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Sharp MD-M2H Operation Manual

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MD MICRO SYSTEM
OPERATION MANUAL
Thank you for purchasing this SHARP product.
To obtain the best performance from this product,
please read this manual carefully. It will guide you
in operating your SHARP product.
CONTENTS
SPECIAL NOTES .............................................. 1
ACCESSORIES ................................................. 2
PRECAUTIONS ................................................. 2
PREPARATION FOR USE .............................. 6-8
SETTING THE CLOCK ...................................... 9
SOUND CONTROL ......................................... 10
COMPACT DISC OPERATION ........................ 11
MINIDISC OPERATION ................................... 12
RADIO OPERATION .................................. 16-17
MD-M2H MD micro system consisting of
MD-M2H (main unit) and CP-M2H (speaker system).
Page
RECORDING .............................................. 28-31
EDITING ..................................................... 32-38
TIMER OPERATION ................................... 39-41
USING EXTERNAL UNITS ........................ 42-43
WHAT IS A MINIDISC? ................................... 44
MINIDISC SYSTEM LIMITATIONS .................. 45
TROUBLESHOOTING ................................ 45-46
ERROR MESSAGES ....................................... 47
MAINTENANCE .............................................. 48
SPECIFICATIONS ........................................... 49
TERMS OF GUARANTEE ................ Back cover
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MD-M2H
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    CONVENIENT CD AND MD OPERATIONS ... 13-15 RADIO OPERATION ... 16-17 RDS (Radio Data System) OPERATION ... 18-27 MD-M2H MD-M2H MD micro system consisting of MD-M2H (main unit) and CP-M2H (speaker system). Page RECORDING ... 28-31 EDITING ... 32-38 TIMER OPERATION ... 39-41 USING EXTERNAL UNITS ...

  • Page 2: Special Notes

    L or coloured red. Recording and playback of any material may re- quire consent, which SHARP is unable to give. Please refer particularly to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956, the Dramatic and Musical...

  • Page 3: Accessories

    Do not remove the outer cover, as this may re- sult in electric shock. Refer internal service to your local SHARP serv- ice facility. Use the unit on a firm, level surface free from vibration, and do not place anything on the top of the unit.

  • Page 4: Names Of Controls And Indicators

    NAMES OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS Front panel 1. On/stand-by Button 2. (MD) Display Button 3. Timer Stand-by Indicator 4. MD Compartment 5. (MD) Record Button 6. (CD/MD/TUNER) Memory Button 7. (CD/MD) Stop Button (TUNER) Tuning Down Button 8. (CD/MD) Play/Pause Button (TUNER) Tuning Up Button 9.
  • Page 5 (Continued) SURROUND OVER X-BASS PLAY DISC TOC PTYI TRACK MEMORY RANDOM TOTAL MHz SLEEP REMAIN SURROUND X-BASS DISC TOC TRACK MEMORY RANDOM TOTAL REMAIN 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 OVER PLAY PTYI MHz SLEEP Display window 1. Level Meters 2.
  • Page 6 (Continued) Remote control 1. Remote Control Transmitter LED 2. (RDS) Programme Type/Traffic Informa- tion Search Button 3. (RDS) Station Selector Button 4. Clock Button 5. Surround Button 6. Timer Button 7. Name/TOC Edit Button 8. Sleep Button 9. (TUNER) Preset Up/Down Buttons 10.

  • Page 7: Preparation For Use

    PREPARATION FOR USE Unplug the AC power lead from the AC socket before connecting or disconnecting any com- ponent. Aerial connection External FM aerial AM loop aerial FM aerial 75 OHMS AM LOOP Supplied FM aerial Connect the FM aerial wire to the FM 75 OHMS socket and position the FM aerial wire in the direc- tion where the strongest signal can be received.
  • Page 8 (Continued) Removing the speaker grilles Remove the lower part of the speaker grille first. Remove the upper part of the speaker grille. Caution: When the speaker grilles are removed, the speaker diaphragms are exposed. Make sure nothing comes into contact with the speaker diaphragms. Speaker cushion Attach the cushions to the bottom of the speaker to prevent it from sliding.
  • Page 9 (Continued) Remote control 2 "AA" size batteries (UM/SUM-3, R6, HP-7 or similar) Remote sensor 0.2 m - 6 m (8" - 20') When inserting or removing the batteries, push them toward the battery terminal. Installing the batteries incorrectly may cause the unit to malfunction.

  • Page 10: Setting The Clock

    SETTING THE CLOCK In this example, the clock is set for the 24-hour (0:00) system. 4,6,8 3,5,7,9 Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on. Press the CLOCK button. DISC TOC TRACK MEMORY RANDOM TOTAL MHz SLEEP REMAIN Within 5 seconds, press the ENTER button. DISC TOC TRACK MEMORY...

  • Page 11: Sound Control

    SOUND CONTROL Volume (Main unit) (Remote control) 0 1 2 29 30 MAX (Main unit operation) When the VOLUME control is turned clockwise, the volume will increase. When it is turned anticlock- wise, the volume will decrease. (Remote control operation) Press the VOLUME button to increase the volume and the VOLUME...

  • Page 12: Compact Disc Operation

    COMPACT DISC OPERATION CD playback PUSH CLOSE Flash DISC TRACK MEMORY RANDOM TOTAL TOTAL MHz SLEEP REMAIN Total number of tracks Total playing time Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on. Press the CD button. Press the 7 CD EJECT button to open the CD compartment.

  • Page 13: Minidisc Operation

    MINIDISC OPERATION MD playback Flash DISC MEMORY RANDOM TOTAL REMAIN MHz SLEEP Disc name (Displayed only when a disc name has been programmed) DISC TRACK MEMORY RANDOM TOTAL MHz SLEEP REMAIN Total number of tracks Total playing time Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on.

  • Page 14: Convenient Cd And Md Operations

    CONVENIENT CD AND MD OPERATION APSS (Auto Program Search System) APSS automatically locates the beginning of any track. To listen again to the track being played: Press the 5 3 button for less than 0.5 seconds during playback. To move to the beginning of the next track: Press the 2 4 button for less than 0.5 seconds during playback.
  • Page 15 (Continued) APMS (Automatic Programmable Music Selector) (Remote control operation) CLEAR Select the desired programme source, CD or MD, by pressing the CD or MD button. Press the MEMORY button. MEMORY MEMORY Press the 5 3 or 2 4 button. TRACK TRACK MEMORY Selected track number...
  • Page 16 (Continued) Switching the time display Each time the TIME button is pressed during play- back or when in the pause mode, the display will change. (Remote control operation) TIME The elapsed playing time for current track will be displayed. TRACK TRACK No display The remaining playing time for the current track...

  • Page 17: Radio Operation

    RADIO OPERATION Tuning 2,3,5 2,3,5 Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on. Press the TUNER (BAND) button. Press the TUNER (BAND) button to select the desired frequency band. (FM ST, FM or AM) Press the TUNING (X or W) button to tune into the desired station.
  • Page 18 (Continued) Preset tuning You can store up to 40 stations in memory (40 sta- tions consisting of any combination of AM and FM stations you like) and recall them. To enter stations into memory: Perform steps 1 - 5 in the "Tuning" section. Press the MEMORY button.

  • Page 19: Rds (Radio Data System) Operation

    RDS (Radio Data System) OPERATION RDS is a broadcasting service which a growing number of FM stations are now providing. It allows these FM stations to send additional signals along with their regular programme signals. For exam- ple, the stations send their station names, and in- formation about what type of programme they broadcast, such as sports or music, etc.
  • Page 20 (Continued) SCIENCE: Programmes about the natural sci- ences and technology. VARIED: Used for mainly speech-based pro- grammes usually of light-entertain- ment nature, not covered by other categories. Examples include: quiz- zes. panel games, personality inter- views. POP M: Commercial music, which would gen- erally be considered to be of current popular appeal, often featuring in cur- rent or recent record sales charts.
  • Page 21 (Continued) ASPM (Auto Station Program Memory) It is recommended that you store stations in memory using ASPM. (This memory can be used for PTY searches, sta- tion select and EON switching.) When the ASPM button is pressed, whilst tuned to the FM band, the RDS (Radio Data System) func- tion will automatically search for new RDS stations.
  • Page 22 (Continued) To specify station names and select stations manually (station select) You can select a desired station by specifying the station name (BBC R1, BBC R2, etc.) from among the stations that have been stored in memory. (ASPM is convenient for storing stations in memory.) Before starting this operation, you must store one or more station names in memory.
  • Page 23 (Continued) To try to store a station name again, if the wrong name was stored in memory by mistake: When you store station names in memory using the ASPM function, the correct station names may not actually be stored if there is lots of noise or if the RDS station signal is too weak.
  • Page 24 (Continued) To recall stations that have been stored in memory (PTY search) You can search a desired stations by specifying the programme type (news, sports, traffic programme, etc..see page 18-19) from among the stations that have been stored in memory. (ASPM is convenient for storing stations in memory.) Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on.

  • Page 25: To Switch The Display

    (Continued) To manually recall the stations stored in memory PRESET(X W) PRESET(X W) Each time you press the PRESET (X or W) button the channel number will change. After the channel number has been displayed for 2 seconds, the frequency for that channel will appear for 2 seconds, and then the station name will appear.
  • Page 26 (Continued) EON-PTY (Main unit operation) Tune in the desired RDS station (when a station name is being displayed). Press the EON button when "EON" appears. "PTY TI" and "SELECT" will appear alternately for about 6 seconds. Whilst they are being displayed, select the de- sired programme type pressing the PRESET (X or W) button.
  • Page 27 (Continued) EON-TI (Main unit operation) Tune in the desired RDS station (when a sta- tion name is being displayed). Press the EON button when "EON" appears. "PTY TI" and "SELECT" will appear alternately for about 6 seconds. Whilst they are being displayed, select the TI (Traffic Information) pressing the PRESET (X or W) button.
  • Page 28 (Continued) About the TP and TA indicators TP indicator TA indicator Not lit Not lit Not lit Not lit In the following cases, the EON stand-by mode will be cancelled. Press the ON/STAND-BY button to enter the stand-by mode. When the unit is switched to another band in the EON stand-by mode When you change the FM station whilst in the EON stand-by mode When a preset call is made Notes:...

  • Page 29: Recording

    RECORDING Differences from tape recordings You cannot record music on the re- verse side of a MiniDisc. MiniDiscs are single sided and should only be inserted with the correct side up. You don’t need to search for the start- ing point at which to record. The unit automatically finds the point at which recording can start.
  • Page 30 (Continued) Recording from a CD onto a MiniDisc (One-Touch Editing) A CD can be recorded to a MiniDisc, starting from the first track, with a one-touch operation. Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on. Press the CD button. Load a compact disc and a recordable MiniDisc.
  • Page 31 (Continued) APMS recording (Main unit operation) CD0MD EDIT Select tracks for APMS playback. (Page 14) Load a recordable MiniDisc. Press the CD 0 MD EDIT button. APMS playback will start, and recording will start automatically. Programmed tracks will be recorded in order. After the unit has finished recording the last track, recording will stop automatically.

  • Page 32: Recording

    (Continued) Recording from the built-in radio onto a MiniDisc Tune in to the desired station. (pages 16 - 17.) Load a recordable MiniDisc. Press the REC button. The unit will enter the recording stand-by mode. Check the recordable time by pressing the DIS- PLAY button.

  • Page 33: Editing

    EDITING What the editing function can do You can create original discs using the MD editing function, on which you can change the order of the tracks and you can create disc or track names. Playback-only MiniDiscs cannot be edited. DIVIDE A single track can be divided into two at any desired position.
  • Page 34 (Continued) To create a disc name A name for the whole disc. Disc names are displayed when an MD is inserted. (Remote control operation) NAME/ TOC EDIT DISPLAY ENTER CLEAR Press the button after pressing MD button. The total number of tracks and the total playing time on an MD will appear.
  • Page 35 (Continued) To create a track name Name each track. A track’s name will be displayed whenever you select it and during playback. (Remote control operation) NAME/ TOC EDIT DISPLAY ENTER CLEAR During playback or in the pause mode, press the NAME/TOC EDIT button. Within 10 seconds, press the ENTER button.
  • Page 36 (Continued) To change disc names and track names (Remote control operation) NAME/ TOC EDIT CLEAR Example: To change “BESUT” to “BEST” To change disc names, perform steps 1 - 3 on page 33. To change track names, perform steps 1 - 2 on page 34.
  • Page 37 (Continued) Divide (Remote control operation) Play the track which you want to divide into two, and press the 0 6 button at the point where you want to divide the track. Press the NAME/TOC EDIT button, and within 10 seconds, select “DIVIDE” pressing the button.
  • Page 38 (Continued) To combine two non-contiguous tracks: (Example: the first and third tracks) Move the third track to the second track using the MOVE function. Then, combine the first and second tracks using the COMBINE function. Notes: Tracks recorded from analogue inputs cannot be combined with tracks recorded from CDs or MDs using the digital inputs.
  • Page 39 (Continued) Erase (Remote control operation) To erase tracks one at a time: Whilst in the stop mode, select the track you want to erase pressing the 5 3 or 2 4 button. Or start playing the track to be erased, and then press the 0 6 button.

  • Page 40: Timer Operation

    TIMER OPERATION Before setting the timer, make sure that the clock setting is correct. (Page 9) Timer playback Before timer playback, the following preparations are required. I Load a CD, MD. I Preset the radio station. (Remote control operation) 4,5,6,7,8 5,6,7,8 1,10 Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the...
  • Page 41 (Continued) Before setting the timer, make sure that the clock setting is correct. (Page 9) Timer recording Before timer recording, the following preparations are required. Load a CD, a recordable MD. Preset the radio station. (Remote control operation) 4,5,6,7,8 5,6,7,8 1,10 Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on.

  • Page 42: Timer Operation

    (Continued) Caution: In the following cases, the timer recording function will not work. When a MiniDisc has not been inserted. When a playback-only MiniDisc is inserted. When the MiniDisc you inserted is protected against accidental erasure. When there is no recording space left on the Mini- Disc you have inserted (when the “TOC FULL ”...

  • Page 43: Using External Units

    USING EXTERNAL UNITS Connecting external units Before connecting external units, set this unit to the stand-by mode and turn off the power to the external units. Connecting to stereos or MD/CD players (equipment which can output analogue signals) The other MD/CD player Commercially available lead with 3.5 mm (1/8") stereo T o t h e o u t p u t /...
  • Page 44 (Continued) Listening to sound from an exter- nal unit To listen to sound from an external unit connected to the analogue input terminals: INPUT LEVEL Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on. Press the AUX button. Start playback on the external unit, and adjust the input sound level using the AUX INPUT LEVEL control.

  • Page 45: What Is A Minidisc

    WHAT IS A MINIDISC? The disc is stored in a cartridge. You can handle it easily without worrying about dust, fingerprints, etc. However, dust entering the opening of the cartridge, dirt on the cartridge, warping, etc. may cause malfunctions. Please note the following. Handling the MiniDisc Do not touch the disc directly! Do not open the shutter or touch the disc directly.

  • Page 46: Minidisc System Limitations

    If this unit functions abnormally during operation, first check the following items. If the unit continues to function abnormally, or if an abnormality appears other than listed below, set this unit to the stand-by mode and discon- nect the AC power plug, then consult your SHARP dealer or service personnel. General...
  • Page 47 (Continued) CD Playback Symptom Possible cause Even though a disc has been loaded, “CD NO DISC” or “ERR” is displayed. Playback stops in the middle of a track, or playback is not performed properly. Playback sounds are skipped. MD recording and playback Symptom Possible cause A recording cannot be made.

  • Page 48: Error Messages

    ERROR MESSAGES When an error message is displayed, proceed as follows: Error messages Meaning BLANK MD Nothing is recorded. CAN’T EDIT A track cannot be edited. CAN’T REC Recording cannot be performed correctly due to vibration or shock in the unit. Timer recording is impossible or there is no available space on the MD.

  • Page 49: Resetting The Microcomputer

    RESETTING THE MICROCOMPUTER If this product is subjected to strong external inter- ference (mechanical shock, excessive static elec- tricity, abnormal supply voltage due to lightning, etc.) or if it is operated incorrectly, it may malfunction or the display may not function correctly. If such a prob- lem occurs, do the following: Press the ON/STAND-BY button to enter the stand-by mode.

  • Page 50: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS As part of our policy of continuous improvement, SHARP reserves the right to make design and speci- fication changes for product improvement without prior notice. The performance specification figures indicated are nominal values of production units. There may be some deviations from these values in individual units.
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  • Page 52: Terms Of Guarantee

    TERMS OF GUARANTEE Sharp Electronics (UK) Ltd. ("Sharp") guarantees to provide for the repair, or at its option the replace- ment, of this product subject to the conditions listed below:- This guarantee shall only apply to faults which are due to inferior workmanship or materials. It does not cover faults or damage caused by accident, misuse, fair wear and tear, neglect, tampering with the product, or repair other than by a Service Facility appointed by Sharp.

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