And change the CD player to

?/1

on the MD deck’s

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Synchro-recording with a Sony CD player

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Recording to MDs

Notes

•

When performing CD Synchro-recording with a CD player with a mode selector, be sure to set the selector to CD1.

•

When you record tracks from certain CD or multi-disc players, the entire material may be recorded as a single track.

•

The Disc Memo Copy Function may not operate for extremely short CD tracks (MDS-JE640 only).

•

Text information may not be copied for some CDs (MDSJE640 only).

Making a CD Synchro-recording from a Sony CD player connected with a control A1ΙΙ cable (MDS-JE640 only)

Do steps 1 to 3 of “Synchro-recording with a Sony

CD player” on page 21. Set the CD player to playing pause mode.

Press z on the deck.

The MD deck changes to recording pause.

Press H or X on the deck.

The deck starts recording and the CD player starts to play. When CD play finishes, recording stops.

Synchro-recording with a Sony CD player

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Playing MDs

Playing an MD

This chapter explains the various ways to play MDs.

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Turn on the amplifier and select MD on the

amplifier.

Press

to turn on the deck.

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AMS

AMS LEVEL

The STANDB Y indicator turns off.

Insert an MD.

If necessary, turn AMS (or press > repeatedly) to

locate the track you want to start playing from.

If you want to play from the first track, skip this step and go to step 5.

Press H.

The deck starts to play.

Adjust the volume on the amplifier.

Playing MDs

Operations you may want to do during play

To Press or turn

Stop play Pause play Resume play after pausing

Locate a succeeding track Locate the beginning of the

current track or a preceding track

Eject the MD

When you play an MD recorded in LP2 or LP4 Stereo

mode

The MD LP indicator lights up when you press H in step 5 above.

(MDS-JE640 only) To use headphones

Connect them to the PHONES jack. Turn LEVEL to adjust the headphones level.

(MDS-JE640 only) You can adjust the analog signal

level output to the PHONES jack and the ANALOG OUT jacks

While the deck is playing, press LEVEL/DISP LAY/CHAR (or DISPLAY) repeatedly until the line output adjustment displ ay appears.

Turn AMS (or press LEVEL +/– repeatedly) to adjust the output signal level.

x X H

AMS clockwise (or press > repeatedly)

AMS counterclockwise (or press . repeatedly)

after stopping play

Playing an MD

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(MDS-JE640 only) You can use Setup Menu to adjust

>10

./>

. >

m M

z x

` / 1

AMS

Number buttons

the analog output level

While the deck is playing, press MENU/NO twice. “Setup Menu” appears in t he display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “Aout” appears, then press AMS or YES.

Turn AMS (or press LEVEL +/– repeatedly) to adjust the output signal level, then press AMS or YES.

Press MENU/NO.

Note

When you eject the MD or turn off the deck, the output level is reset to the factory setting (0.0 dB).

To change the display during playing

Press LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR (or DISPLAY) repeatedly to change the display.

Each press of the button changes the display as follows:

Playing MDs

MDS-JE640

Track number and elapsed time of the current track

The contents of a program (only when “PGM” lights up)

Disc name and track name

Level of the output signal

MDS-JE440

Track number and elapsed time of the current track

T rac k num ber and re maining time of the current track

Remaining time of all recorded tracks

The contents of a program (only when “PGM” lights up)

Track name

You can check the remaining time

Press TIME during playback (MDS-JE640 only). Each press of the button changes the display as follows:

Track number and elapsed time of the current track

T rac k num ber and re maining time of the current track

Remaining time of all recorded tracks

Playing a specific track

While the deck is playing or stopped, use the procedure below to quickly play any track.

Locating a track with AMS

To go to Do the following:

The next or a succeeding track during play

A preceding track during play The beginning of the cur rent

track during play

Turn AMS clockwise (or press

Turn AMS counterclockwise (or press . repeated ly).

Turn AMS counterclockwise (or press . once).

Turn AMS (or press ./

A specific track while the deck is stopped

number you want to go to flashes in the display , then press AMS or H.

1) Automatic Music Sensor

Yo u can locate the last track of the MD quickly

While the deck is stopped, turn AMS counterclockwise (or press

once).

If you locate a track while the deck is stopped or

paused

The deck will still be stopped or paused at the beginning of the located track.

Playing a track by entering the track number

repeat edly).

repeatedly) until the tra ck

You can check the track name while playing (only

when the track name is recorded)

Press SCROLL.

The track name appears and scrolls. While the track name is scrolling, press the button again to pause scrolling, and again to continue scrolling. For MDS-JE440, you can also use SCROLL on the deck.

Playing an MD/Playing a specific track

Press the number button(s) to enter the track number of the track you want to play.

To enter a track number over 10

Press >10.

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Enter the corresponding digits.

To enter 0, press 10/0 instead.

Examples:

To play track number 30, pres s >10, t hen 3 an d 10 / 0.

•

To play track number 108, press >10, then 1, 10/0,

•

and 8.

If you enter a track number while the deck is paused

The deck will still be paused at the beginning of the track.

Locating a particular point in a track

You can locate a particular point in a track during play or play pause.

AMS

m/M

Locating a point while monitoring the sound

During play, press down m/M until you reach the point you want.

You will hear intermittent playing as the disc goes forward or in reverse. When you reach the point you want, release the button.

Notes

•

If the MD reaches the end while you’re pressing M, the deck stops.

•

Tracks that are only a few seconds long may be too short for monitoring. For such tracks, play the MD at normal speed.

Locating a point by observing the time indication

During play pause, press do wn m/M until you reach the point you want.

When you reach the point you want, release the button. To start playing, press H or X. No sound is output during this time.

When “– Over –” appears in the dis pl ay

The MD has reached the end while you’re pressing M. Turn AMS counterclockwise (or press .) or press m to go back.

Playing MDs

Playing a specific track/Locating a particular point in a track

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Playing tracks repeatedly

(Repeat Play)

You can play an entire MD repeatedly. This function can be used with Shuffle Play to repeat all the tracks in random order (page 27), or with Program Play to repeat all the tracks in the program you have created (page 27). You can also repeat a specific track or portion within a track.

Playing MDs

AMS

REPEAT

z x

. >

Repeating the current track (Repeat 1 Play)

While the track you want to repeat is being played, press REPEAT repeatedly until “Repeat 1” appears in the display.

Repeat 1 Play starts.

To stop Repeat 1 Play

Press x.

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To resume normal play

Press REPEAT repeatedly until “Repeat Off” appears in the display.

Repeating a specific portion within a track (Repeat A-B Play)

You can specify one portion within a track to be played repeatedly. Note that the portion that you specify must be

AyB

within the boundaries of a single track.

While the deck is playing, press AyB at the

starting point (point A) of the portion to be played repeatedly.

“REPA-” lights up and “B” flashes in the display.

Note

If you turn off the deck or disconnect the AC power cord, the deck will store the last setting of the repeat play (“Repeat All” or “Repeat 1”) and recall it the next time you turn on the deck.

Repeating all the tracks on the MD (Repeat All Play)

Press REPEA T repeatedl y until “Repeat All” appears in the display.

When you play an MD, the deck repeats the tracks as follows:

When the play mode is The deck repeats

Normal play (page 23) All the tracks in sequence Shuffle Play (page 27) All the t r acks in random order

Program Play (page 27)

All the tracks in the program in sequence

To stop Repeat All Play

Press x.

To resume normal play

Press REPEAT repeatedly until “Repeat Off” appears in the display.

Continue playing the track or press M to locate

the ending point (point B), then press AyB.

“REPA-B” lights up and Repeat A-B Play starts.

To stop Repeat A-B Play and resume normal play

Press REPEAT or CLEAR.

Yo u can set a new starting point and ending point

during Repeat A-B Play

You can change the current ending point to a new starting point, then specify a ne w endi ng poin t to rep eat a portio n righ t after the current portion.

During Repeat A-B Play, press AyB. The current ending point changes to the new starting point (point A). “REPA-” lights up and “B” flashes in the display.

Locate the new ending point (point B) and press AyB. “REPA-B” lights up and the deck starts to repeat the newly specified portio n.

Playing tracks repeatedly

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Playing tracks in random

Creating your own

order

(Shuffle Play)

When you select Shuffle Play, the deck plays all the tracks on the MD in random order.

AMS

PLAY MODE

While the deck is stopped, press PLAY MODE

repeatedly until “SHUF” lights up in the display. Press H.

Shuffle Play starts.

appears while the deck is “shuffling” the tracks.

;

To resume normal play

While the deck is stopped, pre ss PLAY MODE repeatedly until “SHUF” turns off.

You can locate tracks during Shuffle Play

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly).

•

T o locate the ne xt track or a late r track to be played, turn AMS clockwise (or press > repeatedly).

•

To locate the beginning of the current track, turn AMS counterclockwise (or press .). Note that you canno t loc at e and play the tracks that have already been played once.

program

(Program Play)

You can pick out the tracks that you like and specify the playing order in a program containing up to 25 tracks.

DISPLAY

MENU/NO

CLEARAMS

PLAY MODE

YES

LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR

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Number buttons

m/M

AMS

>10

z x

. >

m M

./>

Playing MDs

Programing the tracks

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Program ?” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the

track number you want to add to the program appears, then pres s AMS or M (or use the number button(s) to enter the track directly).

If you entered the wrong track number

Press m/M repeatedly until the wrong track number flashes, then do step 3 above again or press CLEAR to erase the track number. If “0” flashes, press

so that the last track number flashes, then enter a

correct number.

To enter a track number over 10

Use >10. For details, see page 24.

Playing tracks in random order/Creating your own program

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Repeat step 3 to enter other tracks.

The entered track is added to the location where the “0” flashes. Each time you enter a track, the total program time appears in the display.

Press YES.

“Complete!!” appears and the program is completed.

Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until “PGM” lights up

in the display. Press H.

Program Play starts.

To stop Program Play

Press x.

To resume normal play

Playing MDs

Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until “PGM” turns off.

The program remains even after Program Play ends or

is stopped

Press H to play the program again.

Notes

•

If you eject the MD, the program will be lost.

•

The display shows “- - - . - -” when the total playing time of the program exceeds 999 minutes.

•

“ProgramFull(!)” appears when you try to program the 26th track.

To Do the following:

Press m/M repeatedly until the track number which

Add a track in the middle of the program

Add a track to the end of the program

Replace a track

will precede the new track flashes. Press AMS to display flashing “0,” t hen do step s 3 to 5 of “Programing the track s” on page 27.

Press M repeatedly until “0” flashes af ter the last tra ck number, then do ste ps 3 to 5 o f “Program ing the tracks” on page 27.

Press m/M repeatedly until the number of the track to be changed flashes, then do steps 3 to 5 o f “Prog raming the tracks” on pag e27.

Checking the order of the program

While the deck is stopped and “PGM” lights up, press LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR (or DISPLAY) repeatedly.

The first several tracks in the program appear in the display . To see the rest of the program, turn AMS (o r press

repeatedly).

Changing the contents of the program

While the deck is stopped and “PGM” lights up, do steps 1 and 2 of “Programing the tracks” on page 27, followed by one of the procedures below:

To Do the following:

Press m/M repeated ly

Erase a track

Erase all tracks

Add a track at the beginning of the program

until the number of the unwanted track flashes, then press CLEAR.

Press down CLEAR until all the track numbers disappear.

Press m repeatedly until “0” flashes before the first track number , th en do st eps 3 to 5 of “Programing the tracks” on page 27.

Creating your own program

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Tips for recording from MDs to tape

Inserting blanks between tracks during play (Auto Space)

The MD deck can be set to automatically insert a threesecond blank between tracks during play. This function is useful when you’re recording from an MD to an analog tape. The three-second blank enables you to use the MultiAMS function later to locate the beginning of tracks on the tape.

(MDS-JE640 only)

MENU/NO YES

AMS

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select

the setting, then press AMS or YES.

To Select

Turn on Auto Pause Auto Pause Turn off Auto Pause Auto Off (factory setting)

Press MENU/NO.

To resume play after pausing

Press H.

When you turn on Auto Pause

“Auto Pause” appears during pause and disappears when the deck resumes play.

Note

If you turn off the deck or disconnect the AC power cord, the deck will store the last setting (“ and recall it the next time you turn on the deck.

Auto Pause

” or “

Auto Off

”)

Playing MDs

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Auto Off ” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select

the setting, then press AMS or YES.

To Select

Turn on Auto Space Auto Space Turn off Auto Space Auto Off (factory setting)

Press MENU/NO.

When you turn on Auto Space

“Auto Space” appears when the deck is inserting a blan k between tracks.

Notes

•

If you select “Auto Space” and record a selection containing multiple track numbers (for example, a medley or symphony), blank spaces will be created on the tape between the various sections.

•

If you turn off the deck or disconnect the AC power cord, the deck will store the last setting (“Auto Space” or “Auto Off”) and recall it the next time you turn on the deck.

Pausing after each track (Auto Pause)

You can set the MD deck so that it pauses after each track to give you time to locate the next track to be recorded.

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Auto Off ” appears, then press AMS or YES.

Tips for recording from MDs to tape

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Editing

AMS

MENU/NO YES

AMS

m/M

Before you start editing

Recorded MDs

This chapter explains how to edit the tracks that have been recorded to an MD.

Brief descriptions of buttons and control used to edit MDs

The buttons and control below are used to erase, divide, move, or combine tracks on the MD.

Note

The operation of these buttons and the control is different when naming a track or MD. For details, see “Naming a track or MD” on page 35.

MENU/NO button:

or paused, press to edit tracks. While editing, press to cancel editing.

AMS control:

track number, then press to enter your selection. You can also use the control to specify points in a track for erasure or track division.

While the deck is stopped, playing,

Turn to select an editing operation or

YES button:

control to enter a selection.

m/M

second, or frame) by which the MD is advanced when the AMS control is turned. You can also use these buttons to locate the end point of the portion to be erased.

For further details on the function of each button and control, see the following sections on editing operations.

About indication which appears while editing

When “Protected” appears while editing

The record-protect slot is open. To edit the MD, slide the tab to close the slot. F or details, see “To prevent accidental erasure of the recorded material” on page 14.

Press this button instead of the AMS

buttons:

Press to specify the unit (minute,

Before you start editing

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About indications which appear after editing

Erasing tracks

(ERASE)

When “TOC” lights up in the display after editing

Editing has finished but the TOC (Table of Contents) on the MD has not been updated to reflect the editing results. The editing will be lost if you disconnect the AC power cord while the indication is on. The TOC will be updated only when you eject the MD or turn off the MD deck.

When “TOC Writing” flashes in the display

The deck is updating the TOC. Do not disconnect the AC power cord or move the deck while the indication flashes.

You can erase a track or part of a track by specifying the number of the track or the portion within a track to be erased. You can also erase all the tracks on an MD at one time.

Erasing a track

Specify the number of the track you want to erase.

Example: Erasing the second track (BBB)

AAA BBB CCC DDD

1 2 3 4

AAA CCC DDD

1 2 3

When you erase a track, all the tracks after the one erased are automatically renumbered. For example, if you erase track number 2, the previous track number 3 becomes track number 2 and the previous track number 4 becomes track number 3, and so on.

While the deck is stopped, playing, or paused,

press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

Editing Recorded MDs

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “Tr

Erase ?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

The deck starts to play the track indicated by the number in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the

track number you want to erase appears. Press AMS or YES.

“Complete!!” appears for a few seconds and the track is erased. The track following the erased track starts to play. If the erased track is the last one on the MD, the track preceding the erased track starts to play.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

If “Erase ???” appears in step 4 above

The track has been record-protected on another MD deck. If you still want to erase the track, press AMS or YES again while the indication appears.

To avoid confusion when erasing more than one track

Start erasing from the highest numbered track. This way you will avoid renumbering the tracks that you plan to erase.

Before you start editing/Erasing tracks

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Erasing all the tracks on an MD

Do the procedure below to erase all the tracks, track names, and disc name at once.

While the deck is stopped, playing, or paused,

press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “All

Erase ?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

“All Erase ??” appears in the display.

Press AMS or YES.

“Complete!!” appears for a few seconds and all the tracks, track names, and disc name are erased.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

Erasing a portion of a track

You can easily erase a portion of a track by specifying the

Editing Recorded MDs

starting and ending points of the erasure. This is useful for erasing the unnecessary portions of a track recorded from a satellite or FM broadcast.

Example: Erasing portion “B2” of the second track

AAA BBB

1 2 3

B1 B3B2

AAA

1 2 3

While the deck is stopped, playing, or paused,

press MENU/NO.

BBB

B1 B3

CCC

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

CCC

* When recording in Stereo mode, you c an shift the starting

point by 2-frame intervals (in Monaural mode and LP2 Stereo mode) or by 4-frame intervals (in LP4 Stereo mode)

To find a point quickly

Specify a unit (minute, second, or frame) b y which the MD is advanced when you turn AMS (or press

repeatedly).

T o do th is, press m/M in step 4 repeatedly to select minute, second, or frame. The selected unit flashes in the display.

Repeat step 4 until you have located point A.

Press AMS or YES to enter point A.

“Point B set” appears and the deck starts playing f rom point A until the track ends.

Continue playing the track or press M to locate

the ending point of the portion to be erased (point B), then press AMS or YES.

“A-B Ers” and “Point B ok?” alternate in the display and a few secon ds of the track befor e point A and after point B play back repeatedly.

Repeat step 4 until you have located point B.

Press AMS or YES to enter point B.

“Complete!!” appears for a few seconds and the portion between point A and B is erased.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

Note

If “Impossible” appears in the display, you cannot erase a portion of a track. This happens when you have edited the same track many times. This is due to a technical limitation of the MD syste m and is not a mechanical error.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “A-B

Erase ?” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the

number of the track containing the portion to be erased appears, then press AMS or YES.

“-Rehearsal-” and “Point A ok?” alternate in the display and the deck repeatedly plays several seconds of the track from the point AMS or YES was pressed.

While monitoring the sound, turn AMS (or press

./>

the portion to be erased (point A).

repeatedly) to locate the starting point of

You can shift the starting point by 1-frame* intervals (1 frame = 1/86 second). The time indication (minute, second, and frame) of the current point is displayed and the deck plays several seconds of the track to that point repeatedly.

Erasing tracks

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Dividing tracks

(DIVIDE)

You can divide a recorded track at any point by adding a track mark at that point. This is especially useful when you want to divide recorded material that contains multiple tracks but only one track number, or when you want to be able to locate a certain point in the track.

Example: Dividing the second track

Press AMS or YES.

“Complete!!” appears for a few seconds and the track is divided. The deck starts to play the newly created track. Note that new track has no name.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

You can divide tracks while recording

For details, see “Marking track numbers while recording” on page 19.

AAA

1 2 3

AAA

1 2 3 4

BBB

B1 B2

BBB

B1 B2

CCC

When you divide a track, the total number of tracks increases by one and all tracks follo wing the di vided track are automatically renumbered.

Dividing a track after selecting the track

While the deck is stopped, playing, or paused,

press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Divide ?” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the

number of the track you want to divide appears, then press AMS or YES.

“-Rehearsal-” appears and the deck repeatedly plays several seconds of the track from the point AMS or YES was pressed.

Dividing a track after selecting the dividing point

While the deck is playing, press AMS at the point

you want to divide the track.

“- Divide -” and “-Rehearsal-” alternate in the display and the deck starts to play from the selected point repeatedly.

If necessary, do step 4 of “Dividing a track after

selecting the track” on page 33 to finely adjust the dividing point.

Press YES.

“Complete!!” appears for a few seconds and the track is divided. The deck starts to play the newly created track. Note that new track has no name.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

You can divide tracks while recording

For details, see “Marking track numbers while recording” on page 19.

Editing Recorded MDs

While monitoring the sound, turn AMS (or press

./>

repeatedly) to locate the dividing point.

* When recording in Stereo mode, you c an shift the starting

point by 2-frame intervals (in Monaural mode and LP2 Stereo mode) or by 4-fr ame intervals (in LP4 Stereo mode).

To find a point quickly

Specify a unit (minute, second, or frame) by which the MD is advanced when you turn AMS (or press

repeatedly).

T o do this , press m/M in step 4 repeatedly to select minute, second, or frame. The selected unit flashes in the display.

Repeat step 4 until you have located the dividing

point.

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Combining tracks

AAA BBB CCC DDD

1 2 3 4

AAA BBBCCC DDD

1 32 4

(COMBINE)

Moving tracks

(MOVE)

This function allows you to combine any two tracks into a single track. The two tracks need not to be consecuti ve nor chronological. You can combine several tracks into a single medley, or several independently recor ded po rt ions into a single track. When you combine two tracks, the total number of tracks decreases by one and all tracks following the combined track are renumbered. You can also use this function when you want to delete unnecessary track numbers.

Example: Combining the second track and the fourth track

AAA BBB DDDCCC

1 2 43

AAA BBB

1 2 3

BBB

If both of the combined tracks have a track name, the

Editing Recorded MDs

DDD

name of the second track is erased.

While the deck is stopped, playing, or paused,

press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Combine ?” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the

number of the first trac k of the two to be combined appears, then press AMS or YES.

The display for selecting a second track appears and the deck plays the portion where joining will occur (the end of the first track and the beginning of the second track following it) repeatedly.

CCC

This function lets you change the order of any track.

Example: Moving the second track after the third track

After you move a track, the tracks are renumbered automatically.

While the deck is stopped, playing, or paused,

press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Move ?” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the

number of the track to be moved appears, then press AMS or YES.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the

new track position appears, then press AMS or YES.

“Complete!!” appears for a few seconds and the track is moved. The deck starts to play the moved track.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the

number of the second track of the two to be combined appears, then press AMS or YES.

“Complete!!” appears for a few s econds and the tr acks are combined. The deck starts to play the combined track.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

Notes

•

Tracks recorded in different modes (stereo, MONO, LP2 or LP4) cannot be combine d.

•

If “Impossible” appears in the displ ay, the tracks cannot be combined because repeated editing has been done to the track(s). This is a technical limitation of the MD system and is not a mechanical error.

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Naming a track or MD

(NAME)

You can enter a name for a recorded MD as well as for individual tracks. Names can consist of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. A total number of about 1,700 characters can be stored for all the names on the MD.

YES m/MMENU/NO

AMS

LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR

NAME EDIT/SELECT

CLEAR

Letter/number buttons

AMS CLEAR

` / 1

Turn AMS until “Nm In ?” appears, then press AMS

or YES.

While the deck is recording, a flashing cursor appears in the display and you can enter a name for the track being recorded. In this case, go to step 5.

Turn AMS until the track number (when naming a

track) or “Disc” (when naming the MD) flashes, then press AMS or YES.

A flashing cursor appears. The deck starts playing and you can name a track while monitoring the sound.

Press LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR repeatedly to select

the charact er type.

To select Press repeatedly until

Uppercase letters “A” appears in the display Lowercase letters “a” appears in the display Numbers “0” appears in the display Symbols

1) You can use the following symbols in titles:

“ ’ ” appears in the display

’ – / , . ( ) : ! ? & + < > _ = ” ; # $ % @ * `

Editing Recorded MDs

z x

./>

m/M

Note

. >

If you name a track while it is being recorded, be sure to finish the naming operat ion before the track ends. If the track ends before you finish, the entered character data will be discarded and the track will remain unname d. Also, yo u can no t name tracks while the deck is recording over existing material.

Naming a track or an MD using the controls on the deck

Press MENU/NO while the deck is in one of the

operating modes listed below, depending on what you want to name:

To name Press while the deck is

A track or the MD Stopped, playing, or paused The track being recorded Recording the track

“Edit Menu” appears in the display. To enter a name while the deck is recording, go to step

Turn AMS until “Name ?” appears, then p ress AMS

or YES.

To enter a space

Press M while the cursor is flashing. You cannot enter a space as the first character.

Turn AMS to select the character.

The selected character flashes.

To change a selected character

Repeat steps 5 and 6.

Press AMS.

The selected character is entered and lights continuously. The cursor shifts to the right, flashes, and waits for the input of the next character.

Repeat steps 5 to 7 to enter the rest of the name.

To change a character

Press m/M repeatedly until the character to be changed flashes, then repeat steps 5 to 7.

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To erase a character

Press m/M repeatedly until the character to be erased flashes, then press CLEAR.

9 Press YES.

The whole name appears in the display, followed by “Complete!!” to indicate that the labeling procedure is completed.

5 Press YES.

The whole name appears in the display, followed by “Complete!!” to indicate that the labeling procedure is completed.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

Naming a track or an MD using the remote

1 Press NAME EDIT/SELECT while the dec k is in one

of the operating modes listed bel ow, depending on what you want to name:

To name Press while the deck is

A track

The MD

Editing Recorded MDs

Playing, paused, recording, or stopped with the track number displayed

Stopped with tota l number of tracks displayed

A flashing cursor appears in the display.

2 Press NAME EDIT/SELECT repeatedly to selec t the

character type.

To select Press repeatedly until

Uppercase letters and symbols

Lowercase letters and symbols

Numbers “Selected 12(3)” appears in the di splay

1) Only ’ – / , . ( ) : ! ? can be selected.

“Selected AB(C)” appears in the

display “Selected ab(c)” appears in the display

3 Enter a character using letter/number buttons.

If you have selected uppercase or lowercase letters

Press the corresponding letter/number button repeatedly until the character to be entered flashes. Or, press the button once and press ./> repeatedly. To select symbols, press . repeatedly while “A” is flashi ng.

Press M. The flashing character is entered and lights continuously and the cursor shifts to the right.

If you have selected numbers

Press the corresponding number button. The number is entered and the cursor shifts to the right.

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to enter the rest of the name.

To change a character

Press m/M repeatedly until the character to be changed flashes, press CLEAR to erase the character, then repeat steps 2 and 3.

Copying a track or disc name

You can copy an existing track or disc name and use it to name another track on the same disc or the disc itself.

1 While the deck is stopped, playing, or paused,

press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

2 Turn AMS (or press

“Name ?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

3 Turn AMS (or press

Copy ?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

4 Turn AMS (or press

track number (when copying the track name) or “Disc” (when copying the disc name ) flash es, the n press AMS or YES to copy the selected name.

When “No Name” appears in the display

./>

repeatedly) until

repeatedly) until “Nm

repeatedly) until the

The selected track or disc has no name.

5 Turn AMS (or press

track number (when naming a track) or “Disc” (when naming a disc) flashes, then press AMS or YES to enter the copied name.

./>

repeatedly) until the

“Complete!!” appears for a few seconds and the name is copied.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

When “Overwrite ?(?)” appears in step 5 above

The track or the disc selected in step 5 already has a name. If you wish to replace the name, press AMS or YES agai n while the indication appears in the display. If the track has been recorded in MD LP mode with the “LPstamp On” setting (page 15), “Overwrite ?(?)” also appears even if a track name is not assigned. In this case if you copy the track name, the “LP:” indication disappears from the track name.

Renaming a track or MD

1 Press NAME EDIT/SELECT while the deck is i n on e

of the operating modes lis ted b elow, dependin g on what you want to rename:

To rename Press while the deck is

A track

The MD

A track or disc name appears in the display.

Playing, paused, recording, or stopped with the track number displayed

Stopped with total number of tracks displayed

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2 Press down CLEAR until the selected name is

erased completely.

3 Do steps 5 to 8 of “Naming a track or an MD using

the controls on the dec k” on page 35 or steps 2 to 4 of “Naming a track or an MD using the remote” on page 36.

4 Press YES.

The whole name appears in the display, followed by “Complete!!” to indicate that the labeling procedure is completed.

Erasing a track or disc name

Use this function to erase the name of a track or disc.

1 While the deck is stopped, playing, recording, or

paused, press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

Changing the recorded level after recording

(S.F EDIT)

You can change the volume of recorded tracks using S.F (Scale Factor) Edit. The original track is recorded over at the new recording level. When changing the recording level, you can select Fade-in Recording to gradually increase the signal level at the start of recording, or Fadeout Recording to gradually decrease the sign al level at the end of recording.

YES

AMS

2 Turn AMS (or press

“Name ?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

3 Turn AMS (or press

Erase ?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

4 Turn AMS (or press

number of the track (when erasing the track name) or “Disc” (when erasing the disc name) flashes, then press AMS or YES.

./>

repeatedly) until

repeatedly) until “Nm

repeatedly) until the

“Complete!!” appears for a few seconds and the name is erased.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

Erasing all the names on the MD

You can erase all the track names and the disc name o n an MD in a single operation.

1 While the deck is stopped, playing, or paused,

press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

2 Turn AMS (or press

“Name ?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

3 Turn AMS (or press

All Ers?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

“Nm All Ers??” appears in the display.

./>

repeatedly) until

repeatedly) until “Nm

AMSS.F EDIT

Changing the overall recording level

1 For MDS-JE640, press S.F EDIT.

“S.F Edit” appears in the display.

For MDS-JE440, do the following:

Press MENU/NO. “Edit Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or pres s

./>

repeatedly) until “S.F

Edit?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

2 Turn AMS (or press

Level ?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

3 Turn AMS (or press

track number you want to change the recording level appears, then press AMS or YES.

./>

repeatedly) until “Tr

repeatedly) until the

“Level 0dB” appears in the display.

4 MDS-JE640

While monitoring the sound, turn AMS (or press

./>

without turning on the two rightmost indicators on the peak level meters.

You can set the level at any value between –12 dB and +12 dB, in 2 dB increments.

repeate dly) to change the recorded level

Editing Recorded MDs

4 Press AMS or YES.

“Complete!!” appears for a few seconds and all the names on the MD are erased.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

You can erase all the recorded tracks and names on

the MD

For details, see “Erasing all the tracks on an MD” on page 32.

Avoid turning on these indicators

Naming a track or MD/Changing the recorded level after recording

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Editing Recorded MDs

MDS-JE440 While monitoring the sound, turn AMS (or press

./>

without turning on “OVER” on the peak level meters.

Press AMS or YES.

repeatedly) to change th e recorded level

Avoid turning on these indicators

“(S.F) Edit OK?” appears in the display.

Press AMS or YES.

The deck starts recording over the existing track. “S.F Edit(:) ** %” appears while the track is being recorded. An amount of time that is roughly equal to or longer than the playback time of the track is required when recording over the track. When the recording finishes, “Complete!!” appears in the display for a few seconds.

Fade-in and Fade-out Recording

For MDS-JE640, press S.F EDIT.

“S.F Edit” appears in the display.

For MDS-JE440, do the following:

Press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display. Turn AMS (or press

./>

repeatedly) until “S.F

Edit?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x in steps 1 to 5. If you press AMS or YES in step 6 and recording st arts, you canno t interrupt the operation.

(For MDS-JE640) You can use Edit Menu to perform

S.F Edit

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/ NO. “Edit Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “S.F Edit?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “Tr Level ?,” “Fade In ?,” or “Fade Out ?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to adjust the recording level or Fade-in or Fade-out Recording time.

Press AMS or YES.

Notes

•

Do not disconnect the AC power cord or move the deck while recording is in progress. This may damage the recording data preventing recording from being performed properly.

•

You cannot change the recorded level of a track recorded in LP2 or LP4 Stereo mode.

•

Do not use an MD that is damaged or dirty. This may prevent recording data from being recorded properly.

•

Repeatedly changing the recording level results in poor sound quality.

•

The recording level will not return to the exact original level once the recording level has been changed even if it returned to the original level.

•

The recording level cannot be changed while the timer is activated.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Fade In ?” or “Fade Out ?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the

track number you want to change the recording level appears, then press AMS or YES.

“Time 5.0s” appears in the display.

While monitoring the sound, turn AMS (or press

./>

Fade-out Recording time.

repeatedly) to change the Fade-in or

The deck plays the portion that will be recorded over using Fade-in or Fade-out Recording. You can set the time at any value between 1 second and 15 seconds, in 0.1 second increments. You cannot set the time longer than the track.

Press AMS or YES.

“(S.F) Edit OK?” appears in the display.

Press AMS or YES.

The deck starts recording over the existing track. “S.F Edit(:) ** %” appears while the track is being recorded. When the recording finishes, “Complete!!” appears in the display for a few seconds.

Changing the recorded level after recording

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Undoing the last edit

(UNDO)

You can undo the last edit operation and restore the contents of the MD to the condition that existed before the operation. Note, however, that you cannot undo an edit operation if you perform any of the following operations after the edit:

Start recording.

•

Press MUSIC SYNC on the remote.

•

Change the recorded level after recording (S.F Edit).

•

Turn off the deck or eject the MD.

•

Disconnect the AC power cord.

•

While the deck is stopped and no track number

appears in th e display, press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Undo ?” appears.

“Undo ?” does not appear if no editing has been done.

Press AMS or YES.

One of the following messages appears depending on the last edit operation.

Last edit operation Message

Erasing a tr a ck

Erase Undo?Erasing all the tracks on an MD Erasing a portio n of a tr a ck Dividing a track Divide Undo? Combining tracks Combin(e)Undo? Moving a track Move Undo? Naming a track or MD Copying a track or d isc name Renaming a track or MD Erasing a track or disc name Erasing all the names on the MD

Name Undo?

Editing Recorded MDs

Press AMS or YES.

“Complete!!” appears for a fe w seconds and the MD is restored to the condition that existed before the edit operation.

To restore your edit

Press MENU/NO or x.

Undoing the last edit

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Other

AMS

AMS PITCH CONTROL

Functions

Changing the pitch

(Pitch Control Function) (MDS-JE640 only)

This chapter explains other useful functions that are available on the MD deck.

You can change the pitch of the MD by lowering the playback speed. The tone falls at lower pitches.

Setting the pitch automatically in steps (Auto Step Control Function)

You can lower the pitch by up to 36 steps

1) One octave equals 12 steps.

While the deck is playing, press PITCH CONTROL

repeatedly until “Pitch” appears in the display. Turn AMS until the desired step value appears.

To recall the factory setting

Press CLEAR while setting the value.

Notes

•

When you change the step value, the playing sound drops out momentarily.

•

The step value returns to “0” (factory setting) when you turn off the deck or eject the MD .

•

When a dot (.) appears to the right of the step value in the pitch display, this indicates that you hav e perfo rmed f ine adjustment (see page 40) and the pitch value is between steps. (The step and fine control values are linked.)

Changing the pitch

Finely controlling the pitch (Fine Control Function)

You can fine control the playing speed in 0.1% increments from –87.5% to 0.0%.

While the deck is playing, press PITCH CONTROL

repeatedly until “Pfine” appears in the display. Turn AMS (or press . /> repeatedly) until the

desired step value appears.

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To recall the factory setting

FADER

. >

m M

z x

` / 1

Press CLEAR while setting the value.

You can use Setup Menu to change the pitch

While the deck is playing, press MENU/NO twice. “Setup Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “Pitch” or “Pfine” appears, then press AMS or YES.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to adjust the pitch, then press AMS or YES.

Press MENU/NO.

Notes

•

The playing sound dro ps out momentarily when y ou change the fine control value.

•

The fine control v alu e re v erts to “0.0 %” (fac tory settin g) when you turn off the deck or eject the MD.

•

The step and fine control values are linked; changing one value also changes the other.

Fading in and fading out

You can use Fade-in Play to gradually increase the signal level to the ANALOG OUT jacks and the PHONES jack (MDS-JE640 only) at the start of playing. Fade-out Play gradually decreases the signal level at the end of playing. Fade-in Recording gradually increases the signal level at the start of recording. Fade-out Recording gradually decreases the signal level at the end of recording.

Note

Other Functions

The level of the signal output from the DIGIT AL OUT connector does not change duri ng Fade-in Play nor Fade-out Play.

Fade-in Play and Fade-in Recording

During play pause (for Fade-in Play) or recording pause (for Fade-in Recording), press FADER.

flashes in the display and the deck performs Fade-in

Play or Fade-in Recording for five seconds (factory setting) until the counter reaches “0.0s.”

Fade-out Play and Fade-out Recording

During play (for Fade-out Play) or recording (for Fadeout Recording), press FADER.

flashes in the display and the deck performs Fade-out

Play or Fade-out Recording for five seconds (factory setting) until the counter reaches “0.0s,” then pauses.

Changing the pitch/Fading in and fading out

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AMS

MENU/NO YES

AMS

Play/Recording

Other Functions

You can change the duration of Fade-in and Fade-out

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice. “Setup Menu” appears in t he display. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select the setting, then press AMS or YES.

To change the duration of Selec t

Fade-in Play/Recording F . in Fade-out Play/Recording F.out

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select the duration, then press AMS or YES. Both the Fade-in and Fade-out durations ca n be set in 0.1 second steps. Press MENU/NO.

Falling asleep to music

(Sleep Timer)

You can set the deck so that it turns off automatically after a specified duration.

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Sleep Off” appears in the display, then press AMS or YES.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select

the setting, then press AMS or YES.

To Select

Turn on Sleep Timer Sleep On Turn off Sleep Timer Sleep Off (factory setting)

1) For MDS-JE440, the deck turns off auto matically after 60 minutes.

For MDS-JE640, do the following.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Sleep 60min” appears in the display, then press AMS or YES.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select

the time to be turned off (“30min,” “60min” (factory setting), “90min,” or “120min”), then press AMS or YES.

Press MENU/NO.

To turn off Sleep Timer

Repeat the procedure above, selecting “Sleep Off” in step

You can check the remaini ng ti me

Once you turn on Sleep Tim er, the remaining time is displayed when you select “Sleep” in Setup Menu.

Fading in and fading out/Falling asleep to music

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Using a timer

(MDS-JE640 only)

By connecting a timer (not supplied) to the deck, you can start and stop playing/recording operations at specified times. For further information on connecting the timer or setting the starting and ending times, refer to the instructions that came with the timer.

TIMER

PLAY MODE

H x

AMS

Playing an MD using a timer

Do steps 1 to 3 of “Playing an MD” on page 23.

Press PLAY MODE repeatedly to select the play

mode you want.

To play only specific tracks, create a program (see page 27). To specify the time for the end of playing, press H to start playing, then go to step 3.

Set TIMER on the deck to PLAY.

Set the timer as required.

When you have set the time for the start of playing,

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the deck turns off. When the specified time arrives, the deck turns on and starts playing. When you have set the time for the end of playing,

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play continues. When the specified time arrives, the deck stops playing and turns off. When you have set the time for both the start and

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end of playing, the deck turn s off. When the starting time arrives, the deck turns on and starts playing. When the ending time arrives, the deck stops playing and turns off.

After you have finished using the timer, set TIMER

on the deck to OFF.

Set the timer as required.

When you have set the time for the start of

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recording, the deck turns off. When the specified time arrives, the deck turns on and starts recording. When you have set the time fo r the end of recording,

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recording continues. When the specified time arrives, the deck stops recording and turns off. When you have set the time for both the start and

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end of recording, the deck turns off. When the starting time arrives, the deck turns on and starts recording. When the ending time arrives, the deck stops recording and turns off.

After you have finished using the timer, set TIMER

on the deck to OFF. Then change the deck to standby mode by plugging the AC power cord of the deck into a wall outlet or set the timer to continuous operation.

If TIMER is left at REC, the deck will automatically

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start recording the next time you turn on the deck. If you do not change the deck to standby mode for

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more than a week after timer recording has finished, the recorded contents may disappear.

Make sure to change the deck to standby mode within a week after timer recording is completed.

The TOC on the MD is updated and recorded contents are written to the MD when you turn on the deck. If the recorded contents have disappeared, “Initialize” flashes when you turn on the deck.

Notes

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It may take about 30 seconds after the deck is turned on until recording starts. When recording at a specified time using the timer, be sure to take this time into account when setting the recording start time.

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During timer recording, new material is recorded from the end of the recorded portion on the MD.

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Material recorded during timer recording will be saved to the disc the next time you turn on the deck. “TOC Writing” will flash in the displa y at that time. Do not disconnect the AC power cord or move the deck while the indication flashes.

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Timer recording will stop if the disc becomes full.

Other Functions

Recording to an MD using a timer

Do the following ste ps of “Rec ording to an MD” on

page 13 according to how you want to use the timer.

To specify the time for Do

The start of recording Steps 1 to 6, then press The end of recording Steps 1 to 9 Both start and end of

recording

Set TIMER on the deck to REC.

Steps 1 to 6, then press

Using a timer

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Using the CONTROL A1ΙΙ

Amplifier

(Receiver)

CD player MD deck Tape deck Other

component

control system

only)

This MD deck is compatible with the CONTROL A1II Control System. The CONTROL A1ΙΙ control system was designed to simplify the operation of audio systems composed of separate Sony components. CONTROL A1ΙΙ connections provide a path for the transmission of control signals that enable automatic operation and control features usually associated with integrated systems. Currently, CONTROL A1ΙΙ connections between a Sony MD deck, CD player, amplifier (receiver), and cassette deck provide automatic function selection and synchronized recording. In the future the CONTROL A1ΙΙ connection will work as a multifunction bus allowing you to control various functions for each component.

Note

The CONTROL A1ΙΙ control system is designed to maintain upward compatibility as the control system is upgraded to handle new functions. In this case, however, older components will not be compatible with the new functions.

Other Functions

CONTROL A1ΙΙ and CONTROL A1 compatibility

The CONTR OL A1 control system has been up dated to the CONTROL A1ΙΙ which is the standard system in the Sony 300 disc CD changer and other recent Sony components. Components with CONTROL A1 jacks are compatible with components with CONTROL A1ΙΙ, and can be connected to each other. Basically, the majority of the functions available with the CONTROL A1 contr ol system will be available with the CONTROL A1ΙΙ control system. However, when making connections between components with CONTROL A1 jacks and components with CONTROL A1ΙΙ jacks, the number of functions that can be controlled may be limited depending on the component. For detailed information, refer to the operating instructions supplied with the component(s).

(MDS-JE640

Connecting the CONTROL A1ΙΙ control system

Connect monaural (2P) mini-plug cables in series to the CONTROL A1ΙΙ jacks on the back of each component. You can connect up to ten CONTROL A1ΙΙ compatible components in any order. However, you can connect only one of each type of component (i.e., 1 CD player, 1 MD deck, 1 tape deck and 1 receiver). (You may be able to connect more than one CD player or MD deck, depending on the model. Refer to the operating instructions supplied with the respective component for details.)

Example

In the CONTROL A1ΙΙ control system, the control sign als flow both ways, so there is no distinction of IN and OUT jacks. If a component has more than one CONTROL A1ΙΙ jack, you can use either one, or connect different components to each jack.

About the connecting cable

When a CONTROL A1ΙΙ compatible component is not supplied with a connecting cable, use a commercially available monaural (2P) mini-plug cable less than 2 meters (6.6 feet) long, with no resistance (such as the Sony RK-G69HG) .

Basic functions of the CONTROL A1ΙΙ control system

Automatic function selection

When you connect CONTROL A1ΙΙ compatible Sony components using CONTR OL A1ΙΙ cables (not supplied), the function selector on the amplifier (or receiver) automatically switches to the correct input when you press the play button on one of the connected components. (For example, when you press H (play button) on the MD deck while the CD is playing, the function selector on the amplifier switches from CD to MD.)

Using the CONTROL A1ΙΙ control system

Notes

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This function works only when the components are connected to the amplifier (or receiver) inputs according to the names on the function buttons. Certain receivers allow you to switch the names of the function buttons. In this case, refer to the operating instructions supplied with the receiver.

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When recording, do not play any components other than the recording source. It will cause the aut omatic function sel ection to operate.

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Synchronized recording

This function lets you conduct synchronized recording between the MD deck and selected source component.

Set the source selector on the amplifier (or

receiver) to the source component. Set the source component to playing pause mode

(make sure both the H and X indicators light together).

Set the deck to recording pause mode.

Press X on the deck.

The source component is automatically released from pause mode, and recording begins shortly thereafter. When play ends from the source component, recording stops.

You can use a special synchronized recording

This MD deck is equipped with a special synchronized recording function that uses the CONTROL A1ΙΙ Control System (see “Making a CD Synchro-recording from a Sony CD player connected with a control A1ΙΙ cable (MDS-JE640 only)” on page 22).

Note

Do not set more than one component to the pause mode.

Other Functions

Using the CONTROL A1ΙΙ control system

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Operating the

AMS

YESMENU/NO

AMSKEYBOARD IN

Setting the keyboard

MD Deck Using a Keyboard

(MDS-JE640 only)

This chapter explains simple ways to name a track or MD using an optional keyboard, as well as how to operate the MD deck directly using the keyboard.

You can use any IBM1)-compatible keyb oard2) with a PS/2 interface. You can select a keyboard with either an English or Japanese keyboard layout. When you use a keyboard with a different layout, you need to assign characters to the keys. For details, see “Assigning characters to keyboard keys” on page 48.

1) IBM is the registered trademark of International Business Machines Corpora tio n.

2) Power consumption must be 120 mA or less.

Connecting a keyboard to the MD deck

Connect the keyboar d connector to the KEYBOARD IN jack on the front panel of the deck.

You can connect or disconnect the keyboard at any time regardless of whether the deck is turned on or off.

Selecting keyboard type

The first time you connect a keyboard, you need to select the keyboard type.

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Keyboard ?” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until

“Type” appears, then press AMS or YES. Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select

the setting, then press AMS or YES.

To use the keyboard with Select

English keyboard layout US (factory setting1)) Japanese keyboard layout JP

1) You can also recall the factory setting by pressing CLEAR.

Press MENU/NO.

Setting the keyboard

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Naming a track or MD using the keyboard

If you use a keyboard, you can quickly enter or edit names. While editing a name, you can move the cursor in jumps or scroll the name.

Shortcut to the naming procedure

Press [Enter] while the deck is in one of the

operating modes listed below, depending on what you want to name:

To name Press while the deck is

A track

The MD

A flashing cursor appears in the display.

Enter a name.

In addition to letter keys, you can also use the keys shown in the following table.

Playing, paused, recording, or stopped with the track number displayed

Stopped with total number of tracks displayed

Press [F10]/[F11] repeatedly until “Nm In ?”

appears, then press [F12]. Press [F10]/[F11] repeatedly un til the track number

(when naming a track) or “Disc” (when naming the MD) flashes, then press [F12].

A flashing cursor appears.

Enter a name.

Press [F12].

The whole name appears in the display.

Press [Enter].

The whole name appears in the display.

Operations you may want to do while naming a track or MD

To Press on the keyboard

Cancel the operation [Esc] Switch between uppercase

and lowercase letters Move the cursor [T] or [t] Scroll the name [Page Up] or [Page Down] Erase the character at the

cursor position Erase the character preceding

the cursor

[Caps Lock]

[Delete]

[Back Space]

Using the Edit Menu

Press [Esc] while the deck is in one of the

operating modes listed below, depending on what you want to name:

To name Press while the dec k is

A track or the MD Stopped, playing, or paused The track being recorded Recording the track

Operating the MD Deck Using a Keyboard

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

Press [F10]/[F11] repeatedly until “Name ?”

appears, then press [F12].

While the deck is recording, a flashing cursor appears in the display and you can enter a name for the track being recorded. In this case, go to step 5.

Naming a track or MD using the keyboard

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Operating the deck using

Assigning characters to

the keyboard

You can operate the MD deck by using the keyboard ke ys. This allows you to edit MDs and control the deck without using buttons and control on the deck and on the remote.

Operations using the keyboard

For details about each function, see “Front panel description” on page 4 or “Remote control description” on page 6.

As the keyboard substitutes for the following functions

MENU/NO [Esc]

H X x

AMS or AMS or YES [F12]

m M

CLEAR [Delete]

. >

Press

[F1] [F2] [F3] [F10] [F11]

[T] [t]

keyboard keys

Assigning a character

If your keyboard layout does not match the system settings, the displa y m ay s how the wrong characters or no characters at all when you press the keys . In this case, y ou need to assign characters to the keys.

While the deck is stopped, press [Esc] twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

Press [F10]/[F11] repeatedly until “Keyboard ?”

appears, then press [F12]. Press [F10]/[F11] repeatedly until “Assign ?”

appears, then press [F12]. Press [F10]/[F11] repe atedly until the c haracter y ou

want to assign appears.

If the character has already been assigned, “User” appears. If it has not been assigned, “Default” appears.

Press [F12].

“<Set Key>” flashes in the display.

Press the key to be assigned to on the keyboard.

“Key Change” appears, and the selected character is assigned to the key.

Operations using numeric keypads

Operating the MD Deck Using a Keyboard

While a track is selected, you can edit the track directly with the following numeric keypads.

To Press

Divide the track [/] Move the track [*] Erase the track [–] Combine tracks [+]

Note

If you press [/], [*], or [+] when no track is selected, “Cannot Edit” appears.

If “Same Key” appears

The same character is already assigned to the key.

If “Remove old assign?” appears

A different character is already assigned to the key. Press [F12] to clear the current assignment and assign the new character. Press [Esc] to cancel.

Notes

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You can assign a character using [Shift] only for symbol and number keys.

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You cannot assign a character to the following keys: [Esc], [F1] – [F12], [Back Space], [Tab], [Caps Lock], [Enter], [Shift], [Ctrl], [Alt], [Windo ws], [Sp ace], [Application], [Print Screen], [Scroll Lock], [Pause], [Insert], [Delete], [Home], [End], [Page Up], [Page Down], [Num Lock], [T], [t], [R], [r], and [/], [*], [–], [+] (of the numeric keypads)

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“Key Change” does not appear in step 6 if you try to assign a character to one of the keys listed above or other keys for which input is not accepted.

Clearing key assignments

You can clear key assignments one at a time or all at once.

To clear a key assignment

Operating the deck using the keyboard/Assigning characters to keyboard keys

Do steps 1 to 3 of “Assigning a character” on

page 48.

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Press [F10]/[F11] repea tedly u ntil the ch aracter y ou

want to clear appears, then press [F12].

“<Set Key>” flashes in the display.

Press [Delete].

“Key Clear” appears and the key assignment is cleared.

To clear all key assignments

Do steps 1 to 3 of “Assigning a character” on

page 48. Press [Ctrl], [Alt], and [Delete] simultaneously.

“All Reset ?” appears in the display.

Press [F12].

“Complete!!” appears, and all assignments are cleared.

To cancel the operation

Press [Esc].

Operating the MD Deck Using a Keyboard

Assigning characters to keyboard keys

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Additional

Precautions

Information

This chapter provides additional information that will help you understand and maintain your MD deck system.

On safety

Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet,

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unplug the deck and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any further.

Caution – The use of optical instruments with this

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product will increase eye hazard.

On power sources

Before operating the deck, check that the operating

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voltage of the deck is identical with your local power supply. The operating voltage is indicated on the nameplate at the rear of the deck.

The unit is not disconnected from the AC power source

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(mains) as long as it is connected to th e wall outlet, e v en if the unit itself has been turned off. If you are not going to use the deck for a long time, be

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sure to disconnect the deck from the wall outlet. To disconnect the AC power cord, grasp the plug itself; never pull the cord. AC power cord must be changed only at the qualified

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service shop.

On condensation in the deck

If the deck is brought directly from a cold to a warm location, or is placed in a very damp room, moisture may condense on the lenses inside the deck. Should this occur, the deck may not operate properly. In this case, remove the MD and leave the deck turned on for several hours until the moisture evaporates.

On the MiniDisc cartridge

Do not open the shutter to expose the MD.

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Do not place the cartridge where it will be subject to

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extremes of sunlight, temperature, moisture or dust.

On cleaning

Clean the cabinet, panel and controls with a soft cloth slightly moistened with a mild detergent solution. Do not use any type of abrasive pad, scouring powder or solve nt such as alcohol or benzine.

If you have any questions or problems concerning your deck, please consult your nearest Sony dealer .

Precautions

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Handling MDs

The MD is enclosed in a cartridge to pro tect the d i sc fro m debris or fingerprints and to make it easy to handle. However, the presence of debris or a warped cartridge may inhibit the disc from operating properly. To ensure that you can always listen to the highest quality music, follow the precautions below:

Do not touch the internal disc directly. Forcing the

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shutter open may damage the interna l disc. Be sure to stick the labels supplied with the MD to the

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appropriate positions. The shape of the labels may vary depending on the MD brand.

Proper location of the labels

Shutter

The remaining recording time does not increase even after erasing numerous short tracks

Tracks under 1 2 seconds* in len gth are not counted and so erasing them may not lead to an increase in the recording time.

* During stereo recording.

In MONO or LP2 mode: ab ou t 24 s eco nds In LP4 mode: about 48 seconds

The total recorded time and the remaining recordable time on the MD may not total the maximum recording time

Recording is done in minimum units of two seconds* each, no matter how short the material is. The contents recorded may thus be shorter than the maximum recording capacity. Disc space may also be further reduced by scratches.

* During stereo recording.

In MONO or LP2 mode: about 4 seconds In LP4 mode: abou t 8 seconds

Where to keep the MDs

Do not place the cartridge where it may be exposed to direct sunlight or extremely high heat and humidity.

Regular maintenance

Wipe dust and debris from the surface of the cartridge with a dry cloth.

System limitations

The recording system in your deck is radically different from those used in cassette and DAT decks and is characterized by the limitations described below. Note, however, that these limitations are due to the inherent nature of the MD recording system itself and not to mechanical causes.

“Disc Full” appears in the display even before the MD has reached the maximum recording time

When 255 tracks have been recorded to the MD, “Disc Full” appears regardless of the total recorded time. More than 255 tracks cannot be recorded to the MD. To continue recording, erase unnecessary tracks or use another recordable MD.

“Disc Full” appears before the maximum number of tracks is reached

Fluctuations in emphasis within tracks are sometimes interpreted as track intervals, incrementing the track count and causing “Disc Full” to appear.

Limitations when recording over an existing track

The correct remaining recordable time may not be

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displayed. You may find it impossible to record over a track if that

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track has been recorded over several times already. If this happens, erase the track (see page 31).

The remaining recordable ti me m a y be sh ort en e d o ut of

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proportion to the total recorded time. Recording over a track to eliminate noise is not

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recommended since this may shorten the duration of the track. You may find it impossible to name a track while

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recording over an existing track.

Tracks created through editing may exhibit sound dropout as you are searching for a point while monitoring the sound.

Some tracks cannot be combined with others

Tracks may not be combined if they have been edited.

Track numbers are not marked correctly

Incorrect assignment or marking of track numbers may result when CD tracks are divided into several smaller tracks during digital recording. Also, when the Automatic Track Marking is activated during recording, track numbers may not be marked as in the original, depending on the program source.

“TOC Reading” appears for a long time

If the inserted recordable MD is brand new, “TOC Reading” appears in the display longer than for MDs that have already been used.

Additional Information

Handling MDs/System limitations

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The correct recorded/playing time may not be displayed during play of MDs recorded in monaural mode.

Guide to the Serial Copy Management System

Digital audio components, such as CDs, MDs, and DATs, make it easy to produce high-quality copies of music by processing music as a digital signal. To protect copyrighted music sources, this deck uses the Serial Copy Management System, whic h allows you to make only a single copy of a digitally recorded source through digital-to-digital connections.

You can make only a first-generation copy1) through a digital-to-digital connection.

Examples are as follows:

You can make a copy of a commercially available

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digital sound program (for example, a CD or MD), but you cannot make a second copy from the firstgeneration copy.

You can make a copy of a digital signal from a digitally

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recorded analog sound program (for e xample, an analog record or a music cassette tape) or from a digital satellite broadcast program, but you cannot make a second copy from the first-generation copy.

1) A first-g en e ration copy means the first re c ording of a digital audio source through the deck’s digital input connector. For example, if you record from a CD player connected to the DIGITAL IN connector, that copy is a first-generation copy.

Note

The restrictions of the Serial Copy Management System do not apply when you make a recording through the analog-to-analog connections.

Additional Information

The MD is inserted in the wrong direction. Slide the

MD into the disc slot with the label side up and the arrow pointing toward the slot (page 4). The MD may not be recorded. Replace the disc with

one that has been recorded.

The sound has a lot of static.

Strong magnetism from a television or a similar

device is interfering with operations. Move the deck away from the so urce of strong magnetism.

The deck does not record.

The MD is record-protected. Slide the recor d-protect

tab and close the slot (page 14). The deck is not connected properly to the program

source. Check the connection (page 11). Select the correct program source using INPUT.

The recording level is not adjusted properly. Adju st

the recording level (page 16). A premastered MD is inserted. Replace it with a

recordable MD. There is not enough time left on the MD. Replace it

with another recordable MD with fewer recorded tracks, or erase unnecessary tracks (page 31). There has been a power failure or the A C power cord

has been disconnected during recording. Data recorded to that point may be lost. Repeat the recording procedure.

The deck does not perform Synchro-recording with a CD player or video CD player.

The remote supplied with the MD deck is not set

correctly . Reset the remote.

A message and a three- or five-digit alphanumeric code alternate in the display.

The Self-diagnosis function is on (page 53).

Troubleshooting

If you experience any of the following difficulties while using the deck, use this troubleshoo tin g gui d e to help yo u remedy the problem. Should any problem persist, consult your neare s t Sony dealer.

The deck does not operate or operates poorly.

The MD may be dirty or damaged. Replace the MD.

The deck does not play.

Moisture has formed inside the deck. Take the MD

out and leave the deck in a warm place for several hours until the moisture evaporates. The deck is not on. Press

The deck may not be connected to the amplifier

correctly. Check the connection (page 11).

System limitations/Troubleshooting

to turn on the deck.

?/1

The keyboard does not operate (MDS-JE640 only).

Disconnect the keyboard, then re-connect it.

Note

If the deck does not operate properly even after you have attempted the prescribed remedi es, turn off the deck, then reinsert the plug into the power outlet.

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Self-diagnosis function

The deck’s self-diagnosis function automatically checks the condition of the MD deck when an error occurs, then issues a three- or five-digit code and an error message on the display . I f the code and message alternate, f ind th em in the following table and perform the indicated countermeasure. Should the problem persist, consult your nearest Sony dealer.

Three- or fivedigit code/ Message

C11/Protected

C12/Cannot Copy

C13/REC Error

C13/Read Error

C14/Toc Error

C41/Cannot Copy

Cause/Remedy

The inserted MD is record-protected. , Take out the MD and close the record-

protect slot (page 14).

You tried to record a CD with a format that the external device connected to the deck does not support, such as CD-ROM or video CD. , Remove the disc and insert a musi c

CD.

The recording was not made properly. , Set the deck in a stable surface, and

repeat the recording procedur e.

The inserted MD is dirty (with smudges, fingerprints, etc. ), scratched, or substandard in quality.

, Replace the disc and repeat the

recording procedure.

The deck could not read the TOC on the MD properly. , Take out the MD and insert it again.

The deck could not read the TOC on the MD properly.

, Insert another disc. , If possible, erase all the tracks on the

MD (page 32).

The sound source is a copy of commercially available music software, or you tried to record a CD-R (Recordable CD).

, The Serial Copy Management System

prevents making a digital copy (page 52). You cannot record a CD-R.

Three- or fivedigit code/ Message

C71/Din Unlock

E0001/ MEMORY NG

E0101/ LASER NG

Cause/Remedy

The sporadic appearance of this message is caused by the digital signal being recorded. This will not affect the recording.

While recording from a d igita l compon ent connected through the DIGITAL IN connector, the digital connecting cable was unplugged or the digital compon e nt turned off.

, Connect the cable or turn the digital

component back on .

There is an error in the internal data that the deck needs in order to operate. , Consult your nearest Sony dealer.

There is a problem with the optical pickup.

, The optical pickup may have failed.

Consult your nearest Sony dealer.

Additional Information

Self-diagnosis function

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Display messages

The following table explains the various messages that appear in the display. Messages are also displayed by the deck’s Self-diagnosis function (see page 53).

Message Meaning

Auto Cut The Auto Cut Function is on (page 18). Blank Disc

Cannot Copy

Cannot Edit

Disc Full The MD is full (page 51). Impossible

Incomplete!(!)

Initialize (flashing)

Additional Information

Name Full!(!)

No Change

No Disc There is no MD in the deck. No Name The track or disc has no name.

No Program!(!)

Premastered

ProgramFull(!)

A new (blank) or erased MD has been inserted.

An attempt was made to make a second copy from a digitally dubbed MD (page 52).

An attempt was made to edit a premastered MD, to edit the MD during Program or Sh uffle Play or to change the recording level of an MD recorded in LP2 or LP4 Stereo mode.

The deck cannot do the specified operation (pages 14, 32 and 34).

The S.F Edit (changing the recording level after recording, Fade-in, Fadeout) operation was not performed properly because the deck was moved while recording was in progress or the MD is damaged or dirty.

The Setup Menu se ttings have been lost. Or the contents recorded by the timer have disappeared over time and are not be available for saving to disc, or Program Play could not be activated since the pr ogram has d isapp eare d o ver time. (The message flashes for about four seconds when you turn on the deck by pressing

The naming capacity of the MD has reached its limit (about 1,700 characters).

While attempting to change the recording level after recording, you pressed MENU/NO without actually changing the recording level, so no change was made.

You tried to start Program Play when no program exists.

An attempt was made to record to a premastered MD.

The program contains the maximum number of tracks. You cannot add any more tracks.

?/1

Message Meaning

REMOTE

S.F Edit!

(S.F) Edit NOW

Smart Space

TOC Reading

1) If “REMOTE” appears under other circumstances, turn off the deck, then turn it on again.

The MD is being controlled by an external device connected to the deck.

You attempted to perform another operation while in S.F Edit (changing the recording level after recording, Fade-in, Fade-out) mode. You cannot perform any other operations while in S.F Edit mode.

You pressed (changing the recording level after recording, Fade-in, Fade-out) mode. If you turn off the deck while in S.F Edit mode, any changes that you have made will not be m ade prop erly. Finish the changes and leave S.F Edit mode before turning off the deck. If you accidentally turn off the deck while changes are being made, pr ess while the message is displayed.

The Smart Space Function is on (page 18).

The deck is checking the TOC (Table Of Contents) on the MD.

?/1

while in S.F Edit

?/1

Display messages

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Specifications

System Disc Laser

Laser output

Laser diode Revolutions (CLV) Error correction

Sampling frequency Coding

Modulation system

Number of channels Frequency response Signal-to-noise ratio

Wow and flutter

Inputs

ANALOG IN

DIGITA L IN

DIGITAL OPTICAL IN

(MDS-JE640 European models only)

DIGITAL COAXIAL IN

(MDS-JE640 European models only)

MiniDisc digital audio system MiniDisc Semiconductor laser (λ = 780 nm)

Emission duration: continuous MAX 44.6 µW

1) This output is the value measured at a distance of 200 mm from the objective lens surface on the O p tical Pick-u p Block with 7 mm aperture.

Material: GaAlAs 400 rpm to 900 rpm ACIRC (Advanced Cross Interleave

Reed Solomon Code)

44.1 kHz

ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding)/ATRAC 3

EFM (Eight- to-Fourteen Modulation)

2 stereo channels 5 to 20,000 Hz ±0.3 dB MDS-JE440: Over 96 dB during

play MDS-JE640: Over 98 dB during play

Below measurable limit

Jack type: phono Impedance: 47 kilohms Rated input: 500 mVrms Minimum input: 125 mVrms

Connector type: squar e optical Impedance: 660 nm (optical wave length)

Jack type: phono Impedance: 75 ohms Rated input: 0.5 Vp-p, ±20 %

Outputs

PHONES (MDS-JE640 only)

ANALOG OUT

DIGITAL OUT

DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT

(MDS-JE640 European models only)

General

Power requirements

Where purchased Power requirements

U.S.A. and Canad a 120 V AC, 60 Hz Europe 220 – 230 V AC, 50/60 Hz Australia 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz Hong Kong 220 – 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz

Other countries

Power consumption Dimensions (approx.)

Mass (approx.)

Supplied accessories

See page 10.

US and foreign patents licensed from Dolby Laboratories.

Jack type: stereo phone Rated output: 28 mW Load impedance: 32 ohms

Jack type: phono Rated output: 2 Vrms (at 50 kilohms) Load impedance: over 10 kilohms

Connector type: square optical Rated output: –18 dBm Load impedance : 660 nm (optical wave length)

110 – 120 or 220 – 240 V AC selectable, 50/60 Hz

15 W

430 × 95 × 285 mm (17 × 3

/4 in.) (w/h/d) incl. projecting

parts and controls MDS-JE440: 3.0 kg (6 lbs 10 oz)

MDS-JE640: 3.1 kg (6 lbs 14 oz)

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Additional Information

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

Specifications

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Edit menu table

The following table provides a quick guide to the various editing functions that you can perform using the Edit Menu.

To access the Edit Menu

Press MENU/NO to display “Edit Menu.”

Note

The available menu items may vary according to the current status of the deck.

Menu item Sub-item Function Reference page

Nm In ? Names a track or an MD. 35

Name ?

Tr Erase ? — Erases a track. 31 Move ? — Moves a track. 34 Combine ? — Combines tracks. 34 Divide ? — Divides a track. 33 A-B Erase ? — Erases a portion of a track. 32 All Erase ? — Erases all the tracks on an MD. 32 Undo ? — Undoes the last edit operation. 39

S.F Edit?

Setup ? — Enters Setup Menu (below) directly. —

Nm Copy ? Copies a name to a track or an MD. 36 Nm Erase ? Erases a name. 37 Nm All Ers? Erases all the names on an MD. 37

Tr Level ? Changes the overall recorded level after recording. 37 Fade In ? Records over a track using Fade-in Recording. 38 Fade Out ? Records over a track using Fade-out Recording. 38

Setup menu table

The following table provides an overview of the v arious Setup Menu items, including their parameters, factory settings, and reference page(s) in the manual.

Additional Information

To access the Setup Menu

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice to display “Setup Menu.”

Menu item Sub-item Function Parameters

Program ? — Creates a program. — — 27 T.Mark — Turns Automatic Track Marking on or off. Lsyn/Off Lsyn 19

LS(T) —

Auto S.Space — Turns Smart Space and Auto Cut on or off. On/Off On 18 P.Ho ld — Turns Peak Hold on or off. On/Off Off 17 F.in — Sets the duration of Fade-in Play and Recor ding. 1.0 to 15.0s 5.0s 41 F.out — Sets the duration of Fad e -out Play and Recording. 1.0 to 15.0s 5.0s 4 1

Pitch

Pfine

Ain

Opt1 or Coax

— Turns Auto Space and Aut o Pause on or off. Off/Space/Pause Off 29

— Changes the playing speed by auto steps. –36 to 0 0 40 — Fine controls the playing speed. –87.5 to 0.0% 0.0% 40

—

Changes the trigger level for Automatic Track Marking.

Adjusts the analog signal level input through the ANALOG IN jacks.

Adjusts the digital signal level input through the DIGITAL OPTICAL IN1 connector or DIGITAL COAXIAL IN jack.

–72 to 0dB

to +12.0dB 0.0dB 17

–

∞

–

to +18.0dB 0.0dB 17

∞

Factory setting

–50dB 19

Reference page

Edit menu table/Setup menu table

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Menu item Sub-item Function Parameters

Opt2 or Opt1)—

Aout

Sleep Sleep — Turns Sleep Timer on or off. On/Off Off 42

Keyboard ?

LPstamp —

1) MDS-JE640 only

2) Adjustable in 2 dB steps.

To recall a factory setting

—

— Sets the duration of Sleep Timer.

Type

Assign ?

Adjusts the digital signal level input through the DIGITAL OPTICAL IN(2) connector.

Adjusts the analog signal level output to the ANALOG OUT and PHONES jacks.

Selects the type of the keyboard connec ted to the deck.

Assigns a character to the keyboard connected to the deck.

Sets whether to automatically add “LP:” at the beginning of a track name during a long tim e recording.

to +18.0dB 0.0dB 17

–

∞

–20.2 to 0.0dB 0.0dB 24 30/60/90/

120min

US/JP US 46

——48

On/Off On 15

Factory setting

60min 42

Press CLEAR while selecting the parameter.

Reference page

Setup menu table

Additional Information

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Index

AMS 24 Audio connecting cord 12 Auto cut 18 Auto pause 29 Auto space 29 Auto step control 40 Automatic track marking 19

Battery 10 Blank

erasing during recording.

space and Auto cut

inserting during play.

space

CD Synchro-recording 21 Combining 34 CONTROL A1II control system 44

Disc memo copy 21 Disc name 35 Display

Additional Information

disc name 24 messages 54 remaining recordable time 17 total number of tracks 9, 17 total recorded time 9, 17 track name 24 window 8

Dividing 33

See

Auto

Smart

Erasing

a name 37 a portion of a track 32 a track 31 a track number 34 all names 37 all tracks 32

Fade-in 41 Fade-out 41 Fine control 40

Headphones 23 Hooking up 11

Input monitor 17

Keyboard

assigning characters 48 naming a track or MD 47 operating the deck 48 setting 46

Level

input signal 9, 14 output signal 24 recording 16

Locating

particular point 25 tracks 24

LP mode 15

Manual track marking 19 MD (MiniDisc)

ejecting 14, 23 record-protect tab 14

edit 56 setup 56

Monitoring input signal.

monitor Moving 34 Music Synchro-recording 20

See

Naming

copying 36 how to 35 renaming 36 using the keyboard 47

Optical cable 12

Pausing

after each track. play 23

recording 14 Peak hold 17 Peak level meters 17 Pitch control 40 Playing

entering the number 24

from the first track 23

specific track. Program play

changing the contents 28

checking the contents 28

programing 27

See

Auto pause

Locating

Recording

how to 13

level 16

mode 15

over existing tracks 13 Remote control 6 Repeat A-B play 26 Repeat All play 26 Repeat 1 play 26

Input

Index

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Repeating

a portion. all tracks. current track.

Repeat A-B play

See

Repeat All play

See

Repeat 1 play

See

Sampling rate converter 15 SCMS.

System Scrolling the name 24 Self-diagnosis function 53 Serial Copy Management System 52 Shuffle play 27 Sleep timer 42 Smart space 18 Supplied accessories 10 System limitations 51 S.F Edit 37

Serial Copy Management

See

Time machine recording 20 Timer

falling asleep to music 42 playing 43

recording 43 TOC 15, 31 Track marking 19 Troubleshooting 52

Undoing 39

Additional Information

Index

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Sony MDS-JE640 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Front panel description

Rear panel description

Display window description

Getting Started

Before you start the hookup

Hooking up the audio components

Recording to an MD

Recording to MDs

Notes on recording

Recording for long times

Adjusting the recording level

Recording tips

Marking track numbers while recording

Synchro-recording with a Sony CD player

Playing MDs

Playing an MD

Playing a specific track

Locating a particular point in a track

Playing tracks repeatedly

Tips for recording from MDs to tape

Before you start editing

Erasing tracks

Dividing tracks

Combining tracks

Moving tracks

Naming a track or MD

Changing the recorded level after recording

Undoing the last edit

Changing the pitch

Fading in and fading out

Falling asleep to music

Using a timer

Setting the keyboard

Naming a track or MD using the keyboard

Precautions

Handling MDs

System limitations

Troubleshooting

Self-diagnosis function

Display messages

Specifications

Edit menu table

Setup menu table

Index