Sony Dream Machine ICF-C1iPMK2 Operating Instructions page 2

FM wire antenna
AC power cord
There is a tactile dot on the VOLUME +, / and PRESET TUNING 3 button.
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 





There is a tactile dot on the VOL +,
/,  and PRESET + button.
Note
About the backup
During the shipment and your first use, a clock error
may occur. In this case, refer to "Setting the clock and
battery
date" to set the correct time.
When daylight saving time
To keep good time, as a backup power source, this unit
has one CR2032 battery inside of the unit in addition
(summer time) begins
to the house current.
The battery keeps the clock and the alarm operating in This model employs the Automatic Daylight Saving
the event of a power interruption. Time/Summer Time adjustment. The DST indicator in
Note that the backlight will not light up during a the display appears in the display at the beginning of
power interruption. the daylight saving time (summer time), and
disappears at the end of it.
Knowing when to replace the
 Daylight saving time begins at: 2:00 AM on the
second Sunday of March.
battery
 Standard time begins at: 2:00 AM on the first
If a power interruption occurs when the battery is
Sunday of November.
weak, the brightness of characters in the display
darkens. If the battery runs out during the To deactivate the Automatic DST/
interruption, the current time and alarm functions will
Summer Time adjustment during
be initialized.
the daylight saving time (summer
Replace the battery with a Sony CR2032 lithium
time) period.
battery. Use of another battery may present a risk of
fire or explosion.
The Automatic DST/Summer Time adjustment can be
cancelled.
Replacing the backup battery
Press CLOCK and TIME ZONE/ALARM DISPLAY for
1 more than two seconds. The Automatic DST/Summer
Keep the AC plug connected to the AC
Time adjustment will be cancelled. To active the
outlet, remove the screw that secures the
Automatic DST/Summer Time adjustment again,
battery compartment at the bottom of the repeat the same operation.
unit using a screwdriver, and remove the
battery compartment. (See Fig. -)
Setting the clock and
2
Insert a new battery in the battery
date
compartment with the  side facing up.
To remove the battery from the battery
To change the setting manually, follow the procedure
compartment, push it out from the side marked
from step 1.
PUSH. (See Fig. -)
3
1
Insert the battery compartment back into
the unit and secure it with the screw.
2
(See Fig. -)
Note
3
When you replace the battery, keep the AC plug
4
connected to a wall outlet. Otherwise, current time
and alarms will be initialized if the replacement is not
completed within around one minute.
If the time in the display is
incorrect after the battery is
 Pressing and holding + or – changes the year,
changed (RESET) month, day or time rapidly.
 While setting the clock, you must perform each step
Push the Reset switch with the pointed device. The
within about 65 seconds, or the clock setting mode
Reset switch is in the small hole located in the battery
will be cancelled.
compartment.
To display the year and date
Notes
 You cannot reset unless the lithium battery is
Press CLOCK once for the date, and within
installed.
about 5 seconds press it again for the year.
 Set the clock again after the unit is reset.
The display shows the date or year for about
Battery Warning 5 seconds and then changes back to the current time.
When the unit will be left unplugged for a long time,
remove the battery to avoid undue battery discharge
Setting the brightness
and damage to the unit from battery leakage.
CR2032
of the display
Preparing the remote
Three levels of brightness are available by
commander
pressing SNOOZE/BRIGHTNESS.
Before using the card remote commander for the first
time, remove the insulation film. (See Fig. -)
When to replace the battery
With normal use, the battery (CR2025) should last for Playing the iPod
about six months. When the remote commander no
longer operates the unit, replace the battery with new
You can enjoy iPod audio by connecting this unit. To
ones. (See Fig. -)
use an iPod, refer to the user's guide of your iPod.
Notes
Compatible iPod models
 Do not charge the battery.
 When you are not going to use the remote
The compatible iPod models are as follows. Update
commander for a long time, remove the battery to
your iPod to use the latest software before you use it.
avoid any damage caused by leakage and corrosion.
Setting the clock for the
first time
This unit is preset to the current date and time at the
iPod nano
factory, and is powered by the back up battery. All you
5th generation
need to do the first time is just plug it in and select
(video camera)
your time zone.
1
Plug in the unit.
2
Press TIME ZONE for more then two
seconds.
Area number "2" appears in the display.
CR2025
If you live in the Eastern Time zone, you do not
need to adjust the area setting.
Area number Time zone
1 Atlantic Standard/Daylight Time
iPod touch
1st generation
2 Eastern Standard/Daylight Time
(default)
3 Central Standard/Daylight Time
4 Mountain Standard/Daylight Time
5 Pacific Standard/Daylight Time
6 Yukon Standard/Daylight Time
7 Hawaiian Standard/Daylight Time
3
Press TIME SET + or – repeatedly until the
desired number appears.
4
Press TIME ZONE to complete the setting.
iPod nano
1st generation
iPod
4th generation
(color display)
iPod mini
Notes
 The connector of the unit is for sole use for iPod.
When you use the devices do not match with the
connector, connect it to the AUDIO IN terminal of
this unit with the supplied audio connecting cable.
 Sony cannot accept responsibility in the event that
data recorded to iPod is lost or damaged when using
an iPod connected to this unit.
1
Put the iPod into the unit's connector.
Press CLOCK for more than 2 seconds.
The year will start to flash in the display.
Press TIME SET + or – until the correct year
appears in the display.
Press CLOCK.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 to set the month, day
Adjust the rear support forward or backward
and time.
checking the back of the iPod fits snugly against
After setting the minute the clock starts from
the rear support to protect the connector.
0 seconds. But if you do not set "Minute", the clock
does not start from 0 second flat.
2
Press /.
The iPod begins to play automatically.
You can operate the connected iPod by the unit or
iPod buttons.
To Press
Turn off the iPod OFF, or press and hold 
Pause playback /
To resume play, press it again.
Go to the next 
track
Go back to the 
previous track
Locate a point  (forward) or 
iPod nano
while listening to (backward) while playing and
4th generation
the sound hold it until you find the point.
iPod touch
(video)
2nd generation Locate a point  (forward) or 
while observing (backward) in pause and hold it
the display until you find the point.
Go back to the MENU*
previous menu
Select a menu
/*
item or a track for
iPod nano playback
3rd generation
Execute the ENTER*
(video)
selected menu or
iPod classic
the playback
* These operations are available only when using the
supplied remote commander.
Notes
 When placing or removing the iPod, keep it straight
and parallel with the rear support.
 Do not carry the unit with an iPod set on the
connector. Doing so may cause a malfunction.
iPod nano
2nd generation iPod  When placing or removing the iPod, brace the unit
iPhone
(aluminium)
5th generation with one hand and take care not to press the controls
(video)
of the iPod by mistake.
Tuning into a preset station
 Do not pull on the rear support strongly as it cannot
be detached from the unit and may cause a
1
Press RADIO ON to turn on the radio.
malfunction.
2
 To use an iPod, refer to the user's guide of your iPod. Press one of the PRESET TUNING buttons
 Before disconnecting the iPod, pause playback.
where the desired station is stored.
3
Adjust volume using VOLUME.
Tip
Apple's iPod Universal Dock Adapter can be used with
iPod
this unit.
4th generation Setting the alarm
To use the unit as a battery
The dual alarm function allows you to set two alarm
charger
programs (ALARM A and ALARM B).
The alarm time can be set for each program and the
You can use the unit as a battery charger.
alarm sound is selectable from RADIO, BUZZER or
The charging begins when the iPod is placed on the
iPod.
connector.
The charging status appears in the iPod display. For
Notes
details, see the user's guide of your iPod.
 Before setting the alarm, make sure to set the clock
(see "Setting the clock and date").
On copyrights
 The factory setting alarm time is "AM 12:00".
 iPod is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the
 To set the radio alarm, first tune in to a station
U.S. and other countries.
(see "Playing the radio").
 iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc.
 All other trademarks and registered trademarks are To set the alarm time
™ ®
of their respective holders. In this manual, and
To set ALARM A
marks are not specified.
1
Press ALARM SET A for a few seconds.
2
Press TIME SET +/– to set the desired hour,
Playing the radio
and press ALARM SET A.
3
—Manual tuning
Press TIME SET +/– to set the desired
minute, and press ALARM SET A.
1
Press RADIO ON to turn on the radio.
4
Press TIME SET +/– to set the desired alarm
The display shows the band and frequency.
mode (RADIO, BUZZER or iPod) and press
ALARM SET A.
5
If you select the RADIO or iPod, press TIME
SET +/– to set the wake up volume and
2
Press RADIO ON repeatedly to select the press ALARM SET A.
desired band.
To set ALARM B, follow the same steps above using
Each press changes the band as follows:
ALARM B instead of ALARM A.
To change the display between ALARM TIME A and
ALARM TIME B, press TIME ZONE/ALARM DISPLAY.
FM1 and FM2 are the same frequency bands.
When using iPod touch/iPhone
3
Use TUNING + or – to tune into the desired To use music stored in an iPod touch/iPhone to wake
up, put the iPod touch/iPhone into the unit first,
station.
follow the steps above to set alarm time, and then
The FM frequency advances or reverses in 0.1
select the desired music.
MHz channel steps and the AM frequency in 10
kHz channel steps.
Notes
4
 When you use the radio alarm, the timed alarm
Adjust volume using VOLUME.
sounds with the last broadcasting station tuned to
To turn off the radio, press OFF.
before the power went off. When you set the radio
alarm, select the desired broadcasting station before
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turning the power off.
 The ALARM A (or B) indicator flashes in the display
reception
when the alarm sounds.
 If a second alarm sounds during a first (or the
FM: Extend the FM wire antenna fully to SNOOZE function is active), the second alarm takes
priority.
increase reception sensitivity.
AM: Connect the supplied AM loop antenna  The alarm function works as usual at the beginning
to the unit. Rotate the antenna
and end day of the daylight saving time (summer
horizontally for optimum reception.
time). While the Automatic DST/Summer Time
adjustment is set, as a result, if the alarm is set at a
Keep away digital music player or mobile phone from
time skipped when the daylight saving time
the AM loop antenna or the FM wire antenna, as this
(summer time) begins, the alarm is skipped, or if the
may lead to interference of reception.
alarm is set at a time overlapped when the daylight
saving time (summer time) ends, the alarm sounds
Note
twice.
When you are listening to the radio with an iPhone
connected to the unit, interference with radio  If the same alarm time is set for both alarm
reception may occur.
(ALARM A and B), the ALARM A takes priority.
Tip
To activate the alarm
If the FM broadcast is noisy, press FM MODE on the
remote commander to turn off "STEREO" in the
After setting the alarm time, follow these steps:
display. The radio becomes clearer although the sound
To activate the ALARM A, press ALARM SET A
becomes monaural.
to display ALARM A.
To activate the ALARM B, press ALARM SET B
Presetting your
to display ALARM B.
favourite station
Notes
 The alarm sounds at the set time even if the unit is
—Preset tuning
on.
 Make sure the iPod is installed correctly after setting
You can preset up to 10 stations in FM (5 stations in
the iPod alarm.
FM1, 5 stations in FM2), and 5 stations in AM.
Notes on using iPod touch/iPhone
Presetting a station
 If you set the iPod alarm while iPod touch/iPhone
1
music is playing, and then turn the unit power off,
Follow steps 1 to 4 in "Playing the Radio"
when the alarm time comes on, the alarm music will
and manually tune into the station you wish
resume from the point where the power was turned
to preset.
off.
2
Press and hold the desired PRESET
 Even if the iPod alarm setting is complete, if you
turn the iPod touch/iPhone power off before the
TUNING button for more than two seconds
unit, the iPod alarm will not work.
for registration.
After the preset has finished, the preset number
To doze for a few more minutes
appears on the display.
Press SNOOZE/BRIGHTNESS.
Example: To preset AM 1 260 kHz onto preset
The sound turns off but will automatically come on
2 button.
again after about 5 minutes.
The maximum length of the snooze time is
40 minutes.
To stop the alarm

a few seconds after
Press OFF to turn off the alarm.
The alarm will come on sound again at the same time
the next day.
If OFF is not pressed, the buzzer alarm sounds
continuously for about 3 minutes, and then it stops
automatically.
To preset another station, repeat these steps.
The RADIO and iPod sound continuously until OFF is
To change the preset station, tune into the desired
pressed.
station and hold down the PRESET TUNING 1 to
5 button. The new station will replace the previous
station on the preset button.
To deactivate the alarm
Press ALARM SET A (or B) to turn off the
ALARM A (or B) indicator from the display.
Note on alarm in the event of a power
interruption
 When the alarm sound is set to RADIO or iPod, it
will change to BUZZER automatically.
 If the backup battery is exhausted, the alarm will not
work in the event of power interruption. Replace the
battery periodically.
Setting the sleep timer
You can fall asleep to the sound using the built-in
sleep timer that turns off the unit automatically after a
preset duration.
1
Press SLEEP while the unit is turned on.
SLEEP appears in the display.
2
Press SLEEP to set the sleep timer duration.
Each time you press SLEEP, the duration changes
as follows:
The display returns to clock mode five seconds
after you have finished setting the duration setting
and released SLEEP, and then the sleep timer
starts.
The unit will play for the duration you set, and
then shut off.
To turn off the unit before the
preset time
Press OFF.
To use both sleep timer and alarm
You can fall asleep to the radio and also be awakened
by the radio or buzzer alarm at the preset time.
1
Set the alarm. (See "Setting the alarm".)
2
Set the sleep timer. (See "Setting the sleep
timer".)
Other useful functions
To get the MEGA Xpand effect
Press MEGA Xpand. "MEGA Xpand" appears in the
display. You can get the effect of expansion of the
sound field. To return to normal sound, press the
button again.
Connecting external
equipment
To listen to sound
1
Connect the AUDIO IN jack of the unit to
the line out jack or headphone jack of the
external equipment using the audio
connecting cable (supplied).
2
Press AUDIO IN to display "AUDIO IN".
3
Play the equipment connected to the
AUDIO IN jack.
4
Adjust the volume using VOLUME.
To return to the radio
Press RADIO ON.
The frequency is shown in the display.
To return to the iPod
Press /.
To stop listening
Press OFF, and stop playback on the connected
unit.