Sony CMT-HP8V Operating Instructions Manual page 31

The color irregularity on a TV screen persists.
• Turn off the TV set once, then turn it on after 15
to 30 minutes. If the color irregularity still
persists, place the speakers farther away from the
TV set.
VIDEO CD/CD/MP3 player
"LOCKED" appears.
• Contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony
service facility.
The disc does not eject.
• You cannot eject the disc during CD Synchro
Recording. Press x to cancel the CD Synchro
Recording, then press DISC 1 Z – DISC 5 Z on
the unit to eject the disc.
• Consult your nearest Sony dealer.
There is no picture.
• Check that the player is connected securely.
• Make sure you operate the TV correctly.
• Make sure you set the color system correctly,
according to your TV (color) system.
• Press CD (or FUNCTION on the unit repeatedly)
until "CD" appears.
Play does not start.
• Check whether a disc is loaded (The DISC
indicator lights up when a disc is loaded).
• Wipe the disc clean (page 34).
• Replace the disc.
• Load the disc that this system can play (page 4).
• Load the disc correctly.
• Load the disc in the player with the label side up.
• Remove the disc and wipe away the moisture on
the disc, then leave the system turned on for a few
hours until the moisture evaporates.
• Press N (or CD N on the unit) to start play.
Disc access takes a long time.
• Set "CD POWER ON" by the CD power manage
function (page 16).
The sound skips.
• Wipe the disc clean (page 34).
• Replace the disc.
• Try moving the system to a place without
vibration (e.g., on top of a stable stand).
• Try moving the speakers away from the system, or
placing them on separate stands. When you listen
to a track with bass sounds at high volume, the
speaker vibration may cause the sound to skip.
Play does not start from the first track.
• Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until both "PGM"
and "SHUF" disappear to return to Normal Play.
MP3 audio track cannot be played back.
• Recording was not performed according to the
ISO 9660 level 1 or level 2 format, Joliet in the
expansion format.
• The MP3 audio track does not have the extension
".MP3".
• The data is not stored in MP3 format.
• Discs containing files other than MPEG 1 Audio
Layer-3 files cannot be played.
• Files that are too small (64 kB or less) cannot be
played back.
MP3 audio tracks take longer to play back than
others.
• After the system reads all tracks on the discs,
playback may take more time than usual if:
– the number of albums or tracks on the disc is
very large.
– the album and track organization structure is
very complex.
The album title, track title, ID3 tag and the CD-
TEXT do not appear correctly.
• Use a disc that conforms with ISO 9660 level 1,
level 2 or Joliet in the expansion format.
• The disc ID3 tag is not ver. 1 (ver. 1.0 or 1.1).
• The characters that can be displayed by this unit
are as follows:
– Upper cases (A to Z)
– Numbers (0 to 9)
– Symbols (< > * + , – / [ ] \ _)
Other characters may not be displayed correctly.
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