Cd/Md - Sony cdx-c8050x Service Manual

CD/MD

CDX-C8050X:
In addition to playing a CD with this unit
alone, you can also control external CD/MD
units.
MDX-C8500X:
In addition to playing an MD with this unit
alone, you can also control external CD/MD
units.
If you connect an optional CD unit with the
CD TEXT function, the CD TEXT information
will appear in the display when you playback
a CD TEXT disc.
Listening to a CD
with CDX-C8050X only
1
Press (OPEN) and insert the CD.
Playback starts automatically.
Labeled side up
2
Close the front panel.
Tip
To play back an 8 cm (3 in.) CD, use the optional
Sony compact disc single adapter (CSA-8).
When you connect an optional CD unit, you
can label CD and CD TEXT discs with a
personalized name using the disc memo
function. Refer to "Labeling a CD" (page 15).
However, if you use personalized labels, they
will always take priority over the original CD
TEXT information when such information is
displayed.
After you select the desired item, the display
will automatically change to the Motion
Display mode after a few seconds.
In the Motion Display mode, all the items are
scrolled in the display one by one in order.
Tip
The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See
"Changing the sound and display settings" on
page 29).
Automatically scrolling a disc name
— Auto Scroll
If the disc name, artist name, or track name on
an MD or a CD TEXT disc exceeds 10
characters and the Auto Scroll function is on,
information automatically scrolls across the
display as follows:
• The disc name appears when the disc has
changed (if the disc name is selected as the
display item).
• The track name appears when the track has
changed (if the track name is selected as the
display item).
• The disc or track name appears depending on
the setting when you press (SOURCE) to select
an MD or CD TEXT disc.
If you press (DSPL) to change the display
item, the disc or track name of the MD or CD
TEXT disc is scrolled automatically whether
you set the function on or off.
1
During playback, press (MENU).
2
Press either side of (DISC/PRST)
repeatedly until "A.Scrl" appears.
3
Press (+) side of (SEEK/AMS) to select
"A.Scrl on."
4
Press (ENTER).
To cancel Auto Scroll, select "A.Scrl off" in
step 3 above.
4
If a CD is already inserted, press (SOURCE)
repeatedly until "CD" appears to start
playback.
CD indication
Track number Elapsed playing time
When the last track on the CD is
over
The track number indication returns to "1, "
and playback restarts from the first track of the
CD.
To Press
Stop playback (OFF)
(OPEN) then Z
Eject the CD
For details on operation, refer to
"Changing the display item" (page 12),
"Automatically scrolling a disc name,"
"Locating a specific track,"
"Locating a specific point in a track," and
"Locating a disc" (page 13).
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Note
For some CD TEXT discs with very many characters,
the following cases may happen:
— Some of the characters are not displayed.
— Auto Scroll does not work.
Locating a specific track
— Automatic Music Sensor (AMS)
During playback, press either side of
(SEEK/AMS) momentarily for each track
you want to skip.
To locate To locate
preceding succeeding
tracks tracks
Locating a specific point in a track
— Manual Search
During playback, press and hold either
side of (SEEK/AMS). Release when you
have found the desired point.
To search To search
backward
forward
Note
If " " or " " appears in the
display, you have reached the beginning or the
end of the disc and you cannot go any further.
Locating a disc
— Disc Selection
When an optional CD/MD unit is
connected, press either side of
(DISC/PRST) to select the desired disc.
The desired disc in the current optional
CD/MD unit begins playback.
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Listening to an MD
with MDX-C8500X only
1
Press (OPEN) and insert the MD.
Playback starts automatically.
Labeled side up
2
Close the front panel.
If an MD is already inserted, press (SOURCE)
repeatedly until "MD" appears to start
playback.
The title of the MD* and the track title will
appear in the display window, then the
playing time will appear.
MD indication
Track number Elapsed playing time
* Only if these titles are prerecorded on the MD.
When the last track on the MD is
over
The track number indication returns to "1, "
and playback restarts from the first track of the
MD.
To Press
(OFF)
Stop playback
Eject the MD (OPEN) then Z
For details on operation, refer to
"Changing the display item ,"
"Automatically scrolling a disc name,"
"Locating a specific track,"
"Locating a specific point in a track," and
"Locating a disc" (page 13).
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Playing tracks repeatedly
— Repeat Play
The disc in the main unit will automatically
repeat itself when it reaches the end. As repeat
play, you can select:
•Repeat 1 - to repeat a track.
•Repeat 2 - to repeat a disc in the optional
CD/MD unit.
During playback, press (1) (REP)
repeatedly until the desired setting
appears in the display.
B Repeat 1 B Repeat 2*
Repeat off b
*"Repeat 2" is only available when you connect
one or more optional CD/MD units.
PTY
DSPL
LIST
-SEEK/AMS
ENTER
REP SHUF
MODE 1 2 3 4 5 6
Repeat Play starts.
To return to normal playback mode, select
"Repeat off" in the step above.
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Playing a CD or MD
(with optional CD/MD unit)
1
Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select
"CD" or "MD".
2
Press (MODE) until the desired unit
appears.
CD/MD playback starts.
All the discs in the current CD/MD unit is
played from the top.
Changing the display item
Each time you press (DSPL) during MD, CD
or CD TEXT disc playback, the item changes as
follows:
V
Disc number* 1 /Track number/
Elapsed playback time
V
2 3
Disc name* /Artist name*
V
4
Track name*
1 While an optional CD/MD unit is connected.
*
2 If you have not labeled the CD or CD TEXT disc,
*
or if there is no disc name prerecorded on the
MD, "NO D.Name" appears in the display.
3 If you playback a CD TEXT disc, the artist name
*
appears in the display after the disc name.
(Only for CD TEXT discs with the artist name.)
4 If the track name of a CD TEXT disc or MD is not
*
prerecorded, "NO T.Name" appears in the
display.
Playing tracks in random
order
— Shuffle Play
You can select:
•Shuf 1 - to play the tracks on the current disc
in random order.
•Shuf 2 - to play the tracks in the current
optional CD/MD unit in random order.
•Shuf All - to play all the tracks in all the
optional CD/MD units in random order.
During playback, press (2) (SHUF)
repeatedly until the desired setting
appears in the display.
B Shuf 1 B Shuf 2* 1 B Shuf All* 2
Shuf off b
1 "Shuf 2" is only available when you connect
*
one or more optional CD/MD units.
2
* "Shuf All" is only available when:
• you connect one or more optional CD
units, or two or more MD units
(CDX-C8050X).
• you connect one or more optional MD
units, or two or more CD units
(MDX-C8500X).
PTY
DSPL
LIST
-SEEK/AMS
ENTER
REP SHUF
MODE
1 2 3 4 5 6
Shuffle Play starts.
To return to normal playback mode, select
"Shuf off" in the step above.