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Thank you for purchasing this SHARP product. MD-M1 MD micro system consisting of To obtain the best performance from this product, MD-M1 (main unit) and CP-M1 (speaker system). please read this manual carefully. It will guide you in operating your SHARP product.
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Note: This equipment has been tested and found to com- It is the intent of Sharp that this product be used ply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pur- in full compliance with the copyright laws of the suant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. CAUTION Use a damp cloth for cleaning. All the safety and operating instructions should be Power Lines - An outdoor antenna should be read before the appliance is operated, and should located away from power lines.
CONTENTS Page Page ACCESSORIES ..........3 TIMER OPERATION ........31-33 PRECAUTIONS ..........4 USING EXTERNAL UNITS ......34-35 NAMES OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ..5-7 WHAT IS A MINIDISC? ........36 PREPARATION FOR USE ......8-10 MINIDISC SYSTEM LIMITATIONS ....37 SETTING THE CLOCK ........
Wipe off any condensation on the transmit- sult in electric shock. ter LED with a soft cloth before operating the unit. Refer internal service to your local SHARP serv- ice facility. Warning: Use the unit on a firm, level surface free from...
NAMES OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS Front panel 1. Power Button 2. (MD) Display Button 3. Timer Stand-by Indicator 4. (MD) Record Button 5. (CD/MD/TUNER) Memory Button 6. (CD/MD) Stop Button (TUNER) Tuning Down Button 7. (CD/MD) Play/Pause Button (TUNER) Tuning Up Button 8.
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(Continued) Display window 1. Level Meters 2. Character Information Display 3. Surround Indicator SURROUND OVER X-BASS PLAY 4. Extra Bass Indicator DISC TOC TRACK MEMORY 8888888 88 RANDOM 5. FM Stereo Indicator TOTAL MHz SLEEP REMAIN 6. FM Stereo Mode Indicator 7.
PREPARATION FOR USE Outdoor FM antenna Unplug the AC power cord from the AC out- let before connecting or disconnecting any Use an outdoor FM antenna (75 ohm coaxial cable) component. if you require better reception. Consult your dealer. Antenna connection Note: When an outdoor FM antenna is used, discon- nect the supplied FM antenna wire from the FM...
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(Continued) Placing the system Demo mode 4" (10 cm) 4" (10 cm) DEMO 8" (20 cm) 4" (10 cm) When the AC power cord is first connected, the unit will enter the demonstration mode and the words will scroll across the display continuously. Be sure to keep space between the units for ven- To cancel the demonstration mode: tilation.
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(Continued) Remote control To change the brightness of the display (Remote control operation) 2 "AA" size batteries (UM/SUM-3, R6, HP-7 or similar) Batteries are not included. Remote sensor 8" - 20' (0.2 m - 6 m) When bright When dark When inserting or removing the batteries, push Press the POWER button to turn the power on.
SETTING THE CLOCK Press the ENTER button. In this example, the clock is set for the 24-hour (0:00) system. DISC TOC TRACK MEMORY RANDOM TOTAL MHz SLEEP REMAIN Adjust the minutes by pressing the button. 4,6,8 3,5,7,9 DISC TOC TRACK MEMORY RANDOM TOTAL...
SOUND CONTROL Volume Extra bass (X-BASS) (Remote control) (Main unit) (Main unit) (Remote control) X-BASS X-BASS SLEEP ..0 1 2 29 30 MAX (Main unit operation) When the VOLUME control is turned clockwise, the Press the X-BASS button to emphasize the bass volume will increase.
COMPACT DISC OPERATION CD playback Press the POWER button to turn the power on. Press the CD button. Press the 7 CD EJECT button to open the CD compartment. Place the CD on the spindle, label side up. Close the CD compartment by firmly pushing the corner marked "PUSH CLOSE".
MINIDISC OPERATION MD playback Press the POWER button to turn the power on. Press the MD button. Load a MiniDisc in the direction indicated by the arrow on the MiniDisc, with the labeled side fac- ing up. The total number of tracks and the total playing time on the MiniDisc will be displayed.
CONVENIENT CD AND MD OPERATION APSS (Auto Program Search Repeat and random play System) (Remote control operation) APSS automatically locates the beginning of any track. P-MODE To listen again to the track being played: Select the desired program source, CD or MD. Press the 5 3 button for less than 0.5 seconds during playback.
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(Continued) To clear the programmed selections: APMS (Automatic Programmable Press the CLEAR button while the “MEMORY” Music Selector) indicator is flashing. Each time the button is pressed, one track will (Remote control operation) be cleared, beginning with the last track pro- grammed.
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(Continued) Switching the time display Changing the display during MD playback Each time the TIME button is pressed during play- back or when in the pause mode, the display will Each time the DISPLAY button is pressed during change. playback or when in the pause mode, the display will change as described below.
RADIO OPERATION To stop the auto tuning, press the TUNING (X Tuning or W) button again. To receive an FM stereo transmission, press the TUNER (BAND) button so that the "ST" indica- tor on the display lights up. "j" will appear when an FM broadcast is in stereo.
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(Continued) To recall a memorized station: Preset tuning Press the PRESET (X or W) button for less than 0.5 seconds to select the desired station. You can store up to 40 stations in memory (40 sta- tions consisting of any combination of AM and FM "MEMORY"...
RECORDING Differences from tape recordings You cannot record music on the re- You can check the total or remaining verse side of a MiniDisc. recordable time (possible recording) before recording. MiniDiscs are single sided and should only be inserted with the correct side up. This lets you plan a recording session so that the last song will not come to an You don’t need to search for the start-...
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(Continued) After recording (all of the tracks that can be Recording from a CD onto a recorded), the unit will stop automatically. MiniDisc (One-Touch Editing) Notes: A CD can be recorded to a MiniDisc, starting from When the CD playing time is longer than the avail- the first track, with a one-touch operation.
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(Continued) APMS recording To record without using One-Touch Editing (Main unit operation) Without using one-touch recording, the following operation allows you to record from the first track. CD 0 MD EDIT Select tracks for APMS playback. (Page 16) Load a recordable MiniDisc. Press the CD 0 MD EDIT button.
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(Continued) To stop recording: Recording from the built-in radio Press the button. onto a MiniDisc The recording will stop and the track number will be written on the MiniDisc. Note: It is not possible to pause in the recording mode. To record the track number while record- ing: The recording is performed as a single track.
EDITING TRACK/DISC NAME What the editing function can do Discs and tracks (up to 255 tracks per You can create original discs using the MD editing disc) can be named.Since track names function, on which you can change the order of the are displayed when the beginning of tracks and you can create disc or track names.
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(Continued) To create a disc name Select the character you want pressing the button. A name for the whole disc. Disc names are displayed when an MD is inserted. SLEEP (Remote control operation) SLEEP NAME/ TOC EDIT DISPLAY Press the ENTER button to enter the character. ENTER CLEAR SLEEP...
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(Continued) To create a track name Press the ENTER button to enter the character. Name each track. A track’s name will be displayed whenever you SLEEP select it and during playback. Repeat steps 3 to 5 above to enter the charac- ters in the name.
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(Continued) To add a character: To change disc names and track Example: To change “BET” to “BEST” names To change disc names, perform steps 1 - 3 on (Remote control operation) page 25. To change track names, perform steps 1 - 2 on page 26.
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(Continued) Divide Combine (Remote control operation) (Remote control operation) Play the track which you want to divide into two, While in the stop mode, select the second of and press the 0 6 button at the point where the two adjacent tracks you want to combine by you want to divide the track.
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(Continued) To combine two non-contiguous tracks: Select the new track position pressing the (Example: the first and third tracks) button. Move the third track to the second track using the MOVE function. Then, combine the first and second tracks using the COMBINE function.
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(Continued) Erase All Erase (Remote control operation) (Remote control operation) To erase tracks one at a time: To erase all of the tracks at once: While in the stop mode, select the track you want Press the button. to erase by pressing the 5 3 or 2 4 but- The total number of tracks and the total playing ton.
TIMER OPERATION Press the button to set the hour to stop, Before setting the timer, make sure that the then press the ENTER button. clock setting is correct. (Page 11) PLAY DISC TOC Timer playback TRACK MEMORY RANDOM TOTAL REMAIN SLEEP Before timer playback, the following preparations PLAY...
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(Continued) Before setting the timer, make sure that the Press the button to set the hour to stop, clock setting is correct. (Page 11) then press the ENTER button. Timer recording DISC TOC TRACK MEMORY RANDOM TOTAL SLEEP REMAIN Before timer recording, the following preparations are required.
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(Continued) To cancel the sleep operation: Caution: In the following cases, the timer recording function Press the POWER button to enter the stand-by will not work. mode. When a MiniDisc has not been inserted. The sleep operation can also be canceled as fol- lows if you can not set the unit to the stand-by mode When a playback-only MiniDisc is inserted.
USING EXTERNAL UNITS Connecting external units Before connecting external units, set this unit to the stand-by mode and turn off the power to the external units. Connecting to stereos or MD/CD players (equipment which can output analog signals) The other MD/CD player Commercially available cord with 1/8"...
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(Continued) Listening to sound from an exter- Manual recording nal unit You can start a recording manually while listening to playback from other external equipment (Tape To listen to sound from an external unit connected deck, Tuner) connected to the auxiliary input. to the analog input terminals: INPUT INPUT...
WHAT IS A MINIDISC? The disc is stored in a cartridge. You can handle it Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Cod- easily without worrying about dust, fingerprints, etc. ing [ATRAC] However, dust entering the opening of the cartridge, dirt on the cartridge, warping, etc. may cause The ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Cod- malfunctions.
If this unit functions abnormally during operation, first check the following items. If the unit continues to function abnormally, or if an abnormality appears other than listed below, set this unit to the stand-by mode and discon- nect the AC power plug, then consult your SHARP dealer or service personnel. General...
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(Continued) CD Playback Symptom Remedy Possible cause Even though a disc has been Load the disc with the correct The disc is loaded up-side down. loaded, “CD NO DISC” or “ERR” side up. The disc is very dirty. is displayed. Clean the disc.
ERROR MESSAGES When an error message is displayed, proceed as follows: Error messages Meaning Remedy BLANK MD Nothing is recorded. Replace it with another disc. CAN’T EDIT A track cannot be edited. Change the stop position of the track and then try editing it.
RESETTING THE MICROCOMPUTER MAINTENANCE Internal care Do not touch the Laser pickup lens. If fingerprints or dust accumulate on the pickup, clean it gently with a dry cotton swab. If this product is subjected to strong external inter- External care ference (mechanical shock, excessive static elec- tricity, abnormal supply voltage due to lightning, etc.) Periodically wipe the cabinet with a soft cloth and...
SPECIFICATIONS As part of our policy of continuous improvement, SHARP reserves the right to make design and speci- fication changes for product improvement without prior notice. The performance specification figures indicated are nominal values of production units. There may be some deviations from these values in individual units.
Sharp to the purchaser with respect to the Product, and shall constitute full satisfaction of all claims, whether based on contract, negligence, strict liability or otherwise. In no event shall Sharp be liable, or in any way responsible, for any damages or defects in the Product which were caused by repairs or attempted repairs performed by anyone other than an authorized servicer.
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