Sony mz e 10 owners manual

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SONY;

3-247-809-12(2)

Portable MiniDisc Player

Operating Instructions

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Sony Corporation © 2002 Printed in Japan

To prevent fire or shock
hazard, do not expose
the unit to rain or
moisture.

Do not install the appliance in a confined
space, such as a bookcase or built-in
cabina.

To prevent fire, do not cover the venti lati on of
the apparatus with newspapers, table cloths,

curtains, etc. And dont placelighted candls
on the apparatus.

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place
objeclsfilled with liquids, such as vass, on
the apparatus.

Certain countria may regulatedisposal of the
battery used to power this product. Please
consult With your loal authority.

Caution
The use of optical instruments with this
product will increase eye hazard.

CAUTION 7 INVISIBLE LASER
RADIATION WHEN OPEN

DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM ORVIEW
DIRECTLY WITH OPTICAL INSTRUM ENTS

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FORANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGESOF ANY
NATURE, OR LOSSESOR EXPENSES
RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECTIVE
PRODUCT ORTHE USE OF ANY
PRODUCT.

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For customers who purchased this
product in the USA

Owner's Record

The model number is located at the top and the serial
numbe is located at the rear of the disc compartment
lid. Record the serial number in the space provided
below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your
Sony dealer regarding this product.

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Thank you.

Information

This equipment has been tsted and found to

comply With the limits for a Class B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rula

ThS/e limits are dsigned to provide reasonable

protection against harmful interference in a

rsidenh al installation. This equipment

generats, uss, and an radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in
accordancewith the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications.

H owe/er, there is no guarantee that interference

will not occur in a particular installation. Ifthis

equipment dos cause harmful interfe'ence to
radio or television reception, whid1 an be
determined by turning the equipment off and on,
the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the fol loW i ng
measurs:

7 Reorient or re! ooate the receiving antenna.

7 Increase the separation between the
equipment and receiver.

7 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a
circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.

7 Consult the dealer or an apeienced radio/
TV tedinicran for help.

You are mutioned that any changs or
modifications not aprfily approved in this
manual could void your authority to operate this
equipment.

RECYCLING LITHIUM-ION BATI'ERIES
Lithiumrion batteris are
recyclable

You can help prsen/e our
envrronment by rezurning
your used rechargeable
batterié to the collection and
recycling location nearst you.

For more information regarding recycling of
rechargeable batteria, all toll free
18008228837, or visit http:[ [ www.rbrc.org[

Caution: Do not handle damaged or leaking the
builtrin lithium ion battens.

On this manual

Thse operating instructions are written
mainly for models ouEide ofjapan. In the
caseof the model for use injapan, thedisplay
indications may differ slightly, but operations
are identical.

Getting started

The player has a built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery,
Before using the player for the first time, slide the BUILT-IN BATTERY
switch on the side of the player to ON as shown below, Leave the switch

in the ON position thereafter.

Charge the rechargeable battery.

The "3-color info-LED" lights
red when charging starts. /

to a wall outlet

AC power adaptor

to DC IN 6V

Battery charging stand (at the bottom)

up 'n

S=¢CI:

"CHG:- -min" appears when charging starts.

When the player is placed on the battery-charging stand, the 3-color info-LED lights
up in red and charging starts. The remaining charging time appears in the display on

the remote control.

- 3-color info-LED" color transitions: Red 7> Orange 7 Green 7 LED off
- Display on the remote control: CHG:7 7 min 7 CHG:65min (65 minutes to end
of charging) 7t "CHG:64min 7» ..... 7t No display

The "3-color info-LED" and display on the remote control turn off after about one hour.
At this point, the battery is about 80% charged. After two and half more hours, the

battery will be fully charged.

For models supplied with the AC plug adaptor
it the AC power adaptor does not tit the wall outlet, use the Ac plug adaptor.

Notes

- it may lake up to one minute tor the LED or display indication to go on, dcpcnding on the
battery condition (i.e., whether the built-in rcchargcablc battery is draincd or not, ctc.).

- Charge the battery at a temperature or 0°C (+32%) to +40°C (noon. The charging time
may vary, depending on the surrounding temperature.

Playback and other operations can be done on the playcr and the remote control while the

player is charging.

Make connections and unlock the controls.

Connect firmly.

To (7 jack

Using the clip for the remote control

The clip can be removed and reattached in the opposite direction.

Removing the clip

Attaching the clip in the opposite
direction

Playing an MD

Insert an MD.

(D Slide OPEN to open the lid.

© Insert an MD.

© Close the lid.

Insert an MD with the label side facing up, pushing the
MD to the direction of the arrow in the illustration.

Play an MD.

wot.

V0 L+

"3-color info-LED"

Bottom side of
the player

Jog lever(I44 ->II/ENT->>I)

5-way control key

(D Press the jog lever (HI) on the remote control. (Press towards >>I > on
the player.)
A short beep sounds in the headphones/ earphones. The LED lights up.

(D Turn the volume control towards VOL + or - on the remote control to adjust
the volume. (Press towards VOL + or - on the player. )
The vol ume indicator appears in the display, allowing you to check the
volume level.

To stop play, prefi l.

A long beep sounds in the headphones/ earphones.

Playback starts from the point you last stopped playing. To start playback from the

beginning of the disc, pres and hold thejog lever (HI) for 2 seconds or more on the

remote control (Pres and hold towards DH > for 2 seconds or more on the player).

To Do this (Beeps in the headphones/earphones)
Pause Prss thejog lever (>Il) on the remote control (continuous short
beeps).

Prasthejog Ieve' (bll) again to rsume play.

Cue to the cu rrent track Slide the jog lever towards I44 on the remote control
or the previous track (three short beeps). (Pr$s towards I44 on the player.)

Cue to the next track SI ide thejog lever towards >>l on the remote control (two short
beeps). (Prss towards >>I on the playe'.)

Go backwards or Slide and hold thejog lever towards I44 or >>I on the remote
forward whileplaying control. (Press and hold towards I44 or >>l on the playe.)

Searching for a specific While the player is paused, slide and hold thejog lever towards
position Whi Ieviewi ng I44 or >>l on the remote control.

a elapsed time

(Time search)

Searching for a specific While the player is stopped, slide and hold thejog lever towards
track whi Ieviewing I44 or >>l on the remote control.

track numbers

(Index search)

Cueto the beginning of Prss El +or - button.
every 10th track

(only during playback of

thedisc with no group

setti ngs)

Remove the M D

Prss l, and then slideOPENZl.

n For more details, see "Using the group function."
ll Once you open the lid, the point to sari: play Will change to the beginning of the first track (except
When thedisc information has been stored in the personal disc memory).

About the "3-color info-LED"

The LED indicatfi thecurrent operating mode, charging status, and battery condition. For
details about the charging status, see "Getting started. For details about the battery condition,
see When to recharge the built»in battery" on the back page.

LED color Operating status

Red Playing a discwith no group settings
Green Playingadiscwith group settings
Orange Cuei ng to another group (Group Skip)

>Various ways of playback

Remote control

Jog lever (I44 ~>II/ENT->>I)

Bottom side of the player

GROUP

3-oolor info-LED"

5-way control key ( I44 - >>I > 0 I)

-
Selecting the play mode

You can selectfrom the various play mod$
using the P M ODE/ C button on the remote
control.

1 Pr§ P MODE/ (I repeatedly.
Each ti meyou pras the button, the
play mode changs as follows:

Play mode indication

Display" Play mode

(none) All the tracks are played
(normal play) once.

1 A singletrack is played

(singletrad< play) once.

4 Bookmarked tracks play
(Bookmark play) back in order of the r
track numbe.

SHUF All the tracks areplayed

(Shuffleplay) in random order.

PGM The trad

(program play) the order that you
specified.

* Group play mode (El) appears whenever you
play a disc with group sexings. For more
details, see Usi ng the group function."

Playing a track repeatedly
(Repeat Play)

You can usethe repeat function for normal
play, si ngletrack play, shuffle play, and
program play mode.

1 During playback in theselected play
mode pr5s and hold P MODE/ C. for
2 seconds or more.
"C" appearsin thedisplay.

Repeat play i dication

13:52

To cancel repeat play
Prss and hold P M ODE/ C for 2 seconds or
more.

By prfiing the P M ODE/ C button during
repeat play, you can changethe play mode to be
used with repeat play.

letening to selected tracks
only (Bookmark play)

You can bookmark tracks on a disc and play

them only. The sequence of bookmarked
tracks cannot be changed.

To bookmark the tracks

1 While playing thetrack you want to
bookmark, pres and hold thejog lever
for 2 seconds or more.

Nil/20

Flashing slowly
The firsttrack for bookmark play is set.

2 Repeat step 1 to bookmark other tracks.
You can bookmark with up to 20 tracks.

To play the bookmarked tracks

1 During playback, prfi P MODE/ C
repeatedly until "d TrPLAY? appears
in thedisplay.

2 Pres thejog lever.
The bookmarked tracks start playing,
starting with the smallsttrack number.

To erase a bookmark

Whi le playing the track for which you want to
erase the bookmark, prss and hold thejog
lever for 2 seconds or more

Note
If you open the lid, all bookmarks are
canceled.

Listening to tracks in a desired
sequence (Program Play)

1 During playback, pras P MODE/ C
repeatedly until PGM " appears in the
display.

2 Slidethejog lei/er repmtedly to select a

track, and then pr-��$ thejog later to
eater that track.

track number programmed sequence

3 Repeat step 2 to program more tracks.
You can program up to 20 tracks.

4 After programming the tracks, pras
and hold thejog lever for 2 seconds or
more
The program is stored and playback
starts from the fi rst track.

The program play satings will remain in
memory ever after playback finisha or is
stopped.

Note
All program settingsare lost When the lid is
opened.

-
Using the group function

The group function is provided to allow
playback of discs with group sati rigs. The
group function is convenient for playback of
MDs on which several albums or CD singls
have been recorded in M DLP (LP2/ LP4)
mode.

What is a disc with group settings?
The player can play back tracks i n units of
groups; that is tracks that hate been recorded
on a disc as part of separate groups, as shown
below.

The 3color infoLED" lights up in green
when a discwith group settings is being
played.

Before group settings are made
(normal play)

Repeat play for the selected
group play mode (Group
Repeat Play)

1 During playback in theselected group
play mode, press and hold
P M ODE/ C for 2 seconds or more.
Playback repeats in the respective
group play mode

Display Play mode
Cl C Repeat play of tracks
within a group

C] SHUFC Repeatshuffleplay of
tracks wimi n a group

B] PGM C Repeat play for group
program

Disc

Track Ste 12 are assigned to group 2.
Track 13 to 15 are assigned to group 3.
Track 6 and 7 are not assigned to a
group.

* Track 1 to 5 are assigned to group 1.

After setting the group (group play)
Disc
Group 2 Group 3
l-I I-I

I-I

@I

Tracks that were not assigned to a group are
treated as being part of "Group - -."

Note

The player dos not support the recording of

group settings. Usean M D recorder to a§ign
tracks to groups. For details, see "Registering
groups using an M D recorder."

Playing a track in group play

In group play, all groups areplayed in order,
starting with group 1, followed by the
unassigned tracks("Group--"). Playback
stops after all the tracks have been pl eyed.

1 During playback, press P MODE/ :2
repeatedly until "fil appearsin me
display.

Cueing to the start of a group
(Group Skip)

On the remote control

1 During playback, prfifij +or -.
Prfising thefi] _ button cus to thefi rst
track in the current group. Prssi ng the
button again cue; to the fi rst track of the
previous group. During group skip, the
"3roo|or info-LED on the player fl ashs
in orange.

On the player

1 During playback, prsGROUP.
The "3color info-LED" lights up in
orange.

2 Prasl44 or m.

Selecting the play mode for
group play (Group Play Mode)
The shuffle play and program play function
can beused during group play mode.

1 Press P MODE/ c: repeatedly.
After normal playback, thefollowing
play modes are displayed:

Display Play mode

El All tracks in the groups

(Normal Group play back once (starting

Play) with thefirst track in
group 1),

El SHUF Shuffleplay starts with

(In-Group Shuffle) the group that is
currerltly playing, and
continua with the
succeeding groups.

El PGM The groups are played in
(Group Program) the order that you
specified.

Playing groups in a desired
sequence (Group Program Play)

Do the procedureexplained in Listening to
tracks i n a dsi red sequence (Program Play)"
to play back groups in a dsired sequence.
You can program up to 10 groups. The
sequence of tracks withi n the groups cannot
be changed.

Registering groups using an
MD recorder

An MD recorder with the group function
Refer to the operating instructions of the M D
recorder.

An MD recorder that does not support the
group function

The procedure below allows you to assign
tracks to a group using the disc nameediting
function.

Specifying groups

1 Change thedisc name to the following
by using me M D recorder:

0;[Disc name] // [First track of group 1 ]7

®
[Last track at group 1] :[Name of group 1 ]//
l-l
©
[First track of group 2] . [Last track of group 2 ] ;
[Name of group 2] // ......
l-l
©
® Disc name
Track number
© Group name
Separator between groups

l \
\

Hyphen placed between the first
track and the last track

Separator between track number and
group name

(Ex.) Setthe following groups for the disc
named "Collections ":
Group name for tracks 17:

My Favorites2002Winter"
Group name for tracks 817:

Jun&Tacsunshine head"
Group name for tracks 1324:

THE NIGHT BUTTERFLYS
Group name for tracks 2532:

Dream World/Kiss Mel

Text string entered
QCollections/ /

1-7;M y Favorits2002winter"/ /

B 17;] un&TaC'sunshi ne head"//
18-24ITH E NIGHT BUTTERFLYSI/
25-32iDream World/ Kiss M e!//

- Thecharacterst", "/ and "7" can be used in
a group name.

You can register the same group name more
than twice on thesame M D.

You can specify a group Without entering a
group name(©) for it.

Notes

- Up to 99 groups can be registered on a single
M D. The actual number, however, will be las
than 99 if you have entered more characters
than are allowed per disc.

- Depending on the specifications of your M D
recorder, the group function may not Work
properly.

Adjusting the sound
(Virtual-Surround 0 6-Band
Equalizer)

You can vary the virtual sound to create
different acousti cs, or modify the sound to
suit your taste and store itfor later use.
Thefollowing two effects can be selected.
V-SUR (Virtual-Surround VPT Acoustic
Engine)

Provids 4 kinds of virtual-surround
conditions.

6

Provids 6 different sound qualitiS.

Varying the virtual sound to
create different acoustics
(Virtual-Surround)

1 During playback, press SOUN D
repeatedly to select V-SUR."

2 Pras and hold SOUN D for 2 seconds
or more.

3 Slidethejog lever repeatme to select
the surround mode.

Each timeyou Slidethejog lever, 0
and 0 change as fol lows:

4 Turn the volume control repeatedly to
adjust the level.

:§.Sum

Level (+10 dB)
You can select from among seven
levels.
-10 dB, -6 dB, -3 dB, 0 dB, +3 dB,
+6 dB, +10 dB

5 Repeat steps 3 and 4to adjust the level for
each frequency.

6 PISS thejog lever to enter theselection.

>Other operations

Viewing the track name
and playing time in the
display on the remote
control

You can check the track or disc name, track
number, the elapsed playing time of the
current track, the number of the tracks
recorded on the M D, the group name, and the
total number of tracks in a group.

A a

D

0 9 1 Prfi DISPLAY on the remote control.
STUDIO VVSURS Each timeyou pras DISPLAY,the
LIVE VVSURL display changes as thefollows:

CL U B VVSUR C o 9

ARENA VVSUR A Track number The elapsed time

4 Prss thejog leve' to enter the selected
surround mode.

Selecting the sound quality
(6-Band Equalizer)

1 During playback, press SOUN D
repeatedly to select SOUN D.

2 Pras and hold SOUN D for 2 seconds
or more.

3 Slidethejog lever repeatedlyto select
theSOUND mode,

Each timeyou Slidethejog lever, 0
and 9 change as fol lows:

0 0

HEAVY souNo H
POPS SOUND P
JAZZ souNoJ
UNIQUE SOUNDU
CUSTOMl SOUND 1
CUSTOMZ souNo2

4 Pras thejog lever to enter theselected
SOUN D mode.

To cancel the procedure
Prss and hold the DISPLAY button or the l
button for 2 seconds or more

To cancel the setting
Slidethejog lever repeatedly in step 1 above
until theindication ate disappears.

To modify and storing the sound
You can customize the sound settings in
"CUSTOM 1 and "CUSTOMZ."

1 Do steps lto 3 above, and then slide the
jog lever until "CUSTOM 1" or
CUSTOM 2" appears.

2 Pres thejog lever.

3 SI idethejog lever repeatedly to selectthe
frequency,

Frequency (100 Hz)
From the left, you can select 100 Hz,
250 Hz, 630 Hz, 1.6 kHz, 4 kHz, or 10 kHz.

Track number Track name

The number of total Group name
tracks in the group

The number of Disc name
total tracks

Track number Sound mode
Track number SP/ LP mode
Notes

- Depending on whether group play or normal
play is set ected, the operating conditions, and
the disc settings, you may not be ableto select
certain indications or the indications may
appar different.

- During playback, theSP/ LP modeappears
momentarily, and isthen replaced by the
elapsed ti me of the current track.

-
Suppressing the skips of
the sound (G-PROTECHON)

The G»PROTECTION function was developed
to provide a higher level of shock rsistance
than that of etisting players in order to allow
the player to be used whilejogging.

Note

The playback sound may skip if:

- the player receivs stronge continuous shock.
- a dirty or scratched M iniDisc is played.