Sony MXD-D400 User Manual

4-245-486-11(2)

Compact Disc MiniDisc Deck

Operating Instructions

MXD-D400

WARNING

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

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

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

This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product. This label is located on th e rear exterior.

The following caution la be l is loc a te d inside the apparatus.

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

For the customer in the U.S.A.

Owner’s Record

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

Model No. MXD-D400 Seral No.

Caution

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

WARNING

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protectio n aga i nst ha r mf ul interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and ca n r adia te radio frequency energy and, if not in sta ll ed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installa tion. If this equipment doe s ca use 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: – Reorient or relocate the rece iv i ng an tenna.

– Increase the separation betwe e n the equi pment and

receiver.

– Connect the equipment int o an outle t on a circ uit

different from tha t to w h i ch the receiver is connected.

– Consult the dealer or an experie nc ed radio/TV

technician for help.

CAUTION

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

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Table of Contents

How to use this manual...........................4

Playable discs..........................................4

Getting Started

Unpacking...............................................7

Hooking up..............................................7

CD/MP3/MD – Play

Loading a CD..................... .... .................9

Playing a CD...........................................9

— Normal Play/Shuffle Play/Search Play

Playing an MP3 file ..............................10

— Normal Play/Shuffle Play/Search Play

Loading an MD............................. .... ... .11

Playing an MD......................................12

—

Normal Play/Shuffle Play

Locating a specific track.......................13

—

AMS Function

Playing repeatedly.................................14

—

Repeat Play

Creating your own program.................. 14

—

Program Play

Playing only the tracks in th e desired

group...............................................15

Falling asleep to music..........................16

—

Sleep Timer

Changing the pitch of the MD ..............17

—

Pitch Control Function

Using the display...................................18

MD – Recording

Before you start recording.................... 19

Recording a CD on an MD...................20

— CD-MD Synchro Recording/High-

Speed CD-MD Synchro Recording

Recording on an MD manually .............21

—

Manual Recording

Starting recording with 6 seconds of

prestored audio data........................22

—

Time Machine Recording

Marking track numbers.........................23

Making a space between tracks 3 seconds

long automatically..........................24

—

Smart Space

Adjusting the recording level ...............25

—

Music Synchro-Recording

Recording the current CD track............ 27

—

REC-IT Function

Synchro-Recording with an external audio

equipment.......................................27

Fading in and out..................................28

—

Fader

Recording tips.......................................29

MD – Editing

Editing tips............................................ 30

Registering tracks in groups.................31

—

Group Function

Labeling an MD/group/track................ 32

—

Name Function

Creating a new group............................34

—

Create Function

Releasing group registrations............... 35

—

Release Function

Erasing recordings....................... .... ..... 36

—

Erase Function

Moving recorded tracks........................38

—

Move Function

Combining recorded tracks...................39

—

Combine Function

Dividing recorded tracks ......................40

—

Divide Function

Undoing the last edit.............................41

—

Undo Function

Changing the recorded level after recording 41

—

S.F Edit Function

Troubleshooting

Problems and remedies.........................43

Self-diagnosis display...........................44

Messages............................................... 45

Additional Information

Precautions............................................46

System limitations of MDs................... 47

Specifications........................................48

List of button locations and reference

pages...............................................49

How to use this manual

• Before operating the deck, connect your deck

by referring to

• This manual mainly explains operations using

the remote, but the same operations can also be performed using the buttons on the de ck having the same or similar names.

“Getting Started.”

Playable discs

You can play back the following discs on this deck. Other discs cannot be played back.

List of playable discs

Format of discs

Audio CDs Audio

MD Audio

CD-R/CD-RW Audio

Disc logo Contents

Notes on CD-R and CD-RW

• This deck can play C D -R/CD-RW discs edited by the user. However, note that playback of some di s cs may not be possible depending on th e recording device used for recording or th e di sc condition.

• CD-R and CD-RW discs that ha ve not been finalized (pro cessing to allow play by a normal CD player) cannot be played.

• The deck may be unable to play MP3 format files that do not have the extender “.MP3” at the end of the file nam e.

• Attempting to play non-MP3 format files that have the extender “.MP3” may res ult in noise or malfunction.

• The recommended bit rate for playing MP3 files is 128kbps or more.

• Playback of dtsC Ds or reco rd ing f ro m di gi tal dtsCDs to MDs is not supported.

Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies

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

You can play MP3 files on the deck. For details, see “Playing a disc with MP3 files” on page 5.

Discs that this deck cannot play

• CD-ROMs (PHOTO CDs included)

• CD-Rs/CD-RWs o ther tha n thos e re corded in the following formats: – music CD format – MP3 format that co nforms to ISO9660 *

Level 1/Level 2, Romeo or Joliet

* A logical format of files and folders on CD-ROMs,

defined by ISO (International Standard Organization)

Playing a disc with MP3 files

About MP3 files

MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3) is a standard technology an d fo rmat for c ompre ss ing a sou nd sequence. The file is com pressed to about 1/ 10 of its original size. Sounds outside the range of human hearing are compressed while the sounds we can hear are not co m pressed. Playback of same M P3 files may not be possible, depending on the recording. The encoding method (i.e., the bit rate selected for encoding) will affect the sound quality of the MP3 files created. The bit r ate typicall y used for MP3 files is 128 kbps.

About ID3 tags

An ID3 tag is song in formation (such as track name, album title, and artist name) that is attached to MP3 fi l es.

Notes on discs

You can play MP3 files recorded on CD-ROMs, CDRs (recordable CDs), and CD-RWs (rewritable CDs). The disc must be in the ISO 9660 format, or Joliet or Romeo in the expansion form at . You can use a disc recorded in Multi Session

ISO 9660 Format The most common intern a tional standard for the logical format of the files an d folders on a CD -ROM. There are several specification levels. In Level 1, file names must be in the 8.3 format (no more than eight characters in the name, no more than th ree charact ers in the extension “.MP3”) and in capital letters. Folder names can be no longer than eight characters. There can be no more than eight nested folder levels. Level 2 specifications al low file n ames up to 31 char acters long. For Joliet or Romeo in the expansion format, make sure of the contents of the writin g soft ware, etc.

Multi Session This is a recording method that enable s a dding of data using the Track-At-Once met h o d. Conventional CDs be gin at a CD control area called the Lead-in and end at an area called Lead-out. A Multi Session CD has multiple sessions, with each Lead-in to Lead-out segment regarde d as a sing le session. CD-EXTRA: A format in which CD-DA (audio) data are recorded in the tracks of s es sio n 1 an d com put er data in the tracks of session 2. Mixed CD: A format in which computer data are

level 1 or level 2

recorded in the first track and CD-DA (audio) data in the following tracks with in a se ssion.

Notes

• With format othe r th an ISO 9660 le ve l 1, fol de r names or file names may not be displayed correctly.

• When naming, be sure to add the file extension “.MP3” to the file name.

• If you add the exte nsi on “. MP 3” to a file ot he r th an MP3, the unit cannot recognize the file properly and will generate random noise that could damage your speakers.

• The following discs take a longer time to start playback. – a disc recorded with a complicated tree st r u cture. – a disc recorded in Multi Session.

Cautions when playing a disc that is recorded in Multi Session

CD-DA (audio) data or MP3 files stored on a Multi Session CD may be subject to some res tric ti ons on playback. – If the disc begins with a CD-D A se ssion, it is

recognized as a CD-DA (audio) disc, and playback continues until an MP3 session is encountered.

– If the disc begins with an MP 3 se ssion, it is

recognized as an MP3 disc, and playback continues until a CD-DA (audio) session is encountered.

– The playback range of an MP3 disc is determined by

the tree structure of files produced by analyzing of the disc.

– A disc with a mixed CD format will be recognized as

a CD-DA (audio) disc.

The playback ord er of the MP3 files

The playback order of the folders and fil es as follows.

Folder (album)

MP3 files (tracks)

Tree 1 Tree 2 Tree 3 Tree 4 Tree 5

Notes

• A folder that does not include an MP3 file is skipped.

• When you insert a dis c wit h ma ny tr e es , it tak es a longer time to s tar t play back. We recom mended th at you make only one or two trees for each disc.

• The maximum number of MP3 files and folders is 300, and the maximum number of folde rs is 150 (including the root folder and empty folders).

• If the maximum number of folders or MP3 files is exceeded, the additional fold er/MP3 files are not recognized. For example, if you insert the disc with 151 folders, the player reads only 150 fo lde rs.

• The CD player can play th e M P3 fil es in a folde r whose depth in the folder tree is up to 8.

Tip

To specify a desired playback order, before the folder or file name, input the order by number (e.g .,

“01”, “02”), then recor d contents onto a disc. (The order differs depending on the writing software.)

Note on playback of MP3 files

Depending on the encoding/writing software, recording device, or the record ing media used at the time an MP3 file is recorded, you may encounter such problems as disabled playback, soun d inte rr uptions, and noise.

About the information displayed for MP3 files

• The level meter do es not function during

playback.

• The following ID tags are displayed:

track name/album title/artist name.

• When ID3 tags ar e displayed, the I D 3

indicator lights up.

• When MP3 files are played, the track name is

displayed as foll ow s : ID3v1/ID3v2/file name

• Depending on the disc, ID tags may not be

displayed.

• ID tags cannot be displayed while the deck is

stopped.

• The display of so me characters in vol u m e

labels, album titles or tr ack name is not supported. These characters are replaced by spaces or by characters special t o the system.

Getting Started

Unpacking

Check that you received the following items:

• Audio connection cords (2)

• Remote commander (remote) (1 )

• Sony R6 (size-A A ) batteries (2)

Inserting two R6 (size AA) batteries into the remote

Hooking up

Perform the following procedures 1 to 5 to hook up your de ck us ing th e sup pli ed cord s an d accessories.

to a wall outlet

TAPE/MD

REC OUT

AV Amplifier

Signal flow

DIGITAL

OPTICAL IN

DIGITAL

OPTICAL OUT

Getting Started

Note

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

Tip

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

1 Prepare the cords.

• Audio connection cords (supplied) (2)

White

(L)

Red

(R)

• Optical ca ble (not supplie d) (2)

White

(L)

Red

(R)

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2 Connect the deck to an amplifier.

Connect the amplifier to the ANALOG IN/ OUT jacks using the audio connecting cords (supplied), making sure to match the color-coded cords to the appropriate jacks on the components: red (right) to red and white (left) to white. Be sure to make connections firmly to prevent hum and noise.

Amplifier

MXD-D400

ANALOG

OUT

TAPE/MD

OUT

Signal flow

Connecting the deck to a digital component such as a digital ampl ifier , CD player, or an MD deck

Connect the digital component (digital amplifier, CD player, MD deck or DAT deck, etc.) to the DIGITAL OPTICAL IN/ OUT connectors on the deck with an optical cable (not supplie d) .

Be sure to insert the plug until it clicks into place.

4 Turn on the amplifier and set the

source selector to the position for this deck.

5 To turn on the deck, press ?/1.

The STANDBY indicator turns off.

Tips

• If “Din Unlock” and “C71” alternate in the display, the optical cable is not connected properly. Check that the connections are secure.

• A built-in sa mpl ing r a te converter automatically converts the sampling frequency of various digital sources to the 44.1 kHz sampling rate of this deck. This allows you to record source such as 32- and 48kHz DAT or satellite broadcasts, as well as compact discs and MDs.

3 Connect the power cord to a wall

outlet.

CD/MP3/MD – Play

Loading a CD

1 Press OPEN/CLOSE. 2 Place a disc with the label side up on

the disc tray.

Playing a CD

— Normal Play/Shuffle Play/Search Play

CD/MP3/MD – Play

When you pl ay a 8 c m di sc, plac e it on the inner circle of the tray.

3 Press OPEN/CLOSE again to close the

disc tray.

If you press H instead of OPEN/CLOSE, the disc tray will cl ose and playback will start automatically.

Notes

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

• Do not forcibly press the disc tray closed with your finger, as this may cause malfunc tion.

m/M

Example: When a CD is loaded

Total number of track

X x

Total playing time

1 Set to CD in CD MD select switch. 2 Press PLAY MODE in stop mode

repeatedly until the mode you want appears in the display.

Select To play

No display (Normal Play)

SHUFFLE (Shuffle Play)

PROGRAM (Program Play)

The tracks on the disc in original order.

All tracks on the disc in random order.

The tracks on the disc in the order you want them to be played (see “Creatin g your own program” on page 14).

3 Press H.

Note

You cannot change the play mode during pla yback.

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Other operations

To Do this

Stop play Press x. Pause Press X. Press again to resume

Find a point in a track (Search)

Find a point quickly by observing the display (Highspeed Search)

Remove a disc Press OPEN/CLOSE on the deck.

Tip

If “—Over—” appears while you are pressing M, the disc has reached to its end. Press m or . (or turn AMS counter clockwise) to go back.

Note

Tracks that are only a few seconds long may be too short to scan using the search function.

play. Keep pressing m or M during

playback and release it at the desired point.

Keep pressing m or M during playback pause until you find the desired point.

There is no sound output during this operation.

Playing an MP3 file

— Normal Play/Shuffle Play/Search Play

Example: When an MP3 disc is loaded

MP3

Playing the desired album

1 Set to CD in CD MD select switch. 2 Press PLAY MODE in stop mode

repeatedly until the mode you want appears in the display.

Select To play

No display (Normal Play)

ALBUM (ALBUM Play)

SHUFFLE (Shuffl e Play)

ALBUM SHUFFLE (Album Shuffle Play)

PROGRAM (Program Play)

The tracks on the disc in original order.

All MP3 audio tracks in the album on the disc you have selected in original order.

All tracks on the disc in random order.

The MP3 audio tracks in the album on the disc you have selected in random order.

The tracks on the disc in the order you want them to be played (see “Creating your own program” on page 14).

3 Press ALBUM/GROUP – or +

repeatedly until the desired album number appears.

When using the butt ons on the deck, press ALBUM (“ALBUM SELECT” appears) and turn AMS.

4 Press H.

Playing the desired track in the album

1 Do step 1 to 3. (see “Playing the

desired album” on page 10)

When using the butt ons on the deck, press ALBUM. “ALBUM SELECT” disappears.

2 Press . or > repeatedly (or turn

AMS on the deck) until the desired title or track number appears.

3 Press H.

Notes

• If no album CD is played while in “ALBUM” mode, CDs are played in t he same way as in “Nor mal Play ” mode.

• If you do not select an album, playback starts from the first track of the f irst album.

• You cannot change the play mode during playback.

• “0.00” appears when skipping a portion of ID3 tag ver.2 (at the beginning of the track). Skip time changes depending ID3 tag ver.2 capacity.

Other operations

See “Other operations” on page 10.

Loading an MD

Insert an MD.

With the label side up, and the shutter on the righthand side.

With the arrow pointing toward the deck.

Tip

When you insert an MD while the de ck is in sta ndby mode, the disc tray will close and the deck will turn on automatically.

CD/MP3/MD – Play

Playing an MD

— Normal Play/Shuffle Play

m/M

Example: When a MD is loaded

Other operations

To Do this

Stop play Press x. Pause Press X. Press again to resume

X x

Find a point in a track (Search)

Find a point quickly by observing the display during playback pause (High-speed Search)

Remove a MD Press EJECT on the deck.

Tip

If “—Over—” appears during High-speed Search, th e disc has reached to its end. Press m or . (or turn AMS counter clockwise) to go back.

Notes

play. Keep pressing m or M during

playback and release it at the desired point.

Keep pressing m or M until you find the desired point.

There is no sound output during this operation.

• If the disc reaches the end during Search, the deck stop.

• Tracks that are on l y a few seconds long m ay be too short to scan using the search function.

Total number of track

Total playing time

1 Set to MD in CD MD select switch. 2 Press PLAY MODE in stop mode

repeatedly (or turn AMS) until the mode you want appears in the display.

Select To play

No display (Normal Play)

SHUFFLE (Shuffle Play)

PROGRAM (Program Play)

The tracks on the MD in original order.

All tracks on the MD in random order.

The tracks on the MD in the order you want them to be played (see “Creating your own program” on page 14).

3 Press H.

Note

You cannot change the play mode during pla yba c k.

Locating a specific track

— AMS Function

CD/MD

Number buttons

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Playing a track by entering the track number

You can also sele ct th e desired track using the remote during Normal Play. Press the number button(s). Playback automatically starts.

To enter a track number over 10

1 Press >10 once if it is a 2-digit track number,

and twice if it is a 3-digit track number.

2 Enter the corresponding digits for the same

number of “–” flashing in the display. To enter 0, press 10/0.

Examples:

• To enter 6 while “– – –” flashes in the display, press 10/0, 10/0 and 6.

• To enter 100 while “– – –” flas he s in the display, press 1, 10/0 and 10/0.

CD/MP3/MD – Play

AMS (CD)

AMS (MD)

Set to CD or MD in CD MD select switch.

You can quickly locate any tra ck by using the AMS (Automatic Music Sensor) cont rol on the deck, . and > buttons on the remote, or number buttons on th e remote.

To locate Do this

The next or succeeding tra cks

The beginning of the current or preceding tracks

A specific track by using AMS

Tips

• To go quickly to the beginning of the last track, press . (or turn AMS counter clockwise) in stop mode.

• To pause playing at the beginning of a track, press . or

During playback, press > (or turn AMS clockwise) until you find the track.

During playback, press . (or turn AMS counter clockwise) until you find the track.

While the deck is stopped, press

> (or turn AMS), then

. or press H (or AMS).

> (or turn AMS) after pausing playback.

Playing repeatedly

Creating your own

— Repeat Play

You can play all t he tra cks or a singl e trac k on a disc.

1 Set to CD or MD in CD MD select

switch.

2 Press REPEAT during playback until

“REPEAT” or “REPEAT 1” appears.

REPEAT: For all the tracks on the disc. REPEAT 1: For a single track only.

To cancel Repeat Play

Press REPEAT repeatedly until both “REPEAT” and “REPEAT 1” disappear.

Tip

You can perform Repeat Play dur ing Shuffle Play or Program Play. In Shuffle Play mode, all the tracks are shuffled and played back repeatedly. In Program Play mode, programmed tracks are played back repeatedly.

program

— Program Play

You can make a program of up to 25 steps.

2 4

CLEAR

6 3

1 Set to CD or MD in CD MD select

switch.

2 Press PLAY MODE in stop mode

repeatedly until “PROGRAM” appears.

3 Press . or > repeatedly (or turn

AMS) until the desired title or track number appears.

Selected track number

AL: When you select “AL” in MP3 Play, all

MP3 audio tracks in the album you have selected in or ig i nal order.

4 Press YES (or AMS).

The track is program m ed. The step number appears, followed by the last programmed track number.

5 To program additional tracks, repeat

steps 3 and 4.

6 Press H.

Program Play st arts.

ALBUM GROUP +/–

Total playing time

Other operations

To Do this

Cancel Program PlayPress PLAY MODE in stop

Check the program order

Select the desired tracks using the number buttons

Add a track to the end of the program

Program an MP3

Erase the prog ram Pres s CL E AR in step 4. Eac h

Tips

• The program you made rem a ins a f te r Progr a m Pl a y finishes. To play the same program again, press H. However, the program is cleared when you open the disc tray, eject the MD or pull out the power cord.

• “– – –:– –” appears when the total playing time of the CD exceeds 100 minutes or when the tota l pl ay ing time of the MD exceeds 1,000 minutes.

• “– – –:– –” appears when the MP3 files are programed. The total playing tim e cannot be displayed during MP3 Play.

mode repeatedly until both “PROGRAM” and “SHUFFLE” disappear.

Press . or > repeatedly (or turn AMS) in pause mode.

Press number buttons instead of performing steps 3 – 4.

Perform steps 3 – 4 in stop mode.

Press ALBUM/GROUP – or + (or press

AMS) to select album, before

step 3.

time you press the button, a track is cleared from the end of the program.

ALBUM, then turn

Playing only the tracks in the desired group

This function allows you to listen only to your favorite tracks which you have regist ered into a group. For details of the Group Function, see “Registering tracks in groups” on page 31.

2 5 4

1 Set to MD in CD MD select switch. 2 Press GROUP ON/OFF in stop mode

repeatedly until “GROUP ON” appears.

3 Press ALBUM/GROUP – or + (or

GROUP SKIP) repeatedly until the desired group appears.

4 To start playing from a specific track in

the group, press . or > repeatedly (or turn AMS) until the desired track appears.

Proceed to step 5 w hen you start playing from the first track in the group.

5 Press H.

Playback star t s. When the playing of the last track in the

group finishes , t he M D deck stops automatically.

CD/MP3/MD – Play

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Note

If you select a group that does not have any tracks registered and press track of the first group on the MD.

Tip

You can change play mode (Normal Play/Shuffle Play/ Repeat Play/Program Play) only for the tracks in the group. To select the desired play mode, select the play mode before step 3.

H, playback starts from th e first

Falling asleep to music

— Sleep Timer

You can set the deck to turn off after a certain time, so that you ca n fall asleep to music. You can specify the t ime until the deck tur ns off by 30 minutes.

SLEEP

Press SLEEP.

Each time you press the button, the minute display (the turn-o ff time ) chang es c yclical ly as follows: SLEEP OFF t 30min t 60min t 90min t 120min

Other operations

To Press

Check the remaining time

Change the time to turn off

Cancel the Sleep Timer Function

SLEEP once.

SLEEP to select the time you want.

SLEEP repeatedly until “SLEEP OFF” appears.

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