Sony MZ-E510 User Manual

B

The elapsed time

Track name

Group name

Disc name

Sound mode

SP/LP mode

Charge the supplied rechargeable battery before using it for the first time.

b

e

E

b

b

The battery condition is indicated by the “3-color info-LED” on the player:
Red 

t Orange t LED off (approx. 2.5 hours later)

The player can be used when the LED has turned off.

Note
If you start playback or do another operation during charging, the charging will stop.

2

1

b

4

3

Insert a LR6 (size AA) alkaline dry battery.
To operate the player for the longest possible time, use the dry battery together
with a fully charged rechargeable battery.

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Operating Instructions

© 2002 Sony Corporation

Printed in Japan

3-250-259-12(1)

Do not install the appliance in a confined space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet.

To prevent fire, do not cover the ventilation of the apparatus with newspapers, table- cloths,
curtains, etc.  And don’t place lighted candles on the apparatus.

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place objects filled with liquids, such as vases, on the
apparatus.

Certain countries may regulate disposal of the battery used to power this product.  Please
consult with your local authority.

The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard.

CAUTION — INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN
DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM OR VIEW DIRECTLY WITH OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

IN NO EVENT SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, OR LOSSES OR EXPENSES RESULTING
FROM ANY DEFECTIVE PRODUCT OR THE USE OF ANY PRODUCT.

The validity of the CE marking is restricted to only those countries where it is legally enforced,
mainly in the countries EEA (European Economic Area).

B

x

Jog lever (. • u/ENT • >)

.

, >

u

x

You can select from the various play modes
using the P MODE/

 button on the remote

control.

Press P MODE/

 repeatedly.

Each time you press the button, the
play mode changes as follows:

(none)
(normal play)

1
(single-track play)

(bookmark play)

SHUF
(shuffle play)

PGM
(program play)

* Group play mode (

) appears whenever you

play a disc with group settings.  For more
details, see “Using the group function.”

You can use the repeat function for normal
play, single-track play, shuffle play, and
program play mode.

During playback in the selected play
mode, press and hold P MODE/  for
2 seconds or more.
“ ” appears in the display.

Press and hold P MODE/

 for 2 seconds or

more.

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By pressing the P MODE/

 button during

repeat play, you can change the play mode to be
used with repeat play.

Pause

Cue to the current track
or the previous track

Cue to the next track

Go backwards or
forward while playing

Searching for a specific
position while viewing
a elapsed time
(Time search)

Searching for a specific
track while viewing
track numbers
(Index search)

Cue to the beginning of
every 10th track
(only during playback of
the disc with no group
settings

1)

)

Remove the MD

1)

For more details, see “Using the group function.”

2)

Once you open the lid, the point to start play will change to the beginning of the first track.

The LED indicates the current operating mode, charging status, and battery condition.  For
details about the charging status, see “Getting started.”  For details about the battery condition,
see “When to replace or recharge the battery” on the back page.

Red

Green

Orange

Press the jog lever (u) on the remote control (continuous short
beeps). (Press u on the player.)
Press the jog lever (u on the player) again to resume play.

Slide the jog lever towards . on the remote control
(three short beeps). (Press . on the player.)

Slide the jog lever towards > on the remote control (two short
beeps).  (Press > on the player.)

Slide and hold the jog lever towards . or > on the remote
control. (Press and hold . or > on the player.)

While the player is paused, slide and hold the jog lever towards
. or > on the remote control.

While the player is stopped, slide and hold the jog lever towards
. or > on the remote control.

Press 

 + or – button.

Press x, and then slide OPEN.

2)

1

2

3

(.•u/ENT•>)

.

, >

u

x

x

1

Press the jog lever (u) on the remote control. (Press u on the player.)

A short beep sounds in the headphones/earphones.  The LED lights up.

2

Turn the volume control towards VOL + or – on the remote control to adjust
the volume. (Press VOLUME + or – on the player. )
The volume indicator appears in the display, allowing you to check the
volume level.

To stop play, press x.

A long beep sounds in the headphones/earphones.
Playback starts from the point you last stopped playing.  To start playback from the
beginning of the disc, press and hold the jog lever (u) for 2 seconds or more on the
remote control (Press and hold u for 2 seconds or more on the player).

1

2

3

You can bookmark tracks on a disc and play
them only.  The sequence of bookmarked
tracks cannot be changed.

While playing the track you want to
bookmark, press and hold the jog lever
for 2 seconds or more.

The first track for bookmark play is set.

Repeat step 1 to bookmark other tracks.
You can bookmark with up to 15 tracks.

During playback, press P MODE/
repeatedly until “

 TrPLAY?” appears

in the display.

Press the jog lever.
The bookmarked tracks start playing,
starting with the smallest track number.

While playing the track for which you want
to erase the bookmark, press and hold the jog
lever for 2 seconds or more.

Note
If you open the lid, all bookmarks are
canceled.

During playback, press P MODE/
repeatedly until “PGM” appears in the
display.

Slide the jog lever repeatedly to select
a track, and then press the jog lever to
enter that track.

Repeat step 2 to program more tracks.
You can program up to 15 tracks.

After programming the tracks, press
and hold the jog lever for 2 seconds or
more.
The program is stored and playback
starts from the first track.

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The program play settings will remain in
memory even after playback finishes or is
stopped.

Note
All program settings are lost when the lid is
opened.

During playback in the selected group
play mode, press and hold
P MODE/  for 2 seconds or more.
Playback repeats in the respective
group mode.

 

 SHUF 

 PGM 

Do the procedure explained in “Listening to
tracks in a desired sequence (Program Play)”
to play back groups in a desired sequence.
You can program up to 10 groups.  The
sequence of tracks within the groups cannot
be changed.

An MD recorder with the group function
Refer to the operating instructions of the MD
recorder.

An MD recorder that does not support the
group function
The procedure below allows you to assign
tracks to a group using the disc name-editing
function.

Change the disc name to the following
by using the MD recorder:

0;[Disc name] // [First track of group 1 ]-

[Last track of group 1] ; [Name of group 1 ] //

A

B

B

[Name of group 2] // ......

B

B

C

[First track of group 2] - [Last track of group 2 ] ;

C

A

Disc name

B

Track number

C

Group name

// Separator between groups
–

Hyphen placed between the first
track and the last track

;

Separator between track number and
Group name

(Ex.) Set the following groups for the disc
named “Collections ”:
Group name for tracks 1-7:

My Favorites“2003winter”

Group name for tracks 8-17:

Jun&Tac“sunshine head”

Group name for tracks 18-24:

THE NIGHT BUTTERFLYS

Group name for tracks 25-32:

Dream World/Kiss Me!

0;Collections//
1–7;My Favorites“2003winter”//
8–17;Jun&Tac“sunshine head”//
18–24;THE NIGHT BUTTERFLYS//
25–32;Dream World/Kiss Me!//

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• The characters “;”, “/”, and “–” can be used in

a group name.

• You can register the same group name more

than twice on the same MD.

• You can specify a group without entering a

group name (C) for it.

Notes
• Up to 99 groups can be registered on a single

MD.  The actual number, however, will be less
than 99 if you have entered more characters
than are allowed per disc.

• Depending on the specifications of your MD

recorder, the group function may not work.

You can select from 6 kinds of  sound
qualities.

During playback, press SOUND
repeatedly to select “SOUND.”

Press and hold SOUND for 2 seconds
or more.

Slide the jog lever repeatedly to select
the SOUND mode.

Each time you slide the jog lever, A
and B change as follows:
A

B

HEAVY

SOUND

 H

POPS

SOUND

 P

JAZZ

SOUND

 J

UNIQUE

SOUND

 U

CUSTOM1

SOUND

 1

CUSTOM2

SOUND

 2

Press the jog lever to enter the selected
SOUND mode.

Press and hold the DISPLAY button or the x
button for 2 seconds or more.

Slide the jog lever repeatedly in step 1 above
until the indication at B disappears.

You can customize the sound settings in
“CUSTOM1” and “CUSTOM2.”

Do steps 1 to 3 above, and then slide the
jog lever until “CUSTOM1” or
“CUSTOM2” appears.

Press the jog lever.

Slide the jog lever repeatedly to select the
frequency.

Turn the volume control repeatedly to
adjust the level.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust the level
for each frequency.

Press the jog lever to enter the selection.

B

You can check the track or disc name, track
number, the elapsed playing time of the
current track, the number of the tracks
recorded on the MD, the group name, and the
total number of 

 

tracks in a group.

A

B

Press DISPLAY on the remote control.

Each time you press DISPLAY, the
display changes as the follows:

A

Track number

Track number

The number of total
tracks in the group

The number of
total tracks

Track number

Track number

Notes
• Depending on whether group play or normal

play is selected, the operating conditions, and
the disc settings, you may not be able to select
certain indications or the indications may
appear different.

• During playback, the SP/LP mode appears

momentarily, and is then replaced by the
elapsed time of the current track.

The G-PROTECTION function was
developed to provide a higher level of shock
resistance than that of existing players in
order to allow the player to be used while
jogging.

Note
The playback sound may skip if:
• the player receives stronger continuous shock.
• a dirty or scratched MiniDisc is played.

All the tracks are played
once.

A single track is played
once.

Bookmarked tracks play
back in order of their
track number.

All the tracks are played
in random order.

The tracks are played in
the order that you
specified.

All tracks in the groups
play back once (starting
with the first track in
group 1).

Shuffle play starts with
the group that is
currently playing, and
continues with the
succeeding groups.

The groups are played in
the order that you
specified.

Repeat play of tracks
within a group

Repeat shuffle play of
tracks within a group

Repeat play for group
program

The group function is provided to allow
playback of discs with group settings.  The
group function is convenient for playback of
MDs on which several albums or CD singles
have been recorded in MDLP (LP2/LP4 )
mode.

The player can play back tracks in units of
groups; that is tracks that have been recorded
on a disc as part of separate groups, as shown
below.
The “3-color info-LED” lights up in green
when a disc with group settings is being
played.

1 2

4 5 6 7 8

12131415

3

m

Track 1 to 5 are assigned to group 1.
Track 8 to 12 are assigned to group 2.
Track 13 to 15 are assigned to group 3.
Track 6 and 7 are not assigned to a
group.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3

Tracks that were not assigned to a group are
treated as being part of “Group - -.”

Note
The player does not support the recording of
group settings.  Use an MD recorder to set the
group.  For details, see “Registering groups using
an MD recorder.”

In group play, all groups are played in order,
starting with group 1, followed by the
unassigned tracks (“Group - -”).  Playback
stops after all the tracks have been played.

During playback, press P MODE/
repeatedly until “

” appears in the

display.

During playback, press 

 + or –.

Pressing the 

 – button cues to the first

track in the current group.  Pressing the
button again cues to the first track of the
previous group.  During group cueing,
the “3-color info-LED” on the player
flashes in orange.

During playback, press GROUP.
The “3-color info-LED” on the player
lights up in orange.

Press . or >.

The shuffle play and program play function
can be used during group play mode.

Press P MODE/  repeatedly.
After normal playback, the following
play modes are displayed:

(Normal Group
Play)

 SHUF

(In-Group Shuffle)

 PGM

(Group Program)

“WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation to
represent Headphone Stereo products.   

  is a

trademark of Sony Corporation.

Playing a disc with no group settings

Playing a disc with group settings

Cueing to another group (Group Skip)

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