Yamaha Audio MDX-9 User Manual

MDX-9

MINIDISC RECORDER

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O WN ER’S MANUAL

MO DE D ’ EMPLO I

BEDIEN UNGSAN LEITUNG

BRUKSA NVISNING

MANUALE DELL’UTENTE

MANUAL D E INSTRUCCIO NES

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CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING YOUR UNIT.

1. This unit is a sophisticated mini disc re corder. To ensure

proper operation for the best possible performance, please read this man ual carefully.

2. Choo se th e in stall ation location of your unit c ar efull y. Av oid

placing it in direct sunligh t or close to source of he at. Also avoid locations subject to vibration and excessive dust, heat, cold or moisture. Keep it awa y fro m so urces of hum such a s transformers or motors.

3. Do no t place another component on top of this unit, to do s o

may discolor or damage the surface of the uni t.

4. Do no t open the cabinet of this unit, to do s o m ay re sult in

damage to the unit or elec trical shock. If any f oreign object or substance gets into the u nit, contact your dealer for assistanc e.

5. When removing the power plug from the wall outlet, alw ays

pull directly on the plug; never pull the cord its elf.

6. Do no t apply excessive force when operating switches and

knobs.

7. When moving the unit, be sure to first disconnect the power

cord from the AC outlet and disconnect all cord s connecting the unit to other equipment.

8. Do no t att empt to clean this un it w ith chemical solvents as this

may dam age the finish. Use a c le an, dry cloth.

9. Be su re to rea d the “TROUBLESHOOTING” section for a dvice

on comm on o perating errors before concluding th at yo ur u nit is faulty.

For U.K. customers

If the soc k et o utlet s in t he h ome are not suita ble for the plug supplied with this appliance, it should be cut off and an appropriate 3 pin plug fitted. For details, refe r to t he instruc tion s described below.

Note: The plug seve red from the mains lead must be

destro yed, as a plug with bared flexible cord is hazardous if enga ged in a live so cket outlet.

IMPORTANT

THE WIRES IN MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE:

Blue: NEUTRAL Brown: LIVE

As the c ol ours of th e w ires in th e ma ins lead of this apparatus may not c o rres pond with the coloured marking s i dentifying the te rmin als in yo ur plug, proceed as follow s: The wire which is coloured BLUE must b e connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLAC K. The wire which is colour ed BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is m arke d with the letter L or coloured RED. Making su re th at ne ithe r core is conne cted to the earth terminal of the th ree pin plug.

10. Keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.

Note

Please chec k the copyright laws in your country to record from records, compact discs, radio, etc. Recor ding of copyright material may infringe cop yright laws.

WARNING

TO REDUCE TH E RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE TH IS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

This mini disc recorder is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

product. The CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT label is lo cated on the rear exterior.

DANGER

Invisible lase r radiation when open and interlock failed or defeated. Avoid direct exp osu re to beam.

CAUTION

Use of co ntro ls o r adjustments or perf orma nce of procedures other than those specified her ein may resu lt in haz ardous radiation exposure.

Thank you for selecting this YAMAHA mini disc recorder.

CONTENTSFEATURES

¶ A samp l ing rate co nver ter t hat l ets y ou m ake

digital reco rdings from 32 kHz (DA T, etc .) , 44. 1 kHz (CD, DAT, MD, etc .) and 48 kHz (DAT, etc.) program sources.

¶ Editing featu res (MO VE, ERASE, DIVIDE,

COMBINE, TITLE, and U NDO ) th at le t you tak e full ad va ntage of the MD recording system.

¶ Multip le digital INPUT terminals (2 op ti cal inputs

and 1 coaxial inp ut ) let you connect u p to three diffe rent digital program s ources.

¶ The digital optical OUTPUT terminal lets you

outp ut digital a udio from an MD.*

¶ In ad dition to the standard disc and track repeat

mod es, this unit also has a part (A-B) repeat mod e th at le ts yo u re peat a spe cific part of a trac k.

¶ Synchro Record lets you make synchronized

reco rdings from an y type of source component.

¶ Time Resc ue Rec o rd monitors the sound being

inpu t an d allows you to recover sound input from a po int a pproximate ly fo ur s econds before you start the recording operation. (So you will not miss the beginning of a song whe n recording dire ctly from the radio, etc.)

¶ The Monaural Record m ode lets you record up to

148 minutes of audio onto one MD.

¶ Timer playback and recording modes that let you

start p la yback or re cording at a pres et ti me u sing an op tio nal a udio timer.

* This is not pos sible if MD is a direct copy of another digital

signal (se e page 24 for details regarding SCMS copy protection).

US and foreign patents licensed from Dolby Laboratorie s Licens ing Corporation .

PART DESCRIPTIONS ........................................................ 4

FRONT PANEL ..................................................................... 5

REMOTE CONTROL.................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

CONNECTIONS ................................................................... 7

ANALOG CONNECTIONS ................................................... 7

DIGITAL CONNECTIONS .................................................... 7

PLAYBACK.......................................................................... 8

Skippi ng Tracks ................................................................ 8

Searching ........... ............................................................... 9

Switching the D isplay ....................................................... 9

RANDOM PLAY.................................................................. 10

REPEA T PLAY .................................................................... 10

Single Track Repeat ....................................................... 10

Full Disc Repeat............................. ................................. 10

Part (A-B) Repeat............................................................11

PROGRAM PLAY.............................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . ......11

RECORDING...................................................................... 13

Record ing Level.............................................................. 14

Auto Marking ............................. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. 14

TIME RESCUE RECORDING ............................................. 15

SYNCHRO RECORDING....................................................15

MONAURAL REC ORDING................................................. 16

MONITOR OUT...................................................................16

EDITING ............................................................................. 17

MOVE ..................................................................................17

ERASE................................................................................. 18

Disc Erase ....................................................................... 18

Track Erase ..................................................................... 18

Part Erase........................................................................ 19

COMBINE ........................................................................... 19

DIVIDE................................................................................20

TITLING.............................................................................. 21

TIMER OPERATIONS ....................................................... 22

Timer recording .............................................................. 22

Timer playback ............................................................... 22

MD SYSTEM LIMITATIONS.............................................. 23

COPY PROTECTION (SCMS) .......................................... 24

NOTES REGARDING THE REMOTE CONTROL............ 24

Remote control operation range .................................... 24

Battery installation ..... ..................................................... 24

TROUBLESHOOTING....................................................... 25

DISPLAY MESSAGES ...................................................... 26

SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................. 27

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PART DESCRIPTIONS

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FRONT PANEL

See the pages in parenthesis for details rega rding operation.

~ POWER (8)

Press to turn the unit on or off.

Ÿ TIMER (22)

Use to set the unit to play or recor d when activat ed by an external timer.

! Disc insertion slot

Insert the disc into this slot.

⁄ Eject )

Press to remove the dis c. If the TOC* data has no t ye t been written, it is written automatically before the disc is ejected.

@ SEARCH ! ⁄ (9, 21)

Press and hold to search quickly during p la y or pause. Use to move the cursor when inpu tting a disc (track) title.

¤ Display panel (9)

Displa ys v ariou s in form ation .

# Remote control sensor (24)

Receives the signals emitted from the rem ote control.

‹ DISPLAY (9)

Press repeatedly to switch between the title and t ime displays.

$ TITLE (21)

Press to activate or deactivate the title mo de.

› CHARA. (21)

Press repeatedly to select different types of characters when titling a disc (tr ack).

% DELETE/CANCEL (17, 21)

Press to cancel an edit function or to delete the select ed character when titling a disc (track).

ﬁ EDIT (17)

Press repeatedly to accesses the different edit modes.

^ SET/ENTER (17, 21)

Press to confirm the current opera tion or s elect an edit mode (etc.).

ﬂ Jog dial [– / +] [$ ›] (8, 21)

Use to skip to the beginning of the previous or next tracks . Use to select characters when inputting a disc (track) title.

& INPUT (13)

Press repeatedly to select the input jacks you wa nt to record from: ANALOG or DIGITAL (OPTICAL 1, OPTICAL 2, or COAXIAL).

‡ REC LEVEL (14)

Use to ad j ust t he re cording level when recording from the analog inputs.

* REC (14)

Press during stop or pause to activate the record pause mo de. Press while recording to manually add a track division.

° & STOP (8, 13, 17, 21)

Press to stop recording or playback. Press to cancel an edit or title input operation .

( ‹ PLAY/* PAUSE (8, 13)

Press during stop (or pause) to start playback. Press while p layi ng to pause. Press during record pause to start recording . Press while rec o rding to pause.

ENGLISH

* TOC (Table of Contents) : This is the non-audio data

conta ined on all mini d iscs (track nu mbers, playback time, title data, etc.). UTOC (User’s Table of Contents): This is non-audio data that you can edit (like track numbers, playback time, and title da ta) .

REMOTE CONTROL

See the pages in parenthesis for details rega rding operation.

~ REPEAT (10~11)

S/F (!)

Press to select single track (S) or full disc (F) repeat. Press to select “!” wh en creating a disc (track) title.

A-B (?)

Press to specify the A and B points for A-B rep ea t. Press to select “?” wh en creating a disc (track) title.

Ÿ PROG (–) (11)

Press to activate or deactivate the program play mode.

Press to select “–” wh en creating a disc (track) title.

! RNDM (&) (10)

Press to activate or deactivate the ran dom play mode. Press to select “&” when creating a disc (track) title.

⁄ Numbers/Characters (8, 21)

Use to sp e cify a track. Press repeatedly to select a character when creating a disc (track) title.

@ CHAR. (21)

Press repeatedly to select uppercase or lowercase letters d ur ing title mode.

¤ TITLE (21)

Press to activate or deactivate the title mo de.

# SEARCH ! ⁄ (9, 21)

Press and hold to search quickly during p la y or pause. Use to move the cursor when inpu tting a disc (track) title.

‹ SKIP $ › (8, 21)

Press to skip to the beginning of the previous or n ext tracks during play, pause or stop. Use to select characters when inputting a disc (track) title.

$ ‹ PLAY (8, 14)

Press during stop (or pause) to start playback. Press during record pause to start recording .

› * PAUSE (8, 14)

Press to pause playback or recording.

% DISPLAY (9)

Press repeatedly to switch between the title and t ime displays.

ﬁ SCROLL (9)

Press to scroll the disc (track) title across the display.

Press while scrolling to pause the scroll.

^ NUMBER (21)

Press before pressing a number button to input a

numbe r during title m ode.

ﬂ DELETE (21)

Press to delete the sele cted character when titlin g a

disc (track).

& SET (21)

Press to confirm selected character when tit ling a disc

(track ).

‡ M-MARK (14)

Press to select automa tic or manual marking of tracks

during recording.

* INPUT (13)

Press repeatedly to select the input jacks you wa nt to

record from: ANALOG or DIGITAL (OPTICAL 1,

OPTICAL 2, or COAXIAL).

° MONO/ST (16)

Press during stop or pause to select either m onau ral o r

stereo recording.

( Special Record buttons

TIME (15)

Press during record pause mode to a ctivate Time

Rescue Recording and set the unit to the rec ord pause

mode.

SYNC (15)

Press during stop to activate Sync hro nize d Recording

and se t the uni t to t he r ecord pause mode.

· CD-P (15)

Press to start playback from a YAMAHA CD player.

) ? REC (14)

Press during stop or pause to activate the record

pause mo de.

Press while recording to manually add a track mark.

‚ & STOP (8, 14, 17, 21)

Press to stop recording or playback.

Press to cancel an edit or title input operation .

CONNECTIONS

Do not plug in this unit (or other components) until all other connections are complete.

• Connections should be made to the correct input/output terminals on the other component.

• Also refer to the owner’s manual supplied with the component you are conn ecting.

• If the plac em ent o f th is un it causes noise in other equipment, such as a tuner, move them farthe r apart.

ANALOG CONNECTIONS

Connecting cords (included)

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REC

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ANALOG

LINE IN LINE OUT

DIGITAL IN DIGITAL OUT

PLAYREC

OPTICAL OPTICALCOAXIAL

Notes for analog connections

• The white plug on the connecting cables corresponds to the L (left) channel an d the red plug corre sponds to the R (righ t) channel. Be sure to c onne ct L (left) to L and R (right) to R. Also make sure that th e plugs are fully inse rted and that the connection is firm.

• The LINE OUT jacks on the MD recorder should be c on nected to the MD PLAY jacks on your amplifier. The LINE IN jacks on the MD recorder should be connected to the MD REC jacks on your amplifier.

• The LINE OUT terminals on this unit are numbered 3 and the LIN E IN jac k s ar e nu mbered 4. When con necting this unit to a YAMAHA amplifier or re ceiver whose terminals are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 ... (et c.), connect this unit’s LINE OUT terminals to the input terminals numbere d 3 and c o nne ct this unit’s LINE IN terminals to the outp u t ter min als n umbered 4 on the rear panel of the ampl ifier or re ceiver.

To AC outlet

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DIGITAL CONNECTIONS

DIGITAL OUT

OPTICAL

CD player (etc.) with

optical OUT

DIGITAL OUT

COAXIAL

ANALOG

LINE IN LINE OUT

PLAYREC

DIGITAL IN DIGITAL OUT

OPTICAL OPTICALCOAXIAL

Coaxial cable (not included)

Optical fiber cable (not included)

Satellite tuner (etc.)

with coaxial OUT

Optical fiber cable (not included)

Notes for digital connections

• The DIGITAL IN terminals can be c onn ected to any component with an optical or coaxial output so you can make direct digit al recordings.

• The DIGITAL OUT terminal ca n be connected to a any component with an optical inp ut so y ou can output digital audio from an MD.

• Before making O PTICAL connections, remove the terminal cover(s).

• In order to protect the termin als f rom dust, be sure to atta ch the terminal cove rs wh en the o ptical terminals are n ot being used.

To AC outlet

Amplifier/Receiver

(or MD/DAT recorder)

with optical IN/OUT

DIGITAL IN DIGITAL OUT

OPTICAL OPTICAL

PLAYBACK

Preparations

• Be sure to set the TIMER switch to O FF, then press

POWER to turn this unit on.

• Set your amplifier or rec eive r to MD.

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To stop

Press & STOP.

To pause

Press # PLAY/* PAUSE (or * PAUSE on the remote). Press again to resume playback (or press # PLAY on t he

remote).

To eject the MD

Press ).

Note

The MONO indicator lights when playing monaural MDs.

Skipping Tracks

To skip to the next track

Turn the jog dial to the right (or press SKIP › on the remote).

To skip to a previous track

Turn the jog dial to the left (or pres s SKIP $ o n th e remote). Turn one click to skip to the beginning of the current tra ck. Turn an additional click to skip to the beginning of each previo us tr ack.

To skip to a specific track number

Press the number buttons on the remote corresponding to the trac k y ou desire.

Example:

To select track 3, press 3. To select track 13, press +10, then press 3. To select track 23, press +10 twic e , the n press 3.

1 Insert an M D.

Label facing up

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Arrow pointed toward disc insertion slot

2 Press # PLAY/* PAUSE (or # PLAY on the

remote) to start playback.

3 Adjust the volume using the volume con trol o n

your amplifier or receiver.

To skip to the last track on the disc

Turn the jog dial to the left when the d i splay is showing the total trac k s an d total playing time.

Searching

DISC TRACK

TOTAL

REMAIN

DISC TRACK

TOTAL

REMAIN

DISC TRACK

TOTAL

REMAIN

DISC TRACK

TOTAL

REMAIN

DISC TRACK

TOTAL

REMAIN

To search forward during play or pause

Press and hold SEARCH ⁄.

2 Time remaining on the MD (only for recordable MDs)

REMAIN indicator

Time remaining on the MD

To search in reverse during play or pause

Press and hold SEARCH !.

Notes

• Sound can be heard when searching in play mode to help you locate th e desired position within the track. No sou nd is heard when searc h ing in pause mode, but the search is conducted at a high er speed.

• When searching in play mode, playbac k s tops when you reach the end of the last track .

• Search may not func t ion correctly when th ere are seve ral consecutive tracks consisting of only a fe w se conds apiece.

Switching the Display

When you insert an MD the disc title is displayed automatically (“No Title” appears if there is n o disc title). Pressing DISPLAY d u ring stop or playback lets you display other information, such as the remaining time and track titles .

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Total tracks

3 Disc title

During playback

Press DISPLAY to repeatedly to display the following information.

1 Current track number and elapsed time

Track number Elapsed time

2 Time remaining on the current track

REMAIN indicator

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During stop

Press DISPLAY to repeatedly to display the following information.

1 Number of tracks and total playing time

Total tracks Total playing time

DISC TRACK

TOTAL

REMAIN

3 Track title

If the trac k ha s no t been given a name , “No Title” is displayed and the display swi tches back to the elapsed time (1).

To view the entire disc (track) title

If the d isc (track) title is to o lo ng to fit in the d isplay, press

SCROLL. Press SCROLL while the title is scrolling to stop

the sc rollin g. Press again to continue scrolling through the title.

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