Sony MINIDISC ZS-M35 User manual

Personal MiniDisc System ZS-M35
Personal MiniDisc
System
Operating Instructions page 2GB
Manual de instrucciones página 2ES
3-867-609-21 (1)
©1999 Sony Corporation
ZS-M35
GB
ES

Introduction
2GB
Warning
To prevent fire or shock hazard, do
not expose the player to rain or
moisture.
To avoid electrical shock, do not open
the cabinet. Refer servicing to
qualified personnel only.
Information
This Compact Disc/MiniDisc player is
classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product.
The CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT label is
located at the bottom.
Warning
Do not install the appliance in a confined
space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet.
Notice for customers in the United
Kingdom
A moulded plug complying with BS 1363 is
fitted to this equipment for your safety and
convenience.
Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to
be replaced, same rating fuse approved by
ASTA or BSI to BS 1362, (i.e. marked with
or mark) must be used.
If the plug supplied with this equipment has
a detachable fuse cover, be sure to attach the
fuse cover after you change the fuse. Never
use the plug without the fuse cover. If you
should lose the fuse cover, please contact
your nearest Sony service station.

Basic Operations
3GB
Introduction
GB
Table of contents
Basic Operations
4Playing a CD
6Recording a whole CD (Synchronized recording)
8Playing an MD
10 Listening to the radio
The CD Player•The MD
Player
12 Using the display
15 Checking CD text information
17 Locating a specific track
18 Playing tracks repeatedly
(Repeat Play)
19 Playing tracks in random order
(Shuffle Play)
20 Creating your own programme
(Programme Play)
The Radio
22 Presetting radio stations
24 Playing preset radio stations
25 Using the Radio Data System
(RDS)
Recording
32 Recording the track you are
listening to
(Synchronized recording of a
single track – REC IT)
34 Recording the tracks you
programmed
(Synchronized recording of the
tracks you programmed)
36 Recording from the radio or a CD
38 Extending the recording time
(Monaural recording)
40 Recording on a recorded MD
Editing recorded tracks on
the MD
41 Before editing
43 Erasing recordings
(Erase Function)
46 Dividing recorded tracks
(Divide Function)
48 Combining recorded tracks
(Combine Function)
50 Moving recorded tracks
(Move Function)
51 Labelling recordings
(Name Function)
The Audio Emphasis
56 Selecting the audio emphasis
(SOUND/MEGA BASS)
The Timer
57 Setting the clock
59 Waking up to music
61 Falling asleep to music
62 Timer-recording radio
programmes
Setting Up
64 Preparing the system
68 Saving power
69 Connecting optional components
Additional Information
71 Precautions
73 System limitations of the MD
75 Getting to know the MD
77 Troubleshooting
80 Error messages
81 Specifications
82 Index

Basic Operations
4GB
Playing a CD
Basic Operations
For hookup instructions, see pages 64 - 67.
1Press ZPUSH OPEN/CLOSE
down to open the CD
compartment and place the CD
on the CD compartment.
2Close the lid of the CD
compartment.
3Press CD u(CD Non the
remote).
The player turns on (direct
power-on) and the player plays
all the tracks once.
With the label side up
Display
Playing
time
Track
number
1, 23

Basic Operations
Basic Operations
5GB
Use these buttons for additional operations
To Press
adjust the volume VOLUME +, –
(VOL +, – on the remote)
stop playback CD x
pause playback CDu(CDXon the
remote)
Press the button again to
resume play after pause.
go to the next track >
go back to the previous track .
remove the CD ZPUSH OPEN/CLOSE
turn on/off the player OPERATE
Tip
Next time you want to
listen to a CD, just press
CD u. The player
turns on automatically
and starts playing the
CD.
VOLUME –, +
CD u
., >
ZPUSH
OPEN/CLOSE
CD x
OPERATE

Basic Operations
6GB
Recording a whole CD
(Synchronized recording)
Display
3421
For hookup instructions, see pages 64 - 67.
1Insert a recordable MD (direct
power-on).
2Press ZPUSH OPEN/CLOSE
and place the CD on the CD
compartment.
Press ZPUSH OPEN/CLOSE
again to close the CD
compartment.
3Press CD x.
With the label side up
With the label
side up
After “TOC Reading” is
displayed, the disc name
will be displayed if it is
labelled.
Insert in the direction of
the arrow
5

Basic Operations
Basic Operations
7GB
To Press
stop recording MDxor CD x
turn on/off the player OPERATE
If “CD>MD OK?” alternates with time display
There is not enough space on the MD to record the whole
CD.
If it is all right to record as much as possible and cancel
recording of some tracks, press YES•ENTER. To stop
recording, press NO•CANCEL.
If any other messages are displayed, see page 80.
Track number
of MD
YES
ENTER
OPERATE
NO
CANCEL
4To record at high speed, press HIGH SPEED.
The indicator lights up.
To record at normal speed, skip this step.
5Press SYNCHRO REC CD N
MD.
The player starts recording
automatically.
If the MD has any previous
recording, recording will be
made from the last recorded
position.
Remaining
recording
time of MD
Use these buttons for additional operations
CD x
Notes
• After you
stop recording, do not
disconnect the mains
lead or move the
player while “TOC
EDIT” is flashing in the
display. If you do so,
recording may not be
done properly.
• When you record a
whole CD, you cannot
pause recording.
Tips
• Adjusting the volume or
the audio emphasis
(page 56) will not affect
the recording level.
Keep the volume at a
moderate level so as to
prevent the sound from
skipping.
• To record over the
previous recording, see
page 40.
• Once the clock is set, the
recording date and time
are stamped
automatically (page 57).
• You can label an MD or a
track during recording
(page 51).
MD x

Basic Operations
8GB
Playing an MD
For hookup instructions, see pages 64 - 67.
1Insert the MD (direct power-on).
2Press MD u(MD Non the
remote).
The player plays all the tracks
once.
With the label
side up
Display
Playing time
Track number
12
Insert in the direction of
the arrow
After “TOC Reading” is
displayed, the disc name
will be displayed if it is
labelled.
m
Track name is displayed
if it is labelled.

Basic Operations
Basic Operations
9GB
Use these buttons for additional operations
To Press
adjust the volume VOLUME +, –
(VOL +, – on the remote)
stop playback MD x
pause playback MDu(MDXon the
remote)
Press the button again to
resume play after pause.
go to the next track >
go back to the previous track .
remove the MD Z
turn on/off the player OPERATE
Tip
Next time you want to
listen to a MD, just press
MD u. The player
turns on automatically
and starts playing the
MD.
VOLUME –, +
Z
MD x
OPERATE
MD u
., >

Basic Operations
10GB
Listening to the radio
For hookup instructions, see pages 64 - 67.
1Press RADIO BAND until the
band you want appears in the
display (direct power-on).
2Hold down TUNE + or TUNE –
until the frequency digits begin to
change in the display.
The player automatically scans
the radio frequencies and stops
when it finds a clear station.
If you can’t tune in a station,
press TUNE + or TUNE –
repeatedly to change the
frequency step by step.
12
Display
“FM1”, “FM2”, “MW” or
“LW” appears
Indicates an FM stereo
broadcast

Basic Operations
Basic Operations
11GB
Use these buttons for additional operations
Tips
• The “FM1” and “FM2”
bands have the same
functions. You can store
the stations you want
separately in “FM1” and
“FM2” (page 22).
• If the FM broadcast is
noisy, press MONO/
ST•REPEAT (MODE on
the remote) until
“Mono” appears in the
display and radio will
play in monaural.
• Next time you want to
listen to the radio, just
press RADIO BAND.
The player turns on
automatically and starts
playing the previous
station.
To Press
adjust the volume VOLUME +, –
(VOL +, – on the remote)
turn on/off the radio OPERATE
To improve broadcast reception
FM:
Set the FM ANTENNA SELECTOR at the rear of the
player to “ ” (telescopic aerial).
Reorient the aerial for FM.
MW/LW:
Keep the MW/LW loop aerial as far as possible from
the player and reorient it.
If the broadcast is still noisy, connect the external
aerial (page 67).
VOLUME –, +
MONO/ST
REPEAT
OPERATE

The CD Player•The MD Player
12GB
Using the display
You can check information about the CD
and MD using the display.
The CD Player•The MD Player
DISPLAY
During stop (CD)
The total track number and playing time are
displayed.
During play (CD)
The current track number and playing time are
displayed.
To check the remaining time
Press DISPLAY.
To display Press DISPLAY
the current track number and once
remaining time on the current
track
the number of tracks left and twice
remaining time on the CD
the current track number three times
and playing time (normal
indication)
Total playing
time
Total track
number
CD indication
Note
During repeat play
(page 18), shuffle play
(page 19) and
programme play (page
20), the number of
tracks left and
remaining time on the
CD will not be
displayed.
Tip
When using the CD
containing text
information, the disc
name, the artist name,
etc. appear in the
display (page 15).

The CD Player•The MD Player 13GB
The CD Player•The MD Player
During stop (MD)
The total track number and playing time are
displayed.
To check the remaining recording time on the MD
Press DISPLAY.
Total playing
time
Total track
number Disc name
Tip
The disc name is
displayed only with the
MDs that have been
electronically labelled.
If the MDs not be
labelled, the
indication only will be
displayed.
MD
indication
Total track
number
m
continued

The CD Player•The MD Player
14GB
Tip
The track name is
displayed only with the
MDs that have been
electronically labelled.
If the MDs not labelled,
the indication only
will be displayed.
Note
During repeat play
(page 18), shuffle play
(page 19) and
programme play (page
20), the number of
tracks left and
remaining time on the
MD will not be
displayed.
During play (MD)
The current track number and the track name are
displayed first, then the current track number and the
playing time are displayed.
To check the remaining time, recording date and
time, etc.
Press DISPLAY.
To display Press DISPLAY
the current track number and once
remaining time on the current
track
the number of tracks left twice
and the disc name
the number of tracks left three times
and remaining time on
the MD
recording date and time* four times
the current track number five times
and the track name
the current track number six times
and playing time
(normal indication)
* Once the clock is set, the recording date and time are
stamped automatically (page 57).
Using the display (continued)

The CD Player•The MD Player 15GB
The CD Player•The MD Player
Checking CD text
information
You can display the CD text (the disc
name, the artist name, the track name,
etc.) when this information is recorded
on the CD.
During stop (CD)
The total track number and playing time are
displayed.
DISPLAY
Total playing
time
Disc name/
artist name
Tips
• This mark
appears on
the CD, the
CD case, etc., when the
CD contains text
information.
• This player can display
up to 1,500 characters
of text information per
CD. If a CD has text
information of more
than 1,500 characters,
the excess characters
will be omitted.
CD text
indication
m
Total track
number
Total track
number
continued

The CD Player•The MD Player
16GB
During play (CD)
The current track number and the track name are
displayed first, then the current track number and the
playing time are displayed.
If you press DISPLAY, indications in the display
change as follows:
To display Press DISPLAY
the current track number and once
remaining time on the current
track
the number of tracks left and twice
the disc name/artist name
the number of tracks left and three times
remaining time on the CD
the current track number and four times
the current track name
the current track number and five times
playing time (normal indication)
Checking CD text information (continued)

The CD Player•The MD Player 17GB
The CD Player•The MD Player
Locating a specific
track
You can quickly locate any track on a CD
or an MD using the number/character
buttons. You can also find a specific
point in a track while playing a CD or an
MD.
Number/character
buttons
., >
To locate Press
a specific track directly the number/character button of
the track.
a point while listening to >(forward) or.(backward)
the sound while playing and hold down
until you find the point.
a point while observing >(forward) or.(backward)
the display in pause and hold down until
you find the point.
Note
You cannot locate a
specific track if “REP
PGM”, “REP SHUF”,
“PGM” or “SHUF” is
lit in the display. Turn
off the indication by
pressing x.
Tips
• To locate a track
numbered over 10,
press >10 first, then the
corresponding
number/character
buttons.
Example:
To play the track
number 23, press >10
first, then 2 and 3.
To play the track
number 10, you can use
the 0/10 button as well
as >10, 1 and 0.
• To select a track on an
MD numbered 100 or
more, press >10 twice,
then the corresponding
number/character
buttons.

The CD Player•The MD Player
18GB
Playing tracks
repeatedly
(Repeat Play)
You can play tracks repeatedly in
normal, shuffle or programme play
modes.
To repeat
a single track
all the tracks
tracks in random order
programmed tracks
To cancel Repeat Play
Stop play first. Then, press REPEAT until “REP”
disappears from the display.
On the remote
During stop, press
MODE repeatedly until
“REP 1”, “REP ALL”,
“REP SHUF” or “REP
PGM” appears in the
display. Then play the
CD or the MD.
You can also select
“REP 1” or “REP ALL”
during play.
SHUF/PGM
REPEAT
CD uMD u
Do this
1 Play the track you want.
2 Press REPEAT until “REP 1”
appears in the display.
1 Start normal play.
2 Press REPEAT until “REP ALL”
appears in the display.
1 Start shuffle play (page 19).
2 Press REPEAT until “REP
SHUF” appears in the display.
1 Start programme play (page 20).
2 Press REPEAT until “REP PGM”
appears in the display.

The CD Player•The MD Player 19GB
The CD Player•The MD Player
Playing tracks
in random
order (Shuffle Play)
You can play tracks in random
order.
Tip
During shuffle play,
you cannot select the
previous track by
pressing ..
On the remote
Press MODE until
“SHUF” appears in the
display.
SHUF/PGM
CD uMD u
Before you begin, make sure that the CD or MD player
is in stop mode.
1Press SHUF/PGM until “SHUF” appears in the
display.
2Press CD u(or MD u) to start shuffle play.
To cancel Shuffle Play
Stop play first. Then, press SHUF/PGM until “SHUF”
disappears from the display.

The CD Player•The MD Player
20GB
Creating your
own programme
(Programme Play)
You can arrange the playing order
of up to 20 tracks on a CD or an MD.
On the remote
Press MODE until
“PGM” appears in the
display, then press the
number/character
button to select the
track.
Tip
If you made a mistake,
press NO•CANCEL
and re-enter the track
number using the
number/character
buttons.
SHUF/PGM
CD uMD u
Track number
Playing
order
Playing
order
YES
ENTER
NO
CANCEL
Total programmed
time
Total programmed
time
REPEAT
Number/
character
buttons
Track number
Before you begin, make sure that the CD or MD player
is in stop mode.
1Press SHUF/PGM until “PGM” appears in the
display.
2Press the number/character buttons for the tracks
you want to programme in the order you want.
(In case of CD)
(In case of MD)
3Press CD u( or MD u) to start programme
play.