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- Page 1 4-229-968-11(1) Mini Hi-Fi Component System Operating Instructions CMT-F3MD ©2000 Sony Corporation...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Do not install the appliance in a confined space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet. This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product. The CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT MARKING is located on the rear exterior. The following caution label is located inside the unit. IN NO EVENT SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, OR LOSSES OR EXPENSES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECTIVE PRODUCT OR THE USE OF ANY PRODUCT. - Page 3 The MD Deck — Recording Connecting optional components Before you start recording ....... 24 Connecting optional A/V components ..50 Recording your favourite CD tracks on an MD Connecting external aerials ..... 51 — CD-MD Synchro Recording ..25 Recording on an MD manually Additional Information —...
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Page 4: Getting Started
Getting Started Step 1: Hooking up the system Perform the following procedure 1 to 3 to hook up your system using the supplied cords and accessories. AM loop aerial CMT-F3MD FM aerial rear panel Right speaker Left speaker Connect the speakers. -
Page 5: Step 2: Setting The Time
Step 2: Setting the time Connect the mains lead to the mains. If the plug of the mains lead does not fit your wall outlet, attach the supplied adaptor on to You must set the time beforehand to use the timer the plug (for models with a plug adaptor). -
Page 6: Step 3: Presetting Radio Stations
Step 2: Setting the time Step 3: Presetting radio (continued) stations Press . or > to set the minute. You can preset up to 30 stations, 20 for FM and Press ENTER/YES. 10 for AM. The clock starts. If you made a mistake Press CURSORT or t repeatedly until the incorrect item flashes, then set it again. - Page 7 To tune in a station with a weak Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until signal “AUTO” appears. Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until “AUTO” or “PRESET” disappears in step 2, then press TUNING + or – repeatedly to tune in the station manually.
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Page 8: Saving The Power In Standby Mode
Tips Saving the power in • Each time you press DISP in the Power Saving Mode, the display switches between the Power standby mode Saving Mode and the clock display. • ?/1 indicator lights up even in the Power Saving Mode. -
Page 9: Basic Operations
Basic Operations Do this Playing a CD Press CD s. Stop play Press CD HS. The CD HS Pause To turn on the system, press ?/1 (power). indicator lights orange. Press again to resume play. (power) Press MD/CD lm or CD indicator VOLUME Select a track... -
Page 10: Recording A Cd On An Md - Cd-Md Synchro Recording
Recording a CD on an Press CD A to close the disc tray. — CD-MD Synchro Recording Press CD-MD SYNC. The MD deck stands by for recording and the CD player pauses for play. You can make a digital recording of a CD on an MD, marking track numbers in the same sequence as the original CD. -
Page 11: Playing An Md
Before pulling out the mains lead Playing an MD MD recording is completed when the MD Table of Contents (TOC) is updated. The TOC is updated when you eject the MD or press ?/1 to To turn on the system, press ?/1 (power). You turn off the system. -
Page 12: Listening To The Radio - Preset Tuning
Playing an MD (continued) Listening to the radio — Preset Tuning Do this Press MD s. Stop play Preset radio stations in the tuner’s memory first Press MD HS. The MD HS Pause (see page 6). indicator lights orange. Press again To turn on the system, press ?/1 (power). -
Page 13: Recording From The Radio
Do this Recording from the Press ?/1 to turn off the Turn off the radio system. radio — Manual Recording Adjust the volume Turn VOLUME. You can make an analogue recording of a radio programme on an MD. If you use a partially Listening to non-preset radio recorded MD, recording starts after the recorded tracks. - Page 14 Recording from the radio Before pulling out the mains lead (continued) MD recording is completed when the MD Table of Contents (TOC) is updated. The TOC is updated when you eject the MD or press ?/1 to Press TUNING + or – to select the turn off the system.
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Page 15: The Cd Player
The CD Player Playing CD tracks Playing CD tracks in repeatedly random order — Repeat Play — Shuffle Play You can repeat a CD in normal play, Shuffle Play You can play all the tracks on a CD in random and Programme Play. -
Page 16: Programming Cd Tracks - Programme Play
Programming CD tracks Press ENTER/YES. The track is programmed. — Programme Play “Step” appears, followed by the number of the track in the programmed sequence. The number of the last programmed track You can make a programme of up to 25 tracks in appears, followed by the total playing time of the order you want them to be played. -
Page 17: Using The Cd Display
Do this Using the CD display Press x, then press PLAY MODE Cancel Programme repeatedly until “PGM” and Play “SHUF” disappear. You can check the remaining time on the current track or on the CD. When a CD TEXT disc is Add a track to Do steps 3 and 4. -
Page 18: Labelling A Cd - Disc Memo
Using the CD display (continued) Labelling a CD — Disc Memo In stop mode You can label up to 50 CDs with titles of up to 20 t CD disc title** symbols and characters. Whenever you load a labelled CD, the title appears in the display. Artist name** Notes •... - Page 19 Press CHARACTER. Repeat steps 3 to 5 to complete the entire title. The text input screen appears, and the cursor flashes. If you made a mistake Press CURSORT or t until the character you want to change flashes, then repeat steps 3 to 5.
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Page 20: The Md Deck - Play
The MD Deck — Play Labelling a CD (continued) Playing MD tracks repeatedly — Repeat Play Erasing a disc title 1 Press MENU/NO in stop mode. You can repeat an MD in normal play, Shuffle 2 Press . or > repeatedly until “Name Play and Programme Play. -
Page 21: Playing Md Tracks In Random Order
Playing MD tracks in Programming MD tracks random order — Shuffle Play — Programme Play You can play all the tracks on an MD in random You can make a programme of up to 25 tracks in order. the order you want them to be played. CLEAR Press FUNCTION repeatedly until “MD”... - Page 22 Programming MD tracks Do this (continued) Press x, then press PLAY MODE Cancel Programme repeatedly until “PGM” and Play “SHUF” disappear. Press ENTER/YES. Add a track to Do steps 3 and 4. The track is programmed. the programme “Step” appears, followed by the number of (in stop mode) the track in the programmed sequence.
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Page 23: Using The Md Display
In stop mode Using the MD display t Total number of tracks and total playing time You can check the total number of tracks, the total playing time and the remaining time on the MD. Remaining recordable time (Only for a recordable MD) Disc title appears for a pre-mastered MD. -
Page 24: The Md Deck - Recording
The MD Deck — Recording After recording Before you start recording , Press MD A to eject the MD or press ?/1 (power) to turn off the system. MDs (Mini Disc) let you digitally record and play “TOC” lights up or starts flashing. The TOC music with high quality sound. -
Page 25: Recording Your Favourite Cd Tracks
Recording your favourite Press PLAY MODE on the remote repeatedly until “PGM” appears. CD tracks on an MD Press . or > on the remote — CD-MD Synchro Recording repeatedly until the desired track number appears. You can select your favourite CD tracks with the Programme Play feature, then record the programme on an MD using the CD Synchro Recording feature. -
Page 26: Recording On An Md Manually
Recording your favourite CD Recording on an MD tracks on an MD (continued) manually — Manual Recording To stop recording Press MD s or CD s. If you use a partially recorded MD, recording If the MD becomes full during starts after the recorded tracks. -
Page 27: Starting Recording With 6 Seconds Of
Starting recording with Start playing the desired source (CD, etc.) to record. 6 seconds of prestored When recording from this system’s CD player, the track numbers are automatically audio data marked. Press z REC during recording to mark the track numbers at the desired point. —... - Page 28 Starting recording with 6 Before pulling out the mains lead seconds of prestored audio data MD recording is completed when the MD Table (continued) of Contents (TOC) is updated. The TOC is updated when you eject the MD or press ?/1 to turn off the system.
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Page 29: Marking Track Numbers
Marking track numbers Press MD to switch the function to MD. Press MENU/NO in stop mode. You can mark track numbers: • Automatically during recording Press . or > repeatedly until Track numbers are automatically marked as on the “Setup ?” appears, then press ENTER/ original source during recording from this YES. -
Page 30: Making A Space Between Tracks 3 Seconds
Marking track numbers Making a space (continued) between tracks 3 Marking track numbers at a specific point during seconds long — Smart Space recording — Track Mark The Smart Space function lets you make the blank You can mark track numbers at any time during spaces between tracks 3 seconds long recording, regardless of the type of sound source. - Page 31 Turning on Smart Space Press MENU/NO. function To continue and record, follow the procedures described on the various recording pages. If there is an extended silence of less than 30 seconds during recording, “Smart Space” appears, and the MD deck replaces the silence with a blank of about 3 seconds and continues recording.
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Page 32: Adjusting The Recording Level
Adjusting the recording Press MENU/NO on the remote so that “Setup ?” appears, then press ENTER/ level YES on the remote. If “Setup ?” does not appear, press . or > repeatedly until “Setup ?” appears, then When recording on an MD, you can adjust the press ENTER/YES. -
Page 33: Monaural Recording
Monaural recording Press MENU/NO. To continue and record, follow the procedures described on the various Stereo signals such as an FM stereo broadcast can recording pages. be converted to monaural format and recorded. When recording in monaural format, the MD recording time is approximately twice the normal To return to stereo recording recording (stereo recording) time (i.e., 120... -
Page 34: The Md Deck - Editing
The MD Deck — Editing Before editing Before you start editing You can edit an MD only when: • The MD is recordable. You can edit the recorded tracks on an MD. By using the editing functions, you can create a new •... -
Page 35: Labelling An Md - Name Function
Labelling an MD Press CHARACTER to select the desired type of character. — Name Function Each time you press the button, the display changes as follows: A (Upper cases) t a (Lower cases) t 0 You can create titles for your recorded MDs and (Number) t ! (Symbols) t (Blank tracks as follows. - Page 36 Labelling an MD (continued) Erasing the titles 1 Press MENU/NO in stop mode. 2 Press . or > repeatedly until “Name ?” In step 3 you can enter a space directly by pressing appears, then press ENTER/YES. SPACE without selecting (blank space).
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Page 37: Erasing Recordings - Erase Function
Erasing recordings Press MD to switch the function to MD. — Erase Function Press MENU/NO to display “Edit Menu”. The MD deck lets you erase unwanted tracks quickly and easily. You can restore the contents to Press . or > repeatedly until the condition before erasing (unerase) by using the “Track Erase ?”... -
Page 38: Erasing A Portion Of A Track
Erasing recordings (continued) Erasing a portion of a track (A-B Erase Function) Erasing all tracks (All Erase You can specify a portion within a track and erase Function) the portion with ease. You can shift the desired portion by frame*, minute or second intervals. You can erase the disc title, all recorded tracks This function is convenient when erasing and their titles at once. - Page 39 Press . or > repeatedly to find Press MENU/NO to display “Edit Menu”. point B. The procedure is the same as step 6. Press . or > repeatedly until “A-B Erase ?” appears, then press Press ENTER/YES if point B is correct. ENTER/YES.
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Page 40: Moving Recorded Tracks
Moving recorded tracks Press . or > repeatedly until the new track position appears. — Move Function You can use this function to change the order of any track on the disc. When you move tracks, the Original track New track tracks are automatically renumbered. -
Page 41: Dividing Recorded Tracks
Dividing recorded tracks Press . or > repeatedly until the desired track number to divide appears, — Divide Function then press ENTER/YES. “—Rehearsal—” appears and the portion to be divided is played repeatedly. You can use this function to mark track numbers after recording. -
Page 42: Combining Recorded Tracks
Combining recorded Press . or > repeatedly until “Combine ?” appears, then press tracks — Combine Function ENTER/YES. Press . or > repeatedly until the You can use this function to combine 2 tracks into a single track. The total number of tracks first track number of the two to be decreases by one and all tracks following the combined appears, then press ENTER/... -
Page 43: Undoing The Last Edit
Undoing the last edit Press ENTER/YES. One of the following messages appears, — Undo Function depending on the last edit. Editing done Message You can use this function to cancel the last edit Labelling a track or and restore the contents of the MD to the an MD “Name Undo?”... -
Page 44: Sound Adjustment
Sound Adjustment Reinforcing the bass Selecting the Preset sound Equalizer menu — DBFB You can listen to music with stronger bass tones The Preset Equalizer enables you to select the or a more powerful sound. sound characteristic among 5 sound effects according to the type of music you are listening to. -
Page 45: Other Features
Other Features Labelling the preset Press CHARACTER on the remote. The text input screen appears, and the cursor stations — Station Name flashes. You can label each preset station with up to 12 characters (Station Name). The Station Name appears when you tune in the station. Cursor Press CHARACTER on the remote repeatedly to select the desired type of... -
Page 46: Falling Asleep To Music - Sleep Timer
Labelling the preset stations Falling asleep to music (continued) — Sleep Timer Repeat steps 5 to 7 to complete the entire title. You can set the system to turn off after a certain time, so that you can fall asleep to music. You can If you made a mistake preset the time to turn off in 10 minutes Press CURSORT or t until the character... -
Page 47: Waking Up To Music
Waking up to music Press ENTER/YES. “ON” lights up, and the hour indication — Daily Timer flashes. Set the time to start play. You can wake up to music at a preset time. Make sure you have set the clock (see page 5). Press . -
Page 48: Timer Recording Radio Programmes
Waking up to music (continued) Timer recording radio programmes To change the setting Start over from step 1. To timer record, you must first preset the radio To check the setting/activate station (see page 6) and set the clock (see page 5). the timer 1 Press CLOCK/TIMER SELECT. - Page 49 Notes Set the time to stop recording following • The Smart Space and Level Synchro Recording the procedure in step 4. functions do not operate. • You cannot activate Daily Timer and the recording timer at the same time. When you record onto an MD, select •...
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Page 50: Connecting Optional Components
To enhance your system, you can connect optional • The remote controller buttons that can be used to components. Refer to the operating instructions of operate the tape deck with the CMT-F3MD are as each component. follows. – )/1 (power) switch Connecting the audio cords (not –... -
Page 51: Connecting External Aerials
Additional Information Connecting external Precautions aerials On operating voltage • Before operating the system, check that the Connect an external aerial to improve reception. operating voltage of your system is identical with the voltage of your local power supply. FM aerial •... -
Page 52: Notes On Cds
Use a soft cloth slightly moistened with mild If you have any questions or problems concerning detergent solution. your system, please consult your nearest Sony dealer. On the speaker system This speaker system is not magnetically shielded and the picture on TV sets may become magnetically distorted. -
Page 53: System Limitations Of Mds
The sound may drop-out while System limitations of searching the edited tracks Tracks created through editing may exhibit sound dropout during searching because high-speed playback requires time to search for the position on the disc when the tracks are not in order. The recording system in your MD deck has the limitations described below. -
Page 54: Troubleshooting
CD “12:00 AM” flashes in the display. player. • Set the clock again (see page 5). The CD does not eject. The timer cannot be set. • Consult your nearest Sony dealer. • Set the clock again (see page 5). - Page 55 • Wipe the CD clean (see page 52). speaker cords as possible. • Replace the CD. • Consult your nearest Sony dealer if the • Try moving the system to a place without supplied AM aerial has come off the plastic vibration (e.g., on top of a stable stand).
- Page 56 Troubleshooting (continued) Recording is not possible. • Remove the MD and slide the tab to close the slot (see page 24). MD Deck • Connect the optional A/V component properly (see page 50). An MD cannot be inserted. • Switch to another sound source. •...
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Page 57: Self-Diagnosis Display
To solve the problem refer to the following list. If any problem persists, consult your nearest Sony dealer. C11/Protected The MD is protected against erasure. cRemove the MD and slide the tab to close the slot (see page 24). -
Page 58: Messages
Push STOP! Messages You pressed PLAY MODE during play. —Rehearsal— One of the following messages may appear or The MD is playing the specified dividing point flash in the display during operation. for confirmation during the Divide function. Smart Space The signal was input again after silence Auto Cut continued for 3 or more but less than 30... -
Page 59: Tuner Section
Tuner section Specifications FM stereo, FM/AM superheterodyne tuner FM tuner section Main Unit (HCD-F3MD) Tuning range 87.5 – 108.0 MHz Amplifier section (50 kHz step) Aerial FM lead aerial DIN power output (Rated):20 + 20 watts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, Aerial terminals 75 ohms unbalanced DIN, 240 V) -
Page 60: Parts Descriptions For The Remote
3 N (play) button Parts descriptions for X (pause) button the remote x (stop) button CURSORT/t, m/M buttons You can use the supplied remote to control the Press to label a CD, MD and preset station, or to system. set the clock. (pages 5, 18, 35, 45) Note ./>... - Page 61 9 DBFB button Press to reinforce the bass sound. (page 44) 0 SCROLL button Press to display the disc title or track title scrolling. (pages 19, 23, 36) qa CLEAR button Press to cancel the selection. (pages 16, 18, 21, 35, 45) 5 SLEEP button Press to set Sleep Timer.
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Page 62: Index
E, F, G P , Q Index Erase Function 37 Playing Erasing a CD 9, 15, 16 a portion of a track 38 an MD 11, 20, 21 a single track 37 tracks in random order A-B Erase Function 38 (Shuffle Play) 15, 21 a track number 42 Adjusting... - Page 63 Time Machine Recording 27 Timer falling asleep to music 46 timer recording 48 waking up to music 47 Track Erase Function 37 Track marking 29, 41 Troubleshooting 54 Tuning interval 7 U, V, W, X, Y, Z Undo Function 43...
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