Hitachi AX-M140 User Manual

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Recording
1. Before recording, please firstly confirm whether the menu is setup to the record setting

you need.

2. Place the disc on the disc tray correctly and press play. Press the REC button (

) to

select the record mode, the “REC TO HARD DISK” will be displayed on the VFD.

3. Press the 

 button to enter record, the “Select HD Operation C: or D:” will scroll

across the VFD.

4. Use the 

 or 

 button to select “Rec To C:” or “Rec To D:” and press 

button to confirm your selection, the “WAITING...” will be displayed on the VFD.

5. Press the 

 button to stop recording anytime, the “Write TO HD” will be displayed

on the VFD. When the “MP3 STANDBY” is displayed on the VFD, the unit will exit the
record mode and return to normal play mode.

Warning: Do not remove the USB device while in use. This could damage the file.

Press the menu setting button (

) repeatedly until “REC. BIT-RATE” is displayed on the

VFD, then you can use 

 or 

 button to select the 5 levels of bitrate (64 kbps to 196

kbps for recording from external equipment and press 

 button to confirm your

selection. (The highter the bitrate, the better the sound quality.)

Press the menu setting button (

) repeatedly until “CD-SYNC REC” is displayed on the

VFD, then you can use 

 or 

 button to select the OFF, ONCE or ALL mode to record

songs from external equipment and press 

 button to confirm your selection.

* Off

: Turns record synchronization off

* ALL   : Synchronized record all tracks of a disc. Each track will be saved as a separate

MP3 file.

* Once  : Synchronized record one track of a disc. Only the first track played will be recorded.

Press the menu setting button (

) repeatedly until “DELETE” is displayed on the VFD,

then you can use the 

 or 

 button to select hard disk or USB device and press

 button to confirm your selection. Use 

 or 

 button to select the file that you

want to delete (press the 

 button to enter the subdirectiry.) and press 

 button

to confirm the delete or press 

 button to cancel.

Press the menu setting button (

) repeatedly until “MEM SIZE CHECK” is displayed on

the VFD, then you can use the 

 or 

 button to select hard disk or USB device and

press 

 button to confirm your selection. Use 

 or 

 button to check the hard

disk total memory and remaining memory, then the USB device memory if inserted.

Press the menu setting button (

) repeatedly until “BROWSE DIR” is displayed on the

VFD,  then you can use the 

 or 

 button  select  DIR  to play first track.

Press and hold the menu setting button (

) until “1.FORMAT, 2.FDISK & FORMAT” are

displayed on the VFD, use the 

 or 

 button to select the memory to be formatted

between hard disk and USB device. Then press 

 button “ARE YOU SURE FORMAT?

” will be displayed. Press 

 button to confirm to format memory or press 

button to cancel.

Note:
DRM-protected files will only play if you copy them to the player through Windows Media
Player or through the music management software provided by the online music store
where you purchased the files.

RANDOM

REPEAT

INTRO

MENU

CANCEL

SEL

SEL

On the unit