Adjusting The Sound Characteristics; Attenuating The Sound; Changing The Sound And Display Settings - Sony CDX-C5850 Operating Instructions (primary manual) 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.
VOL (volume) n BAS (bass) n TRE (treble)
n BAL (left-right) n FAD (front-rear)
2
Adjust the selected item by rotating the
dial.
Adjust within three seconds after selecting
the item. (After three seconds, the dial
function reverts to volume control.)

Attenuating the sound

Press (ATT) on the optional rotary
commander.
"ATT-ON" flashes momentarily.
To restore the previous volume level, press
(ATT) again.
Tip
The unit decreases the volume automatically when
a telephone call comes in (Telephone ATT
function).
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Changing the sound and
display settings
The following items can be set:
•CLOCK (page 6).
•D.INFO (Dual Information) - to display the
clock and the play mode at the same time
(ON) or to display the information
alternately (OFF).
•AMBER/GREEN - to change the illumination
color to amber or green.
•DIM (Dimmer) - to change the brightness of
the display.
— Select "ON" to dim the display.
•BEEP - to turn on or off the beeps.
•LOUD (Loudness) - to enjoy bass and treble
even at low volume. Bass and treble will be
reinforced.
•RM (Rotary Commander) - to change the
operative direction of the controls of the
rotary commander.
— Select "NORM" to use the rotary
commander as the factory-set position.
— Select "REV" when you mount the rotary
commander on the right side of the
steering column.
•M.DSPL (Motion Display) - to turn the
motion display on or off.
•A.SCRL (Auto Scroll) (page 7, 15).
Note
If you connect an optional power amplifier and do
not use the built-in amplifier, the beep sound will
be disabled.
1
Press (SHIFT).
2
Press (2) (SET UP) repeatedly until the
desired item appears.
Each time you press (2) (SET UP), the item
changes as follows:
CLOCK n D.INFO* n AMBER/GREEN n DIM
n BEEP n LOUD n RM n M.DSPL n A.SCRL*
* When no CD or MD is playing,this item will
not appear.
Note
The displayed item will differ depending on
the source.
3
Press (4) (n) to select the desired
setting (Example: ON or OFF).
4
Press (SHIFT).
After the mode setting is complete, the
display returns to normal playback mode.