MHC-GX99/EC77/EC55.GB.2-899-084-13(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.
2-899-084-13 (1)
Mini Hi-Fi
Component Syst em
Operating Instruc tions
GB
Owner ’ s Record
e model and serial numbers ar e located on the r ear of the uni t. Record the serial number in the space
pro vided below . Refer to them whenever you call upon yo ur Sony dealer rega rding this p roduct.
Model N o . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Serial No. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _
MHC- GX99
MHC-EC77/EC55
© 2007 Sony Corporation
Printed in China
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 .
Don ’t thr ow a way the bat tery with
general house wast e, dispose of it
correctly as chemical waste .
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 sur e to at tach the fuse cover aer y ou
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 statio n.
NO TICE FOR THE CUST OMERS IN
THE U .S.A.
is symbol is int ended to alert the
user to the presence o f uninsulated
“ dangero us voltag e ” wi thin the
product ’ s enclosur e that ma y be of
sucient ma gnitude to co nstit ute a risk
of electric shock to persons.
is symbol is int ended to alert the
user to the presence o f importan t
operating a nd main tenance (servicing)
instructions in the litera tur e
accom panying the a pp liance.
CA UTION
e use of op tical instruments with this pr oduct will
increase eye hazar d.
W ARNING
is equip ment has been test ed and foun d to com ply
with the limits fo r a Class B digital device, pursuan t
to Pa rt 15 of the FCC Rules. ese limits ar e designed
to pr ovide reasona ble pr otection again st harmful
interfer ence in a residen tial installation. is equi pmen t
genera tes, uses, and can radia te radio frequency energy
and, if no t installed and used in accordan ce with the
instructions, may ca use harmful interfer ence to radio
comm unications. H o wever , there is no guarant ee that
interfer ence will not occur in a particular installation. If
this equipmen t does cause harmful in terference t o radio
or television r eception, which can be determined by
turning the equip ment o and o n, the user is encouraged
to try to correct the interference b y one o r mor e of the
followin g measures:
Reorient or r elocate the r eceiving an tenna.
Incr ease the separation between the equipm ent an d
receiver .
Connect the equipmen t int o an ou tlet on a circuit
dieren t from tha t to which the receiv er is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV
technician fo r help .
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
Adjusting the sound
T o adjust the volume
Press V O L UME +/– o n the remo te (or t urn the
V OL U ME con trol on the uni t)
.
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
.
T o turn on the subwoofer (MHC-GX99 only)
Press S UB W OOFER ON/OFF in the low er part of the
subw oofer un til the indicator o n the subw oofer lights u p .
* T o adjust the sound out put level f or the sub woofer , t urn the
SUB WOOFER LE VEL in the lower part of the sub woofer . Once you
have made the ad justmen t, the overall sound level can be adj usted
using V OL UME +/– o n the remote (o r turn the V OL UME co ntrol
on the unit)
.
Playing a CD/MP3 disc
1 Select the CD func tion.
Press CD o n the remo te (or FUNCTI ON repeat edly)
.
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 o n
the remot e (or DISC S KIP/EX-CH ANGE on the uni t)
. 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/pa use) on the unit)
.
T o exchan ge other discs during p layback, pr ess DISC
SKIP/EX-CH ANGE
on the unit.
T o Press
Pa use playback
(pause) on the r emote (o r CD
on the unit)
. T o resume
play , press the b utt on again.
Sto p playback
(stop)
.
Select a folder on an
MP3 disc
+/–
.
Select a track or le
(go back/go fo rward)
on the remo te ( on the
unit)
.
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 Pla y
REPEA T
on the remo te
repeatedly un til “REP” or “ REP1”
appears.
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:
loadable sessions on a sin gle disc is 10.
folders is 150 (including the r oot folder).
MP3 les is 255.
MP3 les and folders that can be con tained on a single disc is 300.
folder levels (the tree structure of les) is eight.
Co mpatib ility with all MP3 encoding/writing soware , recordin g
device, and recor ding media cannot be guaran teed. Inco mpa tible
MP3 discs may pr oduce noise or in terrupted a udio or may no t play
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 “F M” or “ A M. ”
Press TUNER/B AND
repeatedly .
2 Select the tuning mode.
Press TUNIN G MODE
repeatedly un til “ A UTO ”
appears.
3 T une in the desired station.
Press +/– o n the remo te (or TUNING + o r – on the
unit)
.
Scanning stops a uto matically when a sta tion is tuned
in, and then “TUNED” a nd “S TEREO ” (fo r stereo
program s) ap pear .
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 p ress +/– on the r emote (o r
TUNING + or – o n the unit)
repeatedly to t une in the
desired statio n.
T o reduce static noise on a w eak FM ster eo
station
Press FM M ODE
on the remo te repeat edly until
“M ONO ” a ppears to t urn o ster eo reception.
Playing a tape (Ex cept f or North
Americ an model)
1 Select a tape func tion.
Press T APE on the rem ote (or FUN CTION o n the
unit repeat edly)
.
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*
/
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 elo w .)
DISPLA Y
repeatedly when the
system is turned o .
* For exa mple, y ou can view CD/MP3 disc informa tion, such as the
track or le number o r folder name d uring normal play , or the total
playing time while the play er is stop ped.
e system o ers the follo wing displa y modes.
Display mode When the system is o
1)
,
P ower Sa ving
Mode
2)
e displa y is turned o to co nserve
power . e timer and clock contin ue
to operat e.
Clock
3)
e clock is displa yed.
1)
e ST ANDBY indicator
on the unit lights u p when the system is
o.
2)
Y o u cannot set the clock in P ow er Saving M ode.
3)
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 for a n MP3 disc.
remaining playing time f or an MP3 le.
e followin g are not di splayed co rrectly;
elapsed playing time of an MP3 le encoded using a VBR (va riable
bit ra te).
folder and le names that do no t follow ei ther the ISO9660 Level
1, Level 2 or Joliet in the expan sion fo rmat.
e followin g are displa yed;
total playing time for a CD-D A disc when the play m ode is “1
DISC” .
remaining playing time f or a track.
ID3 tag information fo r MP3 les when ID3 version 1 and v ersion
2 tags are used (ID3 version 2 tag inf ormatio n display has p riority
when both ID3 version 1 and v ersion 2 tags ar e used for a single
MP3 le).
up to 15 characters of ID3 tag info rmation usin g uppercase lett ers
(A to Z), numbers (0 t o 9), and symbols (‘< > * + , – / @ [ \ ] _).
CA UTION
Y o u are ca ution ed that an y chan ges or modica tions
not expr essly a pp rov ed in this manual could v oid yo ur
au thority to opera te this equip ment.
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 cau sed by inap pro priat e
waste handlin g of this pr oduct. e recycling of m aterials
will help to con ser ve na tural resour ces. Fo r mor e 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 wher e you pur chased the
product.
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 guara ntee ma tter s
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.
Subwoofer
(MHC-GX99 onl y)
Connect the subwoof er
to the SUB W OOFER
OUT jack with the
subw oofer cable
(supp lied).
MHC-EC55 only
Subwoofer (MHC-GX99 only)
Place the subw oofer vertically to obtain a bett er bass repr oduction.
Also, positio n the subwoo fer:
on a solid oor where reso nance is unlikely to occur .
at least a few cen timeters awa y from the wall.
away fr om the center o f the room or p lace a bookshelf against a wall, to a void
generating a s tanding wav e.
Speaker pads
A ttach the su pplied speaker pads to the botto m of the fro nt speakers
and sub woofer t o preven t slip ping.
Fro nt s peakers:
4 pads for each speaker
Sub woofer:
4 pads (MHC-GX99 only)
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 N orth American model
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)
.
2 Select the clock set mode.
Press CL OCK/TIMER SET
on the remo te. I f the
current mode a ppears on the disp lay , press /
on the remo te repeat edly to select “CL OCK, ” a nd
then press ENTER
on the remo te.
3 Set the time.
Press /
on the remo te repeat edly to set
the hour , and then press ENTER
on the remo te.
U se the same pr ocedure to set the min utes.
e clock settings ar e lost when you disconn ect the
power cor d or if a pow er failur e occurs.
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
on the remo te.
T uner
TUNER/BAND
.
T ape
1)
T APE
on the remo te.
Componen t
2)
(connected
using an a udio cor d)
FUNCTION r epeatedly
(or A UDIO IN
3)
on
the remot e)
until
“ A UDI O IN” ap pears.
1)
Ex cept for N orth American model.
2)
I f 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 avo id distorted
sound from the speakers.
3)
N orth American model o nly .
*
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.
*Saudi Arab ian model: 120 – 127 V/220 – 240 V/
NO OPERA TION