Sony CMT-S20 Operating Instructions

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Operating Instructions
©2013 Sony Corporation
CMT-S20
Disposal of Old
Electrical & Electronic
Equipment
(Applicable in the
European Union and
other European
WARNING
countries with separate
collection systems)
To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover the
This symbol on the product or on its packaging
ventilation opening of the appliance with
indicates that this product shall not be treated
newspapers, tablecloths, curtains, etc.
as household waste. Instead it shall be handed
Do not expose the appliance to naked flame
over to the applicable collection point for the
sources (for example, lighted candles).
recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.
To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock,
By ensuring this product is disposed of
do not expose this appliance to dripping or
correctly, you will help prevent potential
splashing, and do not place objects filled with
negative consequences for the environment
liquids, such as vases, on the appliance.
and human health, which could otherwise be
Do not install the appliance in a confined space,
caused by inappropriate waste handling of this
such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet. product. The recycling of materials will help to
conserve natural resources. For more detailed
As the main plug is used to disconnect the unit
information about recycling of this product,
from the mains, connect the unit to an easily
please contact your local Civic Office, your
accessible AC outlet. Should you notice an
household waste disposal service or the shop
abnormality in the unit, disconnect the main
where you purchased the product.
plug from the AC outlet immediately.
Applicable accessories: Remote commander
Do not expose batteries or appliances with
battery-installed to excessive heat, such as Disposal of waste
Europe Only
sunshine and fire.
batteries (applicable in
The unit is not disconnected from the mains as
the European Union
long as it is connected to the AC outlet, even if
the unit itself has been turned off.
and other European
countries with
CAUTION
separate collection
The use of optical instruments with this product
systems)
will increase eye hazard.
This symbol on the battery or on the packaging
This appliance is
indicates that the battery provided with this
classified as a CLASS
product shall not be treated as household
1 LASER product. This
waste.
marking is located on
On certain batteries this symbol might be used
the rear exterior.
in combination with a chemical symbol. The
Notice for customers: the
chemical symbols for mercury (Hg) or lead (Pb)
are added if the battery contains more than
following information is only
0.0005% mercury or 0.004% lead.
applicable to equipment sold
By ensuring these batteries are disposed of
in countries applying EU correctly, you will help prevent potentially
negative consequences for the environment
directives.
and human health which could otherwise be
caused by inappropriate waste handling of the
This product has been manufactured by or on
battery. The recycling of the materials will help
behalf of Sony Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan Minato-
to conserve natural resources.
ku Tokyo, 108-0075 Japan. Inquiries related
In case of products that for safety, performance
to product compliance based on European
or data integrity reasons require a permanent
Union legislation shall be addressed to the
connection with an incorporated battery, this
authorized representative, Sony Deutschland
battery should be replaced by qualified service
GmbH, Hedelfinger Strasse 61, 70327 Stuttgart,
staff only. To ensure that the battery will be
Germany. For any service or guarantee matters,
treated properly, hand over the product at end-
please refer to the addresses provided in the
of-life to the applicable collection point for the
separate service or guarantee documents.
recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.
For all other batteries, please view the section
on how to remove the battery from the product
safely. Hand the battery over to the applicable
collection point for the recycling of waste
batteries.
For more detailed information about recycling
of this product or battery, please contact
your local Civic Office, your household waste
disposal service or the shop where you
purchased the product.
Note on DualDiscs
Unit
4-460-924-13(2) A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which
mates DVD recorded material on one side
with digital audio material on the other side.
However, since the audio material side does
not conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard,
playback on this product is not guaranteed.
Music discs encoded with
copyright protection
technologies
This product is designed to playback discs that
conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard.
Recently, various music discs encoded with
copyright protection technologies are marketed
Remote
by some record companies. Please be aware
that among those discs, there are some that do
not conform to the CD standard and may not be
playable by this product.
License and Trademark Notice
 M PEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and
Printed in China
patents licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and
Thomson.
 W indows Media is either a registered
GB
trademark or trademark of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries.
 T his product is protected by certain intellectual
property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use
or distribution of such technology outside of
this product is prohibited without a license
from Microsoft or an authorized Microsoft
subsidiary.
 A ll other trademarks and registered
trademarks are of their respective holders. In
®
this manual, and marks are not specified.
TM
This manual 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.
To use the remote
Slide and remove the battery compartment lid,
and insert the R6 (size AA) battery (not supplied),
 side first, matching the polarity shown below.
Notes on using the remote
 With normal use, the battery should last for about
 If you do not use the remote for a long period of
When carrying this system
1
2
3
To set the clock
1
2
3
4
Note
The clock settings are lost when you disconnect the
power cord or if a power failure occurs.
To display the clock when the system is
off
Press DISPLAY
about 8 seconds.
Getting Started
 FM lead antenna (Extend it horizontally.)
 To right speaker
 To left speaker
 ANTENNA
Find a location and orientation that provide good
reception when you set up the antenna.
Keep the antenna away from the speaker cords
and the power cord to avoid picking up noise.
 AUDIO IN jack
Connect an external audio component.
 SPEAKERS
Connect the speaker cords.
 Power
Connect the power cord to a wall outlet.
Operations
Playing a CD/MP3/WMA disc
1
Select the CD function.

Press CD .
2
Place a disc.
six months.
Press  
on the unit, and place a disc with
the label side up on the CD compartment.
time, remove the battery to avoid damage from
battery leakage and corrosion.
To close the CD compartment, press 
the unit.
3
Start playback.
Remove a disc to protect the CD Playback of the CD-DA disc starts
automatically.
mechanism.
Press  (play)  to play a MP3/WMA disc.
Press  (on/standby) 
on the unit to
turn off the system and confirm that
Other operations
"STANDBY" stops flashing.
To Press
Unplug the power cord.
Pause playback  (pause) 
press  
.

Stop playback  (stop) twice.
Press   to turn on the system.
Select a folder (select folder) +/
Press TIMER MENU  to select the clock
on an MP3/ repeatedly.
set mode.
WMA disc
If "SELECT" appears, press / 
Select a track or  (go back)/ (go
repeatedly to select "CLOCK," and then press

file forward) .
(enter)  .
Find a point in a Hold down  (rewind)/
Press /  repeatedly to set the
track or file (fast forward)
hour, then press  .
playback, and release the
Use the same procedure to set the button at the desired point.
minutes. 
Select Repeat REPEAT repeatedly until
Play "RPT 1," "RPT FLDR*" or "RPT
ALL" appears.
* MP3/WMA disc only
To change the play mode
Press PLAY MODE  repeatedly while the player
 . The clock is displayed for
is stopped. You can select normal play ("FLDR"
for all MP3/WMA files in the folder on the disc),
shuffle play ("SHUF" or "FLDRSHUF" for folder
shuffle), or program play ("PROGRAM").
Note on Repeat Play
"RPT 1" indicates that a single track or file is repeated
until you stop playback.
Listening to the radio
1 Select the FM function.
Press FM
2 Perform tuning.
For automatic scanning
Press TUNING MODE
"AUTO" appears, and then press TUNING+/
TUNING
when a station is tuned in.
If the scanning does not stop, press 
stop scanning, then perform manual tuning
(below).
For manual tuning
Press TUNING MODE
"MANUAL" appears, and then press TUNING+/
TUNING
station.
When you tune to a station that provides RDS
 Speaker cord (Red/) services, the station name appears on the
display (European model only).
 Speaker cord (Black/)
 To wall outlet
Tip
To reduce static noise on a weak FM stereo station,
press FM MODE
To attach the speaker pads
to turn off stereo reception. You will lose stereo
effect, but reception will improve.
Attach the supplied speaker pads at each corner
on the bottom of the speakers to prevent them
Presetting radio stations
from slipping.
1
Tune to the desired station.
2
Press TUNER MEMORY
tuner memory mode.
3 Press PRESET+/PRESET
select the desired preset number.
If another station is already assigned to the
selected preset number, the station is replaced
by the new station.
4
Press
5 Repeat steps 1 through 4 to store other
stations.
You can preset up to 20 FM stations. The
preset stations are retained for about half a
day even if you disconnect the power cord or
if a power failure occurs.
Notes on playing MP3/WMA discs
To tune to a preset radio station
 Do not save other types of files or unnecessary
If you registered a radio station to a preset
folders on a disc that has MP3/WMA files.
number 1 to 6, the radio station will be tuned in
 Folders that have no MP3/WMA files are skipped.
by just pressing the TUNER MEMORY NUMBER (1
 MP3/WMA files are played back in the order that
to 6)
they are recorded onto the disc.
If you registered a radio station to a preset
 The audio formats that you can listen to with this
number 7 or higher, press TUNING MODE
system are as follows:
 MP3: file extension ".mp3" repeatedly until "PRESET" appears then press
 on PRESET+/PRESET
 WMA: file extension ".wma"
 Even when file name has the correct file extension, desired preset number.
if the actual file differs, playing this file may
generate a loud noise by which the system may
malfunction.
Playing a file of the USB
 The maximum number of:
device
 folders is 256 (including the root folder).
 MP3/WMA files is 999.
 folder levels (the tree structure of files) is 8. The audio format that can be played back on this
system is MP3/WMA*.
 Compatibility with all MP3/WMA encoding/writing
software, recording device, and recording media * Files with DRM (Digital Rights Management)
. To resume play,
cannot be guaranteed. Incompatible MP3/WMA copyright protection cannot be played back on
discs may produce noise or interrupted audio or this system.
may not play at all.
Files downloaded from an online music store may
not be played back on this system.
 
Note on playing multisession discs
Check the websites below for the information
The system can play back continuous sessions on a
about compatible USB devices.
disc when they are recorded in the same session
For customers in Europe:
format as the first session. When a session recorded
http://support.sony-europe.com/
in a different session format is encountered, that
For customers in Latin America:
session and the ones following it cannot be played
http://esupport.sony.com/LA
back. Note that even if the sessions are recorded in
the same format, some sessions may not play back. For customers in other countries/regions:
 during
http://www.sony-asia.com/support
1 Select the USB function.
Press USB
2 Connect the USB device to the
port
3
Start playback.
Press 
Other operations
To
Pause playback
Stop playback
Select a folder
Select a file
Find a point in a
file
Select Repeat
Play
* When playing a VBR MP3/WMA file, the system
may resume playback from a different point.
To change the play mode
Press PLAY MODE  repeatedly while the USB
device is stopped. You can select normal play
("FLDR" for all files in the folder on the USB
 . device), shuffle play ("SHUF" or "FLDRSHUF" for
folder shuffle), or program play ("PROGRAM").
Note on Repeat Play
"RPT ALL" indicates that all audio files on a USB

repeatedly until
device are repeated until you stop playback.
Notes
 . Scanning stops automatically
 When USB cable connection is necessary, connect
the USB cable supplied with the USB device to be
connected. See the operation manual supplied
with the USB device to be connected for details on
the operation method.
 It may take about 10 seconds before "SEARCH"

to
appears depending on the type of USB device
connected.
 Do not connect the system and the USB device
through a USB hub.
 When the USB device is inserted, the system reads
 repeatedly until
all the files on the USB device. If there are many
folders or files on the USB device, it may take a
 repeatedly to tune to the desired
long time to finish reading the USB device.
 With some connected USB devices, after an
operation is performed, there may be a delay
before it is performed by this system.
 Compatibility with all encoding/writing software
cannot be guaranteed. If audio files on the USB
device were originally encoded with incompatible
software, those files may produce noise or
interrupted audio, or may not play at all.

repeatedly until "MONO" appears
 This system cannot play audio files on the USB
device in the following cases;
 when the number of audio files in a folder
exceeds 999.
 when the total number of audio files on a USB
device exceeds 999.
 when the number of folders on a USB device

to select the
exceeds 256 (including the "ROOT" folder and
empty folders).
These numbers may vary depending on the file
and folder structure. Do not save other types of
files or unnecessary folders on a USB device that
has audio files.
 The system can play back to a depth of 8 folders
 repeatedly to
only.
 This system does not necessarily support all the
functions provided in a connected USB device.
 Files and folders are displayed in the order of their
creation on the USB device.
 Folders that have no audio files are skipped.

to store the station.
 The audio formats that you can listen to with this
system are as follows:
 MP3: file extension ".mp3"
 WMA: file extension ".wma"
Note that even when file name has the correct file
extension, if the actual file differs, the system may
produce noise or may malfunction.
To use the system as battery charger
You can use the system as a battery charger for
USB devices that have a rechargeable function
when the system is on.
The charging begins when the USB device is
 when the system function is set to FM.

connected to the (USB) port . The charge
status appears in the USB device display. For

details, see the user's guide of your USB device.
 repeatedly to select the Notes on charging the USB device with this
system
 You cannot use the system as a battery charger
when the system is off.
 Some USB devices can be charged only when the
system is in the USB function.

.
(USB)

.
 .
Press
  . To resume play, press
 
.
  . To resume play, press
 
*. To cancel resume
play, press   again.
+/   repeatedly.
/  .
Hold down / 
during playback, and release
the button at the desired
point.
REPEAT  repeatedly until
"RPT 1," "RPT FLDR" or "RPT
ALL" appears.