Sony MHC-R800 - Manuals

5 Jack type B Set VOLTAGE SELECTOR toposition of your local power linevoltage (for models with a voltageselector). Connect the power cord to a walloutlet. Demo mode appears in the display. Deactivate the demo mode bypressing DEMO when the systempower is turned off. The demo mode is also deactivatedw...

6 Step 2: Setting thetime You must set the time before using the timerfunctions. The clock is on a 24-hour system for theEuropean and Russian models, and a 12-hoursystem for other models. The 12-hour system model is used forillustration purposes. 1 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET. The hour indication flashes....

7 Step 3: Presettingradio stations You can preset the following number ofstations: – 2 band model: 20 for FM, 10 for AM.– 3 band model: 20 for FM, 10 for MW, and 10 for SW (or LW, depending on the modelyou purchased). – 4 band model: 20 for FM, 10 for MW, 10 for LW, and 5 for UKV. 3 Press ENTER/NEXT...

9 Connecting optionalAV components To enhance your system, you can connectoptional components. Refer to theinstructions of each component. Connecting audiocomponents Select one of the following two connections,depending on the equipment to be connectedand method of connecting. Connecting an MD deck ...

10 Connecting outdoorantennas Connect the outdoor antenna to improve thereception. FM antenna Connect the optional FM outdoor antenna.You can also use the TV antenna instead. Jack type A Jack type B y FM75 AM COAXIAL IEC standard socketconnector(not supplied) Screw clamp Ground wire (not supplied) F...

11 AM antenna Connect a 6- to 15- meter (20- to 50- feet)insulated wire to the AM antenna terminal.Leave the supplied AM loop antennaconnected. Jack type A Jack type B Important If you connect an outdoor antenna, groundfrom y terminal with the screw clamp. To prevent a gas explosion, do not connect ...

12 CD ( Pp = + 0 ) VOL +/– √ ◊ √ ◊ VOLUME 0 ) = + CD (P p DISC SKIP/ EX-CHANGE PLAY MODE Playing a CD — Normal play 1 Press § and place up to two CDs on the disc tray. If a disc is not placed properly it will notbe recognized. To insert a third disc, press DISC SKIP/EX-CHANGE to rotate the disc tray...

Basic Operations 13 To Do this Stop play Press p . Pause Press CD (P ( P on the remote). Press again to resumeplay. Select a track During play or pause, turn thejog dial clockwise (to goforward) or counterclockwise(to go back) and release itwhen you reach the desiredtrack. (Or press + (to go forward...

14 The CD SYNC button lets you record from aCD to a tape easily. You can use TYPE I(normal) or TYPE II (CrO 2 ) tapes. The recording level is adjusted automatically. 1 Press § and insert a blank tape into deck B. DISC SKIP/ EX-CHANGE DOLBY NR p Recording a CD — CD Synchro Recording With the sideyou ...

Basic Operations 15 TUNER/BAND = + VOL +/– √ ◊ √ ◊ VOLUME STEREO/ MONO n Listening to the radio –– Preset Tuning Preset radio stations in the tuner's memoryfirst (see “Step 3: Presetting radio stations”). 2 1 n Turn counter-clockwise(or press = on the remote)for lower presetnumbers. Preset number Fr...

16 Recording from theradio You can record the radio program on a tapeby calling up a preset station. You can useTYPE I (normal) or TYPE II (CrO 2 ) tapes. The recording level is automatically adjusted. 1 Press TUNER/BAND to select theband you want. 2 Turn the jog dial to tune in a presetstation. 5 3...

Basic Operations 17 Playing a tape You can use any type of tape, TYPE I(normal), TYPE II (CrO 2 ) or TYPE IV (metal) , since the deck automatically detects the tapetype. You can also use the jog dial’s AMS*functions to quickly search for songs youwant to hear. To select either deck A or B,press DECK...

Basic Operations 19 Recording from atape — High-speed Dubbing 3 Press DIRECTION repeatedly toselect A to record on one side. Select ß (or RELAY) to record on both sides. 4 Press P PAUSE. Dubbing starts. To stop dubbing Press p . Tips • When you dub on both sides, start recording from the front side....

20 / Press DISPLAY during playback. Each time you press the button duringnormal playback, the display changes asfollows: DISPLAY Using the CD display You can check the remaining time of thecurrent track or that of the CD. The CD Player To check the total playing timeand the number of tracks on a CD ...

21 PLAY MODE REPEAT Playing the CD tracksrepeatedly –– Repeat Play This function lets you repeat a single CD orall CDs in normal play, Shuffle Play andProgram Play. / Press REPEAT during playbackuntil “REPEAT” appears in thedisplay. Repeat Play starts. Do the followingprocedure to change the repeat ...

22 DISC 1~3 Playing the CD tracksin random order –– Shuffle Play You can play all the tracks on one CD or allCDs in random order. 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until“CD” appears in the display, thenplace a CD. 2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until“1 DISC SHUFFLE ” or “ALL DISCSSHUFFLE” appears in the dis...

23 SHUFFLE REPEAT 1 ALL 1 DISC S PROGRAM STEP VOLUME SYNC ß CD ( p = + VOL +/– √ ◊ √ ◊ p CHECKCLEAR Programming the CDtracks –– Program Play You can make a program of up to 32 tracksfrom all the CDs in the order you want themto be played. Disc number Track number 1 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until“...

24 Playing CDs withoutinterruption –– Non-Stop Play You can play CDs without pausing betweentracks. To Press Check the CHECK on the remote program repeatedly. After the lasttrack, “CHECK END”appears. Clear a track from CLEAR on the remote in the end stop mode. Clear a specific CHECK on the remote tr...

25 You can record from CD, tape, or radio asyou like. For example, you can record just thesongs you want or record from the middle ofthe tape. The recording level is adjustedautomatically. 1 Insert a blank tape into deck B. 2 Press FUNCTION repeatedly untilthe source you want to record (e.g.,CD) app...

26 SHUFFLE REPEAT 1 ALL 1 DISC S PROGRAM STEP VOLUME SYNC ß √ ◊ √ ◊ p CHECK Recording a CD byspecifying track order — Program Edit 1 Place a CD and insert a blank tapeinto deck B. 2 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until“CD” appears in the display. 3 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until“PROGRAM” appears in the...

27 9 Repeat steps 5 and 6 for tracks fromthe same disc or steps 4 to 6 fortracks from another disc to programthe remaining tracks to be recordedon side B. 10 Press CD SYNC. Deck B stands by for recording and theCD player stands by for playback. Theindicator on TAPE B ( (for front side) lights up. 11...

28 FLASH LOOP Looping part of a CD — Loop With the loop function, you can repeat part ofa CD during playback. This lets you createoriginal recordings. / Press and hold LOOP duringplayback at the point you want tostart the Loop function, and releaseto resume normal play. To adjust the loop length Tur...

29 PAD B √ ◊ √ ◊ PAD A BEAT LEVEL PAD B PAD A SPEED ? / / SELECT > / . Using the drum pads With the drum pads, you can add percussionduring playback. This effect can be used withany source, to create original recordings. Jog dial To change the drum sound Turn the jog dial while holding PAD A or B...

31 Using the AUTO BPMfunction This function automatically synchronizes therhythm of the current beat pattern with thesound source. 1 Start playing a source. 2 Select a beat pattern. (See “To change the beat pattern” onpage 30.) 3 Press BEAT ON/OFF to stop thebeat function. 4 Press AUTO BPM. The butt...

32 GROOVE PHONES DBFB MUTING* You can reinforce the bass, create a morepowerful sound, and listen with headphones. * MHC-RX88 only. For MHC-GRX8/RX99/R800 see “Switching the speaker formation” on page 36. To reinforce bass (DBFB) Press DBFB*. Every time you press the button, the displaychanges as fo...

33 To change the spectrum analyzerdisplay Press DISPLAY repeatedly to select one of thedisplays below. Pattern 1 (Changes with music) Pattern 2 Note The spectrum analyzer display changes each timeyou cycle through the information display (i.e.,function n clock n effect). VOLUME ALL DISCS ß VOLUME AL...

34 VOLUME ALL DISCS ß SURROUND Adjusting the graphicequalizer You can adjust the sound by raising orlowering the levels of specific frequencyranges. Before operation, first select the audioemphasis you want for your basic sound. 2 3 4 6 Selecting surroundeffects You can enjoy surround effects. / Pre...

35 VOLUME ALL DISCS ß VOLUME ALL DISCS ß Making a personalaudio emphasis file — Personal file You can create a personal file of audiopatterns (surround effect and graphicequalizer) and store them in the memory ofthe unit. Later call up an audio pattern toplay a favorite tape, CD, or radio program.Cr...

36 SONIC FORMATION 3 Use the jog dial to select the filenumber (P FILE) where you want tostore the sound effect. 4 Press ENTER/NEXT. The adjusted sound effects are storedunder the selected file number. Thesettings previously stored at thismemory location are erased andreplaced by the new settings. T...

37 LINK mode The same sound is output from the frontspeakers and surround speakers. Forinstance, when you want to listen to the samesound in two rooms, it is suitable to set thefront speakers and the surround speakers ineach room. FRONT ONLY (stereo) mode No sound is output from the surroundspeakers...

38 Other Features Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcastingservice that allows radio stations to sendadditional information along with the regularprogram signal. This tuner offers convenientRDS features like station name display andlocation of stations by program type. RDS isavailable only on FM sta...

39 1 Press PTY. 2 Turn jog dial to select the programtype you want. See the “List ofprogram types” section below. 3 Press ENTER/NEXT. The unit starts searching the preset RDSstations (“SEARCH” and the selectedprogram type are shown alternately inthe display).When the tuner receives a program, thepre...

40 ECHO LEVEL n Singing along:Karaoke 4 Start playing the music and adjustthe volume. 5 Adjust the microphone volume byturning MIC LEVEL. When you are done Turn MIC LEVEL to MIN and disconnect themicrophone from MIX MIC, then pressKARAOKE PON/MPX repeatedly so that“ h ” disappears. Note With some so...

42 Waking up to music — Wake-up Timer You can wake up to music at a preset timeevery day. Make sure you have set the clock(see “Step 2: Setting the time”). 1 Prepare the music source you wantto play. • CD: Insert a CD. To start from a specific track, make a program (see“Programming the CD tracks”). ...

43 To check the setting Press TIMER SELECT and turn the jog dial toselect the respective mode (DAILY 1 orDAILY 2), then press ENTER/NEXT. To change the setting, start over from step 1. To cancel the timer operation Press TIMER SELECT and turn the jog dial toselect “TIMER OFF”, then press ENTER/NEXT....

45 Notes on CDs • Before playing, clean the CD with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the CD from the center out. • Do not use solvents such as benzene, thinner, commercially available cleaners or anti-staticspray intended for vinyl LPs. • Do not expose the CD to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air...

46 Troubleshooting If you run into any problem using this stereosystem, use the following check list. First, check that the power cord is connectedfirmly and the speakers are connectedcorrectly and firmly. Should any problem persist, consult yournearest Sony dealer. General The display starts flashi...

48 Tape Deck The tape does not record. • No tape in the cassette holder.• The tab has been removed from the cassette (see “To save a tapepermanently” on page 45). • The tape has reeled to the end. The tape does not record nor play or thereis a decrease in sound level. • The heads are dirty. Clean th...

49 continued CD player section System Compact disc and digitalaudio system Laser Semiconductor laser( λ =780nm) Emission duration:continuous Laser output Max. 44.6 µ W* *This output is the valuemeasured at a distance of200 mm from theobjective lens surface onthe Optical Pick-up Blockwith 7 mm apertu...

50 SS-GRX8 for MHC-GRX8/SS-RX99 for MHC-RX99 Speaker system 4-way, 5-unit,bass-reflex type,magnetically shieldedtype Speaker unitsWoofer: 17 cm, cone type Centre Tweeter: 5 cm, cone type Side Tweeter: 5 cm, cone type x2 Super Tweeter: 2 cm, dome type Nominal impedance 8 ohms Dimensions (w/h/d) Appro...

51 Index K Karaoke 40 L, M Loop 28 N Normal Play 12 O One Touch Play 13, 16, 18 P, Q Pads. See Drum padsPersonal file 35Playing a CD 12a preset radio station 15tracks in random order(Shuffle Play) 22tracks in the desiredorder (Program Play) 23tracks repeatedly(Repeat Play) 21 Presetting radio statio...