Sony Walkman MZ-E909 Operating Instructions

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Getting started

Charge the supplied rechargeable battery before using it for the first time.
Portable MiniDisc Player
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Operating instructions
"WALKMAN" is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
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Charge the rechargeable battery.
MZ-E909
Sony Corporation © 2001 Printed in Japan
to a wall outlet
For customers in the United States
WARNING
Owner's Record
The model number is located at the top and the serial
To prevent fire or shock number is located at the rear of the disc compartment
lid. Record the serial number in the space provided
hazard, do not expose
below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your
Sony dealer regarding this product.
the unit to rain or
Model No. MZ-E909
Serial No.
moisture. 1 Connect the supplied AC power adaptor to DC IN 3V.
Information
2 Place the player on the battery charging stand.
This equipment has been tested and found to
Do not install the appliance in a confined comply with the limits for a Class B digital
space, such as a bookcase or built-in device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
cabinet. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment
To prevent fire, do not cover the ventilation
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
of the apparatus with newspapers, table-
energy and, if not installed and used in
cloths, curtains, etc. And don't place lighted
accordance with the instructions, may cause
candles on the apparatus.
harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference
To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place
will not occur in a particular installation. If this
objects filled with liquids, such as vases, on
equipment does cause harmful interference to
the apparatus.
radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on,
Certain countries may regulate disposal of the
the user is encouraged to try to correct the
battery used to power this product. Please
interference by one or more of the following
consult with your local authority.
measures:
Caution — Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
The use of optical instruments with this — Increase the separation between the
product will increase eye hazard. equipment and receiver.
— Connect the equipment into an outlet on a
CAUTION — INVISIBLE LASER circuit different from that to which the
RADIATION WHEN OPEN receiver is connected.
— Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/
DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM OR VIEW TV technician for help.
DIRECTLY WITH OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
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Information conditions: (1) This device may not cause
Make connections and unlock the control.
harmful interference, and (2) this device must
IN NO EVENT SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE
accept any interference received, including
FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR
interference that may cause undesired operation.
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY
You are cautioned that any changes or
NATURE, OR LOSSES OR EXPENSES
modifications not expressly approved in this
RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECTIVE
manual could void your authority to operate this
PRODUCT OR THE USE OF ANY
equipment.
PRODUCT.
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Playing an MD
1
Insert an MD.
Insert the rechargeable battery.
1 Slide OPEN to open the lid.
Insert the battery minus end first
b b
2
Play an MD.
VOLUME +/–
GROUP
b
to DC IN 3V
Make sure the CHARGE
lamp turns on.
1)
3 Color Info-LED
> N
x
Full charging takes about 6 hours and then the CHARGE lamp will go off when
1 Turn the control towards N> on the remote control (or press > N
charging is complete.
on the player) to play the disc.
Do not operate the player when you place it on the battery charging stand A short beep sounds in the headphones/earphones when using the remote control.
or during charging. If you do so, it may cause the player to malfunction or The LED flashes and then lights up.
prevent the battery from charging.
2 Pull and turn VOL +/– on the remote control (or press VOLUME +/– on the
player) to adjust the volume.
Using the dry battery
The volume indicator appears in the display, allowing you to check the
volume level. After you adjust the volume, push back the control.
Attach the dry battery case to the Insert the battery minus end first.
To stop play, press x.
player.
Playback starts from the point you last stopped playing. To start playback from the
beginning of the disc, turn and hold the control towards N> on the remote control
3 4
(or hold down > N on the player) for 2 seconds or more.
1) The LED indicates the current operating status by the lighting up in the following colors.
b
2
When the battery power is exhausted, the LED starts flashing. For more details, see
"When to replace or recharge the battery."
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LED color Operating status
Red Normal play (The LED lights up continuously)
Insert a LR6 (size AA) alkaline dry battery. Green Group mode* (The LED lights up continuously)
To operate the player for the longest possible time, use the dry battery together
Orange Group skip mode* (The LED lights for about 5 seconds)
with a fully rechargeable battery.
*For more details, see "Using the group function."
To Do this (Beeps
Find the beginning of Turn the control towards . on the remote control once
the current track or (three short beeps). (Or press . on the player once.)
the previous track 3) Turn the control towards . on the remote control repeatedly
(continuous three short beeps). (Or press . on the player
Connect firmly.
repeatedly.)
Find the beginning Turn the control towards N> on the remote control (two
of the next track 4) short beeps).
Press > N on the player once.
To i jack
Go backwards Turn and hold the control towards . on the remote control.
while playing Hold down . on the player.
Go forward Turn and hold the control towards N> on the remote control.
while playing Hold down > N on the player.
Pause Press X on the remote control (continuous short beeps).
Press X on the remote control again to resume play.
Remove the MD Press x, and then slide OPEN.
2) You can turn off the beep sound. For more details, see "Turning off the beep sound."
3) If you turn the control towards . on the remote control (or press . on the player) during the
HOLD HOLD
first track of the disc, the player goes to the beginning of the last track on the disc.
4) If you turn the control towards N> on the remote control (or press > N on the player) during
How to use the control on the remote control the last track of the disc, the player goes to the beginning of the first track on the disc.
Playback: Turn the control towards N> while the player is stopped. 5) If you open the lid, the playback will begin from the beginning of the first track (except when disc
information is stored to the personal disc memory or when group mode is on).
FF : Turn and hold the control towards N> during playback.
REW: Turn and hold the control towards . during playback.
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AMS: Turn the control towards . or N> during playback.
The MZ-E909 supports the newly developed DSP TYPE-R for ATRAC.
It thus allows you to enjoy TYPE-R high-quality sound from MDs recorded in SP stereo on TYPE-R-
N> equipped MD decks, etc.
Play/FF/AMS
Note
.
When removing the disc, make sure to press x first, and then slide OPEN.
REW/AMS
Adjusting the volume (VOL +/–) Viewing the display window of the remote control
VOL+
Track number Track name 6) or elapsed time of the track
VOL– 6) Appears only with MDs that have been electronically labeled.
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Pull Turn Push back
• The player can play the track recorded by 2 or 4
playback, LP2 stereo playback, LP4 stereo playback or monaural playback is automatically selected to
match the audio source.
• The display on the remote control will turn off shortly after you press x.
B Various ways of
playback
Remote control
PLAYMODE RPT/ENT
DISPLAY SOUND
X
2 Insert an MD. 3 Close the lid.
3
HOLD
./N>
x
VOL +/–
2
1
Bottom side of the player
3 Color Info-LED
HOLD
Insert an MD with the label side facing up, pushing the
MD to the direction of the arrow in the illustration.
GROUP
2 VOL+
VOL–
Selecting the play mode
1N>
You can select from various play modes using
the PLAYMODE and RPT/ENT on the
remote control.
X
.
x 1
. Press PLAYMODE repeatedly to select
one of the four play modes, as follows:
Play mode indication
Display Play mode
(none) All the tracks are played
(normal play) once.
"1"
A single track is played
(single play) once.
"SHUF" All the tracks are played
(shuffle play) in random order.
"PGM" Tracks are played in the
(program play)
order that you specified.
Listening to tracks in a desired
sequence (Program Play)
1
During playback, press PLAYMODE
2) in the headphones)
on the remote control repeatedly until
"PGM" flashes in the display.
2
Turn the control on the remote control
repeatedly to select a track number.
Track Program number
number
3
Press RPT/ENT on the remote control.
The track is entered.
5)
4
Repeat steps 2 and 3 to select other
tracks in the desired sequence.
5
Press RPT/ENT for 2 seconds or more.
The settings are entered and playback
starts from the first programmed track.
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• The program play settings will remain in
memory even after playback finishes or is
stopped.
• You can set the program play up to 20 tracks.
• The settings can be stored to the personal disc
memory.
Notes
• All program settings are lost when the lid is
opened.
• If no settings are made for 5 minutes while the
player is stopped, the settings made up to that
point are entered.
• If you turn on group mode during program
long playing mode (LP2 or LP4). Normal stereo
play, the program play is canceled.
On the remote control
Repeat play Listening to tracks in a specific
group (Group Mode Playback) 1
Insert a disc which has group settings
You can use this function to repeat playback
Playback when group mode is off: into the player and play the disc.
in normal play, single play, shuffle play, or
Playback starts with the first track in the
program play mode.
2
disc, and stops with the last track in the Hold down PLAYMODE until
1 disc. "– – –" in the display.
Press RPT/ENT on the remote control
Disc
The player enters group skip mode.
during playback.
Track number
" " appears in the display. 3
Within 5 seconds, turn the control
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
repeatedly until the name or number
Repeat play indication
of the desired group appears.
When there is a group name (Example: AAA)
Playback when group mode is on:
Playback of the selected group starts with
the first track in the group, and stops with
Searching for a specific track
the last track in the group.
Group name
or a position quickly
Disc
When there is no group name
(Quick Search)
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Track Track Track
You can do two kinds of quick searches.
number number number
• Index search — Searching quickly while
1 2 3 1 2 1 2
monitoring the track number or track name Group number
(factory setting).
On the player
• Time search — Searching quickly while
monitoring the elapsed time. 1
Insert a disc which has group settings
1 On the remote control into the player and play the disc.
During playback, press DISPLAY on
2
the remote control for 2 seconds or
1 Press GROUP.
Insert a disc which has group settings
more.
The LED lights up orange and the
into the player, and then play the disc.
2 player enters group skip mode.
Turn the control on the remote control
2
Press DISPLAY for 2 seconds or more. 3
repeatedly until "SEARCH" flashes in
Within 5 seconds, press . or
the display, and press x on the remote
3 > N repeatedly until the name or
Turn the control repeatedly until
control.
number of the desired group appears.
"GROUP" flashes, and then press x on
3
the remote control.
Turn the control on the remote control
Note
repeatedly until "Index" (index search) 4 If no operation is performed within 5 seconds in
Turn the control repeatedly until
or "Time" (time search) flashes in the step 3, group skip mode is cancelled. To do the
"GROUP ON" flashes, and then press procedure, start from step 2 again.
display, and press x on the remote
x on the remote control.
control.
"G" appears in the display and group
4 Registering groups using your
Press X on the remote control to pause. mode is turned on. To turn off group
minidisc recorder
mode, Select "GROUP OFF" and press
5
Turn and hold the control on the x.
If your MD recorder (MD deck or recording MD
remote control until the desired track
Walkman) has a function for editing disc names,
number/track name (index search) or On the player
you can use it to register groups even if your
the desired elapsed time (time search)
recorder does not have the group function.
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appears in the display.
Insert a disc which has group settings Make sure you enter the text string exactly as
into the player, and then play the disc. described below. The group function will not
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Press X on the remote control to cancel
work if you enter the text string incorrectly.
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the pause. Press GROUP for 2 seconds or more.
The LED lights up green and group
To specify groups
mode is turned on. To turn off group
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1
mode, press GROUP for 2 seconds or Change the disc name to the following
• If you do this procedure while the player is in
more again. The LED lights up red. by using your MD recorder:
shuffle play mode, shuffle play starts from the
track that you selected.
0;[Disc name] // [First track of group 1 ]-
• If the player reaches to the first track or the last z
track on the disc as you are turning the control • When group mode is on, it is possible to do
A
repeat play, shuffle play, or program play. For
in step 5, it will return to the last track or the
first track, respectively. (In group mode, if the details on the respective operations, see [Last track of group 1] // [Name of group 1 ]-
player reaches to the first track or the last track "Selecting the play mode."
• It is possible to save group mode's on/off B
in a group as you are turning the control in step
5, it will return to the last track or the first track setting in the personal disc memory.
[First track of group 2] // [Last track of group 2 ]-
in that group, respectively (see "Using the • In group mode, turning the controls on the
remote control towards N> during
group function").
B
playback of the last track of a group moves
[Name of group 2] // ......
playback to the first track of the group.
Turning the control 2 times on the remote
C
Using the group function control towards .while playing the first
track of a group moves playback to the last
A Disc name
track of the group.
The MZ-E909 can be used with a disc which B Track number
has group settings. C Group name
The group function is useful for playing a // Separator between group names
Selecting and playing specific
great number of tracks, or tracks that have
; Separator between track number and
been recorded in MDLP (LP2/LP4) mode. groups (Group Skip Function)
Group name
When playing a disc with group settings, the
(Ex.) Set the following groups for the disc
What is a disc with group group skip function allows you to jump from
named "Collections ":
the currently playing group to any other
settings?
Group name for tracks 1-7:
group on the MD. The group skip function
My Favorites"2001winter"
This is a disc with settings that organize
can be used at any time during playback,
Group name for tracks 8-17:
tracks into groups, and which allow those
regardless of whether the player is in group
Jun&Tac"sunshine head"
groups to be selected.
mode on or not.
Group name for tracks 18-24:
The MZ-E909 does not support the recording
THE NIGHT BUTTERFLYS
of group settings. Use your MD recorder to
When group mode is off:
Group name for tracks 25-32:
record group information, and then use the
Disc
Dream World/Kiss Me!
MZ-E909 for playback.
Track number
Text string entered :
Disc
1 2 3 5 6 7 8 4 0;Collections//
1-7; My Favorites"2001winter"//
Group 2 Group 3
Group 1
8-17;Jun&Tac"sunshine head"//
Track Track Track
skip skip skip 18-24;THE NIGHT BUTTERFLYS//
number number number
25-32;Dream World/Kiss Me!//
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 When group mode is on:
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Disc
• Up to 99* groups can be registered on a single MD.
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
• The characters ";", "/", and "–" can be used in
z a group name.
Track
Track Track
If your recorder has a function for editing disc • You can register the same group name more
number number number
names, you can use it to register groups. For than twice on the same MD.
• You can specify a group without entering a
details, see "Registering groups using your 1 2 3 1 2 1 2
minidisc recorder." group name (C) for it.
* The actual number depends on the editing
skip skip ability of your recorder and may be less than 99
skip
in some cases.
Note
Depending on the specifications of your MD
recorder, the group function will not work.
A B
Adjusting the sound quality
Track number The elapsed time
(Digital Sound Preset)
Track number Track name
The number of total Group name
You can emphasize the treble and bass to suit
tracks in the group
your taste. The player can store two sets of
treble-bass adjustments, which can set be
The number of Disc name
selected later during playback.
total tracks
Track number Track mode
To select the sound quality
Factory settings
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The factory settings of each digital sound The group name appears when you select the
group on group skip mode. For more details, see
preset are as follows:
• "SOUND1": bass +1, treble ±0 "Selecting and playing specific groups" in "Using
• "SOUND2": bass +3, treble ±0 the group function."
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Press SOUND on the remote control Notes
repeatedly to select "SOUND1" or • Depending on whether group mode is on or
"SOUND2." off, the operating conditions, or the settings
may not be selectable or the indications that
appear may vary.
To adjust the sound quality
• The mode indication appears only during
playback. It appears for 2 seconds, and is then
1 replaced by the elapsed time of the current
During playback, press SOUND on the
track.
remote control repeatedly to select
"SOUND1" or "SOUND2."
Suppressing the skips of
the sound (G-PROTECTION)
2
Press SOUND on the remote control
The G-PROTECTION function was developed
for 2 seconds or more.
to provide a higher level of shock resistance
The player changes to the bass-setting
than that of existing players in order to allow
mode. Pressing SOUND for 2 seconds
the player to be used while jogging.
or more again changes the player to
the treble-setting mode.
Note
The playback sound may skip if:
— the player receives stronger continuous
shock.
— a dirty or scratched MiniDisc is played.
When you select bass-setting mode,
"B" appears. When you select treble-
setting mode, "T" appears.
3
Turn the control on the remote control
Changing playback speed
repeatedly to adjust the bass or the
(Speed Control)
treble.
Speed control function is convenient for such
Example: While adjusting the bass,
uses as language study.
the cursor moves. (Position: –2)
The playing speed can be set at 80% to 110%
normal speed, in seven steps of 5% each.
1
During playback, press DISPLAY on
–4 ±0 +3
the remote control for 2 seconds or
The sound can be adjusted in eight
more.
steps, from –4 to +3.
2
Turn the control on the remote control
To set the other digital sound preset,
repeatedly until "SPEED" flashes in
press SOUND to select "SOUND1" or
the display, and then press x on the
"SOUND2," and then do steps 2 and 3.
B remote control.
4 The player changes to speed-setting
Press RPT/ENT on the remote control.
mode.
The sound settings are stored and the
C
playback display appears again.
3
Turn the control to select the playback
speed.
To select a preset sound
B Select the speed while listening the
Press SOUND repeatedly to select
sound.
"SOUND1," "SOUND2."
"+" shows the normal speed and the
Selecting no display turns off the digital
cursor shows the playback speed you
sound preset function.
are selecting.
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Example: When the playback speed is
You can set a preset sound while playback is
95% of the original speed, "–" and the
paused.
cursor will flash alternately.
Notes
• Settings cannot be changed using the operation
buttons on the player.
• When using a digital sound preset, the sound
80% 100% 110%
may break or become distorted if the volume is
The playing speed can be set at 80% to
turned up too high, depending on the settings
110% normal speed, in seven steps of
or the track.
5% each.
4
Press x on the remote control to set the
B Other operations
playback speed.
During playback speeds other than
Viewing the track name
normal, "S" appears to the right of the
elapsed time.
and playing time
You can check the track or disc name, track
number, the elapsed playing time of the
current track, the number of the tracks
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recorded on the MD, the group name, and the
Although all settings will be lost when you
total number of tracks in a group.
remove the disc from the player, the settings can
A B
be stored to the personal disc memory. For more
details, see "Storing the settings for individual
discs."
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Note
Press DISPLAY on the remote control.
The playback sound will be affected by the
Each time you press DISPLAY, the
playback speed.
display changes as the follows: