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CD Recorder Micro Hi-Fi System

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Page 1: ...s Representatives can help you get the most from your new product by explaining Hookups FirstTime Setup and Feature Operation Do not attempt to return this product to the store For fast help call us first 1 800 531 0039 Thank you for making Philips a part of your home S EE WHY INSID E I M PORTAN T Return yourWarranty Registration Card within 10 days MC 90 MC 90 pg 001 039 MC90 37 Eng 1 30 02 8 58 ...

Page 2: ...TTENTION L utilisation des commandes ou réglages ou le non respect des procédures ci incluses peuvent se traduire par une exposition dangereuse à l irradiation ATENCIÓN El uso de mando o ajustes o la ejecucción de métodos que no sean los aquí descritos puede ocasionar peligro de exposición a radiación CAUTION INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM DANGER INVISIBLE LASER RADIATI...

Page 3: ... COMPILE CD ERASE CD CDR TUNER AUX FINALIZE CD PLAY PAUSE CD TEXT RECORD M C C D R E C O R D A B L E M I C R O S Y S T E M TREBLE CD 1 2 3 STANDBY ON PREV PRESET NEXT PRESET DOUBLE SPEED CD RECORDING iR CD CD R CD RW COMPATIBLE CD OPEN CLOSE CD 1 CD 2 CD 3 DIM MASTER VOLUME CDR OPEN CLOSE 2 1 3 9 8 7 6 5 4 0 pg 001 039 MC90 37 Eng 1 30 02 8 58 AM 3 ...

Page 4: ...as the owner of your model t This bolt of lightning indi cates uninsulated material within your unit may cause an electrical shock For the safety of everyone in your household please do not remove product covering s The exclamation point calls attention to features for which you should read the enclosed literature closely to prevent operating and maintenance problems WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHO...

Page 5: ...you ll receive all the information and special offers for which you qualify plus easy access to accessories from our convenient home shopping network And most importantly you can count on our uncompromising commitment to your total satisfaction All of this is our way of saying welcome and thanks for investing in a Philips product Sincerely Lawrence J Blanford President and Chief Executive Officer ...

Page 6: ...ents accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service pe...

Page 7: ...7 E n g l i s h Français E s p añ o l 3139 115 2xxx1 English 8 Français 43 Español 78 Index pg 001 039 MC90 37 Eng 1 30 02 8 58 AM 7 ...

Page 8: ... disc tracks 22 23 Changing the program 23 Erasing the program 23 Recording General information on recording 24 Direct Line Recording DLR 24 Auto Level Control ALC 24 Activating Deactivating ALC Adjusting the record level 25 Preparation for recording 25 Internal recording 25 26 Recording a single track Recording an entire disc Recording a program Recording from the tuner Further recording possibil...

Page 9: ...dity rain sand or excessive heat caused by heating equipment or direct sunlight Always keep the disc tray close to avoid dust on the lens Safety information Before operating the system check that the operating voltage indicated on the typeplate or the voltage indication beside the voltage selector of your system is identical with the voltage of your local power supply If not please consult your de...

Page 10: ...R and audio CDRW disc only Note Do not use a computer CDR or CDRW as recording will not work IMPORTANT Recording is permissible if copyright or other rights of third parties are not infringed upon About MP3 Supported formats Disc format ISO 9660 Joliet or UDF v1 5 Filename mp3 tracks mp3 or pls playlists Bit rate 32 320 kbps 128 kbps advised or variable bit rate Making your own MP3 CD 1 Rip the mu...

Page 11: ... switch to standby mode automatically under extreme conditions If this happens let the system cool down before reusing it not available for all versions B Antennas connection Connect the supplied AM loop antenna and FM antenna to the respective terminals Adjust the position of the antenna for optimal reception AM Antenna Fix the claw to the slot Position the antenna as far as possible from aTV VCR...

Page 12: ...is manual Optional connections The additional appliances and connecting cords are not supplied Refer to the operating instructions of the connected equipment for details R L L R L R LINE OUT AUX CDR IN SUBWOOFER OUT DIGITAL IN Analog audio connections AUX CDR IN R L Use a cinch cable to connect these terminals to the analog audio out terminals of an external equipment TV VCR Laser Disc player or D...

Page 13: ...or DVD player for example for recording from this source Press AUX to select AUX DIGITAL for this input Subwoofer out connection Connect the subwoofer to the SUBWOOFER OUT terminal The subwoofer reproduces just the low bass sound effect explosions or the rumble of spaceships for example Inserting batteries into the remote control Insert two batteries Type R06 or AA into the remote control with the...

Page 14: ...e 6 REC LEVEL to activate deactivate the auto level control to activate the volume control for record level adjustment 7 CLOCK TIMER to select clock or timer function 8 MASTERVOLUME rotary VOLUME to increase or decrease the volume on the system only to increase or decrease the low or high tone level for the respective BASS or TREBLE sound feature selected on the system only to adjust the record le...

Page 15: ...for MP3 CD to select an album or track forTUNER to select a preset radio station EDITTEXT to enter exit the text edit menu SEARCH TUNE à á for CDC CDR to search backward forward forTUNER to tune to a lower or higher radio frequency NO Cancel to cancel a selection STOP Ç for CDC CDR to stop playback or recording or to clear a program forTUNER to stop programming on the system only to delete the pre...

Page 16: ...T to switch through CD text information enter exit the text menu SHUFFLE to playback all available discs and their tracks program in random order TIMER to display timer or set the timer TIMER ON OFF to activate or deactivate the timer function ﬁ CLOCK to display clock or set the clock ﬂ SLEEP to activate deactivate or set the sleep timer function B to switch the system to standby mode Controls pg ...

Page 17: ...stem until AUTO INSTALL PRESS PLAY is displayed 2 PressÉ Åagain to start installation All previously stored radio stations will be replaced To exit without storing the Plug and Play Press Çon the system If you do not complete the Plug and Play installation the function will be restarted when you next turn on the main supply again Notes When the power is turned on the disc tray may open and close t...

Page 18: ...n any other source mode Press STANDBY ON or B on the remote control The clock will appear on the display when the system is in standby mode Display screen selection Dim mode You can select the desired brightness for the display Press DIM repeatedly to select DIM 1 DIM 2 DIM 3 or DIM OFF display mode DIM is shown except for DIM OFF mode DIM mode OFF 1 2 3 LEDs on partially on off off Brightness nor...

Page 19: ...rtual distance between the front speakers for an incredibly wide enveloping stereo effect Press IS on the remote control repeatedly If activated INCRED SURR is shown and INCR SURR is displayed If deactivated IS OFF is displayed Bass Treble The BASS low tone andTREBLE high tone feature enables you to define the sound processor settings Press BASS or TREBLE on the remote control repeatedly to select...

Page 20: ... tray CDR the total number of tracks and the playing time are displayed If an unfinalized disc is loaded INITIALIZING is displayed For MP3 CD only When loading an MP3 CD the volume name will not be shown Notes To ensure good system performance wait until the disc trays completely read the disc s before proceeding For MP3 CD the disc reading time may exceed 10 seconds due to the large number of son...

Page 21: ...djust JOG CONTROL or pressí or ë on the remote control until the track number is displayed To skip to the beginning of the current track during playback Adjust JOG CONTROL counter clockwise or pressí on the remote control Note In Shuffle mode pressingí will cause the player to skip only to the beginning of the current track For MP3 CD only To select a desired album In stop mode adjust JOG CONTROL ...

Page 22: ...lbum title or track title contained on a specially encoded CD Press CDTEXT or CDTEXT EDIT on the remote control repeatedly to see the following information if available CD TEXT is shown and the information is scrolled once In stop mode Album Title î Album Artist In stop mode Track Artist î Track Title adjust JOG CONTROL During playback Album Title î Track Artist î Track Title Programming the disc ...

Page 23: ...cally To review the program Stop playback and adjust JOG CONTROL or pressí or ë on the remote control To exit review mode press Ç Changing the program 1 Press PROG 2 Press à or á to move to the track number you want to change 3 To remove the track from the program Refer to Erasing the program To insert a new track Adjust JOG CONTROL to select a new track and press YES to confirm The new track will...

Page 24: ...has to be finalized in order to play the recorded CDR on a standard CD player or play the recorded CDRW on a CDRW compatible CD player and CD recorder Direct Line Recording DLR The CD recorder is equipped with the high performance Direct Line Recording technique It ensures a perfect recording of the source material meaning a true bit for bit recording DLR will not become active when ALC is being u...

Page 25: ...to the desired radio station AUX connect additional appliance When a recording is in progress The arrow light and REC IN PROGRESS are shown The actual recording time left starts to count down During high speed recording COPY CD or COMPILE CD the sound will be muted It is not possible to listen to another source It is not possible to activate the timer function To exit recording mode Press NO or Ç ...

Page 26: ...ording press Çon the system FINALIZE the recorded CDR W before use for playback Further recording possibilities 1 Press CD1 2 3 to select the disc you wish to record from 2 Press RECORD 3 Adjust JOG CONTROL or pressí or ë on the remote control to select one of the following recording modes for high speed recording REC CD1 or 2 3 FAST to record a disc REC TR FAST to record a track PROG FAST to reco...

Page 27: ... CD DVD for optimal recording from high quality sources like DAT DCC or DVD Notes Track numbers can be incremented manually by pressingTRACK INCR on the remote control during recording The minimum track length is four seconds Track numbers cannot be changed after recording Synchro start recording 1 Press AUX repeatedly to select the input for the external source you want to record from AUX DIGITAL...

Page 28: ...he digital connection EDIT TEXT NO SEARCH TUNE TUNE SEARCH Cancel STOP PROG JOG CONTROL COPY CD COMPILE CD ERASE CD CDR TUNER AUX FINALIZE CD PLAY PAUSE RECORD CD 1 2 3 PREV PRESET NEXT PRESET Enter NO YES Finalizing CDR W disc After recording the CDR W disc has to be finalized in order to for CDR play on a standard CD player avoid further unwanted recordings for CDRW play on a CDRW compatible CD ...

Page 29: ... tracks to be erased must be selected in sequence starting from the last recorded track For example if the CDRW has 5 tracks recorded on it you should erase tracks 5 and 4 You can also erase tracks 5 4 and 3 but you cannot erase tracks 5 and 3 CD text editing For unfinalized CDR W discs only Storing text You can enter a name for the AlbumTitle Artist andTrackTitle Artist These texts will show on t...

Page 30: ...s displayed 2 Adjust JOG CONTROL or pressí or ë on the remote control until ERASE TEXT is displayed 3 Press YES to confirm 4 Adjust JOG CONTROL or pressí or ë on the remote control to select one of the following for erase ALL TXT TR1 or 2 3 all texts of track 1 or 2 3 CD TITLE CD artist s name and CD title ALL TEXT CD all texts of the selected disc 5 Press YES to start erasing 6 Press Ç twice to e...

Page 31: ...unctions Plug and Play OR 1 Press TUNER to selectTUNER mode To begin automatic preset from a desired preset number Adjust JOG CONTROL or pressí or ë on the remote control to select the desired preset number If a radio station has been stored in one of the presets it will not be stored again under another preset number 2 Press and hold PROG until AUTOPROGRAM is displayed PROG starts flashing All av...

Page 32: ...tem Notes If you attempt to store more than 40 preset radio stations PROGRAM FULL is displayed During programming if no key is pressed within 20 seconds the system will exit the Program mode automatically Radio Reception Tuning to preset radio stations Once you ve programmed the radio stations adjust JOG CONTROL or pressí or ë on the remote control to select the desired preset number The preset nu...

Page 33: ...ss PROG repeatedly to select 12 hour or 24 hour clock mode The clock digits for the hours start flashing 3 Adjust MASTERVOLUME to set the hours clockwise for hours up counter clockwise for hours down 4 Press CLOCK TIMER or CLOCK on the remote control to confirm hours The clock digits for the minutes start flashing 5 Adjust MASTERVOLUME to set the minutes 6 Press CLOCK TIMER or CLOCK on the remote ...

Page 34: ...desired radio station 3 Press CLOCK TIMER or CLOCK on the remote control to confirm the selection The clock digits for the hours start flashing 4 Repeat step 3 6 of Clock Setting to set the hours and minutes TIMER ON is displayed and followed by the set timer ATXX XX and then the selected sound source ALARM remains on the display At the preset time the selected sound source will play To exit witho...

Page 35: ...op pressing the SLEEP button SLEEP is shown except for OFF mode The SleepTimer is now set Before the system switches to standby mode a countdown of 10 seconds is displayed SLEEP 10 SLEEP 9 SLEEP 1 SLEEP To check the remaining length of time after sleep timer is activated Press SLEEP once To change the preset sleep timer Press SLEEP again while the remaining sleep timer is shown The display will sh...

Page 36: ...atio 88 dBA Channel separation 65 dB 1 kHz Total harmonic distortion 78 dB 1 kHz Laser CD recorder Type Semiconductor laser GaAIAs Wave length 775 795nm at 25o Output power 2 5 mW read 35 mW write Beam divergence 60 degree Tuner FM wave range 87 5 108 MHz AM wave range 530 1700 kHz Number of presets 40 Antenna FM 300 Ω dipole wire AM Loop antenna Speakers System 2 way Bass reflex Impedance 6 Ω Woo...

Page 37: ...the CDR W is absolutely free of scratches and dust particles Check if a digital audio CDR W is inserted and make sure it is unfinalized Stop during recording Use Philips audio CDR W s In case recording process is interrupted power loss mechanical shock start recording again with a new disc Recorded disc does not play in Make sure the CDR W is finalized another standard CD player Insert the CDRW in...

Page 38: ...xample before pressing the function button É í ë Reduce the distance between the remote control and the system Insert the batteries with their polarities signs aligned as indicated Replace the batteries Point the remote control directly towards the IR sensor The timer is not working Set the clock correctly PressTIMER ON OFF to switch on the timer If a recording is in progress stop the recording No...

Page 39: ...RVICE AVAILABLE Warranty service is available in all countries where the product is officially distributed by Philips Consumer Electronics Company In countries where Philips Consumer Electronics Company does not distribute the product the local Philips service organization will attempt to provide service although there may be a delay if the appropriate spare parts and technical manual s are not re...

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