Hard DiscAudio Recorder
© 2003 Sony Corporation
4-249-904-
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HAR-LH500
Operating Instructions
Page 1: ...Hard Disc Audio Recorder 2003 Sony Corporation 4 249 904 11 1 HAR LH500 Operating Instructions ...
Page 2: ... LOSSES OR EXPENSES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECTIVE PRODUCT OR THE USE OF ANY PRODUCT CAUTION The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard About HAR LH500 manual HAR LH500 contains the following manuals Refer to them as required by the operation HAR LH500 Operating Instructions this manual This manual explains the connections and operations of the recorder itself This man...
Page 3: ...a play list Play List Registration Play List Play 20 Locating a desired album or track Keyword Search Artist Play 21 Playing a recently played album History 23 Editing Recorded HDD Erasing recordings Erase Function 23 Dividing recorded tracks Divide Function 25 Combining recorded tracks Combine Function 26 Moving recorded tracks or albums Move Function 27 Assigning a title or artist name to a trac...
Page 4: ...ks can be repeatedly added to or deleted from play lists Since track data are originally recorded inside albums on the HDD the original data are not affected by the deletion of tracks from a play list Notes The recorded music is limited to private use only Use of the music beyond this limit requires permission of the copyright holders Sony is not responsible for any loss that may arise from lost d...
Page 5: ...ou AS IS Gracenote makes no representations or warranties express or implied regarding the accuracy of any Gracenote Data Gracenote reserves the right to delete data or to change data categories in any Data updates and for any cause that Gracenote deems sufficient No warranty is made that the Embedded Software is error free or that functioning of the Embedded Software will be uninterrupted Graceno...
Page 6: ...s You can play back the following discs on this recorder Other discs cannot be played back List of playable discs Format of discs Disc logo Contents Audio CDs Audio CD R CD RW Audio Discs that this recorder cannot play CD ROMs PHOTO CDs included CD Rs CD RWs other than those recorded in the music CD format Notes on CD R and CD RW This recorder can play CD R CD RW discs edited by the user However n...
Page 7: ...nnect a computer to the recorder By connecting the recorder to a computer you will be able to select and play the tracks and do various HDD editing operations from the computer Digital optical cord supplied Digital component HDD recorder Hooking up the system This section describes how to hook up the HDD recorder to an external devices Be sure to turn off each component before making the connectio...
Page 8: ... repeatedly until REPEAT or REPEAT 1 appears in the display To Select Repeat all tracks REPEAT Repeat only one track REPEAT 1 Cancel Repeat Play No display The recorder repeats the tracks as follows When the CD is played in The recorder repeats Normal Play All the tracks Shuffle Play All the tracks in random order Program Play page 10 The same program The tracks on the CD in random order SHUFFLE T...
Page 9: ...tal number of tracks continued Track name Elapsed time Current track number Select a track directly 1 Press the numeric button s Find a point in a track Press and hold down m M during playback and release it at the desired point 2 Remove the CD Press OPEN CLOSE Z 1 When you directly locate a track numbered over 10 press 10 before entering a two digit track number When you press the 10 button two b...
Page 10: ...ds l L on the recorder repeatedly until the desired track appears then press ENTER to program the track The last programmed track number appears followed by the total playing time of the program Tip You can select the track using the numeric buttons To select a track numbered over 10 use 10 see page 9 3 To program additional tracks repeat step 2 4 Press H or the PLAY NEXT PREV dial H on the record...
Page 11: ...the maximum number of recordable tracks has been attained on the HDD To continue recording to the HDD compress the data by converting tracks to the ATRAC3 format page 32 or erase unnecessary tracks or albums Note on text information Text data on CDs with CD TEXT content are not recorded by the recorder when the CDs are recorded through the DIGITAL OPTICAL IN connector Recording a CD to the HDD CD ...
Page 12: ...ES 3 Press repeatedly until ATRAC3 appears in the display then press ENTER or YES 4 Do steps 5 through 10 of Recording a CD to the HDD on page 11 To restore the factory setting Select LinearPCM in step 3 Notes If the HDD becomes full during recording recording ends automatically You cannot pause recording during Synchro Recording If the CD play mode is set to Repeat Play or Shuffle Play it automat...
Page 13: ...17 if necessary 5 Press H or the PLAY NEXT PREV dial H on the recorder or X Recording starts 6 Start playing the sound source Other operations during recording To Press Stop recording x Pause recording X Add a track number z Track number increases by one Using the HDD display You can check information about the HDD using the display while recording To display time information while recording Press...
Page 14: ...page 25 to add tracks at the required locations While recording you cannot use the CD OPTICAL or ANALOG button on the remote to switch to another sound source Tracks longer than 120 minutes cannot be recorded If the recording time has reached 120 minutes the track number increases by one automatically If the track number cannot be incremented recording ends If the selected album is one that contai...
Page 15: ...pace Adjusting the recording level Tips You can use the ALBUM dial on the recorder instead of the or ENTER button on the remote to select and enter items in Edit Menu or Setup Menu To select an item Turn the ALBUM dial towards To enter a selection Press the ALBUM dial You can also use the ALBUM buttons instead of the buttons to select items in Edit Menu or Setup Menu Marking track numbers automati...
Page 16: ...seconds Off Replaced with a blank of 3 seconds and recording continues On To change the trigger level for Level Synchro Recording Do the procedure below to change the signal level that triggers Level Synchro Recording 1 While the recorder is stopped or recording pause press MENU NO Setup Menu appears in the display 2 Press repeatedly until L Sync T XXdB appears in the display then press ENTER or Y...
Page 17: ... 3 Press repeatedly to select the setting then press ENTER or YES To Select Turn on the Smart Space and Auto Cut functions SmartSpace On factory setting Turn off the Smart Space and Auto Cut functions SmartSpace Off 4 Press MENU NO Notes When you record from a CD Smart Space does not affect the order of the track numbers being recorded even if the blank space occurs in the middle of a track Auto C...
Page 18: ...ial H on the recorder Repeat Play Operations You can play the HDD tracks repeatedly in any play modes Press REPEAT repeatedly until REPEAT or REPEAT 1 appears in the display When the HDD is played in The recorder repeats Normal Play ALL ALBUM All the tracks on the HDD Normal Play 1ALBUM All the tracks in the current album Shuffle Play ALL ALBUM All the tracks except for the play lists see page 20 ...
Page 19: ... l on the recorder while the total number of tracks and total playing time or the total number of tracks and remaining time of the album are displayed You can pause at the beginning of the track by pressing or turning the PLAY NEXT PREV dial towards l L on the recorder while the recorder is paused You can pause at the beginning of the album by pressing ALBUM or turning the ALBUM dial on the record...
Page 20: ...ck only the tracks you want to listen to Up to 10 play lists can be created and each play list can contain up to 400 tracks On this recorder album numbers P01 to P10 correspond to the play lists Before the operation press HDD or press CD HDD on the recorder to light up the HDD indicator What is a play list A play list is a container that allows you to separate tracks on the HDD into different grou...
Page 21: ... can easily find desired albums or tracks on the HDD if they have been named 1 While the recorder is stopped press SEARCH 2 Press repeatedly to select the target level then press ENTER or YES To Select Search for an album For Album Search for a track For Track To Select Search by an album or track name by Title Search by an artist name by Artist Keyword In appears in the display 4 Enter the keywor...
Page 22: ...er that their respective tracks were registered The current item Page 2 The total number of matches 1 3 Press ENTER The recorder starts searching for tracks labeled with the artist s name Searching appears while searching the tracks When searching finishes the recorder starts playback automatically To cancel Artist Play Press ARTIST again To confirm information about the matches H D F o x T a i l ...
Page 23: ...story The recorder memorizes the 20 most recently played albums any of which can be selected for playback Before the operation press HDD or press CD HDD on the recorder to light up the HDD indicator Tips You can use the ALBUM dial on the recorder instead of the or ENTER button on the remote to select and enter items To select an item Turn the ALBUM dial towards To enter a selection Press the ALBUM...
Page 24: ...renumbered Example Erasing track 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 A C D A C D B 1 While the recorder is stopped playing or paused press MENU NO after selecting the album you want to edit Edit Menu appears in the display 2 Press repeatedly until Track Erase appears in the display then press ENTER or YES The display for erasing tracks appears and playback of the displayed track starts 3 Press repeatedly until the tr...
Page 25: ...where you pressed the ENTER or the YES button 4 While monitoring the sound press repeatedly to locate the dividing point You can shift the starting point in 1 frame f intervals 1 frame 1 43 second second or minute The time indication frame second and minute of the current point is displayed and the recorder plays several seconds of the track from that point repeatedly To specify the unit frame sec...
Page 26: ...ay 2 Press repeatedly until Combine appears in the display then press ENTER or YES 3 Press repeatedly until the track number of the first track you want to combine appears then press ENTER or YES The display for selecting a second track appears and the recorder plays the portion where joining will occur the end of the first track and the beginning of the second track following it repeatedly 4 Pres...
Page 27: ...aying Track number After MOVE Original tracks Moving recorded albums You can change the order of album numbers 1 to 999 album numbers P01 to P10 in the case of play lists All tracks in an album can be simultaneously moved to an album that contains no tracks 1 While the recorder is stopped playing or paused press MENU NO after selecting the album you want to edit Edit Menu appears in the display 2 ...
Page 28: ... an item Turn the ALBUM dial towards To enter a selection Press the ALBUM dial You can also use the ALBUM buttons instead of the buttons to select items in Edit Menu or Setup Menu A flashing cursor appears in the display 2 Press NAME EDIT SELECT repeatedly to select the character type Each time you press the button the display changes as follows Selected AB Upper cases or symbols t Selected ab Low...
Page 29: ... the name To change a character Press or turn the PLAY NEXT PREV dial towards l L on the recorder repeatedly until the character you want to change flashes press CLEAR to erase the character then repeat steps 5 through 7 9 Press YES Complete appears for a few seconds continued Assign a title to a track album or play list Name Title Assign an artist name to a track album or play list Name Artist 4 ...
Page 30: ...emote on page 28 or steps 1 through 4 of Assigning a title or artist name using the Edit Menu on page 29 A title or artist name appears in the display 2 Press and hold down CLEAR until the selected name is erased completely 3 Do steps 2 through 4 of Assigning a title using the controls on the remote on page 28 or steps 5 through 8 of Assigning a title or artist name using the Edit Menu on page 29 ...
Page 31: ...eration if you perform any of the following operation after the edit Do another edit Start recording Perform a play list Turn off the recorder Disconnect the power cord Before the operation press HDD or press CD HDD on the recorder to light up the HDD indicator Tips You can use the ALBUM dial on the recorder instead of the or ENTER button on the remote to select and enter items in Edit Menu or Set...
Page 32: ...e converted Falling asleep to music Sleep Timer You can set the recorder so that it turns off automatically after a specified duration Press SLEEP repeatedly until the desired time appears in the display SLEEP appears in the display To set Sleep Timer using the Setup Menu Tips You can use the ALBUM dial on the recorder instead of the or ENTER button on the remote to select and enter items in Edit ...
Page 33: ...rack The track number is displayed An album The recorder is stopped with total number of tracks in an album is displayed A flashing cursor appears in the display 2 Enter a name In addition to letter keys you can also use the keys shown in the following table 3 Press Enter The whole name appears in the display To Press on the keyboard Cancel the operation Esc Switch between uppercase and lowercase ...
Page 34: ...irectly from a cold to a warm location or is placed in a very damp room moisture may condense on the lenses inside the recorder Should this occur the recorder may not operate properly In this case remove the CD and leave the recorder turned on for about an hour until the moisture evaporates Notes on CDs Before playing clean the disc with a cleaning cloth Wipe the disc from the center out Do not us...
Page 35: ...emperature temperature gradient less than 18 F 10 C hour Keep any magnetic objects including a TV set speaker magnet and magnetic bracelet away from the recorder If the hard disc is damaged data cannot be restored or recovered Serial Copy Management System Guide to the Serial Copy Management System Digital audio components such as CDs MDs and DATs let you copy music easily with high quality by pro...
Page 36: ...the recorder turned on for about an hour Press 1 to turn the recorder on The HDD does not record Make connections properly to the sound source The sound source is not connected to the selected input connector Select the correct input connector using the respective button on the remote The recording level is not adjusted properly Adjust the recording level properly see page 17 There has been a powe...
Page 37: ...isconnect the power cord Format Error Consult your nearest Sony dealer Impossible You tried to make an impossible editing or recording operation Name Full The naming capacity of the HDD has reached its limit about 127 characters No Artist You tried to show the name of a non labeled artist No Disc There is no CD or a DVD is inserted on the disc tray No Name You tried to show the title of a non labe...
Page 38: ... requirements European model 230 V AC 50 60 Hz Power consumption 25 W Dimensions Approx w h d 430 65 288 mm incl projecting parts and controls Mass Approx 4 3 kg Supplied accessories Digital optical cord 1 Audio connecting cord 2 Remote control remote 1 Sony R6 size AA battery 2 USB cable 1 Be sure to use the supplied USB cable with ferrite cores when connecting to a computer M crew for HAR LH500 ...
Page 39: ...RCH CLEAR 4 5 q qh qk ql w wa ws wd wf wg qf qa 1 2 3 6 7 8 wh wj wk wl e ea es ed ef eg ej eh qs qj qd 9 qg N Z NAME EDIT SELECT 6 28 OPEN CLOSE Z ej 8 OPTICAL 2 13 PLAYLIST wd 20 PLAY MODE wa 8 18 REC IT ql 14 REC LEVEL ws 17 REC MODE qk 12 REPEAT es 8 18 SCROLLed 10 SEARCH qh 21 SLEEP 4 32 TIME 5 10 13 19 YES 7 11 20 24 32 BUTTON DESCRIPTIONS 1 power 1 8 11 18 wl 9 18 25 m M qa 9 18 H wk 8 12 1...
Page 40: ...4 9 17 19 KEYBOARD connector qj 33 MENU NO qd 11 24 32 PLAY NEXT PREV H l L dial 6 8 12 18 25 Remote censor 3 6 YES qs 11 20 24 32 BUTTON DESCRIPTIONS 1 power 1 8 11 18 Z qh 8 X qa 9 12 18 x q 9 12 18 23 Rear Panel ALPHABETICAL ORDER A O ANALOG IN L R jacks 1 7 ANALOG OUT L R jacks 2 7 DIGITAL OPTICAL IN connector 3 7 DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT connector 4 7 OPTICAL IN OUT L R DIGITAL USB 34 12 5 6 P Z P...
