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WARNING

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

To avoid electrical shock, do not open the
cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel
only.

Laser component in this product is capable of emitting
radiation exceeding the limit for Class 1.

This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product.
The CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT MARKING is located on
the rear exterior.

Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing the Sony Video Compact Disc
(VIDEO CD) Player. Before operating the unit, please read
this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference.

About This Manual

The instructions in this manual are for model MCE-CX80K.

Conventions

• Instructions in this manual describe the controls on the

player.
You can also use the controls on the remote if they have
the same or similar names as those on the player.

• The following icons are used in this manual:

Indicates that you can use only the remote to do
the task.

Indicates tips and hints for making the task easier.

Summary of Contents for MCE-CX80K

Page 1: ...4 230 251 11 1 2000 Sony Corporation MCE CX80K Operating Instructions VIDEO CD Player ...

Page 2: ...terior Welcome Thank you for purchasing the Sony Video Compact Disc VIDEO CD Player Before operating the unit please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference About This Manual The instructions in this manual are for model MCE CX80K Conventions Instructions in this manual describe the controls on the player You can also use the controls on the remote if they have the same or s...

Page 3: ...15 Locating a Particular Point in a Scene or Track 16 Locating by Observing Several Scenes at One Time Digest Play 17 Playing CDs in Various Modes Playing Repeatedly 19 Playing in Random Order Shuffle Play 20 Creating Your Own Program Program Play 21 Enjoying Picture Effects 22 Enjoying Sound Effects 23 Switching the Sound 23 Controlling the TV with the Supplied Remote 24 Enjoying Karaoke with Non...

Page 4: ...the batteries Do not expose the remote sensor to direct sunlight or lighting apparatuses Doing so may cause a malfunction If you don t use the remote for an extended period of time remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage and corrosion Getting Started This Player Can Play the Following Discs VIDEO CDs Audio CDs Disc logo Contents Audio Video moving pictures Audio Disc siz...

Page 5: ...match the color coded cord to the appropriate jacks on the components Yellow video to Yellow Red right to Red and White left to White Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid hum and noise pWhen listening to the sound through TV speakers L R L R VIDEO AUDIO INPUT OUT VIDEO OUT AUDIO ç pWhen listening to the sound through speakers connected to an amplifier L R VIDEO AUDIO INPUT OUT VIDEO OUT AUD...

Page 6: ...utomatically changes the color system of video output according to the VIDEO CD to be played In this case the color system selected remains until you turn off the player or you play another VIDEO CD with a different color system If you turn off the player the color system will be set to PAL automatically when you turn on the player again Be sure to turn off and on the player when you change the se...

Page 7: ...e amplifier See pages 5 6 for the hookup information You can also play audio CDs just like VIDEO CDs When you turn on the player SONY logo appears on the TV screen When you press any button the logo disappears thereafter z When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions In Step 5 the menu screen appears on the TV screen You can play the VIDEO CD interactively following the instructions on the menu scree...

Page 8: ...IP OPEN CLOSE 6 DISC OPEN CLOSE SCREEN TIME ON RETURN REPEAT A B CHECK CLEAR CLEAR MODE PLAY TV VIDEO TV VOL PON KARAOKE STEREO L R MENU SPECIAL PICTURE DISC DISC SKIP EFFECT SOUND 1 u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 0 ˆ n KEY CONTROL N INDEX PREV SELECT NEXT C c 6 p 0 P SLOW 10 9 1 u CH To Press Pause P Resume play after pause P or Go to the next disc DISC SKIP Select a disc directly DISC 1 5 or DISC and numb...

Page 9: ...the sound is distorted when the player is connected to a TV Lower the microphone volume and music level z When you don t use the microphone s Unplug the microphone s switch the microphone s off and turn the MIC LEVEL control to MIN Changing the key Key Control You can change the key to suit your vocal range While playing karaoke press one of the KEY CONTROL buttons repeatedly to find the key that ...

Page 10: ...R MENU SPECIAL PICTURE DISC DISC SKIP EFFECT SOUND 1 u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 0 ˆ 6 10 9 Press ON SCREEN Each time you press the button the on screen display changes as follows ON SCREEN 1 ON SCREEN 2 ON SCREEN OFF When using a VIDEO CD pDisplay information of ON SCREEN 1 mode The operating status is displayed for a few seconds only when you change the operating status PLAY Before you start playing ex...

Page 11: ...ion while using the microphone Set the display mode other than ON SCREEN OFF When you select ON SCREEN OFF you cannot check the operating status while operating the player In this case check the information in the front panel display When you record the playback picture of this player on another VCR etc be sure to select ON SCREEN OFF Otherwise the display information is also recorded on the VCR S...

Page 12: ...ent is recognized as empty the semi circled disc number disappears Display information while playing a disc While playing an audio CD or a VIDEO CD without PBC functions the front panel display shows the current disc number track number and playing time of the track 1 2 3 5 DISC TRACK MIN SEC PBC VIDEO CD CONTINUE KEY CONTROL Checking the remaining time Each time you press TIME while playing a dis...

Page 13: ...rent disc ends while the disc tray is open the player stops playing In Shuffle Play mode see page 20 tracks are reshuffled on the current disc while the disc tray is open In Program Play mode see page 21 only the tracks on the current disc are played Do not push the disc tray to close it in Step 5 as you may damage the player Locating a Specific Disc You can locate any disc before or while playing...

Page 14: ...you play a CD audio track in a VIDEO CD with PBC function see page 25 and resume playback the background picture may change to blue However this is not a malfunction Playing Two Discs Consecutively 2 DISC mode can be used to playback two discs consecutively In this mode the player operates like a two disc changer This function is useful for playing pairs of CDs such as those for movies OPEN CLOSE ...

Page 15: ...0 0 on the remote Note During PBC Playback JOG SELECTOR PREV NEXT and buttons have different functions from the ones explained above Number buttons Locating a Point by Elapsed Time Time Search Z This function lets you use elapsed time as a guide to find a certain point on a VIDEO CD To use Time Search function with VIDEO CDs with PBC function Ver 2 0 discs see the explanation below Elapsed means t...

Page 16: ...ach time you press the button the indication changes as follows n SLOW 1 n SLOW 2 n SLOW 3 z If appears in the front panel display The disc has reached the end while you were pressing Press 0 or to go back Note While playing a VIDEO CD the picture may be distorted during the search operation Locating a point using the index Index Search There are two kinds of indexes one is for audio CDs and the o...

Page 17: ...pears on the TV screen TV screen SPECIAL MENU 1 SCENE SEARCH 2 TIME SEARCH 3 DISC DIGEST 4 TRACK DIGEST 5 DIGEST 9 n 12 6 2 Press button 5 Each time you press the button the number toggles between 9 and 12 Select 9n12 for 9 still pictures select 12n9 for 12 still pictures Locating the track you want on a disc Disc Digest You can locate the track you want by observing the first picture of up to 9 o...

Page 18: ... section at one time on the TV screen This might be useful when you play a disc which is divided into few tracks such as a movie 1 Press SPECIAL MENU while playing a disc or before you start playing The following menu appears on the TV screen TV screen SPECIAL MENU 1 SCENE SEARCH 2 TIME SEARCH 3 DISC DIGEST 4 TRACK DIGEST 5 DIGEST 9 n 12 6 2 Press button 4 While playing a VIDEO CD the player divid...

Page 19: ...Shuffle Play page 20 All the tracks on all discs in random order Select Shuffle Play page 20 All the tracks on the selected discs in random order Program Play page 21 The same program To cancel Repeat Play Press REPEAT repeatedly until REPEAT disappears from the front panel display Playing CDs in Various Modes z You can select a point which isn t displayed yet on the TV screen in Step 2 z During T...

Page 20: ...fles all the tracks on all discs PLAY MODE OPEN CLOSE SCREEN TIME ON RETURN REPEAT A B CHECK CLEAR CLEAR MODE PLAY TV VIDEO TV VOL PON KARAOKE STEREO L R MENU SPECIAL PICTURE DISC DISC SKIP EFFECT SOUND 1 u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 0 ˆ n KEY CONTROL N INDEX PREV SELECT NEXT C c 6 p 0 P SLOW 10 9 1 u CH 1 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until SHUFFLE appears in the front panel display 2 Press to start Shuffle...

Page 21: ...topped turn JOG SELECTOR until the number of the track you want to program appears in the front panel display Then press JOG SELECTOR 1 2 3 5 DISC TRACK MIN SEC PROGRAM KEY CONTROL If you ve made a mistake Press CLEAR on the remote then press the correct number button 4 To program other discs or tracks do the following To program Repeat Step s Other tracks on the same disc 3 Other tracks on other ...

Page 22: ...d steps to the end of the program DISC 1 5 or DISC and number button of the disc 1 5 on the remote and number buttons of the tracks to be added Change the whole program completely p Create a new program following the programming procedure Enjoying Picture Effects You will get a clear cut picture by emphasizing the outline of the pictures without increasing noise on the picture or you can enjoy a p...

Page 23: ...urned on We recommend that you increase the volume when using the M BASS sound effect Switching the Sound Z You can select the sound from the right or left channel and listen to the sound of the selected channel through both the right and left speakers In this case the sound loses the stereo effect L R STEREO OPEN CLOSE SCREEN TIME ON RETURN REPEAT A B CHECK CLEAR CLEAR MODE PLAY TV VIDEO TV VOL P...

Page 24: ...rded discs The accompaniment is also reduced Only a few instruments are playing in the stereo recorded disc A duet is being played The disc has strong echoes or chorus The singer s voice on the disc deviates from the center Multiplex discs When you select ON SCREEN OFF display mode no information is shown on the TV screen When you turn on the Karaoke Pon function EX WIDE sound effect turns off aut...

Page 25: ...When you want to select an item number over 10 press 10 on the remote first then the corresponding number buttons To enter 0 use button 10 0 on the remote Exmaple To select the item number 30 Press 10 on the remote first then 3 and 10 0 on the remote On the player Turn JOG SELECTOR to select the item number then press JOG SELECTOR 3 Follow the instructions on the menu screen for interactive operat...

Page 26: ...he menu screens moving pictures and still pictures are divided into scenes and each scene is assigned with a scene number You can check the current scene number by displaying it on the TV screen during playback see page 10 Be sure to memorize the scene number from which you want to start playing CLEAR SPECIAL MENU OPEN CLOSE SCREEN TIME ON RETURN REPEAT A B CHECK CLEAR CLEAR MODE PLAY TV VIDEO TV ...

Page 27: ...this case remove the disc and leave the player turned on for about an hour until the moisture evaporates On adjusting volume Do not turn up the volume while listening to a portion with very low level inputs or no audio signals If you do the speakers may be damaged when a peak level portion is played On cleaning Clean the cabinet panel and controls with a soft cloth slightly moistened with a mild d...

Page 28: ...orrectly Make sure you select the CD player position on the amplifier There s no picture Check that the player is connected securely Make sure you operate the TV correctly Make sure you set the COLOR SYSTEM switch correctly according to your TV The disc doesn t play There s no disc inside no dISC appears Insert a disc Insert the disc with the label side up on the disc tray correctly Clean the disc...

Page 29: ...splay If the player doesn t resume play for a long time press P or to resume play manually PBC Playback Playback using the menu screens recorded on VIDEO CDs with PBC functions You can enjoy simple interactive operations using the PBC Playback function Playback Control PBC Signals encoded on VIDEO CDs Version 2 0 to control playback By using menu screens recorded on VIDEO CDs with PBC functions yo...

Page 30: ...te control 4 24 Repeating 19 Replacing discs while playing a disc 13 Resume Play 14 S Scene 26 Scene Search 26 Searching See Locating Shuffle Play 20 Slow motion Play 16 Sound effects 23 Standby mode 8 Switching the sound 23 T Total playing time 12 Track Digest 18 Troubleshooting 28 U Unpacking 4 Using microphone 9 V W X Y Z VIDEO CDs 4 7 29 Voltage selector 6 Names of controls Buttons A B 20 CHEC...

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