Sony MHC-RX900 - Manuals

5 Set VOLTAGE SELECTOR toposition of your local power linevoltage (for models with a voltageselector). Selector type A Selector type B Connect the power cord to a walloutlet. Demo mode appears in the display. Deactivate the demo mode bypressing DISPLAY/DEMO whenthe system power is turned off. The de...

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 3,5 2,4 Step 1: Hooking up the system(continued) To...

7 1 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET. The hour indication flashes. 2 Turn the jog dial to set the hour. 3 Press ENTER/NEXT. The minute indication flashes. 4 Turn the jog dial to set the minute. 5 Press ENTER/NEXT. The clock starts working. Tips • If you’ve made a mistake, start over from step 1.• Setting the t...

10 Connecting optional AVcomponents (continued) Connecting a super wooferspeaker (except for MHC-R700 /RX77S / RX77 (European models)) You can connect an optional super wooferspeaker. Connecting the surround speakers(MHC-RX77 (Canadian model)only) Connect the speaker cords from the surroundspeakers ...

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 ) = + PLAY MODE CD (P DISC SKIP/ EX-CHANGE p 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. 2 ...

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. Recording a CD — CD Synchro Recording With the sideyou want torecord facingforward 2 5 ...

Basic Operations 15 n √ ◊ TUNER/BAND = + VOL +/– VOLUME STEREO/MONO 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 Frequen...

16 DOLBY NR p 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 presets...

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...

18 1 Press § and insert a recorded tape in deck A or B. 2 Press DIRECTION repeatedly toselect A to play one side. Select ß * to play both sides. To play both decks in succession, selectRELAY (relay play).** 3 Press TAPE A (or TAPE B) ( (DECK A (or DECK B) ( on the remote). Press TAPE A (or TAPE B) 9...

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/DEMO duringplayback. Each time you press the button duringnormal playback, the display changes asfollows: * MHC-GRX9000/RX900/GRX7/GRX7J and MHC-RX77 (Canadian model) only. To check the total playing timeand the number of tracks on a CD Press DISPLAY/DEMO in the stop mode. If you ...

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

22 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 display. “AL...

23 √ ◊ CD ( p = + VOL +/– p CLEAR CHECK 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“CD” appears in the display, thenplace a CD. 2 Press PLAY MOD...

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 DOLBY NR p Recording on a tapemanually 4 Press DIRECTION repeatedly toselect A to record on one side. Select ß (or RELAY) to record on both sides. 5 Press P PAUSE. Recording starts. 6 Start playing the source to berecorded. To Press Stop recording p . Pause recording P PAUSE. Tips • If you want t...

26 √ ◊ 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 thedisplay. 4 Press one of the DISC 1~3 buttons toselect a CD. 5...

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 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 Turn the jog d...

29 You can reinforce the bass, create a morepowerful sound, and listen with headphones. To reinforce bass (DBFB) Press DBFB*. Every time you press the button, the displaychanges as follows: * DBFB = Dynamic Bass Feedback For a powerful sound (GROOVE) Press GROOVE. The volume switches topower mode, D...

31 VOLUME ALL DISCS ß VOLUME ALL DISCS ß To change the spectrum analyzerdisplay Press DISPLAY/DEMO repeatedly to selectone of the displays 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 cl...

32 Adjusting the graphicequalizer (MHC-GRX9000 / RX900 / GRX7 /GRX7J and MHC-RX77 (Canadianmodel) only) 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 thesurround...

34 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. To call up the pe...

35 Other Features What is the Radio Data System? 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....

36 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...

37 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 songs, vocals...

39 TIMER SELECT 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”). 3 2 4,5,6,7,8 9 Falling asleep tomusic — Sleep Timer You can let the system turn off at the presettime, so you can sleep to the mus...

40 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”). • Tape: Insert an tape with the side you want to play facing forward. • Radio: Tune in the preset station you want (see “Step 3: Presetting radiostations...

41 To timer-record, you must preset the radiostation (see “Step 3: Presetting radiostations”) and set the clock (see “Step 2:Setting the time”) beforehand. 6 3,4,5 2 7 Timer-recording radioprograms TIMER SELECT continued To check the setting Press TIMER SELECT and turn the jog dial toselect the resp...

43 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...

44 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...

46 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 43). • 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...

47 AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS:(MHC-RX66 U.S.A. models only) POWER OUTPUT AND TOTALHARMONIC DISTORTION: with 6 ohm loads both channels driven, from70-20,000 Hz; rates 60 watts per channelminimum RMS power, with no more than0.9% total harmonic distortion from 250milliwatts to rated output. Amplifier s...

48 Specifications (continued) Tape player section Recording system 4-track 2-channel stereo Frequency response 40 – 13,000 Hz (±3 dB), (DOLBY NR OFF) using Sony TYPE Icassette40 – 14,000 Hz (±3 dB),using Sony TYPE IIcassette Wow and flutter ±0.15% W.Peak (IEC)0.1% W.RMS (NAB)±0.2% W.Peak (DIN) Tuner...

49 Speaker SS-RX900 for MHC-RX900SS-GRX9000 for MHC-GRX9000 Speaker system 3-way, 5-unit,bass-reflex type Speaker unitsWoofer: 15 cm, cone type x2 Center Tweeter: 5 cm, cone type Side Tweeter: 5 cm, cone type x2 Nominal impedance 8 ohms Dimensions (w/h/d) Approx. 250 x 430 x 355mm Mass Approx. 7.5 k...

51 Index L, M Loop 28 N Normal Play 12 O One Touch Play 13, 16, 18 P, Q Personal file 33Playing 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 stations 7Preset tuning 15Program Play...