MHC-EC78/EC68.GB.3-294-661-12(1)
WARNING
T o reduce the risk of r e or electric shock,
do not expose this appara tus to rain or
moisture.
T o preven t re, do n ot cov er the ventila tion of the
appa ratu s with news papers, table-clo ths, curtains, etc.
And don ’ t place lighted can dles on the ap parat us.
T o preven t re or shock haza rd, do n ot place ob jects lled
with liquids, such as va ses, on the ap parat us.
Install this system so that the po wer cor d can be
unpl ugged from the wall socket immediatel y in the event
of tro uble.
Do not install the ap pliance in a conn ed space, such
as a bookcase or built-in cab inet.
Batteries o r batteries in stalled appara tus shall not be
exposed to excessive heat s uch as sunshin e, re or the
like.
e main pl ug is used as the disconnect device, the
disconnect device shall remain readily operab le.
Hooking up the syst em securely
is ap pliance is clas sied
as a CLASS 1 LASER
product. is ma rking
is located on the r ear
exterior .
NO TICE FOR THE CUST OMERS IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM
A moulded plug co mpl ying with BS1363 is t ted to this
equipm ent fo r your saf ety and con venience .
Should the fuse in the plug su pplied need to be replaced,
a fuse of the same rating a s the supp lied one and
app ro ved by AS T A or BSI to BS1362, (i.e., ma rked with
or mark) m ust be used.
If the pl ug supp lied with this equipm ent has a detacha ble
fuse cover , b e sure to a ttach the fuse cov er aer yo u
chang e the fuse. Never use the pl ug without the fuse
cover . If you sh ould lose the fuse cover , pleas e con tact
your near est Son y ser vice station.
Disposal of Old Electric al & Electronic
Equipment
(Applicable in the Eur opean Union and
other European coun tries with separate
collection systems)
is symbol on the pr oduct or on i ts packaging indica tes
that this pr oduct shall not be treat ed as household
waste. I nstead it s hall be handed over to the a pplica ble
collection point fo r the recycling o f electrical and
electronic equip men t. By ensuring this p roduct is
disposed of correctly , you will help pr event poten tial
negativ e consequences fo r the en vironmen t and h uman
health, which could otherwise b e caused by ina pp rop riate
waste handlin g of this pr oduct. e recycling of m aterials
will help to con ser ve nat ural resources. F or mo re detailed
informa tion abou t recycling of this p roduct, please
con tact your local Civic Oce, your ho usehold waste
disposal ser vice or the shop where yo u purc hased the
product.
Disposal of waste batteries (applicable in
the European Union and other Eur opean
countries with separa te collection
systems)
is symbol on the ba ttery or on the packaging indica tes
that the bat tery provided with this pr oduct shall not be
treated as ho usehold wast e. By ensuring these ba tteries
are dis posed of correctly , you will help pr event potentially
negativ e consequences fo r the en vironmen t and h uman
health which could otherwise b e caused by ina pp rop riate
waste handlin g of the bat tery . e r ecycling of the
materials will help to co nserve natural reso urces.
In case of p roducts that f or safety , performance or da ta
integrity r easons requir e a permanen t connection with an
incorporat ed battery , t his battery should be replaced b y
qualied ser vice sta only . T o ensure that the ba ttery will
be treated pr operly , hand ov er the product a t end-of-lif e
to the ap plicable collection poin t for the r ecycling of
electrical and electronic equipm ent.
Fo r all other batteries, please view the section on how
to remo ve the bat tery from the product safe ly . Hand the
battery over t o the app licable collection poin t for the
recycling of was te bat teries.
Fo r more detailed info rmatio n about r ecycling of this
product o r battery , please contact your local Civic Oce,
your ho usehold waste dis posal ser vice or the shop where
you pur chased the pr oduct.
FM lead antenna
(Extend it horizontally .)
AM loop antenna
W all socket
When carr ying this system
1 Remove all discs to prot ect the CD mechanism.
2 Hold down CD on the unit, and press until
“ST ANDBY” appears .
3 After “LOCK” appears, unplug the pow er cord.
Speakers
Insert only the
stripped portion
of the cor d.
Solid (Blue/ )
Solid (Black/ )
Basic Operations
Selec ting a music source
Press the f ollowing b utt ons (or p ress FUN CTION
repeatedly).
T o selec t Press
CD
CD
.
T uner
TUNER/BAND
.
T ape
1)
T APE
.
Componen t
2)
(connected
using an a udio cor d)
FUNCTION
repeatedly un til “ A UDIO
IN” ap pears.
1)
Ex cept for the UK model.
2)
If the com ponent has the A VLS (A uto matic V olume Limiter S ystem)
or BA SS BO OST function, turn o the function to a void dist orted
sound from the speakers.
Adjusting the sound
T o adjust the volume
Press V O L UME +/– (o r turn the V OL U ME con trol o n
the unit)
.
T o add a sound eect
T o Press
Generate a mo re dyna mic
sound (Dynamic Sound
Generato r X-tra)
DSGX
on the unit.
Set the sound eect
EQ
.
Playing a CD/MP3 disc
1 Select the CD func tion.
Press CD (o r FUNCTIO N repeatedly)
.
2 Place a disc.
Press (o pen/close)
on the unit, a nd place a
disc with the label side up on the disc tray . T o place
additional discs, slide the disc tray wi th your nger as
shown belo w .
T o close the disc tray , press (open/close)
on the
unit.
Do not for ce the disc tray closed with yo ur nger , as
this may dama ge the unit.
3 Select a disc.
If the discs ar e currently sto pped, pr ess DISC SKIP
. T o chang e discs while in other functions, press
DISC 1 – 3
on the unit.
4 Start playback.
Press (p lay) (or CD (p lay) on the uni t)
.
T o exchan ge other discs during p layback, pr ess
EX-CH ANGE
on the unit.
T o Press
Pa use playback
(pause)
. T o resume pla y ,
press the b utt on again.
Sto p playback
(stop)
.
Select a folder on an
MP3 disc
(select folder) +/–
.
Select a track or le
/ (go back/go fo rward)
(or / on the uni t)
.
Find a poin t in a
track or le
Ho ld down / (rewind/fast
forward)
during pla yback, and
release the but ton a t the desired
point.
Select Rep eat Play
REPEA T
repeatedly un til
“REP” o r “REP1” a ppears.
T o change the play mode
Press P LA Y MODE
repeatedly while the play er is
stop ped. Y ou ca n select normal play (no disp lay fo r all
discs or “1 DISC” for a disc o r “ ” for all MP3 les
in the folder on the disc), sh ue pla y (“S HUF” for
all discs shue, “1 DISC S HUF” for one disc sh ue
or “ SHUF*” f or folder s hue), or p rogram p lay
(“PGM ”).
* When pla ying a CD-D A disc, (SHUF) Play performs the sam e
operation as 1 D ISC (SHUF) Play .
Notes on Repeat Play
A ll tracks or les on a disc are p layed repeat edly up to ve times.
Y o u cannot select “REP ” and “ SHUF” (all discs shue) at the same
time.
“ REP1” indicat es that a single track or le is r epeated until you s top
it.
Notes on playing MP3 discs
Do n ot save o ther types of tracks or les or unnecessary folders on a
disc that has MP3 les.
F olders tha t hav e no MP3 les are skip ped.
MP3 les a re pla yed back in the order tha t they are recor ded ont o
the disc.
e system can only p lay MP3 les that ha ve a le extensio n of
“ .MP3” .
I f there a re les on the disc that ha ve the “ .MP3” le extension,
but tha t are not MP3 les, the uni t may pr oduce noise or ma y
malfunction.
e maximum n umber of:
folders is 150 (incl uding the root fo lder).
MP3 les is 255.
MP3 les and folders tha t can be contain ed on a single disc is 300.
folder levels (the tree structure o f les) is eight.
Co m pa tib ili ty wi th all M P3 e ncodi ng/ writ ing so war e, rec or din g
devic e, a nd rec or din g m edia can not be g uar an teed . I nc om pa tib le M P3
discs ma y p r oduc e n oise or in te rrup ted a udio or ma y n ot pla y at all.
Notes on playing multisession discs
I f the disc begins with a CD-D A (or MP3) session, it i s recognized
as a CD-D A (or MP3) disc, and pla yback continues un til another
session is encoun tered.
A di sc with a mixed CD forma t is recognized as a CD-D A (audio)
disc.
Listening to the radio
1 Select “TUNER FM” or “ TUNER AM. ”
Press TUNER/B AND
repeatedly .
2 Select the tuning mode.
Press TUNIN G MODE
repeatedly un til “ AUT O ”
appears.
3 T une in the desired station.
Press +/– (o r TUNING +/– on the uni t)
.
Scanning stops a uto matically when a sta tion is tuned
in, and then “TUNED ” and “ ST” (for s tereo pr ograms)
appear .
T o stop automatic scanning
Press (s top)
.
T o tune in a station with a weak signal
If “TUNED” does no t appear a nd the scanning does
not sto p , pres s TUNING MOD E
repeatedly un til
“MANU AL ” a p pears, and then pr ess +/– (or TUNIN G
+/– on the unit)
repeatedly to t une in the desired
station.
T o reduce static noise on a w eak FM ster eo
station
Press FM M ODE
repeatedly un til “MO NO ” a ppears
to turn o st ereo receptio n.
Playing a tape (Ex cept f or the UK
model)
1 Select a tape func tion.
Press T APE (or FUNCTI ON repea tedly)
.
2 Inser t a tape.
Press (s top/eject)
on the unit, a nd insert the
tape into the cas sette holder . Make sure ther e is no
slack in the tape to a void dama ging the tape or the
tape deck.
3 Start playback.
Press (p lay)
on the unit.
T o Press
Pa use playback
(pause)
on the unit. T o r esume
play , press the b utt on again.
Sto p playback
(stop/eject)
on the unit.
Rewind or fast
forward*
/
(rewind/fast fo rward)
on the unit.
* Be sure to press (s top/eject)
on the unit aer the ta pe has
been wound or rewo und to the end.
Note
Do not turn o the system d uring playback or r ecording.
Changing the display
T o Press
Change
informa tion on the
display*
DISPLA Y
repeatedly when the
system is turned on.
Change Dis play
mode (See b elow .)
DISPLA Y
repeatedly when the
system is turned o .
* For exa mple, y ou can view CD/MP3 disc informa tion, such as;
track or le number d uring normal play .
track or le name (“ ”) d ur ing normal play .
artist name (“ ”) during normal pla y .
album or fo lder name (“ ”) during no rmal play .
total playing time while the pla yer is stop ped.
e system o ers the follo wing displa y modes.
Display mode When the system is o ,
P ower Sa ving
Mode
1)
e displa y is turned o to co nserve
power . e timer and clock contin ue
to operat e.
Clock
2)
e clock is displa yed.
1)
Y o u cannot set the clock in P ow er Saving M ode.
2)
e clock display a uto matically turns to P o wer Saving M ode aer
eight seconds.
Notes on the display informa tion
Ch aracters that cann ot be display ed appear as “_” .
e followin g are not di splayed;
total playing time f or an MP3 disc.
remaining p laying time fo r an MP3 le.
e followin g are not di splayed co rrectly;
elapsed playing time o f an MP3 le encoded using VBR (variable
bit ra te).
folder and le nam es that do not f ollow either the ISO9660
Level 1, Level 2 or Joliet in the expan sion forma t.
e followin g are displa yed;
total playing time f or a CD-D A disc when the play mode is
“1 DISC” .
remaining p laying time fo r a track.
ID3 tag informatio n for MP3 les when ID3 versio n 1 and
version 2 tags ar e used (ID3 version 2 tag info rmation disp lay has
priority when both ID3 versio n 1 and versio n 2 tags are used for a
single MP3 le).
up to 15 character s of ID3 tag informa tion using u ppercase letters
(A to Z), numbers (0 t o 9), and symbols (‘< > * + , – / @ [ \ ] _).
Notice f or the customer in the
countries applying EU Dir ectives
e man ufacturer of this p roduct is Son y Corporation,
1-7-1 Ko nan Mina to-k u T okyo , 108-0075 J apa n. e
A uthorized Repr esenta tive fo r EMC and p roduct safety is
Sony Deutschland G mbH, H edelnger S trasse 61, 70327
Stu ttgart, Germany . Fo r an y ser vice or guaran tee mat ters
please refer to the addr esses given in separate service or
guaran tee documents.
Note on DualDiscs
A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates
DVD reco rded ma terial on one side wi th digital
audio ma terial on the other side. H o wever , since the
audio ma terial side does not confo rm to the Compact
Disc (CD) standard , playback on this p roduct is not
guaran teed.
Music discs encoded with cop yright
protection technologies
is prod uct is designed to playback discs that conf orm
to the Compact Disc (CD) standar d. Recently , various
music discs encoded with cop yright pr otection
technologies ar e market ed by some r ecord co mpanies.
Please be aware tha t amo ng those discs, there are so me
that do no t confo rm to the CD standard a nd may n ot be
playab le by this pr oduct.
MPEG Layer -3 audio coding t echnology and paten ts
licensed from Fra unhof er IIS and om son.
MHC-EC68 only
Speaker pads
A ttach the su pplied speaker pads to the botto m of the fro nt speakers
to pr event sli ppin g.
Fro nt s peakers:
4 pads for each speaker
Left speaker (High fr eq.)
Solid (Red/ )
Solid (Gray/ )
Right speaker
(High freq.)
Po w er
Connect the power cord t o a wall socket.
If the pl ug does not t the wall socket,
detach the supp lied plug adap tor (o nly
for models equi pped with an ada ptor).
Right speaker
(Low fr eq.)
Left speaker (L ow freq .)
* Except for the UK m odel
is man ual mainly explains o peration s using the
remot e, but the sa me operatio ns can also be performed
using the bu tton s on the unit ha ving the same o r similar
names.
Before using the syst em
T o use the remote
Slide and r emove the ba ttery compartmen t lid
, and
insert the two R6 (size AA) batteries (su pplied), side
rst, ma tching the polarities sh own below .
Notes on using the remote
W i th normal use, the batt eries should last for a bout six mon ths.
Do n ot mix an old ba ttery with a new one or mix dieren t types of
batteries.
I f you do n ot use the remot e for a lon g period of time, remove the
batteries to a void dama ge from ba ttery leakage and corrosion.
Ba tteries installed devices shall not be exposed to excessive heat s uch
as sunshine, r e or the like.
T o set the clock
1 T urn on the system.
Press (o n/standb y)
to turn on the syst em.
2 Select the clock set mode.
Press CL OCK/TIMER SET
. e hour indica tion
ashes. If “ PLA Y SET” ashes, press /
repeatedly to select “ CLOCK, ” a nd then p ress ENTER
.
3 Set the time.
Press /
repeatedly to set the ho ur , then
press ENTER
. e minu te indicatio n ashes.
U se the same pr ocedure to set the min utes.
Note
e clock settings are los t when you disconnect the power co rd or if a
power failur e occurs.
*
Using optional audio components
T o connect an optional headphones
Connect headphones t o the PHONES jack
on the
unit.
T o connect an optional component
Connect additional audio sour ce com ponen ts to the
A UD IO IN jack
on the unit usin g an analog a udio
cord (no t sup plied). T urn down the vol ume on the
system, and then select the A UD IO IN function.
Antennas
Find a locatio n and an o rientatio n that p rovide g ood
reception, a nd then set up the an tenna.
Keep the an tennas a way fr om the speaker cords a nd the
power cor d to a void p icking up no ise.
Voltage selector
Fo r models with a voltag e selector , s et
V OL T A GE SELECT OR to the local
power line vo ltage.
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12
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MHC-EC78/EC68
© 2008 Sony Corporation
Printed in China
Operating Instructions
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