Sony ZS-M35 User Manual

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Personal MiniDisc System

Operating Instructions

ZS-M35

Warning

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

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

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CAUTION

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

WARNING

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

For customers in Canada

To prevent electric shock, match wide blade of plug to wide slot, fully insert.

Information For customers in the United States

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 instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. 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:

—Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. —Increase the separation between the

equipment and receiver.

—Connect the equipment into an outlet on a

circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

—Consult the dealer or an experienced

radio/TV technician for help.

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

Owner's Record

The model number is located on the bottom and serial number is located in the battery box. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product.

Model No. ZS-M35 Serial No._______________________________

Introduction2

Table of contents

Basic Operations

4 Playing a CD 6 Recording a whole CD (Synchronized recording) 8 Playing an MD

10 Listening to the radio

Basic Operations

The CD Player•The MD Player

12 Using the display 15 Checking CD text information 17 Locating a specific track 18 Playing tracks repeatedly

(Repeat Play)

19 Playing tracks in random order

(Shuffle Play)

20 Creating your own program

(Program Play)

The Radio

22 Presetting radio stations 24 Playing preset radio stations

Recording

25 Recording the track you are

listening to (Synchronized recording of a single track – REC IT)

27 Recording the tracks you

programed (Synchronized recording of the tracks you programed)

29 Recording from the radio or a CD 31 Extending the recording time

(Monaural recording)

33 Recording on a recorded MD

Editing recorded tracks on the MD

34 Before editing 36 Erasing recordings

(Erase Function)

39 Dividing recorded tracks

(Divide Function)

41 Combining recorded tracks

(Combine Function)

43 Moving recorded tracks

(Move Function)

44 Labeling recordings

(Name Function)

The Audio Emphasis

49 Selecting the audio emphasis

(SOUND/MEGA BASS)

The Timer

50 Setting the clock 52 Waking up to music 54 Falling asleep to music 55 Timer-recording radio programs

Setting Up

57 Preparing the system 60 Saving power 61 Connecting optional components

Additional Information

63 Precautions 65 System limitations of the MD 67 Getting to know the MD 69 Troubleshooting 72 Error messages 73 Specifications 75 Index

3Introduction

Basic Operations

Playing a CD

1, 23

For hookup instructions, see pages 57 - 59.

1 Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE

down to open the CD compartment and place the CD on the CD compartment.

2 Close the lid of the CD

compartment.

3 Press CD u (CD N on the

remote). The player turns on (direct

power-on) and the player plays all the tracks once.

Basic Operations

With the label side up

Display

Track number

Playing time

Use these buttons for additional operations

CD u. , >

CD x

Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE

VOLUME –, + POWER

Basic Operations

Tip

Next time you want to listen to a CD, just press CD u. The player turns on automatically and starts playing the CD.

To Press

adjust the volume VOLUME +, –

(VOL +, – on the remote) stop playback CD x pause playback CD u (CD X on the

remote)

Press the button again to

resume play after pause. go to the next track > go back to the previous track . remove the CD Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE turn on/off the player POWER

Basic Operations

Recording a whole CD

(Synchronized recording)

For hookup instructions, see pages 57 - 59.

1 Insert a recordable MD (direct

power-on).

With the label side up

Insert in the direction of the arrow

Display

After “TOC Reading” is displayed, the disc name will be displayed if it is labeled.

2 Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE

and place the CD on the CD compartment.

Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOSE again to close the CD compartment.

3 Press CD x.

Basic Operations

With the label side up

4 To record at high speed, press

HIGH SPEED. The indicator lights up. To record at normal speed, skip this step.

5 Press SYNCHRO REC CD N

MD. The player starts recording

automatically. If the MD has any previous

recording, recording will be made from the last recorded position.

Track number of MD

Basic Operations

Remaining recording time of MD

Notes

• After you stop recording, do not disconnect the AC power cord or move the player while “TOC EDIT” is flashing in the display. If you do so,

recording may not be done properly.

• When you record a whole CD, you cannot pause recording.

Tips

• Adjusting the volume or the audio emphasis (page 49) will not affect the recording level. Keep the volume at a moderate level so as to prevent the sound from skipping.

• To record over the previous recording, see page 33.

• Once the clock is set, the recording date and time are stamped automatically (page 50).

• You can label an MD or a track during recording (page 44).

Use these buttons for additional operations

POWER

To Press

stop recording MD x or CD x turn on/off the player POWER

If “CD>MD OK?” alternates with time display

There is not enough space on the MD to record the whole CD.

If it is all right to record as much as possible and cancel recording of some tracks, press YES•ENTER. To stop recording, press NO•CANCEL.

If any other messages are displayed, see page 72.

CD x

MD x

YES ENTER

NO CANCEL

Basic Operations

Playing an MD

For hookup instructions, see pages 57 - 59.

1 Insert the MD (direct power-on).

With the label side up

Insert in the direction of the arrow

Display

After “TOC Reading” is displayed, the disc name will be displayed if it is labeled.

2 Press MD u (MD N on the

remote). The player plays all the tracks

once.

Basic Operations

Track name is displayed if it is labeled.

Track number

Playing time

Use these buttons for additional operations

., >

MD u

MD x

VOLUME –, +

POWER

Basic Operations

Tip

Next time you want to listen to a MD, just press MD u. The player turns on automatically and starts playing the MD.

To Press

adjust the volume VOLUME +, –

(VOL +, – on the remote) stop playback MD x pause playback MD u (MD X on the

remote)

Press the button again to

resume play after pause. go to the next track > go back to the previous track . remove the MD Z turn on/off the player POWER

Basic Operations

Listening to the radio

For hookup instructions, see pages 57- 59.

1 Press RADIO BAND until the

band you want appears in the display (direct power-on).

Display

“FM” or “AM” appears

2 Hold down TUNE + or TUNE –

until the frequency digits begin to change in the display.

The player automatically scans the radio frequencies and stops when it finds a clear station.

If you can’t tune in a station, press TUNE + or TUNE – repeatedly to change the frequency step by step.

Basic Operations

Indicates an FM stereo broadcast

Use these buttons for additional operations

POWER

VOLUME –, +

MONO/ST REPEAT

Basic Operations

Tips

• If the FM broadcast is noisy, press MONO/ ST•REPEAT (MODE on the remote) until “Mono” appears in the display and radio will play in monaural.

• Next time you want to listen to the radio, just press RADIO BAND. The player turns on automatically and starts playing the previous station.

To Press

adjust the volume VOLUME +, –

(VOL +, – on the remote)

turn on/off the radio POWER

To improve broadcast reception FM:

Reorient the antenna for FM.

AM:

Keep the AM loop antenna as far as possible from the player and reorient it.

Basic Operations

The CD Player•The MD Player

Using the display

You can check information about the CD and MD using the display.

DISPLAY

Tip

When using the CD containing text information, the disc name, the artist name, etc. appear in the display (page 15).

Note

During repeat play (page 18), shuffle play (page 19) and program play (page 20), the number of tracks left and remaining time on the CD will not be displayed.

During stop (CD)

The total track number and playing time are displayed.

CD indication

Total track number

Total playing time

During play (CD)

The current track number and playing time are displayed.

To check the remaining time

Press DISPLAY.

To display

the current track number and once remaining time on the current track

the number of tracks left and twice remaining time on the CD

the current track number three times and playing time (normal indication)

Press DISPLAY

The CD Player•The MD Player

Tip

The disc name is displayed only with the MDs that have been electronically labelled. If the MDs not be

labelled, the indication only will be

displayed.

During stop (MD)

The total track number and playing time are displayed.

MD indication

The CD Player•The MD Player

Total track number

Disc name

Total track

number

To check the remaining recording time on the MD

Press DISPLAY.

Total playing time

continued

The CD Player•The MD Player

Using the display (continued)

Tip

The track name is displayed only with the MDs that have been electronically labeled. If the MDs not labeled,

the indication only will be displayed.

Note

During repeat play (page 18), shuffle play (page 19) and program play (page 20), the number of tracks left and remaining time on the MD will not be displayed.

During play (MD)

The current track number and the track name are displayed first, then the current track number and the playing time are displayed.

To check the remaining time, recording date and time, etc.

Press DISPLAY.

To display

the current track number and once remaining time on the current track

the number of tracks left twice and the disc name

the number of tracks left three times and remaining time on the MD

recording date and time* four times the current track number five times

and the track name the current track number six times

and playing time (normal indication)

Press DISPLAY

The CD Player•The MD Player

* Once the clock is set, the recording date and time are

stamped automatically (page 49).

Checking CD text information

You can display the CD text (the disc name, the artist name, the track name, etc.) when this information is recorded on the CD.

DISPLAY

The CD Player•The MD Player

Tips

• This mark

appears on

the CD, the CD case, etc., when the CD contains text information.

• This player can display up to 1,500 characters of text information per CD. If a CD has text information of more than 1,500 characters, the excess characters will be omitted.

During stop (CD)

The total track number and playing time are displayed.

CD text

indication

Total track

number

Disc name/ artist name

Total track number

Total playing time

continued

The CD Player•The MD Player

Checking CD text information (continued)

During play (CD)

The current track number and the track name are displayed first, then the current track number and the playing time are displayed.

If you press DISPLAY, indications in the display change as follows:

To display

the current track number and once remaining time on the current track

the number of tracks left and twice the disc name/artist name

the number of tracks left and three times remaining time on the CD

the current track number and four times the current track name

the current track number and five times playing time (normal indication)

Press DISPLAY

The CD Player•The MD Player

Locating a specific track

You can quickly locate any track on a CD or an MD using the number/character buttons. You can also find a specific point in a track while playing a CD or an MD.

., >

Number/character buttons

The CD Player•The MD Player

Note

You cannot locate a specific track if “REP PGM”, “REP SHUF”, “PGM” or “SHUF” is lit in the display. Turn off the indication by pressing x.

Tips

• To locate a track

numbered over 10, press >10 first, then the corresponding number/character buttons.

Example: To play the track

number 23, press >10 first, then 2 and 3.

To play the track number 10, you can use the 0/10 button as well as >10, 1 and 0.

• To select a track on an

MD numbered 100 or more, press >10 twice, then the corresponding number/character buttons.

To locate Press

a specific track directly the number/character button of

the track.

a point while listening to > (forward) or . (backward) the sound while playing and hold down

until you find the point.

a point while observing > (forward) or . (backward) the display in pause and hold down until

you find the point.

The CD Player•The MD Player

Playing tracks repeatedly

(Repeat Play)

MD uCD u

You can play tracks repeatedly in normal, shuffle or program play modes.

On the remote

During stop, press MODE repeatedly until “REP 1”, “REP ALL”, “REP SHUF” or “REP PGM” appears in the display. Then play the CD or the MD.

You can also select “REP 1” or “REP ALL” during play.

REPEAT

SHUF/PGM

To repeat Do this

a single track 1 Play the track you want.

2 Press REPEAT until

“REP 1” appears in the display.

all the tracks 1 Start normal play.

2 Press REPEAT until

“REP ALL” appears in the display.

tracks in random 1 Start shuffle play (page 19). order 2 Press REPEAT until

“REP SHUF” appears in the display.

programed tracks 1 Start program play (page 20).

2 Press REPEAT until “REP PGM”

appears in the display.

The CD Player•The MD Player

To cancel Repeat Play

Stop play first. Then, press REPEAT until “REP” disappears from the display.

Playing tracks in random order

(Shuffle Play)

CD u MD u

The CD Player•The MD Player

You can play tracks in random order.

Tip

During shuffle play, you cannot select the previous track by pressing ..

On the remote

Press MODE until “SHUF” appears in the display.

SHUF/PGM

Before you begin, make sure that the CD or MD player is in stop mode.

1 Press SHUF/PGM until “SHUF” appears in the

display.

2 Press CD u (or MD u) to start shuffle play.

To cancel Shuffle Play

Stop play first. Then, press SHUF/PGM until “SHUF” disappears from the display.

The CD Player•The MD Player

Creating your own program

(Program Play)

CD u MD u

YES ENTER

You can arrange the playing order of up to 20 tracks on a CD or an MD.

On the remote

Press MODE until “PGM” appears in the display, then press the number/character button to select the track.

Before you begin, make sure that the CD or MD player is in stop mode.

1 Press SHUF/PGM until “PGM” appears in the 2 Press the number/character buttons for the tracks

Tip

If you made a mistake, press NO•CANCEL and re-enter the track number using the number/character buttons.

REPEAT SHUF/PGM

Number/ character buttons NO CANCEL

display.

you want to program in the order you want.

(In case of CD)

(In case of MD)

Track number

Playing order

Track number

Total programed time

The CD Player•The MD Player

Playing order

Total programed time

3 Press CD u ( or MD u) to start program play.

Tips

• If the program play is finished, the program is saved. You can play the same program again by pressing u.

• If you open the lid of the CD compartment, the program is erased.

• If you take out the MD, the program is erased.

• During play, total programed time cannot be displayed.

To cancel Program Play

Stop play first. Then, press SHUF/PGM until “PGM” disappears from the display.

To check the order of tracks before play

Before starting the program play, press YES•ENTER. Every time you press YES•ENTER, the track number

appears in the programed order.

To change the current program

Change before starting the program play.

To Do this

erase the last track in 1 Press NO•CANCEL. the program The track programed last is

erased.

2 Re-enter the track numbers by

pressing the number/character buttons.

change the whole 1 Press x to erase the whole program completely program.

2 Create a new program

following the programing procedure.

The CD Player•The MD Player

The Radio

Presetting radio stations

You can store radio stations into the player’s memory. You can preset up to 20 stations, 10 for each band in any order.

1 Press RADIO BAND until the band you want 2 Hold down AUTO PRESET until “Auto Preset”

YES ENTER

appears in the display.

flashes in the display. The stations are stored in memory from the lower

frequencies (from the preset number 1, in numerical order) as long as the station has a signal strong enough.

When you’ve done presetting, the station stored in the preset number 1 will be tuned in automatically.

RADIO BAND

AUTO PRESET

EDIT Number/

character buttons

>, .

If a station cannot be preset automatically

You need to preset a station with a weak signal manually. Also, when you want to replace preset stations with a new one, proceed as follows:

1 Press RADIO BAND until the band you want

appears in the display.

2 Press TUNE + or TUNE – repeatedly until you

tune in the station you want.

3 Hold down the number/character button that you

want to preset the new station on for 2 seconds. The new station replaces the old one.

The Radio

The characters you can input

• Uppercase letters:

ABCD.....WXYZ

• Lowercase letters:

abcd.....wxyz

• Numbers and symbols: 0123456789!"#$%&()*.; <=>? @_`+ –’,/:

(space)

To label the preset station 1 According to the procedure on page 24, tune in the

station you want to label.

2 Press EDIT for 2 seconds. 3 Input the name of the station (up to 12 characters).

For details, see step 3 on page 45.

To Use

move the cursor > or . select the characters the number/character

buttons erase the characters DELETE insert the characters INSERT

4 Press YES•ENTER.

The Radio

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