General - Sony HCD-RG490 Service Manual

HCD-RG490/RG590: UK model
Guide to parts and
controls
Unit
Remote
This manul mainly explains operations using
the remote, but the same operations can also be
performed using the buttons on the unit having
the same or similar names.
1 ?/1 (power) button
Press to turn on the system.
2 STANDBY indicator
Lights up when the system is turned off.
3 CD button
Press to select the CD function.
TUNER/BAND button
Press to select the TUNER function. Press
to select FM or AM reception mode.
Unit: TAPE A/B button
Remote: TAPE button
Press to select the TAPE function. Press to
select TAPE A or TAPE B.
AUDIO IN button
Press to select the AUDIO IN function.
FUNCTION button
Press to select the function.
SECTION 2

GENERAL

4 SUBWOOFER indicator
Lights up when the subwoofer is turned
on.
5 SUBWOOFER button
Press to turn on and off the subwoofer.
6 Mexican model:
Unit: KARAOKE button
Press to activate the karaoke mode.
Remote: DISPLAY button
Press to change the information on the
display.
Other models:
DISPLAY button
Press to change the information on the
display.
7 ILLUMINATION button
Press to change the illumination pattern
around the VOLUME control
8 Buttons for synchro recording or
manual recording
REC PAUSE/START button,
CD SYNC button
Press to record on a tape.
9 PUSH Z
Press to insert or eject a tape.
q; Playback buttons
Unit: NX (play/pause) button
Remote: N (play) button,
X (pause) button
Press to start or pause playback.
x (stop) button
Press to stop playback.
./> (go back/go forward)
Press to select a track or file.
Unit: TUNING +/– button
Remote: +/– (tuning) button
Press to tune in the desired station.
+/– (select folder) button
Press to select a folder on an MP3 disc.
m/M (rewind/fast forward)
button
Press to find a point in a track or file.
MULTI JOG dial (./> (go
back/go forward), +/– (tuning))
Turn to select a track or file. Turn to
tune in the desired station. (Same as the
./>, +/– buttons on the remote)
qa PHONES jack
Connect the headphones.
qs AUDIO IN jack
Connect to an audio component.
HCD-RG490/RG590
This section is extracted from
instruction manual.
qd Latin American model only:
MIC jack
Connect the microphone. Mexican model
comes with 2 microphone jacks.
MIC LEVEL
Turn to adjust the microphone volume.
Mexican model only:
ECHO LEVEL
Turn to adjust the echo level.
qf Unit: VOLUME control
Turn to adjust the volume.
Remote: VOLUME +/– button
Press to adjust the volume.
qg EQ BAND button
Press to select the frequency band.
qh ENTER button
qf
.
Press to enter the settings.
qj Sound buttons
Unit: GROOVE button,
SURROUND button
Remote: EQ button
Press to select the sound.
qk A (open/close) button
Press to insert and eject a disc.
ql DISC 1 – 3 button
Press to select a disc. Press to switch to the
CD function from other function.
Unit: DISC SKIP/EX-CHANGE
button
Press to select a disc. Press to exchange a
disc while playing.
Remote: DISC SKIP button
Press to select a disc.
w; Remote sensor
wa CLOCK/TIMER SELECT button
CLOCK/TIMER SET button
Press to set the clock and the timers.
ws REPEAT/FM MODE button
Press to listen to a disc, a single track
or file repeatedly. Press to select the FM
reception mode (monaural or stereo).
wd Battery compartment lid
wf CLEAR button
Press to delete a pre-programmed track.
wg TUNER MEMORY button
Press to preset the radio station.
wh PLAY MODE/TUNING MODE
button
Press to select the play mode of a CD,
MP3 or tape.
Press to select the tuning mode.
wj SLEEP button
Press to set the Sleep Timer.
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