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Manual for
Sony DHC-MD515
Mini-Bookshelf System
3CD/3MD/Radio
scanned by Eric Whitney ([email protected])
Table of Contents
Cover 1
Warning page 2
Table of Contents 3
Getting Started
Step 1: Hooking up the system 4
Step 2: Setting the time 5
Step 3: Presetting radio stations 6
Step 4: Using the detachable controller 8
Connecting option A/V components and outdoor antennas 10
Basic Operations
Playing a CD 12
Recording a whole CD on an MD 13
Playing an MD 15
Listening to the radio 17
Recording from the radio 18
The CD Player
Playing CD tracks repeatedly 20
Playing CD tracks in random order 20
Programming CD tracks 21
Using the CD display 23
Looping a part of a CD track 24
Labeling a CD 25
Checking the CD-TEXT information 27
The MD Deck -- Playing
Playing MD tracks repeatedly 29
Playing MD tracks in random order 29
Programming MD tracks 30
Using the MD display 32
The MD Deck - Recording
Before you start recording 33
Recording methods on this system 34
Recording multiple CDs on multiple MDs 35
Recording multiple CDs on MDs in sequence 36
Recording your favorite CD tracks on MDs 37
Recording only the first track on each CD 39
Reocrding the current CD track 40
Recording on an MD manually 41
Starting recording with 6 seconds of prestored audio data 42
Marking track numbers 43
Making a space between tracks 3 seconds long 44
The MD Deck -- Editing
Before you start editing 45
Labeling an MD 46
Erasing recordings 47
Moving recorded tracks 49
Dividing recorded tracks 50
Combining recorded tracks 51
Undoing the last edit 53
Sound Adjustment
Adjusting the sound 54
Selecting the Preset Equalizer menu 54
Other Features
Labeling the preset stations 55
Using the Radio Data System (RDS) 56
Falling asleep to music 58
Waking up to music 59
Timer recording radio programs 60
Additional Information
Precautions 63
Using the Self-Diagnostic Display 64
System limitations of MDs 65
Troubleshooting 65
Specifications 69
Index 71
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