Sony MDS-JA555ES - Manuel (Page 32)

Playing MDs
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~ ≠ AMS ± PITCH CONTROL
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~ ≠ AMS ± MENU/NO
Falling Asleep to Music
You can let the deck turn off at the specified time, so
you can sleep to the music.
You can specify the time to be turned off by
30 minutes.
1 Press MENU/NO twice to display “Setup Menu”.
2
Turn AMS to select “Setup 14”, then press AMS.
3 Turn AMS to select the time.
The minutes display changes as follows:
30min ˜ 60min ˜ 90min ˜ 120min
4
Press AMS.
5
Turn AMS to select “Setup 15”, then press AMS.
6
Turn AMS to select “Sleep On”, then press AMS.
“SLEEP” lights up in the display.
7
Press MENU/NO.
To change the time to turn off
Start over from Step 1 above.
To cancel the Sleep Timer Function
Select “Sleep Off” in Step 6 above, then press AMS.
Changing the Pitch (Pitch
Control Function)
You can change the MD playback speed (pitch). The
tone rises at higher pitches, and falls at lower pitches.
When you’ve set the pitch to a value other than the
factory setting, the PITCH CONTROL button lights
amber during play.
Setting the pitch automatically in steps
(Auto Step Control Function)
You can increase the pitch by up to 2 steps * or lower
the pitch by up to 48 steps.
* One octave equals 12 steps.
1 While the deck is playing, press PITCH
CONTROL repeatedly until “Pitch” appears in
the display.
2
Turn AMS until the desired step value appears.
To recall the factory setting
Press CLEAR while setting the value.
Notes
• When you change the step value, the playback sound
drops out momentarily.
• The step value returns to “0” (factory setting) when you
turn off the deck or eject the MD.
• When a dot (.) appears to the right of the step value in the
pitch display, this indicates that you have performed fine
adjustment (see the next page) and the pitch value is
between steps. (The step and fine control values are
linked.)