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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 1
©2003 Sony Cor poration 4-246-313- 11 (1) Mini Hi-Fi Component System Oper a ti ng Inst ructions MHC-R V60 MHC-R V50 ...
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2 GB To preven t fire or shoc k haz ard, do not expose th e unit to ra in or m oi st ur e. To prevent fir e , do not cover the ven til ation of the apparatus with ne ws papers, table-clo ths, curta ins, e tc. And don’t pla c e li ghte d c an dle s on the appa r at us. To prevent fire or sho ck haz ard, do not place objects filled wit h liq u ids ...
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3 GB How to use this manu al ............. ........ ... ... 5 Playable discs ....... .......... ........... ........ ...... 5 Getting Started Hooking up the sy stem........... ....... .......... 7 Setting the cloc k ............. ........ ........... .... 10 VIDEO CD /CD/MP3 – Pla y Loading a disc ......... .... ....... .... ... .... ....... . 11 ...
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4 GB Option al C om pone nts Hookin g up optiona l com po ne n ts ......... 35 Listening to a udio fro m a connect ed compon ent ....... ........... ........... ....... .. 36 Recording on a co nnected compon ent ....... ........... ........... ....... .. 37 Trouble shooti ng Proble m s and remed ie s ............ .... ... .... .. 38 Messag es ..... ...
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5 GB • This manual main ly explains oper ations using the remote, b ut the sa me operation s can also be perf orme d usin g t he b uttons on the uni t havi ng the same or si milar n ames. • The foll owing sym bols a re used in t his manu al. You can play ba ck th e fo llow ing disc s on th i s system . O t her disc s cann ot be pla yed ba ck. L ...
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6 GB Notes on CD-R and CD-RW • Som e C D - Rs or CD -RW s can no t be pl ay ed on this syst em depending upon th e reco rd in g qual ity or ph ysic al con dit ion of the disc , or the charac teri stics of t he record ing device . Furthe rm ore, the d isc will not play if it has not been corr ectly finali zed. For mor e informatio n, see the opera ...
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Getting Started 7 GB Perfor m th e fo llow ing proc edur es 1 to 7 to hook up your sy stem us ing the suppl i ed cords and access ories. 1 Connect the fro nt speakers. Connect the right an d left sp eaker cord s to the F RON T S PEA KE R te rm inal s as s how n below . 2 Connect the surround speakers. (MHC-RV60 only) Connect the spea ke r cords t o ...
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8 GB 3 Connect the FM and AM an tennas. Set up th e A M l oop ante nna , then co nnect it. Note Keep the antennas away fr om the sp eaker cord s. 4 Connect the video input j ack of y our TV to the VIDEO OUT jack with the supplied video cord. When using a TV Turn on the TV and se le ct the vide o inpu t so you can view th e pi ctu r es fro m this sy ...
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Getting Started 9 GB Inserting two R6 (size AA) batteries into the remote Note If you do not use the remot e for a long per iod of ti me, remove the bat te r ie s to av oid pos sible dam a ge fr om battery le ak ag e a nd co rros ion. Tip With norm al use, the bat teries sh ould la st for about six months. When t he re mote no l onger o perates the ...
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10 GB Position ing th e speake rs (MHC-RV6 0 only) 1 Place the fro nt speakers at an angle of 45 degrees from your listening positio n. 2 Place the surround speakers facing each other at ab out 60 to 90 cm above your l istenin g posi tion. 1 Press ?/1 to turn on the system. 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET. 3 Press M or m repeatedly to set the hour. 4 Press ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 11
VIDEO CD/CD/MP3 – Play 11 GB 1 Press Z on the unit. 2 Place a disc with the label side up o n the disc tray. To inse rt a dditional disc s, pres s DIS C SKIP/EX-CHANGE on the unit to rotate the di sc tr ay . 3 Press Z on the unit again to close the disc tray. Notes • Do not use a disc with ta pe, seals or pas te on it as thi s may cause ma lf u ...
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12 GB 2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly in stop mode until the mod e you want appears in the display. * Dependi ng on VIDEO C Ds with PBC functi ons (Ver. 2.0) , the dis c does not chang e. 3 Press nN . Other operations *1 For VIDEO CDs, there are may be some disturbanc e in t he vide o image . *2 Only when se tting the PBC function to off or whe n play ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 13
VIDEO CD/CD/MP3 – Play 13 GB Notes • You can not cha nge the p lay mod e durin g pla yback. • Some t ime may be needed to st art play back of discs recorded in c om plex conf igur a ti ons suc h a s ma ny layers. • When t he disc i s inse rted, th e player reads all the tracks o n that disc. I f there are ma ny albums or non- MP3 audio trac ...
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14 GB You ca n use P BC* menu s on yo ur TV screen to enjoy the dis c’ s in te ra cti ve software . The menu form at and stru ct ur e ma y di f fe r depe ndi n g on each di sc . * PBC: Play ba ck Cont ro l 1 Press CD. 2 Press nN to start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC functions (Ver. 2.0). The PBC m enu app ea rs on the TV scr e en. 3 Press the numb ...
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VIDEO CD/CD/MP3 – Play 15 GB You can pl ay all the tr acks or a si ngle trac k on a dis c re peat ed ly. Press REPEAT until “REP” or “REP1” appears. REP: For al l th e tr a cks on th e d i sc , or all the tracks in the albu m up to five times. REP1: F or a sing le tr ack on ly. To cancel Repeat Play Press RE PEAT repeat edly unt il bot h ...
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16 GB 6 Program additional discs or tracks. 7 Press nN . Progra m Pl ay starts. Other operations Tips • The pr ogram yo u ma de rema ins after Program P lay finish es. To play t he same program again, pres s CD, then pres s nN . However, the progra m is cleared when yo u open t he d isc tray . • “– –.– –” appears when the tota l VID ...
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VIDEO CD/CD/MP3 – Play 17 GB Locating the desired track —D i s c D i g e s t You can sel ec t the trac k you w an t by view i n g the fir st fr am e of eac h track. 9 diffe rent tr ac ks can be dis pl ay ed on t he TV scree n at on e tim e . 1 Press SPECIAL MENU in stop mode. 2 Press 2 to select “2) DISC DIGEST”. The fir st fram e of tracks ...
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18 GB You c an pres et up to 20 FM stat ions an d 10 AM statio ns . You ca n then tun e i n an y of thos e statio ns simpl y by select in g t he c orre sp ond ing pres et n umber. Automatic tuning preset You can automat icall y tune in all o f the st ati ons that ca n be rece ived in yo ur ar ea and the n st ore the ra di o fre qu en cy of th e de ...
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T uner 19 GB Other operations To improve tuner reception When tu ner re ce ption i s po or, set CD pl ay er powe r of f by CD power mana ge fun ction . CD power is fac t or y se t to on. 1 Pres s CD. 2 Pres s ?/1 to turn off th e sy s tem. 3 Pres s ?/1 while holding x . “CD POWER OFF” appears. To set CD power on Repeat the procedur e abov e an ...
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20 GB You ca n li s te n t o a r adio stat io n eithe r by selec ting a pres et stat ion, or by m anual ly tuning in the st ation. Listen ing to a p reset st ation — Preset Tuning Preset ra d io stati ons in the tu ne r’ s memory fir st (see “Pres ettin g ra dio st atio ns” on page 18). 1 Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly to select “FM” or ? ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 21
Ta p e – P l a y 21 GB 1 Press TAPE A/B repeatedly to select deck A or B. 2 Press Z PUSH or PUSH Z on the unit. 3 Load a recorded/recordable tape in deck A or B with the side you want to play/record facing forw ard. You ca n us e TYPE I ( norma l) tape . 1 Loa d a t a pe . To play both de ck s in su cc essi on , pre ss PLAY MODE repeatedly unt il ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 22
22 GB Searching for the beginning of the current or the next track (AMS) * To go forward Press > duri ng playba ck w he n H lig ht s . “TAPE A (or TAPE B) >>> +1” appears. Press . d ur ing play back w h en h lights. “TAPE A (or TAPE B) <<< +1” appears. To go back Press . d ur ing play back w h en H lights. “TAPE A (or ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 23
T ape – Recor ding 23 GB Tips • When setti ng the PB C funct ion to on, chan ge the setting to of f an d the n sta rt rec ordin g. • To check th e req uired ta pe len gth for re c or ding a disc, pr ess EDIT on the unit until “ EDIT” fl ashes after you have load e d dis c and pr es se d CD. The required tap e l e ngt h for the cu rre n tl ...
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24 GB To stop recording Press x . Note s • You canno t listen to othe r sour c es while r ec or di ng. • If TAPE B is select ed in st ep 3, sil ence is record ed . Tips • When y ou record on bo th side s, be sure to start f rom the fr ont side. If yo u start from the rever se side, recording stops at the end of the re ve rse si de . • For r ...
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Sound Adjust men t 25 GB You ca n se lect th e sound ef fect from the mus ic menu. Press MUSIC EQ, MO VIE EQ o r GAME EQ to select the p reset you desire. The pr eset name appe ars in the dis pl ay. See t he chart “Soun d effe ct option s”. To cancel the sound effect Press EFFECT ON/OFF rep eatedly until “EFFECT OFF” appea rs. Sound effect ...
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26 GB Press CINEMA SPACE repeatedly to turn the surround effect on or off. Each time you press th e button, the display chan ge s as fo llow s: C.SPACE LO W* t C.SPACE MID* t C.SPACE HIGH* t SURROUND O N (on) t SURROUND O FF (off) * CINEM A SPACE is t he surround effect for m ovies. Note When you sele c t oth er sound effe ct s, the su rround effec ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 27
Sound Adjust men t 27 GB You can si ng a long b y co nnect i ng a n option al micr ophone. Enjoying Karaoke 1 Turn MIC LE VEL on the unit to MI N to turn d own the micr ophone c ontrol level. 2 Connect an opt ional mi crophone t o MIC jack. 3 Press KARAOKE/MPX repeatedly to obtain the ka raoke effect you desire. Each time you pres s the butto n, th ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 28
28 GB Tips • If acoustic f eedba c k (howling) occur s , move th e micropho ne awa y from the spe ak ers or ch an ge th e direction of the micr oph one. • If you want to recor d you r voice th ro ugh the micropho ne only, y ou can do so by s electing t he CD function and not playing a d isc. • When high leve l sound signals are input, the sys ...
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Timer 29 GB You can set the syst em to turn off aft er a certain time, s o th at you can fall as leep to m u sic. Press SLEEP. Each time yo u press the b utton, the minu te displ ay (t he turn -off time) c hange s cycli cally as follow s: AUTO* t 90M IN t 80MIN t 70MIN t … t 10MIN t OFF * The s ystem a utoma ticall y turns o ff in 100 min utes or ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 30
30 GB Other operations Note s • You ca nno t acti vate th e Dail y Timer an d time r recor d ing at the same tim e. • If you us e the Daily Time r and the Sleep Ti mer at the same time , the Sleep Timer has pri o r it y . • If the system is on at the preset ti me, th e Daily Timer will not be act ivat ed. • You canno t use the opt ional com ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 31
Displa y 31 GB Other operations Notes • You cannot a ct iva te the D a ily Ti mer and ti me r reco rd ing at the same ti me . • If you use t he timer re cording and t he Sleep T imer at the same tim e, the S le ep Timer h as pri or ity . • If the sys tem is on at th e prese t time , the tim er recordin g will n ot be activat ed. • The volum ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 32
32 GB You can check t he playing time and remaining time of the current tr ack or that of the d isc. Checkin g the remainin g time and tit le s (VIDE O CD/C D/MP3) Press DIS PLAY duri ng Normal Pl a y . Each time you press th e button, the display chan ge s cycl ica ll y as follo ws: x When playing a CD/MP3/VIDEO CD without PBC function (Ver. 1.1) ...
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Displa y 33 GB Press DIMMER. Each time you pre ss th e bu tto n, th e di sp lay chan ges cycl ically as fo ll o ws: DIMMER 1 t DIMME R 2 t DIMMER 3 t DIMMER OFF Press ILLUMINATION on the unit. Each time yo u press t he button, the p ower illuminat or changes c yclically as f o llows: PATTERN 1 t PATTERN 2 t PATTERN 3 t PATTERN 4 t PATTERN OFF (No d ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 34
34 GB 4 * When th e MP3 audi o track inf or m ation incl ude s a n ID3 tag, the on- s c ree n dis play infor m ation may differ from the ID3 information shown on the system displa y in or der to di spla y the tra c k nam e . 5 6 * “– –:– –” appe ars for a disc with MP3 au dio tr a c ks. 7 “REPEAT” , “REPE AT 1” or no display 8 K ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 35
Optional Compone nts 35 GB To enhance your system, you can connect option al componen ts. Refer to the operating instr uc tio n s provid ed w i t h ea ch com p onent . A GAME INPUT VIDEO jack Use a vide o cabl e (n ot su ppl i ed) to co nnect the video output of t he o ptiona l vid eo gam e machine to this jack. B GAME INPUT AUDIO L/R jacks Use aud ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 36
36 GB Note s • The video gam e ma chin e image ma y ap pe ar on the TV screen even if th e sys te m is turned off. • See “Selecti ng the sou nd effect” on page 25 for video game so und e ffects. • If you press GAME while the system is off, the system turns on, th e function switc hes to GAME, and the equ alizer a lso switch es to t he GAM ...
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Optional Compone nts 37 GB Makin g an an alo g r e cor di ng on an MD 1 Connect the op tional au dio cords. See “H ooking up option al com pone nts” on page 35. 2 Start recording. Refer to the operating inst ructions provided with con nected component. Makin g an an alo g r e cor di ng from a V I D EO CD to a v ideo tape 1 Connect the optional ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 38
38 GB Should you encou nter a pr oblem with your syst em, do the fo llow ing: 1 Make sure the power cord and speaker cords are c orrectly and f irmly connected. 2 Find your prob lem in the troubleshooting checklist below and take the indicated corrective action. If the problem persis ts after d oing all of the above, co nsul t yo ur nea re st So ny ...
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T roub leshootin g 39 GB The color irregul arity on a TV screen pers ists. • Turn off the TV set onc e , th en tu rn it on after 15 to 30 minutes . If th e c olo r irre gula rity s til l persis ts , p lace t he s pe ak ers fa rther away from th e TV set. The sound from the connected source is distorted. • If “VIDEO” appea rs in the displa y ...
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40 GB Tuner Severe hum o r noise/stations cannot b e receive d (“TUNED” or “STEREO” flas hes in the di spl ay. ). • Set the proper band a nd f requ ency (page 1 8) . • Connect the a nte nna pr ope r ly ( pag e 8) . • Find a place and a n orie ntation t hat provide good reception , then set up the a nte nna ag ai n. If you cannot obta ...
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T roub leshootin g 41 GB One of th e fo llowing mess ages ma y ap pear or flash in t he di s play dur ing op er at ion . VIDEO CD/CD /MP3 CANNOT USE You pres se d an in va lid but ton. NO DISC There is no di sc in the pla ye r or you ha ve loade d a disc that c an not be pla ye d on thi s syst em (such as DVD or CD-ROM without MP3 audio tracks , et ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 42
42 GB On oper ating vol tag e Before ope r at ing th e sys tem, check tha t th e operatin g voltage of you r syste m is ide nt ic a l with the volt age of your l ocal power supply. On sa fety • The unit is not disc onn ected fr om th e AC power source (m ains) as long as it is connected to th e wall outle t , even if th e unit its elf has be e n ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 43
Additiona l Inf ormation 43 GB To sa ve a ta pe per man ently To prevent a tape from bei ng acc ide nt al ly r e corde d over, break off the casse tt e tab from si de A or B as illus trat ed. If you late r want to r euse the tape f or recor ding, c over the broken tab with a dhe si ve ta pe . Befor e plac ing a c asset te in th e tape deck Take up ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 44
44 GB CD player section Syste m Compac t d i sc and d ig i tal audio syst em Laser Semicon duc tor la se r ( λ =780 nm) Emission durat ion: continuo us Frequency response 2 Hz – 20 kH z (±0.5 dB) Wavelengt h 780 – 79 0 nm Signal-t o-noise r atio More th an 90 dB Dynamic rang e More than 90 dB Video color system format NTSC, PAL Tape deck sect ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 45
Additiona l Inf ormation 45 GB Suppl ied acc essories: Remo te Comma nder (1) Batter ies (2) AM loop a ntenna (1) FM l ead ante nn a ( 1) Spe aker pa ds MHC-RV60 (1 6) MHC-RV50 (8) Video cable (1) Design and specific a tio ns are subject to change without notic e . Album Sect ion of a m usic piec e or an imag e on a dat a CD co ntai ning MP3 a udio ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 46
46 GB Track Secti on s of a pict ur e o r a mus i c pi ec e on a CD , VIDEO CD or MP3. An al bum is composed of several tra cks (MP3 only). VIDEO CD A compact disc that contai ns moving pictures. The pict ure data uses the MPE G 1 for mat, one of the worldwid e standards fo r digital comp re ssion technology. The picture da ta is compres sed to abo ...
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Sony MHC-RV60 - page 47
Additiona l Inf ormation 47 GB Main unit ALBUM + qj (12, 15) ALBUM – wg (12, 15) CD ef (9, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23) CD SYNC wl (22) CINEMA SPACE *1 wl (26) Deck A wh (21) Deck B qh (21, 22, 23, 27, 30) DIRECTION wl (21, 22, 23, 27) DISC 1 – 3 8 (12, 15) DISC SKIP/EX-CHANGE 9 (11, 12, 15) Disc tray 7 (11) DISPLAY 2 (31, 32, 40) Display w indo ...
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Sony Cor poration Printed in Thailand Remote control ALBUM +/ – wl (12 , 15) CD r; (9, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23) CINEMA SPACE wh (26) CLEAR qd (16) CLOCK/TIMER SELECT 2 (30, 31) CLOCK/TIMER SET 3 (10 , 29, 30) DIMMER ef (33) DISPLAY eh (31, 32, 40) D. SKIP qa (12, 15) EFFECT ON/OFF qk (25, 27) ENTER wf (10, 15, 18, 25, 29 , 30) GAME ej (23, 26 ...
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