Listening To The Radio - Sony 3-293-639-11(1) Operating Instructions Manual

Notes on playing MP discs
 Do not save other types of files or
unnecessary folders on a disc that has MP3
files.
 Folders that have no MP3 files are skipped.
 MP3 files are played back in the order that
they are recorded onto the disc.
 The system can only play MP3 files that have
a file extension of ".MP3".
 If there are files on the disc that have the
".MP3" file extension, but that are not MP3
files, the unit may produce noise or may
malfunction.
 The maximum number of:
 folders is 255 (including the root folder).
 MP3 files is 511.
 MP3 files and folders that can be
contained on a single disc is 512.
 folder levels (the tree structure of files) is
8.
 Compatibility with all MP3 encoding/writing
software, recording device, and recording
media cannot be guaranteed. Incompatible
MP3 discs may produce noise or interrupted
audio or may not play at all.
Notes on playing multisession discs
 If the disc begins with a CD-DA (or MP3)
session, it is recognized as a CD-DA (or
MP3) disc, and other sessions are not played
back.
 A disc with a mixed CD format is recognized
as a CD-DA (audio) disc.
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Listening to the radio

1
Select "FM" or "AM. "
Press FUNCTION (or TUNER/
BAND on the unit)
2
Select the tuning mode.
Press TUNING MODE
until "AUTO" appears.
3
Tune in the desired station.
Press +/ (or TUNE +/ on

the unit) . Scanning stops
automatically when a station is
tuned in, and then "TUNED" and
"STEREO" (for stereo programs only)
appear.
When you tune in a station that
provides RDS services, the station
name appears on the display
(European model only).
4
Adjust the volume.
Press VOLUME +/ (or VOL +/

on the unit) .
To stop automatic scanning

Press 
.
To tune in a station with a weak signal
If "TUNED" does not appear and the
scanning does not stop, press TUNING

MODE repeatedly until "AUTO" and
"PRESET" disappear, and then press
+/ (or TUNE +/ on the unit)
repeatedly to tune in the desired station.
To reduce static noise on a weak FM
stereo station

Press FM MODE
"MONO" appears to turn off stereo
reception.

repeatedly.

repeatedly

repeatedly until