Adjusting The Sound Characteristics; Quickly Attenuating The Sound; Changing The Sound And Display Settings - Sony MDX-C800REC Operating Instructions Manual

Adjusting the sound
characteristics
You can adjust the bass, treble, balance, and
fader.
You can store the bass and treble levels
independently for each source.
1
Select the item you want to adjust by
pressing (SOUND) repeatedly.
Each time you press (SOUND), the item
changes as follows:
Bass t Treble t Balance (left-right) t Fader
(front-rear)
2
Adjust the selected item by pressing
either side of (SEEK/AMS).
When adjusting with the rotary
commander, press (SOUND) and rotate the
VOL control.
Note
Adjust within 3 seconds after selecting the item.
Quickly attenuating the
sound
(With the rotary commander or the card
remote commander)
Press (ATT) on the rotary commander or
card remote commander.
"ATT on" appears on the display
momentarily.
To restore the previous volume level, press
(ATT) again.
Tip
When the interface cable of a car telephone is
connected to the ATT lead, the unit decreases the
volume automatically when a telephone call comes
in (Telephone ATT function).
Changing the sound and
display settings
The following items can be set:
Set Up
•Clock (page 8)
•CT (Clock Time) (page 35)
•Beep — to turn the beeps on or off.
•RM (Rotary Commander) — to change the
operative direction of the controls of the
rotary commander.
— Select "norm" to use the rotary
commamder as the factory-set position.
— Select "rev" when you mount the rotary
commander on the right side of the
steering column.
•English/Spanish/Portuguese/Swedish — to
change the display language to English,
Spanish, Portuguese or Swedish.
Display
•D.Info (Dual Information) — to display the
clock and the play mode at the same time (on).
•SA (Spectrum Analyser) — to change the
display pattern of the equalizer display.
•Amber/Green — to change the illumination
color to amber or green.
•Dimmer — to change the brightness of the
display.
— Select "Auto" to dim the display only
when you turn the lights on.
— Select "on" to dim the display.
— Select "off" to deactivate the Dimmer.
•Contrast — to adjust the contrast if the
indications on the display are not
recognisable because of the unit's installation
position.
•M.Dspl (Motion Display) — to select the
Motion Display mode from "1," "2" and
"off."
•A.Scrl (Auto Scroll) (page 11)
Sound
•Loud (Loudness) — to enjoy bass and treble
even at low volumes. The bass and treble will
be reinforced.
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