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Recording on MDs

2

Start playing the program source you want to
record.
The most recent 6 seconds (12 seconds in
monaural mode) of audio data is stored in the
buffer memory.

3

Press AMS (or T.REC) to start Time Machine
Recording.
Recording of the program source starts with the
audio data stored in the buffer memory.

To stop Time Machine Recording

Press 

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Note

The deck starts storing audio data when the deck is in
recording pause and you start playing the program source.
With less than 6 seconds (or 12 seconds) of playing of the
program source and audio data stored in the buffer memory,
Time Machine Recording starts with less than 6 seconds (or
12 seconds) of audio data.

Fading In and Out (Fader) 

Z

You can gradually increase the recording level at the
beginning of a recording (fade-in recording) or
gradually decrease the recording level at the end of a
recording (fade-out recording).
This function is convenient when, for example, you
don’t want the track cut off abruptly when the disc
reaches to its end.

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FADER

Fade-in recording

During recording pause, press FADER at the position
where you want to start fade-in recording.

Z

 flashes and the deck performs the fade-in recording

until the counter reaches “0.0s.”

Fade-out recording

During recording, press FADER at the position where
you want to start fade-out recording.

z

 flashes and the deck performs the fade-out recording

until the counter reaches “0.0s.”
The deck changes to recording pause when fade-out
recording finishes.

z

You can set the duration of fade-in and fade-out
recording independently

1

While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice to
display “Setup Menu.”

2

To set duration of fade-in recording:
Turn AMS to select “F.in,” then press AMS.
To set duration of fade-out recording:
Turn AMS to select “F.out,” then press AMS.

3

Turn AMS to set the duration.
Both the fade-in and fade-out recording duration can
be set within a range of 1.0 second to 15.0 seconds (in
0.1-second steps).

4

Press AMS.

5

Press MENU/NO.

Summary of Contents for MXD-D3

Page 1: ...3 867 092 13 1 Compact Disc MiniDisc Deck 1999 by Sony Corporation MXD D3 Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...e 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 Owner s Record The model and serial numbers are located on the rear of the unit Record the serial number in the space provided below Refer to them whe...

Page 3: ...us 42 Self Diagnosis Function 43 Notes on CDs 43 Sticky adhesives or inks from the CD label if present may become attached to internal parts causing jamming of the CD or malfunction of the unit Always check the CD label carefully for sticky substances before inserting the CD Do not use the following types of CDs Rental or used CDs with adhesive extending out from the edge of the sticker Check alon...

Page 4: ...near an extremely hot or humid place Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing particularly when replacing 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 Hooking Up the Syst...

Page 5: ...optical cable is not connected properly Check that the connections are secure z Automatic conversion of digital sampling rates during recording A built in sampling rate converter automatically converts the sampling frequency of various digital sources to the 44 1 kHz sampling rate of this deck This allows you to record sources such as 32 and 48 kHz DAT or satellite broadcasts as well as compact di...

Page 6: ...on the amplifier To Do the following Connect the headphones Adjust the headphone volume When using the controls on the deck Use the CD player controls located to the left of the front panel When using the remote Z Set SELECT to CD Audio output Output switches automatically to the audio of the CD z You can start playing with the track selected in Step 4 1 Turn AMS or press or to select the track yo...

Page 7: ...p Press p Turn AMS counterclockwise or press on the remote Take out the MD When using the controls on the deck Use the MD deck controls located to the right of the front panel When using the remote Z Set SELECT to MD Audio output Output switches automatically to the audio of the MD z You can start playing with the track selected in Step 4 1 Turn AMS or press or to select the track you want to play...

Page 8: ... Normal turn off press or P on either left or right of the front panel Recording starts The MD deck section and the CD player section will automatically stop after recording To stop recording Press p to the right of front panel You can easily make digital recordings from a CD to an MD marking track numbers in the same sequence as the original CD Before recording see Notes on Recording on page 17 z...

Page 9: ...ng CD Synchro Recording The deck automatically starts recording from the end of the existing material Make sure that the remaining recordable time on the MD is longer than the playing time of the CD especially if you want to record all the tracks on the CD You cannot pause recording during CD Synchro Recording The recording level specified in the Setup Menu page 20 is not applied during CD Synchro...

Page 10: ...are displayed as follows When either of the detailed display is selected the disc name appears whenever the deck is stopped The name of the current track appears when a track is playing If the CD has no CD text information or no title is recorded on the MD No Name appears instead To label a recordable MD and its tracks see Labeling Recordings on page 31 z You can scroll a title of 12 or more chara...

Page 11: ...f tracks Total disc playing time Checking the playing time remaining time and track number Each time you press TIME CHAR while playing an MD you can change the display as follows Diary 3 1m45s Diary 3 2m56s Diary 63m18s Press Press Press Track number and playing time of the current track normal display Track number and remaining time of the current track Total remaining time of the disc appears on...

Page 12: ...rent or preceding tracks During playback turn AMS counterclockwise or press repeatedly until you find the track A specific track directly Z Press number button s to enter the track number A specific track by using AMS 1 While the deck is stopped turn AMS until the track number you want to locate appears 2 Press AMS or z When you directly locate a track with a number over 10 Z Press 10 before enter...

Page 13: ...dB when you turn off the deck or disconnect the AC power cord Playing Tracks Repeatedly Repeat Play Z You can play tracks repeatedly in any play mode 0 r P p 1 u SELECT REPEAT 1 Set SELECT to CD or MD 2 Press REPEAT repeatedly until REPEAT appears in the display The deck repeats the tracks as follows When the disc is played in The deck repeats Normal play pages 6 and 7 All the tracks Shuffle Play ...

Page 14: ...SHUFFLE disappears z You can specify tracks during Shuffle Play To play the next track turn AMS clockwise or press To play from the beginning of the current track again turn AMS counterclockwise or press You cannot use AMS or to go back to tracks that have already been played Creating Your Own Program Program Play You can specify the playback order of the tracks on a disc and create your own progr...

Page 15: ...ram remains even after Program Play ends When you press you can play the same program again Notes The display shows m s instead of the total playing time when the total playing time of the program exceeds 199 minutes ProgramFull appears when you program over 25 tracks Erase the unnecessary tracks to enter other tracks The program is erased when you turn off the deck or disconnect the AC power cord...

Page 16: ...ction The display dims z You can check the time remaining until the deck turns off After specifying the time do Step 1 above and turn AMS to select Sleep The time remaining appears to the right of Sleep indication Changing the Pitch of the MD Pitch Control Function You can change the MD playback speed pitch The tone rises at higher pitches and falls at lower pitches MENU NO AMS 1 u 0 r p P 0 p P 1...

Page 17: ...C71 alternate in the display The digital program source is not connected as you selected with the INPUT button in Step 3 on page 21 To continue connect the program source properly The program source is not on Turn on the program source Depending on the Setup Menu settings and source being recorded track numbers are marked in following ways When recording from a CD or MD connected through the DIGIT...

Page 18: ... 30 seconds during recording The 30 seconds of silence are replaced by a blank of about 3 seconds and the deck changes to recording pause If the deck continues pausing for about 10 minutes after the Auto Cut Function activated recording stops automatically Note that this function does not activate even if there has been no sound input for about 30 seconds when the deck started recording from the b...

Page 19: ...ound source you want to record 2 Insert a recordable MD 3 Press INPUT repeatedly to select the input connector To record through Select DIGITAL OPTICAL IN OPT LINE ANALOG IN ANALOG To record from the CD player section manually Press INPUT repeatedly to select CD 4 Press MENU NO twice to display Setup Menu 5 Turn AMS to select Stereo Rec then press AMS 6 Turn AMS to select the recording mode then p...

Page 20: ...otes You cannot record over the existing material when PROGRAM or SHUFFLE appears in the display You cannot change the recording mode setting during recording or recording pause You cannot operate the CD player section while the deck is recording or standing by for recording with OPT or ANALOG selected with the INPUT button Adjusting the Recording Level You can adjust the recording level before st...

Page 21: ... r 1 u 0 r p P 0 p P Marking track numbers manually You can mark track numbers at any time while recording on an MD Press REC r at the place you want to add a track mark while recording Marking track numbers automatically Track Marking Function The deck adds track marks differently in the following cases When recording from CDs or MDs with OPT selected by the INPUT button when recording from a CD ...

Page 22: ...u 0 r p P 0 p P 1 Press on the CD player section Make sure that the MD deck section is stopped 2 Press REC IT when you hear a track you want to record Play returns to the start of the track and recording starts The recording stops at the end of the track but CD playback continues from the next track To stop recording Press p on the CD player section Notes You cannot record over existing material d...

Page 23: ...he following kinds of CDs you may experience a reading failure or noise when recorded to an MD CDs with adhesive labels attached to them Irregularly shaped CDs for example heart or star shaped CDs with printed text concentrated on one side only Old CDs Scratched CDs Dirty CDs Warped CDs If the following occurs during CD playback or recording a reading error may occur or noise may be produced in th...

Page 24: ...ecording the Smart Space Function and the Auto Cut Function turn on automatically regardless of their setting On or Off Starting Recording With Prestored Audio Data Time Machine Recording When recording from an FM or satellite broadcast the first few seconds of material are often lost due to the time it takes you to ascertain the contents and press the record button To prevent the loss of this mat...

Page 25: ...his function is convenient when for example you don t want the track cut off abruptly when the disc reaches to its end 0 r P p 1 u FADER Fade in recording During recording pause press FADER at the position where you want to start fade in recording Z flashes and the deck performs the fade in recording until the counter reaches 0 0s Fade out recording During recording press FADER at the position whe...

Page 26: ... deck could not edit because the record protect slot on the MD is open Edit after closing the slot When TOC and TOC Writing flash in the display Do not move the deck or pull out the AC power cord After editing TOC lights continuously until you eject the MD or turn off the deck TOC and TOC Writing flash while the deck is updating the TOC When the deck finishes updating the TOC TOC and TOC writing t...

Page 27: ... name all recorded tracks and titles on the MD have been erased Complete appears for a few seconds To cancel the All Erase Function Press MENU NO or p to turn off the All Erase indication z You can undo the Tr Erase or All Erase Function Use the Undo Function immediately after you erased the track see page 35 Erasing a Part of a Track A B Erase Function You can specify a portion within a track and...

Page 28: ...rtion to be erased point A You can select the unit f s or m by which point A is shifted Press 0 or to select frame f second s or minute m then turn AMS to change point A 1 frame is about 12 ms 5 If point A is still incorrect repeat Step 4 until it is correct 6 Press AMS or YES if point A is correct Point B set appears in the display and playback for setting the end point of the portion to be erase...

Page 29: ...ess 0 or to select frame f second s or minute m then turn AMS to change the point to divide the track 5 Press AMS or YES when the position is correct Complete appears for a few seconds and the newly created track begins playing The new track will have no track title even if the original track was labeled To cancel the Divide Function Press MENU NO or p z You can undo the Divide Function Use the Un...

Page 30: ... or YES The display for selecting the second track appears and the deck repeats the portion where the two tracks will join i e the end of the first track and the beginning of the succeeding track 3 1p2 3 4m03s 4 Turn AMS to select the second track of the two to be combined and press AMS or YES Complete appears for a few seconds If both of the combined tracks have track titles the title of the seco...

Page 31: ...r an MD see Labeling tracks and MDs with the remote on page 33 MENU NO YES AMS 0 CLEAR TIME CHAR 1 u 0 r p P 0 p P Use the following procedure to label a track or an MD You can label a track while it is playing pausing recording or stopped If the track is recording be sure to finish labeling before the track ends If the track ends before you ve completed the labeling procedure the characters alrea...

Page 32: ...g Step 7 see Step 6 above 8 Press AMS to enter the selected character The selected character stops flashing and the cursor flashes waiting for the input of the next character D 18 68m40s 9 Repeat Steps 7 and 8 until you have entered the entire title If you entered the wrong character Press 0 or until the character to be corrected starts flashing and repeat Steps 7 and 8 to enter the correct charac...

Page 33: ... already has a title If you continue the title copying press AMS or YES To cancel the Name Copy Function Press MENU NO or p Labeling tracks and MDs with the remote Z 0 r P p 1 u CHAR CLEAR NAME 0 1 Press NAME A flashing cursor appears in the display then do the following To label Make sure that the deck is A track Playing pausing recording the track to be labeled or stopped after locating the trac...

Page 34: ... a title on a disc Name Erase Function Use this function to erase a title on a disc 1 While the deck is stopped playing recording or pausing press MENU NO to display Edit Menu 2 Turn AMS to select Name then press AMS or YES 3 Turn AMS to select Nm Erase then press AMS or YES 4 Turn AMS to select Disc to erase the disc title or the track whose title you want to erase and press AMS or YES Complete a...

Page 35: ...the display press MENU NO to display Edit Menu 2 Turn AMS until Undo appears in the display Undo does not appear if no editing has been done 3 Press AMS or YES One of the following messages appears in the display depending on the type of editing to be undone Editing done Message Erasing a single track Erasing all tracks on an MD Erase Undo Erasing a part of a track Dividing a track DivideUndo Comb...

Page 36: ...by scratches Tracks created through editing may exhibit sound dropout during search operations Track numbers are not recorded correctly Incorrect assignment or recording of track numbers may result when CD tracks are divided into several smaller tracks during digital recording Also when the Track Marking Function is activated during recording track numbers may not marked as in the original dependi...

Page 37: ...ards the opening Replace the disc with one that has been recorded The deck does not record The MD is record protected Protected appears and C11 flashes Close the record protect slot see page 9 Make connections properly to the sound source The sound source is not connected to the selected input connector Select the correct input connector using INPUT The recording level is not adjusted properly Adj...

Page 38: ...rteen Modulation Number of channels 2 stereo channels Frequency response 5 to 20 000 Hz 0 5 dB Signal to noise ratio Over 98 dB during playback Wow and flutter Below measurable limit Inputs Jack type Input impedance Rated input Minimum input LINE ANALOG IN Phono jacks 47 kilohms 500 mVrms 125 mVrms DIGITAL OPTICAL IN Square optical connector jack Optical wave length 660 nm Outputs Jack type Rated ...

Page 39: ...DAT deck or MD deck First generation DAT tape or MD recorded via digital to digital connection Playback Recording DAT deck or MD deck Digital input jack Digital output jack Digital input jack Optical cable or coaxial digital connecting cable DAT or MD Second generation DAT tape or MD recorded via digital to digital connection Playback DAT deck or MD deck DAT deck or MD deck Audio connecting cord O...

Page 40: ... or MD recorded via the DAT or MD deck s analog input jack onto another DAT tape or MD via the DAT or MD deck s digital output jack You cannot however make a second generation DAT tape or MD copy via the DAT or MD deck s digital output jack Digital input jack Line analog input jacks MD deck CD player Tuner Turntable Cassette deck DAT deck Line analog output jacks Audio connecting cord Recording Pl...

Page 41: ...e 18 Specifications 38 Supplied accessories 4 System limitations 36 T Track marking automatic track marking 21 manual track marking 21 Troubleshooting 37 U V W X Y Z Undoing the last edit 35 Names of controls Buttons Alphabet Number 12 14 33 CD SYNCHRO HIGH 23 CD SYNCHRO NORMAL 8 CHAR 33 CLEAR 14 31 33 DISPLAY 10 EJECT 7 9 18 FADER 25 INPUT 18 19 LEVEL 13 20 MENU NO 13 16 18 to 21 26 to 31 34 MUSI...

Page 42: ...nd Auto Cut Functions On Off On pages 18 and 19 F in Sets the fade in time 1 0s to 15 0s 5 0s page 25 F out Sets the fade out time 1 0s to 15 0s 5 0s page 25 Pitch Sets the pitch during MD playback 98 5 to 12 5 0 0 page 16 Rec Sets the recording mode Stereo Mono Stereo page 20 CD Adjusts the input level from the CD player section dB to 12 0dB 0 0dB page 20 Opt Adjusts the input level from the DIGI...

Page 43: ...y Eject the disc then insert it again C41 Cannot Copy The digitally dubbed material cannot be recorded digitally page 39 C71 Din Unlock C71 alternates with Din Unlock in the display A moment s lighting is due to the signals of the digital program being recorded This does not affect the recorded material Notes on CDs On handling CDs To keep the disc clean hold it along its edges only Do not leave f...

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